Harlequin — TFC

Harlequin has curly black hair that reaches his cheeks. Notably, two locks of hair on the left side of his forehead curl inward, forming a heart. His face is usually obscured by a white mask with upturned eyeholes. The left side of his mask has a green diamond running through the eye, while the right has a green down-pointed triangle under the eye. His mask almost always depicts a sinister, sharp-toothed grin. Oddly, this is expression is not fixed, his smile may widen, narrow, shift into a smirk or grimace, or disappear entirely. Additionally, the mask's smile is a hole, showing the wearer's teeth. His eyes are a venomous green. They are typically slits or thin rings. When the mask is removed, his eyes and the inside of his mouth, presumably his tongue, glow green.

Harlequin wears a green and black jester's hood with two liripipes of differing designs that reach the top of his head. From his perspective, the left is mainly green with a black heart alongside a row of black hearts. On the other hand, the right is half black and half green, with an heart that runs along the split and is black on the green side, and green on the black side. Both ends are tipped with a bell.

Harlequin wears a black cape with a golden lining, accents, and underside. It is fastened around his neck by a golden strip of fabric. The left side of the cape bears a reversed heart, while the right bears a normal heart. Underneath, he wears a green tunic with two vertical black stripes running along the left side of his torso along with a black belt loosely wrapped around his waist. Additionally, his tunic has a golden panel along the centre, bordered by black stripes, and a golden lining. He has two slightly loose sleeves with differing designs. His left sleeve is entirely black, save for a green stripe running along its length, while his right sleeve is green with a row of black hearts running along its length, similar to the left liripipe of his jester's hood. His left glove has a green trank with black fingers with a black heart on the back of the hand, while the right glove has a black trank with green fingers and a green heart on the back of the hand. Both gloves have claws.

Harlequin wears loose black trousers that have golden hearts halfway up the front of his thighs. He wears knee-high boots with flat soles. His left boot is green with a black collar, black laces, and a black sole. His right boot is black with a green collar, green laces, and a green sole.

Harlequin seems to have a carefree attitude to what most think; he can be sadistic and also quite teasing as well. Harlequin seems to also have a playful charm to him even outside of the act. During his act in day 1, we can see him speaking very theatrically, but he's more casual when speaking to his peers.

At first, Harlequin doesn't seem to be that interested with MC, he's more interested with the idea of messing around with Pierrot, but depending on how the MC acts there's a possible chance that he'll fall for them eventually.

Harlequin seems very comfortable with being seductive and handsy around MC, he doesn't really care if MC takes interest in Pierrot more since his intentions weren't only to take them away from Pierrot but also to see Pierrot's reaction, but he does get surprised (or maybe even satisfied) when MC chooses him over Pierrot. Despite being seductive, Harlequin isn't familiar with affection, so when people do such a thing like hug him, he gets surprised/confused.

Harlequin's also known for being risky just for the sake of seeing how people would react, this is proven that even though he knows how dangerous Pierrot can be, he messes with him, leading to him getting stabbed five times by Pierrot.

Harlequin doesn’t hate Pierrot, and just likes to mess with him. However, Pierrot doesn’t hate hate Harlequin. Harlequin misses the fact they used to be friends.

Jester

Jester being the leader of the circus, Harlequin likes to tease him but otherwise respects his authority.

Pierrot

Pierrot and Harlequin have a rivalry since even before falling in love with Columbina. After Columbina's death their rivalry has become more intense.

MC

Harlequin takes an interest in MC due to them having Pierrot get attracted to them and wanting to steal them from Pierrot, even going so far as to make sexual advances towards them. Depending on MC's actions, it's possible that it can lead him to falling in love with them even though his first intentions wasn't for him to like them.

Columbina

Harlequin and Columbina have direct connections if we refer to the game's cutscenes and dialogue.

In one of the interpretation's of Columbina's death, we can see her asking Harlequin to save her, but by 'save' he thought of it very differently. To 'save' Columbina, Harlequin killed her and is also implied to have eaten her.

Not only was Harlequin physically present during Columbina's death, he was also heavily implied to be the cause of her demise. During Jester's storytelling in day 2, we can see him referring to Harlequin as 'The Poison'. We can also see that Jester had narrated that Columbina most likely died to poison before getting eaten.

