History Supergirl / TropesGToH

** In ''Comicbook/ActionComics #904'', Supergirl points at the Cyborg-Doomsday when she shouts that [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zjOtX2BR_Eg/TlYufuX75OI/AAAAAAAAMp4/9j923tML9co/s1600/action+904-01.jpg he will not hurt her home]] because he will ''NOT'' get past her.

** In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'', 'Nasty' Luthor glares and fumes when Linda and Geoff kiss.
** In Supergirl ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1972}} Vol 1]]'' #7, Supergirl and Comicbook/{{Zatanna}} spend a while seeking out a man called Tony -whom they have a crush on- and struggling to save him. As soon as both women learn that he has a fiancée, they refuse to speak to him.

** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' grabs the tail of a Diasporan alien invader and swings him around, hitting a bunch of enemies with him.
** In ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1972}} another Supergirl issue]], Linda has to rescue a man from two giant octopi and a giant manta. Linda grabs manta's left flipper and slams it into both cephalopods, wielding it like a flail.

** New 52 Kara was a lonely, insolated teen who had anger issues and SurvivorGuilt due to losing her family and getting stranded in an alien world. Even so, she went out of her way to help people and risked her life to protect others. In the ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline she confronted her anger issues and got over her rage, angst and confusion. When ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'' kics off, she has become the kind of person who will stop criminals, send them to prison and try to help them.

** Pre-Crisis Kara was adopted by Fred and Edna Danvers. They loved her and she them, even after [[spoiler:she found out that her biological parents were still alive]]. When she revealed she was Superman's cousin they took it in stride. And they [[spoiler:got heart-broken when she died during the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'']].

** New 52 Kara's foster parents are Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers who first appeared in ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'' # 1. Although they are technically her DEO-appointed handlers, they established a strong rapport after a few weeks.

** In the Pre-Crisis universe Clark felt very alone when he was Comicbook/{{Superboy}} because he could never play with kids his own age, there was no one like him, and no one could relate to him. Before graduating, his foster parents died, and he felt even more isolated and a bigger outcast. When he met his cousin Kara he felt incredibly happy because he had a family again, someone he could feel connected to.

** In ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', Superman says he feels very alone because -even though he's greatest and most loved hero in the world-, he has no social life.

** ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2011}} Post-Flashpoint Supergirl]]'' was a lonely, angry teenager. Her family and friends were dead, she could not bring herself to trust her cousin, she didn't manage to make friends or fit in with humans. Her issues of alienation, grief and anger got worse until ''[[Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton she flew off the handle]]''.

** In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman, Supergirl and Krypto fight and have fun together.

** Post-Crisis Kara Zor-El had one of these after [[spoiler:the destruction of]] ''Comicbook/NewKrypton''. Superman hugged her while she cried in space, and she considered quitting the hero gig for a while.

** In ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', she was hurt and beaten. Then the Anti-Monitor (an universe-eating EldritchAbomination) tried to kill Superman. She pounced on the Anti-Monitor and delivered such a brutal beatdown that she she almost killed him.
** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Kara was dying after her battle with a [[EldritchAbomination worldkiller]]. She was sick from Kryptonite-poisoning, worn-out and her heart hardly beat. Then the world-killer proclaimed her cousin would be his next victim. Thirty seconds later she had hurled the biological living weapon into the Sun.

** Her death in Crisis on Infinite Earths saved Superman and the whole Multiverse and it was one of the big comic book deaths at that time. Remarkably, in ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'' she found out that she'd die if she left her universe to fight the Anti-Monitor, and she still chose to fight.

** ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'' usually have this kind of relationship.

** Post-Crisis Kara and Cassie Sandsmark ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' were very good friends, too.

** In ''Superman'' Volume 1 #338, Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} shoots his shrinking ray at Kara, but she deflects it back at him. Struck by his own ray, Brainiac begins to rapidly shrink, and he pleads with Supergirl to save him, but [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/SQcs5LyKRiI/AAAAAAAABds/PkQTfwvrabE/s1600-h/superman+338+-08.jpg she coolly states that the enlarging ray has not enough energy left to save Superman, Kandor and him, so Brainiac is out of luck]] (note that Brainiac had previously shrunk both Superman and the city of Kandor). Even Superman begs her use the ray to save Brainiac, [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pScx8BN4h3s/SQcsz6v8owI/AAAAAAAABdk/GD76xYl-w1g/s1600-h/superman+338+-09.jpg and she replies: "Cousin... NO!"]]

* HopeBringer: Supergirl and her cousin are the Franchise/TheDCU's biggest examples, bringing hope eveyrwhere and showing there's a better way. In some continuities, the "S"-shield is the Kryptonian symbol for "hope". Nonetheless, Supergirl is a bigger hope-bringer than her cousin, her motto being "Hope, Compassion and Help for all". In ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}: Adventures of Superman'', Superman tells she brings ''him'' hope.

* HotBlooded: All incarnations of Kara Zor-El are emotional, passionate and headstrong women, and some of them are quite hot-tempered (her ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' self) or tend to charge into situations without thinking (her post-Crisis counterpart). Her anger is an actual plot point in the ''Red Daughter Of Krypton'' arc, in which she attracts a Red Ring of Rage and can hardly control her emotions.

