History YMMV / Supergirl2015

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The joke in the pilot about Cat Grant not wanting to sit next to Bill O'Reilly is harsher after it was revealed that Fox News settled multiple lawsuits from women who claimed O'Reilly sexually harassed them.
** The allusion to [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe Sullivan]] in "Midvale" should have been a nice MythologyGag, but it came just near the time her actress on ''Smallville'', Allison Mack, was accused of being involved in a sex cult.
** Blake Jenner's appearance as a potential love interest towards Kara in Season 1 is put in a darker light when Melissa Benoist stated that she suffered domestic abuse from an ex that had restricted her from taking roles with a love interest other than him and that he even threw an [=iPhone=] at her and damaged one of her eyes in the process. Benoist did not name the ex in her video, but many had guessed she was speaking about Jenner.
** Nia being a Franchise/HarryPotter fan considering author Creator/JKRowling's later statements on transgender people.

** President Marsdin is treated overall as the BigGood of the show and characterized as an AllLovingHero. We're meant to feel sorry for her when she's exposed as an alien and her presidency is declared illegitimate... but keep in mind that unless an AuthorsSavingThrow somehow proves otherwise, Marsdin knowingly and flagrantly violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on anyone born outside the U.S. from being President. Note that this prohibition is not discriminatory against aliens, since it applies equally to humans who were born outside the United States.

* FandomRivalry: With the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, mainly due to differences in tone and theme. This came to a head when the show's crossover with ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' aired a mere three days after the premier of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many saw the ''Supergirl'' episode as the superior crossover due to its LighterAndSofter tone and its lack of [[LetsYouAndHimFight forced conflict]]. It was taken even further when the show introduced its own take on Superman in Season 2 and Marc Guggenheim explicitly mentioned that the new Superman would be a kinder, gentler and more overtly heroic take on the character, similar to his usual depiction in the comics. It's almost like he was subtly trying to distance the TV Superman from the modern movie version. Tyler Hoechlin even went so far as to say that Superman doesn't have to be [[DarkerAndEdgier brooding or dark]] to be cool, seemingly taking a shot at the mixed reception to the DCEU version of the character for that exact reason. It did lessen over time, first with Superman's [[TookALevelInCheerfulness more optimistic and cheerful portrayal]] in [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 both]] [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague versions]] of ''Justice League'' and the spin-off series ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' taking several creative cues from the DCEU depiction.
* {{Fanon}}:
** Due to Melissa Benoist's previous role on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', many have presumed that Marley Rose is one of the many alternate Karas in the {{Multiverse}}.
** Similarly, many fans consider [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Lexie Grey]] one of Alex's alternate universe counterparts since she is also played by Creator/ChylerLeigh. It doesn't hurt that they share the same first name (Alexandra), and have [[https://lexiesqrey.tumblr.com/post/152954829587 a surprising amount]] [[https://lexiesqrey.tumblr.com/post/153879055932/more-lexie-greyalex-danvers-parallels-part-1 of parallels.]] Alex revealing in the third season that she didn't just go to med school but actually became a doctor and worked at a hospital in Seattle certainly made this theory more convincing.

** Mon-El gets this hard from haters who ignore any and all progress he has made and continue to insist that he's nothing more than a frat boy type guy. In some cases, he's outright accused of being a toxic and abusive partner to Kara, to the point some fans even tweeted at Chris Wood and ''requested he apologise'' for playing an abuser like Mon-El.

** Zor-El. Despite being Kara's father we only know a handful of facts about him. Even when it turns out Argo City survived he's killed offscreen. His New 52 Cyborg Superman form would have made a good seasonal antagonist for Kara.

