The Mayor of Gotham is a minor character in the T.V. series Harley Quinn. He stayed largely uninvolved during the many catastrophes in Gotham City, so much so that the public was unaware that their city had a mayor.
Biography[]
The Mayor was first mentioned by Harley Quinn in "Til Death Do Us Part" when she mentioned her plans to kidnapping him and put him in a missile to shoot at the moon unless he agreed to name a highway after her.
The Mayor himself first appeared in "The Line" when Harley and her crew video called him, threatening to use their stolen weather machine to raise the temperature of Gotham one degree every minute until he agreed to give them a billion dollars and produce a Fuller House reboot per Clayface's request. Instead, he called them a scourge that excited the crew at being updated from "nuisance" and skipping over "menace".
- ❝ There's one last person I need to thank today. If it weren't for him, our city would still be riddled with supervillains. This mustachioed servant of the people may not have powers but, man, he sure is super. That's right, citizens. I hereby honor myself! ❞
- — The Mayor
In "Something Borrowed, Something Green", the Mayor honored the heroes who saved Gotham from Doctor Psycho and his Parademon army by giving them a key to the city. A public appearance from the Mayor like this was so rare that the reporting by Tawny Young even included the line "Breaking News: Gotham Has a Mayor". Despite not contributing to the battle in any way, the Mayor ended by honoring himself with a key.
In "Harlivy", the mayor was running for reelection, facing off against Commissioner Gordon in a mayoral debate that seemingly went in his favor as the audience continuously booed Gordon. Later, after Gordon once again failed to capture Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy when they broke Clayface and King Shark out of Arkham Asylum and half the GCPD was suspended for posting pictures with pornstars on social media, the mayor called Gordon to his office to shun his incompetence. The mayor soon revealed that Gordon's old campaign manager, Two-Face, was now working for him. Enraged, Gordon threw his pin out the window, resulting in a series of devastating events, ultimately leading to a metal pole flying through the window and impaling the mayor in the stomach.
In "A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy", it was revealed that the injury had not actually killed him but left him in a coma, although he was still running for mayor from the hospital, and his injury was used for sympathy in the campaign. Despite being in a state where he could not run the city, he still beat Gordon in the polls.
In "Joker: The Killing Vote", Mayor was unfortunately poisoned by Two-Face and died live on TV during the debate with Gordon.
Episode Appearances[]
- "The Line" (Uncredited)
- "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
- "Harlivy"
- "A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy" (cameo)
- "Joker: The Killing Vote" (cameo; Dies in this episode)
Trivia[]
- The voice of the Mayor is uncredited in "The Line" despite having lines of dialogue.
- As confirmed in "Harlivy", he had served as mayor of Gotham for six terms before his demise.
- It is speculated that he might be based on Hamilton Hill, Gotham's cowardly mayor who mostly appears in the comics.
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