History Fridge / Stargirl2020

*** Additionally, there's a ''reason'' not just one, but several of his abilities are listed under StoryBreakerPower. If Henry were to survive and grow into his powers, he could probably take out the ''entire ISA'' (except maybe his dad) single-handedly from a distance. He could've been a serious threat to Eclipso, and Season Three would've been very different if his mind-reading abilities had been on hand. In a 'verse where psychics and therefore {{psychic block defense}}s are practically unknown, he's unfortunately way too much of a game-breaker. It's probably the same reason they had to kill off the Wizard as well. Even a low-scale RealityWarper is no joke if they're enough of a CombatPragmatist.

* When Eclipso possesses Stargirl, he bellows that "only one" can control the Cosmic Staff. Then we see (as we thought at the time) Starman grab the Staff and say, "Well, maybe two." At the time, it just seemed like he was being snarky with the "maybe". However, the Ultra Humanite had no way to be sure that the Staff would respond to him, so that "maybe" was honest.

* There's a quick bit early in Season Three where Sylvester blames the Shade for the death of Jay Garrick, despite the fact that Jay's helmet was seen covered in ice during the opening battle, implying that Jordan killed him. At the time, viewers might have put this down to the Shade being an accomplice or Sylvester simply being confused, but it's actually a brilliant bit of foreshadowing to episode 12, that ''it's not Sylvester speaking'' (since the Ultra-Humanite was never at the battle, and would have had no way of knowing what happened). Meanwhile, the Shade a) was distracted by his powers malfunctioning, and b) probably thinks Sylvester is blaming him as an accomplice, so he wouldn't have said anything.

* When we (supposedly) first encounter the Ultra-Humanite, he's chasing Mike and Jakeem in a raging fury -- "I'll kill them all!" -- which sounds less like someone identifying potential threats to his plans and more like someone with a personal reason to hate his targets, despite the fact that he has (seemingly) never met them before. At the time you assume that it's just because he's an AxCrazy psychopath who enjoys killing... but it makes a '''lot''' more sense once you learn that he's actually Dragon King, who ''does'' have a personal grudge against the team.
* The Ultra-Humanite didn't actually need to work hard to destabilize the team. Sooner or later, their issues would have gotten the best of them: The Crocks and the Shade were having a hard time being trusted by everyone else, Rick's anger and need to use the Hourglass would have driven him to do something dangerous, Beth was already growing ambivalent about her parents' new roles in the superhero part of her life, Mike was going his own way to prove himself to everyone else, and Yolanda was never going to forgive Cindy for the sext. All he did in the end was move things along to their logical conclusion.

* During the fight in the grocery store, both Sportsmaster and Tigress mention that they were getting bored already and show an eagerness to fight. Later on, Crusher picks up a bat and says "Hello, old friend," and then is encouraged by Paula to use it on Sylvester. Between that and Cindy's betrayal of Courtney's trust in the same episode, the actions and behaviors of Sylvester and everyone else (to a lesser extent) could be causing the villains to start regressing.

* With the violent way Sylvester has been reacting to the remaining ISA members, and the LackOfEmpathy on their side, things have become very volatile in Blue Valley lately. One could wonder how he would have reacted if, say, either Icicle (who killed him), or Brainwave (who killed both his sister and his nephew) were still around.
* During the fight in the grocery store, both Sportsmaster and Tigress mention that they were getting bored already and show an eagerness to fight. Later on, Crusher picks up a bat and says "Hello, old friend," and then is encouraged by Paula to use it on Sylvester. Between that and Cindy's betrayal of Courtney's trust in the same episode, the actions and behaviors of Sylvester and everyone else (to a lesser extent) could be causing the villains to start regressing.
* It's not dwelt on, but during his resurrection, Sylvester must've ''punched/broken his way out through his own coffin'' and dug up through the dirt, before returning to a world ten years on from the one he knew. No wonder the poor guy is so traumatized!

* During the fight in the grocery store, both Sportsmaster and Tigress mention that they were getting bored already and show an eagerness to fight. Later on, Crusher picks up a bat and says "Hello, old friend," and then is encouraged by Paula to use it on Sylvester. Between that and Cindy's betrayal of Courtney's trust in the same episode, the actions and behaviors of Sylvester and everyone else (to a lesser extent) could be causing the villains to start regressing.

*** Additionally, there's a ''reason'' not just one, but several of his abilities are listed under StoryBreakerPower. If Henry were to survive and grow into his powers, he could probably take out the ''entire ISA'' single-handedly from a distance, as well as any future threats. In a 'verse where psychics and therefore {{psychic block defense}}s are practically unknown, he's unfortunately way too much of a game-breaker. It's probably the same reason they had to kill off the Wizard as well. Even a low-scale RealityWarper is no joke if they're enough of a CombatPragmatist.

