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* WingdingEyes: Harley's pupils turn into hearts when The Joker calls her his "number one gal."

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* WingdingEyes: Harley's pupils turn into hearts when The Joker calls her his "number one gal.""
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-->'''Diana:''' ''Barbara, Harleen is -''
-->'''Harley:''' ''Happy Halloweeners!''

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-->'''Diana:''' ''Barbara, Barbara, Harleen is -''
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-->'''Harley:''' ''Happy Halloweeners!''Happy Halloweeners!



* CannotSpitItOut: Diana wants to tell Babs her best friend is secretly a supervillain, but is sworn to secrecy, and so can only dance around the issue, making her look like a jerk.



* DonutMessWithACop: In the monsters’ rampage of Gotham, She-Bat lifts a cop up into the air and tosses him while the donut he was holding goes flying.

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* DonutMessWithACop: In the monsters’ rampage of through Gotham, She-Bat lifts a cop up into the air and tosses him while the donut he was holding goes flying.



* MythologyGag: Harleen's Wonder Woman costume has her wearing a giant curly wig, based on comic book Diana's usual look from between 1985 and 2011.



* RememberedTooLate: Zee recognizes the name "Craddock" from somewhere, but it's only when Vic Craddock's about to release Gentleman Jim she remembers from where.



* ShoutOut: The ringtone on Barbara's phone is the iconic [[Film/Batman1989 1989 Batman]] theme composed by Danny Elfman.

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* ShoutOut: The ringtone on Barbara's phone is the iconic [[Film/Batman1989 1989 Batman]] theme composed by Danny Elfman.



-->'''Kara:''' ''It’s actually kind of fun…for nine year olds and wackadoos.''

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-->'''Kara:''' ''It’s It’s actually kind of fun…for nine year olds and wackadoos.''
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* KarmaHoudini: The Joker ends the episode escaping and not facing any punishment for the havoc he's wrought. About the only consequence he faces is Harley thwarting his plan to blow up Gotham by secretly disabling the explosive's trigger.


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* MagicPants: Francine Langstrom appears to be naked when she turns into She-Bat, but inexplicably has her clothes remain intact after Bumblebee successfully administers the antidote for her serum and turns her back into a normal human being.

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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Barbara is starstruck by The Joker during their first meeting.



* AdmiringTheAbomination: Barbara is starstruck by The Joker during their first meeting.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:''It's Halloween! You kids have fun.'']]



* AccidentalIncantation: Jessica accidentally releases the Gentleman Ghost by reading the inscription on Victoria Craddock’s inherited heirloom.
* AgainWithFeeling: Babs when she realizes that Harleen saved Gotham and that there’s hope for their friendship yet.
-->'''Barbara:''' ''Harleen flipped the disarm switch!''
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Barbara is starstruck by The Joker during their first meeting.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Diana is about to admit to Barbara that Harleen is Harley Quinn, when Harley Quinn herself appears and interrupts her.
-->'''Diana:''' ''Barbara, Harleen is -''
-->'''Harley:''' ''Happy Halloweeners!''
-->'''Diana:''' ''Harley Quinn!''
* BatPeople: The Joker sets a trap for Wonder Woman and Batgirl in which Dr. Francine Langstrom turns into She-Bat and attacks them.
* ClothingSwitch: The girls all go as each other for Halloween. However, no one dresses up as Supergirl, which Kara is quite unhappy about.
** Barbara, Harleen, and Zee as Wonder Woman
** Diana as Bumblebee
** Karen as Green Lantern
** Jessica as Batgirl
** Kara as Zatanna
* ConvenientPhotograph: Not wanting to believe Diana that Harleen is Harley Quinn, Barbara sadly looks through pictures of them on her phone. She then swipes to a picture she took of herself that just so happened to catch Harley Quinn threatening Diana in the background.
* CoolOldLady: Victoria Craddock ends up being a rad grandma that’s partying hard on Halloween with loud music and a Flavor Flav outfit.
* DescriptionCut: Batgirl remarks that she hopes the other members of the team are having better luck than she and Wonder Woman are. Cut to Green Lantern and Zatanna getting their butts kicked by The Gentleman Ghost.
* DonutMessWithACop: In the monsters’ rampage of Gotham, She-Bat lifts a cop up into the air and tosses him while the donut he was holding goes flying.
* DramaticUnmask: To try to convince Harley to not go through with the destruction of Gotham City, Batgirl reveals her true identity to her.
* DreamRealityCheck: Babs is so excited that all of her friends are going to be spending Halloween together in Gotham that she asks someone to pinch her because she must be dreaming. Kara is all too willing to take her up on that until Babs tells her not to because if it is a dream, she doesn’t want to wake up.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Batgirl smugly tells Harley she missed when she slams her mallet into the brick wall next to her. Turns out that’s exactly what Harley was planning as the side of the mallet opens to reveal a boxing glove that punches Batgirl in the face.
* GilliganCut: Barbara is worried about telling Harleen that they’ll have to end the night early, saying she’ll be so disappointed. Cut to Harleen being perfectly happy that she has an out to go meet up with The Joker.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Solomon Grundy has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] when he first emerges from his grave.



