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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Now that we're together, gonna get that super life! ''Wow!''[[note]]Left to right: Zatanna, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz), Bumblebee and Batgirl.[[/note]]]] |
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| 4 | ->"A lifetime career goal for me has always been wanting to lift up little girls. I feel like society has contempt for girls and little girl things. there's something contemptuous and unworthy about girl things and being a girl. We live in a society where saying that something is for girls is the equivalent to saying that something is stupid, or saying that something isn't worthwhile. I think that's awful and I think that kind of attitude needs to be changed." |
| 5 | -->-- '''Creator/LaurenFaust''' |
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| 7 | ''DC Super Hero Girls'' is a 2019 television series produced by Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation and based on the ''Franchise/DCSuperHeroGirls'' franchise. It premiered on Creator/CartoonNetwork on March 8, 2019. The show is developed by Creator/LaurenFaust, known for her work on [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls countless]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends other]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic animated]] [[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder series]], including the ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' shorts which effectively serve as this show's predecessor. (Faust left the series after the end of the first season in a failed attempt to create material for Creator/{{Netflix}}.) |
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| 9 | A [[ContinuityReboot separate continuity]] from the original [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls web-series]], this incarnation follows [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara "Babs" Gordon]], a Batman-fanatic whose father's new job, unfortunately, has them move across the river from Gotham City to Metropolis. Thankfully, the usual stress of moving to a new place is eased by her not only quickly finding a new group of friends to hang out with, but all of those friends also being fellow aspiring superheroes: [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]], [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Danvers]], [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zee Zatara]], [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Jessica Cruz]], and Karen Beecher (Bumblebee). With Diana as team leader, these girls now set out to hone their skills, fight crime, and hopefully pass next period's math test. |
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| 11 | The series kicked off with a theatrical short, ''[[https://youtu.be/v5j_9rDh3TE [=#TheLateBatsby=]]]'', which was shown alongside ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''. On January 10, 2019, said short was uploaded to the official Website/YouTube page, with various other shorts and character trailers being uploaded in the following weeks leading to the show's premiere and beyond. These shorts and character trailers were then frequently broadcast as unlisted "bumper" sequences between scheduled shows on the Creator/{{Boomerang}} network. |
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| 13 | Starting from August 2019, the Season 1 episodes were made available for streaming on Netflix, following the episodes' debuts on both Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Boomerang}}. |
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| 15 | A video game based on the series known as ''DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power'' was released on June 4, 2021, exclusively on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. |
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| 17 | A feature length direct-to-video film, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoAndDCSuperHeroGirlsMayhemInTheMultiverse'', was released on May 24, 2022 and doubles as the GrandFinale. |
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| 19 | !!''DC Super Hero Girls'' provides examples of: |
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| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 23 | [[folder:Tropes # to B]] |
| 24 | * HashtagForLaughs: [[CaptainObvious Look at all of the episode titles.]] |
| 25 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: Rose Wilson in this continuity has both of her eyes intact, when in the comics she cut out her own eye as a testament to her initial loyalty to her father. |
| 26 | * AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Jessica Cruz, who has her PTSD from witnessing her friends getting killed by [[LeaveNoWitnesses a pair of criminals they caught burying a dead body]] skipped over in this adaptation, as it would be too dark for a comedy. "[=#LivingTheNightmare=]" is the only time it's revealed that Jessica has any insecurities or anxieties. |
| 27 | * AdaptationalDumbass: |
| 28 | ** Supergirl is more of an impulsive DumbMuscle than her standard incarnation, as she's shown consistently to not do very well academically and is prone to relying on beating the crap out of whatever's in her way instead of taking the time to think over a strategy to determine the best way of handling the threat. |
| 29 | ** Barry Allen is shown to be much stupider than his counterpart in the mainline comics, as "[=#BackInAFlash=]" has him mystified by Batgirl's verbose explanation for how he can use his super speed to travel through time before she puts it in layman's terms and in "[=#ScrambledEggs=]", he ends up breaking his and Carter Hall's egg by putting it beneath Carter's rear under the flawed logic that Carter's alter ego Hawkman being avian-themed and birds typically hatching eggs mean that the best way to keep the egg safe is by having Carter sit on it. |
| 30 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Jessica Cruz is this relative to her counterpart in [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls the 2015 continuity]], as the previous series introduced her in the fourth season while this continuity includes her among the main heroines from the beginning. |
| 31 | * AdaptationalFriendship: Barbara Gordon is best friends with an [[AgeLift Age-Lifted]] Harleen Quinzel, [[LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman neither of whom know the other's secret identity]] as heroic Batgirl and villainous Harley Quinn respectively ... [[spoiler:at least, at first. When Harley does learn of this, it starts her HeelFaceTurn arc, though she remains TheFriendNobodyLikes in later appearances]]. |
| 32 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: While Catwoman isn't dumb by any means, she's described [[https://www.cbr.com/dc-super-hero-girls-writers-interview-sdcc/ as the brains]] of her villain group, preferring to avoid fighting herself. |
| 33 | * AdaptationalJobChange: |
| 34 | ** Also counts as AdaptationalBadass; Steve Lombard, a sports reporter for the Daily Planet in the comics, is a football player with a sneaker line in the show. (In his comics backstory, Lombard was a football player, so this ties in to the general AgeLift most of the show's characters have.) |
| 35 | ** Barry Allen here has a part-time job at the Sweet Justice ice cream parlor, as his being reinterpreted as a teenager here makes him too young to have his traditional occupation of a forensics scientist. |
| 36 | * AdaptationalModesty: Due to RevisitingTheRoots, Harley's scrapped her New 52-inspired outfit for her original one. Though, in a bit of clever compromise, her civilian wear is still based on the New 52 style. |
| 37 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Rose Wilson is far removed from the moody anti-hero she was in the comics, instead being a well-adjusted young girl who vocally disapproves of her father's career as an assassin. |
| 38 | * AdaptationalSkimpiness: |
| 39 | ** Wonder Woman, who is no longer wearing pants while in costume. She's back to something resembling her classic design, though the bottom is still a Greco-Roman skirt like the [[Film/WonderWoman2017 DCEU version]] rather than the usual LeotardOfPower. Unique here, though, are spaulders on her shoulders. |
| 40 | ** Poison Ivy dresses more like her typical comic book self, and not even like one of the more modest ones either. |
| 41 | * AdaptationalVillainy: |
| 42 | ** Technically speaking, most of the Super Villain Girls all get this to varying degrees compared to their current comicbook alternatives, half are heroes. Then there are the characters who were originally villains but made heroes in the [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls original web series]] like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, who were replaced in this series by Green Lantern and Zatanna. |
| 43 | ** Zatanna's mother is revealed by Zatara to have been a dark sorceress. Sindella was not a villain in the comics. |
| 44 | * AdaptationDyeJob: |
| 45 | ** Batgirl's costume has changed from its contemporary dark blue design to classic purple and yellow. |
| 46 | ** Zatanna's black hair is now a sparkling, glowing purple that transitions from a normal shade to a lighter one. |
| 47 | * AdaptationNameChange: Harley's hyenas are named [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ethel]] instead of [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Bud and Lou]]. |
| 48 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Both in comparison to their main comic book portrayals and their previous portrayals in the last generation of the ''DCSHG'' franchise: |
| 49 | ** Supergirl is more rebellious, tomboyish, and brash than her usual NiceGirl persona. This personality, however, was also used in Lauren Faust's ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever''. |
| 50 | ** Batgirl is spunkier than before, which also comes from ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever''. |
| 51 | ** Bumblebee is shyer than in her previous portrayals. |
| 52 | ** Jessica Cruz is less of a former shut-in recovering from trauma than she is in the comics, and now a GranolaGirl. |
| 53 | * AdaptedOut: |
| 54 | ** In the comic books Diana Prince was a retired nurse who happened to resemble Diana of Paradise Island/Themyscira and [[SecretKeeper allowed Wonder Woman to impersonate her]] for the sake of her mission. Here Diana Prince is just an allias Zee Zatara thinks up, though this is hardly the first adaptation to drop the nurse. |
| 55 | ** Jumpa is now a simple kangaroo doll Diana owned when she was 72, rather than a flying alien that vaguely resembles a kangaroo. |
| 56 | ** Rose Wilson is the only one of Deathstroke's children to appear, with no indication whatsoever that his sons Grant and Joseph exist in this continuity. |
| 57 | * AgeLift: On top of possibly every adult DC superhero and villain being teenagers or young adults in this series, Lena Luthor is now a child. Likewise, The Teen Titans instead appear as the "Tween Titans". |
