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* AmnesiacDissonance: After his final defeat, [[spoiler: Ultra-Humanite]] had his memory erased and was reintroduced into society. He does not seem happy with the plan, but he is accepting of the future...until Power Girl turns her back and he swears that it will ''never'' be over between them.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The Judd Winick run seemed to exist to see how much of DC's roster could be crammed into her series.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Ix Negaspike is a self-replicating alien monster. When Karen freezes and smashes it to bits, it regenerates into more monsters.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Issue 12 has Karen wearing a swimsuit provided by Atlee and comments on its brevity resembling a [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/2/21/Power_Girl_0041.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100605235821 "thought balloon"]].
* BeneathTheEarth: Atlee's people live in a vast underground city. Their technology is so advanced that even Power Girl was impressed.
* BestialityIsDepraved: It's implied Satanna had sex with the Ultra-Humanite when his brain was first implanted into his gorilla body. [[{{Squick}} Not to mention the fact he was covered with the blood of the men who later attacked him. She told him not to wash off before the sex.]]
* BigApplesauce: She has now moved to Manhattan.
* BigBad: When breaking into New Cadmus, which is being orchestrated by Max Lord, Karen and Nico actually comment that this is the headquarters of the bad guy that is behind ''everything''.
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite]] tries to do this to Karen in Power Girl 10. It doesn't work.
* CallBack: The gags used when Karen and Atlee go shopping together first appeared in the Terra mini-series.
* CaptainErsatz: Vartox was originally based on Sean Connery, with his appearance taken from the movie ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' and his over-the-top machismo from Connery himself.
* CardCarryingVillain: "'Rue the day'? Nobody talks like that anymore. It just sounds stupid." "It's a classic villain line."
* CatsLoveLaserPointers: In issue #12, PG uses her heat vision to form a pair of dots to play with her cat.
* TheChikan: An issue featured a pervert who groped her in a subway. Bad idea..
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the author/artist switch to Judd Winick and Sami Basri, Terra, who had been Power Girl's sidekick/partner/sister throughout the early issues, appears in a grand total of one panel, with the kicker being Power Girl mentioning her as a Super Hero In Training, and afterwards is neither seen nor mentioned again.
* CListFodder: The Blue Snowman is the initial villain of the Vartox arc, and is introduced with the caption "'''Blue Snowman'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14"
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** Towards the end of the pre-New 52 series, it was noted that the character, either intentionally or otherwise, was starting to resemble ''Series/MadMen'' actress Creator/ChristinaHendricks. And not just due to Hendricks having a similar build.
** Recurring character Vartox, as he was in his original ''Superman'' appearances in the 1970s, continues to be based on Creator/SeanConnery in his role in the sci-fi film ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.
* ComicalOverReacting: One of Satanna's minon's goes nuts ranting about how much emphasis people put in sports and celebrities rather than science.
* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Krypto is ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness so damn heroic]]'' that [[HeroicDog even his evil clone comes to Karen's aide]].
* CoveredInGunge: When Power Girl erupts from the throat of one of the Hydra's heads, she is covered in the the monster's blood.
* CrazyPrepared: Not as crazy as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} some]], but Power Girl has repeatedly stressed that Terra needs to wear her uniform ''all the time'', [[DressedInLayers under her regular clothing if need be]], so she will always be ready for danger to strike at any moment.
* {{Crossover}}: Issue #20 is directly continued in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', which follows up on Power Girl's {{brainwashing}} at the hands of Max Lord to kill the Justice League International.
* CurbStompBattle: Once Power Girl is pushed past her limit and stops holding back she takes Ultra-Humanite, who a few pages earlier had been bragging about destroying all of civilization, and beats him down in six panels. Four of those panels are PG ''slamming his head against a wall''. The other two were her punching him in the face.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: {{Deconstructed}}. Power Girl (In her role as Karen Starr, head of Starrware) holds the patents to several miraculous technologies and heads what seems to be a well-running corporation. However, now that they have engineered these miraculous technologies they need to develop them into some form of marketable product, deal with worried overseeing government agencies and also contend with the almost insurmountable issues of normal office paperwork. Starrware might be on the cutting edge of human technology, and its stock prices will probably go through the roof once it goes public, but right now it needs to find some way to actually gain revenue from its assets. Power Girl herself is struggling to make ends meet until the profits start to come in, and lampshades this when fighting the Blue Snowman, who had developed the technology to create weather and was using this technology to steal jewels not worth half of what her equipment was worth.
* DayInTheLife: Volume 12 of Power Girl's ongoing series is largely this. As it turns out, her daily life involves bathing in an empathic bikini, bonding with Terra and stopping a fight between an alien monster and [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[Film/{{Zardoz}} Sean Connery]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: After the initial 12 volumes Karen learns the hard way that the life of a superhero and a business tycoon don't exactly mix well together, [[spoiler: leading to her losing her company]]. [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] later on, as she finally finds a balance in her life.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The most consistent part of Power Girl's character is that she must be an empowered woman with her own unique identity, a grown up Supergirl that doesn't want to take her cousin's symbol and legacy, she is her own woman; anything beyond that, however, varies from writer to writer - such as how serious Karen is, from full blown put off by anything she considers nonsense to more an approachable fun girl; to what extent her female empowerment must be part of her character, from little moments where Karen asserts herself as a woman put off by slimy men, and won't tolerate women being taken advantage of, to a more constant and very outspoken person to point out many faults men have, including her superhero colleagues.
* DestinationDefenestration: Satanna really should learn the art of small-talk and cuddling.
* DishingOutDirt: Atlee, the new Terra, and Power Girl's new best friend. They go see movies together.
* DressedInLayers: Though Power Girl herself is always prepared for trouble, Terra has not quite grasped the concept that she always needs to wear her costume underneath her clothing just in case. As such, she is completely unprepared when a monster rises up when she and PG are out watching a movie and she ends up going into battle [[UnderwearOfPower dressed only in adorable lady-bug underwear]].
** Note that the writer actually put effort into making it ''plausible'' for PG.
* EatenAlive: The Hydra swallows Power Girl whole. The monster seems to prefer her food this way as she attempts to eat her alive ''again.''
* EvilBrunetteTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilTwin evil clone]] of Power Girl, has black hair opposed to PG's blonde, but is otherwise identical in every way.
* EvilerThanThou: Satanna goes to [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Dr. Sivanna]] to get a weapon to revenge herself on Power Girl and gives him what he wanted as payment. Afterwards he attempts some minor small-talk and she, [[CardCarryingVillain because she and he are villains]], does not feel it is necessary to disguise the fact that she felt this was a heartily disgusting event which she did solely as part of a business exchange. He agrees with her, then points out that since they are bad guys he no longer cares about her desires since she gave him what he wanted, and [[DestinationDefenestration throws her out the window]].
* EvilLaugh: Apparently, characters differentiate between your {{Mad Scientist}}s and scientists who happen to be mad by the presence or absence of a good "Moo-Ha-Ha!"
* EvilTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilBrunetteTwin dark haired]] clone of Power Girl.
* {{Faceship}}: Vartox's spaceship looks like a human head... with an impressive mustache.
* FanService: Lots, including the new series with a trio of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe gorgeous aliens]].
* FireForgedFriends: She is more or less friends with ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'', although the first time they met she was (understandably) pissed that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Harley deceived her when she had amnesia, once she got her memory back.]] Much later they have to team up again against an EldritchAbomination that's way out of Harley's league, and it's clear Power Girl does care about Harley, as she even saves her life a couple times.
* ForcedTransformation: Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are briefly turned into rock people by Siphon, who can copy Zatanna's powers.
* FrameUp: In ''Power Girl'' #24 and #25, Rayhan Mazin was flying from New York to Gotham when his plane threatened to crash. Mazin used his weather-controlling powers to right the ship and get it to land safely, but unfortunately it was thought he was the one who caused the plane to go down. Mazin surrendered willingly, thinking he would be released once he could explain. Six months later, he remains in Renatta detention facility. Nobody believes him and he is worried about his ill father, whom he isn't allowed to speak to. Mazin escapes to see his dying father, with Power Girl and Batman attempting to capture him. Mazin summons a hurricane above Gotham and slips away while Power Girl goes to undo it. Mazin visits his father as he dies and Batman believes his story, stopping some security men from going inside. Later Power Girl apologizes to Mazin for getting him locked up. Batman is looking into Mazin's case and has found out some federal investigators were interested in apprehending a metahuman terrorist, so they framed him to get more funding. The story ends with Batman investigating who's responsible for Mazin's detention while he visits the Justice Society of America.
* FreudianExcuse: Discussed when Karen assumes that Ultra-Humanite's "behavior can be partly explained by childhood bullying and a lifetime of failure and humiliation, especially by women" since the guy transplanted his brain into an albino gorilla. ''Obviously'' he has ''issues''.
** Deconstructed later on. Ultra-Humanite's reason for going evil was his body was deteriorating quickly. In Power Girl 11, he has his own -and healthy- body back thanks to Karen. And he still wants to have his revenge. From that point on, he hasn't an excuse anymore, and he deserves whatever happens to him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In a story arc, Ultra-Humanite swaps bodies with Terra.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Amanda Conner's artwork is full of these, such as [[AnimalReactionShot PG's cat not liking who she is interviewing]] or stealing shrimp from their Chinese take out. When a flasher [[TooDumbToLive tries to expose himself to PG and Terra]] PG uses her [[BreathWeapon freeze breath]] on his exposed areas; after she calls for a cop the next panel pans back to reveal that they are standing in front of a dermatology clinic whose current special "will freeze off your..." When PG and Terra change out of their regular clothes into their costumes, a bum can be seen enjoying the show.
* GeniusBruiser: Karen says that she's not just superpowered, but super smart and she shows it. When faced with a SadisticChoice between saving the Leaning Tower of Pisa, rescuing Cyclone, or rescuing a Vietnamese girl held hostage by Typhoon with a time limit, PG buys herself time by setting up a tidal wave in the middle of the ocean timed to knock out Typhoon in Vietnam. She also frees Cyclone as backup to either stop him or help her stop the wave from causing collateral damage. While flying around the world doing this she uses her super hearing to triangulate the location the villain is talking to her from, using only the delay between her speaking and hearing it echo from the other end as reference. The only thing that kept her from capturing the Calculator is the fact that he was broadcasting by proxy.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Karen does this ''a lot'' when she is making a dramatic entrance or someone (usually a villain or Vartox) is annoying her.
* GoodIsNotSoft: In Power Girl issue 10, Karen finds out that [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite transplanted his brain into Terra's body]]. After beating him up, she visits Satanna and demands [[spoiler:Terra's brain]] back. When Satanna tries to mock her, she blasts her arm off.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: PG's cherry panties.
* GrandTheftMe: In issue 11, Ultra-Humanite attempts to take over Power Girl's body to gain her immense power, even temporary gaining control of Terra's as part of one of his plans until Power Girl defeated him and restored her young friend to her rightful body with the help of Atlee's people.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Well, they do not have green skin, but other than that, the alien babes from issues #4-6 fit the idea.
