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very flexible, very sexy, very deadly ## Personality BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FULL NAME Harleen Frances Quinzel ALIASES Treacherous Little Primate (by Killer Croc) Dollface (by Scarface) Toots (by Scarface) Chickie (by Scarface) Hot Stuff (by Scarface) Harl (by Captain Boomerang) OCCUPATION Psychiatrist (formerly) Professional Criminal BASE OF OPERATIONS Blackgate Prison Arkham Asylum Gotham City AFFILIATIONS Hugo Strange (former mentor) Martin Joseph (formerly) Jonathan Crane (former supervisor) Joker Poison Ivy Catwoman Mr. Hammer (formerly) Scarecrow's Alliance Suicide Squad PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION HAIR Blonde EYES Blue HEIGHT 5ft 7in (1.70 m) WEIGHT 140 lbs (64 kg) An Arkham Asylum psychiatrist, who begged and eventually convinced her superiors to treat the Joker; Dr. Harleen Quinzel became obsessively fixated on her patient and believed herself to be in love with him. She helped him escape from confinement and took on her own criminal identity as Harley Quinn. Harley was a violent and unpredictable felon whose only motivation, beyond general mayhem, was achieving the Joker’s approval. Because of the Joker's cruel and mercurial nature, this in some ways made Harley just another one of his victims - albeit a very dangerous one. Incident Reports Before Arkham Origins Incident During her early life, Harleen had a criminal father who gave her distorted morals, but also led her to become fascinated by the extreme criminal mind. She had also been to church on occasion, but often slept through the services. Being academically intelligent, she therefore undertook a psychiatric medical degree at Gotham University as this was the quickest method of being able to treat criminal behavior in institutions such as Arkham Asylum. While at the university, Harleen may have developed her skills in gymnastics, which accounted for her acrobatic abilities displayed later in her life as Harley Quinn. Arkham Origins Incident To become a fully qualified psychiatrist researching extreme personalities, Harleen trained under the psychiatrist, Dr. Hugo Strange as part of the psychiatric team at Blackgate Prison. At one point, she, under Strange's orders, contacted one of his patients, Alberto Falcone, the heir to The Falcone Crime Family, to notify him that he had missed his past two appointments, and gave the subtle, but clear threat that Strange and Quinzel would tell his father, Carmine Falcone, about Alberto carrying potentially untreated psychological issues if he didn't continue his appointments. By the time of Christmas Eve, Quinzel was nearly finished with her psychiatric residency at Blackgate. After Julian Gregory Day, also known as the serial killer Calendar Man, was arrested by the GCPD with the anonymous help of Batman, Quinzel did a psychological evaluation of the serial killer, and determined that Day was insane and thus could not be executed. However, Warden Joseph had her redo the evaluation under the pretense that he was manipulating her (although, it was heavily implied that Joseph himself was being manipulated by Commissioner Loeb into having Day ruled sane and execute him to gain political points). She did so under the condition that she be allowed to do psychiatric evaluation on all new prisoners from that point onward. Harleen appeared when Joker got captured by the GCPD at the Royal Hotel and was sent to Blackgate, where she performed a psychological assessment on him, by using assessments such as word association. During their session, Joker described the encounter between him and Batman and stated that it had changed the way he thought, but he never specified that he was talking about Batman. Harleen therefore thought that Joker was talking about her, so, she grew an affinity toward her patient. Harleen was seen again at the Blackgate Riot later that night where she was held hostage by a group of ten escaped Blackgate Prisoners in the Nexus. Batman quickly intervened, but Quinzel showed no form of gratitude toward her savior, nor did she show signs of shock from being almost killed. When Batman asked Quinzel if she was alright, she replied: "What's it to ya?" Harleen walked away from Batman as he stated that: "You were almost killed." She then replied back: "Eh, occupational hazard." And revealed that the Joker was located inside the Panopticon, and that he was waiting for Batman's arrival. Harleen was seen for the last time with a group of guards escorting the Joker to a cell at Blackgate, who laughed at Batman's deception. As Harleen walked alongside him, Joker stated his belief that his future battles with Batman would indeed be "fun" - possibly already set on the idea of the prison takeover attempt during the Arkham Origins Blackgate Incident three months later. The increasing level of visits would culminate in an attempt to smuggle a can of spray cheese into his cell. Arkham Origins Blackgate Incident Three months later, Joker, Black Mask and Penguin all broke out and took over the different sections of Blackgate. Thankfully Harleen wasn't on duty when the prison fell to chaos, but she had already developed a soft spot for the Joker; in her notes she called him Mr. J. Following the recapture of all three crime bosses, Harleen was able to return to work as an official doctor. Arkham Shadow Incident Harleen continued to treat patients with understanding and empathy, being one of the only two psychiatrists at Blackgate, alongside Jonathan Crane. Thankfully, Warden Joseph was fired after the two breakouts; allowing her to work without manipulation. Harleen began having group therapies to help under childhood issues that shaped inmates. Unfortunately, thanks to TYGER brutality and Crane forcibly taking her patients for his experiments into understanding the id/shadow, Harleen was not very pleased with her work. She kept trying to help everyone she could, including Arnold Wesker. When Batman arrives, she