Harleen Quinzel (Arrowverse)

Dr. **Harleen Francis “Harley” Quinzel** is a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, the former psychiatrist of Bruce Wayne, one of the best friends turned enemies of Edward Nygma and Jim Gordon, a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, the former work client/partner of Jonathan Crane, a close friend of Dinah Lance, the former lover/accomplice of The Joker, a criminal from Gotham City, an occasional member of the Suicide Squad and the leader of the Birds of Prey.

## Harleen Quinzel (Arrowverse)

* Civilian
* Harley Quinn

## General Information

### Occupation

Associate of the Gotham City Police Department (formerly)Medical Examiner of the Gotham City Police Department (formerly)

Occasional Forensic Researcher of the Gotham City Police Department (formerly)

Psychiatrist of Bruce Wayne (formerly)

Psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum (formerly)

Accomplice of The Joker (formerly)

Criminal

Co-leader of Joker’s gang (formerly)

Leader of the Birds of Prey

Task Force X member (occasionally)

### Affiliation

Gotham City Police Department (formerly)Joker's Gang (formerly)

### Family

Unnamed (mother; deceased)Unnamed (father; deceased)

Susan Quinzel (cousin; deceased)

Jessica Quinzel (cousin)

Numerous other cousins and sisters

### Alter Ego

Harley Quinn

After the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne, Harleen worked alongside Edward Nygma and Jim Gordon and the three began looking into the cases of the Waynes death. While working closely with the GCPD, Ed and Jim, Harleen, in her spare time, was hired by Alfred Pennyworth to be personal trauma counsellor of an 8-year-old Bruce Wayne. Jim and Ed eventually gave her the nickname “Harley” due to her overly long name. The trio eventually discovered that Roman Sionis was responsible for the death of the Waynes, and he hired Joe Chill to kill them.

Harleen played a pivotal role in the arrest of Sionis. She was present at his interrogation and appeared at his trial. Though Jim was the one who apprehended Sionis, Harleen believed in her heart that Ed was the one who captured him truly. 27 years later, Harleen was present at Ed being fired by Captain Bullock and showed her captain the video of Jane Cartwright testifying against her mother to get her behind bars. Harleen was held hostage by a now criminal Ed, who threatened to kill the last member of her bloodline if she didn’t tell him the location of Jim. Giving in, Harleen spied on Ed interrogating Jim, secretly calling the GCPD to her location. However, Ed managed to escape.

After a now adult Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham City after 10 years abroad, to thank Harleen, Bruce got her a job at Arkham Asylum as a psychiatrist. Harleen took to her new job rather well and worked closely with fellow psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Crane. She also gave therapy to a now incarcerated Ed. Eventually, when notorious criminal The Joker was imprisoned at Arkham, Harleen saw an opportunity within him. The Joker had also begun leaving flowers at her desk. After she confronted him about this, he manipulated her into giving him therapy.

After telling a fake story about his abusive father, Harleen slowly began to fall in love with him and even confessed, with The Joker taking this in pride and saying it was natural. After The Joker escaped, Harleen began to worry about him. Later on, The Joker was brought back by Batman, and Harleen saw how hurt he was and began to want revenge on Batman. She took on her own criminal identity and eventually helped Joker break out of Arkham yet again.

Harleen eventually became Joker’s sidekick and girlfriend, **Harley Quinn**, named after the clown character, known as a harlequin. However, she later found out that everything The Joker had told her was a lie, due to him telling her. The Joker also verbally and physically abused her, even trying to kill her at some stages. Harley became so broken and beaten that she eventually left The Joker and tried to stage her own criminal empire.

During the 15 years that Batman was active in Gotham City, she began to become one of his regular foes and began to make her way into his rogues gallery. Harley was also involved in the Kane Family car crash when The Joker reached out to her and told her to distract Batman. However, Batman easily saw through her. After which, Harley reunited with her old friend Dinah Lance, who was now Black Canary, and met Helena Bertinelli/Huntress and Renee Montoya. The four of them formed the group known as the Birds of Prey, a vigilante group that often-crossed paths with Batman. However, Harley discovered that being the hero was a lot harder for her than it was for the others.

She eventually left the Birds of Prey and began committing crimes again, eventually gaining enough henchmen to create her own criminal empire. Harley began to have more frequent encounters with the likes of Batman, becoming one of his deadliest enemies. Harley began to become more feared by other criminals also.

Eventually, Harley was captured by Amanda Waller and placed under the facilities of A.R.G.U.S. and tested to be a member of the Suicide Squad. Harley eventually did become a member, helping the team through numerous deadly missions. Harley eventually became genuine about the cause of the team, befriending many members.

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Harley, along with everyone else in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed by an antimatter wave released by the Anti-Monitor on December 10th, 2019, only to be resurrected a month later after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.

Harley was resurrected on Earth-Prime and had her Earth-1 memories restored by J’onn J’onzz after he deemed her “not all bad”. Harley remains locked up in A.R.G.U.S. and is aware that Batman has left Gotham. However, she does not know that The Joker is still alive. Occasionally, Harley unites with the other members of Task Force X or the ‘Suicide Squad’ and is deployed onto countless missions.