* GroinAttack: At the beginning of issue #19, Power Girl is reminiscing about a fight she had with a giant humanoid robot where she tried to inflict one on it, but since the robot had all of the plumbing of an action figure, all she succeeded in doing was kicking a hole in it while getting a bunch of goop on her boot.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: In issue #9, Karen runs from the shower and starts chasing after the kid blackmailing her and dashes down the stairs after him, runs past a neighbor, and literally collars the kid, at which point her towel drops, giving the kid and neighbor a good look at her naked body (the reader is not so lucky, due to a strategically placed bunch of carrots and an arm). She covers herself with bread and a pie pan.
* HeroicDog: Apparently, Max Lord gave Professor Ivo very strict instructions ''not'' to clone Krypto, Superman's dog.
--> '''Max Lord:''' "We talked about this! ''Don't clone the dog!'' Dogs are ''weird''! [[IncorruptiblePurePureness The whole loyalty thing just seems to be branded right in on a genetic level]], for Pete's sake!"
* HowDoIShotWeb: Power Girl actually discusses this trope when fighting her evil clone. She reasons that, even if "Divine" has all the same powers as her that does not mean she knows how to ''use'' those powers, since she has only been "alive" for ten minutes and has never worked with these abilities before.
* HydraProblem: Obviously when Power Girl fights the multi-headed Hydra in the first issue of ''Harley Quinn and Power Girl''. Owned by Sleenox, a self-admitted exile with a lecherous side, the monster attacks Power Girl and Harley Quinn, with the latter thinking it's "cute". Although one of the heads initially swallows Power Girl, she immediately erupts her way out from the monster's throat, decapitating the head which landed on Sleezox.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Cho - formerly a hacker - calls Karen out on threatening to out him if he didn't help her, she answered that she did what she had to do.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** Simultaneously played straight and lampshaded in "Power Girl" issue 10. When Terra was [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe taken over by the Ultra-Humanite]]]] and fighting Power Girl she kept taunting PG.
--->'''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]''': Let's have one of those totally cliched hero-slash-friend fights. You get to say things like, "I know you're stronger than this", or "You can fight it"... oh, and "This isn't you"! And I'll say things like... "I know your secret identity" and "All the people you care about are going to die!"
** In Power Girl's {{crossover}} with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' Power Girl has been {{brainwashed}} into believing that the members of the Justice League International are other heroes planning to conquer and rule humanity. The members of JLI, dreading the destruction and loss of life that would come from fighting Power Girl in earnest (Assuming they could ''survive'' such a fight), try to get through the brainwashing and have her recognize them.
* InsistentTerminology: They are ''not'' "monsters," they are ''G.E.L.F.s.'' It is not that hard to remember.
* {{Kaiju}}: One that looks almost exactly like the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King of the Monsters himself]] appears in the fourth issue.
* KickTheDog: Ultra-Humanite and Satanna are already well past the MoralEventHorizon, they were murderers and psychopaths long before this series started, but when they put Atlee's brain inside the burned gorilla body it is just '''wrong'''.
* LampshadeHanging: Atlee seems to derive nourishment from all the lamps she keeps pointing out:
-->"[[ClarkKenting Yeah, who would ever believe that under those mild-mannered clothes is a superhero named Power Girl]]? [[SarcasmMode I mean, you two look]] ''[[SarcasmMode nothing]]'' [[SarcasmMode alike!]]"
-->"[[StrictlyFormula Well, it seems a lot of things up here follow a formula]]...a series of events that happen over and over, isn't that true? Take supervillains ... you guys catch them committing crimes, they go to jail, they ''break out'' and you guys put them back again."
** When Karen and Atlee go to see a movie for the first time, the movie has an obvious reference to the resurrection of Barry Allen, the second Flash who had recently come back to life.
--> '''Redheaded love interest''': I thought you were dead.
--> '''Blonde guy played by Alan Barry''': [[ComicBookDeath I got better!]]
* LargeHam: Vartox is either the single greatest event to happen to comic-books since an artist thought "Wait a second, ''I can make them [[MostCommonSuperpower as big as I want]]''," or he has come to murder all Power Girl fans with overexposure to the "sexy superstud from planet Valeron."
--> '''Vartox''': "Bask in the seduction musk distilled from tears of the ghost poets of dimension seven...to prove his manly prowess, Vartox has arranged for a demonstration of masculinity."
** Karen herself flies into a [[Film/TropicThunder Les Grossman style rant]] at the beginning of issue 14.
* LetsYouAndHimFight:
--> '''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]:''' "Let's have one of those [[LampshadeHanging totally clichéd hero-slash-friend fights]]. You get to say things like [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight 'I know you're stronger than this', or 'You can fight it'...oh, and 'This isn't you!']]"
* LingerieScene: Vartox decides to dress appropriately for his dinner with Power Girl. The results are... not quite right for a formal dinner, but Power Girl can not help but peek through her fingers just a little.
* LovelyAngels: Karen and Terra fought together in Power Girl's book. Usually Karen fights at the forefront as Terra handles group control and attacks from afar with her geokinesis.
* MadScientist: For your convenience, models come both with and without "[[EvilLaugh Moo-Ha-Ha!]]"
* MarsNeedsWomen: Vartox needs Kryptonian women in particular.
* MassOhCrap: In issue #11, all of Satanna's minions stare terrified when Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off and they realize Miss Kryptonian Powerhouse is ''pissed''.
* MediumAwareness: The narrator is quite aware of how things work in comic-book land:
--> '''Power Girl''', Kara Zor-L... '''Life Expectancy''': It's her series, what do ''you'' think?\\
'''Dr Mid-Nite'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Shaken, not stirred\\
'''Blue Snowman'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14\\
Vernon O'Valeron A.K.A. '''Vartox'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Waiting to hear back from the editors
* MegatonPunch: Karen gave one to Vartox when he hit on her.
* MirrorMatch: She's fought her double from the recreated Earth-2, and her evil clone, "Divine".
* MotherlyScientist: Subverted. When Power Girl strikes Cadmus, she breaks the jails keeping the cloned creatures, hoping that Dr. Ivo stops focusing on her in order to save his creations. However he runs away, and Karen notes that he isn't motherly at all.
* MundaneUtility: Karen has been seen using her heat vision to shave her legs. Since she is nigh invulnerable, her options are limited.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Karen accidentally exposes herself to some of her neighbors chasing down the teenager who was blackmailing her.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Magic dinosaurs with [[GatlingGood minigun arms]], [[AxCrazy carrying axes]] and [[EyeBeams shooting lasers from their eyes]] are just some of the creations of Siphon, a man who copied ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s powers.
* NoOSHACompliance: "Note to mad scientists and would-be world-conquering psychopaths... ''safety regulations exist for a reason''."
* NobodyPoops: Averted. The first two panels of issue #9 has Karen on the toilet.
* OhCrap: Power Girl utters the line after realizing that she only has 3 seconds until a ship explodes. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Her face in that panel]] [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l72nwtVZBm1qcabtmo1_500.jpg totally sells it]].
** Later on both Power Girl and Superman have this when they realize the dinosaurs they're fighting can actually wound them.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Power Girl is just as noble and heroic as her cousin. With that said when her sidekick Terra's brain was switched with Ultra-Humanite's, Power Girl demanded that the one responsible switched it back... By using her ''heat vision to blast off her arm''.
** In an issue crossing over with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', Kara (who finally remembers Maxwell Lord's existence after he mind-wiped the world into forgetting him) is trying to get Dick Grayson to remember Lord. Batman (who also remembers Lord) shows up to make Dick go over the death of Blue Beetle, who Max had murdered but, thanks to the mindwipe, everyone thinks killed himself. Every time Bruce points out inconsistencies in the bullet wounds, etc, Dick offers an explanation. When Bruce points out that Dick is going out of his way to avoid the evidence, Dick stops, realizing that goes against everything he's been trained for. This finally allows him to break through the mindwipe and realize Beetle was murdered.
* PervertRevengeMode: While Power Girl is used to being ogled by people (specially dudes) around her, she does have her limits. In one issue while going on a subway in her civilian persona, a pervert groped her from the behind and she knocked him out of the train, and in a later instance, some creep flashed her and she used her super-breath to freeze his junk so he would have no choice but to let the police catch him.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Vartox [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable decides to slip into something more comfortable]] the result is [[NightmareFuel not quite what he intended]], and Power Girl rather firmly insists that he puts more clothes on. '''Now.'''
* PornStache: Deliberately employed for Vartox, who claims to 'embody masculinity.'
* TheRealHeroes: Power Girl managed to squeeze one in. When a firefighter is helping her limp away from a bomb crater he comments that he does not often get the opportunity to help somebody like her ("Like me?" "Yeah... a ''hero''") and she replies "I can say the same thing about you."
* RealityWarper: Who turns out to be a young girl who reads a lot of fantasy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: {{Inverted}}. Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off first, then gives her the mother of all stink eyes.
* RefugeInAudacity: The [[TheSeventies planet Valeron]] is ruled by the sexy superstud [[LargeHam Vartox]], assisted by Chancellor Groovicus Mellow, and Vartox wields his [[PornStache mighty moustache]] from his happening pad while fending off [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Yeti]] {{pirate}}s. ''All in one issue!''
* RightInFrontOfMe: In "Power Girl" issue 4, Dexter - one of Karen's employees - asks her if she can tell Power Girl that she's fantastic.
* RiseFromYourGrave: In Power Girl issue #11, [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite makes use of Terra's geokinesis]] to bury Karen alive. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/1/17/Kara_Zor-L_Earth-Two_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171107202325 She only needs a few seconds to escape]]. Justified because she's a Kryptonian, ergo she is super-strong and she doesn't need to breathe.
* SamusIsAGirl: Blue Snowman is short, stocky and wears a PoweredArmor which resembles a cartoony robot. When the villain takes her helmet off, and Karen sees she's been fighting a girl, she's shocked.
-->'''Power Girl:''' What the hell? You're a chick?
* SciFiBobHaircut: PG's most famous cut, that she has had for most of her life.
* SecurityCling: Terra does this to Karen after being rescued from the Ultra-Humanite and Satanna.
* TheSeventies: The planet Valeron might actually be an alien world perpetually stuck in the era of disco.
* ShoppingMontage: With Atlee to get furniture for her new apartment. Also Cinnamon Buns.
* ShoutOut:
** When Power Girl knocks out Siphon and reverses his spell to "Unleash Hell," the demonic maelstrom vanishes and she says "so long Creator/HPLovecraft."
** [[Film/RealGenius "Rue the day?" Who talks like that?]]
** At the cinema Power Girl and Terra are approached by Howard and the other boys of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Naturally Karen gives him a short lesson on how to treat a woman.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Satanna tries to taunt Karen after [[spoiler:transplanting the Ultra-Humanite's brain into her best friend's body]], Karen isn't in the mood for her crap and blasts Satanna's arm off.
