And then, when she got on TV, there was some initial feeling from the audience of, ‘I hope we don’t see her all the time,’ which was our feeling, too.” Harley started off as pretty much a standard type of character, but the directors liked her and even before the show got on the air they were like, ‘Hey, where’s my Harley Quinn episode?’ So she was fun for the crew of Batman: The Animated Series to work with. I’ve always maintained that a character like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck or any of the others doesn’t just spring fully born from the animator’s pencil that it’s a process of evolution and sometimes a character will start off one way and get redefined. “Over the years,” he notes, “she went from being this kind of sideline character to someone we really liked a lot. That’s where Harley started, but from there the character fell under the purview of other writers and creators - though Paul would weave in and out of her life over the years - and appear in additional animated shows and films, video games, comic books and feature films.

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