History Recap / Stargirl2020S3E13FrenemiesChapterThirteenTheReckoning

* ScissorsCutsRock: Artemis explains to Jordan that the substance he's standing in burns even on water, so Jordan can't simply melt/turn gaseous to escape it.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Lily tries to hit Wildcat with an ice blast, only to miss, hit a precariously-balanced car, and end up crushed when it falls on top of her.
-->'''Wildcat:''' ''[to Dr. Mid-Nite]'' I didn't do it!

* BigDamnHeroes: On their way to the junkyard, Beth and Yolanda [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] how Artemis has had a record of swooping in to save them at just the right moment in past episodes and [[LampshadeHanging wonder how she does that]]. While Artemis doesn't ultimately make an appearance in the battle, Barbara (who had been looking for Artemis) shows up to save Courtney from Icicle in the nick of time using Paula's crossbow.

** The petroleum jelly Artemis kills Jordan with comes from inside one of the explosive hockey pucks used by her father Sportsmaster, whom he murdered.

* BookEnds: Courtney started out only believing she was worthy of the Staff because she was Starman's daughter. Now, she tells the Ultra-Humanite (in Sylvester's body) that "you're not worthy of it. I am."

** While we last see Courtney and Cameron embracing outside his house, and both of them are mentioned as members of the JSA in the DistantFinale, it's not established whether they're still together as a couple in the future, have broken up and become just friends, are planning to get married like Rick and Beth, or are even already married. Although Creator/GeoffJohns mentioned in the episode post-mortem interview that he's not a fan of romances that break up after they come together (in reference to Beth and Rick), so it's likely that Courtney and Cameron are still together.
** For that matter, it's also unknown if anything ever came of Jakeem's crush on Cindy once the age gap between them was less significant.

** It is also left unrevealed whether Cameron ever found out what happened to Mr. Deisinger. Near the start of the episode the Mahkents return from the vigil for him, only for Jordan to derail thoughts on the matter by claiming the Ultra-Humanite had killed Pat. ([[FromACertainPointOfView Which he did]], or at least tried to, [[LoopholeAbuse just not in his gorilla body]].) It's not clear whether Sofus ever told his grandson the truth, but considering the glare he gives Lily during this scene, and that he's the only elder Mahkent left alive in Cameron's life by the end of the episode, one can hope he did. It wouldn't bring Mr. Deisinger back, but it would at least make losing his grandmother a bit easier for Cameron.

** It is also left unrevealed whether Cameron ever found out what happened to Mr. Deisinger. Near the start of the episode the Mahkents return from the vigil for him, only for Jordan to derail thoughts on the matter by claiming the Ultra-Humanite had killed Pat. ([[FromACertainPointOfView Which he did]], or at least tried to, [[LoopholeAbuse just not in his gorilla body]].) It's not clear whether Sofus ever told his grandson the truth, but considering the glare he gives Lily during this scene, and that he's the only elder Mahkent left alive in Camerson's life by the end of the episode, one can hope he did. It wouldn't bring Mr. Deisinger back, but it would at least make losing his grandmother a bit easier for Cameron.

** It is also left unrevealed whether Cameron ever found out what happened to Mr. Deisinger. Near the start of the episode the Mahkents return from the vigil for him, only for Jordan to derail thoughts on the matter by claiming the Ultra-Humanite had killed Pat. ([[FromACertainPointOfView Which he did]], or at least tried to, [[LoopholeAbuse just not in his gorilla body]].) It's not clear whether Sofus ever told him the truth, but considering the glare he gives Lily during this scene, and that he's the only elder Mahkent left alive in Camerson's life, one can hope he did. It wouldn't bring Mr. Deisinger back, but it would at least make losing his grandmother a bit easier for him.

* LaserGuidedKarma:

* AndTheAdventureContinues: An apparently resurrected Jay Garrick shows up in the future to tell the Shade that he needs the JSA's help once more, and that Courtney told him that includes Shade now. Richard wearily asks if their adventures will ever be over. The series ends with a title card saying "Never the End".

%%* BookEnds

* UnexplainedRecovery: While the events of the previous episode seemed to imply that Dragon King survived Cindy skewering him in the season 1 finale by transferring his brain into the albino gorilla body that formerly housed the brain of the Ultra-Humanite, the episode's opening scene shows he had somehow survived the events of the finale ''before'' the brain transfer. It's likely that his experimentation on his body is what made the blow to him ultimately non-lethal and he simply faked his death.

