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Mad Love

  • Episode aired Jan 16, 1999
  • TV-PG
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
9.4/10
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The New Batman Adventures (1997)
ActionAdventureAnimationCrimeFamilyMysterySci-Fi

Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.Harley Quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as The Joker's sidekick is revealed.

  • Director
    • Butch Lukic
  • Writers
    • Paul Dini
    • Bruce Timm
    • Stan Berkowitz
  • Stars
    • Kevin Conroy
    • Mark Hamill
    • Arleen Sorkin
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.4/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Butch Lukic
    • Writers
      • Paul Dini
      • Bruce Timm
      • Stan Berkowitz
    • Stars
      • Kevin Conroy
      • Mark Hamill
      • Arleen Sorkin
    • 8User reviews
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    Kevin Conroy
    Kevin Conroy
    • Batman
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    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • The Joker
    • (voice)
    Arleen Sorkin
    Arleen Sorkin
    • Harley Quinn
    • (voice)
    Bob Hastings
    Bob Hastings
    • Commissioner Gordon
    • (voice)
    Suzanne Stone
    • Dr. Joan Leland
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    Jeff Bennett
    Jeff Bennett
    • Storekeeper
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    • (uncredited)
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    • Director
      • Butch Lukic
    • Writers
      • Paul Dini
      • Bruce Timm
      • Stan Berkowitz
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    10BatBanks

    The Harley Quinn Story is good

    This is a story about Harley Quinn, how she became Harley Quinn. I did not know her story was based on a comic book that became a award-winning comic. Warner Brothers has a great voice cast like Mark Hamill as the Joker and Kevin Conroy as Batman. I watched this story several time. Harley does not realize that the Joker is using her every time. She dreamed of being a successful psychiatrist but her life is upside down when she falls for Batman's greatest enemy and becomes his sidekick/lover. She really believes that the Joker loves her and in a strange way he does. This episode was incredible to be made from a graphic novel thanks to the shows creators.
    9brendancrowl

    Best Harley Quinn Story of All Time

    Everyone knows Harley Quinn because of her connection towards her evil significant other, The Joker. But this shows us a part of Harley Quinn we never saw ever since her debut in BTAS. It shows us how she's treated when being with the Joker and let's just say that he treats her like a dog even when she tries to impress Joker by capturing Batman just so she could gain his support. It's also worth mentioning here that this is indeed based on a graphic novel of the same name written by Paul Dini and this is really one of the shows greater accomplishments. Great episode with great storylines.
    10lareval

    A wonderful finale

    The show ends on a really high Bang. The stakes are terrific, the meanings of the story are dramatic and it pays off really well. This animated series has the ability to tell mature stories beautifully well.
    10Johnny-the-Film-Sentinel-2187

    One of the Best Batman Stories Ever Told!

    Mad Love explores Harley Quinn and The Joker's relationship, and how Batman is perceived to be the antagonist between the two. And this episode shows how Harley is the real victim in all this suffering of her psychotic serial-killing boyfriend. This episode was based on an Eisner-Award-Winning comic written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, the former of which would pen this episode for the series.

    Mad Love is sexy, sad and a neo-noir flavored love-affair rolled into the final episode of 'The New Batman Adventures'. These stylistic choices add up to one of the best stories told in the world of Batman.

    Easily one of my favourite episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. This episode can be seen on its own and still be appreciated as a complex and deep take on the world around The Dark Knight himself.
    10Starnar007

    Highlight in this series

    This is the true hightlight of the Batman adventures and one of the best episodes in the series as a whole.

    Mad love! And how mad it is indeed.

    This a true gifts to the fans of the show, giving us the origin story of the amazing joker girl Harley Quinn which they created and they surely do not disappoint with the answers.

    In previous episodes they had hinted on things but this time around the really flessed it out and dedicated an episode the really toxic relationship between her and the Joker.

    Batmans role in this episode is also very interesting, we see how he understands this toxic relationship and uses it to his advantage.

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    • Trivia
      This episode is an adaption of "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love", the critically acclaimed single-issue comic from the Batman: The Animated Series (1992) spin-off comic series set in the animated continuity. The story was written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, two creators from the show, and tells the origin story of the Joker's henchwoman Harley Quinn. It presents her past as a psychologist at Arkham Asylum who then falls in love with The Joker. This story won the Eisner Award for "Best Single Story" and the Harvey Award for "Best Single Issue or Story" in 1994. Harley Quinn's origin was only hinted at in a few episodes of Batman: The Animated Series (1992), both aired in 1994, in Trial (1994) it's mentioned that Harley was once a psychologist once at Arkham and that's when she'd met the Joker and in Harlequinade (1994) Batman in genuine confusion asked Harley about her sick attraction to the Joker.
    • Goofs
      The swordfish that Harley grabs off the wall as the Joker yells at her changes size between shots.
    • Quotes

      Batman: [Talking to Joker on a moving train] She almost had me, you know. Arms and legs chained, dizzy from the blood rushing to my head. I had no way out other than convincing her to call you. I knew your massive ego wouldn't let anyone else take the honor of killing me. Although you have to admit she came a lot closer than you ever did... Puddin'.

      [Joker stares for a second, then goes absolutely berserk and attacks]

    • Connections
      Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Top 11 Batman: TAS Episodes (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Batman: The Animated Series
      Theme

      Composed by Danny Elfman

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    • Release date
      • January 16, 1999 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Television Animation
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    • Runtime
      • 22m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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