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In the animated series, Quinn often teamed up with supervillain [[Poison Ivy (comics)|Poison Ivy]] against [[Batman]]. Quinn's friendship with Ivy was one of the few villainous team-ups in the animated series seemingly rooted in genuine friendship, although Quinn's flaky personality often tried Ivy's patience. The close friendship between the two characters, particularly in the animated series, fueled fan-speculation of possible [[lesbian]] undertones. Sly hints to the existence of such a relationship turn up in "Batgirl Adventures #1" (Feb 1998) and the "Harley and Ivy" miniseries (May-June 2004), both by Dini and Timm. (In the latter they're shown sleeping in the same bed.)

Quinn's eventual [[fate]] is shown in the movie ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]''. She disappeared, and was presumed dead, after falling into a deep crevasse during Batman's final showdown with the Joker; however, bottomless pits are a notoriously unreliable means of death in comic books. Indeed, a scene toward the end of the film reveals that she survived to start a family, with her granddaughters, [[ Delia and Deidre Dennis ]], eventually joining the [[Jokerz]] gang. (After the twins are released from their cell, one of them says to her, "Shut up, [[Nana]] Harley.") This scene exists primarily because Harley is Paul Dini's admitted favorite character (not to mention being his main original addition to the Batman mythos), and he was unsettled by having to kill her off, so he sneaked that scene into the script on his own. It survived thanks to Timm, who felt the lighter moment was a perfect relief after the intensity of the [[climax (narrative)|climax]].

==DC Universe Comic history==