** When Creator/MarvelComics introduced the blonde [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]] as a supporting character for their [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], it unintentionally looked like she was an allusion to Supergirl. Writer Roy Thomas forgot that Supergirl's civilian name was ''Linda'' Danvers, else he'd have named her differently. Now since the show uses "Kara Danvers", it looks like an allusion to Carol (who was announced to have a movie in production around the same time) though Supergirl got such names first.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The introduction of Nia Nal, a trans-woman who is the direct ancestor of [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Dream-Girl]]. [[ArtisticLicenceBiology See the problem there.]]

** Winn/Mon-El. They've got the chemistry, plus the actors ship it. [[https://twitter.com/CHRIStophrWOOD/status/1220399661145444353?s=19]]
** Lena and Samantha Aries/Reign, "[=ReignCorp=]", became popular long before season 3 (when Reign is introduced) aired as videos of the actresses interacting showed them to be good friends. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment It may have aligned with other reasons, too.]] The fact that Lena spends a good part of Season 3 trying to save Sam from her psychotic alter ego, even risking her other friendships to do so, definitely helped.

** Lena/Andrea has risen as the two begin to rekindle their old very close friendship that ended badly. They even refer to themselves using Jack and Rose's lines.

** The casting of Creator/TylerHoechlin as Superman. Similar to Creator/{{Teddy Sears}}' casting as "Jay Garrick" in ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' Season 2, many feel that he is way too young to portray an older and experienced Superman being only a year older than Creator/MelissaBenoist, despite the fact that it was established since the PilotEpisode that Clark is already in his mid-twenties when a still thirteen year old Kara landed on Earth. That and he was chosen over fan-favorites such as a RoleReprise from [[Series/{{Smallville}} Tom Welling]], Creator/MattBomer, Creator/JoeManganiello and the likes, all of whom are closer in age to what Clark is supposed to be in the show. The age issue is {{Handwave}}d in his debut episode, where it's said that adult Kryptonians age slower on Earth due to the yellow sun ([[ShownTheirWork which was already established in the comics]]), and Hoechlin managed to WinTheCrowd when they saw him in action.

** Mon-El gets this hard from haters who ignore any and all progress he has made and continue to insist that he's nothing more than a frat boy type guy.

** Andrea Rojas, the other new addition for Season 5, also doesn't have much of a fandom. Her friendship with Lena felt forced, especially with her being revealed to be a pawn for Leviathan. Given that much of Season 5 was supposed to focus on Lena vs. Kara, it just seemed to distract from the A-Plot. Then there was her taking over [=CatCo=], turning it from a legitimate news source into a clickbait-y tabloid, eventually leading to James' resignation. As if to force more connections, it turns out Andrea's former lover was William's best friend, and the reason he joined the company to begin with. Once Crisis reset everything, Andrea stopped being a servant of Leviathan, resulting in her not having a role in the plot any further, but still appearing in almost every episode (and still being ratings-driven).

** After having practically everyone disapprove of William and Kara's relationship, "Welcome Back Kara" has him mention that he's moved on from her and is now dating someone else. The following episode has them working together as professional colleagues with no {{UST}} whatsoever.

** "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E19Alex Alex]]": [[VillainOfTheWeek Rick Malverne]] is a former classmate of the Danvers sisters who bored witness to Kara surviving a horrific accident and using her powers to save people. Remembering this, Rick pieces together her past identity once Kara publicly reveals herself as "Supergirl" to National City. Taking the opportunity to free his criminal father from prison, Rick kidnaps Alex and places her in a glass cage, located in a building laced with lead to deter Kara, while slowly filling it with water. Giving Kara and her friends 36 hours to either free his father or watch Alex drown. After being apprehended, Rick remains calm and sees through J'onn's attempt to shape-shift into his father, failing to trick Rick. Even when his plan is foiled when his father reveals the location of his trap, Rick graciously congratulates Alex for surviving his trap and accepts his imprisonment without malice.

** Jeremiah Danvers' whereabouts were an important hook for Season 2, but this was sidelined by all the simultaneous romantic subplots, the overall clunky story development and mostly due to Dean Cain's scheduling conflicts.

