History Recap / TheBatmanS4E10TwoOfAKind

* AdaptationalWimp: Unlike other versions that sort of dance around Harley being a normal civilian woman until until well into adulthood, here she's neither a trained combatant nor a criminal mastermind and is entirely reliant on Joker to keep her alive and out of jail. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she ends up nearly killing herself when attempting to deploy Joker's gadgets in combat.

* AdaptationalWimp: Harley in most origins has a gymnastics background that allows her to grapple with the Bat family. Here she can't even throw a successful punch at Batman.
* BadBoss: Joker abandons Punch and Judy to the police because he doesn't want to be late for his favorite TV show. He later threatens Harley for "ordering him around" and abandons her in a burning building to escape from the heroes.

* BadBoss: Joker abandons Punch and Judy to the police because he doesn't want to be late for his favorite TV show. He later threatens Harley for "ordering him around" and abandons her in a burning building.

* BirdsOfAFeather: What ultimately attracts Joker to Harleen is the fact she's just like him, a crazed narcissist who loves to hurt people. He simply gives her one final push to become a full-blown supervillain, and two go on a romantic crime spree.

--> '''Joker''': Pop Psychology at its worst! That girl's theories are unfounded, her professional manner's a joke, and her training, if ANY, is shoddy at best! (Beat) [[BerateAndSwitch I LOVE THIS SHOW]]! The girl's more screwloose than me!

-->'''Joker''': Pop psychology at its worst. That girl's theories are unfounded. Her professional manner's a joke. And her training, ''if any'', is shoddy at best. '''I love this show!'''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A show like Harley's isn't going to be considered worth continuing by any sane executive, especially when one of the guests actually storms out in disgust, and ''especially'' if said guest is as high-profile as a billionaire philanthropist like Bruce Wayne.

--> '''Joker''': Pop Psychology at its worst! That girl's theories are unfounded, her professional manner's a joke, and her training, if ANY, is shoddy at best! (Beat) [[BerateAndSwitch I LOVE THIS SHOW]]!

* MamaBear: Monica's mother calls to berate Harleen Quinzel for telling her daughter to sneak out with a boy she didn't like. Harleen quickly hangs up on hearing the call.

* KarmaHoudini: In a rare occurrence, this is one of the few times Joker doesn't get caught for his crimes. He gets away, and Batman has to stay behind to rescue an unconscious Harleen.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Joker claims this while giving Harleen a therapy session. He says he's also been called a "joke", and she admits they seem to have a lot in common.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Harley sets up a trap to humiliate Bruce on her show and damage his reputation for the ratings. This causes her producer to immediately cancel her show and call her a joke on live television, humiliating ''her''.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Harley to a minor extent. One comic had her manipulating her college boyfriend into committing a MurderSuicide, long before she became an Arkham intern. While she is manipulative and shows a LackOfEmpathy here, she only becomes murderous with the Joker's influence.

* VillainsOutShopping: Before it was cancelled, Joker was revealed to be a big fan of Harley’s show, he is revealed to a frequent watcher and caller under the name Mr. J. The reason he abandoned Punch and Judy was because he didn’t want to miss the show.

* BerateAndSwitch: Joker points out everything wrong with Harleen and her show with apparent disdain, before he cheers "I ''LOVE'' this show! The girl's more screw-loose than me!"

* LaserGuidedKarma: Harley sets up a trap to humiliate Bruce on her show and damage his reputation for the ratings. This causes her producer to immediately cancel her show and call her a joke on live television, humiliating her.

** Played straight, however, with Jimmy Herbert. He's already annoyed at Harleen but is ''furious'' when she humiliates Bruce Wayne, who came onto the show to promote a charity. Jimmy intervenes and gets on-camera to apologize to Bruce and tell Harley she's cancelled.

** We see Jimmy Herbert only chide Harleen during the commercial break because he doesn't want to cancel her show just yet. When does he get on-camera? When Harleen angers Bruce Wayne, who was trying to promote his charity for crime victims, and he seemingly walks off in a huff. Jimmy intervenes as Harleen tries physically force Bruce to stay by blocking his path. Then he apologizes to "Mr. Wayne" in SincerityMode before canceling the show and firing her.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Harleen's producer, Jimmy Herbert. He comes during the commercial break to warn Harleen that her show is on its last legs, and she needs to shape up. Even so, he gives her a chance to do so, and only pulls the plug after she humiliates Bruce Wayne.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A show like Harley's isn't going to be considered worth continuing by any sane executive, especially when one of the guests actually storms out in disgust, and ''especially'' if said guest is as high profile as a billionaire philanthropist like Bruce Wayne.

* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: When he is on Harley's show, one of Bruce's prior dates says they were having dinner, and then he left, citing important business resulting in her paying for it. While this is portrayed in universe as Bruce being a huge jerk, the audience is clearly aware that this was Bruce being Batman.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Harley never considered the fact that trying humiliate Bruce Wayne wouldn’t make her look in front of her boss, especially after he gave her warning. This resulted in her show being cancelled.

* PaperThinDisguise: Averted; Harley's disguise completely covers her face and hair. Even so, Batman immediately recognizes her when he unmasks her.

* PointAndLaughShow: Poor Bruce gets duped into showing up on ''Heart To Heart With Harley'' (he's told he'll get to talk about a charity drive). Harley invites one of his jilted exes who spends several minutes roasting him, before opening the phones up to laugh at him.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Harleen's producer Jimmy Herbert. He comes during the commercial break to warn Harleen that her show is on its last legs, and she needs to shape up. Even so, he gives her a chance to do so, and only pulls the plug when Bruce Wayne walks off the show in a huff.

* YouGotSpunk: After Joker calls out Harleen for wanting to use him for a tell-all book, she tells him they can split the profits fifty-fifty. He applauds her for having "moxie" and sets his hyenas on her. Then he gets more impressed when they sit on her command.
** Doubles as a MythologyGag: For as long as she's existed, Harley's always had more pull with the hyenas than Joker.

* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: Harleen started out as a bully with an online psychology degree but "evil" would be too harsh to describe her. When Joker convinces her to spend a night on the town with him, however, she goes along with all of his escapades: robbing a bank and leaving the staff BoundAndGagged, drugging squirrels with Joker venom, filling a fountain with explosive foam, and destroying one of Bruce Wayne's banners in the city. Even Batman asks WhatWereYouThinking when he catches up to the pair.

** Doubles as a MythologyGag: Starting from the DCAU version, Harley's always had more pull with the hyenas than Joker.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Robin is confused that ''anyone'' would willingly go with the Joker, and what the Joker would want with a random talk show host. Batman explains that right now Harleen is vulnerable, and thus easy prey for someone like the Joker who enjoys a laugh.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Bruce realizes that Joker is calling the show, he quickly makes an excuse to leave, likely hoping to try to trace Joker's phone signal. Unfortunately, his method of doing so, being offended at the questions being asked, along with Harleen being on the last legs, results in the show being cancelled mid air, and allows Joker to convince Harley to become Harley Quinn.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A show like Harleen's isn't going to be considered worth continuing by any sane executive, especially when one of the guests actually storms out in disgust.

* ContinuityNod: The last time Joker knocked on someone's door, he broke in using a bomb. Here he actually waits for Harley to let him in before revealing his flowers and identity.