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Henry King, Jr.
Henry King, Jr.
Species: Metahuman
Known Aliases: Brainwave Jr.
Played by: Jake Austin Walker
Appearances: Stargirl
Jerk Jock of Blue Valley High and son of Dr. Henry King/Brainwave.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Though he did eventually fall into villainy following his father's death, Henry Jr. in the comics started out as a noble superhero. Here, he's introduced as a Jerk Jock bully. Subverted as Character Development demonstrates him to be a much nicer person than initially believed, only to be tragically double subverted as he's killed before he could truly become a hero.
- Barbaric Bully: He's twice Courtney's size but is more than willing to get violent with her.
- The Bully: He bullies Yolanda, his ex-girlfriend, and is also quick to try bullying and ostracising Courtney when she stands up to him.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Played With; his focus-point episode is titled "Brainwave, Jr" and external materials refer to him as this, and it's likely he'd have gone by the name had he lived, considering how the show avoids this everywhere else. Unfortunately, he's killed before he can.
- Composite Character: He takes Josh Hamman's role as Cindy's high school boyfriend, and Travis Thomas's role as the school bully that messes with Courtney.
- Dating Catwoman: He's the product of this: his father was Brainwave, supervillain and loyal member of the Injustice Society, while his mother was Merri of a Thousand Gimmicks, a superheroine allied with the Justice Society and little sister of Starman.
- Death by Adaptation: In a shocking twist of fate, his own father kills him before he could even become a costumed superhero. Note that in the comics, he actually outlived his father.
- Everyone Has Standards: He was, at least at first, horrified by Cindy releasing Yolanda's nude selfie. It seems as time went on, though, he stopped feeling bad about it. Double Subverted: As later episodes demonstrate, Henry feels immensely guilty for what he did to Yolanda.
- Face Death with Dignity: Knowing his father is about to kill him, he spends his last moments apologizing to Yolanda and imploring Courtney to not let his impending fate crush her faith in humanity.
- Foreshadowing: A rather grim example early on in the series. When a masked Courtney gets into a fight with Henry Jr. at the drive-in, she accidentally blows up his car with the Cosmic Staff. What does Junior say in response? "My dad's gonna kill me."
- Generation Xerox:
- Aside from some superficial differences, Henry Jr. and his father are mirror images: both were left troubled by their fathers' emotional abuse, and listening to the hate, apathy, and depravity in people's minds brought them to the same conclusion that humanity's core is evil.
- Hammered home in episode 9, when he kills a man by inducing a seizure, just as his father did in a flashback earlier in the episode.
- Completely subverted come episode 10 however, Henry, unlike his father, does not want to hurt people. He genuinely apologizes to Yolanda for his role in her bullying and the selfie incident, sees the good in people despite the bad, and refuses to join his father. Simply put, although they are similar, Henry is nothing like his father in the end.
- Also played with, as his mother was Merri of a Thousand Gimmicks, a superheroine allied with the Justice Society, so Henry's goodness likely comes from her; he takes after his father in powers but his mother in heart. Tragically, this also means he shares her fate in being murdered by Brainwave for trying to change him to be a better person.
- Heel Realization: He has something of one after his dad falls into a coma, and he's too depressed and emotional to continue bullying anyone. It's cemented when he reads Wildcat's thoughts and is shocked to learn she wants to kill him for the selfie incident, finally realizing how seriously he hurt her.
- Heroic Lineage: His mother was Merri of a Thousand Gimmicks. His uncle was Starman. In the end, it's they he really takes after, not his father.
- Heroic Sacrifice: When the New JSA are cornered by Brainwave, his father, in the underground tunnels, he holds open the exit for the others as Courtney holds off Brainwave. She tries to tell him to go first, but he telekinetically pulls her aside and into the exit stairwell, before trying to hold off his father. He dies telling Courtney to still have faith.
- Humans Are Bastards: After hearing several people think nasty things, he comes to this conclusion. Thanks to the influence of Courtney and the new JSA he completely changes his mind.
- Jerk Jock: He enjoys tormenting others while wearing the classic blue letterman jacket.
- Jock Dad, Nerd Son: Inverted; he's the Jerk Jock son of a Mad Scientist.
- Kick the Dog: He's introduced calling Yolanda a slut and mocking her for the selfie incident, which is bad enough, but we later find out he's her ex-boyfriend and was the one she sent the selfie to. At the time, though he shared it with his friends, he was horrified at Cindy sharing it, so it seems he took to bullying Yolanda over it after to save his own reputation and/or please Cindy.