* AbusiveParents: Jordan begs Cameron not to [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou "force"]] him to do to him [[OffingTheOffspring what Brainwave did to his own son]]. As Courtney points out, the fact that Jordan even contemplated it cements him as this.

** Since the Thunderbolt can't kill, we can imagine that anyone he's turned into an inanimate object, like Dragon King into a toy gorilla (or Eclipso into a slice of toast last season), is still conscious. And therefore Dr Ito is aware of the abuse Cindy is subjecting him to as a chew toy for Buddy the dog.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The villains' plan to have the JSA believe Pat was murdered by Gorilla Dragon King is scuppered when he turns up alive and piloting S.T.R.I.P.E.. He survived because, unbeknownst to them, Sylvester taught him how to dislocate his wrists to get out of restraints after Sylvester's very first adversary, Dr Weerd, [[IHaveYourWife took Pat hostage]]. Making the real Sylvester the spanner.

** While we last see Courtney and Cameron embracing outside his house, and both of them are mentioned as members of the JSA in the DistantFinale, it's not established whether they're still together as a couple in the future, have broken up and become just friends, are planning to get married like Rick and Beth, or are even already married. Although Creator/GeoffJohns mentioned in the episode post-mortem interview that he's not a fan of romances that break up (in reference to Beth and Rick), so it's likely that Courtney and Cameron are still together.

** While we last see Courtney and Cameron embracing outside his house, and both of them are mentioned as members of the JSA in the DistantFinale, it's not established whether they're still together as a couple in the future, have broken up and become just friends, are planning to get married like Rick and Beth, or are even already married. Although Creator/GeoffJohns mentioned in the episode post-mortem interview that he's not a fan of romances that break up, so it's likely they're still together.

** While we last see Courtney and Cameron embracing outside his house, and both of them are mentioned as members of the JSA in the DistantFinale, it's not established whether they're still together as a couple in the future, have broken up and become just friends, are planning to get married like Rick and Beth, or are even already married. For that matter, it's also unknown if anything ever came of Jakeem's crush on Cindy once the age gap between them was less significant.

* LegacyCharacter: Besides all the obvious examples, after Beth's parents get permission to be her new sidekicks, Dr Chapel decides to use the codename "Hooty" for herself, after Dr [=McNider=]'s faithful owl.

** While we last see Courtney and Cameron embracing outside his house, and both of them are mentioned as members of the JSA in the DistantFinale, it's not established whether they're still together as a couple in the future, have broken up and become just friends, are planning to get married like Rick and Beth, or are even already married.

* DistantFinale: The series ends ten years in the future, with the Shade giving a group of civilians a tour of the JSA headquarters, which is now a museum. He namedrops all the now-adult heroes who are part of the JSA: Starwoman (Courtney), Wildcat (Yolanda), S.T.R.I.P.E. 2.0 (Mike), Artemis (Artemis), Icicle (Cameron), Jade (Jennie), Obsidian (Todd), Dragon Queen (Cindy), Jakeem Thunder, Hourman (Rick), Doctor Mid-Nite (Beth), Sand (Alex Hawkins), Damage (presumably Grant Emerson), and Solomon Grundy. He mentions the adventures we've seen them have so far, adding that they rescued the real Starman and saved the Seven Soldiers of Victory from a cosmic deity named Nebula Man. Then the original Flash appears through a portal and tells Shade to gather everyone, because there's another crisis on the horizon that requires the Justice Society of America.

* PresidentEvil: The flashback that begins the episode has Jordan reveal that his plan involves Ultra-Humanite not only "returning" to the public eye as Starman but also eventually running for President as his mouthpiece under Sylvester Pemberton's name.

* PresidentEvil: The flashback that begins the episode has Jordan reveal that his plan involves Ultra-Humanite not only "returning" to the public eye as Starman but also eventually running for President as his mouthpiece.

* GrandFinale: The sixth ''Arrowverse'' series to end, ''Stargirl'' wraps with three seasons and 39 episodes. This is also the first series not set on "Earth Prime" to conclude.