What is the true story of Harley Quinn?

Harleen Quinzel was a psychiatric intern at Arkham Asylum. A model student, in addition to receiving high grades in college, she was also a dedicated gymnast, winning a scholarship to Gotham City University. While researching the lunatics at Arkham, she became fascinated with one particular inmate.

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What is the real story of Harley Quinn?

Harleen became obsessed with her subject, and after falling madly in love with the Clown Prince of Crime, she helped him escape the asylum. Her love for the Joker inspired Harleen to adopt a new identity, that of Harley Quinn, the Joker's sidekick-slash-love interest—whether he wanted one or not.

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What was Harley Quinn childhood backstory?

Harleen Quinzel was raised in a dysfunctional family, her mother Sharon Quinzel is an alcoholic and her father Nick Quinzel is a criminal and gambling addict who frequently got in trouble with the mob.

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Why did Harley fall for Joker?

Historically, Harley Quinn is a former psychiatrist who falls in love with the criminally insane Clown Prince of Gotham. Joker manipulates Quinn and she falls for his devilish charm, not knowing that it would be her eventual downfall and she would become a partner in clown-themed crime with Joker.

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Did the Joker love Harley?

The Joker does not reciprocate her love and is in fact incapable of romantic emotion as he sees people only as tools to further his own plans. Harley is in denial of this fact and prefers to view him as an antihero until she eventually has to come face-to-face with his complete disregard for her.

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Harley Quinn's Origin Story

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Did the Joker impregnate Harley?

History. Joker Jr. was born after The Joker, who had manipulated Harley Quinn into re-entering a life of crime, impregnated her without her knowing.

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Does Harley love Ivy or Joker?

Harley Quinn season two ends with Harley and Ivy finally accepting their feelings for one another and pursuing a romantic relationship.

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What Joker did to Harley Quinn?

In the story, the Joker takes Harleen Quinzel to the chemical plant where he originated and pushes her into a vat of chemicals against her will, which bleaches her skin and drives her insane, resulting in her transformation to Harley Quinn, similar to the Joker's transformation in his origins.

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Why does Harley Quinn call Joker puddin?

In this case, what compels Harley to come up with and, from that moment onward, perpetually utilize the name "Puddin" is an honest expression of the mutual love between her and Jack Napier, someone she considers a separate person from the villainous Joker.

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What all did the Joker do to Harley Quinn?

The Joker was abusive toward lovelorn Quinn: hitting her or throwing her out of buildings, all while playing sadistic mind games with her. The series clearly depicted the patterns of domestic violence: He beat her and cast her out before wooing her back.

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What is Harley Quinn's weakness?

‍Weakness: Harley Quinn appears to be fearless, yet she doesn't have enhanced strength, speed, or metahuman powers, making her vulnerable to physical attacks from her more powerful opponents.

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Who is Harley Quinn's daughter?

Lucy Quinzel is the daughter of the Joker and Harley Quinn and the niece of Delia Quinzel.

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What did Harley Quinn's parents do?

Nicholas Quinzel married Sharon Quinzel at an unknown age. He fathered two children with her, Harleen and Barry. He was a gambler who constantly got into trouble with the mob and got beaten up for money.

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What's the Joker's backstory?

Published in 1951, Detective Comics #168 revealed that the Joker was once the Red Hood, a masked criminal who fell into a vat of acid while attempting to escape from Batman. When he emerged from the cauldron, the villain was cursed with green hair, corpse-white skin, and that unnerving perma-grin.

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What is Poison Ivy's origin story?

Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, PhD is a promising botanist who is persuaded by Marc LeGrand into assisting him with the theft of an Egyptian artifact containing ancient herbs. Fearing she would implicate him in the theft, he attempts to poison her with the herbs, which are deadly and untraceable.

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Is Harley Quinn good or bad?

Harley Quinn started off as a villain, but lately, she's been portrayed as a superhero and an anti-hero.

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Why does Harley Quinn have hyenas?

Bud and Lou are spotted hyenas who are the pets of Harley Quinn. When Harley Quinn wanted to go solo and formed her gang, their first mission was to free Bud and Lou from the Gotham City Zoo. At some point, white collar criminals stole Bud and Lou from Harley Quinn so that they can auction them off as exotic pets.

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What was Harley Quinn original name?

Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, later known as Harley Quinn, is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), based on the character of the same name created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm as a comic relief henchwoman for the supervillain Joker in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) animated series Batman: The ...

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Does Joker know he has a daughter?

Leaving the newborn baby Lucy with her sister, Harley returned to Gotham only to realize that not only did the Joker not realize she was pregnant, he didn't even care to notice she left at all.

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How did the Joker become evil?

The most common interpretation of the character is that of a man who, while disguised as the criminal Red Hood, is pursued by Batman and falls into a vat of chemicals that bleaches his skin, colors his hair green and his lips red, and drives him insane.

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What movie does Harley Quinn fall in love with Joker?

At the beginning of Suicide Squad, we learn that Harley Quinn wasn't always the wild and unpredictable villain she is today. Harley Quinn was once Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist who was assigned to be Joker's therapist. While she thought she was helping to cure the clown, she was falling in love with him.

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Who is Poison Ivy's love interest?

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are back together, proving themselves as the healthiest superhero couple to come out of Gotham City.

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Does Ivy cheat on Harley?

Luckily, she did not kill the co-worker she hooked up with, but that was overshadowed by the fact that she cheated on Harley with her (which this comic confirms was cheating, as Harley and Ivy are confirmed to still be “girlfriends”).

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