- Lamarck Was Right: His father developed his own Psychic Powers in the backstory by experimenting on himself. When Henry Jr. was born, these powers were ultimately inherited.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: In the end, Henry proves that the parent he really takes after is his mother when he chooses to stand with the New JSA against his father. Unfortunately, he pays for it with his life.
- The Lost Lenore: Even though they broke up, he becomes this to Yolanda after his death. It's implied that despite what he did to her, she still had some lingering feelings for him, and ultimately it's she who avenges his death by killing Brainwave, his murderer.
- Not His Sled: Although he still inherits his father's psychic abilities, he never becomes the hero known as Brainwave Jr., as his father murders him before he could even don a costume.
- Psychic Powers: At first, it doesn't appear he's inherited his father's powers, much to Senior's chagrin, but after he's in a coma, Henry's powers start to emerge. First by knocking over a drink, then causing him headaches and telepathic episodes.
- Power Incontinence: It takes him a while to even realize he has powers (leading to some nasty headaches), and once he does, he has to master them.
- Promoted to Love Interest: A twofer, as this continuity's Henry dated both Yolanda Montez and Cindy Burman, neither of whom he had any connection with in the comics.
- Redemption Equals Death: He firmly chose the side of the JSA when it came down to it, and unfortunately paid for it with his life.
- Sacrificial Lion: His redemption and death, at the hands of his own father no less, devastates the entire JSA, who had to watch him be crushed by debris right before their eyes.
- The Scapegoat: Henry is firmly believed by everyone to be behind the "Selfie" incident that ruined Yolanda's life. Though he did show it to his friends, Cindy was the one to mass-text it to everyone, and he was actually disturbed by it. However, he did still harass Yolanda for some time after it and engaged in Slut-Shaming her, so he's hardly done much to dissuade this assumption.
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside: The source of his bullying; Henry's distant, browbeating father makes him feel small at home, so he makes his classmates feel small to finally feel big.
- These Hands Have Killed: His reaction the first time he uses his psychic powers to induce a fatal seizure.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Tragically, Henry wants nothing more than to know his father loves and is proud of him, despite being the one who makes his life miserable. He grows out of this after learning his father murdered his mother, though with fatal results.
Cameron Mahkent
Cameron Mahkent
Species: Metahuman
Played by: Hunter Sansone
Appearances: Stargirl
Son of Jordan Mahkent/Icicle, and an artistic student at Blue Valley who quietly helps Yolanda and befriends Courtney.
- Abled in the Adaptation: He's albino in the comics.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Completely inverted. While in the comics Cameron's childhood was a Trauma Conga Line beginning with a Death by Childbirth resulting in him being completely abandoned, and being bullied so badly due to his albinism that he lashed out and killed his bullies, here he's a Nice Guy who at least spent several years with loving parents, even if they're both dead by the end of Season 1. Although in Season 3, it turns out his background was a bit angstier than it previously seemed, as Cindy reveals he'd had to go to a camp for troubled boys with anger issues after his mom died.
- Adaptational Heroism: He's very much a supervillain in the comics, but here, he's not so much a villain as he is a reluctant ally to his evil family. The Distant Epilogue also reveals that he became a full-blown superhero and member of the Justice Society.
- Adaptational Name Change: A small change, but the Distant Epilogue reveals that he goes by just Icicle in the future, not Icicle Jr. Not a big change, as the comics Cameron eventually dropped the "Jr" as well.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: For starters, when Courtney first met him in the comics, he was already a supervillain and their first meeting involved him gushing about his role in killing Skyman and planning to do the same to her, before she kicked him in the nuts. Here, he's a sweet and sensitive guy and their first meeting is Ship Tease.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, he never knew his mother as she died in childbirth - directly because of his powers manifesting in the womb. This didn't happen, and so his relationship with his family is less strained. Notably, he was a Remember the New Guy? when introduced due to this, as the Mahkent family considered him a Black Sheep.
- It Runs in the Family: It's revealed in "The Justice Society" that he's inherited his father's ice powers, when he blows out a candle with a visibly cold breath, though he doesn't notice it himself. His powers appeared to have developed more as of "Summer School: Chapter Five", where he inadvertently freezes a paintbrush he was holding. Season 3 reveals it's been in his family for generations; his grandparents believe it to be a blessing from Niflheim to enable the Mahkents to destroy their enemies, although they've told him it was used to help people.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Like all of the Injustice Society's children except Cindy, he's completely unaware his father is a supervillain and that the rest of the family knew this. Or that the girl he has a crush on is a superhero and his father's nemesis, or that he himself has dormant ice powers. Unlike the other surviving kids of the ISA, Cindy doesn't inform him of this, scared off by his grandparents and angered by Cameron calling her a bad person.
