Poison Ivy's wedding is here... along with some uninvited guests.
Tropes:
- Amicable Exes: The episode ends with Kite Man and Poison Ivy becoming this. There's mutual fondness on both sides (if not love), but Kite Man urges her to realize that they aren't right for each other and in the long run won't make each other happy. Never-the-less, they part on good terms.
- Auto Erotica: Gordon stuns Frank and leaves him locked in the flower truck. When Harley and Ivy speed by it during their escape, it's rocking and Frank can be heard having the time of his life inside."It's pollen season in here, bitch! IT'S POLLEN SEASON!!!!!"
- Big Damn Kiss: Harley and Ivy share one as they're fleeing from the police, enough to get a 180 degree camera move around them. Even though they've kissed and even had sex before, this is the first time they do so after Ivy has admitted she reciprocates Harley's feelings for her. The kiss is therefore portrayed in a more epic and romantic way than their previous trysts, signaling their Relationship Upgrade.
- Bittersweet Ending: Kite Man calls off the wedding and breaks up with Ivy, Gordon's botched raid on the supervillains sees his credibility go down the sink, and Two-Face who had orchestrated the episode's events, is still out there. On the bright side of things, Harley and Ivy get together in a more honest relationship that the two of them are more comfortable with than being apart.
- Bolivian Army Ending: The finale ends with Harley and Ivy being chased by several squad cars.
- Bookends: The first episode of the series had Harley comes to realize the Joker didn't love her after years of being in denial. The last episode of the second season has Ivy realize she loves Harley and wants to be with her after several episodes of being in denial about it. That, and Frank got to pollinate a crapload of flowers.
- Cassandra Truth: Ivy doesn't believe Harley's warning since it came from Two-Face and her actions only diminish her credibility.
- Continuity Nod: The car Harley and Ivy drive away in resembles the car the pair of them drove in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Harley and Ivy" which introduced the pair's friendship.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The moment the wedding venue filled with dangerous supervillains is cleared of knockout gas, the cops are on the receiving end of an absolute slaughter.
- Did You Think I Can't Feel?: Downplayed by Kite Man, who points out that his relationship with Poison Ivy has involved her hesitating to commit to every relationship milestone, and said milestones all ending in some kind of disaster or mishap where they had to "do-over" (their first night, their first date, his proposal, their selecting a venue, their wedding day, etc) have been taking their toll on him, and he can't do it anymore.
- Disgusting Vegetarian Food: When Gordon addresses his squad, he casually mentions that the donuts in the break room are vegan. Cue everyone aggressively trying to expel the offensive food from their bodies.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Kite Man lampshades this trope during his wedding vows, and in the process deconstructs it. He preemptively agrees with attendees that Ivy is way out of his league, and he starts to counter by boasting about how after asking and asking and asking, he finally wore down into agreeing to date and then marry him. In the process, he seems to realize that she was never as into him as he was into her, and one of the reasons he breaks up is he'd rather be with someone who wants to be with him just as much as he wants to be with her.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Kite Man states after the wedding was crashed that Ivy doesn't want to marry him and they aren't the right fit for each other. Ivy admits he is right.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Harley finally gets the one thing she's always wanted: someone who loves her as much as she loves them, as she and Ivy drive off into the sunset.
- Easily Forgiven:
- Bane is among the wedding attendees despite previously being part of the Injustice League, the main antagonists of the first half of the season. His politeness and graciousness during that time might have something to do with it.
- Cheryl and possibly the rest of Gordon's men, despite having earlier defected to Bane's gang, are back in the GCPD and treated as if nothing had happened.
- Homage: Catwoman brings someone named Gary who looks A LOT LIKE Tim Burton as her date to the wedding. Burton is credited with starting the elevating of Batman adaptations away from being only children's cartoons and camp & comedy into edgier and serious media, which paved the way for Batman: The Animated Series where Harley Quinn was created and soon teamed with Poison Ivy, and leading to the long evolution into this series.
- Hypocritical Heartwarming: Harley makes it clear that nobody ruins Ivy's wedding except her.
- Irony: Everyone including Ivy assumes Harley's at the wedding to stop it and refuse to listen to anything she has to say... which ends up with all the guests (who are all supervillains) battling (and massacring) the police when Gordon attempts to raid the venue, the thing Harley was trying to warn them about.
- It's All About Me:
- Everyone assumes this to be Harley's deal at showing up at the wedding and then with all her antics. Instead this is exactly the case with Gordon, Two-Face, and even bridesmaid Jennifer, who all have their own motivations for the wedding that have nothing to do with the bride.