-->'''Satanna:''' My arm! What kind of heroine would do that to someone's arm?\\
'''Power Girl:''' Quit your bawling, Satanna! You're a surgeon, you can pick your arm up and do whatever you want with it -- after you tell me where I can find my friend Terra!
* ShutUpKirk: Whenever Karen tries to talk down a villain she sees needs at least a second chance she's dismissed as being sanctimonious and condescending.
* {{Sidekick}}: Terra generally fills this role, though she does complain about always being put on crowd control.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Vartox decides to attire himself properly for his dinner with Power Girl. She instructs him, rather firmly, to put more clothes on. '''''Now'''''.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} is in the presence of a man who can copy her powers, she realizes that just beating him in a WizardDuel will not solve the problem, she needs to physically leave his presence to keep him from getting her powers permanently.
-->'''Zatanna:''' (''In Narration'') He's good right out of the gate. I'm just '''better'''. But being better isn't really the issue, I just need to get the heck away from this idiot!\\
'''Power Girl:''' "We need to get Zatanna the heck away from that idiot!"
* {{Squick}}: Power Girl's in-universe reaction to learning that the Ultra-Humanite had sex with his girlfriend Satanna... [[ShapeshiftingSquick in gorilla form]]. Because Satanna was turned on by his new body.
* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels:
--> '''Power Girl:''' "No! No, you ''didn't''!! You ''cloned Krypto''?!?! What kind of sick @#$#$--this is ''Superman's dog''. For crying out loud! Is ''nothing'' sacred!?"
** After Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are [[ForcedTransformation turned into rock people]] she looks down at her new rocky body and comments that "this is wrong on many, '''''many''''' levels."
* TooDumbToLive: Satanna has two moments, in back-to-back issues; first when Karen busts down the door to her lair, demanding to know where the real Atlee is, Satanna decides that taunting a visibly pissed off Kryptonian is a good idea. This costs her her left arm. Then, after sleeping with Dr. Sivana in an effort to get him to give her more weapons to fight Power Girl with, treats him with contempt and disgust, which he responds to by throwing her out a window since he got what he wanted and no longer had to bargain with her.
* UndergroundCity: Strata, Atlee's people's secret underground city.
* UnderwearOfPower: Her normal costume is a pretty standard superheroine outfit, but Terra has not yet grasped the importance of [[DressedInLayers always having your costume handy]] and one time she was forced to go into battle wearing nothing but adorable ladybug underwear when she and Power Girl were attacked while out at the movies.
* UngratefulBastard: Averted with the citizens of New York. They are nothing less than extremely grateful and friendly to Power Girl.
* UnwillingRoboticization: Randall Mikavic, a Russian Arms Dealer, becomes an android when one he is inadvertently buying boots up, determines its CPU isn't fully operational and decides to use [[WetwareCPU nearest available one]]. His main complaints are having to follow his programming, which he only vaguely knows, and [[BarbieDollAnatomy no longer having any "pork and beans"]] to have fun with. He enjoys being able to hulk out and cause mass destruction though.
* UseYourHead: She employs this technique multiple times throughout Volume 2. On one occasion, she knocked a giant Godzilla-like monster out cold by headbutting it in the nose.
* VerticalKidnapping: Exaggerated when Ultra-Humanite does this to ''Manhattan''.
* VillainBall: Siphon is a person capable of [[PowerParasite leeching magical power]] from nearby people, the stolen power becoming permanent after three hours in proximity. He plans to steal Zatanna's power, but for some reason involves Superman and Power Girl by siccing magically animated dinosaur statues at them. This causes Power Girl to call Zatanna's line, which alerts her to Z's distress when it goes straight to machine. This directly leads to his downfall, all because he couldn't just wait.
* WallOfText: Karen's real estate agent gives two in as many panels when she is introduced exiting the elevator; the first of which before it was fully opened.
* WasItAllALie: When Cho deduces Karen is Power Girl he accuses her of being a fraud whose secret identity is not something she actually cares about since she drags civilians into her conflicts. This is mostly a WhatTheHellHero because he's connecting the dots after she had just blackmailed him into helping her.
* WeirdnessMagnet: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Karen in the issue 6 of the Palmiotti run as she recaps the events of the previous issue.
--> An alien ship landed in Prospect Park, three fashionable women got out and caused some trouble, I got caught in the self-destruction of the ship and now they turn up in midtown Manhattan throwing cars at some guy in a Buck Rogers backpack. Seems I'm becoming a magnet for this sort of thing.
* WellThisIsNotThatTrope: In the first issue, Karen begins describing what apparently is her cousin's story, before saying "But it isn't that story. It's mine."
-->'''Power Girl:''' It's the classic tale of a distant and doomed planet named Krypton. The one where a small child is the last hope of a dying race. A refugee cast among the stars in search of a new home where he becomes the savior of an alien world... This '''isn't''' that story. Not exactly...
* WhoWritesThisCrap: She does not say the actual line, but Power Girl simply can not believe the story of Vartox and the infertility bomb that requires him to [[MarsNeedsWomen find a mate to save his planet]]. Power Girl is stifling laughter by the time he gets to the part about the "pregno-ray".
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The Judd Winick run seemed to exist to see how much of DC's roster could be crammed into her series.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Ix Negaspike is a self-replicating alien monster. When Karen freezes and smashes it to bits, it regenerates into more monsters.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Issue 12 has Karen wearing a swimsuit provided by Atlee and comments on its brevity resembling a [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/2/21/Power_Girl_0041.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100605235821 "thought balloon"]].
* BeneathTheEarth: Atlee's people live in a vast underground city. Their technology is so advanced that even Power Girl was impressed.
* BestialityIsDepraved: It's implied Satanna had sex with the Ultra-Humanite when his brain was first implanted into his gorilla body. [[{{Squick}} Not to mention the fact he was covered with the blood of the men who later attacked him. She told him not to wash off before the sex.]]
* BigApplesauce: She has now moved to Manhattan.
* BigBad: When breaking into New Cadmus, which is being orchestrated by Max Lord, Karen and Nico actually comment that this is the headquarters of the bad guy that is behind ''everything''.
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite]] tries to do this to Karen in Power Girl 10. It doesn't work.
* CallBack: The gags used when Karen and Atlee go shopping together first appeared in the Terra mini-series.
* CaptainErsatz: Vartox was originally based on Sean Connery, with his appearance taken from the movie ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' and his over-the-top machismo from Connery himself.
* CardCarryingVillain: "'Rue the day'? Nobody talks like that anymore. It just sounds stupid." "It's a classic villain line."
* CatsLoveLaserPointers: In issue #12, PG uses her heat vision to form a pair of dots to play with her cat.
* TheChikan: An issue featured a pervert who groped her in a subway. Bad idea..
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the author/artist switch to Judd Winick and Sami Basri, Terra, who had been Power Girl's sidekick/partner/sister throughout the early issues, appears in a grand total of one panel, with the kicker being Power Girl mentioning her as a Super Hero In Training, and afterwards is neither seen nor mentioned again.
* CListFodder: The Blue Snowman is the initial villain of the Vartox arc, and is introduced with the caption "'''Blue Snowman'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14"
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** Towards the end of the pre-New 52 series, it was noted that the character, either intentionally or otherwise, was starting to resemble ''Series/MadMen'' actress Creator/ChristinaHendricks. And not just due to Hendricks having a similar build.
** Recurring character Vartox, as he was in his original ''Superman'' appearances in the 1970s, continues to be based on Creator/SeanConnery in his role in the sci-fi film ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.
* ComicalOverReacting: One of Satanna's minon's goes nuts ranting about how much emphasis people put in sports and celebrities rather than science.
* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Krypto is ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness so damn heroic]]'' that [[HeroicDog even his evil clone comes to Karen's aide]].
* CoveredInGunge: When Power Girl erupts from the throat of one of the Hydra's heads, she is covered in the the monster's blood.
* CrazyPrepared: Not as crazy as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} some]], but Power Girl has repeatedly stressed that Terra needs to wear her uniform ''all the time'', [[DressedInLayers under her regular clothing if need be]], so she will always be ready for danger to strike at any moment.
* {{Crossover}}: Issue #20 is directly continued in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', which follows up on Power Girl's {{brainwashing}} at the hands of Max Lord to kill the Justice League International.
* CurbStompBattle: Once Power Girl is pushed past her limit and stops holding back she takes Ultra-Humanite, who a few pages earlier had been bragging about destroying all of civilization, and beats him down in six panels. Four of those panels are PG ''slamming his head against a wall''. The other two were her punching him in the face.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: {{Deconstructed}}. Power Girl (In her role as Karen Starr, head of Starrware) holds the patents to several miraculous technologies and heads what seems to be a well-running corporation. However, now that they have engineered these miraculous technologies they need to develop them into some form of marketable product, deal with worried overseeing government agencies and also contend with the almost insurmountable issues of normal office paperwork. Starrware might be on the cutting edge of human technology, and its stock prices will probably go through the roof once it goes public, but right now it needs to find some way to actually gain revenue from its assets. Power Girl herself is struggling to make ends meet until the profits start to come in, and lampshades this when fighting the Blue Snowman, who had developed the technology to create weather and was using this technology to steal jewels not worth half of what her equipment was worth.
* DayInTheLife: Volume 12 of Power Girl's ongoing series is largely this. As it turns out, her daily life involves bathing in an empathic bikini, bonding with Terra and stopping a fight between an alien monster and [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[Film/{{Zardoz}} Sean Connery]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: After the initial 12 volumes Karen learns the hard way that the life of a superhero and a business tycoon don't exactly mix well together, [[spoiler: leading to her losing her company]]. [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] later on, as she finally finds a balance in her life.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The most consistent part of Power Girl's character is that she must be an empowered woman with her own unique identity, a grown up Supergirl that doesn't want to take her cousin's symbol and legacy, she is her own woman; anything beyond that, however, varies from writer to writer - such as how serious Karen is, from full blown put off by anything she considers nonsense to more an approachable fun girl; to what extent her female empowerment must be part of her character, from little moments where Karen asserts herself as a woman put off by slimy men, and won't tolerate women being taken advantage of, to a more constant and very outspoken person to point out many faults men have, including her superhero colleagues.
* DestinationDefenestration: Satanna really should learn the art of small-talk and cuddling.
* DishingOutDirt: Atlee, the new Terra, and Power Girl's new best friend. They go see movies together.
* DressedInLayers: Though Power Girl herself is always prepared for trouble, Terra has not quite grasped the concept that she always needs to wear her costume underneath her clothing just in case. As such, she is completely unprepared when a monster rises up when she and PG are out watching a movie and she ends up going into battle [[UnderwearOfPower dressed only in adorable lady-bug underwear]].