Ticket Taker

He doesn't get involved much with him, unless Harlequin meddles in his own business otherwise, they get along fine.

Doctor

He is more laid-back, since Harlequin doesn't usually provoke him very often.

Harlequin likes to observe him when he does experiments.

He deeply regrets his actions, despite knowing it saved Columbina from being raped and sold. It also saved everyone else from starving to death within the cages. Pierrot still hates him for it, Jester and Ticket Taker pity him, and Doctor is neutral/friendly.

Iggy Harlequin loves no one more than his pet iguana, Iggy. She’s a large lizard, nearly two feet long snout to tail, with bright green scales and black patternings along her legs and tail. She’s mischievous and sneaky, and loves fruits. Harlequin becomes infuriated when any harm come to her, cuddles with her while keeping, and is practically never seen without her unless she sneaks off.

Spicy foods at every location they visit. [5] Harlequin likes lemon and passion fruit ice cream.[6] Sometimes his preferred drink is cold brew coffee. [7] However, it was also confirmed in a Tumblr post that his favorite drink is black coffee.[CITATION NEEDED] Though, on Day 1, he asks for an iced coffee from MC. Harlequin is not particularly fond of sweet foods and drinks, although he may try them depending on what they are[8] He likes to always be well-groomed and presentable to the public.[9] Despite this, he has a heart curl that won't go away no matter how much he styles it, to his annoyance. [10] He's banned from cooking. [11] Harlequin used to have a non-stage name but left it behind in the past. [12] An insect Harlequin would be is a praying mantis or a spider (according to Pierrot)[13] Harlequin believes (or acts like) love is for fools. [14] He believes that hatred is sweeter than love. He remarks that it's called "sweet revenge" for a reason. [15] While singing isn't his strongest skill, he does sing from time to time. [15] Harlequin isn't interested in TV shows[16] Harlequin is the youngest of the circus members. [17] He doesn't mind being a shorter height compared to the rest of the circus cast; instead, he actually enjoys teasing taller people and tilting his head up just to see them get annoyed.[18] He likes cats, as well as reptiles, snakes, and insects.[19] His favorite colors are green, red, and pink. [20] Harlequin had a difficult time being alone; he could hardly find food, but it was easier to hide and travel. [21] Harlequin has been stabbed by Pierrot around 332 times or more. [22] Harlequin is right-handed.[8] Harlequin's handwriting is more elegant and round.[23] Harlequin doesn't care about flowers.[24] Despite this, he does find an interest in kalmia latifolia, which Doctor showed him [25] Harlequin was skilled with a bow, but was never interested in it.[26] Before the circus formed, Pierrot met Harlequin first.[27] Pierrot and Harlequin met when they were practically children. [28] Harlequin and Pierrot used to play football together when they were younger. They both were terrible at it. [29] Harlequin used to steal footballs to play with Pierrot Harlequin once tricked Pierrot into believing that all of the eggs they ate for their afternoon coffee break came from Doctor, and to properly thank Doctor for the eggs. Which caused Pierrot to say, "You have beautiful eggs, Doctor," every time he ate one. [30] Harlequin thinks this is Pierrot's most embarrassing moment. When asked about pet peeves or icks, Harlequin stated he's irritated by "The quiet ones, the ones who say little because they're afraid of speaking their true thoughts." [4] Harlequin enjoys having everyone's eyes on him; this includes Pierrot too.[31] The scent he uses is night-blooming jasmine, which he said is slightly sweet. He also said visitors liked it most. If he could choose a nickname the MC would call him, he wants them to call him "meu mestre gostoso", which means "my hot master" in Portuguese. [32] His kinks are biting, marking, scratching, and exhibitionism. [33] He has "ropes". It's implied he's watched hentai before. [24] Harlequin has the strongest sexual desires. [34] He prefers being the top when it comes to sex. [35] Harlequin has many sex toys. [36] He hasn't done aftercare. [10] He can easily find MC by their scent. [37] Harlequin is second last on Dick Size Rank.[38] Even though they are not humans, their dicks are nothing too exaggerated, but still above average and also have different shapes as well.[39] His appetite is the second highest in the circus.[40] His tongue is on the middle Tongue Size Rank.[38] No visitors have ever told Harlequin that his puppet story was sad.[41] If MC wanted kids, Harlequin would question MC’s desire, bombarding them with a whirlwind of slightly more logical questions, trying to understand why MC would want to build a family with someone like him.