History YMMV / Supergirl2005

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/JAMALIGLE/status/1046915602663837696 The Kryptonian Nightwing and Flamebird was actually meant to be Conner Kent and Linda Danvers respectively instead of Chris and Thara]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'' story arc was meant to make readers feel sorry for Catherine Grant, the Daily Planet journalist who spent one year carrying out a smear campaign against Supergirl. It was intended to remind us that Kara Zor-El behaved as a brat early on, and Cat, who had lost her son, hated starlets who waste their young lives. Trouble is, it was well-established that Cat was also motivated by petty reasons such like resentment [[note]]Supergirl accidentally got her right eye bruised as rescuing her once, and accidentally revealed Cat's breasts were implants[[/note]], jealousy, and a thirst for fame. In order to get even with Supergirl, [[DisproportionateRetribution Cat spent months obsessively spreading lies and slander, bad-mouthing Supergirl]] and complaining about her ''skirt'''s length. When she heard Kara's father had been murdered, [[LackOfEmpathy Cat couldn't care less]]. Her slandering pieces and interviews were taken advantage of by madmen who schemed and carried out a genocide. Even so, Catherine didn't stop and even blackmailed Supergirl into helping her. When Supergirl (rightfully) called her out on her behavior, [[MoralMyopia Cat Grant claimed her actions were fully justified]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming were all Supergirl's own fault anyway]]. Even after Supergirl saved her ''life'', [[UngratefulBitch she was unable to apologize or acknowledge she did anything wrong]], albeit she wrote an article stating Supergirl "might" deserve a second chance. It's ''real'' hard to feel sorry for her in such circumstances.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://x.com/sterlinggates/status/1040645805873356801?s=20 Sterling Gates]] revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that he was fired from the book because the powers that be wanted "an angrier, 'more youthful' Kara."

* SignatureScene: The cover of issue #53 in which Supergirl rips off her shirt as she runs towards several thugs while they shoot at her.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://x.com/sterlinggates/status/1040645805873356801?s=20 Sterling Gates]] revealed on X (formerly Twitter) was fired from the book because the powers that be wanted "an angrier, 'more youthful' Kara."

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'' story arc was meant to make readers feel sorry for Catherine Grant, the Daily Planet journalist who spent one year carrying out a smear campaign against Supergirl. It was intended to remind us that Kara Zor-El behaved as a brat early on, and Cat, who had lost her son, hated starlets who waste their young lives. Trouble is, it was well-established that Cat was also motivated by petty reasons such like resentment [[note]]Supergirl accidentally got her right eye bruised as rescuing her once, and accidentally revealed Cat's breasts were implants.[[/note]] jealousy, and a thirst for fame. In order to get even with Supergirl, [[DisproportionateRetribution Cat spent months obsessively spreading lies and slander, bad-mouthing Supergirl]] and complaining about her ''skirt'''s length. When she heard Kara's father had been murdered, [[LackOfEmpathy Cat couldn't care less]]. Her slandering pieces and interviews were taken advantage of by madmen who schemed and carried out a genocide. Even so, Catherine didn't stop and even blackmailed Supergirl into helping her. When Supergirl (rightfully) called her out on her behavior, [[MoralMyopia Cat Grant claimed her actions were fully justified]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming it was all Supergirl's own fault anyway]]. Even after Supergirl saved her ''life'', [[UngratefulBitch she was unable to apologize or acknowledge she did anything wrong]], albeit she wrote an article stating Supergirl "might" deserve a second chance. It's ''real'' hard to feel sorry for her in such circumstances.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'' story arc was meant to make readers feel sorry for Catherine Grant, the Daily Planet journalist who spent one year carrying out a smear campaign against Supergirl. It was intended to remind us that Kara Zor-El behaved as a brat early on, and Cat, who had lost her son, hated starlets who waste their young lives. Trouble is, it was well-established that Cat was also motivated by petty reasons such like resentment -Supergirl accidentally got her right eye bruised as rescuing her once, and accidentally revealed Cat's boobs were fake-, jealousy and a thirst for fame. In order to get even with Supergirl, Cat spent months obsessively spreading lies and slander, bad-mouthing Supergirl and complaining about her ''skirt'''s length. When she heard Kara's father had been murdered Cat couldn't care less. Her slandering pieces and interviews were taken advantage of by madmen who schemed and carried out a genocide. Even so Catherine didn't stop and even blackmailed Supergirl into helping her. When Supergirl called her out on her behavior, Cat Grant claimed her actions were fully justified and it was all Supergirl's blame anyway. Even after Supergirl saved her ''life'', she was unable to apologize or acknowledge she made anything wrong, albeit she wrote an article stating Supergirl "might" deserve a second chance. It's ''real'' hard to feel sorry for her in such circumstances.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The kryptonite poisoning angle introduced by Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle seamlessly rectified the inconsistencies with Kara's behavior during the earlier issues of this run and managed to explain away the idea of her dad wanting her to kill her cousin by explaining her memories were fucked up.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The early runs tried to update the setting by having the characters mention then-current pop trends or the ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' films up.

* DorkAge: Supergirl #0-19, where they tried to make her an overly angsty and jerkish Anti-Hero, with wild, constantly Retconned plot swings as different writers tried to come up with something that worked, and notoriously ultra-sexualized artwork.

