14. However, She Quickly Got Her Own Cartoon
If you don’t remember ever seeing the listing for Gotham Girls in your TV Guide in the 1990s, don’t despair. While Harley quickly became a mainstay on The Animated Series and Warner Bros. Animation did decide to give her a cartoon of her very own, it wasn’t one that ever aired on television. Instead, it was a flash animated series. In conjunction with Noodle Soup Productions, the premise of Gotham Girls is pretty simple: the women of Gotham City, like Harley, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and even some good gals like Zatanna, Renee Montoya, and Batgirl are the prime focus.
Debuting in 2000, several years after The Animated Series sadly wrapped up, the art style is pretty much identical to that show. A lot of the same voice talent, like Arleen Sorkin (more on her later) as Harley, signed on. There are three seasons and 30 total episodes of Gotham Girls, most with a runtime of two to five minutes. The episodes even let you do a kind of “choose your own adventure” and each features tie-in games that you can play. Although a bit dated by today’s standards, you can find Gotham Girls online to watch for free, so do yourself a favor.
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