| 58 | * TheAllegedCar: Jessica's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Voyager#First_generation_(S;_1984–1990) '80s minivan]] in "[=#TheSlowAndTheFurious=]". It clearly shows its age. |
| 59 | * AllForNothing: Twice in the shorts. |
| 60 | ** "[=#CandyCrushed=]" had Livewire and Giganta fight over a vending machine's last candy bar, [[spoiler: only for Selina to steal it while they do so.]] |
| 61 | ** "[=#PurseScratcher=]" has Selina and Barbi eyeing the same purse, and change into Catwoman and Cheetah to take it from the other. [[spoiler: In the end, Selina wins the fight, but Zee snags the purse before she is able to.]] |
| 62 | * AlternateContinuity: This incarnation of the franchise has few ties to the preceding 2015 webseries or the LEGO projects beyond the basic "superheroes in high school" concept. |
| 63 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: While they're clearly meant as a foil to Kara, the Danvers are so outwardly nice and loving, they’d make even the most loving and proper daughter cringe. |
| 64 | * AnachronicOrder: How they are shown after the pilot. |
| 65 | * AndImTheQueenOfSheba: At the end of "[=#AllAboutZee=]", Casey Krinsky tries to reveal the Super Hero Girls' secret identities to everyone else at Metropolis High, but no one believes her. |
| 66 | -->'''Casey:''' They're lying to you, everyone! Diana Prince is Wonder Woman! And Kara Danvers, she's Supergirl!\ |
| 67 | '''Boy:''' And I'm Bumblebee.\ |
| 68 | '''Casey:''' [[SarcasmBlind No, Karen Beecher is!]] |
| 69 | * AnimationBump: In a general sense. The episodes animated by Creator/JamFilledEntertainment are far more fluid than the episodes handed to Creator/BoulderMedia. |
| 70 | * AnnoyingPatient: Supergirl in "[=#KaraCare=]", after being exposed to Kryptonite during a fight with Metallo, quickly drives Diana batty by her exigent demands as she recovers. |
| 71 | * ApologisesALot: Bumblebee is this way. In the pilot, Karen tries to angrily shut the door in Barbara's face but keeps on apologizing, leading Babs to just shut it herself. |
| 72 | * ArtEvolution: The designs are like a mix between ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' as opposed to the more mainstream, thick line look of the original series. |
| 73 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: The out-of-nowhere GenderFlip for Harley's hyenas from Bud and Lou to [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ethel]] only makes her dominance of them less explicable; given that hyenas are matriarchal, males are far more likely to submit to a female than females are. |
| 74 | * ArtisticLicenseSports: Diana doesn't tie her waist-length hair back or remove her earrings when practicing her vault for the school's gymnastics team, both of which are ''major'' safety hazards as they could get caught or wrapped around something while performing. Also, Diana is already wearing the official team uniform, even though [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment she's not actually on the team yet.]] |
| 75 | * ArtShift: Bumblebee's appearance becomes much more cartoony when she shrinks down. |
| 76 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 77 | ** Superman and Batman actually make a fair number of physical appearances this time, when in the Shea Fontana series the former only got occasional mentions as well as having his own statue at Super Hero High, while the latter's only acknowledgements came from a cameo as a plushy in the graphic novel tie-in ''Finals Crisis'' and an indirect mention by his son Damian Wayne in the fifth season episode "Kid Napped". |
| 78 | ** Lex Luthor is featured as a recurring character, when in the previous continuity his only appearance besides occasional mentions was in the ''Finals Crisis'' tie-in graphic novel. |
| 79 | ** Jessica Cruz is featured among the main cast from the beginning, when the previous continuity took until the fourth season to introduce her and only had her appear a handful of times. |
| 80 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Happens in "[=#VanityInsanity=]" when Bumblebee notices Zatanna's hair coming into contact with a chemical. |
| 81 | -->'''Bumblebee:''' There's nothing wrong with-- Your hair! |
| 82 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: |
| 83 | ** Supergirl and Zatanna has to fight a multistory monster made out of a swarm of rabbits after Zatanna misphrases one of her spells. |
| 84 | ** Supergirl again, taking on a larger-than-normal Shaggy Man in "[=#StainedFighter=]". |
| 85 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Zatanna's showboating has her do incredible light shows to do fairly minor things. (That frequently go wrong anyway.) |
| 86 | * TheBGrade: "[=#TheMinus=]" has Diana upset that she has an A- on her report card. |
| 87 | * BadassInDistress: "[=#BurritoBucket=]" has Batgirl encountering The Flash. Tied up by bank robbers with animal masks. |
| 88 | -->'''Batgirl:''' Flash?! What happened?!\ |
| 89 | '''Flash:''' [[NoodleIncident Dude, I'm as surprised as you are.]] |
| 90 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Jess and Karen babysitting Dick Grayson and his rambunctious friends in "[=#TweenTitans=]". |
| 91 | * BaitAndSwitch: |
| 92 | ** In "[=#PictureDaze=]", when it becomes blatantly apparent to him that Carol is stalking him again, Hal desperately searches for a place to hide. It seems like Carol manages to catch him, only for him to turn around and find that the person who surprised is the relatively harmless Jessica Cruz. |
| 93 | ** At first it appears that Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are pals here, like they're always shown to be in comics and every previous animation. But quickly it's shown that Ivy can barely tolerate Harley in this continuity. |
| 94 | ** When Harley shows Diana Crime Alley in "[=#TheWarriorAndTheJester=]", she mentions that it was where two of the city's greatest treasures were lost. While it seems like she's talking about Bruce Wayne's parents Thomas and Martha being shot there, it turns out Harley is actually talking about [[LostFoodGrievance two pieces of candy that fell out of her mouth]]. |
| 95 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Barbi Minerva and Diana Prince both perform equally impressive vaults in tryouts for the gymnastics team, their coach is impressed enough to suggest making the two of them be co-captains. Barbi protests...and then immediately regrets it. |
| 96 | -->'''Barbi:''' ''(when the coach proposes making her be co-captains with Diana Prince)'' What? Absolutely not! |
| 97 | -->'''Coach:''' Well, okay. ''(Barbi smirks)'' Congratulations, [[BaitAndSwitch Prince!]] You're the new team captain! |
| 98 | * BeTheBall: In "[=#SheMightBeGiant=]", Giganta grabs Batgirl and uses her as a ball to play some bowling with mannequins as the pins. |
| 99 | * BeyondTheImpossible: In "[=#CrashCourse=]", Diana manages to stall the car before even leaving the parking lot, which should be virtually impossible for an automatic vehicle. Then, when she sees the villains out joyriding in a stolen car, she goes to the other end of the extreme, managing to make an automatic car drift without a real hand brake. |
| 100 | * BigNo: Some occasions have characters scream "NO!" when facing situations that greatly distress them, some examples including Supergirl doing so in the short "[=#Booked=]" after reading from a text sent by Carter Hall that she missed the concert by the time she was done organizing the library's books and Batgirl doing so in the episode "[=#BurritoBucket=]" when she sees that her difficulty in balancing her work life and her duties as a heroine resulted in the bank robbers she tried to stop getting away with their loot. |
| 101 | * BirthdayEpisode: "[=#HappyBirthdayZee=]" takes place around Zee Zatara's birthday and has her accidentally cast a spell that turns her friends into mindless zombies who will stop at nothing to throw the best party for her. |
| 102 | * BittersweetEnding: "[=#TacoTuesday=]" ends with Giganta getting punished for trying to eat Bumblebee's taco when the librarian drags her away for unwittingly violating the rule that no food is allowed in the library, but Bumblebee is left to still suffer a growling stomach due to never getting her taco back. |
| 103 | * BlandNameProduct: In "[=#MisgivingTree=]", Barbara eats a cup of ''Cup Filled With Noodles'' brand ramen ([[ShoutOut based on]] the ''Cup Noodles'' brand). |
| 104 | * BoyishShortHair: The rebellious Supergirl has a messy bob haircut. |
| 105 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: |
| 106 | ** In "[=#AmBatgirl=]", Robin's incorrect answers to a riddle ("What has branches and leaves but no bark?") are "a tree", "a silent dog" and "a silent dog tree". |
| 107 | ** "[=#AccordingToGarth=]" has Kara dismiss her friends' suggestions on what extracurriculars she should take as "lame", "boring" and "lame ''and'' boring". |
| 108 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: In "#Frenemies", Barry Allen created a new dessert made with ice-cream, toffee, and jalapenos (plus salt). |
| 109 | * BrokeTheRatingScale: Diana scores ''102%'' on her calculus test. This is one of Diana's many triumphs that enrages (Pre-Cheetah) Barbi Minerva, who got a mere 100%. |
| 110 | * BrutalHonesty: In "#Frenemies", the girls are forced to admit that they don't like Harleen Quinzel after Barbara uses the Lasso of Truth on them. Kara, however, wasn't bound by the lasso. |
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| 113 | [[folder:Tropes C to D]] |
| 114 | * CapeSnag: An amazon prevent's Batgirl's escape by stepping on her cape. |
| 115 | * CarRadioDispute: Kara and Jessica fight over the radio in "Super Wonder Bat Bee Zee Lantern Mobile"; Jessica wants classical music, Kara wants heavy metal. Kara instigates another in ''The Slow And The Furious'' between herself, Zee and Diana. |
| 116 | * CastingGag: |
| 117 | ** The changes in the appearance and personality of Zatanna coupled with [[Creator/KariWahlgren Kari Wahlgren's]] performance seems to invoke [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse the previous version of Charmcaster]] that she voiced. |
| 118 | ** He didn't voice Hal, but Creator/JasonSpisak did still end up voicing the most prominent character on ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 119 | ** This is not [[Creator/TaraStrong Tara Strong's]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries first]] [[WebAnimation/GothamGirls outing]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever voicing]] [[WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman Barbara]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke Gordon]]. |
| 120 | * CatGirl: Wonder Woman fights this version of the Cheetah. |
| 121 | * CatUpATree: Superman and Wonder Woman both earn public support not just for their grand accomplishments like stopping trains or beating monsters, but also from helping cats stuck in trees. This annoys Supergirl and Livewire, respectively, to the point of irrational retribution. The Flash also tries to pull Cheetah out of a tree, to her annoyance. |
