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* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/{{Succession}}'' is referenced. Creator/SanaaLathan, who voices Harley and Ivy's friend Catwoman, had a recurring role on that show.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Harley's potato clone views the world in black and white. Violently attacking people for the most trivial of offenses, such as not recycling. Harley eventually lampshades this and compares these offenses to jaywalking.

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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Harley's potato clone views the world in black and white. Violently attacking people for the most trivial of offenses, such as not recycling. Harley eventually lampshades this and compares these offenses to jaywalking. Batgirl even exploits this to figure out which Harley's the true one.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Harley's potato clone views the world in black and white. Violently attacking people for the most trivial of offenses, such as not recycling. Harley eventually lampshades this and compares these offenses to jaywalking.
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* ShoutOut: Harley and Ivy plan to defeat Lex via board room takeover, citing Logan and Kendall from ''Series/{{Succession}}''.
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* MadnessMantra: When a sleepwalking Harley kills Nightwing, she repeatedly says "I'm a good guy" while strangling him with the friendship bracelet she made.

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* MadnessMantra: When a sleepwalking Harley kills Nightwing, she repeatedly says "I'm a good guy" [[DissonantSerenity in an unsettlingly calm way]] while strangling him with the friendship bracelet she made.

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* UndignifiedDeath: Ivy kills Clegg the first time by accidentally hitting a golf ball into his eye, but his second death is even worse when she accidentally threw her golf club at him when he bends over and it goes through his ass and out his mouth.

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* UndignifiedDeath: UndignifiedDeath:
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Ivy kills Clegg the first time by accidentally hitting a golf ball into his eye, but his second death is even worse when she accidentally threw her golf club at him when he bends over and it goes through his ass and out his mouth.mouth.
** Nightwing's death turns out to have been this, as he was strangled to death with a friendship bracelet after unwisely provoking a sleepwalking Harley.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Batgirl's poor job of concealing her identity when she humiliated Joker put a target on her.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Batgirl's poor job of concealing her identity when she humiliated Joker put a target on her.herself.
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* MadnessMantra: When a sleepwalking Harley kills Nightwing, she repeatedly says "I'm a good guy" while strangling him with the friendship bracelet she made.

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* IdiotBall: Knowing how wild and kill-crazy Harley gets, Nightwing still taunted her and then turned his back on her, leaving him vulnerable.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Knowing how wild and kill-crazy Harley gets, Nightwing still taunted her and then turned his back on her, leaving him vulnerable.
** Batgirl's poor job of concealing her identity when she humiliated Joker, put a target on her.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Knowing how wild and kill-crazy Harley gets, Nightwing still taunted her and then turned his back on her, leaving him vulnerable.
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NiceJobBreakingItHero: Batgirl's poor job of concealing her identity when she humiliated Joker, Joker put a target on her.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Despite Clone Harley witnessing the original Harley strangling Nightwing to death, she doesn't step in to stop her and only runs away in shock.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Harley pins the blame for Nightwing's death on her dead clone rather than tell Batgirl the truth.
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* TheReveal: Harley was the one who killed Nightwing, or more specifically, Nightwing unwisely antagonized Harley while she was sleepwalking and got strangled to death for his lapse in judgment.
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* ImposterExposingTest: Batgirl figures out which Harley is the original by asking if justice is black and white. Potato Harley, being the more rigid of the duo, immediately says that it is.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: While Batgirl had previously objected to Harley killing villains, she justifies killing her fully sentient clone because she was a potato.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: After the initial looting and anarchy after everything turned sepia, the world seems to have settled back down into normal routines.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Knowing how wild and kill-crazy Harley gets, Nightwing still taunted her and then turned his back on her, leaving him vulnerable.
** Batgirl's poor job of concealing her identity when she humiliated Joker, put a target on her.


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* RedHerring: At first, the revelation that there's been a clone-doppelganger of Harley running around the last few episodes seems to answer that the clone killed Nightwing. Then the original Harley finds the truth and that her clone was just a bystander.
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* EyeScream: Ivy accidentally kills Clegg the first time when she hits a golf ball into his eye.


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* UndignifiedDeath: Ivy kills Clegg the first time by accidentally hitting a golf ball into his eye, but his second death is even worse when she accidentally threw her golf club at him when he bends over and it goes through his ass and out his mouth.
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* AssShove: Cleg's second death has Ivy accidentally throwing her golf club and somehow sending it directly up his ass and out his mouth.

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* AssShove: Cleg's Clegg's second death has Ivy accidentally throwing her golf club and somehow sending it directly up his ass and out his mouth.



* MundaneUtility: Harley calls in the Flash to rewind time five minutes so Dr. Psycho won't learn about her killing Nighwing.

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* MundaneUtility: Harley calls in the Flash to rewind time five minutes so Dr. Psycho won't learn about her killing Nighwing.Nightwing.



* SplashOfColor: When Ivy deactivates the ozone beam, it returns color to a few things but not everything. Some plants turn green again, Captain Cold's uniform turns blue (as do his balls, he says), and Batgirl's blood is bright red when Joker shoots her in the back.

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* SplashOfColor: When Ivy deactivates the ozone beam, it returns color to a few things but not everything. Some plants turn green again, Captain Cold's uniform turns blue (as do his balls, he says), and Batgirl's blood is bright red when Joker shoots her in the back.stomach.

