Harley Quinn has always tested the limits of what DC will tolerate. In the R-rated cartoon’s Valentine's Day special, for example, a horny, super-sized Bane stomps through Gotham City, humping various skyscrapers until they fall over. But in 2021, the show’s creators found that limit — and it had nothing to do with male genitalia.
Instead, co-creators Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker wanted to show Batman going down on his long-time love interest, Catwoman. It seemed like a no-brainer. The Bat and the Cat have been an on-and-off item for decades, so surely the suggestion of oral sex couldn’t be any more risqué than the latex fetishwear in Batman Returns or the suggestion of a casual one-night stand in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
