History Film / BirdsOfPrey2020

* ImagineSpot: After Sionis slaps her on the face hard, Harley [[CirclingBirdies briefly imagines herself]] reenacting Creator/MarilynMonroe's "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" number from ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.

** Joker is often mentioned, but never appears outside of the brief Ace Chemicals flashback (and he's seen from the back in this one) and he's seen from the back in the flashback of the big mob thug he and Harley tattooed the face of (it's a FakeShemp in that last one).

** Harley is shown to take up residence in the upper floor of a a Taiwanese restaurant run by Doc. And Harley adds that Doc's "best" dish is #32, Mongolian beef is so terrible it needs to be ordered extra-hot to cover up the awful taste.

** Harley is shown to take up residence in the upper floor of a a Taiwanese restaurant run by Doc. And Harley adds that Doc's "best" dish is #32, Mongolian beef which she adds is so terrible it needs to be ordered extra-hot to cover up the awful taste.

* EnemyMine: As Harley puts it, the Birds of Prey are forced to put aside their differences and band together near the end to fight back against Roman/Black Mask and his army of ex-prisoners.

* GenderIncompetence: Men here are either flat-out evil, sexist, or stupid and made into punching bags for the protagonists to wade through.

** Harley marvels at how Cassandra goes the whole movie without pooping out the diamond despite all the laxatives and prune juice she's been given.

* BatterUp: Harley's preferred weapon gets a major workout during the fight in the evidence garage, and again in the final battle in the amusement park.

''Birds of Prey [[TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles and the Fantabulous Emancipation]] [[SpotlightStealingTitle of One Harley Quinn]]'', also known simply as ''Birds of Prey'' and additionally marketed as ''Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey'', is a {{superhero}} action comedy film based on the [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey comic book characters of the same name]], and the eighth installment in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. It is directed by Cathy Yan, written by Christina Hodson (''Film/ShutIn'', ''Film/{{Unforgettable|2017}}'', ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), and produced by Creator/MargotRobbie through her company, [=LuckyChap=] Entertainment. An uncredited Chad Stahelski (of ''Film/JohnWick'' fame) supervised some action scenes as second unit director.

* DropTheHammer: Harley uses her mallet against Black Mask's mooks in the climax, notably throwing it straight in the face of a masked attacker. She also used it to smash balloons in the TrailerSpoof part of the leaked teaser.

** When Harley is attacking the GCPD headquarters, there is a mugshot of Captain Boomerang, and she notes "I know this guy". She met him in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}''.

** Before the FinalBattle, Renee Montoya finds Harley's "Daddy's Little Monster" shirt (which Harley wore in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}'') in the weapons crate and asks that she pick something else as it has sentimental value for her. Harley seemingly hasn't washed it for a while.

''Birds of Prey ([[TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles and the Fantabulous Emancipation]] [[SpotlightStealingTitle of One Harley Quinn]])'', also marketed as ''Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey'', is an action/comedy superhero film based on the [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey comic book characters of the same name]], and the eighth installment in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. It is directed by Cathy Yan, written by Christina Hodson (''Film/ShutIn'', ''Film/{{Unforgettable|2017}}'', ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), and produced by Creator/MargotRobbie through her company, [=LuckyChap=] Entertainment. An uncredited Chad Stahelski (of ''Film/JohnWick'' fame) supervised some action scenes as second unit director.

The film is rated R in the US for "strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug material", a first for the DCEU, though ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman v Superman]]'''s [[DirectorsCut Ultimate Edition]] re-release was also rated R. The film is also the shortest thus far in the franchise at 108 minutes long with the rest of the films clocking in at over 130 minutes.

It was released on February 7, 2020. Due to its early release date, ''Birds of Prey'' was ultimately one of the few major franchise films to be theatrically released worldwide in 2020, before the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic shut theaters down for months on end.

* ContinuityNod: To the film ''Film/SuicideSquad''.
** Harley at a certain point sums up her life, and mentions she was "[[Film/SuicideSquad taken out of jail, got a bomb attached to her neck saved the world, got sent back to jail again...]]"
** When Harley is attacking the GCPD headquarters, there is a mugshot of Captain Boomerang, and she notes "I know this guy". She met him in ''Film/SuicideSquad''.
** Dinah uses Harley's bat from ''Film/SuicideSquad'' as her weapon during the fight in ''The Booby Trap''.
** Before the FinalBattle, Renee Montoya finds Harley's "Daddy's Little Monster" shirt (which Harley wore in ''Film/SuicideSquad'') in the weapons crate and asks that she pick something else as it has sentimental value for her. Harley seemingly hasn't washed it for a while.

* CallBack: Harley sees a wanted poster featuring [[Film/SuicideSquad Captain Boomerang]]. She mentions that she's met him before (in the film ''Film/SuicideSquad''). Later, she 'very quickly' recounts the plot of that movie to Cassandra.

* CharacterInTheLogo: The font used for the title has some letters include weapons representing the protagonists in their shape. The bow and arrow represent Huntress, the mallet represents Harley, the baseball bat is Black Canary (the same one from Film/SuicideSquad which she borrowed from Harley), the brass knuckles represent Renee Montoya. Cassandra doesn't get a weapon but is presumably represented by the diamond (which is what she stole from Black Mask).

* RuderAndCruder: ''Birds of Prey'' is a spinoff of the PG-13 film ''Film/SuicideSquad''. The film features a lot of ObligatorySwearing compared to most other DC films, including its source. It's also far cruder than most DC comics, which seldom feature uncensored profanity.

* WolverinePublicity: Somewhat zigzagged. Though titled "Birds of Prey", the film is really all about Harley, with the team serving as supporting characters. Makes sense when you consider that [[spoiler:Renee, Dinah, and Helena only decide to form the team at the end of the film, and Cassandra doesn't get to join them, preferring to run away with Harley.]] Now, going back to how the film even came to be, Harley was such a BreakoutCharacter in Film/SuicideSquad that Robbie got offered a standalone Harley Quinn film, but she pushed for a ComicBook/GothamCitySirens adaptation instead. Eventually they settled on adapting ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey and save Catwoman and Poison Ivy for a later film. So while Harley is still prominently featured in the marketing, this is because the film is meant to capitalize on Harley's popularity to introduce us to the Birds of Prey.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Black Canary cracking a glass with her power while singing at Sionis' club, and then finally uses said power fully in combat in the climax.

* ForTheEvulz: Zsasz goads Roman into abusing a laughing woman in the club by telling him that she was laughing at ''him'' even though she clearly wasn't. He has no other motivation for doing this other than [[ItAmusedMe his own amusement]].

* GaleForceSound: Near the end of the film, Black Canary displays her MakeMeWannaShout ability by unleashing a blast of sound that sends the Black Mask's henchmen flying through the air. It also pushes Harley on her rollerblades forward as if she was being pushed by powerful winds.

* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Downplayed, but Harley seems to have an unwritten rule against killing innocent people. Namely, when she raids the police station, she intentionally uses a non-lethal gun, as well as waiting until the chemical plant is empty before blowing it up. Also, in her fight with Montoya, she [[WorthyOpponent decides to fight her hand to hand rather than just caving her head in.]] Finally, when her sweet landlord with no grievance against her breaks her heart and sells her out to Sionis for the half-million dollar payout... she lets him go.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Having taken down all of the blade- and [[StealthPun bat]]-wielding thugs that stormed into The Booby Trap, the Birds of Prey do a PowerWalk out the front door -- only to get immediately fired upon en masse by all of the gun-toting mooks Sionis still has stationed outside.

* LongTitle: The film's full official title is "''[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Birds of Prey and the]] [[TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn]]''".