- Pet the Dog: By taking a look at the floral drawings in his notebook during class, Courtney realizes that it was Cameron who secretly covered up the word "slut" that was painted on Yolanda's locker with beautiful art of plants and flowers.
- Promoted to Love Interest
- In the show, Cameron is Courtney's crush and eventual boyfriend, whereas they never dated in the comics.
- Also inverted, as Cameron and Artemis are a couple in the comics but are not even Ship Teased here.
- Ship Tease: Gets some with Courtney. They're definitely heading towards dating, until she figures out his dad is Icicle and that cools her towards Cameron because she fears he's in on his father's villainy (he's not, but Courtney can't know that). In Season 2, they start seeing each other but Court's frequent need to answer the call for JSA business interferes a lot.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Looks a lot more like his late dark-haired mom than his blond and Nordic dad. Jordan's actor Neil Jackson noted this in an interview, saying he'd found the "color difference" between them odd until Cameron's mother was cast and it became obvious what they were going for.
- Took a Level in Badass: After fumbling with them for two seasons, Frenemies shows Cameron coming to grips with his cryokinetic powers.
Joey Zarick
Joey Zarick
Species: Human
Played by: Will Deusner
Appearances: Stargirl
Son of William Zarick/The Wizard, and a practicing stage magician who attends Blue Valley High.
- Canon Foreigner: The Wizard has no known children in the comics.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted; his death is brought up multiple times in the next several episodes.
- Like Father, Like Son: He wants to follow in his dad's footsteps and become a great magician. Sadly, he's killed before he could reach his full potential.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Like all of the Injustice Society's children except Cindy, he's completely unaware his father is a supervillain, and a real wizard.
- Loved by All: Nobody at school disliked him, and despite being a nerdy magician, it seemed he had no problem with bullies.
- Nice Guy: Courtney even outright says he was the first and only kid at school who actually tried to be welcoming.
- Sacrificial Lamb: He's killed by Icicle to punish his father, and to hurt/motivate Courtney.
Jenny Williams
Jenny Williams
Species: Human
Played by: Ashley Winfrey
Cindy Burman's (former) best friend.
- Beta Bitch: To Alpha Bitch Cindy. Although she's largely an Innocent Beta Bitch.
- Big Sister Bully: Jenny is Jakeem's older sister and she mocks him for apparently having no friends and says everyone even their own parents think he's a loser.
- Butt-Monkey: She seems to only exist so that Cindy can have someone to insult or bully when she's not busy doing that to Courtney and Yolanda. She eventually grows out of this.
- Canon Foreigner: Jakeem Thunder never had a sister in the comics.
- Demoted to Extra: Doesn't appear much after breaking off her friendship with Cindy.
- Extreme Doormat: Despite being Cindy's best (and only) friend, Cindy tends to treats her like crap, and Jenny rarely tries to stand up for herself. This effectively stops in episode 7.
- Grew a Spine: As mentioned above, in episode 7, Jenny finally gets tired of Cindy's attitude, calls her out on her bitchiness right to her face in front of other people and declares she needs a break from her. Cindy is clearly taken aback by this.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. Green Lantern's daughter is also named Jennie, albeit spelled differently.
- Only Friend: Episode 7 reveals that Jenny is Cindy's only friend.
- Out of Focus: Downplayed and probably justified. While she was never even remotely in focus to begin with, Jenny basically vanishes after she calls out Cindy for mistreating her. Since she's no longer hanging out with Cindy, and is otherwise unconnected to any of the other main characters, Jenny has no real reason to show up again, though she eventually reappears again, where we see she is the older sister of Jakeem.
Travis Thomas
Travis Thomas
Species: Human
Played by: Sam Brooks
One of Henry King, Jr.'s two friends.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: He's definitely not as big and rough-looking as his comic counterpart, who was more or less your typical burly-faced bully.
- Alliterative Name: Travis Thomas.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: At Cindy's Halloween party, Travis is seen vomiting and passing out from drinking while everyone else continues having a good time.
- Demoted to Extra: Travis's role as the biggest bully in school is transferred to Henry Jr, leaving him to simply act as one of his lackeys.
- Jerk Jock: He's as much of a bully as Henry.
- Those Two Guys: With Brian.
