Two-Face is a recurring character in Harley Quinn and a major antagonist in the second season.
He is a supervillain and member of the Legion of Doom and the Injustice League.
Appearance[]
Two-Face wears a black and white suit similar to what he wore in Batman: The Animated Series and shares some blue skin complimented with some dark red lips on the deformed section of his face.
Biography[]
Background[]
Harvey Dent was an opportunistic state attorney overseeing the Arkham Asylum for much of his life until one side of his body was horribly burned, leading him to a life of crime.
The night before he was up for reelection, Harvey Dent worked out with a young and not-yet broken down and jagged Jim Gordon. The Joker had revealed that he had planet a bomb somewhere in Gotham City, and Dent needed to find out where it was to secure his next big win, although he pretended to care about the lives of the people in the city. They brought in a new psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel, who praised him for his work as DA, which he appreciated, asking if he could count on her vote the next day and telling her to give her two pins with his face on them.
After the Joker deceived them all, actually having placed the bomb in a Arkham employee and using t escape, Harvey Dent and the Arkham guards were hot on their trail. Having the Joker in sight, Harvey Dent told the guards to shoot, but they hesitated as he was carrying Harleen, and it would be impossible to hit him without going through her. Harvey angrily exclaimed that they didn't care as he was sure he could not win the election if he set Joker free. The guard took the shot, but the bullet was stopped by Poison Ivy. Harvey eventually caught up with them and instructed the guards to "kill them all". However, Poison Ivy then surrendered so they lowered their weapons and took her and the Joker back to Arkham. Harvey tried to smooth things over with Harleen, making light of what happened and promising her a promotion, at which point she spit in his face and told him to "fuck off, two-face".
Season 1[]
"A High Bar"[]
- Main article: A High Bar
Two-Face with Bane and Scarecrow at Joshua Cobblepot's bar mitzvah
Two-Face is present at The Penguin's nephew Joshua Cobblepot's bar mitzvah, where he sat at a table with Scarecrow and Bane when Harley Quinn arrived at their table. However, the Joker soon arrived and drove her off, yelling at the table to laugh with him, which they reluctantly did. He later watched as Joshua Cobblepot prepared to kill Harley, only for Harley to end up escaping. The Joker then ordered the Legion of Doom members present to attack Harley. They managed to surround Harley, but when Joker berated Bane, Harley questioned why they all let Joker talk to them like that, making them lower their weapons and think.
"L.O.D.R.S.V.P."[]
- Main article: L.O.D.R.S.V.P.
Two-Face was present at the Legion of Doom's prospective member night when Harley Quinn and KGBeast were nominated against each other to join the Legion of Doom. He stood in the crowd as Harley was officially announced as the winner.
"A Seat at the Table"[]
- Main article: A Seat at the Table
Two-Face applauded as Harley Quinn and her crew were officially welcomed into the Legion of Doom.
Season 2[]
"New Gotham"[]
- Main article: New Gotham
Two-Face sent out goons to take over Gotham. At the same time, he continued robbing and pillaging as usual until one day, while robbing a bank, his own goons turned on him, incited to strike out as independents following Harley Quinn's speeches to them. In response, Two-Face and many other former Legion of Doom members formed together into the Injustice League so that they could get their goons back and carve up New Gotham for themselves. After calling Bane stupid during the first meeting, he nonetheless declared that they needed structure and goons to run organized crime.
- ❝ It goes supervillain, sidekicks, goons that went to Harvard, and then goons. ❞
- — Two-Face
Two-Face mocking Harley Quinn while she is in a block of ice
Two-Face readily agreed with the rest of the Injustice League during their first meeting that there must be a hierarchy, much to Harley's anger. After Harley smashed through their table and map, Two-Face helped The Penguin to explain that they intended each Injustice League member to control a territory of the city, unmolested by each other. Harley rejects this idea and smashes through the table, so Mister Freeze freezes her in a block of ice. Together with the rest of the Injustice League, Two-Face lobbies to murder Harley, but Mister Freeze convinces them all to keep her alive as a trophy, so Two-Face settles for mocking her and retiring to his allotted territory.
"Batman's Back Man"[]
- Main article: Batman's Back Man
In the remnants of the Injustice League, Two-Face expresses his concerns after hearing that Harley "took down" Mister Freeze to the only other remaining member, Bane. However, he continues to mistreat him, refusing to let him sit in one of the office chairs and laughing when he mentions having thought of something. Even so, Bane suggests that they join forces to protect themselves against Harley Quinn, but Two-Face is still contemptuous of Bane and confident that he can handle Harley Quinn. He rejects Bane's offer, continuing to mock him. Later, Two-Face attempts to rob a bank, but he is confused when the employee exclaims not to be afraid of him anymore, citing Batman's recently announced return.
