History Trivia / Batgirl

* CreatorsPest:
** Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, during the 2000s and 2010s, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would [[ExiledFromContinuity remove them altogether]] when he rebooted the DCU under the ComicBook/New52 (granted, he dislikes most {{Legacy Character}}s in general, so it wasn’t just them). This is allegedly because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as unlike Robin, DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs retired the mantle and was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively prohibited them from being featured outside of comics.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would [[ExiledFromContinuity remove them altogether]] when he rebooted the DCU under the ComicBook/New52. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively prohibited them from being featured outside of comics.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would [[ExiledFromContinuity remove them altogether]] when he rebooted the DCU under the ComicBook/New52. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively prohibited them from being featured outside of comics.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Stephanie's book was cancelled to make way for the relaunch. Cassandra Cain was pretty much in the same boat though got it much worse since hers was way before that point. Dumb thing too was that the book was doing well and was well liked by her fans. But the higher ups didn't share the same sentiments when it came to the character and ended her book.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would [[ExiledFromContinuity remove them altogether]] with his ComicBook/New52 rebrand. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively prohibited them from being featured outside of comics.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would outright retcon them with his ComicBook/New52 rebrand. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively [[ExiledFromContinuity prohibited them]] from being featured outside of comics.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would outright retcon them with his ComicBook/New52 rebrand. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker in ''ComicBook/TheKillgJoke'', with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively [[ExiledFromContinuity prohibited them]] from being featured outside of comics.

* CreatorsPest: Despite their popularity amongst readers and writers, DC higher-ups and editorial have an open disdain for Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, ''especially'' Creator/DanDiDio, who outright calls them "toxic" in one interview and would outright retcon them with his ComicBook/New52 rebrand. This is largely because DC higher-ups prefer Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl, unlike the Robins (which was the case even before Cass' creation, as DC had no plans on anyone taking up the Batgirl mantle after Babs was paralyzed by The Joker, with Cass' creators — Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott — having to fight editorial to have her take up the mantle). This is why they're [[AdaptedOut frequently left out]] of most adaptations, as DC higher-ups have effectively [[ExiledFromContinuity prohibited them]] from being featured outside of comics.

** The unreleased ''Batgirl'' film directed by Creator/AdilElArbiAndBilallFallah for Creator/HBOMax starring Creator/LeslieGrace, Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/MichaelKeaton that was quite shockingly shelved by Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery in 2022 while it was in post-production due to cost-cutting measures, a tax write-off and a refocus of the company on theatrical releases. The directors tried to save the footage (likely for personal use) but found out it was deleted from WBD's servers. Considering it cost $90 million to produce, it is one of the most expensive unreleased films ever made.

** The unreleased ''Batgirl'' film directed by Creator/AdilElArbiAndBilallFallah for Creator/HBOMax starring Creator/LeslieGrace, Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/MichaelKeaton that was quite shockingly shelved by Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery in 2022 while it was in post-production due to cost-cutting measures and a refocus of the company on theatrical releases. The directors tried to save the footage (likely for personal use) but found out it was deleted from WBD's servers. Considering it cost $90 million to produce, it is one of the most expensive unreleased films ever made.

** The unreleased ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' film directed by Creator/AdilElArbiAndBilallFallah for Creator/HBOMax starring Creator/LeslieGrace, Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/MichaelKeaton that was quite shockingly shelved by Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery in 2022 while it was in post-production due to cost-cutting measures and a refocus of the company on theatrical releases. The directors tried to save the footage (likely for personal use) but found out it was deleted from WBD's servers. Considering it cost $90 million to produce, it is one of the most expensive unreleased films ever made.

** The 2022 Batgirl movie is a heart-breaking example of ExecutiveMeddling and this trope. Due to a large shakeup in management related to the merger between Warner Bros and Discovery, spiraling costs and poor test screenings, the film, despite being in the final stages of post-production, was pulled from release ''in any format'' and then subsequently ''deleted'', with even the production staff not even knowing ahead of time.

** The 2022 Batgirl movie is a heart-breaking example of ExecutiveMeddling and this trope. Due to a large shakeup in management related to the merger between Warner Bros and Discovery, spiraling costs and poor test screenings, the film, despite being in the final stages of post-production, was pulled from release ''in any format'', with even the production staff not even knowing ahead of time.

** The 2022 Batgirl movie is a heart-breaking example of ExecutiveMeddling and this trope. Due to a large shakeup in management related to the merger between Warner Bros and Discovery, spiraling costs and poor test screenings, the film was in the final stages of post-production, when it was [[QuietlyCancelled pulled from release]] ''[[QuietlyCancelled in any format]]'', with even the production staff not even knowing ahead of time.