Brian Tanner Balloid
Brian Tanner Balloid
Species: Human
Played by: Jasun Jabbar
One of Henry King, Jr.'s two friends.
- Bullying a Dragon: During football practice in episode 6, Brian tackles Artemis after she's scored a touchdown, then proceeds to mock and taunt her, saying she's not good enough to be on the team. Artemis is not only the best athlete in school, but she's also been seen casually yet aggressively tackling down guys bigger than she is even when it's just goofing around, so it's no surprise when Artemis just decks Brian in the face and knocks him down.
- Jerk Jock: He's as much of a bully as Henry.
- Those Two Guys: With Travis.
Paul Deisinger
Paul Deisinger
Species: Human
Played by: Randy Havens
Appearances: Stargirl
The art teacher at Blue Valley High. In Season 2, he runs the summer school classes attended by Courtney and Yolanda.
- Adaptational Late Appearance: In the comics, Paintball was the first supervillain that Courtney ever fought, being an agent for the Dragon King alongside Principal Sherman. The show doesn't introduce him until Season 2, well into Courtney's superhero career.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Paul was a disgruntled Jerkass in the comics who abused his students, and was more than happy to attack them once he became Paintball. Here, he's introduced as a genuinely nice teacher who bears no ill will towards his class. He also doesn't become Paintball willingly, as Eclipso forces him into the persona via possession.
- Adaptational Origin Connection: Cindy Burman and Eclipso are the ones who turn Paul into Paintball here, not Dragon King.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Deisinger was a loyal ally of Dragon King in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., but here the two have no connection other than Deisinger being affected by a MacGuffin that was carried by Dragon King's daughter, which she didn't even do on purpose.
- Adaptational Sympathy: An asshole teacher-turned-supervillain in the comics, this version of Paintball is just another victim of Eclipso, trapped in his monstrous paint form until Stargirl finally intervenes.
- Adaptational Wimp: The original Paintball was a superpowered goon who harnessed different abilities depending on the colors he used. Here, he mainly serves as a puppet for Eclipso, and can only transform into a pile of paint while his possessor does most of the dirty work.
- Art Attacker: After Eclipso takes over his body, he becomes a disturbing paint-human hybrid who attacks Courtney using paint that emerges from his body.
- The Bus Came Back: He exits Season 2 to get psychiatric help following the Eclipso incident. He returns in the following season wielding a cane, but in much better shape.
- Character Death: He gets killed by Lily Mahkent in Season 3 after visiting the Mahkent house to speak with Cameron's grandparents out of concern for Cameron abandoning art.
- Cool Teacher: Tries to be one at least, having his students call him Paul and encouraging them to find their own muses even though his own best work is behind him. Cameron is genuinely upset at learning he's been institutionalized, and calls him a friend.
- Darker and Edgier: While he was just a paint-themed supervillain in the comics, this version of Paintball comes into being through Demonic Possession, with Paul acting as a temporary host for Eclipso.
- Meaningful Name: His last name is very close to the word "designer", which is fitting for a character associated with art.
- Sanity Slippage: Eclipso's influence leaves the poor guy in a fragile state. Even after Stargirl expels the demon from his body, he's still in a bad enough condition to require psychiatric help.
Miss Woods
Miss Woods
Species: Human
Played by: Deborah Bowman
The Math teacher at Blue Valley High.
- Hidden Depths: Her talk to with Rick about how college was a place for her to start over again implies that she and Rick have similar backgrounds.
- Humble Pie: She planned to fail Rick for supposedly cheating on his exam without any proof, but sincerely apologizes for her misjudgment when he passes the retake with flying colors.
- Sadist Teacher: Subverted. She accuses Rick of cheating when he aces his finals due to his reputation as a delinquent and spitefully fails him when he refuses to take a previous year's test to prove himself, but sincerely apologizes for misjudging him when he does retake the test with flying colors. She also personally goes to his house to apologize again and to deliver a folder of college pamphlets and financial aid brochures for him.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Miss Woods tells Cameron that because of her strictness, not only is she not very popular with the students, but even her own coworkers avoid her.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She personally goes to Rick's house to apologize again and deliver a folder of college pamphlets and financial aid brochures because she wanted to encourage him to live up to his potential. It should be noted, she was on holiday, but still took the time to drive so far out of town to do it.
- Miss Woods would continue to be a kinder teacher by emphasizing with Cameron. Instead of reprimanding him for not turning in his assignment, she asks if he's okay and if he does has anything to talk about, she'll be more than happy to listen to him.
