History Series / BirdsOfPrey

An adaptation of a DCComics [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey series]], '''''Birds of Prey''''' is a live-action TV series set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in New Gotham]] and revolving around [[BrainsAndBrawn a pair of superheroes]] as TheyFightCrime.

* TheCameo: In an early episode, TheJoker is voiced in flashback by Creator/MarkHamill.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Every. Single. Week.

In then there's the excuse that Huntress doesn't wear a mask because she wants to "look good" whilst fighting crime. Yeah, [[SarcasmMode we'll see how good you look]] if The Joker comes along and [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga crashes your party]]. Whether Huntress has a secret identity if she doesn't wear a mask was actually discussed by the characters at one point. Alfred weighs in an neatly summarises the issues in a way that leaves the others unsure whether he just insulted Huntress or complimented her. (Something Oracle says is a "British thing".)

The tropes for the original comic book series can be found [[BirdsOfPrey here]].

* ConspicuousCG: The birds eye views of New Gotham, complete with a litle CG Huntress [[NoFlowInCGI running across the rooftops.]]

An adaptation of a DCComics [[BirdsOfPrey series]], ''Birds of Prey'' was a live-action TV series set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in New Gotham]] and revolving around [[BrainsAndBrawn a pair of superheroes]] as TheyFightCrime.

!!The live-action show contains examples of:

* BadassLongcoat--Huntress, occasionally.
* BadassNormal-- Oracle/Batgirl.

* TheCameo--In an early episode, TheJoker is voiced in flashback by [[{{DCAU}} Mark Hamill]].
* CivvieSpandex / CoatHatMask / NotWearingTights--Huntress's outfits could be interpreted in several ways.

* CleavageWindow / AbsoluteCleavage / ImpossiblyLowNeckline-- Ashley Scotts'... assets... get put to good use.
* CoconutSuperpowers--Clayface and his son get their powers revamped because their comicverse and animated powers would be too expensive, especially since they appeared near the end, when it was clear the show would not continue. Clayface is not shown doing any extensive re-forming but only [[HumanShifting turns into other humans]] and needs to use mundane weapons to do battle [[spoiler: though it only took him a very small crack in his cell for him to be able to pull a jailbreak - something comic Clayface probably couldn't have done. We of course don't see him do it.]] Meanwhile, his son can turn his victims into clay (harmlessly immobilizing them at first, but he then gets an upgraded version of the formula that lets him ''shatter'' victims.) In the comics, that's based on a Clayface successor whose "claythings," as both the show and comic incarnations call them, actually become very mobile ''minions.''
** Meanwhile, the PowerTrio has very inexpensive powers - Huntress fights really well, Dinah touches things and winces to create {{Flashback}} sequences, and Oracle is smart and has a big computer.
* CodeName--Oracle/Batgirl, Huntress, Black Canary
* CopBoyfriend--Reese
* DatingCatwoman- Inverted, Helena operates as an AntiHero sometimes verging on HeroicSociopath and finds herself attracted to the good cop Reese.
* DeathByOriginStory--in the backstory, Catwoman is dead and Batman is gone. And in the episode where the original Black Canary passes on her title, she dies.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual --Metahumans
* DoomDoors-- The clock tower's secret entrance use this.
* DutchAngle - In villain lairs, much like the original Batman series, but more briefly and subtly.
* ExecutiveMeddling--they wanted Oracle out of the wheelchair.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange--Helena
* ForcedPrizeFight--The "Gladiatorix" episode
* GenderFlip--Darkstrike was basically a male Huntress. This was even {{Lampshaded}}.
* HandicappedBadass--Barbara/Oracle, in the beginning.
* HeroWithBadPublicity--the few people that know about Huntress think she's a criminal.
* IAmNotMyFather--Huntress has little to no love for her father. That said, she still protects Gotham in his absence.
* IJustWantToBeNormal--Huntress
* IJustWantToBeSpecial--Dinah/Black Canary
* InASingleBound--Huntress, as well as Harley Quinn and Oracle in the final episode.
* InNameOnly-- Lady Shiva is ''nothing'' like her comic book counterpart. In the comics, she's one of the absolute best martial artists in the entire DC Universe, one of the deadliest assassins on the planet, and the mother to Cassandra Cain (who, along with Shiva, is one of the few people capable of beating Batman in a one-on-one fight). In the series, she's a petty thief, who wants revenge upon Batgirl for the accidental death of her sister, a former classmate of Helena Kyle and can barely hold her own against Barbara Gordon (whilst in her prime) or Huntress. Oh, and strangely enough for this series, she wears a mask.
** Dinah also has none of the powers of the classic Black Canary character, though her mother Carol shows up and ''does'' have the [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Scream]].
* InTheBlood--Huntress is constantly fighting between the influence of her superhero father and supervillain mother.
* IWorkAlone--Huntress

