| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:'''[[Characters/{{Arrowverse}} Arrowverse Character Index]]''' \ |
| 2 | [-'''[[Characters/{{Arrow}} Star City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrow Team Arrow]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseOliverQueen Oliver Queen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance Dinah Laurel Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrowFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseMalcolmMerlyn Malcolm Merlyn]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSladeWilson Slade Wilson]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSimonMorrison Prometheus]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 3 | '''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Central City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily West-Allen Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseBarryAllen Barry Allen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseIrisWestAllen Iris West-Allen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamFlash Team Flash]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseCaitlinSnowAndKillerFrost Caitlin Snow & (Killer) Frost]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheRogues Rogues]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseCliffordDeVoe Clifford DeVoe]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/Supergirl2015 National City]]:''' '''Citizens''' ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLenaLuthor Lena Luthor]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 5 | '''[[Characters/BlackLightning2018 Freeland]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowversePierceFamily Pierce Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 6 | '''[[Characters/Batwoman2019 Gotham City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 7 | '''[[Characters/SupermanAndLois Smallville & Metropolis]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseSmallvilleCitizens Smallville Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCitizens Metropolis Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCriminals Metropolis Criminals]]\ |
| 8 | '''[[Characters/LegendsOfTomorrow The Legends]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Team]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers Current Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsFormerMembers Former Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]])\ |
| 9 | '''Organizations:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseUSGovernment U.S. Government]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseUSMilitary U.S. Military]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX A.R.G.U.S.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO The D.E.O.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseJusticeSocietyOfAmerica The J.S.A.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins The League of Assassins]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheHIVE H.I.V.E.]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseVandalSavageAndFollowers Savage & His Followers]])\ |
| 10 | '''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeTravelers Time Travelers]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSavitar Savitar]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\ |
| 11 | '''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSpeedForceAndForcesOfNature The Speed Force & Forces of Nature]])\ |
| 12 | '''The Multiverse:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths Other Earths]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth2 Earth-2]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38 Earth-38]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth90 Earth-90]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthX Earth-X]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseBizarroWorld Bizarro World]]-] ]]]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | %%No spoilers are allowed outside of examples. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | '''BEWARE OF {{SPOILER}}S!''' |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ! National City Citizens |
| 23 | [[AC:Media]] |
| 24 | !! [=CatCo=] |
| 25 | !!!Current Employees |
| 26 | [[folder:Kara Danvers / Supergirl]] |
| 27 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl her respective page]] |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Snapper Carr]] |
| 31 | !!Snapper Carr |
| 32 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sc_9.png]] |
| 33 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 34 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/IanGomez |
| 35 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Dafnis Fernández (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 36 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E2TheLastChildrenOfKrypton The Last Children of Krypton]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x2) |
| 37 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 38 | |
| 39 | A veteran newsman hired by Cat Grant to be the editor-in-chief of [=CatCo=] magazine. |
| 40 | ---- |
| 41 | * AdaptationDeviation: Snapper Carr was a non-powered member of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, and generally the mascot of the group. He's in a position of authority in this show. |
| 42 | * AdaptationalUgliness: While cute and young in the comics, is a balding middle aged man here. |
| 43 | * AgeLift: Like Cat, a good twenty years older than his original comic incarnation. |
| 44 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: Snapper quotes a Yiddish phrase told to him by his grandmother. |
| 45 | * AndStarring: Gets this citation in the guest stars lineup. |
| 46 | * BerserkButton: In "Exodus", you finally get to see what Snapper looks like when ''angry'' after Kara publishes a story independently. He drops the DeadpanSnarker facade and shows his real emotions, and you finally see the real Snapper. |
| 47 | * BrutalHonesty: He may not care if you enjoy hearing it, but he'll give it straight - at least when it comes to his profession. |
| 48 | * CompositeCharacter: Snapper's personality is more akin to Perry White's. |
| 49 | * DaEditor: He is Kara's superior, though technically, James still possess the highest authority due to being Cat Grant's proxy CEO. However, after putting his foot down, it seems James defers to Snapper's judgment. Overall, it's mostly a case of, as James puts it, "you stay in your lane and I'll stay in mine." |
| 50 | * {{Expy}}: Snapper's appearance and personality are highly similar the character of Mr. Grant from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. |
| 51 | * IntrepidReporter: Despite being a busy, out of shape and middle-aged magazine editor with no superpowers, still manages to find incredibly difficult leads, even dealing with life-threatening situations. |
| 52 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 53 | ** He's not nice about it, but he's also not wrong when he says you don't get to say you're a reporter because you "chose" the job. You have to earn it. |
| 54 | ** In his second episode, he's right that you can't let your personal biases get in the way of reporting honestly. His reporter instincts are also dead-on. |
| 55 | ** In "Survivors", when Kara comes up with a legitimately important story, he shows interest, but runs down the list of things she needs before he'll consider it: sources, leads, and so on before he'll even take it. He dismisses anything less than a solid foundation, saying [=CatCo=] isn't {{Website/Reddit}}. When she does get first hand evidence (police reports, forensics, an official source in the name of Supergirl), he criticizes that she still needs to work on her writing (run-on sentences, needs to follow AP style), but he ''does'' compliment the fact that she's developing sources and marks it as an official story she's working on. |
| 56 | ** In "Exodus," he fires Kara for publishing a story independently. He'd held her back from publishing because she lacked attributed and independent sources, and even says that while she was right this time, she "got lucky." It's clear he doesn't want to fire her, but feels he has to because it's such a clear breach of rules. |
| 57 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 58 | ** Most antagonistic journalists in a superhero series would be either trying to reveal the superhero's secret identity or making their lives harder through, at best, creative journalism and at worst outright libel. Snapper Carr, on the other hand, is an antagonist because he's ''too moral'', with his strict ByTheBook attitude regarding the rules of journalism preventing Kara from exploiting her secret identity to aid her own status as a reporter, ala [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] or classic depictions of her cousin [[ComicBook/SuperMan Clark Kent]]. This is taken to its ultimate conclusion in "Exodus" where, because Kara ''can't'' provide attributed & independent sources, since she knows the story by A: being Supergirl, and B: working with the strictly-off-the-books DEO, he won't publish her story. When she goes behind his back and publishes it independently, he fires her, citing that just because she "got lucky" this time doesn't mean she couldn't have been wrong and so caused a panic. |
| 59 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hostile towards Kara, though for admittedly good reasons. She's a rookie reporter and [[StealthMentor his criticism challenges her to improve]] rather than automatically assume that she's going to be amazing at it. Despite his hostility, he cares about doing his job in as honest a manner as possible. Conversely, he may think Kara will be an amazing reporter, which would make him more eager to drive home his instruction. |
| 60 | * MeanBoss: He's not an easy man to work for -- and lord help you if done something that warrants you be dismissed; he'll pack up your belongings in a box on your desk, waiting to be found by the unsuspecting employee. |
| 61 | * MeaningfulName: The comic book Snapper Carr got his name from having the tic of snapping his fingers. This Snapper Carr just, well, snaps at you verbally. |
| 62 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Snapper's definitely ''not'' a morning person: priorities are coffee and danish first thing, that's it. |
| 63 | * PutOnABus: It's mentioned that he has gone on sabbatical from [=CatCo=] in "Girl of Steel". |
| 64 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In "Supergirl Lives", Snapper (rightfully) is aghast Kara would promise a mother she would return her child, which is perfectly reasonable since he has no idea Kara is Supergirl. He's not impressed when Kara succeeds, because it's putting too much on her plate as a reporter (again, not knowing what her other identity is.) However, he does ''not'' tell her to stop as her boss. Instead, he just shrugs and warns her she may burn out and it'll cost her a fortune in psychiatry bills. As he notes as soon as she leaves with his "That-a girl, Danvers," [[StealthMentor he's trying to get her to follow her intuition to be the best reporter she can be]], and he actually ''is'' proud of her work. He just knows better than to show it. |
| 65 | * SoProudOfYou: |
| 66 | ** In "Supergirl Lives", he says "That-a girl, Danvers" after Kara stands up for herself and has left, after saying she'll always choose the stories she's passionate about. Subverted sadly in "Exodus" when he tells her to her face that he'd always been rooting for her -- [[DisappointedInYou as he's firing her]]. |
| 67 | ** In "Ace Reporter", he heaps on praise for her being TheDeterminator in the face of danger, and because of her dedication to the truth over any personal issues with him. It ends with him re-hiring her. |
| 68 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared after Season 2. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Nia Nal / Dreamer]] |
| 72 | !!Nia Nal / Dreamer |
| 73 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20181029_002924_video_player.jpg]] |
