History Recap / HarleyQuinn2019S3E5ItsASwampThing

* AnAesop: Communication is vital for a successful relationship.

** Ivy tries to describe Swamp Thing as being a person's consciousness inside a plant before stating that the exact nature of Swamp Thing is complicated, a nod to how Swamp Thing was initially established as Alec Holland mutated into a plant creature before Creator/AlanMoore's run made the retcon that Alec Holland died and Swamp Thing was a plant elemental who believed himself to be Holland due to obtaining his memories, with ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' subsequently having the real Alec Holland resurrected to become the new Swamp Thing after the original was corrupted as a Black Lantern.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Poison Ivy thought she and Swamp Thing stopped being friends because she wanted to eradicate humanity. Swamp Things responds that while he didn’t agree with her about humanity, that wasn’t why they stopped being friends. They stopped being friends because Poison Ivy was a selfish and horrible friend. Swamp Thing listened to her whenever she complained about humanity but when Swamp Thing needed her support when he was going through a stressful divorce, she made excuses and left. Poison Ivy likewise also makes an armor-piercing response that defuses Swamp Thing’s anger by revealing her inner feelings to him of how scared she is of losing her best friend Frank and knowing she could have saved him if she was able to enter the Green.

* BaitAndSwitch: The Swamp Thing appears in the shadows behind Harley and Ivy, looking like he's about to attack them only to greet them warmly and offer them chai lattes.

* MagicMap: Constantine has one that shows where The Swamp Thing is, but only when he's holding it. Fortunately for Ivy and Harley, he doesn't need to be conscious for that to work.

* MundaneUtility: Music Meister moonlights as a couples therapist, using his power to force couples to sing out their problems.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Poison Ivy thought she and Swamp Thing stopped being friends because she wanted to eradicate humanity. Swamp Things responds that while he didn’t agree with her about humanity, that wasn’t why they stopped being friends. They stopped being friends because Poison Ivy was a selfish and horrible friend. Swamp Thing listened to her whenever she complained about humanity but when Swamp Thing needed her support when he was going through a stressful divorce, she made excuses and left. Poison Ivy likewise also makes a armor piercing response that defuses Swamp Thing’s anger by revealing her inner feelings to him of how scared she is of losing her best friend Frank and knowing she could have saved him if she was able to enter the Green.
* {{Asmodeus}}: Asmodeus in this case is a [[{{Multiboobage}} six-breasted]], magenta-colored [[HornyDevils succubus]], John Constantine has been in a sexual relationship with her and keeps a pin-up photo of her in his coat.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Constantine challenges Ivy to a drinking contest if she wants to get to Swamp Thing. Cut to Harley, Ivy, and Constantine passed out from heavy drinking the next day. Constantine and Ivy are wearing T-shirts reading "I tanked the shark" and "Team Brangelina", respectively, while Harley has a powered wig and a half-eaten burger in her mouth. There's also a bobcat passed out on a table for some reason. Harley is understandably confused, and Nora (who has already reached the swamp) doesn't bother explaining beyond the basics.

Ivy, Harley and Nora Fries go to New Orleans to get some help with finding Frank.

* InVinoVeritas: Nora acts manic and hypersexual all episode, except after about 10 shots when she admits that she's scared her friends only loved the old her and that she's lost so many years of her life.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Constantine challenges Ivy to a drinking contest if she wants to get to Swamp Thing. Cut to Harley, Ivy, and Constantine passed out from heavy drinking the next day. Constantine and Ivy are wearing T-shirts reading "I tanked the shark" and "Team Brangelina", respectively, while Harley has a powered wig and a half-eaten burger in her mouth. There's also a lion passed out on a table for some reason. Harley is understandably confused, and Nora (who has already reached the swamp) doesn't bother explaining beyond the basics.

* SpeedSex: Harley and Ivy convince Nora to talk to Swamp Thing. Nora goes in, comes out thirty seconds later, and in reveals that she got distracted, had a quickie, and smoked a joint in the intervening time. Harley promptly lampshades it.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Poison Ivy thought she and Swamp Thing stopped being friends because she wanted to eradicate humanity. Swamp Things responds that while he didn’t agree with her about humanity, that wasn’t why they stopped being friends. They stopped being friends because Poison Ivy was a selfish and horrible friend. Swamp Thing listened to her whenever she complained about humanity but when Swamp Thing needed her support when he was going through a stressful divorce, she made excuses and left. Poison Ivy likewise also makes a armor piercing response that diffuses Swamp Thing’s anger by revealing her inner feelings to him of how scared she is of losing her best friend Frank and knowing she could have saved him if she was able to enter the Green.

* TheCameo: Swamp Thing and John Constantine in Harley and Ivy's story and Music Meister in Bruce and Selina's.

* DownerEnding: The Selina/Bruce subplot ends with the couple breaking up after failing to reconcile their different wants for a relationship, and Bruce responding by throwing himself in to his work as Batman to avoid dealing with his feelings.

* MythologyGag: Constantine's FunTShirt after a night of drinking says "I tanked the shark". ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' had him reveal that he and King Shark were exes.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Constantine challenges Ivy to a drinking contest if she wants to get to Swamp Thing. Cut to Harley, Ivy, and Constantine passed out from heavy drinking the next day, while Nora has already reached Swamp Thing and is wondering why they never showed up.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Swamp Thing tears into Ivy for how much of a shitty friend she was to him: oh, sure, she wanted to destroy humanity, but Swamp Thing listened to all of her complaints all the time, but when he tried to do the same concerning his impending divorce, she'd turn and leave.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: The cats that Bruce tries to give to Selina and ends up keeping are named Thomas and Martha. Later on he even makes Thomas wear a suit and Martha - a pearl necklace.