Aquaman

❝ Oh, yeah! Yeah! Just throw saltwater fish into a chlorinated pool. Water's water, I guess. Come on! What are you, four? ❞

— Aquaman^[src]

Aquaman is the alter ego of Arthur Curry, king of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, as well as a long-standing member of the Justice League.

As his name would suggest, he is most adaptable in the presence of a large body of water as he can breathe underwater, swim at accelerated speeds, and telepathically communicate with marine life. Despite his prestige as a king and a member of the Justice League, several supervillains enjoy mocking him and tearing into his persona. He is the sworn enemy of Black Manta.

Appearance[]

Eschewing the tattoos and beard of Jason Momoa, Harley Quinn offers a more classic take on Aquaman, although he does have longer hair than the modern incarnation. He is golden blond, with slightly tanned skin, and is wearing an orange scale-mail shirt that ends in a Mandarin collar around his neck. His hands are covered by a pair of forest-green gloves with a fin around the sides. He also sports a pair of forest-green pants held by a golden yellow belt with a golden belt buckle shaped as a stylized letter A.

Biography[]

"Finding Mr. Right"[]

Aquaman watched Batman's fight with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy on the Tawny Young show on his phone while sitting on the toilet underwater.

"L.O.D.R.S.V.P."[]

Harley and her crew stole a cache of Atlantean jewels from the Atlantis Museum of Art, with Clayface pretending to be Aquaman to misdirect the guards. However, Aquaman himself apprehended them on the ocean surface, and after mentioning what he did with King Shark's mom, it required Poison Ivy's arrival and tying him up in seaweed for Harley and her crew to escape.

The encounter got the attention of the Legion of Doom, which got her nominated to join the legion and invited to a party. While Harley mingled at the party, Aquaman arrived to retrieve his jewels from Ivy and Harley. Harley sucker-punched Aquaman in the throat and distracted him briefly before he kicked her aside. He then easily fights off all of the disarmed Legion of Doom guests. Aquaman yells aloud that his quarrel is only with Harley and Ivy. At this point, all of the Legion of Doom members back off except for Black Manta, Aquaman's nemesis, who puts himself in the middle and taunts Aquaman with his first name so Aquaman blasts Black Manta away with his trident.

As Aquaman prepares to blast Ivy, who was knocked out by Black Manta falling on top of her, Harley baits him into attacking her. He throws his trident directly at her, misses, and strikes the fish tank she deliberately stood in front of. With all the fish flushed out into the room, Aquaman began picking them up in distress, angrily discarding Harley's suggestion to take them to a YMCA pool down the street because these are saltwater fish. As Aquaman leaves, the Legion of Doom applauds her for driving him off.

"Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special"[]

Aquaman and his wife Mera were interviewed on Valentine's Day and recounted how they met and married. They recalled how Mera was an assassin from the rival underwater kingdom Xebel, who was sent to hunt Aquaman down as the future monarch of Atlantis. However, they fell in love and married within a year, which united their kingdoms. Aquaman then tried to tone down Mera's disdain for people on the surface, forcing her to say she was only joking.

"Metamorphosis"[]

Aquaman attended Nightwing's funeral, paying his respects.

Personality[]

From what has been shown in the series, this character incarnation is a boisterous bruiser who doesn't have an indoor voice, given to hearty high-fives and laughing freely. As befitting a king, Aquaman will occasionally use older and more formal words such as "abscond" while referring to Harley Quinn's theft of the Atlantean royal box of jewelry. His preferred word choices and method of phrasing his sentences had led him to self-identify as the "Dickens of the Deep". But despite his regal manner of presenting himself, Aquaman has shown a far more down-to-earth attitude while dealing with more juvenile and rude characters such as Harley Quinn, Bane and Sinestro. He was shown to get annoyed with Sinestro's backhanded comment regarding his "family jewels". He openly berated Harley for suggesting that saltwater fish be put in a swimming pool filled with chlorine.

Aquaman and Black Manta appear to be fierce enemies with a history, considering that they refer to each other by their first names. Unlike his arch-enemy, Aquaman does not take their rivalry as personally as Manta does, claiming that not all of their encounters center around him alone.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Atlantean Physiology
- Amphibian Adaptation
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Marine Telepathy

Abilities[]

Master Swimmer
Expert Combatant
Trident Proficiency

Trivia[]

He along with Batman and Zatanna Zatara are the only known members of the Justice League who didn't get imprisoned in Queen of Fables' book.
Chris Diamantopoulos previously voiced fellow Justice League member and blond, Green Arrow on the animated series Justice League Action.
His adversary, Black Manta, is voiced by Phil LaMarr, an actor who stars as Aquaman on the animated series Young Justice. LaMarr had also starred on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as Black Vulcan, another African-American character who resented Aquaman.
In one episode, Aquaman mentions something about being disappointed by the actions of King Shark after he said, "You're not my dad".