| 74 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20190118_182446.jpg]] |
| 75 | !!! '''Species:''' Human-Naltorian Hybrid |
| 76 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NicoleMaines |
| 77 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E1TheAmericanAlien American Alien]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x1) |
| 78 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' | ''Series/TheFlash2014'' |
| 79 | |
| 80 | A fresh reporter for [=CatCo=] who is a member of a species that specializes in prophetic dreams. When she becomes aware of these abilities, she decides to assist Supergirl, using the name "Dreamer". |
| 81 | ---- |
| 82 | * ActionGirl: She turns into one upon discovering her powers and becoming Dreamer. Nia is taught how to fight, both with her powers and [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman without them]], and becomes a highly effective combatant. |
| 83 | * AlliterativeName: '''N'''ia '''N'''al. |
| 84 | * AllLovingHero: She is accepting of aliens. It's clearly demonstrated when she defends Brainiac 5 from anti-alien pizza deliverers. [[ItsPersonal She says it reminds her far too much of transphobic violence]]. Nia is half-Naltorian and thus half-alien herself as well, we learn later (another obvious motive). |
| 85 | * AstralProjection: One of her abilities. |
| 86 | * BigSisterWorship: She really looks up to Kara, who is her mentor both at work and in the superheroine business. |
| 87 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Brainy puts her through these, since much of her powerset isn't combat-useful. |
| 88 | * CanonImmigrant: She was eventually introduced in the comics in ''ComicBook/SupermanSonOfKalEl'' #13. |
| 89 | * ComingOutStory: Nia comes out a couple times to her new acquaintances/friends in Season 4 (she was already out to her family, and they accepted her). |
| 90 | ** In "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E2Fallout Fallout]]" Nia tells James she is transgender, while explaining why she'd stood up for Brainy since it had reminded her of transphobia. James is cool about it. |
| 91 | ** In "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E11BloodMemory Blood Memory]]" she tells Kara, and also relates her transition in the past. Her family was very accepting, though not everybody in her town was okay about it. Kara thanks Nia for sharing her story, and is also wholly accepting of her identity. |
| 92 | ** In "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E19AmericanDreamer American Dreamer]]" she comes out again while giving an interview to Kara, this time as Dreamer, to the entire world. |
| 93 | * CulturedBadass: Downplayed, but she's a good enough writer to impress '''Cat Grant''', worked for the White House at a young age, and loves fashion. |
| 94 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Primarily, she has prophetic dreams. Brainy is training her to use it as a form of CombatClairvoyance and [[HandBlast expelling raw "dream energy"]] as means to be on the offensive. |
| 95 | * EndearinglyDorky: What else do you call someone who suggests pulling a [[TrojanPrisoner Wookiee Gambit]]? She's compared to a younger Kara by ''Kara herself'' within two minutes of their first meeting, thanks to Nia's eagerness and MotorMouth. |
| 96 | * EtTuBrute: Her sister Maeve is angry when it turns out Nia's got their family's prophetic dreams (which are passed down from mother to daughter), saying that Nia "isn't a real woman" so it should be her. Nia is shocked and hurt, because Maeve previously had been her greatest supporter as she transitioned. |
| 97 | * FamousAncestor: Nia is the ancestor of Brainy's Legion teammate Nura Nal, who is also/will be Nia's [[LegacyCharacter successor as Dreamer]]. |
| 98 | * FutureBadass: From Brainy's point of view. |
| 99 | * HalfHumanHybrid: She and her sister Maeve are the offspring of a human father and a [[HumanAliens Naltorian]] mother, as shown in "Blood Memory". |
| 100 | * InternalReveal: |
| 101 | ** Nia tells James she is transgender first, so the audience knows, then Kara a few episodes later. |
| 102 | ** Nia reveals her dream powers to the rest of her family, though her sister doesn't take it well to say the least. |
| 103 | * InterspeciesRomance: Nia gets involved with Brainy in Season 4, though their romance turns out to be really more on-again/off-again. She is half-Human, half-Naltorian, he's Coluan. |
| 104 | * ItsPersonal: In 5x15, when a transphobic man attacks her roommate in order to shut down Dreamer, it is obviously ''very'' personal. |
| 105 | * MotorMouth: Occasionally, to Kara Danvers levels. |
| 106 | * NiceGirl: She's a very sweet and kind young lady. |
| 107 | * NoodleIncident: She once broke her nose playing kickball. |
| 108 | * OhCrap: She visibly freaks out when Brainy leaves her in the cell during "Red Dawn." |
| 109 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When she goes after the man who attacked her roommate (see ItsPersonal above) Nia's usual warm, lovable nature vanishes, to be replaced by Oliver Queen-esque TranquilFury. |
| 110 | * OutOfFocus: She's been given Guardian's treatment, barely helping Supergirl in most struggles and is occasionally absent for entire episodes. |
| 111 | * PopCulturedBadass: She mentions in her TV broadcast that she enjoys ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire,'' amongst others. In the penultimate episode of season 4, she suggests and name-drops the WookieeGambit. Later, she mentions that J'onn and M'gann's decoy plan is similar to ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows.'' |
| 112 | * ProphecyTwist: Part of the reason Nia was reluctant to reveal her powers initially. In her family, the Dreamer powers are passed down amongst women. Since Nia was born biologically male, everyone assumed she was simply unavailable to receive them. It's not until her mother is dying that they realize that the powers don't correspond to biology but rather gender identity. |
| 113 | * RefusalOfTheCall: She tries this for a number of episodes until she gives in to the Call and becomes Dreamer. |
| 114 | * RelationshipRevolvingDoor: She goes through some {{UST}} with Brainy, and hooks up with him during the Season 4 finale. He walks out on her a few episodes later. They're left in limbo (see OutOfFocus) until Crisis, which seemingly reboots them, as they're seen holding hands afterwards... only for him to dump her again. They get back together at the beginning of season six. Then it looks like he's going to have to leave her to go back to the future, which he promptly does...until he returns a little later and they hook up (hopefully) for good. |
| 115 | * RelationshipUpgrade: She and Brainy become a couple during the Season 4 finale. Then inverted when he dumps her a few episodes later. |
| 116 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: Nia has a habit of falling asleep at her desk. She claims it's due to suffering from narcolepsy, but it turns out that it's because she has been avoiding sleeping due to her DreamingOfThingsToCome powers making her dreams terrifying and hard to understand. Kara and Brainy help her with these powers and eventually, she is able to deal with these dreams and have restful sleep again. |
| 117 | * SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Her oneiromantic powers are a GenderRestrictedAbility that is inherited by one woman every generation in Naltorian families. Nia being the one to inherit this ability reaffirms her identity as a woman. This surprises her family, who, even though they accepted Nia's transition, fully expected her sister Maeve to get the abilities and never even considered that Nia might have inherited them instead. |
| 118 | * TakenFromADream: As Dreamer's powers grow, she develops the ability to pull things out of people's dreams and into reality. |
| 119 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: She loves breakfast burritos. |
| 120 | * TwoferTokenMinority: She's a transgender woman and also half alien. |
| 121 | * WorkingWithTheEx: She clearly has trouble with this during "Back to the Future." |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Mackenzie]] |
| 125 | !!Mackenzie |
| 126 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mackenzie.png]] |
| 127 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 128 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JaymeeMak |
| 129 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E1TheAmericanAlien American Alien]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x1) |
| 130 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 131 | |
| 132 | A new [=CatCo=] reporter as of Season 4. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * BrokenPedestal: As of "Crime and Punishment", any faith and respect she had for Supergirl fades when she becomes a public enemy for attacking the White House when it's actually the Red Daughter who pulled the attack. |
| 135 | * TheGadfly: She pulled a prank on her alien coworker Franklin, putting strips of wood in his coffee, since that was his natural diet. James was not amused, especially because of the rising hatred against aliens. She later apologizes. |
| 136 | * IntrepidReporter: She starts investigating [=LCorp=], after getting a lead on their illegal genetic experimentation. Unfortunately, James puts a stop to this due to his personal connection with Lena. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Franklin]] |
| 140 | !!Franklin |
| 141 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/franklin_8.png]] |
| 142 | !!! '''Species:''' Dryad |
| 143 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SeanHewlett |
| 144 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E2Fallout Fallout]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x2) |
| 145 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 146 | |
| 147 | A new [=CatCo=] reporter as of Season 4, a Dryad. |
| 148 | ---- |
| 149 | * ButtMonkey: In his introduction scene, he is victim of a prank by Mackenzie, and later he is almost beaten up by a Child of Liberty during Ben Lockwood's rally against the Alien Amnesty Act. |
| 150 | * HumanAliens: He looks like a normal human. |
| 151 | * NiceGuy: He is very friendly, if a bit shy. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Andrea Rojas / Acrata]] |
| 155 | !!Andrea Rojas |
| 156 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andrea_rojas.png]] |
| 157 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/acrata.png]] |
| 158 | !!! '''Species:''' Metahuman |
| 159 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JulieGonzalo |
| 160 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S5E01EventHorizon Event Horizon]]" (''Supergirl'' 5x1) |
| 161 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 162 | |
| 163 | The new owner and head of [=CatCo=] as of Season 5. |
| 164 | |
| 165 | -> see the Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies page for the Earth-167 character who bears her name and background |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Andrea is a redhead in the comics. Here, she's a brunette. |
| 168 | * AdaptationalJerkass: She is a superhero in the comics, but a colossal, self-centered jerk in the show. |
| 169 | * AdaptationalJobChange: Andrea in the comics wasn't a tech mogul, but an anthropologist. This extends to her father. |
| 170 | * AdaptationalNationality: The original Andrea Rojas was Mexican, but this version is Argentine like her actress. |
| 171 | * AdaptationalWimp: She isn't a fighter or acrobat like in the comics, although she has Acrata powers. |
| 172 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: William Dey believes she's at the centre of a huge criminal conspiracy. Partly [[spoiler: confirmed in Episode 5: she ''is'' part of a huge conspiracy but she is also TrappedInVillainy.]] |
| 173 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Acts all nice and quirky, but as soon as something doesn't go her way, she outright threatens to ruin somebodys life. |