* MissionControl / VoiceWithAnInternetConnection--Barbara/Oracle
* MagicPlasticSurgery--for Al Hawke.
* MonsterOfTheWeek--the Metahuman freak of the week.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands-- Dinah starts out in the series with limited telepathy, which she can use by touch or via dreams. She displays mild telekinetic abilities midway through the season, but not anything she can control. Then in the final fight of the last episode, she is able to project telekinetic force blasts (which knock mooks flying across a room) with complete control over them and no explanation as to where they came from.

* PetHomosexual--Dinah's gay best friend Gabby.

* RapidAging--Guy, in "Three Birds and a Baby"
* SecretIdentity--All three of the BirdsOfPrey. That is if you consider, ''not bothering to wear a mask or any kind of disguise whilst letting people see your face'' a ''secret''. Huntress is the biggest offender of this trope as she explicitly states she has a secret identity and is shown working in a bar, then goes out and fights crime with only a change of wardrobe. No mask. No glasses. No change in hair coloring or skin tones. Not even a change in voice. No ClarkKenting at all. Which essentially means the effort to maintain a secret identity is so low on the priorities list that they may as well not have one at all. In fact out of all the main three, only Barbara is the only one to have ever worn any kind of real disguise. But that's only because she used to be Batgirl.
** Furthermore, the series actually shows what happens when a secret identity gets compromised. The original Black Canary shows up and is killed fighting a mob gang, all because they had seen her face. And of course, within the universe of the series, the reason Barbara was shot by Joker was not because she was Commissioner Gordon's daughter who happened to answer the door, like the comic, but because Joker somehow discovered her secret identity. Needless to say, [[TooDumbToLive the lesson was not learned]].
** In then there's the excuse that Huntress doesn't wear a mask because she wants to 'look good' whilst fighting crime. Yeah, [[SarcasmMode we'll see how good you look]] if The Joker comes along and [[TheDarkKnight crashes your party]].
** Whether Huntress has a secret identity if she doesn't wear a mask was actually discussed by the characters at one point. Alfred weighs in an neatly summarises the issues in a way that leaves the others unsure whether he just insulted Huntress or complimented her. (Something Oracle says is a "British thing").

* SittingOnTheRoof--OnceAnEpisode, usually Barbara and Helena.

* StealthHiBye--Huntress to Reese [[strike: at least once per episode]] ALL THE FREAKING TIME.

* SugarAndIcePersonality--Helena/Huntress.

* SuperVillain--Harley Quinn, Clayface
* ThouShaltNotKill-- Every. Single. Week.

** To be fair, the opening scene of Gladiatrix seems designed to imply a TimeSkip, establishing that Dinah's skills in hand-to-hand combat have become formidable. Thus, her increased psychic power could likewise just be the result of intensive training over several months.

*** "Come on, not another one."

** Dinah also has none of the powers of the classic Black Canary character, though her mother Carol shows up and ''does'' have the [[MakeMeWanaShout Sonic Scream]].

The series backstory is heavily influenced by the events of ''TheKillingJoke'', where the Joker shot and paralyzed Barbara Gordon. The series also had that Catwoman was killed in his sadistic crusade and ''something'' went down where the Joker was never seen again and soon after Batman left Gotham. The series focused on the crime-fighting escapades of Huntress (daughter of {{Batman}} and [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], as per her [[CosmicRetcon pre-Crisis]] backstory), Dinah, a touch-telepath and the daughter of BlackCanary, and Oracle (Barbara Gordon, forced to give up being Characters/{{Batgirl}} after becoming paraplegic).

The BigBad was Harley Quinn, whose connection to the Joker was a rumor and she still operates as mob leader while posing as a respectable psychiatrist. Alfred Pennyworth is maintaining Wayne Manor and offers the GirlPosse help and advice from time to time, with some hints that Batman/Bruce Wayne is still keeping tabs on them.

