

After knocking her aside, the Joker and Batman fought once again. Batman followed Harley's trail straight to the Joker. However, Batman managed to convince Harley that she was a patsy and that the Joker only cared about Ace.

When the Joker briefly held Las Vegas in a state of panic with several high explosives, prompting the Justice League to intervene, Harley Quinn was charged with reporting on the League's progress and their encounters with the Royal Flush Gang. Allie Langford, their victim, sided with Batman and Static then willingly spared their lives after being reasoned with. Identity, Quinn posed as Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy. They set up a fake Bang Baby outreach, to lure in a metahuman having trouble with their power. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy planned to steal an upcoming federal gold transport but needed extra muscle. When Quinn commits crimes without the Joker, she teams up with Poison Ivy whom she formed a dysfunctional friendship with. Harley's lack of humor jilts Joker enough for him to beat her and throw her onto the street. If anything, Harley Quinn's presence humanizes the Joker and more or less keeps him in check. Harley Quinn is completely dedicated to the Joker, however the Joker's own egotistic drive to kill Batman is a barrier in itself that prevents any of her 'love' to be returned. Harley Quinn busted the Joker out and she has been at his side ever since. She donned a clown costume reminiscent of her new alter-ego, Harley Quinn, a classical literary character, Harlequin who represented frivolity. Nonetheless, when the Joker was returned to Arkham after a showdown with Batman beaten, something snapped inside Quinzel. Quinzel became captivated to say the least, perhaps of her own choice to repress her desire for personal entertainment in turn to become a career oriented woman. It was in these sessions that the Joker began spinning heart crushing tales of being abused by his father and disguising himself as the victim.

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Things changed when the Joker manipulated her into beginning a series of sessions. Leland quickly assumed that Quinzel planned to cash in as a pop psychologist and publish a tell all book on the Asylum's high profile inmates. Quinzel opted to intern at Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane under the supervision of Dr. Despite her failing grades, Quinzel used her feminine charm to garner a doctorate degree. However, Quinzel was set on obtaining a degree from GSU's prestigious Psychology Department. Harleen Quinzel was a gymnastic prodigy and used her talent to get a sports scholarship to Gotham State University.