- Clayface in a way, who is more concerned with impressing Gary (whom he thinks is Tim Burton) with his performance than how it will be judged by the crowd or Ivy.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy:
- Harley checks herself back into Arkham to brood and despite her crew coming in and offering to break her out, she declines, deciding that the only right thing to do is not attend Ivy's wedding, believing she'll screw it all up. Then when Gordon and the GCPD attack the wedding, Harley escapes with Ivy and Kite Man and even offers to officiate their marriage herself.
- Kite Man calls off the (now ruined) wedding when he realizes during the reading of the vows that Ivy doesn't want to marry him.
- Karma Houdini: Two-Face manipulated Gordon into ruining Ivy and Kite Man's wedding and Harley into helping him escape and he gets away scot-free, with neither side knowing he played them for chumps.
- Manipulative Bastard: Two-Face, first he gives Gordon the idea to run for mayor and raid Ivy's wedding for the credit and then turns around and offers the info to Harley in order to get her to break him out.
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": Everyone at the wedding when Tawny's news crew crashes the ceremony and Gordon drops his disguise announcing their arrest.
- Mugged for Disguise: Gordon and the cops mug all the wedding staff and dress as them to ambush the guests.
- Mythology Gag:
- The appearance of Livewire and Killer Frost for the first time in the series (see Remember the New Guy? below).
- Killer Frost's design is also modelled after her appearance in Batman: Assault on Arkham, in which Harley was a main character with her, King Shark was included and became pals with Frost, and also had a brief appearance by Ivy.
- A Breast Attack... on Harley... again.
- Harley and Ivy's getaway car (see Continuity Nod above).
- The appearance of Livewire and Killer Frost for the first time in the series (see Remember the New Guy? below).
- No-Respect Guy:
- Gordon again, when the mayor presents the key to the city to the Justice League (including several that didn't even participate) despite them being stuck in the Queen of Fables' book while he was (for a time literally) the only cop trying to keep law and order in Gotham. Two-Face takes advantage of his insecurities and convinces to run for mayor and crash Ivy's wedding to arrest all the villains present to finally get the respect he deserves.
- Despite being the one who freed the Justice League and the one who actually stopped Dr. Psycho and saved the day, Harley gets no recognition either. The Justice League are all praised and rewarded for saving the day when they were too busy checking each other out under Ivy's pheromones to do it. Granted this is very Downplayed when you remember that Harley started the entire mess to begin with when she began the invasion due to her emotional immaturity, and the Justice League were already successfully dealing with the situation, defeating the mind-controlled Clayface, King Shark, and Poison Ivy, and almost certainly would’ve beaten Dr. Psycho and Riddler. The only reason they got taken out of commission was because Harley distracted them from sending Ivy to the Phantom Zone allowing Psycho the opening he needed. So while Harley deserves credit for freeing the Justice League, given she caused the mess and then nearly let Dr. Psycho win, her lack of any reward is completely understandable.
- Nobody's That Dumb: Kite Man may be kinda dense, but he's smart enough to realize that Ivy really isn't committed to marrying him and knows she's not being honest with herself.Kite Man: I may be simple, but I'm not a fool.
- Noodle Incident:
- Since the previous episode, Bane — and Cheryl — have escaped The Pit. And Cheryl is back with the GCPD again.
- The Trinity looks like they got cured of Ivy's love pheromones.
- Oh, Crap!: A double helping for Gordon in less than 30 seconds. Harley gets the jump on him, grabs his rocket launcher, and he cowers as she's about to blast him with it. But instead, she blasts the skylight and vents the gas out, and he sees that his whole plan has still gone to hell.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Clayface, King Shark, and Frank all sneak into Arkham dressed as guards to visit Harley. Despite one normal-looking guard being accompanied by a giant man-shark and a talking potted plant, no one notices.
- Pietà Plagiarism: Kite Man holds Ivy like this after she is knocked out by the gas.
- Remember the New Guy?:
- During the Key ceremony, as the mayor is handing out Keys to the City to the Justice League, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman are there, but three other heroes (Tommy Tomorrow, Vibe, and Space Cabbie) are there to get their key despite the fact this is the first time they appeared and they had no involvement in saving Gotham, which Gordon lampshades.
- On a different note; all the supervillains at the wedding appeared in previous episodes, with the exceptions of Killer Frost and Livewire. Frost is present due to being in the two animated Suicide Squad films with Harley, and Livewire teamed with Harley and Ivy in a DCAU episode.
- Riding into the Sunset: Harley and Ivy kiss while they drive off into the sunset while being pursued by the police.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- Tawny takes her news crew and leaves in disgust when it's obvious that Gordon's reach for glory is going south.