worked with him and learned Crane was using a chemical on the patients against their will in order to force them to face their shadow. Crane had stymied her work, even going as far as to take steps to deny access to her most fascinating subject: Patient ARK119805. Presumably, Harleen reported Crane to get him fired. Between Arkham Shadow and Assault on Arkham Incident Harleen eventually interned at Arkham Asylum after it had been fully renovated. There, she underwent employee orientation with Dr. Gretchen Whistler and was given a permanent office located on the Medical Facility's lower floor: the Secure Access Corridor. There, Harleen continued her work as a criminal psychiatrist and assigned herself to psychologically assess and treat the Joker after previously experiencing his behavior first-hand at Blackgate. Over the course of the Interview Tape Sessions with the Joker, he recognized Harleen's affinity for him, and he was able to easily manipulate her by complimenting her, giving her a flower, and victimizing himself. Harleen was also oblivious to the fact that she had overestimated her abilities to treat the Joker and did not anticipate how manipulative he was, so she did not see that the Joker was in fact using her. She therefore began to strongly empathize for him and believed Batman to be the criminal instead. As revealed in the Spirit of Arkham's 19th deciphered message, her affection toward the Joker had developed to the point where she kissed the glass on the cell which he was locked in, which resulted in Warden Sharp considering performing a lobotomy on her after he killed Joker. As a result of the Joker's grooming of her own distorted morals, Harleen eventually fell in love with her patient, which was evident by the posters found in her office at Arkham Asylum. Following Joker's orders, Harleen smuggled bombs into the penitentiary to break into his cell and free him. Wearing her trademark jester costume, Harleen introduced her 'new' persona to the Joker and assumed her own criminal identity as 'Harley Quinn'. Arkham Asylum Incident While Batman and the security guards escorted the Joker through the Intensive Treatment Center of Arkham Asylum, Harley was already in the security control room waiting for his signal. As the Joker broke free, she opened the adjacent security field which allowed him to escape Batman and implemented his takeover of Arkham Asylum. Per the plan, Harley began releasing their thugs from all levels of the Asylum. Harley then took Warden Sharp hostage, took possession of his decorative cane as well as wore his Warden Identification Card, and contacted Batman on the monitor. She claimed that the Joker was now in charge of the island and that she was substituting for Sharp as Warden. She also told Batman that Joker was having a homecoming party with Batman as the guest of honor. Batman gave Harley one chance to surrender, which she refused before she smashed her monitor with Sharp's cane, which cut off the feed. When Batman made his way to the elevator shaft in Secure Transit, Harley appeared, and stated that Joker didn't need to see Batman just yet. Harley proceeded to blow up the elevator cord, which caused the elevator to crash to the floor below and sent herself to the top, and nearly killed a security guard named Henry Smith had Batman not saved him. Harley then regrouped with Frank Boles, who had taken Commissioner Gordon hostage. She and Boles proceeded to secure the front entrance of the Intensive Treatment Center and fought off the guards with an army of Blackgate Prisoners. When Joker found out that Batman was tracking Boles via the alcohol in his breath, Harley was ordered to kill him. With this done, she left him behind, strapped to a gurney with a "Dead End" sign on him. Harley, with Gordon, made her way to the Batmobile first, and ordered her goons to break into it. She then proceeded to the Medical Facility, sat in the main entrance with Gordon tied to a bench by her, and relaxing during her "me time." Batman eventually tracked Gordon to the entrance and found Harley humming to herself, but was unable to reach her due to an electric security gate blocking the entrance. Spotting Batman as he walked in, Harley told him to scram. He asked where Gordon was, to which she replied: "Wouldn't you like to know?." Gordon then shouted to Batman, and Harley told him to shut up and threw a glass mug at him. Gordon called Harley a "crazy bitch," and Joker contacted Harley via monitor. He yelled at her, and she squealed in a startled tone. Joker asked why Batman was at the Medical Facility, as it was "too early." Harley apologized, kissed Joker through the monitor, and asked him not to be angry with her. He then said: "You little minx! I could never stay mad at you!" and turned off the monitor. Harley said that Batman needed to find another way in, bade him farewell, and cartwheeled out of the room. On the Joker's orders, Harley proceeded to take Gordon to the Experimentation Chamber, where Bane was being held. Harley was ordered to guard Gordon, and kill him if any of the men patrolling the room spotted Batman. To buy time to set this up, Scarecrow was released to distract Batman. Harley taunted Gordon, telling him that once he and Batman were dead, the Joker would marry her. However, things didn't go as planned; Batman evaded being seen and knocked out Harley by crashing through the ceiling. Left alone, Harley woke while Batman was busy fighting off a Titan- powered Bane. She promptly escaped back outside. Harley recorded a message for one of the Joker's fake patient sessions with Batman at the Visitor Center, taunting and insulting the Dark Knight. Following her orders, Harley returned to where she had left Sharp, for more of the Joker's insanity. As Batman managed to save Dr. Young from Zsasz, Harley was sent to deal with them; she remained unaware that the Joker had booby-trapped the safe with the Asylum's codes. By the time she arrived, Young was dead from the blast and