** Has some crossover with the ''Series/Merlin2008'' fandom due to the appearance of Katie [=McGrath=], who plays a similar role in both shows as a friend of the title character [[FaceHeelTurn who later turns against them]] (though in Lena's case she eventually turns back). It got even more pronounced in Season 6 when Lena, like Morgana on ''Merlin'', discovers she has magic.

** Has some crossover with the ''Series/Merlin2008'' fandom due to the appearance of Katie [=McGrath=], who plays a similar role in both shows as a friend of the title character [[FaceHeelTurn who later turns against them]] (though in Lena's case she eventually turns back).

** With season 5 being focused on technology, and Brainiac 5 still being a major character, it would have been the perfect time to bring in the original Brainiac as a major threat, but the show chose to have Leviathan in that position instead (and never even introduced their leader or revealed much about them as an organization)

** Winn/Mon-El.

** Russell Rogers / Rip Roar. An tragic, unwilling assassin for Leviathan, William Dey's best friend & love-interest/ MoralityPet for Andrea Rojas. However he has no role outside of either of their storylines and is he killed one episode after his debut, but the Crisis basically erases him from Andrea's life, since she never grieves nor mentions him. Also William is convinced Lex killed him driving focus away from Leviathan.

** Andrea Rojas, the other new addition for Season 5, also doesn't have much of a fandom. Her friendship with Lena felt forced, especially with her being revealed to be a pawn for Leviathan. Given that much of Season 5 was supposed to focus on Lena vs. Kara, it just seemed to distract from the A-Plot. Then there was her taking over [=CatCo=], turning it from a legitimate news source into a clickbait-y tabloid, eventually leading to James' resignation. As if to force more connections, it turns out Andrea's former lover was William's best friend, and the reason he joined the company to begin with. Once Crisis reset everything, Andrea stopped being a servant of Leviathan, resulting in her not having a role in the plot any further, but still appearing in almost every episode.

* InferredHolocaust: It hasn't been stated one way or the other, but dialog between Supergirl and her father seem to say that Argo and its citizens (including Kara's mother) were killed in Krypton's explosion post-Crisis, rather than surviving on their own small chunk.

* SpecialEffectFailure: There's been some pretty heavy criticism and roasting of the [=CGI=] effects, specifically for the Martians. After the show moved to The CW, a new visual effects company came on board and... well, it's pretty obvious the budget's not as high as it was on [=CBS=]. The decision to have Malefic in Martian form for most of his early appearances means that the weaknesses in [=CGI=] are more obvious, especially in [[https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1188696936372670465 this clip]], where Malefic is overexpressive and very badly lit compared to his environment.

** Season 4 takes the "aliens are immigrants" thing and runs with it. Aliens on Earth are immigrants, usually fleeing crime and persecution and those that oppose them are (mostly white) human supremacists who murder and terrorize aliens for being different, etcetera etcetera etcetera.

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** The show's heavy feminist messages and whether they're being [[{{Anvilicious}} overdone]] and poorly handled or a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. Even this page got some edit warring over the subject when the show first aired.

** The overall quality of the series itself. Is it a well-handled FeministFantasy show with some of the most well done queer representation on television? Or is it a very poorly written superhero show that only lasted as long as it did because of the positive PR from said queer representation and the charisma of its main cast? Similarly, are the social justice parallels a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, or is the lack of subtlety in making parallels to real life events undercutting the overall message, especially when certain messages don't make much sense (i.e. anything having to do with Donald Trump as the President, which he never was in the Arrowverse).

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The anti-alien plot lines of seasons 2 and 4, with their metaphors for immigration, racism, and forced deportation are, in a word, unsubtle. But, especially in a time when these subjects are major hot button issues, their inclusion helps to humanize Kara by having her face relatively mundane problems in addition to fantastic ones.

** Has some crossover with the ''Series/Merlin2008'' fandom due to the appearance of Katie McGrath, who plays a similar role in both shows as a friend of the title character who later turns against them.