Two-Face's proposed branding
Panicking over Batman's return, Two-Face invites Bane back to Gotham City Hall, apologizing for his previous behavior and gifting him with his own executive office chair and a drink before revealing he has changed his mind about an alliance. Although he is suspicious that Two-Face only reconsidered the alliance due to Batman's return, he nonetheless accepts so long as it's a 50-50 partnership. Immediately, however, Two-Face shows Bane the branding he has worked on, which literally only has a picture of himself on it, with Two-Face claiming that the shadow represents Bane and the "two faces" include both of them.
After Bane fights Batman, who, although he thought Two-Face was working alone, doubting their "equal partnership", Bane busts through the wall and demands respect from Two-Face. He convinces Bane to calm down so they can talk. Two-Face compliments Bane for beating up Batman, although he tells him they should kill him when they get the chance rather than simply leave him wounded. Bane then insists they need to rethink their name, but Two-Face insists that the name is not the problem and that Bane needs his own space to do his best work. He takes him to the desert, where he gifts him a huge hole in the ground, which Bane is deeply moved by.
"All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues"[]
- Main article: All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues
"You're under arrest"
After running into a seemingly sane Joker, Harley Quinn recounts their first days working at Arkham Asylum many years prior when Two-Face had not yet been deformed and was Gotham's district attorney, including how she was the one who first came up with his current name. After retelling their backstories, she and Poison Ivy existed Noonan's Bar only to be captured by Two-Face, who exclaimed how he was now DA again and they were under arrest.
"There's No Place to Go But Down"[]
- Main article: There's No Place to Go But Down
To be added.
"Something Borrowed, Something Green"[]
- Main article: Something Borrowed, Something Green
Two-Face is being transferred to Arkham Asylum with James Gordon riding with him in the van. Two-Face mocks him for not receiving ing a key to the city alongside the other heroes and, after being locked in his cell, gives Gordon some "advice," telling him he should run for Mayor. He manipulates him into believing he needs to do something big and heroic to win the public over, mentioning Poison Ivy and Kite Man's upcoming wedding, which will be filled with high-profile criminals.
Later, in the cafeteria, Two-Face uses this to his advantage, telling Harley something will disrupt Ivy's wedding, and he'll only tell her what if she helps him break out. Although she is initially skeptical, he guilt-trips her into agreeing. While breaking out together, he reveals Gordon's plan to bust the wedding before going their separate ways.
Season 3[]
"Harlivy"[]
- Main article: Harlivy
In the weeks that have passed since the wedding, Two-Face has become the campaign manager of Jim Gordon, who is running for mayor. He stands by his side during his mayoral debate, face-palming as Gordon curses out the audience and gets booed off the stage. Later, in an attempt to win over voters and get them to forget about Gotham's myriad of problems, like sinkholes and toxic puddles, Gordon and Two-Face planned to capture Harley and Ivy. They planted a phone in Arkham Asylum for King Shark and Clayface, who, just like they planned, called Harley to come and break them out. After watching the security cameras, they spotted "Harley" and "Ivy" on the roof and confronted them with the GCPD. However, Two-Face sensed something was amiss when they began aggressively flirting, so he shone his phone's flashlight at them, revealing they were well-known adult film actresses Kylie Kryptonite and Britney Bionic posing as Harley and Ivy. Meanwhile, Harley and Ivy managed to break their teammates out without detection.
- Jim Gordon
How could you do this to me?
- Two-Face
Do you know what my name is?
- Jim Gordon
[Gasps] Harvey Dent!
- Two-Face
Right, but my moniker?
- Jim Gordon
Ohh! [Chuckles] I still don't get it
—
"Live by the poles, die by the poles. Poetic."
Later, being true to his name, Two-Face revealed that he had betrayed Gordon and joined the current mayor's campaign. Marking his betrayal, Two-Face discarded his "Gordo for mayor" pin. Gordon expressed his anger and threw the pin out of the window, resulting in a series of events that eventually led to a metal pole flying through the window, impaling the sitting mayor through the chest. Two-Face noted how poetic it was that he died by a pole after his life of politics and then turned to Gordon, telling him he had just become available again.
"A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy"[]
- Main article: A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy
- ❝ We need money, from the filthiest, richest pieces of shit the world has to offer. Carmine Falcone. Ra's al Ghul. Or, if we're really lucky, Henry Kissinger. ❞
- — Two-Face
Two-Face arrived at Gordon's office, exclaiming they were getting crushed in the poles by the mayor, who had survived his injury and was now running his campaign from a hospital bed while in a coma. As Gordon's daughter, Barbara, tries to tell him to be more authentic to win people over, Two-Face insists politics are won with money, suggesting he gets it from Gotham's worst and wealthiest people. Gordon agrees, and Two-Face takes Gordon to the Court of Owls meeting to get donations from Gotham's elite. He is furious when Gordon returns later that night, not having gotten a single person to donate, however, he changes his tune when he discovers Gordon has accidentally taken many pictures of the people inside engaging in kinky sex which they can use as blackmail.