| 122 | * CatsAreMean: Instead of a tragic backstory, Red Lantern Dex-Starr is depicted in the show as just a particularly cranky and spiteful cat pushed over the edge by Jessica's enthusiasm to get him adopted. |
| 123 | * CerebusCallBack: In "#[=SweetJustice=]", the Danvers keep mentioning an incident Kara "didn't" do, as a way to set up how Kara clashes with them. It is revealed in "#[=TheGoodTheBadAndTheBizarre=]" said incident was the destruction of Smallville High's gymnasium, which Kara was blamed and expelled for. |
| 124 | * ChalkOutline: |
| 125 | ** "[=#GothamCon=]" has a scene where Barbara and Harleen lie in a pair of chalk outlines and then get up and leave, afterwards the chalk outlines start dancing. |
| 126 | ** "[=#TheWarriorAndTheJester=]" shows some children skipping around a chalk outline as if they were playing hopscotch. |
| 127 | * ChekhovsGun: The Kryptonite Sample in the Metropolis Museum from "[=#FightAtTheMuseum=]" is used against Zod and his forces in "[=#DCSuperHeroBoys=]". |
| 128 | * TheChosenMany: The Green Lantern Corps, as per usual. Jessica isn't the only Earth-based Green Lantern, as she pals around with a Green-Lantern-ring-sporting Hal Jordan. |
| 129 | * TheCityNarrows: Metropolis is a much cleaner, safer city than Gotham, so long as one stays outside of [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Sinister Slum]]. Batgirl's the only member of the team that enjoys it. |
| 130 | * ClarkKenting: It'd be easier to list the exceptions, but here goes. |
| 131 | ** Wonder Woman changes her large gold tiara... for a large gold hairband. And she wears a sweater and skirt in the exact same color scheme as her superhero outfit. And spent an entire first day at school in her superhero outfit (albeit with a hooded robe over it). |
| 132 | ** Batgirl's costume would be effective normally, if she didn't wear a bat-eared hoodie in the exact same color as her batsuit all the time. |
| 133 | ** Supergirl ''doesn't do anything to disguise her face or hair at all'', and her civvies are in the same color scheme as her superhero outfit. When she briefly becomes Power Girl, all she does is change her wardrobe to convince people she's a different person. |
| 134 | ** Jessica Cruz's face remains exposed except for a Green Lantern Corps symbol around one eye, and her civilian clothes are the same color as her costume and marked with the symbol. She also continues to wear her Green Lantern ring. |
| 135 | ** Bumblebee's helmet is entirely transparent from the front -- and once again, her clothes are the same color as her costume. |
| 136 | ** Zatanna openly practices magic in her civilian identity and just makes her hair shinier without wearing a mask. |
| 137 | ** Katana's civilian clothing has a very similar color palate. |
| 138 | ** Harley Quinn. [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Harleen Quinzel]]. Her civilian attire also has the same quartered asymmetrical scheme as her costume, just in blue and red instead of black and red, and her dip-dyed pigtails resemble her alter-ego's jester cap. [[spoiler:Diana would eventually come to realize this, as would Babs and the rest of the team later on.]] |
| 139 | ** Poison Ivy can only be told apart from [[StevenUlyssesPerHero Pamela Isley]] by the fact that her skin and hair color are more saturated, her hair's wilder, and her clothes are more provocative than the frumpy and unflattering ensemble she usually goes with. |
| 140 | ** Star Sapphire [[RunningGag isn't wearing a mask]] and her civilian clothes are the same color as her costume. |
| 141 | ** Catwoman would probably be less obvious if she didn't keep wearing her stolen jewelry out of costume. Even so she's one of the few with at least some level of disguise. |
| 142 | ** Giganta's "costume" is her regular outfit ripped up and with her hair out of its ponytail. Oh, and [[RunningGag not wearing a mask.]] She does get a few bonus points for being [[{{Sizeshifter}} significantly bigger]] and more muscular than she is in her normal form... meaning, ironically, the dumbest super villain is probably the LEAST guilty of all this. |
| 143 | ** Livewire... [[RunningGag do we even have to say it?]] And then she "hands off" her show and immediately takes it over in her supervillain identity. Not to mention that her real initials, LW, [[StevenUlyssesPerHero are the same as her codename]]. |
| 144 | ** Hal Jordan wears a DominoMask, which [[Film/GreenLantern2011 his cinematic debut]] pointed out doesn't really cover much of anything, and like Jessica continues to wear his Green Lantern ring. |
| 145 | ** The Flash both openly exhibits SuperSpeed out of costume, and goes around doing his deliveries for Sweet Justice in costume. |
| 146 | ** Aqualad... [[OverusedRunningGag well, you know]]. More to the point, his civilian clothes are ''completely indistinct'' from his superhero getup, the only difference being that the latter includes gloves and a belt buckle. |
| 147 | ** Green Arrow, apart from his civilian clothes matching his superhero costume almost perfectly, has that massively over-the-top Goatee of his that he doesn't bother to hide. |
| 148 | ** Hawkman is the only person his size and costume doesn't cover his light-tanned skin. Plus, he makes no attempt to change the brooding demeanor he keeps during class. |
| 149 | ** When Jessica and Karen babysit Dick Grayson and his friends on his birthday, they let Alfred introduce them by their civilian names and then instantly reveal themselves (complete with a roll call) as the Tween Titans. In turn, they don't hide being Green Lantern and Bumblebee from the kids. |
| 150 | * ClassPet: In the short "#[=HamsterConQueso=]", it's Batgirl's turn to take care of Hammy the hamster, the school pet and mascot, while she works at the [[BurgerFool Burrito Bucket]] the same day the health inspector visits. HilarityEnsues. |
| 151 | * ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Exaggerated; as mentioned under ClarkKenting, ''every single character'' has civilian clothing in either the same hues as their costume / other self, or evoking it in some way (like Barbara Ann's fur coat). |
| 152 | * CompositeCharacter: |
| 153 | ** Supergirl has some qualities of Power Girl (who in standard canon is her Earth-2 counterpart presently co-existing with her in the main universe), including a rougher personality and sporting short hair. She also takes on the identity in "[=#PowerSurge=]". |
| 154 | ** Batgirl is Barbara Gordon but has a more bubbly personality akin to Stephanie Brown. |
| 155 | ** This Wonder Woman is Diana of Themyscira, but also takes some cues from Donna Troy, particularly the New 52 version of Donna Troy, who had an even harder time adapting to the world of man than Diana. |
| 156 | ** The Condiment King resembles a mustached version of his original ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' incarnation, but like the mainline comics version his real name is Mitchell Mayo and he used to be a fast food employee. |
| 157 | ** This continuity's Toyman is a merging of the Winslow Schott, Hiro Okamura and Jack Nimball versions, having the identity of Winslow Schott, using a mecha similar to an alternate future self of Hiro Okamura that appeared in Sean [=McKeever=]'s run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and wearing Jack Nimball's jester costume in his second appearance. |
| 158 | * ContinuityCameo: [[ComicBook/FarSector Sojourner Mullein]] appears in "[=#CruzControl=]" as a student of Metropolis High non-verbally showing her support for Jessica Cruz running for class president. |
| 159 | * CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Parodied in the short "#Vegecide", where Pamela tells her potted plant Phil not to look (and even uses her hand to cover the plant's non-existent eyes) when she is horrified to see vegetables being cut up and prepared as food at the vegan cafe Jessica Cruz frequents. |
| 160 | * CultureChopSuey: Greek Amazons travel in a [[HornyVikings Viking Longboat.]] |
| 161 | * DarkReprise: "[=#HappyBirthdayZee=]" begins with Zee Zatara singing a song about how she's looking forward to her birthday. After overhearing her friends complain about her excessive demands, she then sings a dark reprise where she complains about her friends not seeming to care (and in the process accidentally casts a spell that makes them excessively devoted to throwing her the best party). |
| 162 | * DarkerAndEdgier: To a degree. In general, while there's still plenty of comedy and lightheartedness like its predecessor, there's also more emphasis on character trauma, and with this show being rated PG as opposed to TV-Y7, the violence is more realistic. |
| 163 | ** The second half of "#[=MeetTheCheetah=]". Someone destroys the fuse box while the girls are about to search the school, then something stalks the and picks them off one at a time in the darkened hallways, and only Zatanna accidentally taking out Supergirl with her magic is played for the slightest bit of humor. |
| 164 | ** "[=#SoulSisters=]" is another episode that doesn't fully run on humor, with the main plot being Katana stealing everyone's souls. It makes a certain amount of sense knowing this aired near Halloween of 2019. |
| 165 | * DarkhorseVictory: In "[=#BeastsInShow=]", Kara and Babs enter their dogs Krypto and Ace in a dog show to see which of them is the best dog. When Harley's pet hyenas disrupt the show during the talent competition, Ace and Krypto catch them and save the dog that was competing at the time, Waffles. Unfortunately, the announcer thought the whole thing was [[AllPartOfTheShow part of Waffles' routine]], so Waffles gets the top prize. |
| 166 | * DartboardOfHate: The short "[=#ArtificialIntelligence=]" has Giganta aggressively wipe her feet on a doormat with Batgirl's picture on it, beat up punching bags and a boxing dummy with Jessica Cruz, Zatanna and Supergirl's pictures attached to them and get knocked out trying to punch a punching bag with Wonder Woman's picture taped to it. |
| 167 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Certain shorts like "[=#SpeedyDelivery=]" and "[=#GoFish=]" focus instead on the guys that aren't even the actual leads, like the Flash and Aqualad. |
| 168 | * DeadlineNews: "#[=LetThemEatPie=]" has Lois Lane reporting on the local pie eating contest, where Diana comes in from behind due to developing a pie addiction during said contest. Then she spots the one remaining pie in Lois' hand... and charges at her ''and the camera.'' |
| 169 | * DemotedToExtra: |
| 170 | ** Unlike her incarnation in the 2015 series, Katana is not in the main lineup and was replaced with Zatanna and Jessica Cruz. She doesn't appear until the 19th episode, "[=#SoulSisters=]". |
| 171 | ** This continuity's interpretations of Cyborg, Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy are also this compared to their counterparts in the 2015 series, as they only appear in a single episode here when their incarnations in the previous canon were prominently included as recurring characters. |