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* AssShove: Cleg's second death has Ivy accidentally throwing her golf club and somehow sending it directly up his ass and out his mouth.
-->'''Ivy:''' Wow, two holes in one.



* GroinAttack: Harley kicks the Flash in the crotch when he refuses to take the hint and leave.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lex only cares about himself, dooming the entire planet just to screw over Superman and anyone else who might need the sun.



* MirrorMatch: Harley vs her clone, who have identical fighting styles and weapons.
* MundaneUtility: Harley calls in the Flash to rewind time five minutes so Dr. Psycho won't learn about her killing Nighwing.



* ScrewYourself: Harley plants a kiss on her clone to distract her.

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* PyrrhicVictory: Ivy succeeds in ousting Lex as CEO and deactivating his ozone beam, but she feels as if something worse is coming as Lex jets off to the moon.
* ScrewYourself: Harley plants a kiss on her clone to distract her.her, and to confirm that she's a good kisser.
* SkywardScream: After Batgirl is shot, Harley cradles her while screaming into the sky.
* SplashOfColor: When Ivy deactivates the ozone beam, it returns color to a few things but not everything. Some plants turn green again, Captain Cold's uniform turns blue (as do his balls, he says), and Batgirl's blood is bright red when Joker shoots her in the back.
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Harley confronts her doppelganger while Ivy attempts to stop Lex's evil plan.
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* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. (She falsely claims it to be the other way around.) The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely based on material from Earth.

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* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. (She falsely claims it to be the other way around.) The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely based on material from Earth.Earth.
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* CallBack: Psycho entering Harley's memories and the butt-clenching are back again.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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Psycho entering Harley's memories and the butt-clenching are back again.again.
** Bane headbutts Ivy on live television, as he had to promise Clayface he would do last episode.
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* TimeLoop: Parodied; after time is turned back five minutes, Ivy still accidentally kills Clegg on the golf course, just in a different way.

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* TimeLoop: StableTimeLoop: Parodied; after time is turned back five minutes, Ivy still accidentally kills Clegg on the golf course, just in a different way.
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* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely on based material from Earth.

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* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. (She falsely claims it to be the other way around.) The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely on based on material from Earth.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Devora Macklewaithe, who appeared back in "Gotham's Hottest Hotties", and her neglectful husband and his celebrity golf tournament that she mentioned, all CallBack here and help Ivy secure being the Legion of Doom's CEO over Luthor.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Devora Macklewaithe, who appeared from back in "Gotham's Hottest Hotties", and her neglectful husband and his celebrity golf tournament that she mentioned, all CallBack here and help Ivy secure being the Legion of Doom's CEO over Luthor.
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* StapleTimeLoop: Parodied; after time is turned back five minutes, Ivy still accidentally kills Clegg on the golf course, just in a different way.

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* StapleTimeLoop: TimeLoop: Parodied; after time is turned back five minutes, Ivy still accidentally kills Clegg on the golf course, just in a different way.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Devora Macklewaithe, who appeared back in "Gotham's Hottest Hotties", and her neglectful husband and his celebrity golf tournament that she mentioned, all CallBack here and help Ivy secure being the Legion of Doom's CEO over Luthor.


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* StapleTimeLoop: Parodied; after time is turned back five minutes, Ivy still accidentally kills Clegg on the golf course, just in a different way.
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* BlackComedyCannibalism: The potato Harley splatters into mashed potatoes after Harley throws her off a roof and a man is immediately heard calling his family over to eat it.


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* JerkassBall: Nightwing confronted a sleepwalking Harley and accused her of being the one that kidnapped Batgirl and never having what it takes to be a hero. A sleepwalking Harley responds by strangling him to death with her friendship bracelet.
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* CallBack: Psycho entering Harley's memories and the butt-clenching are back again.
* ChekhovsArmoury: The cloning-machine-that-looks-like-a-microwave, Gordon's potato, and the hair he found on it, from "Getting Ice Dick, Don't Wait Up", created the Harley clone from Gordon trying to microwave his potato.

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* KnightTemplar: Harley's potato clone is a lot more hardcore on capturing criminals, bringing them to justice, etc. even if it is for something as minor as putting recylcing in the wrong bin.
* ScrewYourself: Harley plans one on her clone to distract her.
* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely based material from Earth.

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* KnightTemplar: Harley's potato clone is a lot more hardcore on capturing criminals, bringing them to justice, etc. even if it is it's for something as minor as putting recylcing recycling in the wrong bin.
* MythologyGag: The episode ends with Batgirl [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke getting shot by the Joker]].
* ScrewYourself: Harley plans one plants a kiss on her clone to distract her.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Harley discovers from her potato clone that she was Nightwing's killer.
* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely on based material from Earth.
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* ScrewYourself: Harley plans one on her clone to distract her.
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* ClonesArePeopleToo: Harley's potato clone is treated as her own person up until it proves more beneficial for her to take the blame for Nightwing's death. Then she becomes an ExpendableClone.
* KnightTemplar: Harley's potato clone is a lot more hardcore on capturing criminals, bringing them to justice, etc. even if it is for something as minor as putting recylcing in the wrong bin.
* UnevenHybrid: Harley's potato clone is 95% potato, 5% human. The potato portion appears to be all internal, except for the occasional branch popping out. The human portion appears to be all surface-level stuff, like skin and hair. This gives a HumanOutsideAlienInside vibe, except it is entirely based material from Earth.

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