** In the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' she saved ''an infinite number of Earths'' when she took the Anti-Monitor on. Even although she died, her sacrifice gave the surviving heroes time enough to fight back. When human Linda Danvers tried to take Kara's place to save her life, she unfortunately found she couldn't hurt the Anti-Monitor because she ''couldn't'' punch so hard like Kara (who was an [[PhysicalGod Earth-One Kryptonian]]).
** In ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'', Kara provided the DEO (Department of Extra-normal Operations) with Kryptonian technology to help them fight alien threats off. Moreover, Lar-On would have killed everybody in the base if Kara hadn't returned.

* HyperAwareness: Kara has demonstrated having impressive capability for analysis and deductive reasoning (Super Instinct she called it back in the Silver Age) owing to her SuperSenses, heightened memory and natural intelligence. ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1982}} In a classic story]]'' she recognizes a heartbeat because "with hearing as sensitive as mine, they're as individual as fingerprints".

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Dick Malverne, Supergirl's main LoveInterest -together with Brainiac 5- in the Pre-Crisis era. Depending on the artist, his hair is red or reddish-brown. Post-Crisis Dick is definitely a [[http://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/1/15776/1281121-dick.jpg redhead]].

* HurtingHero:
** Being one of the most powerful beings in the planet will not protect you from emotional pain, heartache or will bring your loved ones back.
** Pre-Crisis Supergirl's parents sent her to Earth because Argo City was dying. She lost her parents, her home and was dumped by her cousin into an orphanage that she hated. Her Supergirl duties interfered with her personal life to the point she couldn't keep a steady boyfriend and had to quit a job. Often she felt torn because she wanted to live like a normal woman but her vast powers entailed great responsibilities. At one point she met an OldFlame and realized what she still felt something for him two weeks before his demise. And then she fought a dimension-eating EldritchAbomination ''[[Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths to save her beloved cousin and the whole Multiverse]]'', and got killed (although to be fair, ''[[Comicbook/{{Convergence}} her death has been undone]]'').
** Post-Crisis Supergirl lived through Krypton's destruction. However she lost her home again when her parents sent her to Earth to save her life, before -apparently- dying. She met them again, but one of her enemies murdered them and blew up the world where the last Kryptonians settled in (hence, she has lost her parents twice and her home three times).
** Post-Flashpoint Supergirl lost her planet and her parents and was stranded in a strange, alien world. She was persecuted by villains and fell for someone who turned out to be an evil, ManipulativeBastard who broke her heart. She lost her only friend, and ''[[Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton joined a group of questionable anti-heroes]]'' only because she needed to belong with ''someone''. After a while she got over her issues, but then her cousin -the only famly she had left- died.

* GenderedOutfit: Trope image, and quite possibly the TropeCodifier. ''Every'' outfit Supergirl has worn has, in some way, been tailored to her femininity. While the MinidressOfPower is the most frequent (and obvious) change, she's also had a [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline low neckline]], short shorts, [[BareYourMidriff an exposed midriff]], [[LeotardOfPower a leotard]], [[CombatStilettos high heels]] and various combinations thereof.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In ''Crisis On Infinite Earths'', Kara fought the Anti-Monitor when he was trying to devour what little was left of TheMultiverse. She was killed by him, but she hurt him, shattered his armor and destroyed his reality-eating machines, buying the surviving heroes a little time to regroup and defeat him. However, when the new universe was rebooted, Kara Zor-El and all memory of her was erased from existence. She saved the universe but no one remembered it.
-->We don't do it for the glory. We don't do it for the recognition... We do it because it needs to be done. Because if we don't, no one else will. And we do it even if no one knows what we've done. Even if no one knows we exist. Even if no one remembers we ever existed.

* HarmfulToMinors: In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Kara is barely fifteen when she sees everyone in her hometown getting sick from radiation and suffering horrible, painful deaths.

* GodTest: During Creator/PeterDavid's run, with the "angel" version of the character, she meets a little boy who claims to be a god, come to speak to her. She asks for proof, and he asks what sort of miracle would prove anything in an age of superheroes who can fly, transmute elements, etc.; so she's just going to have to take it on faith.

** In ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', Superman tells Linda he feels very alone because -even though he's greatest and most loved hero in the world-, he has no social life.
** In ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}}'', ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2005}} Kara]]'' and her friend Stephanie Brown -the then-current Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}- watch a cheesy movie. Most of audience laughs out loud when Dracula cries out he is alone, but both girls cannot laugh about it. They know what being alone is like, and they don't find it funny at all.

* HaveWeMet: In ''Supergirl (1996)'' #5, Linda Danvers is introduced to Dick Malverne, and both teens stare transfixed at each other until Dick finally asks if they have met before, a nod to the original Linda and Dick being lovers in Pre-Crisis continuity.

* HotWings: Linda Danvers gained flame wings when she became an Earth-born angel during the Peter David's run.