"Joker: The Killing Vote"[]
- Main article: Joker: The Killing Vote
With Gordon's mayoral campaign struggling to make any headway, Two-Face reprimanded him for spending all his campaign money on ads and custom pez. Barbara insisted he could make a breakthrough if he actually had a political platform and principles. However, Two-Face said they muddled their way to victory with techniques like “trailing off” when speaking. Soon thereafter, during a televised "debate" with Gordon, the comatose Mayor of Gotham dies on live television after secretly being poisoned by Two-Face.
Following this, Two-Face and Gordon celebrated that the latter would win by default due to being the only candidate still alive, ignoring all of Barbara's concern for his lack of plans for the city. However, they were soon interrupted by the Joker unexpectedly announcing his candidacy for mayor and then quickly garnered huge support. Instead of working on actual policies like Joker to win people over, Two-Face suggested playing dirty to get back on top, but Barbara pleads with her father to stop listening to him. When Gordon sticks with Two-Face, Barbara leaves to support Joker.
Later, at a Joker campaign event, Two-Face called him and told him that he was holding Benicio (Joker's stepson) hostage. Joker drove his parade float to its location: the abandoned pier amusement park. Meanwhile, Gordon was shocked to find how far Two-Face had taken things. Two-Face, in turn, was perplexed that Gordon kept trusting a corrupt player like him, revealing he poisoned the mayor to secure a victory, revealing his endgame was to prop up a mayor who would make him District Attorney again.
Arriving at the pier, Joker agreed to Two-Face’s terms, dropping out of the race in exchange for Benicio's life. However, Two-Face put them both on the derelict roller coaster anyway. Having come to his senses, Gordon knocked Two-Face out and managed to save Joker and Benecio from death. Joker talked Gordon out of shooting Two-Face to death, however, Two-Face got up and points a firearm at Gordon, but luckily for the commissioner, Joker's girlfriend arrived and ran Two-Face over, knocking him off his feet.
"The First Person to Come Back From a Business Conference Without Chlamydia"[]
To be added
"Metamorphosis"[]
- Main article: Metamorphosis
Two-Face appeared at the Hall of Doom alongside his two molls, Sugar and Spice, mingling with other L.O.D. members and celebrating Nightwing's death. He later cheered for the Joker after he arrived and announced he had killed Nightwing as his great return to evil.
Personality[]
Harvey Dent, or Two-Face, is a crime lord who resembles a typical mafia or mob boss in his actions. He is almost always calm under pressure; for example, when Commissioner Gordon shot at him in the Gotham City police station, he hardly flinched. Like several other villains in Gotham, he takes delight in essentially bullying Bane, insulting him directly, or laughing at him. He believes in the existence of a "hierarchy" in the criminal underworld, with people at and above his status at the top. Like in many other interpretations of the character, he commonly decides the fate of others with the simplicity of a mere coin flip, giving his victims a decent chance of survival. He seemed to enjoy Harley's company in the season 1 episode, "A High Bar". Later, at the beginning of season 2, he becomes anti-Harley, similar to his remaining colleagues. He uses intimidation and threats to get what he wants, acting on his threats without hesitation if he originally fails, as seen when he and his goons shoot the privates of multiple Gotham police officers when they refuse to comply. The only person he has ever taken orders from is the Joker. He hates coconut-flavored sparkling water.
Even before being a supervillain, Two-Face showed enough negative personality to be classified as a villain. He cared more about his re-election as state attorney than public safety and ruthlessly ordered the shot at the Joker even though that shot could have killed both Harley Quinn and Joker at the same time.
Unlike his counterpart in mainstream comic books, this version of Two-face doesn't seem bothered by multiple-personality disorder. In addition, Two-face also demonstrates high skills in manipulating others with lower intellect, such as Bane, to his advantage. Also, despite a villain, Two-Face has still a respectful side, appreciating his fellow members of the Injustice League. After the death of Mister Freeze, he made sure the seat at their table remained empty to honor and show respect for the name of his colleague.
Abilities[]
- Law
- Firearms
- Hand-to-hand Combat (Advanced)
- Expert manipulator
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1
- "A High Bar"
- "So You Need a Crew?" (cameo; pictured)
- "L.O.D.R.S.V.P." (cameo)
- "A Seat at the Table" (cameo)
Season 2
- "New Gotham"
- "Riddler U" (cameo; pictured)
- "Batman's Back Man"
- "All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues"
- "There's No Place to Go But Down"
- "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
Season 3
Season 4
- "The First Person to Come Back From a Business Conference Without Chlamydia"
- "Metamorphosis" (cameo)
Gallery[]
- See also: All images of Two-Face