** Note that the writer actually put effort into making it ''plausible'' for PG.
* EatenAlive: The Hydra swallows Power Girl whole. The monster seems to prefer her food this way as she attempts to eat her alive ''again.''
* EvilBrunetteTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilTwin evil clone]] of Power Girl, has black hair opposed to PG's blonde, but is otherwise identical in every way.
* EvilerThanThou: Satanna goes to [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Dr. Sivanna]] to get a weapon to revenge herself on Power Girl and gives him what he wanted as payment. Afterwards he attempts some minor small-talk and she, [[CardCarryingVillain because she and he are villains]], does not feel it is necessary to disguise the fact that she felt this was a heartily disgusting event which she did solely as part of a business exchange. He agrees with her, then points out that since they are bad guys he no longer cares about her desires since she gave him what he wanted, and [[DestinationDefenestration throws her out the window]].
* EvilLaugh: Apparently, characters differentiate between your {{Mad Scientist}}s and scientists who happen to be mad by the presence or absence of a good "Moo-Ha-Ha!"
* EvilTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilBrunetteTwin dark haired]] clone of Power Girl.
* {{Faceship}}: Vartox's spaceship looks like a human head... with an impressive mustache.
* FanService: Lots, including the new series with a trio of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe gorgeous aliens]].
* FireForgedFriends: She is more or less friends with ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'', although the first time they met she was (understandably) pissed that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Harley deceived her when she had amnesia, once she got her memory back.]] Much later they have to team up again against an EldritchAbomination that's way out of Harley's league, and it's clear Power Girl does care about Harley, as she even saves her life a couple times.
* ForcedTransformation: Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are briefly turned into rock people by Siphon, who can copy Zatanna's powers.
* FrameUp: In ''Power Girl'' #24 and #25, Rayhan Mazin was flying from New York to Gotham when his plane threatened to crash. Mazin used his weather-controlling powers to right the ship and get it to land safely, but unfortunately it was thought he was the one who caused the plane to go down. Mazin surrendered willingly, thinking he would be released once he could explain. Six months later, he remains in Renatta detention facility. Nobody believes him and he is worried about his ill father, whom he isn't allowed to speak to. Mazin escapes to see his dying father, with Power Girl and Batman attempting to capture him. Mazin summons a hurricane above Gotham and slips away while Power Girl goes to undo it. Mazin visits his father as he dies and Batman believes his story, stopping some security men from going inside. Later Power Girl apologizes to Mazin for getting him locked up. Batman is looking into Mazin's case and has found out some federal investigators were interested in apprehending a metahuman terrorist, so they framed him to get more funding. The story ends with Batman investigating who's responsible for Mazin's detention while he visits the Justice Society of America.
* FreudianExcuse: Discussed when Karen assumes that Ultra-Humanite's "behavior can be partly explained by childhood bullying and a lifetime of failure and humiliation, especially by women" since the guy transplanted his brain into an albino gorilla. ''Obviously'' he has ''issues''.
** Deconstructed later on. Ultra-Humanite's reason for going evil was his body was deteriorating quickly. In Power Girl 11, he has his own -and healthy- body back thanks to Karen. And he still wants to have his revenge. From that point on, he hasn't an excuse anymore, and he deserves whatever happens to him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In a story arc, Ultra-Humanite swaps bodies with Terra.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Amanda Conner's artwork is full of these, such as [[AnimalReactionShot PG's cat not liking who she is interviewing]] or stealing shrimp from their Chinese take out. When a flasher [[TooDumbToLive tries to expose himself to PG and Terra]] PG uses her [[BreathWeapon freeze breath]] on his exposed areas; after she calls for a cop the next panel pans back to reveal that they are standing in front of a dermatology clinic whose current special "will freeze off your..." When PG and Terra change out of their regular clothes into their costumes, a bum can be seen enjoying the show.
* GeniusBruiser: Karen says that she's not just superpowered, but super smart and she shows it. When faced with a SadisticChoice between saving the Leaning Tower of Pisa, rescuing Cyclone, or rescuing a Vietnamese girl held hostage by Typhoon with a time limit, PG buys herself time by setting up a tidal wave in the middle of the ocean timed to knock out Typhoon in Vietnam. She also frees Cyclone as backup to either stop him or help her stop the wave from causing collateral damage. While flying around the world doing this she uses her super hearing to triangulate the location the villain is talking to her from, using only the delay between her speaking and hearing it echo from the other end as reference. The only thing that kept her from capturing the Calculator is the fact that he was broadcasting by proxy.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Karen does this ''a lot'' when she is making a dramatic entrance or someone (usually a villain or Vartox) is annoying her.
* GoodIsNotSoft: In Power Girl issue 10, Karen finds out that [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite transplanted his brain into Terra's body]]. After beating him up, she visits Satanna and demands [[spoiler:Terra's brain]] back. When Satanna tries to mock her, she blasts her arm off.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: PG's cherry panties.
* GrandTheftMe: In issue 11, Ultra-Humanite attempts to take over Power Girl's body to gain her immense power, even temporary gaining control of Terra's as part of one of his plans until Power Girl defeated him and restored her young friend to her rightful body with the help of Atlee's people.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Well, they do not have green skin, but other than that, the alien babes from issues #4-6 fit the idea.
* GroinAttack: At the beginning of issue #19, Power Girl is reminiscing about a fight she had with a giant humanoid robot where she tried to inflict one on it, but since the robot had all of the plumbing of an action figure, all she succeeded in doing was kicking a hole in it while getting a bunch of goop on her boot.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: In issue #9, Karen runs from the shower and starts chasing after the kid blackmailing her and dashes down the stairs after him, runs past a neighbor, and literally collars the kid, at which point her towel drops, giving the kid and neighbor a good look at her naked body (the reader is not so lucky, due to a strategically placed bunch of carrots and an arm). She covers herself with bread and a pie pan.
* HeroicDog: Apparently, Max Lord gave Professor Ivo very strict instructions ''not'' to clone Krypto, Superman's dog.
--> '''Max Lord:''' "We talked about this! ''Don't clone the dog!'' Dogs are ''weird''! [[IncorruptiblePurePureness The whole loyalty thing just seems to be branded right in on a genetic level]], for Pete's sake!"
* HowDoIShotWeb: Power Girl actually discusses this trope when fighting her evil clone. She reasons that, even if "Divine" has all the same powers as her that does not mean she knows how to ''use'' those powers, since she has only been "alive" for ten minutes and has never worked with these abilities before.
* HydraProblem: Obviously when Power Girl fights the multi-headed Hydra in the first issue of ''Harley Quinn and Power Girl''. Owned by Sleenox, a self-admitted exile with a lecherous side, the monster attacks Power Girl and Harley Quinn, with the latter thinking it's "cute". Although one of the heads initially swallows Power Girl, she immediately erupts her way out from the monster's throat, decapitating the head which landed on Sleezox.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Cho - formerly a hacker - calls Karen out on threatening to out him if he didn't help her, she answered that she did what she had to do.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** Simultaneously played straight and lampshaded in "Power Girl" issue 10. When Terra was [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe taken over by the Ultra-Humanite]]]] and fighting Power Girl she kept taunting PG.
--->'''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]''': Let's have one of those totally cliched hero-slash-friend fights. You get to say things like, "I know you're stronger than this", or "You can fight it"... oh, and "This isn't you"! And I'll say things like... "I know your secret identity" and "All the people you care about are going to die!"
** In Power Girl's {{crossover}} with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' Power Girl has been {{brainwashed}} into believing that the members of the Justice League International are other heroes planning to conquer and rule humanity. The members of JLI, dreading the destruction and loss of life that would come from fighting Power Girl in earnest (Assuming they could ''survive'' such a fight), try to get through the brainwashing and have her recognize them.
* InsistentTerminology: They are ''not'' "monsters," they are ''G.E.L.F.s.'' It is not that hard to remember.
* {{Kaiju}}: One that looks almost exactly like the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King of the Monsters himself]] appears in the fourth issue.
* KickTheDog: Ultra-Humanite and Satanna are already well past the MoralEventHorizon, they were murderers and psychopaths long before this series started, but when they put Atlee's brain inside the burned gorilla body it is just '''wrong'''.
* LampshadeHanging: Atlee seems to derive nourishment from all the lamps she keeps pointing out:
-->"[[ClarkKenting Yeah, who would ever believe that under those mild-mannered clothes is a superhero named Power Girl]]? [[SarcasmMode I mean, you two look]] ''[[SarcasmMode nothing]]'' [[SarcasmMode alike!]]"
-->"[[StrictlyFormula Well, it seems a lot of things up here follow a formula]]...a series of events that happen over and over, isn't that true? Take supervillains ... you guys catch them committing crimes, they go to jail, they ''break out'' and you guys put them back again."
** When Karen and Atlee go to see a movie for the first time, the movie has an obvious reference to the resurrection of Barry Allen, the second Flash who had recently come back to life.
--> '''Redheaded love interest''': I thought you were dead.
--> '''Blonde guy played by Alan Barry''': [[ComicBookDeath I got better!]]
* LargeHam: Vartox is either the single greatest event to happen to comic-books since an artist thought "Wait a second, ''I can make them [[MostCommonSuperpower as big as I want]]''," or he has come to murder all Power Girl fans with overexposure to the "sexy superstud from planet Valeron."
--> '''Vartox''': "Bask in the seduction musk distilled from tears of the ghost poets of dimension seven...to prove his manly prowess, Vartox has arranged for a demonstration of masculinity."
** Karen herself flies into a [[Film/TropicThunder Les Grossman style rant]] at the beginning of issue 14.
* LetsYouAndHimFight:
--> '''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]:''' "Let's have one of those [[LampshadeHanging totally clichéd hero-slash-friend fights]]. You get to say things like [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight 'I know you're stronger than this', or 'You can fight it'...oh, and 'This isn't you!']]"
* LingerieScene: Vartox decides to dress appropriately for his dinner with Power Girl. The results are... not quite right for a formal dinner, but Power Girl can not help but peek through her fingers just a little.
* LovelyAngels: Karen and Terra fought together in Power Girl's book. Usually Karen fights at the forefront as Terra handles group control and attacks from afar with her geokinesis.
* MadScientist: For your convenience, models come both with and without "[[EvilLaugh Moo-Ha-Ha!]]"
* MarsNeedsWomen: Vartox needs Kryptonian women in particular.
* MassOhCrap: In issue #11, all of Satanna's minions stare terrified when Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off and they realize Miss Kryptonian Powerhouse is ''pissed''.
* MediumAwareness: The narrator is quite aware of how things work in comic-book land:
--> '''Power Girl''', Kara Zor-L... '''Life Expectancy''': It's her series, what do ''you'' think?\\
'''Dr Mid-Nite'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Shaken, not stirred\\
'''Blue Snowman'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14\\
Vernon O'Valeron A.K.A. '''Vartox'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Waiting to hear back from the editors
* MegatonPunch: Karen gave one to Vartox when he hit on her.