* FandomRivalry: With the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, mainly due to differences in tone and theme. This came to a head when the show's crossover with ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' aired a mere three days after the premier of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many saw the ''Supergirl'' episode as the superior crossover due to its LighterAndSofter tone and its lack of [[LetsYouAndHimFight forced conflict]]. It was traken even further when the show introduced its own take on Superman in Season 2 and Marc Guggenheim explicitly mentioned that the new Superman would be a kinder, gentler and more overtly heroic take on the character, similar to his usual depiction in the comics. It's almost like he was subtly trying to distance the TV Superman from the modern movie version. Tyler Hoechlin even went so far as to say that Superman doesn't have to be [[DarkerAndEdgier brooding or dark]] to be cool, seemingly taking a shot at the mixed reception to the DCEU version of the character for that exact reason. It did lessen over time, first with Superman's [[TookALevelInCheerfulness more optimistic and cheerful portrayal]] in [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 both]] [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague versions]] of ''Justice League'' and the spin-off series ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' taking several creative cues from the DCEU depiction.

** [=CatCo=]'s continued role in the show after Calista Flockhart leaves in Season 2. Is the company still a foundation of the show and important to the overall narrative, or has it worn out its welcome and is no longer needed as the show focuses more and more on Kara's efforts as Supergirl? Not helping is the show struggling to keep the company relevant by having it change owners every season and having most of the BaseBreakingCharacters on that side of the plot.

* FandomRivalry: With the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, mainly due to differences in tone and theme. This came to a head when the show's crossover with ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' aired a mere three days after the premier of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many saw the ''Supergirl'' episode as the superior crossover due to its LighterAndSofter tone and its lack of [[LetsYouAndHimFight forced conflict]]. It was traken even further when the show introduced its own take on Superman in Season 2 and Marc Guggenheim explicitly mentioned that the new Superman would be a kinder, gentler and more overtly heroic take on the character, similar to his usual depiction in the comics. It's almost like he was subtly trying to distance the TV Superman from the modern movie version. Tyler Hoechlin even went so far as to say that Superman doesn't have to be [[DarkerAndEdgier brooding or dark]] to be cool, seemingly taking a shot at the mixed reception to the DCEU version of the character for that exact reason. It did lessen over time, first with Superman's [[TookALevelInCHeerfulness more optimistic and cheerful portrayal]] in [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 both]] [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague versions]] of ''Justice League'' and the spin-off series ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' taking several creative cues from the DCEU depiction.

** Many fans have taken to shipping Kara x [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pots tickers]], or just [[BigEater Kara]] x food in general.

* FandomRivalry: With the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, mainly due to differences in tone and theme. This came to a head when the show's crossover with ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' aired a mere three days after the premier of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many saw the ''Supergirl'' episode as the superior crossover due to its LighterAndSofter tone and its lack of [[LetsYouAndHimFight forced conflict]]. Taken even further when the show introduced its own take on Superman in Season 2. Marc Guggenheim explicitly mentioned that the new Superman would be a kinder, gentler and more overtly heroic take on the character, similar to his usual depiction in the comics. It's almost like he was subtly trying to distance the TV Superman from the modern movie version. Tyler Hoechlin even went so far as to say that Superman doesn't have to be [[DarkerAndEdgier brooding or dark]] to be cool, seemingly taking a shot at the mixed reception to the DCEU version of the character for that exact reason. Things likely turned around with Superman's optimistic and cheerful portrayal in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}''.

** Due to Melissa Benoist's previous role on {{Series/Glee}}, many have presumed that Marley Rose is one of the many alternate Karas in the {{Multiverse}}.

** Another one has popped up with ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' fandom. Fans like how Diana and Kara are idealistic, cheerful, ice cream-loving superheroines and how their respective actresses are good friends in real life. The genuine friendship between the two works is rather ironic given how ''Supergirl'' fans can't get along with Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.