Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) Harley and Ivy (1993) User Reviews

Gotham's new crime queens

[Mr-Fusion · 8/10 · 4 January 2017]

I've gotta admit, I was kind of excited when I saw Paul Dini's name in the credits. 'Harley and Ivy' is right in his wheelhouse. He knows how to mine the Joker and Harley for laughs and uses their dysfunction to great effect. But it's also a great "just us gals" story and I love that this whole thing is just a pain in the ass for Batman. The guy just finds himself right in the middle of both a pair of mischievous criminals and a lovers' spat. And total respect for slipping in a theme of spousal abuse on a kids show. Not easy, but it totally works.

It's a great episode all around. It looks good and keeps right on ticking with laughs (and explosions). And it says a lot (tons) when Arleen Sorkin outshines Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. She's an MVP, for sure.

8/10

Poison Ivy: "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" (8"30')

[cfranciscocardoso · 9/10 · 16 August 2021]

I just wanted to quote Poison Ivy. Indeed it was!! And right now it is flourishing (pun intended), the two have their own Tv Series now, with its 3rd season coming up, and what a Tv series it is too. This episode is very much like a prequel, the origin story. Harley Quinn fans can watch it as a stand alone, in fact, you should. Enjoy.

In Appreciation Of 'Harley'

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 26 May 2009]

"The Joker," short on temper, gives to boot to his top female henchman, er henchwoman, and lives to regret it. He misses her, meaning "Harley Quinn," but only because he can't find his socks and nobody is feeding the dogs anymore. She, on the other hand, moons for him. She's loyal, that's for sure and misses her "Mr. J," even if he doesn't appreciate her.

Harley, now on her own and trying to impress The Joker with a big diamond heist, winds up running for cover when "Poison Ivy" was in the same building robbing something else. The two run for it and then wind up partners.

What those two do, crime-wise, and the question that you wonder while you watch this - will Harley and The Joker get back together? - slowly unfolds in the last 10 minutes of the story Harley, as always, is fun to hear but Poison Ivy produced no laughs for clever comments. She wasn't exactly Uma Thurman, who was so much fun to watch and hear in her role as the same character in the feature film "Batman and Robin." Here, the animated Poison Ivy was more of a chip-on-the-shoulder ultra-feminist, spewing all the man-hatred she could. (She hated it that Harley kept pining for "Mr. J.") Arleen Sorkin does a wonderful job with the voice of Harley.

Batman, meanwhile, winds up in the middle of all these criminals and finds a way to solve things, as he usually does.

"Stop shooting you lunatic, we're on a oil rig!"

[thomasgouldsbrough · 9/10 · 26 January 2022]

Probably the best episode of the Animated series. I hadn't seen this episode in about 10 years, and yet I could still perfectly recap it. It has everything - a very original plot, larger than life characters, fantastic dialogue, and an ending that wraps everything up perfectly. A near masterpiece.