| 174 | * DealWithTheDevil: She took the [[spoiler: medallion Lena was searching as it gave her the means to save her father. However, this in turn forced her into becoming an assassin for Leviathan.]] |
| 175 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Her uncle is Elon Musk. Assuming that things are the same as on our Earth, presumably her mother is Elon's real sister Tosca. |
| 176 | * InNameOnly: Andrea Rojas in the comics is a Mexican anarchist vigilante called Acrata who becomes an ally to Superman and saves the world alongside him and the Mexican heroes El Muerto and Iman. Andrea Rojas in the show is a sleazy, money-grubbing mogul/heiress from Argentina who becomes an antagonist to Supergirl and her friends, and is trying to destroy [=CatCo=]'s integrity for the sake of capitalism. They basically created a whole new character and gave her a different one's name because they were both Latin American. |
| 177 | * LivingShadow: [[spoiler: The amulet]] gave her the power to become this. And it seems like she is keeping these abilities even after losing it. |
| 178 | * MeanBoss: And how. Both Cat and Snapper seem harmless next to her. |
| 179 | * TookALevelInKindness: As the 5th Season goes on, she is steadily humanized. |
| 180 | * TrappedInVillainy: She is under [[spoiler: Leviathan's thumb and desperately wants out.]] |
| 181 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Lena were best friends, until [[spoiler: Andrea kept the medallion Lena had been searching for her entire life]]. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:William Dey]] |
| 185 | !!William Dey |
| 186 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_35.jpg]] |
| 187 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 188 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/StazNair |
| 189 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S5E01EventHorizon Event Horizon]]" (''Supergirl'' 5x1) |
| 190 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | A new [=CatCo=] reporter as of Season 5. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: He is ''clearly'' involved in something unethical, probably Leviathan, but it seems like he is in [[TrappedInVillainy the same position]] as Eve Teschmacher before him. Then it turns out that he ''isn't'' evil, he is trying to uncover Andrea's corruption.]] |
| 195 | * BrokenPedestal: Kara used to have a good opinion of him, as long as he worked for ''The Times of London'', but is ''very'' disappointed when she gets to know him. [[spoiler:She seems to start to reconsider after his true motives are revealed.]] |
| 196 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Lex shoots him dead in "Truth or Consequences" for supposedly leaking his journal.]] |
| 197 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: He isn't evil, and not even a dick. He is trying to uncover a massive criminal conspiracy.]] |
| 198 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his scummy behavior, he also works at a soup kittchen. [[spoiler: That's because he is really a NiceGuy.]] |
| 199 | * InformedAbility: He's supposed to be a top journalist who won two Pulitzers, but so far he does a downright pathetic job at it. |
| 200 | * IntrepidReporter: He is willing to go to Leviathan's place. |
| 201 | * {{Jerkass}}: Outright sabotages Kara's work to score points with Andrea. [[spoiler: It's all an act.]] |
| 202 | * LoveInterest: [[spoiler: Eventually for Kara, as Season 5 goes on.]] |
| 203 | * OutOfFocus: Despite being Kara's love interest (and implied by Winn to be her endgame love interest), he barely features in the first half of season 5 (in fact he the lowest screentime out of the main cast as of 513) and misses several episodes. His only significant role was making Kara aware of a larger conspiracy (Leviathan), but fades away as Kara starts doing all the work for him. |
| 204 | ** When Kara was sent to the Phantom Zone at the start of season 6, he only makes brief appearances without significant contribution to the plot (presumably to remind the audience he still exists) |
| 205 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Appears to have no other role than to be Kara's boyfriend. Originally he was investigating Leviathan and Lex Luthor, but Kara keeps distracting him. |
| 206 | ** Taken even further at the beginning of Season 6 when Kara is trapped in the Phantom Zone. Without Kara around, William has no real role and literally spends most of one episode watching lex's trial on TV. |
| 207 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He has a similar role to James Olsen's in Season 1 as a love interest for Kara working as an IntrepidReporter for [=CatCo=]. |
| 208 | * YesMan: Towards Andrea, and unashamed so. [[spoiler: All to get close to her.]] |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | !!!Former Employees |
| 212 | [[folder:Cat Grant]] |
| 213 | !!Catherine J. "CJ" / "Cat" Grant |
| 214 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/009_season2_promotional_copy1.jpg]] |
| 215 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 216 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CalistaFlockhart, Creator/ElizaHelm (young) |
| 217 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/EriMiyajima (Japanese dub) |
| 218 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E1Pilot Pilot]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x1) |
| 219 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 220 | |
| 221 | The founder of [=CatCo=], a powerful media conglomerate, and Kara's former boss. In Season 2, she decides to go on a long sabbatical and leave James in charge. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | -> see the Characters/SmallvilleDailyPlanet page for one of the two Earth-167 characters who bear her name and background |
| 224 | ---- |
| 225 | * AdaptationalHeroism: She was an incredibly unapologetic AlphaBitch in the comic books (pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''), and her only interaction with that version of Supergirl was a mud-slinging campaign (brought upon because of Kara [[DisproportionateRetribution accidentally]] [[UngratefulBastard breaking her arm when saving her life]]) so brutal that Kara ''swore to never save her life again''. This version is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold that has no problem giving Kara a necessary pep-talk... [[MoodWhiplash and then order her to go get her a latte]]... or try to draw a super villain away from her employees. |
| 226 | * AdaptationalModesty: Cat Grant in the comics showed off her boobs, while Cat Grant in this series fully covers her torso and is never sexualized. |
| 227 | * AgeLift: In the comics, Cat Grant is usually within the same age range as Clark Kent/Superman, even being a potential romantic partner for him prior to Lois Lane. In this series, Superman is at least 36 years old, whereas Cat is portrayed by Calista Flockhart, who is 50. Admittedly, though, [[OlderThanTheyLook Calista doesn't look fifty]]. Considering she was revealed to have a son in his mid-twenties, she can't be that much younger. |
| 228 | * AndStarring: Credited this way in the series OBB, along with David Harewood. After being demoted to recurring role starting Season 2, she falls into "Special Guest Star" but still with the "And" citation. |
| 229 | * AnimalMotif: She has been compared, obviously, to cats. |
| 230 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: It's almost as if her superpower is the ability to know a superhero's alter ego before anyone else does. She deduces that’s Kara is Supergirl due to how she conveniently leaves before Supergirl arrives at the scene. She also figures out that Barry is the Flash simply because he arrived at National City at the same time the new speedster did, and that James is Guardian due to how she easily recognizes that a black man is wearing the suit via the gap between his eyes. |
| 231 | * BrokenAce: Her competitive, "always go for the win" attitude is revealed to have been partially fueled by her mommy issues. |
| 232 | * TheBusCameBack: She comes back in Season 6, during a trip to the past, though portrayed by a different actress. |
| 233 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Franchise/StarWars'' is acknowledged to exist in this universe despite the fact that her actress is married to [[Creator/HarrisonFord one of the lead actors]] of the franchise in RealLife. In "Myriad", there's a reference to the wife of [[Creator/HarrisonFord the aforementioned actor]], meaning it's possible that Cat and Calista Flockhart exist in the same universe. |
| 234 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 235 | ** With Flockhart unable to continue the show, this had the effect of having Season 1 be a subplot of Cat Grant [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism sliding from cynicism to idealism]] to the point where she had the courage to ''completely'' re-prioritize and choose family over work. |
| 236 | ** Cat goes from antagonistic to Kara to a maternal mentor and steadfast ally. |
| 237 | * ColdHam: She loves delivering her lines in a "theatrically subdued" manner. [[IncomingHam Unless]] she's calling someone, that is. |
| 238 | * DeadpanSnarker: When commenting on Kara's [[NiceJobBreakingItHero rough start as a hero]], she says "Oh, what is the opposite of super? #Terriblegirl?" |
| 239 | * DecompositeCharacter: The one to mock Supergirl is Leslie, not Cat. |
| 240 | * DefrostingIceQueen: To both Kara and Supergirl. How much of that is due to them living up to her ToughLove standards and how much is due to her son, Carter (who opens up after Kara watches him for an evening and has a massive crush on Supergirl), remains to be seen. |
| 241 | * DemotedToExtra: She was downgraded to a recurring role in Season 2, in a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot after the show's production moved to Vancouver, as Calista Flockhart is famously uncomfortable working outside Los Angeles. Makes a cameo in the Season 3 premiere, where she is now the Press Secretary to President Marsden. |
| 242 | * DramaticIrony: Cat initially doesn't want to hire Kara because she doesn't like Millennials, not knowing that Kara is a member of Generation-X like Cat herself[[note]]Assuming that Cat is as old as her actress, then Kara is just two years younger[[/note]]. |
| 243 | * EasilyForgiven: A Red Kryptonite-influenced Kara nearly kills her in "Manhunter", forcing Cat to publicly denounce Supergirl as a threat. Still, rather than turning completely on her, Cat encourages Kara to regain the public's trust/faith in her. |
| 244 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Goes wide-eyed and flirtatious whenever Clark is around, and blatantly [[FemaleGaze admires]] his backside at one point. |
| 245 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She's unashamedly a cold and calculating media mogul, but she's genuinely impressed by Supergirl's status as a HopeBringer and makes an effort to pander to the city's new-found optimism by punishing Leslie Willis for ragging on her. |
| 246 | * {{Expy}}: If you think Cat seems a lot like [[Film/TheDevilWearsPrada Miranda Priestly]], it's not an accident. The character description when the role was being cast was ''specific'' in that the character was Miranda with the SerialNumbersFiledOff. |
| 247 | * FriendlyRivalry: |
| 248 | ** With Perry of the Daily Planet, the two compete with one another, but they still respect each other as colleagues. |
| 249 | ** Likewise with Lois Lane, the two make snappy remarks at one another but ultimately see each other as [[VitriolicBestFriends close friends.]] |
| 250 | * GoodIsNotNice: Ultimately, Cat is not a bad person in any real way. She's casually rude and kind of selfish, but she cares about people and is honest to a fault. She points out that what happened to Leslie wasn't Supergirl's fault and that if anyone should feel guilty, it's Cat (though she claims she doesn't). |