| 172 | ** Shiera Saunders only appears in one episode without ever becoming Hawkgirl, when she was a regularly appearing character as Hawkgirl in the previous continuity. |
| 173 | * DenserAndWackier: This version of the series heavily ramps up the humor compared to the 2015 series. |
| 174 | * {{Determinator}}: In ''[=#TheLateBatsby=]'', a determined Batgirl manages to reach Mr. Freeze before the others, despite them having a headstart and 3/5ths of them having ''flight powers''. |
| 175 | * DiabolusExMachina: Barbara Gordan finds a pristine couch in ''[=#SofaSoGood=] and calls Karen Beecher to help her carry it to their secret hideout. Almost everything that could go wrong with carrying a piece of furniture down a city street does go wrong, and only 80% or so is due to the girls' bad judgment. Still, this was totally deserved by Barbara, who has four super powered teammates and thought unpowered and tiny Karen Beecher was the best choice to sneak it into their hideout! |
| 176 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the episode "[=#SoulSisters=]" Katana attempts to take the soul of a man who appears to be breaking into a car. It turns out, it's his own car and he simply locked his keys in his car. This is uncomfortably similar to some reports of police brutality. |
| 177 | * DonutMessWithACop: Commissioner Gordon is shown eating a donut in "[=#FromBatToWorse=]". |
| 178 | * DrivingTest: In "[=#CrashCourse=]," Diana takes a driving test. During that test, she decides to help stop a group of villains in a getaway chase. |
| 179 | * DumpedViaTextMessage: Hal Jordan dumped Carrol Ferris via a text. Not bad enough? Turns out she's a love crazy Violet Lantern known as Star Sapphire and will not take no for an answer. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Tropes E to F]] |
| 183 | * EarAche: |
| 184 | ** In the pilot, Diana's mother drags her to the boat by her ear. |
| 185 | ** When the Amazons try to throw Diana's friends off the boat, they drag them by their ears. It backfires when Kara suddenly remembers she has super-strength. |
| 186 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The Tween Titans appear in the ''Powerless'' graphic novel, which ended up coming out almost a month before their self-titled debut cartoon episode. |
| 187 | * EasterEgg: |
| 188 | ** In Supergirl's "#[=AdventuresInBunnysitting=]", there is a more traditional painting of Wonder Woman on a building in the background of one scene. |
| 189 | ** The hippie-trippie vision that briefly appears with Supergirl's picture day dress includes what looks like "The Mystery Machine", as WB Animation now produces Franchise/ScoobyDoo. |
| 190 | * EggSitting: |
| 191 | ** In the episode "[=#ScrambledEggs=]," the Super Hero Girls, Super Villain Girls, and Invincibros are randomly paired up into groups of two with each group assigned to watch over an egg for the weekend. HilarityEnsues as they all try and fail to keep the eggs safe. The teacher even points out at the end of the episode how cliche and overused this trope is when she returns to work and sees what Mr. Chapin assigned the class in her absence. |
| 192 | ** A similar plot is used in the short "[=#ShellShock=]", where Karen and Kara have to watch over an egg as a class assignment. They are more successful in keeping the egg intact here, though Kara admits craving an omelet after all the trouble she went through to keep the egg from harm. |
| 193 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: At the end of "[=#SweetJustice=]," Batgirl doctors the building plans to get one set up under the Sweet Justice ice cream shop while it's being rebuilt. It has specialized work/training areas for all six heroes, and the entrance can only be opened by sitting at a particular table and fiddling with its straw dispenser. |
| 194 | * EmbarrassingOldPhoto: In "[=#AcceptNoSubstitute=]", Barbara tries to use her hacking skills to get rid of a baby picture of herself James Gordon shows to the class, only to cause a home movie of her dad picking her up when she was a baby and remarking that she just dirtied her diaper to appear in the projector. |
| 195 | * EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: James Gordon becomes a substitute teacher at Metropolis High in "[=#AcceptNoSubstitute=]" and wastes no time humiliating his daughter Barbara in the process. |
| 196 | * EpicFail: |
| 197 | ** In "[=#BurritoBucket=]", Barbara tells Flash to go take care of the bank robbers while she has to go back to work. The next time she checks on the bank, Flash is now tied up with the hostages. |
| 198 | -->'''Flash:''' Dude, I'm as surprised as you are. |
| 199 | ** Diana gets subjected to an entire school week of these in "[=#CrushingIt=]", blowing her tasks the instant she sees Steve Trevor enter the room. |
| 200 | ** In "[=#AngerManagement=]", Mr. Chapin reveals that Kara is such a terrible student that she's somehow failed ''homeroom''. |
| 201 | -->'''Mr. Chapin:''' How do you manage to fail a block of time that doesn't even give grades? |
| 202 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the first few seconds of "[=#MeetTheCheetah=]", Barbi Minerva pulls of a near-perfect vault before insulting a teammate who complimented her. |
| 203 | -->'''Girl:''' Nice work, Barbi! If you keep vaulting like that, we might actually win gold this year! |
| 204 | -->'''Barbi:''' ''(snatching a towel from her)'' [[AlphaBitch Well, it wasn't]] ''[[AlphaBitch me]]'' [[KickTheDog who fell on the uneven bars.]] |
| 205 | * EverybodyLovesZeus: Diana of Themyscira invokes the power of Zeus for strength anyway. She advises ''against'' doing this for his wife, however. |
| 206 | * EverybodyHatesHades: {{Implied|Trope}}, anyway, as Diana of Themyscira has a sour relationship with Hades, though she does call him a [[WorthyOpponent worthy foe]]. |
| 207 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The whole point of the show. Along with our team, Metropolis High's student body includes Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Catwoman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Poison Ivy, among others. |
| 208 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: As Zee starts answering Oliver's AskAStupidQuestion in "[=#ScrambledEggs=]", she then realizes that ''she'' made the stupid mistake. |
| 209 | * ExplosiveBreeder: Bunnies, (super)naturally, as bred magical creatures, owned by Zatanna in "#[=AdventuresInBunnysitting=]". They [[GRatedSex hug]] and produce a literal flood of baby bunnies that magically disappear when they're finally separated. |
| 210 | * ExtraStrengthMasquerade: Somehow, everyone's secret identities are intact despite how blatantly obvious it all is. |
| 211 | * FaceDoodling: Kara can't resist the urge to scribble on the faces of the comatose supervillains in "[=#SoulSisters=]". |
| 212 | * FacePalm: Done thrice by the same character. Catwoman does it in "[=#Beeline=]" (because of Harley Quinn), then at the end of "[=#SoulSisters=]", and again at the end of "[=#PurseScratcther=]". |
| 213 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Karen originally built her Bumblebee suit to make herself grow, not shrink. No matter how many tweaks she makes, the power to get bigger eludes her. |
| 214 | * FakingTheDead: When Livewire seemingly kills Supergirl in "#[=PowerSurge=]", Kara decides to take on a new identity and get a new start as ComicBook/PowerGirl. |
| 215 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: The bank robbers in "#[=BurritoBucket=]" use guns that are not only laser guns but visually not much different from toy guns - they even have ''[[Toys/NERFBrand priming handles]]''! |
| 216 | * FanDisservice: When the girls take Wonder Woman out for her first pedicure there's a closeup of her hairy leg and her foot with giant calluses and craggy untrimmed nails. |
| 217 | * {{Fanservice}}: Avoided nearly completely due to the intended audience. The closest the series ever comes to having it is Hal Jordan getting a ShowerScene in the short "[=#PictureDaze=]", and a closeup showing that Diana has six-pack abs in the episode "[=#SoulSisters=]". |
| 218 | * FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Diana Prince reveals the amazons eat a special fruit before battle to give themselves an energy boost, and she ''[[WillfullyWeak hadn't]]'' been using it until ''#[=TheMinus=]''. It seems to have an even greater affect on regular humans, as Barbara Gordon is literally bouncing off of walls after just one bite and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Batgirl is even able to outrun Wonder Woman as Wonder Woman chases down Green Lantern]]! |
| 219 | * FinaleMovie: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoAndDCSuperHeroGirlsMayhemInTheMultiverse'' is a direct-to-video film released after this show ended its run that serves as the series' conclusion, the plot having the Super Hero Girls and their universe's Justice League face off against Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom [[spoiler:as well as the evil Kryptonian goddess Cythonna]]. |
| 220 | * FireForgedFriends: Kara and Harleen seem to end up becoming that way during their situation in "[=#ScrambledEggs=]". |
| 221 | * FreakyFridayFlip: In "#[=BatAndSwitch=]", Zatanna attempts to make Barbara and her father switch bodies, but she ends up switching first with a black alley cat, then with a skater dude, and then a weather girl, a woman being proposed to, and many other random people. When she finally does the switch with her father, it's at a bad time, when he's getting his back hair removed. |
| 222 | * FreeTheFrogs: The short "[=#PhotoOops=]" shows a newspaper photo of Jessica Cruz protesting against her class dissecting frogs. |
| 223 | * FreezeFrameBonus: You know what kind of show this is going to be when there are jokes and {{foreshadowing}} within the first three frames of its intro sequence! |
| 224 | ** The first shot of the yearbook in the title sequence has pictures of several characters that will appear as the series progresses. Of special note, Selina Kyle (Catwoman) is in there despite zero indication she's even a student. |
| 225 | ** While Karen's walking alone and feeling that she's a failure in "#Beeline", on a wall there are advertising posters with: "'''Blowing It''' Hair-Dryer", and "'''U-Suk''' Vacuums", and "'''Fail'''-Safe Safes". |
| 226 | ** In "[=#GothamCon=]", there are several jokes in the graffiti as Barbara and Harleen romp through the grimy city to the convention. |
| 227 | ** Aside from ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' (a CallBack to "[=#CrushingIt=]"), the four other library books that Katana hurls at Diana in "[=#SoulSisters=]" each have hilariously appropriate titles. |
| 228 | * FrothyMugsOfWater: At demoralized moments, these girls and boys sit at the Sweet Justice counter to drown their sorrows in milkshakes. |