The Helix Institute
Mister Bones
Mister Bones
Species: Metahuman
Played by: Keith David (Voice)
Appearances: Stargirl
A man with transparent skin who runs the Helix Institute.
- Adaptational Villainy: Mr Bones was initially a villain in the comics, but a reluctant one; the victim of the very program he's running here. Subverted as the only thing he wants to accomplish is to help the kids at Helix safely control their powers.
- Adapted Out: Mr. Bones is a Cigar Chomper in the comics, but not in this show.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Inverted; his real name is Robert Todd in the comics, but he's only referred to as Mr. Bones here. This is probably to avoid confusion with the other Todd he's affiliated with.
- Creepy Red Herring: His monstrous look and his appearance at the end of the second season seem to build him up as being the main villain of the third season. Additionally, the person spying on Blue Valley owns a skull jigsaw puzzle, and when Courtney confronts them through a hidden camera, Mr. Bones steps in to talk to her, as if he was the one listening from behind the cam. All these signs point to Bones being the perpetrator... until Nurse Love reveals that the hidden cameras weren't Helix's doing.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite being a scary-looking skeleton man clad in all black, he's actually a very noble metahuman who wants to help others like him.
- Facial Horror: In this case, the horror comes from his seeming lack of a face. His skin is transparent, leaving his skull (and the rest of his skeleton) fully exposed.
- Good All Along: He was only helping the children at the Helix Institute control their powers, and has nothing to do with the Gambler's murder or the cameras in Blue Valley, as we're initally led to believe.
- The Grim Reaper: His visible skull, black clothing, and Touch of Death are evocative of the Reaper himself, although in reality he only looks skeletal, as his skin is practically invisible.
- Last Episode, New Character: He appears at the very end of the season 2 finale, where he speaks with Louise Love about Blue Valley being populated by heroes and villains.
- Not Wearing Tights: He has two outfits in the comics: the classic black spandex with a cape and a High Collar of Doom, and a regular business suit in modern appearances. This version combines the two designs, with Bones sporting a suit and tie with a high-collared longcoat that resembles the cape.
- Scary Black Man: As in the comics, he’s a black man with transparent skin that gives him a rather nightmarish appearance. Despite his scary visage, he’s definitely not a villain.
- Self-Made Orphan: By accident, since the first victim of his Touch of Death was his mother.
- Skull for a Head: Although he isn't actually a skeleton, he has transparent, slightly purple skin and no visible eyes, creating this effect.
- Touch of Death: He has what his doctors dubbed a "cyanide touch". Everything his skin touches dies.
Louise Love
Louise Love
Species: Human
Played by: Lynne Ashe
Appearances: Stargirl
The head nurse at the Helix Institute.
- Adaptational Heroism:
- In the comics, Dr. Love was a Mad Scientist who experimented on pregnant mothers, resulting in the mutated births of the six Helix members. Here, the experiments were performed by an unknown group of doctors, while Love opposed their work and rescued Mr. Bones from their clutches.
- Dr. Love also kidnapped the children he mutated and raised them as his own, convincing them that their parents never wanted them. Meanwhile, Nurse Love allows young metahumans to come in voluntarily, and works with Mr. Bones to help them control their powers.
- Adaptation Name Change: As part of the Gender Flip; Dr. Benjamin Love becomes Nurse Louise Love.
- Canon Character All Along: When the characters first meet her, she appears to be some nameless nurse in charge of the Helix Institute. Then we find out who she really is a few scenes later: Louise Love, as in Dr. Love.
- Decomposite Character: As mentioned above, Love is no longer the one who created Mr. Bones through heinous experimentation. She simply rescued him from the unknown scientists who did.
- Gender Flip: She is a female version of Dr. Love, the man who created the members of Helix in the comics.
- Good All Along: Like Mr. Bones, she's first set up as a villain, but is revealed to have very noble intentions, albeit with extreme actions (see below).
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Nurse Love means nothing but well. She wants to keep young metahumans safe from hurting themselves or others with their powers. Her desperate methods, unfortunately, involve keeping them hidden from the world, and in Todd's case at least, subjected to painful procedures to get the powers under control (justified as Todd's uncontrolled powers were threatening to suck the whole world into the Shadowlands, and he agreed to the treatment despite that it would hurt).
Others
Mary Kramer
Mary Kramer
Species: Human
Played by: Annie Thurman
Appearances: Stargirl
Courtney's best friend in California, who sees her off the day that she moves to Blue Valley.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original comic, Courtney doesn't befriend Mary until her first day at Blue Valley High. Here, they're best friends before Courtney moves away, and the pilot begins with them sharing their goodbyes.