| 251 | * GoodParents: While Cat's demanding career keeps her from being the most attentive parent, she is still caring and supportive of her son Carter. She even recognizes that he is a "special" child with specific needs. And she would even give up her career rather than let her oldest son, Adam, get caught in a media scandal. |
| 252 | * HopelessSuitor: She has a thing for Clark Kent and asks if her prediction that he and Lois break up came true. |
| 253 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Played with. Cat has an excellent eye for ''talent''; she even pegged Kara as a future reporter the second she met her. However, she also hired Leslie Willis and Siobhan Smythe, who turned out to be talented but also nasty pieces of work. |
| 254 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Only ''she'' is allowed to be rude to her employees, thank you very much. Her mother runs afoul of this in "Red Faced" and gets a tongue-lashing for it. |
| 255 | * IncomingHam: You know she's about to enter the scene when she's calling for Kara from afar. |
| 256 | --> '''KYRA!''' |
| 257 | * ItsAllAboutMe: When Kara comes in to complain about naming her "Supergirl" instead of "Superwoman," Cat immediately shuts her down with a faux-feminist speech about how "it's good to be a girl" (ignoring what Kara was actually saying), then talking about what Supergirl is doing only in terms of herself and her media empire. |
| 258 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 259 | ** Though couched in an ItsAllAboutMe attitude, her reasoning for using the name "Supergirl" isn't exactly wrong. If critics perceive a "Supergirl" to be somehow less than a "Superwoman," then the real problem is how they choose to interpret the words, not the words themselves. |
| 260 | ** In "Stronger Together", she similarly points out in her own idiosyncratic way that Supergirl should not be tackling jobs such as catching planes falling from the sky while she's so inexperienced because she causes more harm than good. [[{{Irony}} Instead, she should be more like Kara and work her way from the bottom up]]. Supergirl takes this to heart. |
| 261 | ** While she's dismissive and tells Kara she's useless in "Livewire", she does so because Kara (who she thinks is an ordinary person) can't possibly do anything against Livewire and she probably has friends and family to see on Thanksgiving. |
| 262 | ** In her typical good but not nice way, she points out that asking "how do you do it?" to a mother and career woman is annoying because of the implicit "you shouldn't be ABLE to do it all" that it carries and gives practical advice-- start slow, and take things one at a time. |
| 263 | ** [[HelpingWouldBeKillstealing She refuses to help Kara with Snapper]] even though as CEO, she ''could'' tell Snapper to take her. However, she knows that 1) Snapper is the sort who would just leave [=CatCo=] and find good work elsewhere, and 2) even if Snapper didn't leave, he'd be resentful towards Kara and not give her a chance to do ''good'' work, and 3) even if Cat weren't leaving, Kara was getting too dependent on her and it was time to ShooTheDog. |
| 264 | * JerkassBall: She becomes a bigger jerkass towards Kara after Kara breaks up with her son, resulting in hiring a new assistant she designates as number one. It doesn't last though. |
| 265 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: "Livewire" reveals that she's terrible with people, but she does care. As soon as she hears Kara has a foster mother, she's intrigued, and when she learns her parents died when she was a teen, she's sympathetic. Also when the titular VillainOfTheWeek attacks, she doesn't leave Kara behind when attempting to escape and willingly risks herself to the villain in order to buy Kara more time to run away and call for help. |
| 266 | ** It's also made clear in that same episode that while she will criticize Supergirl's actions, she is truly angry when Livewire insults Supergirl's body and sexuality. |
| 267 | ** Another good example is when Supergirl/Kara is under the influence of red kryptonite and decides to see if [[{{Pun}} "Cats" really do land on their feet]]. Supergirl saves Cat at the last moment, but Cat is forced to issue a public announcement warning that Supergirl has become a danger to humanity and is ''extremely'' broken up over this. When a cured Supergirl returns to apologize, Cat accepts it and encourages Supergirl to win back the public's faith in her. |
| 268 | * KnightInSourArmor: She's extremely cynical, but as the series goes in, it's obvious that she is actually idealistic but believes that's unavailable to her because it's a CrapsackWorld.[[note]]It's probably the reason why she clings to Supergirl so much.[[/note]] |
| 269 | * {{Malaproper}}: She consistently gets people's names wrong (when she even recognizes them). Kara is Kyra, Winn becomes Wit... In the final episode of the first season, it's strongly implied she deliberately mispronounces their names as a power move. [[spoiler:The final episode of the series confirms this. She refers to Kara as Kyra out of affection, but then switches to "Kara Danvers" in the same conversation.]] |
| 270 | * MeanBoss: [[http://www.supergirl.tv/supergirl-monday-s-at-8pm-nov#comments TV Guide]] has described her as "A ''[[Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada Devil Wears Prada]]''-type boss." Almost fires Kara for suggesting "Superwoman" instead of "Supergirl," which she coined. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she consistently mispronounces Kara's name]]. |
| 271 | * MyGreatestFailure: She once had firsthand knowledge that a well-liked actor was abusive towards his wife. She was pressured into making her story about him a fluff piece instead of a truthful one, and he killed his wife a few weeks later. She tells this story to Jimmy in an effort to show him the importance of doing the right thing. |
| 272 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Described as "[[Music/JenniferLopez J. Lo]] by way of Anna Wintour" in casting calls. |
| 273 | * OddFriendship: She and Kara seem to have this relationship. Cat is more of a GoodIsNotNice person, while Kara is clearly nice for the most part. |
| 274 | * OlderThanTheyLook: A more mundane example. In "Hostile Takeover" it's suggested that she's older than she appears and that she's been lying about her age, as she was hacked and one of the things the hacker published was her true age. Her actress, Calista Flockhart is 51, but certainly doesn't look it. |
| 275 | * OneSteveLimit: She and her mother share the same name aside from a different letter at the very beginning. |
| 276 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Kara, of the ToughLove variety now and then, but it becomes more and more obvious as the show goes on. She doesn't outright say it, but by season 2 she talks to Kara like she's the daughter she never had. |
| 277 | * PutOnABus: Decides to leave [=CatCo=] in the second episode of Season 2, due to Calista Flockhart's established refusal to work outside of Los Angeles. |
| 278 | * RedBaron: She's known as "The Queen of all Media". Doubles as her BadassBoast. |
| 279 | * SecretKeeper: |
| 280 | ** She's the first person to deduce that Kara is Supergirl on her own, without somebody who already knew telling her. In the next episode, however, Supergirl had help from Martian Manhunter to convince Cat she's wrong, though it's implied she wasn't actually fooled by the deception. The Season 2 finale confirms that she knows, making her a SecretSecretKeeper. |
| 281 | ** She easily figures out that Barry Allen is the Flash, since he appeared when The Flash appeared, he was adamant that he should be called the Flash and he was a NiceGuy. |
| 282 | ** Averted with James as Guardian, as she immediately tells Clark about this. |
| 283 | * SelfMadeWoman: She went from being the girl who brought Perry White's coffee to being the owner of a huge media conglomerate through hard work and dedication. |
| 284 | * SerialSpouse: Tells Kara in the Season 2 finale that she was married four times. It's not stated which of them are Adam and Carter's respective fathers. |
| 285 | * SilkHidingSteel: At first glance you'd think she's a comical DirtyCoward, but she's actually pretty brave as she doesn't hesitate snarking at her now superpowered ex-protegee more than once. |
| 286 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: As with the comics, Cat carries a torch for Clark, partly due to his Midwestern looks and values. |
| 287 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Her relationship with Lois Lane in a nutshell, since Cat rarely goes for a whole episode without saying something nasty or competitive about Lois. |
| 288 | * SoProudOfYou: While she never would admit it to her face, she does express a sense of pride in Kara. |
| 289 | -->'''Cat''': ''(quietly to herself after watching Kara go to save the day)'' Go get 'em, ''[[SecretSecretKeeper Supergirl]]''! |
| 290 | * SpottingTheThread: Cat is very observant, spotting even the smallest details about something or someone. She easily figures out Kara's, James's, and Barry's alter egos. |
| 291 | * StartMyOwn: She apparently got fed up with being a worker at the Daily Planet, so she started her own company. |
| 292 | * StealthMentor: Her scoldings and lectures (see JerkassHasAPoint) actually contribute to Kara's CharacterDevelopment, regardless if she intends it or not. |
| 293 | ** In an unusual play on the Stealth Mentor trope, Kara already seems to see her as that, almost to the point of being a Stealth Student. Even though she legitimately dislikes the rude and dismissive way Cat treats her most of the time, Kara still looks up to her, cares about her and values her advice regarding whatever situation she's dealing with (whether or not Cat realises she's advising her and what she should do as Supergirl). This is likely why Kara genuinely wants to keep working for her. |
| 294 | * TimeShiftedActor: Her 2009 self is portrayed by Eliza Helm. |
| 295 | * {{Tsundere}}: She is often harsh to her employees, including Kara, but she does care about Kara a lot, as well as Leslie, despite what she says about [[BlatantLies not feeling guilty about what happened to her]]. She is also quite sweet to her son Carter. |
| 296 | * TranquilFury: She ''never'' raises her voice in anger, but when she gets mad, there's no mistaking it. She teaches Kara this skill, telling her that she needs to channel and control her fury, not just let it burst out. |
| 297 | * TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm. |
| 298 | * VitriolicBestFriends: The reason that Cat can say such horrible things about Lois, is honesty not malice, and she openly admits the two are very close friends despite the [[FriendlyRivalry rivalry]]. |
| 299 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Granted, she's the publisher of a major media company, but she's now had ''two'' supervillains in her employ (granted they didn't become supervillains until after they stopped working for her but still) a superhero as another, not to mention a crush on yet another. Despite this, she tells Kara that "she can spot the extraordinary pretending to be ordinary" in a moment. |
| 300 | * WellDoneDaughterGal: In a conversation with Kara, she reveals that she always tries her best to be the best and usually succeeds, but her accomplishments are never enough for her mother to appreciate. |
| 301 | * WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: In "Hostile Takeover" it's revealed that she asked out Creator/IdrisElba. It's one of several "scandalous" things that were revealed about her after she got hacked. He turned her down, which she considers his loss. |
| 302 | * YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Cat pronounces Kara's name correctly in the final episode of Season 1, indicating she was no longer her subordinate. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Winslow Schott, Jr.]] |
| 306 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Leslie Willis]] |
| 310 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals National City Criminals]] |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Lucy Lane]] |