* HiddenHeartOfGold: Harley Quinn gets tested at how far she's willing to go.

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* HauntedHouse: Zee and Jessica are sent to investigate the creepy Craddock Manor where Victoria Craddock lives, whose fortune The Joker wants to steal.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Harley Quinn gets tested at how far she's willing to go.'
* LetsSplitUpGang: Since there’s three possibilities of where The Joker could be planning to strike, Diana suggests that they split up into three pairs to investigate each one.
* LuredIntoATrap: All of the girls walk right into The Joker’s traps exactly as he had planned:
** By investigating Victoria Craddock’s alleged inheritance, Jessica and Zee release The Gentleman Ghost.
** By destroying what they think is a bomb, Karen and Kara release Solomon Grundy.
** By removing the tape from the doctor’s mouth and allowing her to transform, Barbara and Diana release She-Bat.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: Harley’s fully on board with The Joker’s plan of HalloweenTrickery, but when he tells her he wants her to blow up Gotham she starts to have second thoughts.



* WhamEpisode: Batgirl and Harley finally discover each other's identities.

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* ScaryJackInTheBox: In the episode’s ColdOpen, The Joker escapes Arkham by distracting the guard with a creepy jack-in-the-box that explodes.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Gentleman Ghost was sealed into an heirloom that Victoria Craddock inherited and was released when the box was investigated by the Green Lantern.
* SecretKeeper: Diana has become this for Harleen, keeping her true identity as Harley Quinn a secret in order to not ruin the longtime friendship between Harleen and Babs.
* ShoutOut: The ringtone on Barbara's phone is the iconic [[Film/Batman1989 1989 Batman]] theme composed by Danny Elfman.
* SwampsAreEvil: Karen and Kara investigate Slaughter Swamp, which has underground power lines that The Joker could cause a blackout by taking down.
* TalkToTheFist: Wonder Woman wastes no time listening to the wisecracking Joker and punches him in the face before he can even finish his sentence.
* TongueOutInsult: In typical Harley Quinn fashion, she blows a raspberry at Wonder Woman and Batgirl as The Joker mocks them.
* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: All of Barbara’s friends, except for Harleen, think she’s too old for trick-or-treating.
-->'''Kara:''' ''It’s actually kind of fun…for nine year olds and wackadoos.''
* TwinkleSmile: The Joker gives one of these when he meets Barbara and Diana for the first time.
* WhamEpisode: Batgirl and Harley finally discover each other's identities.identities.
* WingdingEyes: Harley’s pupils turn into hearts when The Joker calls her his “number one gal.”
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* RunningGag: Everyone else thinking Wonder Woman's catchphrase is "Great Hera!" [[note]] Which it often has been in the comics [[/notes]], and her wondering why. Because she's met Hera, who is...not so great.

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* RunningGag: Everyone else thinking Wonder Woman's catchphrase is "Great Hera!" [[note]] Which it often has been in the comics [[/notes]], [[/note]], and her wondering why. Because she's met Hera, who is...not so great.
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* RunningGag: Everyone else thinking Wonder Woman's catchphrase is "Great Hera!" [[note]] Which it often has been in the comics [[/notes]], and her wondering why. Because she's met Hera, who is...not so great.
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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here its now a reform school.
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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's its [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here its now a reform school.
%%* WhamEpisode* WhamEpisode: Batgirl and Harley finally discover each other's identities.
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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here it's now a reform school.

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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here it's its now a reform school.
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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here it's now a reform school.

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* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here it's now a reform school.school.
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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Harley Quinn gets tested at how far she's willing to go.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Oh yes. And it takes place in Gotham.

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* HalloweenEpisode: Oh yes. And it takes place in Gotham.Gotham.
* {{Retcon}}: In "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E19GothamCon #[=GothamCon=]]]" Arkham Asylum is depicted in it's [[BedlamHouse traditional role]], here it's now a reform school.
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It's Halloween night at Gotham! But the Joker has escaped Arkham Reform School and is playing to make this holiday the scariest.

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* HalloweenEpisode: Oh yes. And it takes place in Gotham.

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