- Best Friend: She was Courtney's BFF before the latter moved away with her family. Courtney still keeps a photo of them together in her Blue Valley home.
- Demoted to Extra: In Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., Mary lives in Blue Valley and becomes one of Courtney's first friends at school. Here, she lives in California, so she doesn't get to accompany Courtney at all (this allows the latter to have a Friendless Background prior to meeting Yolanda, Beth, and Rick). In fact, she's seldom mentioned after the first episode.
Bobbie Burman
Bobbie Burman
Species: Human
Played by: Lesa Wilson
Appearances: Stargirl
Dr. Ito's newest "wife", Cindy's "stepmom", and constant victim of abuse and humiliation at the hands of the latter.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-21 as Rhea Jones.
- Ambiguous Situation: In season 1, it wasn't clear what Bobbie was, besides not being Cindy's birth mother and being deathly afraid of the girl; it was indicated she might have been an artificial human as their was no record of her existence, but her behaviour indicated she was consciously playing the part of a homemaking stepmother out of fear. Season 2 however clarifies that Bobbie was once a young woman who Dr Ito had kidnapped, and presumably wiped any record of her existence.
- Butt-Monkey: Cindy constantly abuses her and it is clear from Dr. Ito's comment that he doesn't particularly care about her as well, he just tells Cindy to leave her alone because he doesn't have time to get her another mom.
- Canon Foreigner: Cindy didn’t have any known stepmothers in the original comic.
- Eating the Eye Candy: She starts to hit on Pat while he's fixing her garbage disposal unit.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Season 2 reveals that she was this prior to being abducted. Bobbie was just like any young woman who enjoyed going clubbing and drinking, but was abducted at some point by Dr Ito to serve as Cindy's "mother".
- Housewife: She describes herself as a "homemaker". Though in reality, she is more like a house slave.
- Letting Her Hair Down: In season 2, Bobbie is letting her hair hang a lot loeser while she drinks wine and dances around the kitchen. Once Cindy shows up to reassert her power, Bobbie's hair is seen back in its previous Housewife style.
- Nice Girl: From what she displays, she is genuinely sweet.
- Yes-Man: Towards Cindy, out of fear.
Sam Kurtis
Sam Kurtis
Species: Human
Played by: Geoff Stults
Appearances: Stargirl
Courtney's actual biological father who abandoned her and Barbara years ago. Courtney is/was convinced he was actually Sylvester Pemberton under a false name, but this turns out to be false; not only is Sam real, he's still alive and not the best...
- Adaptational Heroism: Relatively speaking. Here he appears to be just a deadbeat; in the comics, he was not only a deadbeat but also a Two of Clubs in the infamous Royal Flush Gang.
- Adaptational Karma: In Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., Sam walks away a Karma Houdini after swindling his daughter. Here, not only does Pat confront him about his actions, he punches him in the face after he makes a rude remark about Barbara and warns him to stay away.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: He's blond in the comics.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: After spending the day with Courtney and finally reconnecting with her after ten years, it's revealed that Sam was really only after her locket, which he plans on selling alongside his own locket for some easy money. Understandably, Courtney doesn't take this well at all and Pat gives Sam a 'parting gift' on his way out.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Averted; Courtney convinced herself Sam was Starman to put this trope in effect and have a forgivable excuse for him not being in her life. The truth is that, not only did Sam run out on Barb and Courtney for completely selfish reasons, he hasn't become any better of a man since.
- The Ghost: Since he definitely isn't Starman, it means he's never really appeared onscreen... at least, until Episode 11.
- Historical Hero Upgrade: Courtney had a very romanticized view of Sam, to the extent that she quickly convinced herself that he was really Starman and only failed to return to her life as a child due to dying heroically in battle. Due to her stating this as fact to the new JSA members, they also believe her father was the late superhero. It turns out that Courtney's father is not anything like that.
- Put on a Bus: After getting a cool reception from his daughter and getting slugged in the face by Pat, it's doubtful when he'll be back if ever.
- Real After All: He turns out to be be a different individual from Sylvester Pemberton, meaning he isn't just an alias like his daughter thought.
- Walking Spoiler: His existence as a separate person from Starman proves that Courtney's been wrong about who she thought her father was for most of the first season, likely throwing viewers who also believed Starman was her father for quite a loop.
Juan and Maria Montez
Juan and Maria Montez
Species: Human
Played by: Wilmer Calderon (Juan), Kikey Castillo (Maria)
Appearances: Stargirl
Yolanda's self-centered and neglectful parents.