| 229 | * FurAndLoathing: The Pre-Cheetah Barbi Minerva wears a golden fur coat (with white fur trim), a sign she's a RichBitch. Once she becomes the Cheetah, she is a CatGirl who's also literally a GreenEyedMonster (her jealousy of Diana caused Barbi to unleash the Cheetah's curse, not realizing it would envelop HER instead, [[EyeColourChange giving her glowing green eyes]] instead of her original brown ones when she feels the curse.) |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Tropes G to L]] |
| 233 | * {{Gasshole}}: Babs in "#[=BackInAFlash=]" accidentally toots during a school assembly due to eating a breakfast burrito. |
| 234 | * GenkiGirl: Batgirl is described as an energetic {{fangirl}} for the Dark Knight, with even her civilian clothes and bedroom being covered in bat iconography. |
| 235 | * GeniusSerum: In the short "[=#ArtificalIntelligence=]", Doris Zeul (aka Giganta) accidentally injects herself with a serum that boosts her intellect to genius levels instead of her usual growth serum, utilizing her new smarts against the protagonists. She [[NearVillainVictory almost wins]] until the serum wears off at the last minute, causing Doris to forget how to use her machine and wind up blowing herself up. |
| 236 | * GlassSmackAndSlide: After Barbara Gordon spends the whole of "[=#StressTest=]" trying to escape from the classroom where a test is held to join a superhero fight, she finally manages to get away in costume... only for Batgirl to get caught in an explosion and sent flying back to the window of the same classroom, her face smushed, before sliding down. |
| 237 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Along with ''Heck'' the characters typically use terms like ''Crud'' and ''OM Jeepers'' and ''Oh, Hades'' (by Diana). |
| 238 | * GRatedSex: In "[=AdventuresInBunnysitting=]", Zatanna's magic rabbits spontaneously produce offspring at an exponential rate just by hugging. |
| 239 | * GreenEyedMonster: |
| 240 | ** "Barbi" Minerva finds herself becoming very jealous of Diana in "[=#MeetTheCheetah=]" to where she tries to unleash the Cheetah's curse on Diana. However, the curse then affects the jealous Barbi instead, and she turns into a green-eyed CatGirl. When she turns back into Barbi, she briefly has her original brown eyes until she looks in the mirror, in which the curse asserts itself [[EyeColourChange by having her eyes glow green]] while the power rush hits Barbi again. |
| 241 | ** Star Sapphire is romantically obsessed with getting back together with Hal Jordan and continues to act as though they're still boyfriend and girlfriend in "[=#HateTriangle=]" and "[=#PictureDaze=]". And when she sees Hal hanging out with Jessica Cruz in both episodes, she furiously views it as a romantic interlude between the two. |
| 242 | ** Zatanna ''really'' gets this way whenever another performer steals the spotlight from her magic shows; such as an amateur street-magician in "[=#IllusionsOfGrandeur=]", and Oliver Queen being scheduled to perform on the school stage the same day and time that her act is scheduled on the school's other stage in "[=#AdBlockers=]". |
| 243 | * GrossUpCloseUp: When Bumblebee sees that her ability to shrink enabled her to avoid getting crushed by Giganta's hands in "[=#SheMightBeGiant=]", we see a grotesquely detailed close-up of Giganta's fingers. |
| 244 | * GrowlingGut: In "#[=TacoTuesday=]", Karen's stomach growls 7 times. |
| 245 | ** This happens to Hal in "#[=AsteroidBelter=]". |
| 246 | ** This happens to Leslie and Doris in "#[=CandyCrushed=]". |
| 247 | * HallOfMirrors: After [[spoiler:Casey Krinsky]] [[FreakyFridayFlip swaps bodies with Zee]], thereby gaining her powers, Zee hides in a house of mirrors. Not only is [[spoiler:Casey]] unable to find the real Zee, she's forced to face her own reflection which, thanks to her crippling self-loathing, is the last thing she wants to do. |
| 248 | * HalloweenEpisode: The series' Halloween episode is in the second season's two-part finale "[=#NightmareInGotham=]", where the Super Hero Girls have to stop the Joker, Harley Quinn, She-Bat, Gentleman Ghost and Solomon Grundy from destroying Gotham City on Halloween night. |
| 249 | * HardTruthAesop: Parodied in "[=#HateTriangle=]", with Jessica's faith in pacifism being mocked and ultimately useless in saving the day. Jessica tries her best to hold onto resolving her battle with Star Sapphire peacefully, preaches on about how violence is terrible, but the villainess decides that she'll come back worse than before, rendering Jessica's message about true love completely moot. Though the show seems to hint that this was intentional for comedic purposes. |
| 250 | * HeroInsurance: Averted for laughs in "#[=PowerSurge=]" when Kara gets criticized by a power plant foreman for all the destruction she caused defending it. [[spoiler:Twice.]] |
| 251 | * HippieParents: If the dress they foisted on her for picture day is any indication, Supergirl's foster parents/legal guardians, the Danvers, are these. |
| 252 | * HopelessWithTech: In "#Beeline", Bumblebee tries to call Diana about a bomb on the bridge, but Diana can't seem to handle her phone very well; the phone screen shows various close-ups as she moves the phone around before she accidentally hangs up. |
| 253 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The title of every short and episode is styled as a Website/{{Twitter}} hashtag. |
| 254 | * ImagineSpot: ''#[=AllyCat=]'' sees the team follow Catwoman's instructions to infiltrate Lex Corp near flawlessly...then it cuts them them actually trying, with Supergirl being unable to walk in heels and Bumblebee getting caught in a spider web. More incompetence, bad luck and [[DidntSeeThatComing mistaken assumptions on Catwoman's part]] just cause things to go worse from there. |
| 255 | * ImpactSilhouette: In "[=#SheMightBeGiant=]", Giganta leaves her silhouette as she falls through the floor of the mall and several levels of the parking lot. |
| 256 | * ImStandingRightHere: At the end of "[=#DramaQueen=]", Zee indignantly points out to Oliver Queen and Mortimer Drake that she's in earshot when they bond over their mutual hatred of Zee and insult the quality of her play. |
| 257 | * InNameOnly: The Cartoon Network series isn't much like the original ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'', being more like ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' in both art style and story. About the only things the two continuities have in common are the premise involving an interpretation of the DC Universe taking place in a high school setting where the majority of the characters are teenagers and both continuities having the starting point of Wonder Woman first becoming a superheroine and learning the existence of her peers. |
| 258 | * InnocentInnuendo: When Jessica tries to change Hal's look to make him dumpy and unappealing in "[=#HateTriangle=]": |
| 259 | -->'''Jessica:''' Garth! ''Take off your clothes''! |
| 260 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: And then the previous leads to: |
| 261 | -->'''Jessica:''' Perfect! That's super unattractive!\ |
| 262 | '''Garth:''' Wait. What? |
| 263 | * InsultFriendlyFire: In "[=#SoulSisters=]", Supergirl remarks how she hates magic, resulting in an indignant Zatanna reminding her that she has magic powers. |
| 264 | * IronicFear: Batgirl is scared of bats, with "[=#BatCatcher=]" revolving around her panicked reaction to one getting stuck in her room. |
| 265 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 266 | ** In "[=#IllusionsOfGrandeur=]", Zee's magic is constantly called out as being fake, while the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Kris Angel]] {{expy}} performs basic illusions that everyone fawns over. |
| 267 | ** Jessica Cruz hypnotizing Kara Danvers to be less angry doesn't actually solve her [[LeeroyJenkins impulsiveness]] or [[DumbMuscle two dimensional thinking]]. It makes them worse to the point the pacifistic Green Lantern has to become more aggressive to save Supergirl. |
| 268 | ** Diana and Karen being partnered together in "[=#ScrambledEggs=]" would guarantee that they succeed over all the mismatched pairs. Instead, they're the first to fail. |
| 269 | * JokeOfTheButt: In "[=#ShockItToMe=]", Livewire humiliates Jessica Cruz with a photograph where she's lying on the ground in defeat with her butt in the air, joking that her bottom is [[ToiletHumour the source of greenhouse gases]]. |
| 270 | * JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The intro sequence starts with a zoom on the school's yearbook, showing a black-and-white photo of Barbara Gordon quickly juxtaposed on the right side with her (colored) batgirl persona. Same thing with the next picture (but on the left side) between Jessica Cruz and Green Lantern. Zatanna gets another variant, with both halves replacing the black-and-white photo, one with her magician costume, the other with her superhero one. The other girls' pictures use other kind of transitions, though. |
| 271 | * KarmaHoudini: "[=#NightmareInGotham=]" ends with the Joker getting away with his attempt at destroying Gotham City on Halloween night, escaping with Harley Quinn before the Super Hero Girls could apprehend him. |
| 272 | * KneelBeforeZod: The main antagonists of "#[=DCSuperheroBoys=]" feature the TropeNamer, so he naturally says this when he descends upon Metropolis. |
| 273 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: Catwoman spends most of "[=#FightAtTheMuseum=]" effortlessly running circles around Supergirl. When the rest of the team shows up, she shamelessly dumps the loot as a distraction and runs away. |
| 274 | * LawyerFriendlyCameo: Among the archetypes/stereotypes of English people glimpsed in London in "[=#TheGoodTheBadAndTheBizarre=]" are [[Film/MaryPoppins two kids with their nanny]]. |
| 275 | * LeeroyJenkins: Supergirl in "[=#FightAtTheMuseum=]". When the team is fighting a series of giant monsters, she just flies in and punches them out of sight rather than listen to any strategic plan the team comes up with. This backfires when Catwoman tricks her into busting open a safe containing Kryptonite, knowing full well Supergirl would just barrel through without any forethought or strategy. Special note to the first battle of this episode. In a ShoutOut to the trope namer's video, Wonder Woman is explaining the strategy to the girls when Supergirl says, "Time's up, let's do this. Supergirl!" |
| 276 | * LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After Katana returns everyone's souls in "[=#SoulSisters=]", the Girls (sans Diana) and Villains wake up, still in Babs's room where they were being hidden. The thing is the latter had to pretend they were having a slumber party. Catwoman says the trope name word-for-word after finding this out, to which everyone agrees. |
| 277 | * LivingWithTheVillain: The female heroes and female villains all attend school together and frequent the same malt shop. Harleen "Harley Quinn" Quinzel and Barbara "Batgirl" Gordon are even best friends who are both unaware of the other's alter ego, in which they are sworn enemies. |