* MirrorMatch: She's fought her double from the recreated Earth-2, and her evil clone, "Divine".
* MotherlyScientist: Subverted. When Power Girl strikes Cadmus, she breaks the jails keeping the cloned creatures, hoping that Dr. Ivo stops focusing on her in order to save his creations. However he runs away, and Karen notes that he isn't motherly at all.
* MundaneUtility: Karen has been seen using her heat vision to shave her legs. Since she is nigh invulnerable, her options are limited.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Karen accidentally exposes herself to some of her neighbors chasing down the teenager who was blackmailing her.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Magic dinosaurs with [[GatlingGood minigun arms]], [[AxCrazy carrying axes]] and [[EyeBeams shooting lasers from their eyes]] are just some of the creations of Siphon, a man who copied ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s powers.
* NoOSHACompliance: "Note to mad scientists and would-be world-conquering psychopaths... ''safety regulations exist for a reason''."
* NobodyPoops: Averted. The first two panels of issue #9 has Karen on the toilet.
* OhCrap: Power Girl utters the line after realizing that she only has 3 seconds until a ship explodes. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Her face in that panel]] [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l72nwtVZBm1qcabtmo1_500.jpg totally sells it]].
** Later on both Power Girl and Superman have this when they realize the dinosaurs they're fighting can actually wound them.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Power Girl is just as noble and heroic as her cousin. With that said when her sidekick Terra's brain was switched with Ultra-Humanite's, Power Girl demanded that the one responsible switched it back... By using her ''heat vision to blast off her arm''.
** In an issue crossing over with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', Kara (who finally remembers Maxwell Lord's existence after he mind-wiped the world into forgetting him) is trying to get Dick Grayson to remember Lord. Batman (who also remembers Lord) shows up to make Dick go over the death of Blue Beetle, who Max had murdered but, thanks to the mindwipe, everyone thinks killed himself. Every time Bruce points out inconsistencies in the bullet wounds, etc, Dick offers an explanation. When Bruce points out that Dick is going out of his way to avoid the evidence, Dick stops, realizing that goes against everything he's been trained for. This finally allows him to break through the mindwipe and realize Beetle was murdered.
* PervertRevengeMode: While Power Girl is used to being ogled by people (specially dudes) around her, she does have her limits. In one issue while going on a subway in her civilian persona, a pervert groped her from the behind and she knocked him out of the train, and in a later instance, some creep flashed her and she used her super-breath to freeze his junk so he would have no choice but to let the police catch him.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Vartox [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable decides to slip into something more comfortable]] the result is [[NightmareFuel not quite what he intended]], and Power Girl rather firmly insists that he puts more clothes on. '''Now.'''
* PornStache: Deliberately employed for Vartox, who claims to 'embody masculinity.'
* TheRealHeroes: Power Girl managed to squeeze one in. When a firefighter is helping her limp away from a bomb crater he comments that he does not often get the opportunity to help somebody like her ("Like me?" "Yeah... a ''hero''") and she replies "I can say the same thing about you."
* RealityWarper: Who turns out to be a young girl who reads a lot of fantasy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: {{Inverted}}. Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off first, then gives her the mother of all stink eyes.
* RefugeInAudacity: The [[TheSeventies planet Valeron]] is ruled by the sexy superstud [[LargeHam Vartox]], assisted by Chancellor Groovicus Mellow, and Vartox wields his [[PornStache mighty moustache]] from his happening pad while fending off [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Yeti]] {{pirate}}s. ''All in one issue!''
* RightInFrontOfMe: In "Power Girl" issue 4, Dexter - one of Karen's employees - asks her if she can tell Power Girl that she's fantastic.
* RiseFromYourGrave: In Power Girl issue #11, [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite makes use of Terra's geokinesis]] to bury Karen alive. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/1/17/Kara_Zor-L_Earth-Two_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171107202325 She only needs a few seconds to escape]]. Justified because she's a Kryptonian, ergo she is super-strong and she doesn't need to breathe.
* SamusIsAGirl: Blue Snowman is short, stocky and wears a PoweredArmor which resembles a cartoony robot. When the villain takes her helmet off, and Karen sees she's been fighting a girl, she's shocked.
-->'''Power Girl:''' What the hell? You're a chick?
* SciFiBobHaircut: PG's most famous cut, that she has had for most of her life.
* SecurityCling: Terra does this to Karen after being rescued from the Ultra-Humanite and Satanna.
* TheSeventies: The planet Valeron might actually be an alien world perpetually stuck in the era of disco.
* ShoppingMontage: With Atlee to get furniture for her new apartment. Also Cinnamon Buns.
* ShoutOut:
** When Power Girl knocks out Siphon and reverses his spell to "Unleash Hell," the demonic maelstrom vanishes and she says "so long Creator/HPLovecraft."
** [[Film/RealGenius "Rue the day?" Who talks like that?]]
** At the cinema Power Girl and Terra are approached by Howard and the other boys of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Naturally Karen gives him a short lesson on how to treat a woman.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Satanna tries to taunt Karen after [[spoiler:transplanting the Ultra-Humanite's brain into her best friend's body]], Karen isn't in the mood for her crap and blasts Satanna's arm off.
-->'''Satanna:''' My arm! What kind of heroine would do that to someone's arm?\\
'''Power Girl:''' Quit your bawling, Satanna! You're a surgeon, you can pick your arm up and do whatever you want with it -- after you tell me where I can find my friend Terra!
* ShutUpKirk: Whenever Karen tries to talk down a villain she sees needs at least a second chance she's dismissed as being sanctimonious and condescending.
* {{Sidekick}}: Terra generally fills this role, though she does complain about always being put on crowd control.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Vartox decides to attire himself properly for his dinner with Power Girl. She instructs him, rather firmly, to put more clothes on. '''''Now'''''.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} is in the presence of a man who can copy her powers, she realizes that just beating him in a WizardDuel will not solve the problem, she needs to physically leave his presence to keep him from getting her powers permanently.
-->'''Zatanna:''' (''In Narration'') He's good right out of the gate. I'm just '''better'''. But being better isn't really the issue, I just need to get the heck away from this idiot!\\
'''Power Girl:''' "We need to get Zatanna the heck away from that idiot!"
* {{Squick}}: Power Girl's in-universe reaction to learning that the Ultra-Humanite had sex with his girlfriend Satanna... [[ShapeshiftingSquick in gorilla form]]. Because Satanna was turned on by his new body.
* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels:
--> '''Power Girl:''' "No! No, you ''didn't''!! You ''cloned Krypto''?!?! What kind of sick @#$#$--this is ''Superman's dog''. For crying out loud! Is ''nothing'' sacred!?"
** After Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are [[ForcedTransformation turned into rock people]] she looks down at her new rocky body and comments that "this is wrong on many, '''''many''''' levels."
* TooDumbToLive: Satanna has two moments, in back-to-back issues; first when Karen busts down the door to her lair, demanding to know where the real Atlee is, Satanna decides that taunting a visibly pissed off Kryptonian is a good idea. This costs her her left arm. Then, after sleeping with Dr. Sivana in an effort to get him to give her more weapons to fight Power Girl with, treats him with contempt and disgust, which he responds to by throwing her out a window since he got what he wanted and no longer had to bargain with her.
* UndergroundCity: Strata, Atlee's people's secret underground city.
* UnderwearOfPower: Her normal costume is a pretty standard superheroine outfit, but Terra has not yet grasped the importance of [[DressedInLayers always having your costume handy]] and one time she was forced to go into battle wearing nothing but adorable ladybug underwear when she and Power Girl were attacked while out at the movies.
* UngratefulBastard: Averted with the citizens of New York. They are nothing less than extremely grateful and friendly to Power Girl.
* UnwillingRoboticization: Randall Mikavic, a Russian Arms Dealer, becomes an android when one he is inadvertently buying boots up, determines its CPU isn't fully operational and decides to use [[WetwareCPU nearest available one]]. His main complaints are having to follow his programming, which he only vaguely knows, and [[BarbieDollAnatomy no longer having any "pork and beans"]] to have fun with. He enjoys being able to hulk out and cause mass destruction though.
* UseYourHead: She employs this technique multiple times throughout Volume 2. On one occasion, she knocked a giant Godzilla-like monster out cold by headbutting it in the nose.
* VerticalKidnapping: Exaggerated when Ultra-Humanite does this to ''Manhattan''.
* VillainBall: Siphon is a person capable of [[PowerParasite leeching magical power]] from nearby people, the stolen power becoming permanent after three hours in proximity. He plans to steal Zatanna's power, but for some reason involves Superman and Power Girl by siccing magically animated dinosaur statues at them. This causes Power Girl to call Zatanna's line, which alerts her to Z's distress when it goes straight to machine. This directly leads to his downfall, all because he couldn't just wait.
* WallOfText: Karen's real estate agent gives two in as many panels when she is introduced exiting the elevator; the first of which before it was fully opened.
* WasItAllALie: When Cho deduces Karen is Power Girl he accuses her of being a fraud whose secret identity is not something she actually cares about since she drags civilians into her conflicts. This is mostly a WhatTheHellHero because he's connecting the dots after she had just blackmailed him into helping her.
* WeirdnessMagnet: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Karen in the issue 6 of the Palmiotti run as she recaps the events of the previous issue.
--> An alien ship landed in Prospect Park, three fashionable women got out and caused some trouble, I got caught in the self-destruction of the ship and now they turn up in midtown Manhattan throwing cars at some guy in a Buck Rogers backpack. Seems I'm becoming a magnet for this sort of thing.
* WellThisIsNotThatTrope: In the first issue, Karen begins describing what apparently is her cousin's story, before saying "But it isn't that story. It's mine."
-->'''Power Girl:''' It's the classic tale of a distant and doomed planet named Krypton. The one where a small child is the last hope of a dying race. A refugee cast among the stars in search of a new home where he becomes the savior of an alien world... This '''isn't''' that story. Not exactly...
* WhoWritesThisCrap: She does not say the actual line, but Power Girl simply can not believe the story of Vartox and the infertility bomb that requires him to [[MarsNeedsWomen find a mate to save his planet]]. Power Girl is stifling laughter by the time he gets to the part about the "pregno-ray".
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The Judd Winick run seemed to exist to see how much of DC's roster could be crammed into her series.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Ix Negaspike is a self-replicating alien monster. When Karen freezes and smashes it to bits, it regenerates into more monsters.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Issue 12 has Karen wearing a swimsuit provided by Atlee and comments on its brevity resembling a [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/2/21/Power_Girl_0041.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100605235821 "thought balloon"]].
* BeneathTheEarth: Atlee's people live in a vast underground city. Their technology is so advanced that even Power Girl was impressed.
* BestialityIsDepraved: It's implied Satanna had sex with the Ultra-Humanite when his brain was first implanted into his gorilla body. [[{{Squick}} Not to mention the fact he was covered with the blood of the men who later attacked him. She told him not to wash off before the sex.]]
