"Pave Paradise" is the eighth episode of Gotham Girls.
Plot[]
Harley Quinn replace grains in exchange for Poison Ivy.
Poison Ivy is infuriated when she reads a story in the Gotham Gazette: "Mayor to "Pave Paradise": Put up Parking Lot". She enlists Harley Quinn's help in breaking into the Mayor's grounds and replacing a bag of run-of-the-mill lawn seed with some of Ivy's personal brand of seeds.
Poison Ivy poisoned the mayor who lies not so.
Ivy tells Harley to stay in the car and not move, which she rigidly obeys, even as pigeons begin to land on her. Poison Ivy takes a vine into the Mayor's bedroom, and—having put the guards to sleep and covered the house in vines—pressures him into following up on his campaign promises and vetoing the proposal to build a mega-mall on Gotham's wetlands. Even after he caves and signs the requested form, as one last piece of "assurance", she infects him with plant spores—"Pinocchio Berries"—that will, based on minute changes in his body chemistry, cause a plant to (painfully) grow on his skin whenever he lies.
Back at home, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn watch triumphantly as the mayor, wearing a large turban on his head, resigns from his position due to a health condition that will no longer allow him to pursue politics.
Interactive Segment[]
At the end of the episode, there is a "bonus scene" allowing the viewer to see the Mayor's other pajamas.
Background information[]
Production inconsistencies[]
- Although the mayor in the episode resembles a typical Gotham politician, he is not Mayor Hamilton Hill — though an inconsistency it is fortunate as it this does not make Gotham Girls interfere with the DCAU continuity.
Trivia[]
- The newspaper header is a reference to Joni Mitchell's song Big Yellow Taxi, which features the line "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot".
- This episode is a clear nod to Pinocchio whose nose would grow when he lied although here it is a plant themed punishment and from the head. The next episode The Three Babes also features a nod to a famous storybook Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Diane Pershing | Poison Ivy |
| Arleen Sorkin | Harley Quinn |
| Dee Bradley Baker | Mayor |