| 278 | * LostFoodGrievance: Harley reveals in "[=#TheWarriorAndTheJester=]" that she considers Crime Alley the site of Gotham's greatest tragedy. [[BaitAndSwitch We're misled into assuming she's talking about the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne]], but it turns out she's actually crying over a time two pieces of candy she was enjoying fell out of her mouth. She then sees what seems to be her lost candy pieces, but, after putting them in her mouth, she states that this isn't the same candy before shrugging and chewing on it anyway. |
| 279 | * LovableAlphaBitch: Zatanna is pretty and popular, as well as being pretty full of herself, but is still a nice enough girl in general. |
| 280 | * LoveBubbles: Steve Trevor is surrounded by these each time [[SmittenTeenageGirl Wonder Woman]] looks at him. |
| 281 | * LowerDeckEpisode: The short "[=#StarStruck=]" is one that centers on Lois and Jimmy during the episode "[=#HateTriangle=]". |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Tropes M to R]] |
| 285 | * MagicPants: When Dr. Francine Langstrom transforms into She-Bat in the second season finale "[=#NightmareInGotham=]", she appears to be naked, but after Bumblebee successfully administers the antidote to restore her to human form, her clothes are inexplicably intact as if they hadn't been torn to shreds by her transformation into a mutant bat creature in the first place. |
| 286 | * {{Malaproper}}: Often from Diana, since American-English -- ''teenage'' American-English especially -- is a new language for her. |
| 287 | * MexicanStandoff: In "[=#BatAndSwitch=]", we briefly see the Terrible Trio all GunsAkimbo and ''[[NoHonorAmongThieves pointing at each other.]]'' |
| 288 | * MistakenForProfound: When Karen is trying to tell Jess that the Super Villain Girls are planting a bomb on the bridge into town so Harley Quinn won't have to take a test the next day, Jess thinks "There's a bomb on the bridge" is a perfect metaphor in favor of vegetarianism and incorporates it into her protest against the Burrito Bucket restaurant. |
| 289 | * MistakenForRomance: Between Jessica and Hal, by Star Sapphire. Jessica goes from confusion to laughing and saying "No" in various paces and tones for nearly ''ten seconds.'' It happens again in "[=#PictureDaze=]". |
| 290 | * MoodDissonance: [=#GothamCon=] has a lovely example with Barbara and Harleen prancing through the WretchedHive of Gotham City - with music! And dancing cops! |
| 291 | * MundaneUtility: |
| 292 | ** Zee’s father uses his magic to "hand" Zee her backpack from fifty feet away. |
| 293 | ** Jessica often uses her Green Lantern ring to create tools for everyday tasks, such as a welding torch for car repair work or a long stretchy arm to pull a file from a drawer. |
| 294 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: In "[=#CrushingIt=]", after suffering through Diana's uncontrollable infatuation over Steve Trevor, Batgirl suggests that her and rest of the girls "take out" Trevor. After tracking down a lonesome Trevor, Bumblebee, Supergirl, Zatanna, and even [[RecklessPacifist Jessica Cruz]] strike at him at once, attempting to kill him behind his back. This is all [[SubvertedTrope interrupted]] when Batgirl's successful hack gets Trevor accepted into a military school, wondering if the others were on the same page regarding to "take him out". |
| 295 | * MustacheVandalism: In the short "[=#AdBlockers=]", Oliver Queen vandalizes a poster for Zatanna's magic show by drawing an eyepatch and a mustache on Zatanna and writing that people should see his show instead. Zatanna then retaliates by vandalizing one of Queen's posters so that he appears to have zits and writing that his show has been cancelled because of bad acne. |
| 296 | * MythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/DCSuperHeroGirls Has their own page.]] |
| 297 | * NinjaPirateRobotZombie: The in-universe movie series ''Exploding Ninja Pirates from Outer Space''. |
| 298 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: In "#Beeline", Harley wants to blow up the bridge just so her teacher won't come to school tomorrow. |
| 299 | * NonverbalMiscommunication: "#[=HashtagFrownyFace=]" has Diana and the others confuse Barbara's emoji texts where she's asking for help fighting Poison Ivy as her talking about a bad experience at a new vegan restaurant. Poison Ivy suffers this at the end as well as she grumbles at Harley doing this to her. |
| 300 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 301 | ** "[=#CrushingIt=]" has Bumblebee bring up that her first crush was "brutal", with no further details given. |
| 302 | ** In "[=#AmBatgirl=]", Robin cheats in a competition with Batgirl on who can capture the most criminals by apprehending an old woman trying to cross the street for not using the crosswalk, a man who violated the rule of bringing outside food into a restaurant by sneaking a Burrito Bucket burrito into the Big Borger, a goldfish and a baby. It's never explained what the fish and baby did that Robin used as an excuse to consider them criminals, with Batgirl even asking what law a fish could possibly break. |
| 303 | ** "[=#DetentionClub=]" has Garth cut off before he can reveal what he did that got him into detention. |
| 304 | * NoYou: When Supergirl tells Lena that her EvilPlan is "the dumbest plan [she] ever heard", Lena angrily replies with, "You’re the dumbest plan I ever heard!" |
| 305 | * NotSoSafeHarbour: Metropolis Shipyard is located in Sinister Slum, an area so rundown and polluted every member of the main cast besides [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror Batgirl]] avoids it when they can. |
| 306 | * OddCouple: |
| 307 | ** Among the teammate pairings with the Invinci-bros, Bumblebee gets paired with Hawkman. |
| 308 | ** Supergirl and Aqualad are regularly team-paired in Season 1, and Kara and Garth become school pals in Season 2. |
| 309 | * OffscreenTeleportation: We don't actually see Zatara teleport Zee's backpack. Babs sees him waving it in the air, she looks the other way, and when she looks back it's in Zee's hand. |
| 310 | * OhCrap: It's not a stretch that this has become the girls' [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises default reaction]] whenever Steve Trevor is in the same space as Diana. |
| 311 | * OhNoNotAgain: Jessica Cruz helps Hal Jordan to block someone annoying him on his phone in "[=#PictureDaze=]", unaware that said person is his ex-girlfriend Carol Ferris who in their last encounter presumed Jessica to be romantically interested in Hal. When an enraged Carol shows up and sees the two together, she leaps to conclusions and attacks Jessica. |
| 312 | -->'''Carol:''' Jessica Cruz. I should have known it was you! ''I'LL NEVER LET YOU HAVE HIM!''\ |
| 313 | '''Jessica:''' ''[groans]'' Oh no. Not again. |
| 314 | * OneSteveLimit: Karen Beecher's smart home assistant program is named Athena, which causes problems when Diana prays to the wisdom/war goddess Athena for courage/assistance, setting off the yard sprinklers and home security measures. |
| 315 | * OnlyOneFemaleMold: Completely averted. Not only do all six main girls have completely distinct and unique silhouettes, body shapes, and physiques, but even the nameless background girls have [[CastOfSnowflakes totally different builds]], as seen in [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/480/009/7da.jpg this screenshot.]] |
| 316 | * PainToTheAss: The short "[=#BigScreenBully=]" has Bumblebee get back at Giganta for ruining her movie-watching experience by shrinking and stinging her in the butt, and subsequently it's implied she does the same to Harley. |
| 317 | * ParentalObliviousness: In "#[=SoulSisters=]", the girls push the soulless villains through Babs' living room in front of her dad who fell asleep watching ''Make It Wayne''. |
| 318 | * PartingFromConsciousnessWords: Delivered by Bumblebee, who has been racing to get to class on time, after Supergirl accidentally knocks her silly in "#[=PlightOfTheBumblebee=]": |
| 319 | -->'''Karen:''' Did the bell ring yet? ''[passes out]'' |
| 320 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Diana and Barbara Ann Minerva are both star members of the Metropolis High gymnastics team, which forms a significant part of their rivalry and Barbara's [[GreenEyedMonster motivations]] for becoming the Cheetah, as while Barbara is an excellent gymnast, [[AlwaysSecondBest Diana is even better.]]` |
| 321 | * PassThePopcorn: Zee Zatara and Oliver Queen sabotaging each other's efforts at advertising their respective shows in "[=#AdBlockers=]" is entertaining enough that Kara, Barbara and Karen end up watching them while eating popcorn. |
| 322 | * PictureDay: A character trying to look their best on picture day is used as the plot of ''four'' shorts, with Kara being the relevant character in "[=#StreetStyle=]", Hal Jordan in "[=#PictureDaze=]", Jessica Cruz (and Garth Bernstein) in "[=#CruzControl=]" and Zatanna (as well as Oliver and possibly ''half of the entire school'') in "[=#VanityInsanity=]". |
| 323 | * PilotMovie: Zig-zagged with the hour-length series premiere "[=#SweetJustice=]", which isn't necessarily the first installment of this continuity due to being predated by the short "[=#TheLateBatsby=]" (which was included in the theatrical release of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' before later being uploaded to the ''DC Super Hero Girls'' [=YouTube=] channel) and eight other shorts before the actual series premiered, but still serves as this continuity's chronological starting point by establishing how the Super Hero Girls met each other and became a team. |
| 324 | * PineappleRuinsPizza: |
| 325 | ** The short "[=#SofaSoGood=]" has two potshots at pineapple as a pizza topping, with Barbara quipping to the man carrying pizzas she and Karen accidentally knock over while carrying a couch that they did him a favor by making him drop the pizzas because the pizzas have pineapple on them and a rat later trying to take one of the pizzas stuck to the couch after it falls off, only to [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt be deterred]] by Barbara yelling that the pizza has pineapple on it. |
| 326 | ** Wonder Woman states that pineapple shouldn't be on pizza in "[=#TheMinus=]". |
| 327 | * PottyEmergency: In "[=#BurritoBucket=]", one of Batgirl's attempts at thwarting the bank robbers is interrupted because she suddenly realizes she has to pee. |
| 328 | * PlutoIsExpendable: During a game of cat and mouse with Supergirl in "[=#FightAtTheMuseum=]", Catwoman cuts lose a huge model of the earth for Supergirl to catch. Once Supergirl does catch it, Catwoman proceeds to drop the entire solar system on her... until she gets to Pluto. |
| 329 | -->'''Catwoman:''' Pluto, planet or no? Ah, who cares? ''[cuts it down too]'' |
| 330 | * PunchClockVillain: Phil likes Jessica Cruz and thinks it is a good thing Pam Isley has another human being to socialize with. It's Pam herself who can't come to terms with Jessica eating plants. |
| 331 | * RaceLift: |
| 332 | ** Catwoman is black in this universe. |
| 333 | ** Giganta is biracial, with a white father and a black mother. |
| 334 | ** Zigzagged with Wonder Woman, who is now AmbiguouslyBrown but didn't have her ethnic background changed. |