* BigApplesauce: She has now moved to Manhattan.
* BigBad: When breaking into New Cadmus, which is being orchestrated by Max Lord, Karen and Nico actually comment that this is the headquarters of the bad guy that is behind ''everything''.
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite]] tries to do this to Karen in Power Girl 10. It doesn't work.
* CallBack: The gags used when Karen and Atlee go shopping together first appeared in the Terra mini-series.
* CaptainErsatz: Vartox was originally based on Sean Connery, with his appearance taken from the movie ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' and his over-the-top machismo from Connery himself.
* CardCarryingVillain: "'Rue the day'? Nobody talks like that anymore. It just sounds stupid." "It's a classic villain line."
* CatsLoveLaserPointers: In issue #12, PG uses her heat vision to form a pair of dots to play with her cat.
* TheChikan: An issue featured a pervert who groped her in a subway. Bad idea..
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the author/artist switch to Judd Winick and Sami Basri, Terra, who had been Power Girl's sidekick/partner/sister throughout the early issues, appears in a grand total of one panel, with the kicker being Power Girl mentioning her as a Super Hero In Training, and afterwards is neither seen nor mentioned again.
* CListFodder: The Blue Snowman is the initial villain of the Vartox arc, and is introduced with the caption "'''Blue Snowman'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14"
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** Towards the end of the pre-New 52 series, it was noted that the character, either intentionally or otherwise, was starting to resemble ''Series/MadMen'' actress Creator/ChristinaHendricks. And not just due to Hendricks having a similar build.
** Recurring character Vartox, as he was in his original ''Superman'' appearances in the 1970s, continues to be based on Creator/SeanConnery in his role in the sci-fi film ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.
* ComicalOverReacting: One of Satanna's minon's goes nuts ranting about how much emphasis people put in sports and celebrities rather than science.
* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Krypto is ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness so damn heroic]]'' that [[HeroicDog even his evil clone comes to Karen's aide]].
* CoveredInGunge: When Power Girl erupts from the throat of one of the Hydra's heads, she is covered in the the monster's blood.
* CrazyPrepared: Not as crazy as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} some]], but Power Girl has repeatedly stressed that Terra needs to wear her uniform ''all the time'', [[DressedInLayers under her regular clothing if need be]], so she will always be ready for danger to strike at any moment.
* {{Crossover}}: Issue #20 is directly continued in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', which follows up on Power Girl's {{brainwashing}} at the hands of Max Lord to kill the Justice League International.
* CurbStompBattle: Once Power Girl is pushed past her limit and stops holding back she takes Ultra-Humanite, who a few pages earlier had been bragging about destroying all of civilization, and beats him down in six panels. Four of those panels are PG ''slamming his head against a wall''. The other two were her punching him in the face.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: {{Deconstructed}}. Power Girl (In her role as Karen Starr, head of Starrware) holds the patents to several miraculous technologies and heads what seems to be a well-running corporation. However, now that they have engineered these miraculous technologies they need to develop them into some form of marketable product, deal with worried overseeing government agencies and also contend with the almost insurmountable issues of normal office paperwork. Starrware might be on the cutting edge of human technology, and its stock prices will probably go through the roof once it goes public, but right now it needs to find some way to actually gain revenue from its assets. Power Girl herself is struggling to make ends meet until the profits start to come in, and lampshades this when fighting the Blue Snowman, who had developed the technology to create weather and was using this technology to steal jewels not worth half of what her equipment was worth.
* DayInTheLife: Volume 12 of Power Girl's ongoing series is largely this. As it turns out, her daily life involves bathing in an empathic bikini, bonding with Terra and stopping a fight between an alien monster and [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[Film/{{Zardoz}} Sean Connery]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: After the initial 12 volumes Karen learns the hard way that the life of a superhero and a business tycoon don't exactly mix well together, [[spoiler: leading to her losing her company]]. [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] later on, as she finally finds a balance in her life.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The most consistent part of Power Girl's character is that she must be an empowered woman with her own unique identity, a grown up Supergirl that doesn't want to take her cousin's symbol and legacy, she is her own woman; anything beyond that, however, varies from writer to writer - such as how serious Karen is, from full blown put off by anything she considers nonsense to more an approachable fun girl; to what extent her female empowerment must be part of her character, from little moments where Karen asserts herself as a woman put off by slimy men, and won't tolerate women being taken advantage of, to a more constant and very outspoken person to point out many faults men have, including her superhero colleagues.
* DestinationDefenestration: Satanna really should learn the art of small-talk and cuddling.
* DishingOutDirt: Atlee, the new Terra, and Power Girl's new best friend. They go see movies together.
* DressedInLayers: Though Power Girl herself is always prepared for trouble, Terra has not quite grasped the concept that she always needs to wear her costume underneath her clothing just in case. As such, she is completely unprepared when a monster rises up when she and PG are out watching a movie and she ends up going into battle [[UnderwearOfPower dressed only in adorable lady-bug underwear]].
** Note that the writer actually put effort into making it ''plausible'' for PG.
* EatenAlive: The Hydra swallows Power Girl whole. The monster seems to prefer her food this way as she attempts to eat her alive ''again.''
* EvilBrunetteTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilTwin evil clone]] of Power Girl, has black hair opposed to PG's blonde, but is otherwise identical in every way.
* EvilerThanThou: Satanna goes to [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Dr. Sivanna]] to get a weapon to revenge herself on Power Girl and gives him what he wanted as payment. Afterwards he attempts some minor small-talk and she, [[CardCarryingVillain because she and he are villains]], does not feel it is necessary to disguise the fact that she felt this was a heartily disgusting event which she did solely as part of a business exchange. He agrees with her, then points out that since they are bad guys he no longer cares about her desires since she gave him what he wanted, and [[DestinationDefenestration throws her out the window]].
* EvilLaugh: Apparently, characters differentiate between your {{Mad Scientist}}s and scientists who happen to be mad by the presence or absence of a good "Moo-Ha-Ha!"
* EvilTwin: "Divine," the [[EvilBrunetteTwin dark haired]] clone of Power Girl.
* {{Faceship}}: Vartox's spaceship looks like a human head... with an impressive mustache.
* FanService: Lots, including the new series with a trio of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe gorgeous aliens]].
* FireForgedFriends: She is more or less friends with ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'', although the first time they met she was (understandably) pissed that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Harley deceived her when she had amnesia, once she got her memory back.]] Much later they have to team up again against an EldritchAbomination that's way out of Harley's league, and it's clear Power Girl does care about Harley, as she even saves her life a couple times.
* ForcedTransformation: Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are briefly turned into rock people by Siphon, who can copy Zatanna's powers.
* FrameUp: In ''Power Girl'' #24 and #25, Rayhan Mazin was flying from New York to Gotham when his plane threatened to crash. Mazin used his weather-controlling powers to right the ship and get it to land safely, but unfortunately it was thought he was the one who caused the plane to go down. Mazin surrendered willingly, thinking he would be released once he could explain. Six months later, he remains in Renatta detention facility. Nobody believes him and he is worried about his ill father, whom he isn't allowed to speak to. Mazin escapes to see his dying father, with Power Girl and Batman attempting to capture him. Mazin summons a hurricane above Gotham and slips away while Power Girl goes to undo it. Mazin visits his father as he dies and Batman believes his story, stopping some security men from going inside. Later Power Girl apologizes to Mazin for getting him locked up. Batman is looking into Mazin's case and has found out some federal investigators were interested in apprehending a metahuman terrorist, so they framed him to get more funding. The story ends with Batman investigating who's responsible for Mazin's detention while he visits the Justice Society of America.
* FreudianExcuse: Discussed when Karen assumes that Ultra-Humanite's "behavior can be partly explained by childhood bullying and a lifetime of failure and humiliation, especially by women" since the guy transplanted his brain into an albino gorilla. ''Obviously'' he has ''issues''.
** Deconstructed later on. Ultra-Humanite's reason for going evil was his body was deteriorating quickly. In Power Girl 11, he has his own -and healthy- body back thanks to Karen. And he still wants to have his revenge. From that point on, he hasn't an excuse anymore, and he deserves whatever happens to him.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In a story arc, Ultra-Humanite swaps bodies with Terra.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Amanda Conner's artwork is full of these, such as [[AnimalReactionShot PG's cat not liking who she is interviewing]] or stealing shrimp from their Chinese take out. When a flasher [[TooDumbToLive tries to expose himself to PG and Terra]] PG uses her [[BreathWeapon freeze breath]] on his exposed areas; after she calls for a cop the next panel pans back to reveal that they are standing in front of a dermatology clinic whose current special "will freeze off your..." When PG and Terra change out of their regular clothes into their costumes, a bum can be seen enjoying the show.
* GeniusBruiser: Karen says that she's not just superpowered, but super smart and she shows it. When faced with a SadisticChoice between saving the Leaning Tower of Pisa, rescuing Cyclone, or rescuing a Vietnamese girl held hostage by Typhoon with a time limit, PG buys herself time by setting up a tidal wave in the middle of the ocean timed to knock out Typhoon in Vietnam. She also frees Cyclone as backup to either stop him or help her stop the wave from causing collateral damage. While flying around the world doing this she uses her super hearing to triangulate the location the villain is talking to her from, using only the delay between her speaking and hearing it echo from the other end as reference. The only thing that kept her from capturing the Calculator is the fact that he was broadcasting by proxy.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Karen does this ''a lot'' when she is making a dramatic entrance or someone (usually a villain or Vartox) is annoying her.
* GoodIsNotSoft: In Power Girl issue 10, Karen finds out that [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite transplanted his brain into Terra's body]]. After beating him up, she visits Satanna and demands [[spoiler:Terra's brain]] back. When Satanna tries to mock her, she blasts her arm off.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: PG's cherry panties.
* GrandTheftMe: In issue 11, Ultra-Humanite attempts to take over Power Girl's body to gain her immense power, even temporary gaining control of Terra's as part of one of his plans until Power Girl defeated him and restored her young friend to her rightful body with the help of Atlee's people.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Well, they do not have green skin, but other than that, the alien babes from issues #4-6 fit the idea.
* GroinAttack: At the beginning of issue #19, Power Girl is reminiscing about a fight she had with a giant humanoid robot where she tried to inflict one on it, but since the robot had all of the plumbing of an action figure, all she succeeded in doing was kicking a hole in it while getting a bunch of goop on her boot.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: In issue #9, Karen runs from the shower and starts chasing after the kid blackmailing her and dashes down the stairs after him, runs past a neighbor, and literally collars the kid, at which point her towel drops, giving the kid and neighbor a good look at her naked body (the reader is not so lucky, due to a strategically placed bunch of carrots and an arm). She covers herself with bread and a pie pan.
* HeroicDog: Apparently, Max Lord gave Professor Ivo very strict instructions ''not'' to clone Krypto, Superman's dog.