| 314 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseUSMilitary U.S. Military]] |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Siobhan Smythe]] |
| 318 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals National City Criminals]] |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:"Mike Matthews" / Mon-El]] |
| 322 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Eve Teschmacher]] |
| 326 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseLuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:James Olsen / Guardian]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | !![[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen James "Jimmy" Olsen]] |
| 332 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_james_olsen_8.png]] |
| 333 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_guardian.png]] |
| 334 | !!! '''Species:''' Human [[note]]Enhanced via Harun-El from April to May 2019[[/note]] |
| 335 | !!! '''Known Aliases:''' The ComicBook/{{Guardian}} |
| 336 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MehcadBrooks |
| 337 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Manuel Campuzano (Latin-American Spanish dub), Makoto Tamura (Japanese dub) |
| 338 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{Invasion|2016}}!''[[note]](''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' )[[/note]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [=CatCo=]'s former art director, whom Kara had a crush on. He becomes [=CatCo's=] CEO when Cat decides to take a long, possibly permanent, sabbatical. After growing listless of seeing Kara save the city, especially with her cousin, James decided to get into the crime-fighting business himself; using armor created by Winn, he became a vigilante under the code name "Guardian". |
| 341 | |
| 342 | Later on, he himself gets appointed CEO of [= CatCo=] when Cat Grant leaves and publicly reveals his superhero identity, getting deputized after a few legal struggles. |
| 343 | |
| 344 | After the fight against the Children of Liberty is won, Andrea Rojas buys the company and James decides to leave, being unable to agree with her questionable choices for the newspaper. He considers running for Senator, but ultimately decides to leave National City and help out his hometown Calvintown. |
| 345 | |
| 346 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales page to see his Earth-1 counterpart |
| 347 | -> see Characters/SupermanFilmSeries page to see the Earth-96 character who bears his name and background |
| 348 | -> see Characters/SmallvilleDailyPlanet page to see the Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 349 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseEarthX page to see his Earth-X counterpart |
| 350 | -> see Characters/DCEUMilitaryAndGovernment for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Though the original Jimmy isn't exactly unattractive, he was a nerd as opposed to the show's "alpha male." |
| 353 | * AdaptationalBadass: While the original Jimmy Olsen was no pushover, this version is a skilled combatant and a top athlete. Who with only a suit of [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe armor and shield takes to crime fighting]] with surprising ease. He later briefly gains superpowers after getting healed with the Harun-El. |
| 354 | * AdaptationalCurves: Jimmy Olsen is mostly depicted with GeekPhysiques or at least average built. This one is an obvious {{Hunk}}, though it is possible that he used to be BlackAndNerdy when he was at the Daily Planet and just beefed-up since. After all, he ''is'' mostly depicted as a nerd in Superman's story. |
| 355 | * AdaptationDyeJob: A redhead in the comics, this Jimmy is bald, and has black hair otherwise. |
| 356 | * AntiHero: He is TheCowl to Kara's TheCape, similar to the dynamic Batman and Superman share in the comics. He is willing to threaten and rough people up while questioning them, among other things. |
| 357 | * AttackReflector: Guardians Shield reflected [[PowerParasite Parasite's]] punch in Season 2 Episode 6. |
| 358 | * BadassNormal: He's got a black belt, and is more than capable of defending himself even without powers. Later briefly an EmpoweredBadassNormal. |
| 359 | * BaldOfAuthority: After Cat Grant appoints him as her replacement as [[{{Pun}} head]] of [=CatCo=]. |
| 360 | * BashBrothers: With Winn since becoming Guardian. |
| 361 | * BenevolentBoss: In Season 2, becomes Cat's successor at [=CatCo=]. He offers to strong arm Snapper for Kara into letting her work, but at that point, Kara is determined to earn her reporter job. |
| 362 | * BettyAndVeronica: He's the TallDarkAndHandsome {{Hunk}} (Veronica) contrasting Winn's adorable nerd (Betty). |
| 363 | * BlessedWithSuck: In a way, how he views his relationship with Superman. He loves their friendship, but is bothered by how others look at him solely for knowing Superman rather than judging him on his own merits. |
| 364 | * {{Bromance}}: He and Clark are really close. Lucy even admitted to being jealous over him constantly spending more time with him (or rather, Superman). |
| 365 | ** He also develops one with Winn. |
| 366 | * BroughtDownToNormal: He loses his superpowers again during the Season 4 finale, dealing a mutual depowerement to Ben Lockwood. |
| 367 | * CameraFiend: Made his name as a photographer, though now his current position is art director. |
| 368 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[FlatCharacter Initially seemed only to exist]] as [[SatelliteLoveInterest the handsome hunk for Kara to swoon over]], and a constant reminder that Superman is a thing. Come season 2 and his taking over of [=CatCo=] [[YouAreInCommandNow in Cat's stead]], and taking it to the streets as [[VigilanteMan The Guardian]] fleshes out his character considerably. Season 3 builds on this with his friendly rivalry with Lena, the new owner of the media conglomerate, and his [[BelligerentSexualTension slight flirting]] with her at the same time is the far cry from the rather bland photographer we were introduced to in the pilot. |
| 369 | * CompositeCharacter: In the comics, the black headstrong journalist who has a thing with Lucy Lane although her father kinda hates him is Ron Troupe. Though Jimmy ''did'' have a crush on Lucy. He's also this universe's version of Guardian. |
| 370 | * TheCowl: Deconstructed in "City of Lost Children", he became [[VigilanteMan The Guardian]] to protect people and bring them hope like [[TheCape Superman and Supergirl]] but unlike them to everyone else he's just a scary guy in a mask who runs out and attacks people; he desperately wants to avert this image. He is so distrusted that he ends up revealing himself as Guardian. |
| 371 | * {{Determinator}}: The guy will not back down from a fight, even when the odds are against him. |
| 372 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: In Season 3, once Lena takes direct control of [=CatCo=], and she starts making decisions without his input or consultation which results in friction between the two. |
| 373 | * EasilyForgiven: Once National City learns of Phillip Karnowsky's actions, Guardian is instantly forgiven by the city. It helps that Guardian isn't burdened with BewareTheSuperman. |
| 374 | * EmbarrassingNickname: He's best known as "Jimmy Olsen," the name he used when he took a Pulitzer-winning photo of Superman, but now insists on being called "James." |
| 375 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to the Harul-El, he gains HealingFactor, EyeBeams, SuperSenses, SuperToughness, SuperStrength and {{Flight}}. |
| 376 | * EyeScream: Gets his eye injured during his fight with Ben Lockwood in the Season 4 finale, later wearing an EyepatchOfPower. In Season 5, there seems to be no permanent damage left. |
| 377 | * FlatCharacter: In season one, before gaining a much more rounded personality outside of his connection with the cousins from Krypton, see CharacterDevelopment. |
| 378 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic |
| 379 | * GreenEyedEpiphany: He quickly grows jealous of how well Barry Allen gets on with Kara. This is what ultimately motivates him to confess his feelings to her. |
| 380 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: Briefly when National City thinks he's responsible for the murders by Phillip Karnowsky. It lasts one episode before he's vindicated. |
| 381 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Mehcad Brooks is a whole foot taller than Lucy's actor, Jenna Dewan (6'3" vs 5'3") |
| 382 | * IconicItem: As James, it's the camera his father gave him; he's always on the scene, putting himself in danger to make sure people see the truth. As Guardian, it's his shield; he doesn't carry a weapon, he's just there to defend people. |
| 383 | * InNameOnly: He looks and acts nothing like the Jimmy Olsen from the comics. In fact, he is more the exact opposite of the original character, with Winn being a better match for the traditional Jimmy Olsen. |
| 384 | * InsistentTerminology: He now prefers James to Jimmy, his sobriquet at the Daily Planet. |
| 385 | * KickedUpstairs: He admits that being promoted is boring him because he enjoys working on the field more. |
| 386 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: As Guardian, he has a shield. |
| 387 | * LooseLips: He accidentally slips Clark's SecretIdentity to Winn. |
| 388 | * MayDecemberRomance: Kara is more or less two decades older than him, but her being stuck in the Phantom Zone stalled her youth. |
| 389 | * MilitaryBrat: His late father was in the Army Reserve. |
| 390 | * MythologyGag: Jimmy Olsen temporarily gaining powers was sort of a RunningGag during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in the comics. |
| 391 | * NiceGuy: He is always supportive and caring towards everyone. |
| 392 | * NonPoweredCostumedHero: In season 2, despite lacking powers, he goes into vigilantism with silver full-bodied armor and shield, dubbed "Guardian". |
| 393 | * OlderAndWiser: Jimmy is usually depicted as TheChewToy and ButtMonkey of the ''Daily Planet''. If he was in this series, that was in his younger days. James is now portrayed as more confident and poised. |
| 394 | * OnlyKnownByHisNickname: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He's known by his real name, "James," rather than his more famous nickname, "Jimmy" (by everyone but his mother and "[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} the big guy]]"). Though in episode 4 of season 5, James decide to go by "Jimmy" again. |
| 395 | * OutOfFocus: With a bigger emphasis on Kara and Winn's work with the DEO and the introduction of [[ShipTease Mon-El]], James slowly fades out of the spot light, and would've ended in complete obscurity, had it not been for him taking the mantle of "Guardian." Even at that, there have been episodes where James gets into his Guardian suit, throws one punch or receives one, and then is never seen again the rest of the episode. |
| 396 | ** Somewhat justified as Mehcad Brooks has informed the writers that if he gets offered the right script, he may end his contract and leave the show. |
| 397 | * PutOnABus: He leaves National City as of Episode 4 of the fifth Season to help his hometown Calvintown rebuild and fight corruption. |
| 398 | * RaceLift: |
| 399 | ** Practically Everything Lift. James is an older, taller, suave bald black man, whereas Jimmy's traditionally a YoungerThanTheyLook, red-headed, short nerdy white man. Practically the universal reaction to fans to finding out he is Jimmy Olsen is "THAT'S JIMMY?!" |
| 400 | ** A two-fer as James takes on the role of Guardian, normally played by white Jim Harper. |
| 401 | * RepressedMemories: As a child, just before his father's funeral, a couple of bullies locked Jimmy in an empty coffin, trapping him in there, causing him to miss his father's funeral. When he got out, he made up a story that he was at a diner and had been locked in the bathroom, sticking to the story enough times that he forgot about the real reason, until Kelly helped him unlock these memories. |
