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In the 2016 film Suicide Squad, the majority of the main characters do not know each other before the events of the movie. They are a collection of isolated high-risk inmates brought together by Amanda Waller to form Task Force X.
Here is the specific breakdown of how they are connected and where they come from:
Most of the squad members (Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc, and El Diablo) are incarcerated at Belle Reve Penitentiary in Louisiana. While they were housed in the same facility, they were kept in high-security isolation and did not interact as a group until Amanda Waller and Rick Flag recruited them for the mission.
The film uses flashbacks to show that several characters were captured by members of the Justice League, though they did not necessarily know one another during those captures:
There are only a few characters who have a history before the mission begins:
The first time the entire team (Deadshot, Harley, Boomerang, Croc, Diablo, and Slipknot) meets face-to-face is at the airfield where they are fitted with explosive nano-bombs in their necks and given their gear. Before this moment, they were only aware of each other as "fellow freaks" in the same prison.
Slipknot is the outlier. He is introduced very briefly at the airfield as "the man who can climb anything." It is implied he was brought in from a different facility or captured shortly before the mission, as he has no introductory flashback like the others.
While not directly related to the query about where characters know each other from, the production history significantly impacted how character backstories and relationships were presented in the final cut versus the director's original vision.
The summary mentions Harley and Joker's criminal partnership but doesn't note that the film establishes Harley as an accomplice to Robin's death, which is referenced in dialogue and visual elements. This adds context to why she's considered extremely dangerous beyond her relationship with Joker.
When Rick Flag explains their setup, Deadshot refers to them as a 'Suicide Squad,' which is how the team gets its informal name. This is a minor detail about nomenclature origin.
While the summary mentions Flag's relationship with June Moone/Enchantress, it doesn't fully explain that Waller controls Enchantress by possessing her heart, and that Enchantress breaking free of this control creates the main threat the Squad must face. This is important context for understanding the mission dynamics.
In Suicide Squad (2016), the main characters do NOT know each other before the events of the film. They are dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Penitentiary in Louisiana who were kept in isolation from each other. Amanda Waller, a government intelligence officer, assembles them into Task Force X (the Suicide Squad) for a black ops mission.
The characters' origins before Belle Reve are shown through flashbacks: Deadshot was captured by Batman in Gotham while with his daughter; Harley Quinn was captured by Batman after a car chase with the Joker (she previously knew the Joker from Arkham Asylum where she was his psychiatrist); Captain Boomerang was caught by The Flash during a heist; El Diablo voluntarily surrendered after accidentally killing his family with his powers; and Killer Croc was eventually captured and imprisoned.
The only pre-existing relationships are: (1) Rick Flag and June Moone/Enchantress are romantically involved (orchestrated by Waller), (2) Rick Flag works for Amanda Waller's agency A.R.G.U.S., (3) Katana is Flag's bodyguard (not a prisoner), and (4) Harley Quinn and the Joker have a history as criminal partners, though Joker is not part of the Squad.
The squad members meet each other for the first time as a group at a military airfield where they are fitted with explosive nano-bombs, given their equipment, and briefed on their mission. Before this, they were only aware of each other as fellow inmates at the same prison facility.