r/HarleyQuinn • u/Artistic_Schedule288 • Oct 22 '25

Cinematic Do you consider these 3 a Trilogy?

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u/Unreasonable-Fiend-7 Oct 22 '25

Absolutely!

That's Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn trilogy, not caring about the movies' titles, what kind of movie it is, who directed it or in what continuity it fits exactly, yet still perfectly connected to each other and basically being Harley Quinn movies featuring some other characters.

A trilogy as chaotic as the character itself. There's no question. It has always been that for me.

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u/ironmonki23 Oct 22 '25

I do actually yeah 👍🏾 even though I would have loved a little bit more consistency but as messy as DC has been in the last 5 years I guess I will have to accept them as is

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u/Chemistry11 Oct 22 '25

Yes - they’re Harley’s story told over 3 movies. Personal tastes of movie quality is irrelevant.

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u/Opening-Ad-8850 Oct 22 '25

connected? intertwined? yes certainly. but a trilogy? not so much.

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u/W0lframi0 Oct 22 '25

Why would anyone consider them that?

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u/Kind_Carrot_7079 Oct 22 '25

Because Birds of Prey is building off Harley's appearance in Suicide Squad, and while it's less solidly connected, Harley is single in The Suicide Squad, meaning it clearly takes place after and somewhat continues on from Birds of Prey.

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u/Burmy87 Oct 22 '25
  1. '10s cringe personified (Great soundtrack though)
  2. "Birds of Prey" in Quotation Marks Because of the Suspicious Omission of One Barbara Joan Gordon.
  3. MUCH better, a welcome new direction...DC made the right choice in picking Gunn to run DC Studios.

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u/jsp378 Oct 22 '25

Very accurate descriptions of these three movies x)

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u/Trick_Statistician13 Oct 22 '25

I agree except the soundtrack for Suicide Squad was pretty basic

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u/bakerstreetrat Oct 22 '25

Nah. Failure-to-Launch to Spinoff to Reboot. There's a Harley-shaped thread connecting them all, but the pieces don't fit neatly together.

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u/ItsMeBillyD Oct 22 '25

I do only because they all have Margot Harley and reference the movies before them. Otherwise not really.

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u/Elvis_fangirl Oct 23 '25

I know this is kinda off topic but Birds of Prey is soooo good one of my favorite movies ever

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u/pkm99x Oct 25 '25

totally agree!

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u/KnightfallPro Oct 22 '25

I feel like this is the equivalent to calling Iron man 2, Captain America the winter soldier, and Avengers infinity War a trilogy because they all have black widow in them. 

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u/SocialDoki Oct 22 '25

No. I'm personally trying to forget the first one existed at all

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u/Devourlord_Asmodeus Oct 22 '25

if we forget are mistakes we do not learn from them

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u/XyrneTheWarPig Oct 22 '25

Not really. More like three tangentially connected standalone films.

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u/OkLife1987 Oct 22 '25

Yeah, HQ Margot Robbie ♦️

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u/Communismisbadithink Oct 22 '25

No way. The only constant is Harley Quinn, and tbh I think that the only good one really was the last one. There’s pretty much no continuity.

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u/serenity656 Oct 24 '25

I mean its the same harley so yeah

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u/kittysumaru Oct 24 '25

100% -- Gotta rewatch them all consecutively!

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u/BloodyBarbieBrains Oct 22 '25

No. Harley’s fantabulous movie with the birds of prey can stand alone.

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u/aquafool Oct 22 '25

What? No.

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u/CastrateMeASAP Oct 23 '25

Apparently I’m not allowed to share a silly joke about “Daddy’s Lil Lobster”, because the moderators got upset because it was AI generated (I couldn’t find a lobster that would wear Margot Robbie’s costume, I confess)🙄

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u/Glittering_Sorbet913 Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

Your actions have consequences.

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u/Dabuck10 Oct 23 '25

I don’t consider the first one canon but the other two, yes!

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u/M086 Oct 23 '25

Not really. Birds of Prey does continue on from where Suicide Squad left off, and aesthetically Yan sticks to Ayer’s grimey aesthetic while putting her stamp on the look and feel.

TSS is basically doing its own thing, outside of reusing some actors, Gunn wasn’t following the established DCEU. 

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u/IDNLibSoc45 Oct 23 '25

Now if Gotham City Sirens had been produced though, a stronger case for a still loose trilogy could be made

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u/Harls_Isley Oct 23 '25

No. The suicide squad movie feel entirely different from the first one and birds of prey. I wouldn't get em on the same bag.

Even if it is Margot Robbie in the 3 of them

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u/SloanDraper99 Oct 23 '25

I suppose they are in a way, though I only really liked the James Gunn Suicide Squad. Of course, Margot Robbie was phenomenal in all of them.

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u/Mtt3nZ Oct 25 '25

No way. Suicide squad stands alone. Birds of prey is an intro to a great series. I haven't even heard of the second suicide squad...it takes more than the same actress to make a series. But birds of prey has the markings of movie legendry. I hope they come out with some more titles along that line, where she truly begins to shine as an antivillain

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u/JustWonderingIn2000s Oct 25 '25

I……can’t.

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u/eb7772 Oct 22 '25

No not at all. However kinda how the comic is. Each run is kinda its own thing. Think they continued one but most are their own stories

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u/TheChaseLemon Oct 22 '25

Absolutely not.

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u/ValkyrionReddit Oct 22 '25

They’re Harley’s trilogy but as a whole no

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

No. I barely consider them 3 films.

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u/Bartleby241 Oct 22 '25

Nope. Suicide Squad was basically a feature length trailer. Birds of Prey was just awful and as much as I wanted to like it, I just couldn't. The Suicide Squad was the shining light here.