Harleen (Harlequin)

History

Harleen Quinzel stood out during her school years as an agile gymnast, which allowed her to obtain a scholarship to study psychiatry at Arkham University. To get good grades, she used several reprehensible tricks, such as flirting with her teachers. Later, she worked as a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, where she met her patient, the Joker. Deceived by the story that he had had an unhappy childhood, Quinzel fell deeply in love with him. The authorities suspected that she had helped the Joker escape from the asylum several times, and so they imprisoned her. During an earthquake in Gotham City, Quinzel escaped from prison and became Harley Quinn, Joker's partner in crime. The relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn is one of the most complex in the DC Universe. He yells at her, attacks her, and abandons her without warning when necessary, even nearly killing her on occasion. However, she believes that he truly loves her and that these acts are just a joke. Joker has shown affection for her on occasion, despite always having an episode where he mistreats her. In the episode "Harley and Ivy" from the cartoon Batman: The Animated Series, Harley Quinn is frustrated by Joker's contempt and then decides to steal the Harlequin Diamond from the Gotham City museum to prove her worth. At the same time, Poison Ivy steals toxic plants from the museum. The two quickly become friends and Poison Ivy takes her to her home, in a toxic waste dump. Poison Ivy injects her with a serum that makes Harley Quinn immune to all toxins and poisons. Together, they commit several crimes, becoming known as the "Queens of Crime" of Gotham City. Their friendship is shaken several times by Poison Ivy's jealousy of the relationship between Harley Quinn and the Joker.

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The Batman: Harley Quinn magazine presents another version of the origin of the friendship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Unsure whether he really feels something for Harley Quinn or not, Joker lets his evil side prevail. He ties her to a rocket, which lands in Robinson Park. Poison Ivy finds her and saves her, when she recognizes that she is Dr. Harleen Quinzel, whom she met at Arkham Asylum. Poison Ivy's initial plan is to kill her, but curiosity overcame her. Ivy convinces Harley Quinn to tell her her entire story and ends up noticing some similarities between Harley's story and her own. She offers to help Harley get revenge on Batman and the Joker.

Dra. Harleen Quinzelle

Born with the name Harleen Quinzel, Harley Quinn was raised in a completely unstable family. Her mother was extremely strict, her father was a criminal, and her younger brother was preparing to follow in his father's footsteps. Harleen studied psychiatry and was preparing a paper that would demonstrate the psychic similarities between committing a crime and being in love. She then uses her boyfriend, Guy, as a guinea pig, involving him in several crimes and a complex murder. After these events, Guy became extremely depressed and attempted suicide several times. And he asked Harleen to end his suffering. She kills her boyfriend in a way that makes it look like a suicide.

Your first patient, the Joker

Distraught by everything that had happened, she begins to believe that the universe is driven by chaos, and begins to feel a kind of connection with the criminal Joker. She ends up getting a job at Arkham, becoming the Joker's psychiatrist. During the first session, Harleen shows how obsessed she is with him. She helps him escape from Arkham several times, until she becomes the Joker's partner. Batman finds out everything and locks Harleen up in Arkham, but she later manages to escape and join the Joker, using the codename Harley Quinn.

Introducing Harley Quinn

Her obsession with the Joker turned into madness, completely shaping her personality. Harley Quinn is an unbalanced, unstable and unreliable character. But don't be fooled, the love affair between Harley Quinn and the Joker is no fairy tale. She lives in an abusive relationship, and is constantly mistreated by the Clown Kingpin. But she comes up with all sorts of excuses for this behavior, often saying that this is the Joker's way of expressing his love for her.

Harley Quinn likes to spread the love

Some people criticized the way the character Harley Quinn was sexualized in the Suicide Squad movie, but that is actually one of her personality traits. Harley Quinn often uses her appearance to seduce some of her adversaries to get what she wants. In addition, and despite being obsessed with the Joker, she has had several romantic interests, having relationships with the following characters: Gunslinger; Poison Ivy; Shazam; Bianca Steeplechase She has already fallen in love with other characters such as Batman, Wonder Woman and Power Girl, but her feelings were never reciprocated.

Harley Quinn's powers (with a little help from Poison Ivy)

whatever kind of superpower. But after the Joker tried to kill her with a missile, Poison Ivy gave her a potion, which not only helped her recover, but also granted her some less normal characteristics. This potion increased his strength, agility and speed, and also gave him immunity against any type of toxins. Since Harley Quinn was a gymnast as a child, she uses everything she learned to make the most of the powers given by the potion. Something curious is the strength of her legs, she can make big jumps with great ease. In addition to all this, Harley Quinn is a master of disguise and has a good arsenal of weapons and accessories, ranging from the well-known giant hammer, through the baseball bat, to her personalized pistols.