* In "Summer School: Chapter Eleven," the Shade leaves the portal to the Shadowlands open for a few seconds after [[spoiler: Cindy]] passes back into our world. In retrospect, this foreshadows [[spoiler: that his "death scene" is really just him being a drama queen. Had he really been using up the last of his energy, he'd have shut down the portal the second she came through]].

* Even though Dr. Ito is (literally) an inhuman monster, Cindy still keeps a photo of him in her room; specifically, one that was taken when he was still a regular person. Fridge TearJerker starts to kick in when you realize she probably kept it to remind herself that her father, despite being a mass-murdering criminal, was still a regular human being at one point, something that she'll ''never'' get to see him as.

** The second is that while William wasn't responsible for Brainwave's actions he knew what was being planned and did nothing, not even warn the others so they could stop him. As a result the group gets exposed and their plan is now in jeopardy with Henry comatose. In Icicle's eyes that's BetrayalByInaction.

* With the violent way Sylvester has been reacting to the remaining ISA members, and the LackOfEmpathy on their side, things have become very volatile in Blue Valley lately. One could wonder how he would have reacted if, say, either Icicle (who killed him), or Brainwave (who killed both his sister and his nephew) were still around.

** Given that we have two named superhero teams in the JSA and the Seven Soldiers of Victory, I think we can assume they're not the only heroes out there.

* The FoeYay between Cindy and Courtney makes sense when one realizes that Courtney tried to befriend Cindy, which is something very few, if any, people have ever tried to do--even Jenny mostly seemed to just want to hang out with the AlphaBitch, while her stepmother is cowed and intimidated by her. It's possible Courtney is the ''only'' person to ever show any interest in Cindy as a person, or who treats her as an equal.

* In a way, Joey Zarick's death makes sense from both a meta and narrative standpoint. The other children of the ISA (Cameron, Henry Jr, Cindy, and Artemis), are established characters in the comics who each continue their parents' legacies as supervillains, and it appears that they're destined to follow the same path in the show[[note]]Though whether they become villains or ''[[AdaptationalHeroism heroes]]'' is up to the writers[[/note]], with Cindy being the first to make the transition. Joey, on the other hand, [[CanonForeigner has no comic book equivalent]], and since he isn't destined to become an established villain/hero like the other children, he can be killed off for [[RuleOfDrama the sake of the story]] ''without'' invoking NotHisSled.
** In a strange way, the death of Henry King Jr also makes strange sense both meta-wise and narratively. Though not a CanonForeigner like the above, his character has a very unfortunate path of becoming a hero and RedeemingReplacement, only to succumb to dark impulses and later villainy due to mental illness. [[TooBleakStoppedCaring This story is quite bleak and potentially upsetting]], but it's also the ''only'' direction his character really has to go down. As well as that, times change and since then, becoming evil because you're "crazy" is now seen as a very offensive way to portray mental illness, so following that story could potentially lead to the show being hit with complaints of UnfortunateImplications. So instead, having him GoOutWithASmile and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath under heroic circumstances]] [[HeroicSacrifice saving others]] not only lets his story end on a more positive note than it did in the comics, it avoids having to adapt an upsetting story or coming up with a completely new one.

* Considering Brainwave's abilities Yolanda really shouldn't have been able to get the drop on him and slice his throat to kill him like she did. Brainwave should've been able to sense Yolanda's thoughts the moment she realized he was tricking him, avoid making said mistake, know where the rest of the JSA was from her thoughts, brainwash her, not to mention kill her in a variety of ways. However, Brainwave had just moments ago been trying to brainwash the entire midwest of America. He was probably far too drained from the effort of this to make use of his abilities effectively and the illusion of his own son was the best he could manage at the time.