Batman was out-cold. As Batman woke, Harley joked that Young deserved her death as Joker hated "squealers." Harley removed the tape on Sharp's mouth, allowing him to insult her. She smacked him with his own cane in return, breaking the jewel off of it. Amused, she tells Batman that "that old looney thinks he runs this place," taking Sharp away for more torture. Harley left four goons to take Batman to 'the party', but he defeated them and used the Warden's DNA traces from his severed cane tip to follow her. Harley then made her way to the Penitentiary with the Warden, and forced him to read a variety of threatening statements written by Joker over Arkham Asylum's intercom system and tortured him when he hesitated and insulted her. Harley lead Batman on a goose chase in the Penitentiary. In the Decontamination Room, Harley had two guards strung up and ready to be gassed with Smilex. However, Batman freed them both and got them out of the room before the gas could go off. Eventually, she manged to trick Batman into the Security Control Room, where she had locked up Sharp. Batman saw Harley on a nearby monitor, passing by Poison Ivy's cell. Despite not being on the 'Party List', Ivy convinced Harley to let her free since they were friends. As Ivy happily strode away and blew Harley a kiss, Harley sighed and said: "She's a good kid." Batman followed Harley and surpassed a variety of her traps until there were a few goons left standing. Harley even electrified the pacification system on the asylum floor to the maximum power to stop his advance, and electrocuted a security guard as a demonstration. Harley then flips up to the vent and taunted Batman and said “Won’t be easy trying to catch me” and blew him a kiss and ran away. Batman eventually got past this obstacle and fought his way through the remaining Blackgate Prisoners and escaped Arkham Lunatics before the fifteen remaining thugs attacked Batman in Extreme Incarceration. After they were defeated, Joker decided that Harley had failed him, and removed her from the 'party list', much to her annoyance. Out of anger, Harley exited the room and used her acrobatic skills to attack Batman, but was simply thrown aside. Batman then took Harley's 'party list' and Harley tried to punch him. But Batman flipped Harley over, scanned her hand, and acquired her fingerprints. Batman then proceeded to lock up Harley in an adjacent cell, and she accidentally revealed the Joker's location at the Botanical Gardens and claimed that he would rescue her. Batman left Harley crying alone in her cell, getting nothing but insults. After walking into a nearby room to examine a Glowing Green Trophy placed there by Riddler, Batman became trapped inside after a set of bars slid over the doorway. Harley then taunted him: "The stupid bat has fallen into my trap!", which suggested that she had the Riddler place the trophy in there to trap Batman. Batman used Explosive Gel to destroy the wall above the cell and climbed out back into the cell block, which prompted a shocked Harley to give a violent start and demand: "What? How did you get out of there!?" It could be safely assumed that Harley was escorted back to her usual cell by the surviving Arkham staff upon the Joker's defeat and recapture. Personality Harley was academically intelligent and gained a strong interest in criminology as her father was a criminal. As a psychiatrist, Harley was responsible, very caring, and strongly empathized with her patients, such as leaving a note in Calendar Man's cell saying: "Happy Holidays, Julian! - HQ." Despite her academic intelligence, Harley had distorted morals and lacked a great deal of common sense as she failed to see how dangerous and harmful the Joker was. In her sessions with the Joker, Harley also failed to see sense and overestimated her abilities as he was extremely crafty, which meant that he could easily influence her to feel sympathy and affection for him. For example, Harley did not realize that she was being manipulated to feel affection for Joker during her interview sessions as she was far less experienced in comparison to other Arkham Psychiatrists. Therefore, she inevitably began to feel fixated with him and underwent a drastic change. Once Harley accepted that she was in love with the Joker, she demonstrated extreme signs of regression (as noted by Dr. Young) such as a higher pitch in her voice, becoming less assertive and appearing less intelligent - possibly to try to appeal to him. On a daily basis, Harley was cheerful and optimistic, but also sadistic and maniacal which she may have learned from the Joker. Unlike him, however, Harley often failed to reserve herself in combat and speech which she admitted to Penguin when she rescued Poison Ivy from the police station in Bludhaven. This often resulted in secret information being stated which was beneficial to Batman or resulted in her attacking him, only to be quickly defeated. This type of behavior was often apparent during the Arkham Asylum Incident. She also showed androphobia as she used to insult and mock several men except the Joker. Appearance Harley's blonde hair was in twin ponytails. Harley had a large amount of makeup, as her face was entirely white, with pink blush and red lipstick. Harley also wore a dark purple eye mask, as well as the name tag of Quincy Sharp. Her clothing consisted of a white shirt, with a purple and red corset over it, as well as a black choker necklace. She had gloves that ended above the elbow, which were both red and purple, albeit in opposite order. Harley had a small gap between her top and skirt, which showed her navel. Her belt was a thick black leather one, with a gold square buckle. Her skirt was white and had what appeared to be blood on it. There was a gap between Harley's skirt and boots, in which her fishnet stockings were able to be seen. The boots she wore were leather in appearance, with a purple one on the left, and red on the right. On the bottom of her boots were thick platforms.