| 335 | * ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: In "[=#DramaQueen=]", Hal Jordan blows his audition for Zee's play by mistaking stage directions for lines. |
| 336 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Karen gives one to all the other girls in #[=EnterNightSting=] after being ignored one too many times. |
| 337 | * RecycledTitle: "Powerless" is used as a title for both an episode of the show and one of the tie-in graphic novels. |
| 338 | * RedOniBlueOni: Mix those colors together and it makes ''green''. Green Lantern and Poison Ivy are both would-be eco-warriors, though Lantern tries to be an eco-activist while Ivy plays at being an eco-terrorist. And while Jessica Cruz tries to be a helpful friend to anybody and is a ''fanatical'' vegetarian, Pamela Isley is a misanthropic loner and fanatically against eating ''anything'' from plants. |
| 339 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Diana loves Barbara's idea of them, Kara, Karen, Jessica and Zee teaming up, but the other four refuses at first, with their reasoning being that Kara breaks stuff, Jessica's a Pacifist, Zee's an "art-eest" and Karen's really timid. Thankfully, Diana's Call keeps ringing loud enough they finally give in. |
| 340 | * RevisitingTheRoots: Wonder Woman no longer wears pants, Harley Quinn is wearing her traditional jester outfit, and Batgirl is wearing something more similar to her pre-New 52 clothes. |
| 341 | * RewatchBonus: With "#[=HappyBirthdayZee=]" revealing more about Zatanna's blue magic, it can be easy to go back to previous episodes knowing WHY her magic gets blue. |
| 342 | * RingRingCRUNCH: Supergirl does this to her alarm clock. It seems to be a common enough occurrence that she has spares. |
| 343 | * RiseOfZitboy: "[=#Abracadabrapalooza=]" begins with Karen discovering she has a zit and leads to Zee informing her of how she dealt with acne on the first day she developed her magic powers. |
| 344 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Zatanna's magical bunnies hug each other and form the shape of a heart, which [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Kara has to pull in half.]] |
| 345 | * RunningGag: |
| 346 | ** Almost every time [[ButtMonkey Garth]] turns up, something happens to him. |
| 347 | ** When someone is getting their school picture taken, it doesn't go as planned. |
| 348 | ** The villain girls always escape and the superhero girls remain clueless of their real identities, and vice-versa. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Tropes S]] |
| 352 | * SceneryGorn: Somehow the fate of all of those poor mannequins in the TrainingMontage do the best job showing all of the things that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome COULD happen in the genre]] than any superhero cartoon yet. |
| 353 | * SchizoTech: Where smartphones, tablets, and notebook computers are used, why is Jimmy Olsen still using a film camera instead of digital cameras? Because for RuleOfFunny, there are more laughs (and drama) from the old fashioned laboring in a darkroom. |
| 354 | * SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Metropolis High's ''Daily Planetoid''. Justified, because the editor is [[GoingForTheBigScoop Lois Lane]], who is using the school paper as the first step to becoming a serious journalist. |
| 355 | * SealedEvilInACan: "[=#FantasticBeastsAndHowToMindThem=]" has a hydra that was imprisoned in an urn among Julia Kapatelis' collection of Ancient Greek artifacts before the urn was broken by Wonder Woman's new pet griffin Steve. After defeating the beast, Wonder Woman later realizes that repairing the urn is the key to re-imprisoning it. |
| 356 | * SecretSecretKeeper: "[=#BreakingNews=]" has Lois Lane obsessed with finding out the Super Hero Girls' secret identities as her next scoop. She succeeds, but decides in the end not to reveal their identities after considering how detrimental revealing the information to the public would be for the heroines. The Super Hero Girls aren't aware that Lois chose not to expose their secret identities and instead go on assuming they successfully convinced her that her suspicions on their secret identities were wrong. |
| 357 | * SeriesContinuityError: "[=#AllAboutZee=]" shows Wonder Woman cuddling a kitten without issue, when the earlier episode "[=#RageCat=]" established that she was allergic to cats. |
| 358 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Barbara spends a lot of "#[=BurritoBucket=]" doing this about herself, her job, and stopping the robbers. |
| 359 | * ShaggyDogStory: The short "[=#FlashForwardFlashback=]" has Barry Allen try to make it to school on time within two minutes, which proves difficult even with his super speed because he forgets things like getting dressed and eating breakfast, plus he is constantly delayed by things like having to stop Giganta from robbing a bank, having to wait for the person in front of him at the Burrito Bucket to make up her mind on what to order and getting in trouble for speeding. By the time he finally makes it to class, he finds that the classroom is empty and is informed by the janitor that he came to school on a Saturday. |
| 360 | * ShipTease: There are now two episodes (though ''technically'', it's one episode and one short) centering on a furious Star Sapphire mistakenly assuming Hal Jordan and Jessica Cruz are a couple. |
| 361 | * ShoutOut: |
| 362 | ** The girls watch an overly sappy teen romance with a messy-haired guy and the title of [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga "Just Before Dusk"]]. |
| 363 | ** The senior citizens watch a program called "[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Tints of Grey]]". |
| 364 | ** When Wonder Woman accuses her of insubordination, Supergirl responds with, "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Excuse ME, Princess!]]" |
| 365 | ** After the team [[TenMinuteRetirement breaks up]], Babs consoles herself by [[Literature/BridgetJones crying along to sad music.]] |
| 366 | ** Right before hooking up an amp to the robots so Supergirl can stop them with ThePowerOfRock, Batgirl adds the [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap number 11]] to the dial. |
| 367 | ** The {{Overly Long Name}}s of Zee's pet bunnies, Blackberry Hazel von Owsla III and Dandelion Pipkin de Hyzenthlay, are made up of character names (and one lore term) from ''Literature/WatershipDown''. |
| 368 | ** Instead of the mainstream Bud and Lou, Harley Quinn's pet hyenas are named [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ethel]] in the show. |
| 369 | ** A flood of bunnies pour out of a movie theater in a manner similar to ''Film/TheBlob1958'', and a gigantic entity of merged bunnies resembles the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. |
| 370 | ** One of the girls on the school's gymnastics team has [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/480/009/7da.jpg teal-colored hair with a pink ribbon]], not dissimilar to [[Franchise/DragonBall Bulma.]] |
| 371 | ** When Hal shows Jess the focus of his abject terror, she asks, "What, behind the cheerleader?" and he responds, "It ''is'' the cheerleader!"; a reference to the Killer Rabbit from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.'' |
| 372 | ** Diana comes across [[Film/{{Big}} a fortune teller game machine that may or may not be powered by actual magic]]. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It certainly isn't powered by electricity.]] |
| 373 | ** Barbara buys her cowls from a shop called "{{Emo}} Emporium", which is a riff off of '''Hot Topic'''. |
| 374 | ** When Bumblebee's buzzing around Giganta in "[=#SheMightBeGiant=]", the [[StandardSnippet background music]] briefly switches to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee". |
| 375 | *** On the subject of musical references... [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants "#SheMightBeGiant".]] |
| 376 | ** During "[=#DCSuperHeroBoys=]", Diana momentarily looks like a StringyHairedGhostGirl. And then later, everyone is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper sitting and snacking together on a girder]]. |
| 377 | ** In "#Frenemies", Batgirl calls her and her friends "[=SBFFs=]," which we're told stands for WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever. Doubles as a MythologyGag. |
| 378 | ** Tatsu and Diana's sparring match in "[=#SoulSisters=]" gets dangerously close to straight out plagiarizing the [[IAmNotLeftHanded trope-naming]] fencing scene in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. |
| 379 | ** In "[=#GothamCon=]" Harley Quinn is frantically trying to dispose of a bomb, and exclaims [[Film/BatmanTheMovie "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"]] |
| 380 | ** Lois Lane uses [[Creator/StanLee someone else's]] familiar catchphrase, "Excelsior!" in "[=#StarStruck=]". |
| 381 | ** Zee treats Diana to a salon called [[Music/MegaDeath 99 Ways To Dye]] in ''[[Film/DieHard #DyeHarder]]'' |
| 382 | ** While imprisoned by Lex Luthor in "[=#AllyCat=]", Green Lantern (Jessica) passes time bouncing a ball construct like [[Film/TheGreatEscape "Cooler King" Hilts]] with his baseball. |
| 383 | ** Barbara Gordon's mid air spatula attack on three floral zombies from ''#Retreat'' mimics the ViolenceDiscretionShot scene transition of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. |
| 384 | ** Diana's {{wakeup|Makeup}} at Zee's place in "#[=HousePest=]" is practically lifted right out of a ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' movie. |
| 385 | * ShowWithinAShow: |
| 386 | ** ''Princess Pumpkin Pants'', which is Barbara's favorite show. |
| 387 | ** Another example is ''Make It Wayne,'' a reality show featuring Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. Ironically, Barbara Gordon, who idolizes Batman and despises Robin, finds Bruce Wayne boorish and adores Dick Grayson. |
| 388 | * SneakyDeparture: In ''[=#TheLateBatsby=]'', Barbara can't leave the house to join the others as Batgirl til her dad falls asleep, so she can sneak out of the house through the window. |
| 389 | * SomethingWeForgot: |
| 390 | ** "[=#AllyCat=]" ends with the revelation that, in their efforts to thwart Luthor's plan, the Super Hero Girls did nothing to free their male colleagues and they're still imprisoned in chambers at Lex's lair. |
| 391 | ** At the end of "[=#Retreat=]", Jessica Cruz drives off with Pamela Isley, Garth Bernstein and Karen Beecher, only to realize they forgot to let Hal Jordan out of the closet after defeating Poison Ivy's army of plant monsters (being forced to lock Hal in the closet earlier after he transformed into a plant zombie). |
| 392 | ** "[=#TheGreenRoom=]" ends with Garth left behind at the Oan court room after Hal Jordan summoned him to testify at Jessica Cruz's trial. |
| 393 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: |
| 394 | ** Lex and Lena Luthor's parents are still alive, when traditionally Lex's parents died during his youth, with some versions of his origin even establishing that [[{{Patricide}} he caused his own father's death]] so he could use the insurance money to start his own company. |
