History Fridge / Supergirl2015

* In Episode 2, when Astra tells Hank he can't hurt her, he replies [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "You are so wrong,"]] before stabbing her with a Kryptonite dagger. With TheReveal in ''Human For A Day'', it's clear he wasn't just referring to the dagger: as [[spoiler:a Martian]], Henshaw is one of the few living beings that can effectively fight a Kryptonian.

* While it seems strange to send a pre-teen off by herself, it makes more sense when Kara mentions "changing [Kal's] diapers when they were on Krypton". She probably babysat him most of his life on Krypton and was still small enough to fit in the escape pod, yet old enough to take care of him when they arrived on Earth.

* Regarding the Episode "Welcome To Earth", there's another level of racism that was foreshadowed but not explicitly dealt with in the episode. The show has already introduced Green Martians like J'onn and White Martians. Care to take a wild guess at which kind M'gann M'orzz really is?

* In "How Does She Do It?" Supergirl accuses Hank of sending drones to spy on her, he replied "If I wanted to spy on you you'd never know" [[spoiler:Invisibility is one of Martian Manhunter's powers.]]

* In season four, [[spoiler: Malefic becoming TheAtoner while Lena has a RedemptionRejection:]] While both Kara and J'onn begged someone for forgiveness, J'onn was able to make himself completely vulnerable, thus demonstrating his sincerity. Kara, however, had no such chance, and so [[spoiler: Lena]] still sees her as the villain.
* Kara gets excited over the fact her Season Five suit (made by Brainy) has pants instead of the skirt on her old suit. Of course, the new modesty comes from the fact that the new suit was made by someone who ''wasn't'' in love with Kara.

* Jimmy initially reassured Kara that Cat would never recognize her as Supergirl because she wouldn't look at Kara and see a hero. [[spoiler:And she didn't... ''until'' Kara actually helped her out of a jam in "Hostile Takeover" and made Cat think twice about her. Then Cat put it together ''immediately''.]]

** Winn, as a close family friend of the sisters, initially sides with them but he doesn't personally know Jeremiah either so it doesn't take much to convince him to at least look at the situation.

** Kara, as the adopted daughter, is very close to Jeremiah but still eventually willing to listen to evidence against him when forced to, both because she was old enough to know he wasn't always her father, but also because she's had both her biological parents revealed to not be the upstanding paragons she thought they were, so Kara can accept the possibility that parents aren't perfect.

* Brainy's [[spoiler:inhibited]] appearance makes perfect sense: [[spoiler:with them on, his skin is an almost white shade of blue, and he wears a dark blue costume, while without them his skin is a bright green and he dresses in vibrant purple. The inhibitors effectively made him look less alive, muting him physically and leaching the color out of his skin in addition to holding back his emotions.]] His pale blue skin and white hair and Brainiac symbol also serves as a good contrast to Indigo/Brainiac 8 from season 1 with her darker blue skin and red hair and symbol, making him literally a lighter shade of Brainiac compared to her.

* The reveal that J'onn [[spoiler:being exposed to White Martian blood is turning him into one]] suddenly casts new light on the implications of what the White Martians ''are''. If [[spoiler:Green Martians are turned into White Martians via blood transfusion, and the first indication is apparent mental illness, White Martians might in fact just be Green Martians suffering from a horrifying mental illness caused by blood poisoning]]. If that's the case, it certainly casts new light on their apparent AlwaysChaoticEvil nature. If that's the case, then [[UpToEleven it gets worse]]. If White Martians [[spoiler: are just Green Martians with a horrible disease, how did an entire race of them end up underground?]] At best, [[spoiler:an isolated group of Martians developed the disease and ended up isolated from the rest of society]]. At worst, [[spoiler:they were all driven out of society in a sort of leper colony, and only returned when Green Martians had forgotten]]. On the other hand, M'gann reveals that not only aren't White Martians AlwaysChaoticEvil, her confidence that [[spoiler: there are other White Martians who think like she does or would be at least sympathetic, and she goes back to Mars to start organizing them]] suggests their situation might be more complicated. Not that this eliminates the above-suggested possibility of how they originated.

* The NoEndorHolocaust aversion with Krypton's destruction. Who's to say that Daxam was the only populated planet ruined by it's collapse?

** Also, he may feel that it's not necessary--as J'onn proved in "Falling," if a Kryptonian goes rogue/an evil one shows up, he's more than capable of taking them down single-handed.

** Winn, as a close family friend of the sisters, initially sides with them but he doesn't personally know Jeremiah either, so it doesn't take much to convince him to at least look at the situation.

** Eliza, as an adult and wife of many years when Jeremiah disappeared and was presumed dead, had over a decade and the emotional maturity to deal with the loss before she found out he was alive. As the one who knew him best, Eliza's also aware that things have changed because she has changed so she can't expect Jeremiah to be the same either.
** The relationship to their parents also plays a role. Kara knows parents sometimes aren't what you think they are. Winn's father is a supervillain and mass-murderer, and based on what Mon-El has said, his was no prize either. Neither of them wouldn't be the kind of people to overlook another's possible problems just because that person was a father.

