The Harley Quinn Animated Series Is Brilliant, So Why Isn't It More Popular?
DC has no shortage of original TV series currently streaming on HBO Max, from Peacemaker to Doom Patrol to Young Justice. However, one of DC’s best HBO Max originals is the Harley Quinn animated series starring Kaley Cuoco as the title character.
With two seasons already streaming and a third currently in production, Harley Quinn has been anything but a failure. Even so, it’s failed to achieve the same mainstream success as its contemporaries like Invincible or Marvel’s Disney Plus shows. But despite its relative obscurity, Harley Quinn has plenty of elements that elevate it from just another DC cartoon to something truly special.
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The series premiere of Harley Quinn introduces the titular villainess as most fans are sure to already know her — she’s the Joker’s girlfriend and loyal right-hand woman, hopelessly infatuated with her “Mr. J”. However, after taking the fall for Joker one too many times, Harley eventually realizes that she’s nothing but a pawn to him, and that he’ll never love her the way she loves him. And so, Harley Quinn leaves the Joker for good and strikes out on her own to carve out her own path as a supervillain in Gotham City.
The rest of the season follows Harley’s attempts to create her own criminal empire and earn a place in the Legion of Doom, the world’s most infamous supervillain organization. Along for the ride is Harley’s ragtag band of allies — Poison Ivy (Lake Bell), King Shark (Ron Funches), Clayface (Alan Tudyk), and Doctor Psycho (Tony Hale). Throughout her various schemes and capers, Harley comes into conflict with plenty of the DC Universe’s greatest heroes and villains, from Batman and Robin to Aquaman, from Penguin to Lex
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