- Abusive Parents: Of the emotional kind. While they have some right to be upset with Yolanda for the topless picture, they take it way over the line, putting the blame on her. Furthermore, they disown and ground her for three whole months (or even longer) and refuse to forgive her, even forbidding her from going to church with them.
- Goes on past a whole school year as they force Yolanda to go to summer school, despite her straight As, just to "keep her out of trouble."
- When Father Thomas tries to get them to reconcile, Mrs. Montez tells Yolanda that the latter had no business getting him involved (never mind that it is, literally, his business to hear confessions).
- Mrs. Montez shows no gratitude for Yolanda taking a waitress job despite her father getting laid off his. And accuses Yolanda of gossiping about it for no reason.
- They're also very neglectful of their nephew Alex, mostly because he's defending Yolanda.
- In season 3 her mother gives Yolanda an ultimatum to either hand over her phone or leave. Yolanda leaves. It's also mentioned Yolanda's father lost his job so they have put the responsibility of providing for the whole family solely on their teenage daughter's shoulders.
- Hate Sink: There is nothing to like about them. They ground their daughter for something that wasn't her fault, and keep the grounding after three months, and even after she gives a heartfelt apology, they refuse to accept it and say she'll never be the girl she once was.
- Karma Houdini: By the end of the series, they seem to have gotten no comeuppance for their treatment of their daughter.
- Pet the Dog: Though it isn't shown onscreen, they allow Yolanda to go to church to attend Henry Jr.'s funeral.
Alex Montez
Alexander Montez
Species: Human
Played by: Jonathan Blanco
Appearances: Stargirl
Yolanda's cousin who lives with her family.
- Ambiguous Situation: It hasn't been revealed what happened to his parents. In fact, it's only Word of God that establishes he's Yolanda's cousin as in the comics, and not her brother.
- Decomposite Character: He was never possessed or influenced by Eclipso in the show, as he was in the comics.
- Only Sane Man: The only member of the Montez family who seems to have any sense of proportion about Yolanda's fall from grace.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: While he's hesitant to speak up in Yolanda's defense, he makes his opinion of his aunt and uncle known by walking out of the room in disgust and without a word when they reject her apology.
Matt Harris
Matt Harris
Species: Human
Played by: Adam Aalderks
Appearances: Stargirl
Matt is the brother of Wendi Tyler (née Harris) and the current legal guardian of Rick Tyler.
- Abusive Parents: Matt constantly berates Rick and it's heavily implied that he is also physically abusive towards him. Most people in Blue Valley believe that he's Rick's father and that Rick's surname is Harris, since that was the cover story his parents left them with to keep Rick out of the eye of the ISA.
- Asshole Victim: He gets a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Rick and is "persuaded" by Pat to drop the charges against his nephew, but given how much of a jerk he's been, it's hard to feel bad for him.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Rick's uncle Matt already has no redeeming qualities, but then Rick relays a story of him adopting an abused pit bill and making him even worse in order to participate in dog fighting.
- Big Brother Instinct: Matt shows concern for his sister upon realizing that she is accompanying Hourman on a dangerous journey. However, this sense of protectiveness does not translate into showing any love or concern for her orphaned son.
- Dirty Coward: He only picks on people who can't fight back and Pat calls him out on this as his 'actual' talent.
- Hate Sink: Not only does he bully his own nephew, he also abuses animals and there's never a single moment when he shows any sort of likeable quality and as bad as it is when Rick beats him to near-death, we're clearly meant to sympathize more with Rick than feel anything resembling pity for Matt.
- Jerkass: Matt is an aggressive and self-centered individual who is abusive to Rick, sexist to women, rude to Rick's teacher, and once bought an abused pit bill for dog fights. Bar none, he's perhaps the most detestable character in the show besides Yolanda's parents who's not an outright supervillain.
- Parental Abandonment: As of Season 3, Matt has left town and Rick has no idea where he went, not that he cares.
- Resentful Guardian: Matt makes no effort to hide how resentful he is about having to give up his aspirations to strike it big in Silicon Valley to become the unwilling guardian to his late sister's child. Although given how awful Matt is, Rick is probably just a Scapegoat for his professional failure.
- Straw Misogynist: Matt is shown to be quite misogynistic by harassing a waitress at a diner who wasn't interested in his advances.
Maria Carmen Saravia
Maria Carmen Saravia
Species: Human
Played by: Maria Sager
Appearances: Stargirl
Maria is the head waitress at Richie Rock's Diner.
