History Recap / Supergirl2015S1E17Manhunter

* MakeMeWannaShout: Siobhan's powers.

* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Siobhan discovers her MakeMeWannaShout powers after she accidentally falls off a building.

* GutturalGrowler: The flashback reveals J'onn's true voice to be much deeper than the one he uses nowadays.

** Project Cadmus has a long history in both the comics and the Franchise/{{DCAU}}.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The flashback to Kara's first days on Earth are presented an awful lot like autism, getting overloaded by new sensations and fascinated by things others find completely normal ("We don't have birds on my planet.")

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The falshback to Kara's first days on Earth are presented an awful lot like autism, getting overloaded by new sensations and fascinated by things others find completely normal ("We don't have birds on my planet.")

* BadassBiker: In order to rescue both J'onn and Alex without compromising their reputations (further, in Kara's case), Kara and Lucy go after their transport as {Badass Biker}}s, with motorcycles and face-concealing helmets. They give the {{Cool Bike}}s to J'onn and Alex to escape on.

* FightsLikeANormal: Due to the fiasco caused by her actions in the previous episode, Kara fights like a normal BadassBiker.

* BadassBiker: In order to rescue both J'onn and Alex without compromising their reputations (further, in Kara's case), Kara and Lucy go after their transport as {{Biker Babe}}s, with motorcycles and face-concealing helmets. They give the {{Cool Bike}}s to J'onn and Alex to escape on.

* DramaticIrony: Cat dislikes millennials and was initially wary of hiring Kara because she is one. However, Cat does not know that Kara was stuck in the Phantom Zone for twenty four years without physically aging, making her a millennial only in technicality. Kara was born in 1966, making her officially part of Generation X (and judging by Calista Flockhart's age, only two years younger than Cat unless DawsonCasting is in play).

** It's indicated during Alex's flashback that the primary reason she used to drink was because she was struggling badly as a scientist.

* FightsLikeANormal: Due to the fiasco caused by her actions in the previous episode, Kara fights like a normal BikerBabe.

* BelatedBackstory: The episode serves as this to both Hank Henshaw and Jeremiah Danvers.

Kara struggles to regain the trust of National City following her Red K rampage. Meanwhile, held prisoner by the DEO, J'onn reveals what happened to the real Hank Henshaw.

* BelatedBackstory: The episode serves as this to both the real Hank Henshaw and Jeremiah Danvers.

** The real Hank Henshaw died after being pushed from a cliff.

* ExactWords: Alex is repeatedly asked whether she knew Henshaw was really J'onn ''when she was recruited'', to which she answers no. She's able to beat the lie detector (but not Lucy) because this is true--she found out about J'onn's true identity well after that event, though still before the rest of the DEO.
* FantasticRacism: Colonel Harper shares the same hostility as the real Hank Henshaw when it comes to treating aliens (even innocent refugees like J'onn).

* ItsPersonal: Col. Harper turns out to have been a good friend of the real Hank Henshaw. Learning what really happened to his late friend just gets him more pissed at J'onn.

* MutualKill: Jeremiah Danvers killed Hank Henshaw by tossing him off a cliff, but Henshaw managed to stab him just before [[spoiler: It later turns out that this is an aversion, as neither actually dies]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Both Colonel Harper and the real Hank Henshaw are huge [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racists]].

** J'onn is kept in Hank's form by way of a stasis field the military has developed.

** The place where Jeremiah and J'onn are chatting, as well as where the real Henshaw met his end, looks exactly like the very first stage of the Virtuous Mission from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''. Hell, Jeremiah even met J'onn because of a snake.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: How Harper tries to present himself and the real Hank. Alex point-blank calls him out on how pathetic he is.

* WorldsStrongestMan: According to the real Hank Henshaw, J'onn is considered to be this by ''Superman''.

* TranquilFury: Cat dosen't raise her voice when scolding Siobhan-she acts perfectly civil at first-but it doesn't make a difference. Cat Grant is ''pissed.''

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Cat dislikes millennials and was initially wary of hiring Kara because she is one. However, Cat does not know that Kara was stuck in the Phantom Zone for twenty four years without physically aging, making her a millennial only in technicality. Kara was born in 1966, making her officially part of Generation X (and judging by Calista Flockhart's age, only two years younger than Cat unless DawsonCasting is in play).

* EasilyForgiven: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Kara, as National City residents are generally afraid of her now, despite being aware that her rampage is over. The DEO, however, doesn't seem to care, due to knowing about the Red Kryptonite being the factor and also because they're focused on dealing with J'onn.

* MutualKill: Jeremiah Danvers killed Hank Henshaw by tossing him off a cliff, but Henshaw managed to stab him just before.

* TranquilFury: Cat dosen't raise her voice when scolding Siobhan but it doesn't make a difference

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Cat dislikes millennials and was initially wry of hiring Kara because she is one. However, Cat does not know that Kara was stuck in the Phantom Zone for twenty four years without physically aging, making her a millennial only in technicality. Kara was born on 1966, making her officially part of Generation X (and judging by Calista Flockhart's age, only two years younger than Cat unless DawsonCasting is in play).

* DemotedToExtra: Malina Weissman, [[TimeShiftedActor who plays the young Kara]], is usually at the regular guest stars line-up in the OBB every time she appears. She's at the CBB in this episode.

* TurnOfTheMillennium: J'onn's {{Flashback}}s happened in this decade, specifically 2005 (DEO's manhunt for him) and 2007 (his return as "Hank Henshaw"). Kara also reminisced about her first year on Earth during 2004, complete with Music/KellyClarkson music ("Since U Been Gone").

* {{Hypocrite}}: AlphaBitch Siobhan complains that Kara went Mean Girl on her and got her fired.

** Jeremiah Danvers acts much like Jonathan Kent in ''Film/ManOfSteel'', warning Kara that using her powers to save people could bring unwanted attention (though with the bonus that Superman himself is already out there doing the job).