Mad Love
- Episode aired Jan 16, 1999
- TV-PG
- 22m
Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.
- Batman
- (voice)
- …
- The Joker
- (voice)
- Harley Quinn
- (voice)
- Dr. Joan Leland
- (voice)
- Storekeeper
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- Paul Dini(uncredited)
- Bruce Timm(uncredited)
- Stan Berkowitz
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode is an adaption of "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love", the critically acclaimed single-issue comic from the Batman: The Animated Series (1992) spin-off comic series set in the animated continuity. The story was written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, two creators from the show, and tells the origin story of the Joker's henchwoman Harley Quinn. It presents her past as a psychologist at Arkham Asylum who then falls in love with The Joker. This story won the Eisner Award for "Best Single Story" and the Harvey Award for "Best Single Issue or Story" in 1994. Harley Quinn's origin was only hinted at in a few episodes of Batman: The Animated Series (1992), both aired in 1994, in Trial (1994) it's mentioned that Harley was once a psychologist once at Arkham and that's when she'd met the Joker and in Harlequinade (1994) Batman in genuine confusion asked Harley about her sick attraction to the Joker.
- GoofsThe swordfish that Harley grabs off the wall as the Joker yells at her changes size between shots.
- Quotes
[Joker bursts from the door, to see Batman hanging above a tank filled with piranas]
The Joker: HARLEY!
Harley Quinn: Hi, Puddin'! You're just in time to see the...
[Joker slaps Harley across the room, then turns to Batman]
The Joker: Excuse me just a minute.
Harley Quinn: But Puddin', I-I don't understand! Didn't you want to finally get rid of Batman?
The Joker: Only if *I* do it, idiot!
Harley Quinn: But it's still your plan, see?
[shows him his blueprints]
Harley Quinn: Everything just like you said, except I hung the guy upside down so he sees the little frowns as little smiles. Now it all works!
[Joker grabs the blueprints and tears them up]
The Joker: Except you had to *explain* it to me! If you have to explain a joke, THERE IS NO JOKE!
[He advances on Harley, growling. Nervously, she grabs hold of a swordfish]
Harley Quinn: Now calm down, Puddin'...
The Joker: You've forgotten what I told you a long time ago. One of the painful truths of comedy...
[grabs the swordfish out of her hands]
The Joker: YOU ALWAYS TAKE SHOTS FROM FOLKS WHO JUST DON'T GET THE JOKE!
[Joker whacks Harley with the swordfish, sending her crashing out the window and plunging down several stories to land in a pile of garbage, apparently dead]
The Joker: And don't call me Puddin'.
Harley Quinn: [Harley is alive among the rubbish, but bloodied, barely conscious and dejected] My fault... I didn't get the joke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nostalgia Critic: Top 11 Batman: TAS Episodes (2011)
- SoundtracksBatman: The Animated Series
Theme
Composed by Danny Elfman
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- Nov 20, 2021