History Recap / Supergirl2015S2E3WelcomeToEarth

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Kara says a ''very'' nasty slur about Daxamites in Kryptonian, then says, when asked to translate, it is "nothing I can say in English."
** Maggie brings up that the reason a certain bartender, who learns languages by tongue-to-tongue contact, speaks English is that she is her ex-girlfriend.

* LipstickLesbian: Maggie Sawyer, who is a tough cop who is more in the "chapstick" category (she has long hair, but also more masculine clothing a somewhat tomboyish manner, but not enough for "butch" either). She had an alien ex-girlfriend who learned English by [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar tongue contact]].

* FieryRedhead: Scorcher has both the looks and attitude. Bonus points for her being able to PlayWithFire. Obviously, she also doubles as an EvilRedhead.

* LipstickLesbian: Maggie Sawyer, who is a tough cop but also feminine. She had an alien ex-girlfriend who learned English by [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar tongue contact]].

* LipstickLesbian: Maggie Sawyer, who has had an alien ex-girlfriend who learned English by [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar tongue contact]].

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: PlayedForLaughs. Kara thinks that almost letting the President get killed is "misdemeanor treason."

* StraightGay: Maggie Sawyer, who has had an alien ex-girlfriend who learned English by [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar tongue contact]].

'''Bartender''' I am M'gann M'orzz, [[ThereIsAnother the last daughter of Mars]].

** Alex and Maggie have a lot of romantic chemistry starting with Maggie's first scene -– before Maggie is revealed as being lesbian, [[spoiler:and ''long'' before Alex comes out of the closet]].

* CompositeCharacter: Maggie Sawyer is introduced in this episode as a detective in the National City Police Department. Her namesake counterpart in the Superman mythos is a no-nonsense short-haired blonde woman, while this version (long-haired sarcastic Hispanic woman with a willingness to bend the rules) has more in common with Renee Montoya from the Batman comics.

* CompositeCharacter: Maggie Sawyer is introduced in this episode as a detective in the National City Police Department. Her namesake counterpart in the Superman mythos is a no-nonsense short-haired blonde woman, while this version (Hispanic, sarcastic, and willing to bend the rules) has more in common with Renee Montoya from the Batman comics.

* CompositeCharacter: Maggie Sawyer is introduced in this episode as a detectie in the National City Police Department. Her namesake counterpart in the Superman mythos is a no-nonsense short-haired blonde woman, while this version (Hispanic, sarcastic, and willing to bend the rules) has more in common with Renee Montoya from the Batman comics.

** Alex and Maggie have a lot of romantic chemistry starting with Maggie's first scene-–before she is revealed as being lesbian.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: In retaliation against Snapper making his demands about who will be doing which articles about the President's alien amnesty proclamation (James's job as the new boss), James completely rewrites one of his articles (despite Snapper being in charge of editorial content) and, at Snapper's outrage, tells him they should keep to ''their own'' jobs instead of take over others'.

* CoolOldLady: The President really comes off this way, despite two assassination attempts by a violent alien, she's still optimistic and cheerful about aliens integrating into American society. Of course [[TheReveal it turns out she is one]].

** J'onn makes a comment about knowing that many humans will react badly to the open presence of people who look different not merely because he's an alien but because for the last 15 years he's looked like a black man.

* DoomedHometown: According to Kara, Daxam is heavily polluted because of Krypton's explosion, meaning Mon-El cannot go back there.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Savvy viewers will notice that the redhead Alex bumped into the bar is behind the assassination attempts on the president. Her boiling the cup of water already gave away the clue that she can control heat.

** Alex and Maggie have a lot of romantic chemistry starting with Maggie's first scene -– before she is revealed as being lesbian.

** Carr is also correct in his journalist instincts during the story meeting: you don't write the lead before finding the story, and his assignments reflect what serious reporters would seek under the circumstances. The "headline before story" attitude is characteristic of James's old editor Perry White in some continuities, so it's nice to see it being called out.
* JurisdictionFriction: Alex and Maggie come to odds initially as both claim jurisdiction over the initial crime scene. They eventually work it out.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Kara goes all fangirl around the President, even in Supergirl mode.

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Mon-El hadn't [[WakeUpFighting woken up fighting]], he wouldn't have been a suspect in the attempted assassination of the president. Of course introducing himself by [[NeckLift Neck Lifting]] everyone he meets didn't help.

* ShipTease: Maggie and Alex from the moment they meet are being teased. Their interaction in their first scene screams [[BelligerentSexualTension romantic tension]]. At the alien bar, Maggie offers to buy her a drink. Maggie's ex believes she moved on, which neither deny. When Maggie leaves for a hot date, Alex's expression [[LongingLook as she watches is intriguing]].

** Maggie says that her alien ex-girlfriend learned English by "tongue contact" (see below). Aliens from Tamaran, like [[ComicBooks/TeenTitans Starfire]], can learn languages with only a kiss.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: In retaliation against Snapper making his demands about who will be doing which articles about the President's alien amnesty proclamation (James' job as the new boss), James completely rewrites one of his articles (despite Snapper being in charge of editorial content) and, at Snapper's outrage, tells him they should keep to ''their own'' jobs instead of take others over.

* UnskilledButStrong : Mon-El got his powers very recently; he literally went to sleep and suddenly woke up with them. He still manages to escape from the DEO because of his raw strength and resistance.

* WeakButSkilled: Relatively speaking, as Daxamites, by canon, are slightly stronger and tougher than Kryptonians, and Mon-El manages to outmatch Kara when he first escapes from the DEO, but later, when having an actual fight, Kara defeats him with relative ease, as she actually knows how to use her powers in combat plus having the DEO's hand-to-hand fighting training.

'''Bartender''' I am M'gann M'orzz, [[ThereIsAnother the last daughter of Mars.]]