--> '''Max Lord:''' "We talked about this! ''Don't clone the dog!'' Dogs are ''weird''! [[IncorruptiblePurePureness The whole loyalty thing just seems to be branded right in on a genetic level]], for Pete's sake!"
* HowDoIShotWeb: Power Girl actually discusses this trope when fighting her evil clone. She reasons that, even if "Divine" has all the same powers as her that does not mean she knows how to ''use'' those powers, since she has only been "alive" for ten minutes and has never worked with these abilities before.
* HydraProblem: Obviously when Power Girl fights the multi-headed Hydra in the first issue of ''Harley Quinn and Power Girl''. Owned by Sleenox, a self-admitted exile with a lecherous side, the monster attacks Power Girl and Harley Quinn, with the latter thinking it's "cute". Although one of the heads initially swallows Power Girl, she immediately erupts her way out from the monster's throat, decapitating the head which landed on Sleezox.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Cho - formerly a hacker - calls Karen out on threatening to out him if he didn't help her, she answered that she did what she had to do.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** Simultaneously played straight and lampshaded in "Power Girl" issue 10. When Terra was [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe taken over by the Ultra-Humanite]]]] and fighting Power Girl she kept taunting PG.
--->'''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]''': Let's have one of those totally cliched hero-slash-friend fights. You get to say things like, "I know you're stronger than this", or "You can fight it"... oh, and "This isn't you"! And I'll say things like... "I know your secret identity" and "All the people you care about are going to die!"
** In Power Girl's {{crossover}} with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' Power Girl has been {{brainwashed}} into believing that the members of the Justice League International are other heroes planning to conquer and rule humanity. The members of JLI, dreading the destruction and loss of life that would come from fighting Power Girl in earnest (Assuming they could ''survive'' such a fight), try to get through the brainwashing and have her recognize them.
* InsistentTerminology: They are ''not'' "monsters," they are ''G.E.L.F.s.'' It is not that hard to remember.
* {{Kaiju}}: One that looks almost exactly like the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King of the Monsters himself]] appears in the fourth issue.
* KickTheDog: Ultra-Humanite and Satanna are already well past the MoralEventHorizon, they were murderers and psychopaths long before this series started, but when they put Atlee's brain inside the burned gorilla body it is just '''wrong'''.
* LampshadeHanging: Atlee seems to derive nourishment from all the lamps she keeps pointing out:
-->"[[ClarkKenting Yeah, who would ever believe that under those mild-mannered clothes is a superhero named Power Girl]]? [[SarcasmMode I mean, you two look]] ''[[SarcasmMode nothing]]'' [[SarcasmMode alike!]]"
-->"[[StrictlyFormula Well, it seems a lot of things up here follow a formula]]...a series of events that happen over and over, isn't that true? Take supervillains ... you guys catch them committing crimes, they go to jail, they ''break out'' and you guys put them back again."
** When Karen and Atlee go to see a movie for the first time, the movie has an obvious reference to the resurrection of Barry Allen, the second Flash who had recently come back to life.
--> '''Redheaded love interest''': I thought you were dead.
--> '''Blonde guy played by Alan Barry''': [[ComicBookDeath I got better!]]
* LargeHam: Vartox is either the single greatest event to happen to comic-books since an artist thought "Wait a second, ''I can make them [[MostCommonSuperpower as big as I want]]''," or he has come to murder all Power Girl fans with overexposure to the "sexy superstud from planet Valeron."
--> '''Vartox''': "Bask in the seduction musk distilled from tears of the ghost poets of dimension seven...to prove his manly prowess, Vartox has arranged for a demonstration of masculinity."
** Karen herself flies into a [[Film/TropicThunder Les Grossman style rant]] at the beginning of issue 14.
* LetsYouAndHimFight:
--> '''Terra[[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Ultra-Humanite]]]]:''' "Let's have one of those [[LampshadeHanging totally clichéd hero-slash-friend fights]]. You get to say things like [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight 'I know you're stronger than this', or 'You can fight it'...oh, and 'This isn't you!']]"
* LingerieScene: Vartox decides to dress appropriately for his dinner with Power Girl. The results are... not quite right for a formal dinner, but Power Girl can not help but peek through her fingers just a little.
* LovelyAngels: Karen and Terra fought together in Power Girl's book. Usually Karen fights at the forefront as Terra handles group control and attacks from afar with her geokinesis.
* MadScientist: For your convenience, models come both with and without "[[EvilLaugh Moo-Ha-Ha!]]"
* MarsNeedsWomen: Vartox needs Kryptonian women in particular.
* MassOhCrap: In issue #11, all of Satanna's minions stare terrified when Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off and they realize Miss Kryptonian Powerhouse is ''pissed''.
* MediumAwareness: The narrator is quite aware of how things work in comic-book land:
--> '''Power Girl''', Kara Zor-L... '''Life Expectancy''': It's her series, what do ''you'' think?\\
'''Dr Mid-Nite'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Shaken, not stirred\\
'''Blue Snowman'''...'''Life Expectancy''': Panel 4, Page 14\\
Vernon O'Valeron A.K.A. '''Vartox'''... '''Life Expectancy''': Waiting to hear back from the editors
* MegatonPunch: Karen gave one to Vartox when he hit on her.
* MirrorMatch: She's fought her double from the recreated Earth-2, and her evil clone, "Divine".
* MotherlyScientist: Subverted. When Power Girl strikes Cadmus, she breaks the jails keeping the cloned creatures, hoping that Dr. Ivo stops focusing on her in order to save his creations. However he runs away, and Karen notes that he isn't motherly at all.
* MundaneUtility: Karen has been seen using her heat vision to shave her legs. Since she is nigh invulnerable, her options are limited.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Karen accidentally exposes herself to some of her neighbors chasing down the teenager who was blackmailing her.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Magic dinosaurs with [[GatlingGood minigun arms]], [[AxCrazy carrying axes]] and [[EyeBeams shooting lasers from their eyes]] are just some of the creations of Siphon, a man who copied ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s powers.
* NoOSHACompliance: "Note to mad scientists and would-be world-conquering psychopaths... ''safety regulations exist for a reason''."
* NobodyPoops: Averted. The first two panels of issue #9 has Karen on the toilet.
* OhCrap: Power Girl utters the line after realizing that she only has 3 seconds until a ship explodes. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Her face in that panel]] [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l72nwtVZBm1qcabtmo1_500.jpg totally sells it]].
** Later on both Power Girl and Superman have this when they realize the dinosaurs they're fighting can actually wound them.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Power Girl is just as noble and heroic as her cousin. With that said when her sidekick Terra's brain was switched with Ultra-Humanite's, Power Girl demanded that the one responsible switched it back... By using her ''heat vision to blast off her arm''.
** In an issue crossing over with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'', Kara (who finally remembers Maxwell Lord's existence after he mind-wiped the world into forgetting him) is trying to get Dick Grayson to remember Lord. Batman (who also remembers Lord) shows up to make Dick go over the death of Blue Beetle, who Max had murdered but, thanks to the mindwipe, everyone thinks killed himself. Every time Bruce points out inconsistencies in the bullet wounds, etc, Dick offers an explanation. When Bruce points out that Dick is going out of his way to avoid the evidence, Dick stops, realizing that goes against everything he's been trained for. This finally allows him to break through the mindwipe and realize Beetle was murdered.
* PervertRevengeMode: While Power Girl is used to being ogled by people (specially dudes) around her, she does have her limits. In one issue while going on a subway in her civilian persona, a pervert groped her from the behind and she knocked him out of the train, and in a later instance, some creep flashed her and she used her super-breath to freeze his junk so he would have no choice but to let the police catch him.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Vartox [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable decides to slip into something more comfortable]] the result is [[NightmareFuel not quite what he intended]], and Power Girl rather firmly insists that he puts more clothes on. '''Now.'''
* PornStache: Deliberately employed for Vartox, who claims to 'embody masculinity.'
* TheRealHeroes: Power Girl managed to squeeze one in. When a firefighter is helping her limp away from a bomb crater he comments that he does not often get the opportunity to help somebody like her ("Like me?" "Yeah... a ''hero''") and she replies "I can say the same thing about you."
* RealityWarper: Who turns out to be a young girl who reads a lot of fantasy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: {{Inverted}}. Power Girl blasts Satanna's arm off first, then gives her the mother of all stink eyes.
* RefugeInAudacity: The [[TheSeventies planet Valeron]] is ruled by the sexy superstud [[LargeHam Vartox]], assisted by Chancellor Groovicus Mellow, and Vartox wields his [[PornStache mighty moustache]] from his happening pad while fending off [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Yeti]] {{pirate}}s. ''All in one issue!''
* RightInFrontOfMe: In "Power Girl" issue 4, Dexter - one of Karen's employees - asks her if she can tell Power Girl that she's fantastic.
* RiseFromYourGrave: In Power Girl issue #11, [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite makes use of Terra's geokinesis]] to bury Karen alive. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/1/17/Kara_Zor-L_Earth-Two_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171107202325 She only needs a few seconds to escape]]. Justified because she's a Kryptonian, ergo she is super-strong and she doesn't need to breathe.
* SamusIsAGirl: Blue Snowman is short, stocky and wears a PoweredArmor which resembles a cartoony robot. When the villain takes her helmet off, and Karen sees she's been fighting a girl, she's shocked.
-->'''Power Girl:''' What the hell? You're a chick?
* SciFiBobHaircut: PG's most famous cut, that she has had for most of her life.
* SecurityCling: Terra does this to Karen after being rescued from the Ultra-Humanite and Satanna.
* TheSeventies: The planet Valeron might actually be an alien world perpetually stuck in the era of disco.
* ShoppingMontage: With Atlee to get furniture for her new apartment. Also Cinnamon Buns.
* ShoutOut:
** When Power Girl knocks out Siphon and reverses his spell to "Unleash Hell," the demonic maelstrom vanishes and she says "so long Creator/HPLovecraft."
** [[Film/RealGenius "Rue the day?" Who talks like that?]]
** At the cinema Power Girl and Terra are approached by Howard and the other boys of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Naturally Karen gives him a short lesson on how to treat a woman.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Satanna tries to taunt Karen after [[spoiler:transplanting the Ultra-Humanite's brain into her best friend's body]], Karen isn't in the mood for her crap and blasts Satanna's arm off.
-->'''Satanna:''' My arm! What kind of heroine would do that to someone's arm?\\
'''Power Girl:''' Quit your bawling, Satanna! You're a surgeon, you can pick your arm up and do whatever you want with it -- after you tell me where I can find my friend Terra!
* ShutUpKirk: Whenever Karen tries to talk down a villain she sees needs at least a second chance she's dismissed as being sanctimonious and condescending.
* {{Sidekick}}: Terra generally fills this role, though she does complain about always being put on crowd control.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Vartox decides to attire himself properly for his dinner with Power Girl. She instructs him, rather firmly, to put more clothes on. '''''Now'''''.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} is in the presence of a man who can copy her powers, she realizes that just beating him in a WizardDuel will not solve the problem, she needs to physically leave his presence to keep him from getting her powers permanently.