| 402 | --> '''James:''' I told my diner story so many times... that I believed it. |
| 403 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He quits [=CatCo=] at the start of Season 5, unwilling to put up with Andrea Rojas. |
| 404 | * SecretKeeper: Knows both Superman's and Supergirl's secret identities. |
| 405 | * SecretSecretKeeper: Superman told James about his cousin and requested that he keep an eye on her when he moved to National City. It doesn't take long for him to come out with this to Kara. |
| 406 | * SensoryOverload: Suffers from this after getting powers. |
| 407 | * ShoutOut: Guardian shares a lot in common with ComicBook/{{Steel}}. |
| 408 | * {{Sidekick}}: {{Deconstructed}} in "Crossfire", when he moans that he's always been TheCape's sidekick, and he wants to be the hero now. He becomes one the very next episode. |
| 409 | * SuperWristGadget: He eventually implements a wrist-mounted laser blaster onto his suit. |
| 410 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Guardian refuses to kill, which is strongly hinted as the main reason the National City populace tolerates him. |
| 411 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 412 | ** Technically Jimmy's always been a badass (it falters at times DependingOnTheWriter), but due to the fact that both he and Superman have had a decade of experience, James is a much more seasoned pro in conflict. In "Crossfire", he shows off some impressive GoodOldFisticuffs, while the next episode sees him become a vigilante. |
| 413 | ** After getting shot by Eve, he gets healed by the Harun-El and gains powers as a result, before losing them again in the Season 4 finale. |
| 414 | * TheUnmasking: He reveals his identity to the public in the Season 3 finale. |
| 415 | * VigilanteMan: As the Guardian, he takes care of problems that Kara and the DEO may not have the time for. |
| 416 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Works as this alongside Winslow when Supergirl is doing more public non-DEO acts of heroism. |
| 417 | * YouAreInCommandNow: |
| 418 | ** Cat appoints him as the new head of [=CatCo=] in her sabbatical. |
| 419 | ** Lena also allows him to oversee the running of [=CatCo=] while she takes a hands on approach in the bullpen. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | |
| 424 | !!Companies |
| 425 | !!!Lord Technologies |
| 426 | [[folder:Maxwell Lord]] |
| 427 | !!Maxwell Lord |
| 428 | [[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_maxwell_lord.jpg]] |
| 429 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 430 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterFacinelli |
| 431 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Emmanuel Bernal (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/TakashiKondo (Japanese dub) |
| 432 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E2StrongerTogether Stronger Together]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x2) |
| 433 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 434 | |
| 435 | A multimillionaire tech genius out to discover Supergirl's true identity. |
| 436 | |
| 437 | -> see the Characters/SmallvilleGovernment page for the Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 438 | -> see the Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 439 | ---- |
| 440 | * AmbiguousSituation: He is no longer enemies of Kara or the D.E.O. Did he become good or is he a VillainOfAnotherStory? The two references he has had indicate he is alive, but his current moral status and what he is up to are unknown. |
| 441 | * AndStarring: Is credited with "Special Guest Star" citation. |
| 442 | * AntiVillain: He is kind of extreme, but he wants to make the world a better place. When his plans accidentally go too far, he feels remorse for it. |
| 443 | * AssholeVictim: It is revealed that [[spoiler:his laboratory was destroyed by Andrea Rojas]]. While not evil, he still is still too callous to be sympathetic. |
| 444 | * BadBoss: Played with. First, he fires the lead engineer on the maglev train project for not coming up with a way to increase the train’s speed, instead of just telling him the method Lord himself came up with. Then, when Reactron tries to capture one of his scientists, he offers himself instead, putting him at risk. But the reason he states for this is because he is so much better than the other guy, making the whole thing possibly just an egotistic act to get himself into the spotlight. Cemented when his ex-employee Knox reveals Lord blackmailed him into planting bombs to test Supergirl in exchange for a too expensive medical treatment for his daughter, which leads to Knox's suicide. |
| 445 | * BigBadEnsemble: Seemed to have become this alongside Astra's forces in "Blood Bonds". Seemed to have performed a HeelFaceTurn, though later actions subverted that. |
| 446 | * BigBadWannabe: Isn't as much of a threat as Myriad, even helping to stop the Kryptonians' plans. |
| 447 | * CaptainErsatz: Of ComicBook/LexLuthor. In addition to being an InsufferableGenius and billionaire industrialist, he dedicates his spare time to smearing the superhero of the city, and crafting nefarious plots. There's a scene where Supergirl confronts him in a very similar way to how Lex was confronted by Superman in previous series. Also like Luthor he creates an EvilKnockoff of the Kryptonian. Doubles as a MythologyGag to the comics, where for the first few arcs of ''Justice League International'' Lord was the rich and powerful human agent for a rogue A.I. before switching sides. What did Lord use to create his EvilKnockoff here? DNA residue from part of a rogue A.I. |
| 448 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He disappears from the series without any explanation after Season 1. Made even more obvious with the arrival of Lena Luthor who takes on the same role Maxwell did in Season 1 (ultra-rich business tycoon-turned-inventor-turned-philanthropist whose positioning in the Right vs Wrong scale is initially unclear and who engages in a romance with one of the lead characters). |
| 449 | * CompositeCharacter: Both of Lex Luthor and himself in and out of story, naturally. His distrusting of superpowers (Supergirl in general) coupling in his CrookedContractor motif are dead giveaway's. |
| 450 | * DeadpanSnarker: He has a crass remark ready for every situation. |
| 451 | * FreudianExcuse: He hates the government for the death of his parents who worked as government scientists, which they covered up. As a result, he doesn't trust anybody but himself. This is a big part of the reason he doesn't like Supergirl: he says that superheroes make people complacent, and that ordinary people should rely on themselves. |
| 452 | * HollywoodAtheist: "If there was a God, She never would have put us in this mess." |
| 453 | * IconicOutfit: While Lord wears a variety of clothes, they tend to be typical formal men's wear, but with one notable, RuleOfSymbolism exception-he never wears a necktie as a sort of way of keeping him more youthful and progressive seeming. |
| 454 | * InsufferableGenius: The man is a technological genius and he will ''not'' let you forget it. Alex derogatorily referred to him as nothing more than "A reformed nerd with a God Complex." |
| 455 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When he was apprehended by Alex and her agents from the DEO and locked away in an cell for what would be for years, he was valid when he mentioned they didn't have enough evidence or lawful clearance to arrest him let alone lock him away with no due process or trial. |
| 456 | * JerkassToOne: Lord is a dick on general principle, but seems to dislike Supergirl in particular, even calling her a "pet alien" to her sister. |
| 457 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dick though he may be to the point Kara refers to him as a monster, Lord does seem to genuinely want to make the world a better place. When Non forces one of Kara's co-workers to jump to her death in order to prove his power he is appalled and tries to save her. |
| 458 | * LonelyAtTheTop: Due to his distrust in people. |
| 459 | * MeaningfulName: He wishes to lord over humanity and he definitely has a God complex. |
| 460 | * NotMeThisTime: Played straight with the Black Mercy. Zig-zagged with the Red Kryptonite, as he admitted to creating it, but intended it to affect Non rather than Supergirl, and ''definitely'' did not intend it to turn Kryptonians into uninhibited jerkasses, just to act like [[KryptoniteFactor regular green kryptonite]]. |
| 461 | * PermaStubble: He has a short beard. J'onn mocks it once while impersonating him. |
| 462 | * SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Introduced in the second episode of the entire series. |
| 463 | * SecretKeeper: He has not outed Kara as Supergirl after discovering her identity. |
| 464 | * SharpDressedMan: He's not seen without a suit. |
| 465 | * ShipTease: He showed an interest in Alex which eventually lead to a date, but his antagonism towards Kara made their relationship mostly one-sided and she only went on a date with him and faked interest in him to get information. Though she was shown to care about him somewhat when she tried to encourage his good side and even held his hand when it seemed like the world was about to end. |
| 466 | ** With Cat as they had a past relationship and later he goes out of his way to send her jewelry made out of a material that made her immune to the Kryptonian mind control device. |
| 467 | * TookALevelInJerkass: While he was a jerkass from the very beginning, he still possessed quite a few positive qualities. These are less and less on display as Season One goes on, and by "Bizarro" he's graduated into a true supervillain willing to target Supergirl in her civilian identity. |
| 468 | ** Subverted, as he then begins to gain back his positive qualities, or at least stops being as direct of a supervillain. Probably by recognizing, well... he doesn't want to pass Kara's GodzillaThreshold. He also helps out against Non and company as things get hot. |
| 469 | * UngratefulBastard: Kara rescues him from Reactron, but he intentionally robs her of the credit. |
| 470 | * VillainousCrush: Towards Alex Danvers. But following the Kryptonian attack at his company, he tells Alex their partnership is over. He still has dinner with her at one point, though both are trying to get information out of the other. |
| 471 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: |
| 472 | ** He orchestrated the bombing campaign against his own company in "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E4HowDoesSheDoIt How Does She Do It?]]" and blackmailed his patsy with a life saving surgery for the man's daughter, all to analyze Supergirl's powers. |
| 473 | ** In "Human for a Day", he is quick to take advantage of the earthquake to boost his own PR and take shots at Supergirl, while also doing genuinely good deeds. |
| 474 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears without explanations and has had only two mentions, despite [[SequelHook being set-up]] as a major player during the Season 1 finale. Lena Luthor has been inserted in his place as a sort of distaff SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. [[spoiler:We learn in Season 5 that his company was decimated by Andrea Rojas, but what happened to him personally is still a mystery.]] |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Paulina Parker]] |
| 478 | !!Paulina Parker |
| 479 | [[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paulinaparker.jpg]] |
| 480 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 481 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TristinMays |
| 482 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E4HowDoesSheDoIt How Does She Do It?]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x4) |
| 483 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 484 | |
| 485 | Maxwell Lord's personal assistant. |
| 486 | ---- |
| 487 | * AlliterativeName: '''P'''aulina '''P'''arker. |
| 488 | * GirlFriday: Fills this role for Maxwell Lord. |