** In a strange way, the death of Henry King Jr also makes strange sense both meta-wise and narratively. Though not a CanonForeigner like the above, his character has a very unfortunate path of becoming a hero and RedeemingReplacement, only to succumb to dark impulses and later villainy due to mental illness. [[TooBleakStoppedCaring This story is quite bleak and potentially upsetting]], but it's also the ''only'' direction his character really has to go down. As well as that, times change and since then, becoming evil because you're "crazy" is now seen as a very offensive way to portray mental illness, so following that story could potentially lead to the show being hit with complaints of Unfortunate Implications. So, instead having him GoOutWithASmile and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath under heroic circumstances]] [[HeroicSacrifice saving others]] not only lets his story end on a more positive note than it did in the comics, while avoiding having to adapt an upsetting story or coming up with a completely new one.
*** Additionally, there's a ''reason'' not just one, but several of his abilities are listed under StoryBreakerPower. If Henry were to survive and grow into his powers, he could probably take out the ''entire ISA'' single-handed from a distance, as well as any future threats. In a 'verse where psychics and therefore {{psychic block defense}}s are practically unknown, he's unfortunately way too much of a game-breaker. It's probably the same reason they had to kill off the Wizard, as well. Even a low-scale RealityWarper is no joke if they're enough of a CombatPragmatist.
** Similarly, Brainwave Sr is defeated due to his overconfidence in the first episode, put into a coma for most of the season, then has his son defy him and hold him off with his own powers long enough for the JSA to escape, and finally is weakened by attempting Project New America before he's killed by Yolanda, meaning that the others never have to face him in a straight fight.

** This is also most likely the reason that, of all the most prominent JSA characters[[note]] Alan Scott, Johnny Thunder, Wildcat, Hourman, Dr. Midnite, and Starman[[/note]], Jay Garrick is the only one not to have a successor in the modern incarnation. As seen over on ''Series/TheFlash2014,'' SuperSpeed is a total StoryBreakerPower, requiring copious amounts of IdiotBall and SupermanStaysOutOfGotham in order for there to be an actual plot.

** In a strange way, the death of Henry King Jr also makes strange sense both meta-wise and narratively. Though not a CanonForeigner like the above, his character has a very unfortunate path of becoming a hero and RedeemingReplacement, only to succumb to dark impulses and later villainy due to mental illness. [[TooBleakStoppedCaring This story is quite bleak and potentially upsetting]], but it's also the ''only'' direction his character really has to go down. As well as that, SocietyMarchesOn and since then, becoming evil because you're "crazy" is now seen as a very offensive way to portray mental illness, so following that story could potentially lead to the show being hit with complaints of Unfortunate Implications. So, instead having him GoOutWithASmile and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath under heroic circumstances]] [[HeroicSacrifice saving others]] not only lets his story end on a more positive note than it did in the comics, while avoiding having to adapt an upsetting story or coming up with a completely new one.

* Pat's anger at Courtney for disobeying his orders and making off with the paraphernalia of the late Justice Society members to recruit for a new JSA after he told her not to do so has multiple levels. It's not just that she's taking untrained, untested teenagers (ones who, let's face it, aren't exactly [[LeeroyJenkins prime]] [[NoSocialSkills superhero]] [[BrokenBird material]]) and putting them up against the ISA...she's taking the equipment and identities of his close friends, almost his family, and giving them out seemingly willy-nilly.

** More of a Fridge Tearjerker, but considering how twisted and clearly abusive Dragon King is, it's really hard to imagine Cindy ending up any way other than she is. She's been put down, caged, abused, and likely experimented on. It's highly likely she's never been shown a single moment of genuine affection or love in her life, while her only actual parental figure she could model herself after is a sadistic supervillain. She never really had a chance of being a good person.

* The ActionPrologue of the show gives a brief glimpse of Jay Garrick's helmet covered in frost, leading viewers to believe that Icicle killed him. [[LogicalWeakness Cold has always been a weakness for speedsters]], so it makes sense that Icicle would be the one to kill Jay, considering he's basically a ManOfKryptonite to him. Plus, you need to be a CombatPragmatist to take out a speedster, which Icicle certainly is.

** His outrage becomes more justified when you realize that the equipment she took to make a new Wildcat, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Hourman from Yolanda, Beth, and Rick belonged to the same three comrades of his he saw get seriously injured and/or killed that fateful night a decade prior when the JSA and Starman met their end at the hands of the Injustice Society.

* On that note, Brainwave's powers are definite storybreakers. It would be almost impossible for anyone on the JSA to actually beat him in a real fight. This is why he's defeated due to his overconfidence in the first episode, put into a coma for most of the season, then has his son defy him and hold him off with his own powers long enough for the JSA to escape, and finally is weakened by attempting Project New America before he's killed by Yolanda. Sadly, this is also the same reason Henry Jr has to die. He's TooPowerfulToLive and would be a major story obstacle for the rest of the series for the writers to write around otherwise.

* In “Icicle,” there’s no indication that Mrs. Zarik knew anything about her husbands past or current villainy. It’s very possible that from her perspective, her son randomly died one day, her husband grabbed an ornate stick out of a safe she never knew about, and then stormed off, only to wind up '' dead. '' Evidently she knew about the magic angle, but beyond that, all she’d know is that her son and husband were murdered in the same day, and she doesn’t know ''why '' or if she’s next. It’d be enough to drive someone mad with paranoia and grief.