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Harley Quinn Red Band Trailer + Batman Oral Sex Controversy

UPDATE: Rumors of this show's cancellation were premature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harley Quinn has been renewed for a fourth season. The HBO Max adult animated series is just a couple of weeks away from airing it's Season 3 finale. No word on a return date, but the production schedule for the previous seasons would put it sometime in 2024.

UPDATE: Seeing this fairly dirty red band trailer for Season 3 of the HBO Max Harley Quinn animated series got me thinking about the Batman oral sex controversy the show sparked last summer. Seemed like a good time to share the new trailer and take a look back at all the fun the internet had with this story last year.

The third season of Harley Quinn premieres July 28 on HBO Max. Here's the official synopsis:

The mayhem and madness continue in season three of this biting and uproarious adult animated comedy series. Wrapping up their “Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour,” Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) return to Gotham as the new power couple of DC villainy. Along with their ragtag crew – King Shark (Ron Funches), Clayface (Alan Tudyk), Frank the Plant (JB Smoove) - "Harlivy" strives to become the best version of themselves while also working towards Ivy’s long desired plan of transforming Gotham into an Eden paradise.

A huge chunk of the internet spent the last 24 hours debating whether or not Batman performs oral sex...which led to jokes, memes, and weird discussions about the sex lives of all sorts of fictional characters.

It started with a Variety article about TV shows that subvert the superhero genre. The adult animated HBO Max series Harley Quinn was one of the shows being discussed, and co-creator Justin Halpern shared a story about DC making them cut a scene where it was pretty clear that Batman was going down on Catwoman. Halpern said they phrased their objection to the joke as "You absolutely cannot do that. Heroes don't do that." That quote hit Twitter and people went insane. This generated A LOT of discussion about what kind of lover Batman would be, what other superheroes might be like in the bedroom, etc., with people pulling up comic book panels and cartoon clips to support their argument or illustrate their jokes, some media outlets even posting think pieces on the topic, and all kinds of people weighing in with their takes. #BatmanGoesDown was trending for a while and the discourse around the whole thing dominated Twitter into the early morning hours.

Below are some highlights from the fun people had with this on Twitter:

Photo: HBO Max/DC Entertainment


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