* SignatureScene:
** Kara stopping a missile launched by Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} and aimed at the Sun in ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The cover of ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2005}} Supergirl Vol 5]]''# 53 in which Supergirl rips off her shirt as she runs towards several thugs while they shoot at her.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The ''Day of the Dollmaker'' story arc was meant to make readers feel sorry for Catherine Grant, the Daily Planet journalist who spent one year carrying out a smear campaign against Supergirl. It was intended to remind us that Kara Zor-El behaved as a brat early on, and Cat, who had lost her son, hated starlets who waste their young lives. Trouble is, it was well-established that Cat was also motivated by petty reasons such like resentment -Supergirl accidentally got her right eye bruised as rescuing her once, and accidentally revealed Cat's boobs were fake-, jealousy and a thirst for fame. In order to get even with Supergirl, Cat spent months obsessively spreading lies and slander, bad-mouthing Supergirl and complaining about her ''skirt'''s length. When she heard Kara's father had been murdered Cat couldn't care less. Her slandering pieces and interviews were taken advantage of by madmen who schemed and carried out a genocide. Even so Catherine didn't stop and even blackmailed Supergirl into helping her. When Supergirl called her out on her behavior, Cat Grant claimed her actions were fully justified and it was all Supergirl's blame anyway. Even after Supergirl saved her ''life'', she was unable to apologize or acknowledge she made anything wrong, albeit she wrote an article stating Supergirl "might" deserve a second chance. It's ''real'' hard to feel sorry for her in such circumstances.

* BetterThanItSounds: After a woman gets killed and erased from history, her younger counterpart turns up.

* TakeThatCritics: ''Supergirl #18'' was a blatant “Take That” against everyone who had trouble with how Supergirl was being written and drawn the time, including fans of pre-Crisis Supergirl. Supergirl fought and defeated a stupid Mary Sue who looked exactly like pre-Crisis Kara and berated her for not being "wholesome".

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Although many critics and fans had complained about the excessive, disturbing fanservice, Jamal Igle's costume redesign with bike shorts under Supergirl's skirt led to fans [[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2009/06/what-more-bike-shorts-talk.html complaining]] [[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2009/07/one-last-bike-shorts-post.html loudly]], to the point that Newsrama and other comic sites echoed the "controversy".

* TakeThatCritics: ''Supergirl #18'' was a blatant “Take That” against everyone who had a trouble with how Supergirl was being written and drawn the time, including fans of pre-Crisis Supergirl. Supergirl fought and defeated a stupid Mary Sue who looked right like pre-Crisis Kara and berated her for not being "wholesome".

* DorkAge: Supergirl ''#0-19'', where they tried to make her an overly angsty and jerkish Anti-Hero, with wild, constantly Retconned plot swings as different writers tried to come up with something that worked, and notoriously ultra-sexualized artwork.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Back in 2009 DC took steps to correct several issues which had plagued the book until then, such like excessive, disturbing fanservice. Artist Jamal Igle started to drawing bike shorts under Supergirl's skirt, which led to fans [[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2009/06/what-more-bike-shorts-talk.html complaining]] [[http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com.es/2009/07/one-last-bike-shorts-post.html loudly]], to the point Newsrama and other comic sites echoed the "controversy".
* OvershadowedByControversy: The book suffered from this at the beginning, when DC's attempts to turn the Girl of Steel into a DarkerAndEdgier character and the overly sexualized artwork were more talked about than the stories themselves, and writer Joe Kelly's reaction to fan criticism was writing the infamous issue #18, a blatant TakeThat to ''Supergirl'' long-time fans and readers unhappy with the book's direction. Joe Kelly and editor Eddie Berganza were out of the book shortly afterwards, and the next writers corrected course, but the damage was already done and ''Supergirl'' wasn't a best-selling book anymore in spite of the vastly improved storytelling, characterization and art.

* TakeThatAudience: ''Supergirl #18'' was a blatant “Take That” against everyone who had a trouble with how Supergirl was being written and drawn the time, including fans of pre-Crisis Supergirl. Supergirl fought and defeated a stupid Mary Sue who looked right like pre-Crisis Kara and berated her for not being "wholesome".

* TakeThatAudience: ''Supergirl #18'' was a blatant “Take That” against everyone who had a trouble with how Supergirl was being written in the time, including fans of pre-Crisis Supergirl. Supergirl fought and defeated a stupid Mary Sue who looked right like pre-Crisis Kara.

* DorkAge: Supergirl ''#0-19'', where they tried to make her an overly angsty and jerkish Anti-Hero, with wild, constantly Retconned plot swings as different writers tried to come up with something that worked, and notoriously ultra-sexualized artwork. It's telling that this era's Supergirl is the one that has absolutely ''no'' fans. Even Cir-El is more popular than this Kara was.

** Kara stopping a missile launched by Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} and aimed at the Sun in ''Superman: Brainiac''.

* DorkAge: Supergirl ''#0-19'', where they tried to make her an overly angsty and jerkish Anti-Hero, with wild, constantly Retconned plot swings as different writers tried to come up with something that worked, and notoriously ultra-sexualized artwork.