An adaptation of a DCComics [[BirdsOfPrey series]], ''Birds of Prey'' was a live-action TV series set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in New Gotham]] and revolving around [[BrainsAndBrawn a pair of superheroes]] as TheyFightCrime. The series focused on the crime-fighting escapades of Huntress (daughter of {{Batman}} and [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], as per her [[CosmicRetcon pre-Crisis]] backstory), Dinah, a touch-telepath and the daughter of BlackCanary, and Oracle (Barbara Gordon, forced to give up being Characters/{{Batgirl}} after becoming paraplegic). They fight Harley Quinn.

The series lasted from October, 2002 to February, 2003. A total of 13 episodes in a single season.

* CodeName--Oracle/Batgirl, Huntress, Black Canary

* DidNotDoTheResearch-- Huntress is described as 'half metahuman' as she was born from Catwoman (who in this series had powers) and Batman (who didn't). A metahuman is merely someone with powers. You're either one or you aren't. No inbetween. Huntress has powers. Logically, she is a metahuman, yet the show has to make her somehow unique... too bad they ignored logic when they did this.
** And in the comics, several metahumans were born from people that didn't have any powers, so it doesn't exactly need to be genetic. The comic book Black Canary is actually a main example for this. She has powers (a sonic scream), but neither of her parents (her mother was the original [[LegacyCharacter Black Canary]]) did.

* CleavageWindow/AbsoluteCleavage/ImpossiblyLowNeckline-- Ashley Scotts'... assets... get put to good use.

* CleavageWindow-- Helena seems fond of this while in "costume."

* CodeName--Oracle/Batgirl, Huntress, Black Canary

An adaptation of a DCComics [[BirdsOfPrey series]], ''Birds of Prey'' was a live-action TV series set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in New Gotham]] and revolving around [[BrainsAndBrawn a pair of superheroes]] as TheyFightCrime. The series focused on the crime-fighting escapades of Huntress (daughter of {{Batman}} and [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], as per her [[CosmicRetcon pre-Crisis]] backstory), Dinah, a touch-telepath and the daughter of BlackCanary, and Oracle (Barbara Gordon, forced to give up being Characters/{{Batgirl}} after becoming paraplegic). They fight Harley Quinn.

* HeyItsThatVoice--[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries B:TAS]] veteran Mark Hamill reprises his main role here, dubbing over The Joker in the few flashbacks we see him depicted in.

* MoralEventHorizon--Harley Quinn crosses this in this continuity with the whole Guy plot.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Jesse Reese, the cop we see throughout the show, is also [[CriminalMinds Derek Morgan]].
* TheScrappy--The show's version of Dinah. YourMileageMayVary on whether she was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.

* IAmNotMyFather--Huntress has little to no love for her father. That said, she still

* SecretIdentity--All three of the BirdsOfPrey.
** That is if you consider, 'not bothering to wear a mask or any kind of disguise whilst letting people see your face' a ''secret''. Huntress is the biggest offender of this trope as she explicitly states she has a secret identity and is shown working in a bar, then goes out and fights crime with only a change of wardrobe. No mask. No glasses. No change in hair coloring or skin tones. Not even a change in voice. IT'S ONLY A SECRET IF PEOPLE DON'T SEE WHO YOU ARE MORONS.
*** In fact out of all the main three, only Barbara is the one to ever worn any kind of real disguise. But that's only because she used to be Batgirl.
*** Furthermore, the series actually shows what happens when a secret identity gets compromised. The original Black Canary shows up and is killed fighting a mob gang, all because they had seen her face. Needless to say, [[TooDumbToLive the lesson was not learned]].
***** In then there's the excuse that Huntress doesn't wear a mask because she wants to 'look good' whilst fighting crime. Yeah, [[SarcasmMode we'll see how good you look]] if The Joker comes along and [[TheDarkKnight crashes your party]].
****** Whether Huntress has a secret identity if she doesn't wear a mask was actually discussed by the characters at one point. Alfred weighs in an neatly summarises the issues in a way that leaves the others unsure whether he just insulted Huntress or complimented her. (Something Oracle says is a "British thing").

* ThouShaltNotKill (every single week.)

******* Because wearing a face fitting mask that could in noway hide the features of you're face is so much better, right?

*** "Come on, not another one".

** That is if you consider, 'not bothering to wear a mask or any kind of disguise whilst letting people see your face' a ''secret''. Huntress is the biggest offender of this trope as she explicitly states she has a secret identity and is shown working in a bar, then goes out and fights crime with only a change of wardrobe. No mask. No glasses. No change in hair coloring or skin tones. Not even a change in voice. [[WallBanger IT'S ONLY A SECRET IF PEOPLE DON'T SEE WHO YOU ARE MORONS]].