| 489 | * PunchClockVillain: It's clear she's not a bad person, she's just doing her job. |
| 490 | * SatelliteCharacter: All that's really known about her is that she's Maxwell's secretary. |
| 491 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. While she's not evil, she doesn't really question the moral implications of what Lord does. |
| 492 | [[/folder]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | !!!Spheerical Industries |
| 495 | [[folder:Jack Spheer]] |
| 496 | !! Jack Spheer |
| 497 | !!! '''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via technology) |
| 498 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RahulKohli |
| 499 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E18AceReporter Ace Reporter]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x18) |
| 500 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 501 | |
| 502 | Lena Luthor's ex-boyfriend and the billionaire CEO of Spheerical Industries. |
| 503 | ---- |
| 504 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In his only comics appearance, Jack Spheer was a CorruptCorporateExecutive who who used the mind-control powers he'd gained from the Biomax formula to get revenge on ''The Power Company'''s Joshua Powers. Here, [[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E18AceReporter he's the one '''being''' mind-controlled]]. |
| 505 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: He has been programmed to kill by Beth after his Biomax "bees" downplay his will. |
| 506 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Series/IZombie'' was mentioned on ''Series/TheFlash2014'' Season 2, even though his actor is one of the main characters there. And unlike other examples, the paradox couldn't be subverted since Barry himself traveled to this universe (twice). |
| 507 | * DecompositeCharacter: His villainous role was given to his secretary. |
| 508 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: Jack Spheer was a Green Arrow villain originally, not a Superman or Supergirl one. Apparently there is no hero with the "Green Arrow" mantle in Earth-38. |
| 509 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He is taller than Lena, dark-haired and handsome. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | !!!Edge Global |
| 513 | [[folder:Morgan Edge]] |
| 514 | !!Morgan Edge |
| 515 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edge_6.jpg]] |
| 516 | [[caption-width-right:350:Pre-Crisis]] |
| 517 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 518 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AdrianPasdar |
| 519 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E1GirlOfSteel Girl of Steel]]" (''Supergirl'' 3x1) |
| 520 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 521 | |
| 522 | A rich businessman with a personal disdain for Lena Luthor, who doesn't shy extreme measures to damage her reputation. |
| 523 | |
| 524 | -> For the version of him on an unnumbered Earth, see Characters/SupermanAndLois |
| 525 | |
| 526 | -> See the Characters/SmallvilleOtherMajorVillains page for the Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 527 | ---- |
| 528 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The comics had two main drastically different interpretations of Morgan Edge, the first Pre-Crisis version was a media mogul and for all intents and purposes a law-abiding citizen, albeit one who could be a bit ruthless. Post-Crisis he was re-envisioned into a proper villain (being an actual affiliate of Intergang rather than a RedHerring) and was responsible for creating the Superman Revenge Squad as well as petty actions like [[KickTheDog literal dog-kicking]]. But both versions pale in comparison to the Arrowverse version who is a vicious mass-murderer who has attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild kill a school full of kids]]. |
| 529 | * ArchEnemy: For Lena, ever since she bought [=CatCo=] before him. He will do ''anything'' to ruin her reputation. |
| 530 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Reign in Season 3. |
| 531 | * BigBadWannabe: Isn't half as powerful or threatening as he thinks he is....at least in his first appearance. After that, he shows Lena and Kara that he is ''not'' playing around. |
| 532 | * CompositeCharacter: He combines the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis comics versions of Morgan Edge. Like the Pre-Crisis version, he is a media mogul and tries to buy a media company (in this case [=CatCo=] rather than Daily Planet), while like the Post-Crisis version he is a CorruptCorporateExecutive. |
| 533 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Plans to take over [=CatCo=] to build up a PropagandaMachine against Lena and has no problems with hiring terrorists. |
| 534 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: His plan to hire a terrorist to attack the bay; he immediately drew attention to himself because he was quite vocal about his desire to redevelop it and therefore was the most obvious suspect. Also he didn't really take into account how somebody like Lillian Luthor would react to his constant attempts to kill her daughter ... |
| 535 | * EvilCounterpart: He is similar to Maxwell Lord in that he is a corrupt businessman who's a thorn in the heroes' way, but lacks [[AntiVillain his positive qualities]]. Lord did a lot of dark stuff because he really, truly believed it necessary to protect the world, and always stopped short of ''truly'' becoming the new Lex, and in the end helped the heroes. While Edge has a similar role to Lord, it's also easy to see how capital-E Evil this guy is due to being motivated by greed and pettiness. |
| 536 | * EvilIsPetty: He's very petty towards Lena, as well as James, for making their distaste for him and his ideas for National City known. He tries to buy [=CatCo=] out from under James in retaliation, and threatens to make trouble for Lena when she beats him to the punch. He makes good on that by trying to interfere with her business in "The Faithful", filing an anti-trust lawsuit that gets instantly slapped down, apparently for no other reason than to be obnoxious. |
| 537 | ** That's nothing compared to when when he poisons a public pool with a chemical that produces lead poisoning symptoms all so he can blame it on Lena's bomb to get rid of the Daxamites and destroy her reputation. |
| 538 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Is able to put up an act of friendliness whenever he needs to, especially in front of cameras. |
| 539 | * HateSink: Each episode he's in makes it abundantly clear what a spiteful, nasty, piece of work he is. He will kill dozens or poison hundreds of children just to get petty revenge on a business rival. |
| 540 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Attacks Lena and James for everything he does. |
| 541 | * {{Jerkass}}: When he isn't putting up an act, he quite easily qualifies as ''the'' most unpleasant human in the series period. |
| 542 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: His luck finally runs out in "For Good" where Lena manages to get a confession of his crimes out of him. |
| 543 | * NotMeThisTime: Lena immediately suspects him to be behind the Kryptonian graffiti, but he isn't. He does send an assassin after her, however. |
| 544 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Makes some pretty sexist remarks towards Lena. |
| 545 | * StrawmanPolitical: "For Good" firmly establishes him as also hating Lena and James for being the "liberal media." |
| 546 | * SmugSnake: Which makes him being left on a container ship at least a few miles away from National City by Supergirl all the more satisfying. |
| 547 | * {{Trumplica}}: This version of Edge takes many cues from Donald Trump, being a wealthy real estate mogul with a dim view of the news media. (Which is funny, considering the comic book version of Edge was a media mogul). |
| 548 | * TheUnfettered: He is fine with hiring a terrorist and endangering hundreds if not thousands of innocents lives to reach his goals.... and poison children to destroy one woman's life. |
| 549 | * VillainHasAPoint: |
| 550 | ** He is not entirely wrong about the fact that a lot of the good Lena is at least partially motivated by her guilt for the actions of her brother, mother, and even her own actions for helping bring on the Daxamite invasion. |
| 551 | ** He also not wrong about [=CatCo=] becoming increasingly more biased since James took over, as it has been shown that he doesn't want articles saying bad things about superheroes or aliens. Then again, [[{{Hypocrite}} he plans to turn it into his personal propaganda machine]]. |
| 552 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Acts like a philanthropist towards the public. Might finally be at an end after Lena gets him to confess his crimes. |
| 553 | * WouldHurtAChild: He poisoned a public pool with a chemical that produces lead poisoning symptoms, that made dozens of children seriously ill all to destroy Lena's reputation. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | |
| 557 | !!Local Government |
| 558 | !!!Police Department |
| 559 | [[folder:Det. Maggie Sawyer]] |
| 560 | !!Detective Margarita "Maggie" Sawyer |
| 561 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maggie_sawyer_floriana_lima.png]] |
| 562 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 563 | !!! '''Portrayed By''': Creator/FlorianaLima |
| 564 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Jahel Morga (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 565 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E3WelcomeToEarth Welcome to Earth]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x3) |
| 566 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{Invasion|2016}}!''[[note]]( ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'')[[/note]] |
| 567 | |
| 568 | A detective for the National City Police Department who takes a special interest in the cases involving aliens. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | -> see the Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies page for the Earth-167 character who bears her name and background |
| 571 | ---- |
| 572 | * ActionGirl: Moreso than the comic Maggie. |
| 573 | * AdaptationDyeJob: She's blonde in the comics. Here, she's played by a brunette actress. |
| 574 | * AdvertisedExtra: Her actress' name is included in the OBB, but she's mainly a SatelliteLoveInterest to Alex. |
| 575 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: When on the job, she's stoically committed to the shield. After hours however she can be playful, flirtatious and fun, but even still keeps somewhat an emotional distance from most. Until Alex came along, that is. |
| 576 | * AmazonChaser: Just [[http://smolsawyer.tumblr.com/post/160213572740/mark-me-and-maggie-sawyer-as-scared-and-horny look]] at her reaction to Alex punching Richard Malverne, the man who kidnapped and threatened her life in "Alex". |
| 577 | * BattleCouple: With Alex. Even before they started dating, they fought together, with Maggie even remarking that they make a good team. After they get together, they don't get to show this off until "Exodus", when they first fight CADMUS agents in the alien bar together and then, when Alex goes rogue after being suspended from the DEO, fight CADMUS agents and rescue deported aliens together. |
| 578 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Alex. Both are tough, intelligent women who even have the same interests in music (e.g., ''Barenaked Ladies''). |
| 579 | * ChildHater: Downplayed, she doesn't hate children by a long shot, but she just doesn't see herself as a mom, unknowingly putting her at odds with Alex who wants to be. |
| 580 | * ClosetKey: For Alex. After Maggie's girlfriend breaks up with her, Alex is persistent in wanting to spend time with her which makes Maggie wonder if Alex herself is gay. This question makes Alex strongly consider the possibility that she is. Other than that it is clearly shown that Alex may be developing feelings for her through the fact that they have common interests and personalities. |
