History Recap / HarleyQuinn2019S3E10TheHorseAndTheSparrow

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Joker has Bruce Wayne arrested for tax evasion following the movie. One might assume this is a setup since he presumably still remembers that he's Batman, but logically Bruce would have to engage in some fairly shady bookkeeping to keep millions of dollars in Bat supplies discreet.

* MundaneSolution: How Joker ''finally'' gets rid of Batman after all these years, albeit possibly by accident -- He just calls the police and has Bruce Wayne arrested for all of the tax evasion he must have committed to creating all of his Bat-gadgets without anyone knowing. Bruce in turn doesn't fight the charges, since he wants to be punished for his role in the prior ZombieApocalypse. It's unclear if Joker truly remembers Bruce being Batman or if this is just a happy coincidence while he fights against the one percent.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Joker points out to Ivy that Harley is compromising herself to help her plans and has changed from being a villain, Ivy insists they're equal. Harley just had a lapse in judgment and it won't happen again. But Joker puts Ivy in her place by asking her this big question: "When did you ever see Harley forget her bat?". This makes Ivy realize Joker is right.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way Harley admits to Ivy that she doesn't know what she really wants to be, either a villain or hero, and that she does want to help people and not kill Joker and is content with no longer being called a villain but isn't ready to be labeled as a hero, is intriguingly reminiscent of people struggling with deciding their own sexuality or gender identity.

* AmbiguousSituation: The Joker learned that Batman is Bruce Wayne at the end of Season 1, only to lose his memory in the same episode. Despite regaining his memories in Season 2, Joker hasn't indicated that he remembers that particular detail, and him specifically targeting Bruce Wayne as a tax dodger could equally be petty revenge as it is punishing the 1%.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Ivy is shopping and still dressed in her [[LeotardOfPower plant leotard]], a man gawks at her, which gets him a pounding from his wife.

* MundaneSolution: How Joker ''finally'' gets rid of Batman after all these years, albeit possibly by accident -- He just calls the police and has Bruce Wayne arrested for all of the tax evasion he must have committed to create all of his Bat-gadgets without anyone knowing. Bruce in turn doesn't fight the charges, since he wants to be punished for his role in the prior ZombieApocalypse. It's unclear if Joker truly remembers Bruce being Batman or if this is just a happy coincidence while he fights against the one percent.

* PreviouslyOn: Parodied; after making that announcement, it just repeats Ivy starting her AtomicFBomb / SkywardScream, and opens on her still at it for a couple seconds longer.

* WhamEpisode: Joker has Bruce Wayne arrested on tax evasion, but before he's hauled away, Bruce has Batgirl lead the Bat-Family in his place. Harley finally embraces that she no longer wants to be a villain and tries to be a hero by joining the Bat-Family as they patrol the city.

* LuredIntoATrap: Joker sent Bruce tickets to the movie debut so he'd attend and Joker (with Cheryl as the arresting police officer) could arrest him publicly for tax evasion.

* MistakenForMisogynist: When a tow truck driver goes to Batgirl and said he needs a Bat''man'' to sign for his plane to be moved, Batgirl accuses him of being sexist but he points out Batman's name is on the registration, making her look silly.

* PyrrhicVictory: Clayface's performance as Thomas Wayne gets him the acclaim he's always craved, except the acclaim is all going to ''Billy Bob Thornton'', and [[CassandraTruth nobody believes him when he tells everyone]] that Thornton is dead and Clayface even reveals himself.
* RightHandCat: Parodied. Wealthy mastermind Lex Luthor hijacks some screens to give Ivy a villainous spiel while petting and cuddling a hairless, goofy-looking Chihuahua.

* MundaneSolution: How Joker ''finally'' gets rid of Batman after all these years -- After learning his identity, he just calls the police and has him arrested for all of the tax evasion he must have committed to create all of his Bat-gadgets without anyone knowing. Bruce in turn doesn't fight the charges, since he wants to be punished for his role in the prior ZombieApocalypse.

* AmbiguousSituation: The Joker learned that Batman is Bruce Wayne at the end of Season 1, only to lose his memory in the same episode. Despite regaining his memories in season 2, Joker hasn't indicated that he remembers that particular detail, and him specifically targeting Bruce Wayne as a tax dodger could equally be petty revenge as it is punishing the 1%.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Downplayed. Joker and Ivy aren’t friends by the end of their conversation, but they still bond over dating Harley. Joker even helps her to realize Harley’s relationship with her is just as toxic as it was with the Joker.

* KarmaHoudini: Bruce may have started the zombie apocalypse but Poison Ivy was the one who undoubtedly made it worse. In the aftermath of it all, Bruce ends up getting arrested (albeit on totally different changes than starting an apocalypse). On the other hand, Poison Ivy can still go shopping freely in public, gets made the offer-of-a-lifetime by Lex Luthor, attends the same movie Bruce got arrested at without being arrested, and the only remotely negative thing she has to deal with is coming to terms with how her girlfriend's [[HazyFeelTurn villain/hero alignment is going through some changes]].

* WhamLine: This scene is very Important:
Ivy: Why won't you just admit it?
Harley: Because i don't wanna lose you...
Ivy: Do you really think, that you would lose me?
Harley: If we don't want the same thing, what is that mean for us?

* The Missus and the Ex: Downplayed. Joker and Ivy aren’t friends by the end of their conversation, but they still bond over dating Harley. Joker even helps her to realize Harley’s relationship with her is just as toxic as it was with the Joker.

* The Missus and the Ex: Downplayed [[Downplayed Trope]]. Joker and Ivy aren’t friends by the end of their conversation, but they still bond over dating Harley. Joker even helps her to realize Harley’s relationship with her is just as toxic as it was with the Joker.

* The Missus and the Ex: Downplayed[[Downplayed Trope]]. Joker and Ivy aren’t friends by the end of their conversation, but they still bond over dating Harley. Joker even helps her to realize Harley’s relationship with her is just as toxic as it was with the Joker.

* StealthPun: Joe Chill, the demon that haunts Batman's psyche, is played on film by [[ComicBook/BlueDevil an actor who is (sort of) literally a demon]].

* MistakenForMisogynist: When a tow truck driver goes to Batgirl and said he needs a Bat''man'' to sign for his plane to be moved, Batgirl accuses him of being sexist but he points out Batman's name is on the registration, making her look foolish.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Bruce is arrested for tax evasion (though his role in the ZombieApocalypse and identity as Batman remain a secret), he holds himself to the same laws he holds criminals to, and chooses to serve his time rather than resort to bribery or that the Bat Family smuggle him away, which Barbara suggests.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Bruce is arrested for tax evasion (though his role in the ZombieApocalypse and identity as Batman remain a secret), he holds himself to the same laws he holds criminals to, and chooses to serve his time rather than resort to bribery or that the Batfamily smuggle him away, which Barbara suggests.