DC asked the ‘Harley Quinn’ team to remove a scene in S3 where Batman goes down on Catwoman because ‘heroes don't do that’
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![VARIETY "Harley Quinn" is also unique among the current crop of comic content in that its main character and all of her closest allies are villains rather than heroes in the DC canon. That allows the show to do different things with the characters that heroes simply cannot do - at least according to DC. "It's incredibly gratifying and free to be using characters that are considered villains because you just have so much more leeway," says Halpern. “A perfect example of that is in this third season of 'Harley' [when] we had a moment where Batman was going down on Catwoman. And DC was like, 'You can't do that. You absolutely cannot do that.' They're like, 'Heroes don't do that.' So, we said, 'Are you saying heroes are just selfish lovers?' They were like, 'No, it's that we sell consumer toys for heroes. It's hard to sell a toy if Batman is also going down on someone." (In fairness to DC, both Halpern and Schumacker went on to say that the company has been remarkably supportive of their series and has allowed them to push the envelope numerous times. Still, it remains to be seen if Batman and Catwoman will be shown engaging in some bedroom antics in Season 3 or if it will simply be implied via cunning linguistics.)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/124/855/004.jpg "Batman Oral Sex Extract (Variety)")
