Line #33 Recap/Supergirl2015S2E1TheAdventuresOfSupergirl


1	Franchise/{{Superman}} joins up with Supergirl to investigate Lena Luthor, Lex's sister, who is attempting to reinvent her brother's company as a force for good.
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3	!!Tropes in this episode:
4	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite how much Kara is {{squick}}ed out by the romantic attention her cousin gets, even she can't help but laugh at how Cat thinks the TwoPersonLoveTriangle of Clark/Lois/Superman has been solved with {{Polyamory}}, and her cousin's flustered reaction.
5	-->'''Clark:''' Well, I think Lois has room in her heart for both of us.\
6	'''Cat:''' Oh, how... modern.\
7	'''Clark:''' Uh--well, that's not--um--
8	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: A skyscraper can't possibly have just one single load-bearing point. And once it was already falling, welding some I-beams together would not stop it.
9	* AttackDrone: Corben makes use of drones in his second assassination attempt on Lena Luthor.
10	* BadassFamily: The Supercousins team up throughout the episode to glorious results.
11	* BadLiar: While inspecting the unconscious occupant from the Kryptonian pod, the more experienced hero asks whether he was x-ray-visioned for foreign objects. Chagrined to admit it hadn't occurred to her, Supergirl offers a VERY unconvincing "Of....course." With a slight smile, Superman then suggests she do it now.
12	* BaitAndSwitch: Corben on the phone saying, "Have I ever let the Luthors down?" indicating he's working for Lena. It turns out he's working for Lex from jail.
13	%%* BallisticDiscount: Corben obtaining the drones.
14	* BetterAsFriends: Kara decides that she and James are better as friends after realizing she wants to try her hand at being a reporter.
15	* CainAndAbel: Lex tries to have his sister killed while in prison. It's heavily implied that this version of Lex has legitimately gone nuts.
16	* CallBack: While examining one of Corben's drones, Winn compares it to something his father would make.
17	* CaptainObvious: After saving Lena Luthor from a half-dozen heavily-armed drones, Supergirl helpfully informs her that "Someone is trying to kill you."
18	* CareerVersusMan: Kara ultimately chooses to focus on her new career and as Supergirl over her and Jimmy's relationship. Jimmy takes it in stride.
19	* CasualDangerDialogue: The ''Venture'' shuttle is crashing, two hundred souls are in danger, and Supergirl and Superman gleefully talk to each other when they catch up.
20	* CrucifiedHeroShot: This seems to be Superman's go-to pose; as Supergirl is mentioning to Lena Luthor that she had help saving her and the civilians, she slides aside to indicate Superman hovering above the street.
21	* CruelToBeKind: Cat is quite blunt and rude towards Kara this episode, but all to help her find her true purpose.
22	* DynamicEntry: Somewhat more understated than other examples of this trope, but if Superman flying into the DEO, straightening up, and having a dead silence fall on the room doesn't count, nothing does.
23	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cat makes subtle passes at Clark, Lena makes some flirtatious comments, and Alex jokes to Kara that he smells terrific, all of which squicks Kara out.
24	* EmergencyTransformation: John Corben's wounds would ordinarily be fatal, but Cadmus is able to save him by turning him into Metallo.
25	* FridgeLogic: Upon arrival at the new HQ building, Kara complains that, at the old facility (a cave), she was bitten by a bat. While it definitely wasn't a Kryptonian bat, it could have happened during one of her training sessions with Alex, when she was "powered down" with the red sunlight. Of course, J'onn immediately calls her a liar, so maybe she's just complaining for the sake of it.
26	* TheGhost:
27	** ComicBook/LexLuthor does not appear personally, but his influence is heavily felt on the episode.
28	** Both Perry White and ComicBook/LoisLane call Clark on different occasions, but their voices are not heard.
29	* HeroStoleMyBike: Supergirl stole my several tons of I-beams!
30	* IChooseToStay: Superman decides to stick around National City for a while.
31	* InSpiteOfANail: Both Corto Maltese and Kasnia are now confirmed as locations shared by this Earth and [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} Earth-1]]. Up until now, [[Franchise/TheFlash Central City]] was the only place acknowledged that exists on both Earths ([[Series/TheFlash1990 and another]]).
32	* InterspeciesRomance: Lois and Clark are confirmed to be a couple in this episode. Interestingly, the episode also shows Kara and Jimmy's breakup.
33	* InTheBack: Lena Luthor shoots Corben when he's distracted by Supergirl.
34	* TheKlutz: Kara compliments Clark for keeping up his bumbling when he bumps into a [=CatCo=] staffer in the elevator, but Clark hesitantly admits that time it just really ''was'' clumsiness.
35	* LampshadeHanging: Kara remarks on how bizarre it is that the DEO had this much nicer facility all along that she never heard about, heading off audience objections to the sudden change of venue. The script takes RefugeInAudacity by having Alex mention that it's also only a few blocks from her apartment. The contrast between Kara's confused reaction and everyone else's straight-man acceptance really sells it.
36	* MythologyGag:
37	** Intergang, Corto Maltese, Kasnia, and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]] get name-dropped.
38	** There are many references to the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman\|TheMovie}}'' movie, including Cat's new assistant being named Miss Tessmacher, Lena Luthor stating that "statistically speaking, flying is still the safest way to travel," and Winn referencing Lex Luthor causing an earthquake in California.
39	** Lena Luthor tells Clark that he has some "steel underneath that Kansas wheat", alluding to Superman's traditional nickname, "The Man of Steel."
40	** The DEO mission that caused the falling out between J'onn and Clark involved a meteorite made of pure Kryptonite. [[Series/{{Smallville}} It's not the first time we've seen something like that]].