[42] Harlequin wouldn't be a careful father.[43] Harlequin isn’t quite fond of children. [36] His favorite person in the circus is the Doctor[36] Harlequin likes motorcycles. [44] He's rode on them a few times and found them enjoyable. [25] What Harlequin misses is his hometown atmosphere, foods, and Portuguese insults (his favorite insult is "Arrombado filho da puta").[45] When it comes to aggression from the public, Harlequin dodges things. He can speak and respond in a way that intimidates the person in front of onlookers.[46] When it comes to physical strength, Harlequin and Jester are tied in second place. (Whoever has the advantage wins). [38] Harlequin has faster reflexes; he would beat Pierrot in terms of speed. [47] He enjoys the freedom that the circus provides him. [48] Harlequin doesn't stay in one place for a long period of time. [48] When the circus travels to a new town, Harlequin practically roams through the whole city. He enjoys watching the daily routine of the place and testing out what he can do before returning to the hotel.[49] When Pierrot & Harlequin are shopping together, Harlequin always finds something to annoy Pierrot with, or teases him about his shopping choices. And of course, Pierrot sometimes feels like throwing things at him just to make him shut up for a moment. [50] The most amusing thing to him when messing with Pierrot is seeing him boiling in silent rage.[7] Jester said the member who would run the circus other than Ticket Taker if something happened to him is Harlequin, because Pierrot and Doctor have no leadership skills but are great at following orders.[51] One of the reasons Pierrot got his driving privileges revoked was because Harlequin distracted him and he crashed the truck Harlequin does get jealous, though he’s very good at hiding it most of the time[52] If MC knew he and Pierrot were monsters but pretended they didn't know and walked in on him while he was uncovered, Harlequin would show slight discomfort, calmly get dressed, put on his mask, and ask why MC didn’t run away or scream.[53] If MC couldn't get over their past lover, Harlequin has a different way of comforting that's less tender. He’d say the scars from the past will always burn, but MC shouldn’t hold on to that, or the rest of their days would be dark.[54] In a scenario where he likes MC, he would be more the type to occasionally watch them from afar, without constantly showing up at their workplace and once night falls, he’d wait outside to walk them home. [55] Where Harlequin would take MC on dates, probably take the MC to darker places, the kind of spots people don’t usually go. Maybe a rooftop with a beautiful view, but far from other people’s eyes. Or quiet, shadowy parks, where there’s no one else around, just the sky and the fresh air of nature.[56] To make Harlequin feel flustered/embarrassed, if you look at him intensely, making it clear you have intentions with him. He'll notice, and that will definitely make his heart beat a little faster and make him more curious about you.[57] If MC kissed Harlequin's cheek, he would turn his head so that it would land on his lips instead.[41] If MC gave Harlequin a bracelet, He would probably hide it in his clothes, just to watch you keep looking for it on him, until you finally ask where it is.[58] If MC slapped his ass, Harlequin would be startled by the boldness, then immediately laugh in amusement and ask if that gives him the freedom to do the same.[59] If MC just picked him up over their shoulder, Harlequin would be surprised too, but he’d definitely find a way to turn it into flirting.[60] Harlequin would put MC in a glass jar if they shrunk down. [4] If Harlequin become self aware he's in the game, he would manipulate the game itself. He’d force you to accept his choices and take control of everything he could, making it very clear that he knows exactly what’s going on, and that you are going to play the way he wants before he reaches you.[61] If MC gave him something poisonous, Harlequin would be angry mostly at himself for not noticing until the pain started.[62] If MC was a drug addict, Harlequin would be a bit more “blunt.” He isn’t good at using very kind words, so he would say that MC is shortening their own life even more and he'd ask why MC would do such a thing.[63] When it comes to asking his sexual partners or getting a potential disease about it, he will avoid answering. [17] He sleeps on his stomach. Outside of effects from drugs, Harlequin is never seen blushing by others. [CITATION NEEDED] It's been implied that he used drugs from Doctor. It didn't end well. On both Day 1 and Day 2, when the game asks the player to enter their name, if the player enters the name Harlequin, it will automatically trigger a secret dialogue.[64] The dialogue doesn't change; it remains the same on both days.