-->'''Zatanna:''' (''In Narration'') He's good right out of the gate. I'm just '''better'''. But being better isn't really the issue, I just need to get the heck away from this idiot!\\
'''Power Girl:''' "We need to get Zatanna the heck away from that idiot!"
* {{Squick}}: Power Girl's in-universe reaction to learning that the Ultra-Humanite had sex with his girlfriend Satanna... [[ShapeshiftingSquick in gorilla form]]. Because Satanna was turned on by his new body.
* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels:
--> '''Power Girl:''' "No! No, you ''didn't''!! You ''cloned Krypto''?!?! What kind of sick @#$#$--this is ''Superman's dog''. For crying out loud! Is ''nothing'' sacred!?"
** After Power Girl, Superman and Zatanna are [[ForcedTransformation turned into rock people]] she looks down at her new rocky body and comments that "this is wrong on many, '''''many''''' levels."
* TooDumbToLive: Satanna has two moments, in back-to-back issues; first when Karen busts down the door to her lair, demanding to know where the real Atlee is, Satanna decides that taunting a visibly pissed off Kryptonian is a good idea. This costs her her left arm. Then, after sleeping with Dr. Sivana in an effort to get him to give her more weapons to fight Power Girl with, treats him with contempt and disgust, which he responds to by throwing her out a window since he got what he wanted and no longer had to bargain with her.
* UndergroundCity: Strata, Atlee's people's secret underground city.
* UnderwearOfPower: Her normal costume is a pretty standard superheroine outfit, but Terra has not yet grasped the importance of [[DressedInLayers always having your costume handy]] and one time she was forced to go into battle wearing nothing but adorable ladybug underwear when she and Power Girl were attacked while out at the movies.
* UngratefulBastard: Averted with the citizens of New York. They are nothing less than extremely grateful and friendly to Power Girl.
* UnwillingRoboticization: Randall Mikavic, a Russian Arms Dealer, becomes an android when one he is inadvertently buying boots up, determines its CPU isn't fully operational and decides to use [[WetwareCPU nearest available one]]. His main complaints are having to follow his programming, which he only vaguely knows, and [[BarbieDollAnatomy no longer having any "pork and beans"]] to have fun with. He enjoys being able to hulk out and cause mass destruction though.
* UseYourHead: She employs this technique multiple times throughout Volume 2. On one occasion, she knocked a giant Godzilla-like monster out cold by headbutting it in the nose.
* VerticalKidnapping: Exaggerated when Ultra-Humanite does this to ''Manhattan''.
* VillainBall: Siphon is a person capable of [[PowerParasite leeching magical power]] from nearby people, the stolen power becoming permanent after three hours in proximity. He plans to steal Zatanna's power, but for some reason involves Superman and Power Girl by siccing magically animated dinosaur statues at them. This causes Power Girl to call Zatanna's line, which alerts her to Z's distress when it goes straight to machine. This directly leads to his downfall, all because he couldn't just wait.
* WallOfText: Karen's real estate agent gives two in as many panels when she is introduced exiting the elevator; the first of which before it was fully opened.
* WasItAllALie: When Cho deduces Karen is Power Girl he accuses her of being a fraud whose secret identity is not something she actually cares about since she drags civilians into her conflicts. This is mostly a WhatTheHellHero because he's connecting the dots after she had just blackmailed him into helping her.
* WeirdnessMagnet: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Karen in the issue 6 of the Palmiotti run as she recaps the events of the previous issue.
--> An alien ship landed in Prospect Park, three fashionable women got out and caused some trouble, I got caught in the self-destruction of the ship and now they turn up in midtown Manhattan throwing cars at some guy in a Buck Rogers backpack. Seems I'm becoming a magnet for this sort of thing.
* WellThisIsNotThatTrope: In the first issue, Karen begins describing what apparently is her cousin's story, before saying "But it isn't that story. It's mine."
-->'''Power Girl:''' It's the classic tale of a distant and doomed planet named Krypton. The one where a small child is the last hope of a dying race. A refugee cast among the stars in search of a new home where he becomes the savior of an alien world... This '''isn't''' that story. Not exactly...
* WhoWritesThisCrap: She does not say the actual line, but Power Girl simply can not believe the story of Vartox and the infertility bomb that requires him to [[MarsNeedsWomen find a mate to save his planet]]. Power Girl is stifling laughter by the time he gets to the part about the "pregno-ray".
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* (1988-1988) '''''[[ComicBook/PowerGirl1988 Power Girl]]''''' Vol 1
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: This version of PG has serious issues about whether she's ''really'' part of the Superman Family, and also has PTSD from being trapped in her Symbioship.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Symbioship is sentient, and it ''hates'' her.
* ADayInTheLimelight: #5 focuses on Streaky, as he defeats a gang of petnappers without PG even noticing he was gone.
* MeaningfulRename:Following on from Jon Kent suggesting the name "Paige" in her ''Action Comics'' back-up strip (since she no longer identifies with the name "Kara", associating it with the ''other'' Kara Zor-El, and always saw "Karen Starr" as a disguise more than an identity) she now has the new identity of Dr. Paige Stetler, ''Daily Planet'' tech writer.
* MythologyGag: She affectionately refers to Streaky as "Stinky", the name she eventually gave her cat in pre-''Flashpoint'' continuity.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Symbioship is sentient, and it ''hates'' her.
* ADayInTheLimelight: #5 focuses on Streaky, as he defeats a gang of petnappers without PG even noticing he was gone.
* MeaningfulRename:Following on from Jon Kent suggesting the name "Paige" in her ''Action Comics'' back-up strip (since she no longer identifies with the name "Kara", associating it with the ''other'' Kara Zor-El, and always saw "Karen Starr" as a disguise more than an identity) she now has the new identity of Dr. Paige Stetler, ''Daily Planet'' tech writer.
* MythologyGag: She affectionately refers to Streaky as "Stinky", the name she eventually gave her cat in pre-''Flashpoint'' continuity.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Symbioship is sentient, and it ''hates'' her.
* ADayInTheLimelight: #5 focuses on Streaky, as he defeats a gang of petnappers without PG even noticing he was gone.
* MeaningfulRename:Following on from Jon Kent suggesting the name "Paige" in her ''Action Comics'' back-up strip (since she no longer identifies with the name "Kara", associating it with the ''other'' Kara Zor-El, and always saw "Karen Starr" as a disguise more than an identity) she now has the new identity of Dr. Paige Stetler, ''Daily Planet'' tech writer.
* MythologyGag: She affectionately refers to Streaky as "Stinky", the name she eventually gave her cat in pre-''Flashpoint'' continuity.
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* DropTheHammer: The weapon Sivana provides Satanna with to defeat Power Girl is a giant mallet that unleashes sonic booms as it strikes which bypasses Karen's invulnerability and gradually ruptures her insides.
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In 2015's ''Harley Quinn & Power Girl'' series, Harley finds and teams up with an older and amnesiac Power Girl with the two having various misadventures and fighting various D-list villains and Vartox, who still tries to seduce Power Girl in order to repopulate his race. It's later revealed that this Power Girl is from the ''Pre-Flashpoint'' Prime Earth (the same one from the 2009's comic series) with the second Terra; Atlee, also reappearing. However, both ends up disappearing from the [[PutOnABus universe]] and only reappears after the ''Comicbook/DarkNightsMetal'' event following the fall of the source wall keeping the universe separated, but kept in the background.
In 2020-2022, the events of ''Comicbook/DoomsdayClock'', ''Comicbook/DarkCrisis'' and ''Comicbook/FlashpointBeyond'' meant that the JSA was back in continuity, and a Power Girl very close to the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was part of that. Shortly after she was reestablished, however, the MassEmpoweringEvent in ''Comicbook/LazarusPlanet'' gave her telepathic powers. She then had an ''Comicbook/ActionComics'' back-up strip in which she used these powers as a superhuman shrink, with the help of Omen. She also took the name "Paige" in this strip (representing a "new page" in her life and also playing on "PG"), feeling disconnected from both "Kara Zor-L" and "Karen Starr". She then got a one-shot where she burned through those powers to defeat Johnny Sorrow, leading to another ongoing series.
In 2020-2022, the events of ''Comicbook/DoomsdayClock'', ''Comicbook/DarkCrisis'' and ''Comicbook/FlashpointBeyond'' meant that the JSA was back in continuity, and a Power Girl very close to the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was part of that. Shortly after she was reestablished, however, the MassEmpoweringEvent in ''Comicbook/LazarusPlanet'' gave her telepathic powers. She then had an ''Comicbook/ActionComics'' back-up strip in which she used these powers as a superhuman shrink, with the help of Omen. She also took the name "Paige" in this strip (representing a "new page" in her life and also playing on "PG"), feeling disconnected from both "Kara Zor-L" and "Karen Starr". She then got a one-shot where she burned through those powers to defeat Johnny Sorrow, leading to another ongoing series.
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In 2015's ''Harley Quinn & Power Girl'' series, Harley finds and teams up with an older and amnesiac Power Girl with the two having various misadventures and fighting various D-list villains and Vartox, who still tries to seduce Power Girl in order to repopulate his race. It's later revealed that this Power Girl is from the ''Pre-Flashpoint'' Prime Earth (the same one from the 2009's comic series) with the second Terra; Atlee, also reappearing. However, both ends up disappearing from the [[PutOnABus universe]] and only reappears after the ''Comicbook/DarkNightsMetal'' ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' event following the fall of the source wall keeping the universe separated, but kept in the background.
In 2020-2022, the events of''Comicbook/DoomsdayClock'', ''Comicbook/DarkCrisis'' ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' and ''Comicbook/FlashpointBeyond'' ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' meant that the JSA was back in continuity, and a Power Girl very close to the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was part of that. Shortly after she was reestablished, however, the MassEmpoweringEvent in ''Comicbook/LazarusPlanet'' ''ComicBook/LazarusPlanet'' gave her telepathic powers. She then had an ''Comicbook/ActionComics'' ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' back-up strip in which she used these powers as a superhuman shrink, with the help of Omen. She also took the name "Paige" in this strip (representing a "new page" in her life and also playing on "PG"), feeling disconnected from both "Kara Zor-L" and "Karen Starr". She then got a one-shot where she burned through those powers to defeat Johnny Sorrow, leading to another ongoing series.
In 2020-2022, the events of
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* CrazyPrepared: Not as crazy as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} some]], but Power Girl has repeatedly stressed that Terra needs to wear her uniform ''all the time'', [[DressedInLayers under her regular clothing if need be]], so she will always be ready for danger to strike at any moment.
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* CrazyPrepared: Not as crazy as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} some]], but Power Girl has repeatedly stressed that Terra needs to wear her uniform ''all the time'', [[DressedInLayers under her regular clothing if need be]], so she will always be ready for danger to strike at any moment.