41	** Although he's appeared before briefly as TheFaceless, this is the first time Superman appears in the series as a full character. So, of course, he has to save an aircraft in distress.
42	** Cat's lusting over Clark in the comics as well as in ''Series/LoisAndClark'' comes into play in the episode.
43	** While on the phone with Perry White, Clark mentions his CatchPhrase "Great Caesar's ghost!"
44	** Superman's first line to his cousin is "Need a hand?", just like his first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
45	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Kara relates to Lena over both wanting to prove themselves away from the shadows of their more (in)famous male relative.
46	* OldMaid: Kara mentions that at her age she would already be considered a spinster back on Krypton, although she may be taking the time she spent in the Phantom Zone into account.
47	* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: In TheStinger, Corben is told to blink this way when asked whether he wants an injection to live.
48	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Cat Grant is uncharacteristically flustered around Clark, as she finds him attractive. Clark finds this amusing, while Kara is mostly grossed out.
49	* TheParagon: Kara sees her cousin as this, seeing how he can be a superhero, a good boyfriend and a reporter all at the same time. In the end, Cat says that Kara is this to her.
50	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Corben isn't just a ProfessionalKiller, he was part of the [[CrypticBackgroundReference genocide in Corto Maltese]].
51	* PowerfulAndHelpless: When Kara and Clark are saving the ''Venture'', Kara says it looks like a job for both of them. While either of them could easily catch the craft, Kara's problem with the oil tanker shows how they must bring it down in a specific way, otherwise all the humans ''inside'' the ship could be injured or killed.
52	* ProtagonistTitle: Notice the Supergirl in the title?
53	* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Clark repeats everything aloud during his phone call with Perry. His genuinely dorky nature makes this seem a little less forced.
54	* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe, Miss Tessmacher is this as Kara's replacement in Cat's eyes.
55	* {{Retcon}}: As a result of the show's move to Creator/TheCW and filming to UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, the teaser scene at the end of last season's finale was reshot. At the end of Season One, the Kryptonian pod is seen passing by Kara's apartment before the scene cuts to her and J'onn landing beside the pod after it's already landed. The beginning of this episode adds a sequence of the two trying to stop the pod from crashing within the city. Also, there was a DEO office in the middle of National City, two blocks from Alex's apartment, the entirety of Season One that Kara (and the viewers) never knew about. That's now the setting of the DEO scenes instead of the desert base.
56	* TheReveal: An as-yet unnamed Kryptonian male was in the pod that crashed last season.
57	* SadisticChoice:
58	** When Superman and Supergirl show up to protect Lena from Corben's drones, he reveals that he set more loose in the city to target civilians, forcing them to choose who to save. Superman splits off to stop the ones in the city while Supergirl protects Lena.
59	** Cadmus rescues Corben and offers him a choice between life or death. Of course, they fail to mention what kind of life he's getting.
60	* SecretKeeper: Lois knows about Clark and Kara's respective SecretIdentity, given that Clark mentions he's with Kara when she calls him.
61	* ShippingTorpedo: Kara does not like Cat hitting on Clark and Alex's comment about him smelling terrific. Justified since Clark is already in a long-term relationship.
62	* ShoutOut: After arriving at the new DEO HQ, Kara wants to see "Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth".
63	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Lena Luthor, in this version, was welcomed by Lex to the Luthor family, until she replaced him as head of the family corporation. In the previous adaptation (''{{Series/Smallville}}''), Tess Mercer, (Lutessa Lena Luthor), was an unwanted interloper, killed by Lex in the final episode of that show.
64	* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, Kara is grossed out by the people hitting on Clark.
65	* TheStinger: The first one since the pilot, showing a mysterious woman from Cadmus injecting a fatally wounded Corben with what seems to be liquid Kryptonite, turning him into Metallo.
66	* StuffBlowingUp: This season premiere is jam packed with explosions, from the ''Venture'' rocket ship's engine to the Luthorcorp Building.
67	* StupidSexyFlanders: Winn also had an EatingTheEyeCandy moment towards Clark, though this is probably more like hero-worship than romantic attraction.
68	* SuperFamilyTeam: with emphasis on ''family''; Clark mentions that while he has the files and other sources about Krypton, he likes it when Kara can tell him stories about his parents.
69	* TakeThat:
70	** After Cat derides Miss Tessmacher's intelligence, Kara protests that she can't be stupid because she went to Yale.
71	--->'''Cat:''' So did [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George Bush]].
72	** Alex "liking the new place more than the old one" (read:the ChannelHop from Creator/{{CBS}} to Creator/TheCW because the former didn't want to renew them).
73	* TimeStandsStill: The Kryptonian pod took a detour through the Well of Stars, where (like the Phantom Zone) time doesn't pass. This is why, like Kara, the occupant of the pod is still young so long after Krypton's destruction.
74	* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, weapon seller guy, go ahead and teach that assassin exactly how to use the deadly drone while you're standing downrange.
75	* {{Troll}}: Clark trolls Kara when she asks how he knows about her and Jimmy.
76	--> '''Clark:''' Supertelepathy; it's a power you'll get someday.\
77	'''Kara:''' Really!?\
78	'''Clark:''' No. Jimmy and I are friends; we talk.
79	* WhamLine: "John Corben dies today. Long live Metallo!"
80	%%* WinkDing: Superman does this after saving a family.
81	* WouldHitAGirl: John Corben spends the majority of the episode trying to kill Lena. In his final attempt he fights Alex when she catches him, and was then about to fight Supergirl when Lena shoots him.
82	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: John Corben kills off the seller of the military drones by testing out the weapon systems on him.

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