- Benevolent Boss: When Yolanda gets a job at the diner, Maria treats her very nicely and respectfully. Whenever Yolanda makes any kind of mistake, Maria doesn't criticize her but instead encourages her that she'll get better, which is in stark contrast to the other woman named Maria in this series. She also covers Yolanda's shifts when she's out on JSA business.
- Nice Girl: Maria is unfailingly kind towards every customer that goes to the diner, even the difficult ones. She's also very caring and motherly towards Yolanda during the latter's stint as a waitress.
- Supreme Chef: In a very specific area. The Shade essentially puts her through a Training from Hell to make her able to produce a good cup of tea and he describes the result as probably the best brewed tea on the continent.
Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon
Species: Human
Played by: Jason Davis, Milo Stein (child)
Appearances: Stargirl
An archeologist who discovered the Black Diamond, subsequently becoming possessed by Eclipso.
- Asshole Victim: The JSA reluctantly decided to kill him in order to defeat Eclipso. The audience knows he wasn't that great of a guy, given that he voluntarily gave control to Eclipso to murder his romantic rival, although the JSA had no way of knowing this.
- Creepy Child: Eclipso usually appears to people as a younger version of Gordon.
- Deal with the Devil: Upon finding the Black Diamond, Eclipso ended up giving him all the fame he ever wanted, but it's also hinted at that Eclipso ruined the lives of everyone around him.
- Demonic Possession: Eventually agrees to be possessed by Eclipso, after failing to give up his power on his own terms.
- Killed Offscreen: His death isn't shown onscreen, but the subsequent aftereffects it has on the JSA are known.
- Kill the Host Body: How the JSA put Eclipso back in the Black Diamond.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: The reason he lets Eclipso take over his body is so that the demon can kill the husband of the woman Gordon loves.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Deeply regretted the fact that Eclipso destroyed the lives of all his friends. Despite this, he couldn't let go of the diamond's power.
- Small Role, Big Impact: The JSA's killing of Gordon led them to being so consumed by guilt that they were left vulnerable to being killed by the ISA.
Todd Rice
Todd Rice
Played by: Tim Gabriel
Species: Human
Jennie-Lynn Hayden's twin brother and son of Alan Scott, the Green Lantern.
- Bad Powers, Good People: Todd's shadow manipulation is spooky and potentially world-threatening, but he would rather live under a strobe light than hurt anyone.
- Gayngst: He was taunted by the head of a previous group home for being gay.
- The Ghost: Unseen during Season 2 barring a photo of him and Jennie as kids. He appears properly in the halfway point of Season 3.
- I Know What You Fear: A carryover of his powers coming from the Shadowlands. He can show people manifestations of their greatest traumas and regrets.
- Inexplicably Awesome: How it is Todd, son of the Green Lantern, developed umbrakinesis is yet to be explained.
- Orphan's Ordeal: Unlike his sister, who aged out of the foster system, Todd fled his group home because the man in charge abused him for being gay.
- Race Lift: Todd is white in the comics but Asian-American here, just like his sister.
- Superior Successor: He has similar powers to the Shade, who says Todd has the potential to be a greater shadow wielder than himself.
- Twin Telepathy: Todd could feel Jennie inherit their father's ring, which unfortunately flushed out his shadow powers.
Suzanne Ito
- Played by: Luna Tieu
- Mama Bear: She took Cindy and ran away from the unforgiving and cold-hearted Dragon King to keep her daughter safe from him. It didn't work, as he tracked them down.
- Posthumous Character: Cindy accidentally killed her with her new powers several years before the main events of the series, and Suzanne only appears in hallucinations or flashbacks.
James and Bridget Chapel
- Played by: Gilbert Glenn Brown and Kronn Moore
- Dark and Troubled Past: Downplayed compared to most of the other characters, but in season 2, Bridget talks about how she was the town's first African-American doctor and had to put up with passive racism from many people before winning over the community.
- Honest Corporate Executive: James is supportive of Barb when she starts at the company and is the first person to agree with her proposal to save a bunch of jobs over making a profit during a season 2 board meeting.
- My Beloved Smother: Upon learning of Beth's double life, they become overzealous in their support. They badger her constantly with ideas, like a new costume.
- Parents as People: They do love their daughter, but feel annoyed when she spends all of her time socializing with them instead of other people, and don't do a perfect job of communicating with her once she confronts them about how they are considering getting divorced.
- So Proud of You: They end up being very excited about Beth's alter ego and eagerly support her superhero career by the season 2 finale.
