Absolutely! He was the trial by fire for all three of the first Robins, the villain they had to face and endure to prove themselves as Boy Wonders. I like to think of Two-Face as the "Wacky Uncle" to the Robins in the Batfamily. It's a shame that Steph and Damian broke the pattern, and never faced against Harvey as well.
It's worth noting that the Robins also have a history of particular antagonism against Two-Face, mainly stemming out of a lack of sympathy when it comes to the way Bruce gives him special treatment. In the Bronze Age, the episode "Second Chance," and in "Face the Face," the Robins simply don't understand or like that Batman keeps holding out hope for Harvey.
They only see the monster of Two-Face, whereas Bruce is always looking for the Harvey Dent within.
Batman and Harvey have a complicated relationship of failure, disappointment, redemption, and betrayal. Two-Face and the Robins just have hatred, a special kind of bitter hatred that only comes from him being there at the moment they earned their wings.
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