** In the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' she saved ''an infinite number of Earths'' when she took the Anti-Monitor on. Even although she died, her sacrifice gave the surviving heroes time enough to fight back. When human Supergirl Linda Danvers tried to take Kara's place to save her life, she unfortunately found she couldn't hurt the Anti-Monitor because she ''couldn't'' punch so hard like Kara (who was an [[PhysicalGod Earth-One Kryptonian]]).

** Creator/PeterDavid's Linda Danvers was a troubled teen who was manipulated by her boyfriend into joining a cult and committing crimes. Said boyfriend attempted to sacrifice her to draw a demon into the world. She survived and became a hero to redeem herself. Unfortunately, every time she starts being happy, something happens that puts her through the wringer again.

* GenderedOutfit: Trope image, and quite possibly the TropeCodifier. ''Every'' outfit Supergirl has worn has, in some way, been tailored to her femininity. While the MinidressOfPower is the most frequent (and obvious) change, she's also had a [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline low neckline]], [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]], [[BareYourMidriff an exposed midriff]], [[LeotardOfPower a leotard]], [[CombatStilettos high heels]] and various combinations thereof.

* GoodIsOldFashioned: Defied by Batman in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''. According Bruce, people who think Superman is an outdated boy-scout are unable to see him for the hero he is.

** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': After being rescued from Darkseid, Kara visits Harbinger's grave.

** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc ''Way of the World'', Supergirl visits the graves of the parents of a little child she was unable to save.

* HostageSituation: In an ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Annual]]'', a bank full of people are taken hostage, and Supergirl has to slip into the building and take the bank robbers down without letting anybody spot her.

* HarmfulToMinors: In ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252'', Kara is barely fifteen when she sees everyone in her hometown getting sick from radiation and suffering horrible, painful deaths.

!!!Tropes found in ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':

** In a Silver Age ''Superman'' issue, Kal and Kara build a real-scale Krypton reply.

* GiantFootOfStomping: In ''Action Comics Vol 1'' #285, Supergirl fights the Infinite Monster, a gigantic creature who is so large, all one can see are it's legs tromping across the land. At one point, the monster's right foot tramples on Kara.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When Kara's eyes glow or -God forbids- flare it's a very scary sign that she's getting really pissed off, and someone is about to be pummelled and/or blasted.
* GodIsGood: Rao is the God of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Krypton]], and Flamebird and Nightwing are His Children in the Post-Crisis continuity. In the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} isn't feeling particularly pious after her father's murder, and deems her friend Thara -who claims Flamebird is bonded with her- a nutjob. Yet still Kara is saved by literal divine intervention in the ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Hunt for Reactron]]'' when Flamebird manifests through Thara and stomps Reactron. Later Kara apologizes and confides to Thara that she's feeling hopeful now because if the gods are real, it means her deceased father is in a better place.

** ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': After being rescued from Darkseid, Kara visits Harbinger’s grave.
** ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': It happens twice. After exposing Lex Luthor's crimes, Kara visits [[spoiler:her cousin's]] grave]]. Also, a flashback shows Barbara Gordon visiting her parents' grave before becoming ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}''.

* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Kara did this in the ''Crucible Academy'' story arc. After being abducted and taken to a weird, unknown place, she grabs the neck of one of her kidnappers and hovers over an abyss, demanding answers while reminding him that "It looks like a '''long way down'''."

** In the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, kryptonian scientists use Brainiac's technology to lift a newly enlarged [[CityInABottle Kandor]] into space and grow a planet underneath it. The ''Who Is Superwoman?'' story arc reveals, though, they don't appear to be able to terraform it.

* GiantEqualsInvincible: Supergirl has occasionally faced up to giant monsters and robots that were tough enough to resist her attacks. In ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}}'' she tells her friend Steph about it.

* HomeBase: In ''Supergirl vol. 7'', Kara has inherited his cousin's Fortress of Solitude. Formerly she had an underwater base called "Sanctuary".

* HairDecorations: Kara's iconic -and infamous- 80's costume includes [[http://www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2014/11/Convergence-Round-3.jpg a red headband]]. She was in her middle twenties when she started wearing it.

** In ''Supergirl #31'' and ''Red Lanterns #31'', a city gets leveled and burned down because of a battle between two groups of Red Lanterns. Supergirl and her Red Lantern team want to help out with rebuilding it after the battle, but the frightened locals beg them to leave as soon as possible.

** Kara wanted to give up being Supergirl after [[spoiler:the destruction of New Krypton]] in the fifth volume, but she donned her Supergirl costume again to save Metropolis from Bizarrogirl.

* GoodIsOldFashioned: Defied by Batman in ''The Supergirl From Krypton''. According Bruce, people who think Superman is an outdated boy-scout are unable to see him for the hero he is.

*** In the pre-Crisis universe, Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon were best friends and knew each other's SecretIdentity (although they didn't often team up). During the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Kara encouraged Barbara when Babs were frightened. And Barbara [[spoiler:delivered Kara's eulogy when her friend died]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''Action Comics #286'', Luthor tried to shoot at Supergirl, but he accidentally shot himself.