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The adult animated series Harley Quinn is a boundary pushing show, taking popular DC characters in the Batman universe and having them swear up a storm, murder people with plenty of gore and involve them in plenty of sexual moments.
Except for one particular sexual moment.
Fans were stunned and highly amused when co-creator Justin Halpern recounted a storyline involving Batman performing cunnilingus on Catwoman was cut after DC explicitly refused to let Batman perform oral sex on a woman.
The reason they gave?
"Heroes don't do that."
DC asked the #HarleyQuinn team to remove a scene from Season 3 in which Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman. Why?… https://t.co/ssDRDmVwrZ— Joe Otterson (@Joe Otterson) 1623692760.0
These ladies were allowed to sing an entire number about how huge Batman’s dick was in a kids’ show, but heaven for… https://t.co/Q3rsKnrjir— LittleKuriboh (@LittleKuriboh) 1623862008.0
If you guys are disappointed by the Batman news then you’ll love my new comic book hero PussyLickMan. He has no pow… https://t.co/Ra80jS5akZ— kylie brakeman (@kylie brakeman) 1623858114.0
#batman Best meme to come from the Batman/Catwoman scandal.... https://t.co/dOFB3aywGN— kindofanAnomaly (@kindofanAnomaly) 1623747203.0
The recent news story that Batman is not allowed to go down on Catwoman has led me to discover this delightful stor… https://t.co/2MP1xwchLw— Amanda Wong 王慧婷 (@Amanda Wong 王慧婷) 1623706026.0
DC didn't give a concrete reason for why heroes would not perform cunnilingus, except it was "hard to sell a toy if Batman is also going down on someone."
As for the other characters, Halpern said there was more "leeway" with villain characters, as DC didn't necessarily care about their greater image.
what if catwoman pegged batman instead— jourdain searles (@jourdain searles) 1623721687.0
When Batman spends 4 hours fighting the Joker but only a few minutes disappointing Catwoman https://t.co/ARuRM9i2Oh— Jeff without a G (@Jeff without a G) 1623778519.0
DC: “BATMAN DOESN’T DO THAT!” Batman every time he “teams up” with Catwoman: https://t.co/irGOPqsXtK— The Kang of Thicc Mamas (BLM) (@The Kang of Thicc Mamas (BLM)) 1623856797.0
I think it says something about our culture where DC Comics and Warner Brothers won't allow Batman to eat Catwoman… https://t.co/81SKPOH3fF— Andrew Gilkison (@Andrew Gilkison) 1623694492.0
The jokes and memes are rolling in from Twitter, as this may be one of the more ridiculous developments to come out of the superhero universe in quite some time.
Batman proposed to CATwoman... you know he eating. https://t.co/jO3SUjqwPL— The Best Show in the Omniverse (@The Best Show in the Omniverse) 1623703062.0
Joker: “And where is the Batman?!” Catwoman: “I can tell you where he’s not.”— Eric Goldman (@Eric Goldman) 1623721366.0
Gotham ladies feeling blue because Batman won't eat, call Batwoman.— Denimcatfish 🏳️🌈 (@Denimcatfish 🏳️🌈) 1623722726.0
Is this one more reason Marvel is beating DC at the box office?
Only The Avengers know for sure.