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Harley Quinn...that inimitable creation of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm's who somehow took over the world from the moment of her first appearance on the Batman: Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" (also coincidentally the Joker's first appearance in the DC Animated Universe), with what was initially the amount of a walk-on role to give Joker a break in the action to concentrate on tormenting his victim. Initially voiced by Arleen Sorkin--who also provided Harley with her personality and was also a model for the character--Harley grew in importance with each appearance on the show, always with a dark sweetness whenever she popped up with "Hello Mistah J!" or "Hey puddin!" Harley's popularity kickstarted several other characters originally created for the Timmverse shows to appear elsewhere in the mainstream DC Comics universe, with Renee Montoya, Live Wire, and Roxy Rocket joining her later on. Her later partnership and friendship with Poison Ivy provided yet another dimension to the character, creating the two as Gotham's own "Thelma and Louise" or a female equivalent to Laurel and Hardy, with Harley taking on the dumb blonde role and Ivy being her straight man (a solo comic, probably from the Gotham Girls web series, has a very distinguished cover that establishes this relationship perfectly well). But springing from Gotham Girls, fans were treated to the first steps towards establishing Harley as her own character, instead of the Joker's sidekick, an experiment that has often worked well with her sometimes being an ally to Barbara Gordon/Oracle as part of the Birds of Prey, a mercenary, and an anti-hero at work for the Suicide Squad. But at her core, Harley will always be associated with her "puddin".

This is Harley's classic look, transplanted from the cartoons to the comics (she made her first DCU appearance during the "No Man's Land" storyarc in 1999 in a stand-alone graphic novel) and one that didn't require any updating until 2011, when DC rebooted her look and followed suit with an appearance modeled more closely after the popular Arkham video games. Margot Robbie is set to portray the character in next year's Suicide Squad film, which will also see her pair off with Jared Leto as a new incarnation of the Joker. While the film seems like it still has some hairy moments and choices (Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang...who thought that was a good idea) Robbie's Harley Quinn looks to be one of the bigger positives of the film's casting and clearly one that could steal the show from Leto and Will Smith's Deadshot.

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Harley Quinn...that inimitable creation of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm's who somehow took over the world from the moment of her first appearance on the Batman: Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" (also coincidentally the Joker's first appearance in the DC Animated Universe), with what was initially the amount of a walk-on role to give Joker a break in the action to concentrate on tormenting his victim. Initially voiced by Arleen Sorkin--who also provided Harley with her personality and was also a model for the character--Harley grew in importance with each appearance on the show, always with a dark sweetness whenever she popped up with "Hello Mistah J!" or "Hey puddin!" Harley's popularity kickstarted several other characters originally created for the Timmverse shows to appear elsewhere in the mainstream DC Comics universe, with Renee Montoya, Live Wire, and Roxy Rocket joining her later on. Her later partnership and friendship with Poison Ivy provided yet another dimension to the character, creating the two as Gotham's own "Thelma and Louise" or a female equivalent to Laurel and Hardy, with Harley taking on the dumb blonde role and Ivy being her straight man (a solo comic, probably from the Gotham Girls web series, has a very distinguished cover that establishes this relationship perfectly well). But springing from Gotham Girls, fans were treated to the first steps towards establishing Harley as her own character, instead of the Joker's sidekick, an experiment that has often worked well with her sometimes being an ally to Barbara Gordon/Oracle as part of the Birds of Prey, a mercenary, and an anti-hero at work for the Suicide Squad. But at her core, Harley will always be associated with her "puddin".

This is Harley's classic look, transplanted from the cartoons to the comics (she made her first DCU appearance during the "No Man's Land" storyarc in 1999 in a stand-alone graphic novel) and one that didn't require any updating until 2011, when DC rebooted her look and followed suit with an appearance modeled more closely after the popular Arkham video games. Margot Robbie is set to portray the character in next year's Suicide Squad film, which will also see her pair off with Jared Leto as a new incarnation of the Joker. While the film seems like it still has some hairy moments and choices (Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang...who thought that was a good idea) Robbie's Harley Quinn looks to be one of the bigger positives of the film's casting and clearly one that could steal the show from Leto and Will Smith's Deadshot.