Amazing Technicolor Population: She sometimes has green skin, especially the versions of her that are part-plant.For instance, one concoction causes two men (who were previously shown to be attracted to women) to start uncontrollably making out with each other. Since she's a scientist, however, she can upgrade her abilities or develop new pheromones that compel a person regardless of sexual orientation or target. Depending on the Writer, it can work on women as well, especially lesbian or bisexual ones. Alluring Flowers: As part of her repertoire of Green Thumb powers, she can use pheromones to get men to do her bidding.She just has Poison Ivy's power over plants. As Klara is only in her preteens, she doesn't copy the sexual nature of Poison Ivy. Hilariously enough, Marvel then made an equivalent to her in their popular Runaways series, named Klara Prast. Alternate Company Equivalent: She is DC's answer to Marvel's The Enchantress as they are both Femme Fatale supervillains with seduction based mind-controlling powers that frequently flirt with their respective heroes.Affectionate Nickname: In the comics and other media Harley Quinn always uses nicknames for her, which include Pam, Pammy, Ive (pronounced like "I've"), but most commonly Red.Modern continuities usually omit Legrand entirely and replace him with Dr. Upon her rebirth, Ivy transformed Marc into a tree-like monster as her pet brute. Adapted Out: In her original Silver-Age origin, she was seduced and manipulated by a man named Marc Legrand, who tricked her into stealing a rare plant and poisoned her with it to cover his tracks.Additionally, her dialogue with Swamp Thing implies that she isn't even interested in protecting the Green - she just wants its power all to herself. Adaptational Villainy: On the flip side, she gets this treatment in Injustice 2 she's a lot colder and more aloof to Harley than usual, and even almost kills her with her pheromones without a hint of remorse.She was actually part of the same student group that included Alec Holland, his future wife, John Slyvean (who made the Black Orchids), Jason Woodrue and Bella Garten (added in Batman (James Tynion IV)) Adaptation Origin Connection: Through her origin comic by Neil Gaiman and his later Black Orchid miniseries which established that the science experiment Woodrue put her through was just a channel and she's actually, like Black Orchid, a mystical being called a May Queen with a connection to The Green (of Swamp Thing fame).Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass: Ivy is just a student activist with no powers who organizes nonviolent protests. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: She's only a belly dancer in the film with no signs of her powers in it.DC Super Hero Girls: She's portrayed as an adorably dorky straight-up superhero.DC Comics Bombshells: She only ever uses her powers against the German hierarchy.In Arkham Knight, she even helps Batman save Gotham from Scarecrow's Cloudburst, though doing so costs her her life. Batman: Arkham Series: She's portrayed as being more focused on protecting her plants than going on eco-terrorist sprees, and refuses to team up with other villains.Adaptational Heroism: She gets hit with this in a few continuities:. Naturally, about a decade later, Ivy killed him. Of course, he eventually killed Ivy's mother and buried her in their beloved garden. He always bought her flowers as an apology. Abusive Parents: As of New 52 and on, Ivy's father was extremely abusive towards her mother.This makes her one of the rare Batman villains that has legitimate superpowers. She is also sometimes revealed to be half plant herself. Though she started out as a Badass Normal only using plants as her gimmick, due to several levels taken in badass and many Retcons, she has gained more and more powerful Green Thumb abilities over time, as well as pheromone powers and various forms of poisons and toxins (usually delivered by skin contact, with a natural preference for kisses). Following some type of lab accident (which may or may not have been caused by corrupt supervisors/backers), she becomes the eco-terrorist known as Poison Ivy. Pamela Isley who has an obsession/affinity for plants. Her most consistent origin is that of a botanist named Dr. At her core, however, she is a Femme Fatale and one of the deadliest in all of comics. She was also meant to be DC's take on the then-recent feminist movement, as she would be an independent villainess not tied to any other villain as their Baroness or lover. Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher in 1966 debuting in Batman #181 as a villainous Expy of Bettie Page, as well as a replacement villainess for Catwoman, who had graduated from an Anti-Villain into an Anti-Hero. And you thought "Going Green" would be lame.
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