| 395 | ** Zatanna's father Giovanni Zatara is shown to be alive and well, when the comics had him sacrifice his life during the "American Gothic" storyline of Creator/AlanMoore's run on ''ComicBook/SwampThing''. |
| 396 | * TheSpartanWay: Judging from Diana's anecdotes, Themyscira operates on this. Not only was her training to become a warrior long and brutal, there is little room in Amazon life for much else. Even mealtime conversation consists of Diana being berated for her failures, which are suppose to inspire her to be better next time. Diana makes fast friends with Tatsu Yamashiro, who also knows little beyond fierce training. |
| 397 | * SpearCounterpart: Each member of the Invincibros plays counterpoint to one of the girls. |
| 398 | ** Naturally, Green Lantern Hal for Green Lantern Jessica |
| 399 | ** Green Arrow to Zee, both being dramatic personalities |
| 400 | ** The Flash to Batgirl, both being excitable personalities who are easily distracted |
| 401 | ** Aqualad to Bumblebee, both being ignored by the student body at large |
| 402 | ** Hawkman to Supergirl, both being TheBigGuy |
| 403 | ** Steve might not be as strong as Wonder Woman, but he certainly is her weakness. They are also both the leaders of their respective teams. |
| 404 | * SpecialGuest: "[=#AwesomeAuntAntiope=]" featured Creator/LillyAspell reprising her role as [[Film/WonderWoman2017 little]] [[Film/WonderWoman1984 Diana]]. |
| 405 | * SpinoffSendoff: The 2015 iteration of the franchise's final graphic novel tie-in, titled ''Spaced Out'', concluded with a final chapter where their Zatanna shows their main cast an [[{{Multiverse}} alternate universe]] which turns out to be [[IntraFranchiseCrossover this continuity]]. Amusingly, their versions of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (who underwent AdaptationalHeroism) are a little put off that they're villains here. For extra irony, Frost takes solace that at least she doesn't have an evil version, when Killer Frost is a villain in the mainline comics and doesn't show up at all in this continuity. |
| 406 | * StagingAnIntervention |
| 407 | ** Diana Prince and Jessica Cruz confront Barbara Gordon in ''#[=BackBat=]'' about the fact she's a hoarder who is cluttering up their hideout and offer to help her. At first they try to make her toss redundant gadgets, then they try to make her toss rotting food, then she agrees to clean up and starts with [[WeaponsThatSuck the disposal of Diana and Jessica]]. |
| 408 | ** Jessica Cruz has the entire team confront Diana Prince in ''#[=TheMinus=]'' over Diana's {{workaholic}} tendencies after Karen Beecher's individual effort backfired. |
| 409 | * StalkerWithACrush: Even after he broke up with her, [[{{Yandere}} Star Sapphire]] is romantically obsessed with Hal Jordan. |
| 410 | * StockScream: "[=#Powerless=]" uses the Howie Long Scream when Toyman holds up a board game called Death Trap. |
| 411 | * StopBeingStereotypical: In "[=#CrushingIt=]", Kara gets angry at Diana for having such a cliche lovestruck reaction to Steve when she's [[LampshadeHanging a literal symbol of female empowerment]]. |
| 412 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Zatanna and Green Lantern replace Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy from the original incarnation in their positions among the main group of heroines. |
| 413 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: Babs catches herself saying she wants to find a team to her father, as she desperately tries to cover her slip, Commissioner Gordon assumes she meant clique. |
| 414 | [[/folder]] |
| 415 | |
| 416 | [[folder:Tropes T to W]] |
| 417 | * TakeAThirdOption: Jessica Cruz is very good at coming up with non-violent solutions. [[NotSoAboveItAll She can be quite smug about it.]] |
| 418 | * ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Not Garth. Oliver defeats Cavalier using "heckler" [[TrickArrow Trick Arrows]], which have little speakers in them that shout "Boo!" as they remain in place thanks to rotors. They wouldn't have worked on anyone other than Cavalier, who is obsessed with his own acting talent. |
| 419 | --> '''Oliver:''' Always knew they'd come in handy some day. |
| 420 | * TooDumbToLive: The roof selfie guy from "[=#FaultyPowers=]" endangers himself solely because he thinks it would be a good idea to take a selfie while frighteningly close to falling off. |
| 421 | * TotemPoleTrench: In "[=#BreakingNews=]", one of the girls' efforts in trying to throw Lois off her investigation of their secret identities involves having Karen Beecher stand on Jessica Cruz' shoulders to disguise themselves as Wonder Woman. |
| 422 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: Much like the 2015 continuity, this iteration of ''DC Super Hero Girls'' has its own toyline, but has even ''less'' representation due to the only characters besides the main heroines getting their own dolls being Katana, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (the last one being a Target exclusive) and ''none'' of the male characters getting any toys when the preceding continuity's toyline at least included minifigures of Steve Trevor and the Flash in the LEGO sub-line as well as a figure of Beast Boy in the Action Figures toyline aimed at collectors. |
| 423 | * TransformationSequence: All of the Super Hero Girls and Super Villain Girls have their own sequences revealed in "#Frenemies".[[note]]Though Bumblebee's was already seen twice prior to this episode's debut.[[/note]] |
| 424 | * TruerToTheText: |
| 425 | ** Lauren Faust states that [[http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-18-talking-humor-heart-and-heroics-with-the-cast-crew-of-dc-super-hero-girls one of the goals was this,]] with the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] incarnations being used as the foundation for applicable characters. Notably, the villainesses who were [[AdaptationalHeroism made into heroes]] in the previous series are back to being bad again this time around. |
| 426 | ** {{Averted}} with Jessica Cruz, a more modern character (debuting in 2014) who Faust admits, due to the character's depressing OriginStory, was changed drastically to better fit the lighthearted tone of the show. |
| 427 | ** Much like ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'', the show presents Zatanna as a teenager much like how she originally was until ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave a AgeLift to make her closer to the age of Batman and other heroes ([[RetCanon including the comics themselves]]) followed its lead. |
| 428 | * TwinkleInTheSky: In "[=FightAtTheMuseum=]", Supergirl punches a robot and sends it flying in the sky, where it appears as a twinkle. |
| 429 | * UnknownRival: Oliver Queen to Zee. Initially she remembers him after he gets super dramatic. Averted afterwards, with the two having an intense rivalry. |
| 430 | * VillainExitStageLeft: The main villains will often escape before anyone can find out their true identity. |
| 431 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: It's heavily implied that Lex Luthor is villainous, but manages to project a positive public image. Ultimately confirmed in [=#AllyCat=]. He's even able to frame his battle with the super heroes as himself being the victim (though it doesn't seem to push them into HeroWithBadPublicity territory). |
| 432 | * VoicesAreMental: Exaggerated in "#[=BatAndSwitch=]", with Babs' voice coming out of ''everyone'' she gets soul-swapped with - ''even the cat!'' |
| 433 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 434 | ** "[=#HappyBirthdayZee=]" reveals more about the blue aura that overcomes Zee sometimes, as well as her MissingMom: [[spoiler:a nasty fight between her parents led to her mother leaving and since then Zee's been building up a lot of negative energy that she inherited from her mom. Which is the reason for the blue aura, seen in previous episodes]]. |
| 435 | ** "[=#TheWarriorAndTheJester=]" seems set to end like most episodes with the conflict being due to Harleen helping Diana find a better piece of Batman memorabilia for Babs, and both sides remaining clueless of each other's secret identities... [[spoiler:until Diana asks exactly ''how'' she got it. After specifically hearing the crumbs on said piece are from the exact wall type that restrained Harley Quinn, she fully puts the pieces together, only for Harleen to remind her of [[YouOweMe her "favor"]] keeping her from shouting it.]] Needless to say, the status quo broke with this ending. |
| 436 | ** [[spoiler:Following the above]]. In "[=#NightmareInGotham=]", [[spoiler:Batgirl and Harley finally discover each others identities]]. |
| 437 | * WhamShot: The short "[=#PrizeFighter=]" ends with a shot showing that the fortune-telling machine Diana consulted ''wasn't plugged in''. |
| 438 | * WhoopeeCushion: Barbara intercepts a whoopee cushion her dad is about to sit on in "[=#AcceptNoSubstitute=]", only to fall victim to it herself after she puts it in her backpack. The cushion is later used to take out Bane. |
| 439 | * WimpFight: |
| 440 | ** Zatanna gets into this with one of Hippolyta's Amazons, which shows that even the Amazons have a wimp or two amongst them. |
| 441 | ** Superman and Supergirl, of all people, engage in this as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in "[=#SuperWho?=]" after their argument becomes physical. |
| 442 | ** Diana and Tatsu start having one due to being required to fight ''quietly'' in the library. |
| 443 | * WingdingEyes: ''Anyone'' who gets knocked silly or out cold (heroes and villains alike) have their eyes turned into spirals. |
| 444 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Hal tries to impress Superman by showing him a certain [[GreenRocks green rock]] he found, right when Superman is trying to throw a bomb into space. Superman's expression [[OhCrap says it all]]. |
| 445 | * WordSchmord: Batgirl cheers "Growth tech, schmowth tech!" in "[=#SheMightBeGiant=]" in response to Bumblebee defeating Giganta without growing big like her. |
| 446 | * TheWorfEffect: In "[=#DCSuperHeroBoys=]", the first action the rival gang does is punch Supergirl hard enough to knock her off her feet. Downplayed because she's back on her feet and fighting back a moment later. |
| 447 | * WretchedHive: The brief portrayals of Gotham City lean ''straight'' into this, with a mixture of slightly ''distressing'' realism and a few absurd details. Barbara has great nostalgia for the place anyway, which is played for laughs. |
| 448 | * WorfHadTheFlu: |
| 449 | ** Wonder Woman's lasso didn't do her any good against Giganta, seemingly because it got looped around only one of Giganta's arms. When Harley Quinn looped it around both of Giganta's arms, the lasso immobilized her. |
| 450 | ** In "[=#ScrambledEggs=]", Carol Ferris pounces on Tatsu, whose strength and workout regime can rival Diana's, and who as Katana defeated Carol (as Star Sapphire). Now, Carol gets Tatsu pinned down while twisting her leg. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
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