** The 2022 Batgirl movie is a heart-breaking example of ExecutiveMeddling and this trope. Due to spiralling costs and poor test screenings, the film was in the final stages of post-production, when it was [[QuietlyCancelled pulled from release]] ''[[QuietlyCancelled in any format]]'', with even the production staff not even knowing ahead of time.

** The 2022 Batgirl movie is a heart-breaking example of ExecutiveMeddling and this trope. Due to spiralling costs and poor test screenings, the film was in the final stages of post-production, when it was [[QuietlyCancelled pulled from release]] ''QuietlyCancelled in any format]]'', with even the production staff not even knowing ahead of time.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Stephanie's book was cancelled to make way for the relaunch. Cassandra Cain was pretty much in the same boat.

* OneOfUs: Within the series, Stephanie likes Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} all the more because she is able to follow the {{Technobabble}} explanation for their current crisis and has a sufficient grasp of grammar to realize that "BFF" is ''already'' plural.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The apparent reason as to why Cassandra Cain hasn't appeared in the New 52. Harper Row is her "replacement".
* OneOfUs: Within the series, Stephanie likes Supergirl all the more because she is able to follow the TechnoBabble explanation for their current crisis and has a sufficient grasp of grammar to realize that "BFF" is ''already'' plural.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The Steph Brown version was cancelled to make way for the [[InsistentTerminology "relaunch"]]. Cassandra Cain is pretty much in the same boat.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:

** When [=DC=] decided that they didn't want Cassandra to be Batgirl anymore, they initially decided to put Barbara Gordon back in the role. When that was shelved, they wanted to replace her with Charlie, but her creator, Creator/GailSimone, wrote a long letter to [=DC=] explaining why Charlie wasn't a good fit for the role and they respected her wishes. So, instead, Stephanie Brown was Batgirl for two years, after which Barbara Gordon returned to the costume and Cassandra, Stephanie, and Charlie all no longer exist.

** In the early 2000's writer GailSimone [[http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Batgirl.html pitched an idea for the direction of Cassandra Cain's series if she had taken over as its writer]]. Cassandra, after saving a Protestant minister from a vicious robbery, would continuously visit him in the hospital and, over time, become a devout Christian and convert after seeing the strength of his personal devotion and willingness to forgive his attackers. Her activities would shift to a protective role over the more downtrodden members of Gotham society, the transients and homeless and runaways, and she would switch to an all-white costume. Eventually she would become known as "Angel of the Bat" instead of Batgirl. Gail, a self-professed atheist whose comics often exemplify her "liberal" viewpoints, said that her intention was to represent a part of society that is extremely neglected in comics, as almost all depictions of religious or conservative figures was as dogmatic, prejudiced and stupid characters. She wanted an example of the transformative power of faith and felt that, even if it did not match her own beliefs, it would be a good exploration of the character. Instead, Cass made an apparent FaceHeelTurn and became a leader of the League of Assassins. As Simone put it, apparently, becoming a Christian is more controversial than becoming a serious murderer.

** When [=DC=] decided that they didn't want Cassandra to be Batgirl anymore, they initially decided to put Barbara Gordon back in the role. When that was shelved, they wanted to replace her with Charlie, but her creator, GailSimone, wrote a long letter to [=DC=] explaining why Charlie wasn't a good fit for the role and they respected her wishes. So, instead, Stephanie Brown was Batgirl for two years, after which Barbara Gordon returned to the costume and Cassandra, Stephanie, and Charlie all no longer exist.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The miniseries "Batman: Gates of Gotham" was originally conceived as a solo story about Cassandra. The final product heavily featured her, but she had to share it with her brothers.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the early 2000's writer GailSimone [[http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Batgirl.html pitched an idea for the direction of Cassandra Cain's series if she had taken over as its writer]]. Cassandra, after saving a Protestant minister from a vicious robbery, would continuously visit him in the hospital and, over time, become a devout Christian and convert after seeing the strength of his personal devotion and willingness to forgive his attackers. Her activities would shift to a protective role over the more downtrodden members of Gotham society, the transients and homeless and runaways, and she would switch to an all-white costume. Eventually she would become known as "Angel of the Bat" instead of Batgirl. Gail, a self-professed atheist whose comics often exemplify her "liberal" viewpoints, said that her intention was to represent a part of society that is extremely neglected in comics, as almost all depictions of religious or conservative figures was as dogmatic, prejudiced and stupid characters. She wanted an example of the transformative power of faith and felt that, even if it did not match her own beliefs, it would be a good exploration of the character. Instead, Cass made an apparent FaceHeelTurn and became a leader of the League of Assassins. As Simone put it, apparently, becoming a Christian is more controversial than becoming a serious murderer.
** The montage of the [[spoiler: Black Mercy]] induced coma dreams Stephanie has at the end of her ongoing series hinted at further storylines.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The apparent reason as to why she hasn't appeared in the New 52. Harper Row is her "replacement".