- When Harley offers to cinch Kite Man and Poison Ivy's wedding after Gordon and the police raid it and burn the Old Gotham Corn Factory down, Kite Man surprises them by emphatically rejecting her offer. He then clarifies that every single milestone in their relationship has involved some kind of disaster or mishap that they had to "do-over," and he had to beg and plead a reluctant Poison Ivy into committing to said milestone to begin with, and he can't take it any more. While he makes it clear that he still loves her and means her no ill-will, he can tell her heart is not really in this relationship, and he doesn't want to go on suffering to get her to commit to a marriage that her heart is clearly not in.
- Sealed with a Kiss: The episode closes with Harley and Ivy kissing as they run away from the police together.
- Series Fauxnale: The episode plays a lot like the end of the series with the Justice League being honored, Gotham City restored, and Ivy and Harley driving off into the sunset with their new relationship. The show's crew themselves appear to have no idea whether they'd get a third season while the episode was made, given the final "The End?" sign-out.
- However, there are several loose ends, as neither King Shark nor Clayface have wrapped up their arcs, Two-Face who created the entire mess of this episode is still out there, Darkseid doesn’t pop up despite his ominous message in the previous episode, and there’s no resolution for Gordon potentially ruining his reputation, so there’s clearly a lot to work with in future seasons.
- Shout-Out:
- The first joining up of "Harley and Ivy" in the Batman: TAS episode of that title drew immediate comparisons with Thelma & Louise, though the similarities were complete coincidence at the time. The car chase that concludes this episode now enforces the connection of the animated anti-heroines with the film's pair.
- Kite Man carrying Ivy's unconscious body while he cries out is a parody of Superman carrying Supergirl in Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.
- Single Tear: Gary sheds one as he's moved by Clayface's opera performance.
- Soundtrack Dissonance: Clayface sings an opera song while the villains slaughter the police force and while Kite Man breaks up with Ivy.
- Spotting the Thread: After some false starts, Harley believes Two-Face lied and the GCPD are not at the wedding. Then she notices the flowers are all fake, something that Ivy would never agree to and would only be done to neutralize her powers. She also notices a "caterer" is in the church, which doesn't make sense.
- Subverted Catchphrase: "Hell... no." With that, Kite Man succinctly expresses just how fed up he's become with the whole situation.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Ivy insists that she talked Condiment King into giving up the venue, that he is definitely still alive, and probably just left town and will never come back.
- Sympathy for the Devil: One of the cops expresses sympathy for Kite Man after the knowledge of Ivy's cheating becomes public and says that he's too good for her.
- Take That!: Two-Face tells Gordon that when he starts a mayoral campaign, Dent can be his campaign manager even while in prison. Let that sink in.
- The End... Or Is It?: The last shot of the episode is a title card reading “The End?”
- The Voiceless: Gary (Catwoman's plus 1 to Ivy and Kite Man's wedding) doesn't speak throughout the whole episode. A sign that while he may look it, he is not Tim Burton!
- Uncertain Doom: Cheryl is last glimpsed being chased by Killer Croc while her fellow cops are getting massacred all over the chapel by the other supervillains.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Despite pushing himself to the physical and psychological limit trying to bring Gotham back under control, Commissioner Gordon gets stiffed on receiving a key to the city as the Mayor instead grants them to the Justice League (including three heroes who weren't even there) and himself. Gordon, understandably pissed off by this, decides to run for mayor to finally get the respect he deserves.
- Wedding Smashers: When Harley shows up to the wedding after breaking out of Arkham, everyone assumes that she's there to stop it. She's not, but rather is trying to stop Gordon who's there to arrest every villain attending in a bid to get good press as part of a plan to run for mayor.
- What Does She See in Him?: Deconstructed. Kite Man knows most people think Poison Ivy is out of his league, and tries to assuage them that he still won her over with his charm and determination. However, over the course of explaining this he slowly realizes that Ivy was never that into him to begin with, and the confidence boost of having a girl "way out of his league" is hollow if she doesn't feel the same way about him. That, combined with Kite Man wanting Ivy to be happy and knowing it won't be with him, is one of the reasons he decides to break things off.
- Xanatos Gambit: Two-Face tells Gordon to crash Ivy's wedding as a bid to get good press for a mayoral run, then he talks Harley into helping him escape in exchange for letting her in on Gordon's plans. The worst case scenario is that Harley doesn't bite and Ivy's wedding is ruined, while Gordon ends up being more open to him being his campaign manager. Harley knowing about Gordon's plans doesn't change anything, because the villains are so volatile that any disruption will set them off and ruin the wedding, which is exactly what happens after Harley foils Gordon's plan.