** Kara, as the adopted daughter, is very close to Jeremiah but still eventually willing to listen to evidence against him when forced to, both because she was old enough to know he wasn't always her father, but also because she's had both her biological parents revealed to not be the upstanding paragons she thought they were, so Kara can accept the possibility parents aren't perfect.

** Eliza, as an adult and wife of many years when Jeremiah disappeared and was presumed dead, had over a decade and the emotional maturity to deal with the loss before she found out he was alive. As the one who knew him best, she's also aware that things have changed because she has changed so she can't expect him to be the same either.

** Mon-El, not knowing him at all and only recently meeting Kara's family, is the only one looking at the situation objectively because he has no emotional involvement.

** Kara, as the adopted daughter, is very close to him but still eventually willing to listen to evidence against him when forced to, both because she was old enough to know he wasn't always her father, but also because she's had both her real parents revealed to not be the upstanding paragons she thought they were, so she can accept the possibility parents aren't perfect.
** Alex lost him when she was a teenager and so is the most unwilling to see him as anything other than the daddy she's missed and remembers, and as the man she was told heroically sacrificed himself.
** Eliza, as an adult and wife of many years when he disappeared and was presumed dead, had over a decade and the emotional maturity to deal with the loss before she found out he was alive. As the one who knew him best, she's also aware that things have changed because she has changed so she can't expect him to be the same either.
** The relationship to their parents also plays a role. Kara knows parents sometimes aren't what you think they are. Winn's father is a supervillain and mass murderer, and based on what Mon-El has said, his was no prize either. Both of them wouldn't be the kind of people to overlook another's possible problems just because that person was a father.

* James being a black belt may seem like an AssPull, but it actually might make sense: He's best friends with a superhero, and so [[DistressedDude probably got kidnapped by bad guys,]] especially since Lex presumably knows Superman's real name. After that, James most likely decided to learn how to protect himself. In addition, James becoming the Guardian may actually make sense of a lot of the AdaptationalAttractiveness. James' {{Hunk}} appearance may be because he started bulking up and training with the idea he might become a superhero on his own, or because of the above idea.

* The fact that there could be thousands – possibly ''millions'' – of White Martians coming is NightmareFuel enough. And in any other world with Superman, it would be terrifying, but manageable. But in this world, there are all of '''three''' superheroes, and it took two of them to stop one White Martian.

* Cat does not like millennials and was actually reluctant to hire Kara because she is one. Except she actually got her wish, as Kara is actually not. Kara was stuck in the Phantom Zone for twenty four years, and because of that she did not physically age. She was actually born on 1966, technically making her a part of Generation X.

* Draaga, despite being strong and tough enough to fight a kryptonian, backs off when threatened by a normal handgun. It's understandable once we remember that he has a bad knee from a previous fight, meaning that he is neither NighInvulnerable nor has a HealingFactor, so he'd be wary about being shot, specially with weapons he has never faced before, being an alien and not familiar with Earth weaponry or if his own species can resist it.

** Mon-el, not knowing him at all and only recently meeting Kara's family, is the only one looking at the situation objectively because he has no emotional involvement.

* Mon-Els flashback in "Star-Crossed" showed his bodyguard killing a Kryptonian emissary to give him his escape pod, that emissary was wearing a small but noticeable Superman symbol, remember back in the pilot Kara explains it was the symbol for the "House of El", Mon-El just stood there while his bodyguard killed a member of her family in cold blood. Which just adds to the FridgeBrilliance noted above regarding her unwillingness to trust him.

** Reminds me of the good ol' [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/SmallvilleLuthorCorp Smallville]] show

* James being a black belt may seem like an AssPull, but it actually might make sense: He's best friends with a superhero, and so [[DistressedDude probably got kidnapped by bad guys,]] especially since Lex presumably knows Superman's real name. After that, James most likely decided to learn how to protect himself.
** In addition, James becoming the Guardian may actually make sense of a lot of the AdaptationalAttractiveness. James' {{Hunk}} appearance may be because he started bulking up and training with the idea he might become a superhero on his own, or because of the above idea.

* At first, when Winn geeked out over Clark Kent being Superman, this troper felt that it was a bit odd that Winn knew who "Clark" was right off the bat. But given the later revelation that Cat has a total crush on Clark, and that she herself used to work for Perry White, it's entirely possible that Winn has actually met Clark before in the latter's civilian identity.

* Cat chewing out Leslie for attacking Supergirl might seem hypocritical since she wrote an equally harsh article about Supergirl. However, Cat only criticizes Supergirl's actions. Leslie, on the other hand, mocks Supergirl's appearance, personality, sexual orientation, and genitalia. To Cat, criticism of someone's actions is okay, no matter how harsh, but personal attacks are not tolerable. Also, Cat is trying (in her own, backhanded way) to help Supergirl improve, pushing her through legitimate criticism to do and ''be'' better. Leslie's just being a bully.

* Cat chewing out Leslie for attacking Supergirl might seem hypocritical since she wrote an equally harsh article about Supergirl. However, Cat only criticizes Supergirl's actions. Leslie, on the other hand, mocks Supergirl's appearance, personality, sexual orientation, and genitalia. To Cat, criticism of someone's actions is okay, no matter how harsh, but personal attacks are not tolerable.