| 581 | * CompositeCharacter: Maggie's namesake counterpart in the Superman mythos is a no-nonsense short-haired blonde woman, while this version (long-haired sarcastic brunette with a willingness to bend the rules) has more in common with Renee Montoya from the Batman comics. |
| 582 | * CowboyCop: Unlike comic "by the book cop" Maggie, this Maggie Sawyer works outside the law to aid her in her cases, and her way of dealing with tense situations are straight out of an action movie. She also enjoys engaging in CasualDangerDialogue. |
| 583 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Maggie reveals in "Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk" that she lied about her parents being okay with her homosexuality. They kicked her out of the house when she was 14, and she was forced to live at her aunt's for three years. |
| 584 | * FairCop: Maggie is a very attractive police officer and gets her fair share of attention from females of many species, Alex included. |
| 585 | * FirstLove: She is this to Alex as she is the first person that Alex has had strong feelings for, as it was noted that her past relationships never got very far due to her lack of attraction to men. |
| 586 | * ForcedOutOfTheCloset: She was outed as a lesbian when she was 14, at which her parents disowned her. |
| 587 | * FreudianExcuse: She was outed at 14 by a girl she liked on Valentine's Day. Her parents then kicked her out and she moved in with her aunt. This is the reason behind her extreme dislike of the holiday. |
| 588 | * FriendOnTheForce: She is a police aid for Kara and the D.E.O. |
| 589 | * HellBentForLeather: She wears leather jackets. |
| 590 | * IHaveNoSon: Her parents kicked her out over her being a lesbian. |
| 591 | * InterspeciesRomance: Sawyer admits to having dated her share of aliens. |
| 592 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Realizing that Alex's dreams are too important for her to sacrifice, she gracefully bows out of their engagement, assuring Alex she's going to be an amazing mother someday. |
| 593 | * LipstickLesbian: Maggie's a tough cop who falls in the "chapstick" category (she has long hair, but also more masculine clothing and a somewhat tomboyish manner, but not enough for "butch" either). She had an alien ex-girlfriend who learned English by tongue contact. |
| 594 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Alex. Her presence is one of the few things that can get the guarded and emotionally closed-off Alex to lighten up, not to mention Maggie helped Alex realize she was a lesbian. |
| 595 | * {{Nephewism}}: She mentions that she came to live with her aunt after her parents kicked her out when she'd been outed to them. |
| 596 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full first name is Margarita, though she's always called Maggie. |
| 597 | * PutOnABus: She departs the series in Season 3, leading to an amicable breakup with Alex. |
| 598 | * RaceLift: Maggie is now explicitly non-white, played by actress Floriana Lima (who's said she has Italian, Irish, English, Spanish and Portuguese ancestors). Later her dad is shown to be Mexican-American, and thus she could be considered a Latina (though Maggie doesn't identify herself that way). |
| 599 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: She barely had a role outside of being Alex's girlfriend. |
| 600 | * SecretKeeper: In the know that Kara is Supergirl, Clark is Superman, Mon-El is from Daxam and James is Guardian. |
| 601 | * ShipTease: With Alex that eventually leads to Maggie confessing her feelings to her and them hooking up at Alex's apartment. |
| 602 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Discussed by Alex. |
| 603 | -->'''Alex:''' ''(to Kara)'' And, oh, she loves tiramisu. I mean, could eat it for every meal, literally. It's like her happy food. |
| 604 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Invoked by Maggie when she talks about growing up in Nebraska as a non-white lesbian. Specifically, she's Mexican-American. |
| 605 | * TwoFirstNames: "Sawyer" can also be a first name. |
| 606 | * {{Workaholic}}: According to an ex-girlfriend, she broke up with Maggie partly because of this. (This seems to be an InformedFlaw, however, since ''Alex'' seems to be the workaholic of the two.) |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Det. Carl Draper]] |
| 610 | -> see the ''Master Jailer'' folder at [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[folder:Officer Dean Petrocelli]] |
| 614 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups and Organizations]] |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder:Deputy James Olsen]] |
| 618 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCitizens National City Citizens]] |
| 619 | [[/folder]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | |
| 623 | !! Residents of National City |
| 624 | !!!Aliens |
| 625 | [[folder:Megan Morris]] |
| 626 | -> see the ''Ms. Martian'' folder at [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Lyra Strayd]] |
| 630 | !! Lyra Strayd |
| 631 | [[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lyra.jpg]] |
| 632 | !!! '''Species:''' Valerian |
| 633 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TamzinMerchant |
| 634 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Nallely Solís (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 635 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E13MrAndMrsMxyzptlk Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x13) |
| 636 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 637 | |
| 638 | A self-proclaimed alien warrior from Starhaven, actually an art thief from Valeria. |
| 639 | ---- |
| 640 | |
| 641 | * ActionGirl: She takes out ''two'' alien thugs at once in the alien bar, single-handedly. Even though it's later discovered the thugs were hired to harass Winn, she still has combat ability. Later, she joins Guardian and Winn's crime-fighting team, though she's a little over-enthusiastic at first. |
| 642 | * BecomingTheMask: Used Winn in a plan to steal a [[Creator/VincentVanGogh [=VanGogh=]]] to save her brother. In doing so she ended up forming real feelings for him over time. |
| 643 | * BigSisterInstinct: Plans the entire Art Heist in an attempt to rescue her brother, who is being held for ransom. |
| 644 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: All her affections for Winn are just for show in order for her to accomplish a con. Or, at least, that's how she makes it appear. |
| 645 | * CanonForeigner: Lyra does not exist in any other DC canon. Starhaven does exist, however; it's the home of [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes Dawnstar]], a winged superhero - Lyra, as far as we know, is wingless. |
| 646 | * CantTakeCriticism: Lyra gets angry when James tries to kick her out from his team. |
| 647 | * ConMan: She romanced Winn to gain access to a museum for a LongGame art heist. |
| 648 | * CrapsackWorld: Starhaven, according to Winn, "smells like cinnamon". Lyra corrects him, saying a blight struck the planet and is no longer a paradise world. |
| 649 | * CuteMonsterGirl: She has visible ridges running across her face that clearly mark her as alien. However all other aspects of her are attractive by human standards, and her shyness while out on a real date with Winn only enhances her cuteness. Subverted in that shyness was all an act initially. |
| 650 | * EasilyForgiven: Despite using Winn, he still forgives her because she did it all to save her brother. He even agrees to allow her to help Guardian. |
| 651 | * GoodIsNotNice: She can be outright aggresive in her vigilante work. |
| 652 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Started out as Winn's girlfriend and at one point aided him and Supergirl to help save a group of alien prisoners. Then it was revealed that her romance with Winn was a front for her criminal activities. Then it was revealed that said criminal activities were under duress in order to save her brother. Then Winn forgave her and even brought her on board to become Guardian's crime-fighting partner. |
| 653 | * InterspeciesRomance: With Winn, a human. |
| 654 | * LimitedWardrobe: Other than the red dress she wore in her and Winn's first offical date, she's always clad in the same biker outfit. |
| 655 | * PhantomThief: As a Valerian, she's invisible to cameras. |
| 656 | * RescueRomance: Gets acquainted with Winn after she rescued him from alien bullies. Subverted in that she picked him out and staged the bullying of Winn. |
| 657 | * ShooTheDog: She flatly tells him she never loved him. She's sincere, though she's clearly touched after everything is said and done when he tells her he still is attracted to her and forgives her for using him. Ultimately, a genuine romance begins. |
| 658 | * TrappedInVillainy: While she is indeed a cat burglar, she manipulated Winn into helping her steal ''[[Creator/VincentVanGogh Starry Night]]'' to save her brother, a hostage of an art fence. |
| 659 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When last seen she and Winn were still going strong, even on the verge of forming a Power Trio with him and James in their work as vigilantes, but she up and vanishes near the end of season 2. Borders on ChuckCunninghamSyndrome in Season 3, where she doesn't even get a single mention, not even when her boyfriend leaves for the future. |
| 660 | [[/folder]] |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [[folder:M'yrnn J'onzz]] |
| 663 | -> see his folder at [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] |
| 664 | [[/folder]] |
| 665 | |
| 666 | [[folder:Fiona Byrne]] |
| 667 | !! Fiona "Fi" Byrne |
| 668 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fiona_byrne.png]] |
| 669 | !!! '''Species:''' Ikthanolian |
| 670 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TiyaSircar |
| 671 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E1TheAmericanAlien American Alien]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x1) |
| 672 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 673 | |
| 674 | A bartender, group therapist and alien rights activist. |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * AlmostDeadGuy: She survives the initial stabbing by Agent Liberty to be used to control other aliens. As soon as J'onn and Manchester find her however, she expires. |
| 677 | * DisposableWoman: Her death is what causes Manchester to go on the warpath.]] |
| 678 | * SacrificialLamb: She is introduced as a good friend of J'onn, but hardly lives for two episodes. |
| 679 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Only has a major appearance in one episode, but her death is the cause of Manchester's StartOfDarkness. |
| 680 | * {{Telepathy}}: Her powers, combined with TheEmpath. |
| 681 | [[/folder]] |
| 682 | |
| 683 | [[folder:Spike the Dragon]] |
| 684 | !! Spike |
| 685 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spike_3.png]] |
| 686 | !!! '''Species:''' Shapeshifting Dragon |
| 687 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E6CallToAction Call to Action]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x6) |
| 688 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' |
| 689 | |
| 690 | An alien dragon living disguised as a pet iguana under the care of a girl named Alana. |
| 691 | ---- |
| 692 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: He acts very much like a fire-breathing, jet-sized dog, protective of his family. |
| 693 | * BeamOWar: He pits his dragon flame against Supergirl's cold breath. It ends in a stalemate. |
| 694 | * TheBusCameBack: He makes a surprising, if short return at the beginning of the first episode of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', causing trouble while feeling the impending catastrophe. |
| 695 | * GarnishingTheStory: There really is no other reason for his inclusion. |
| 696 | * GentleGiant: He is actually peaceful and even cuddly when he doesn't protect his family against threats. |
| 697 | * KidWithTheLeash: He listens to a little girl named Alana. |
| 698 | * LightningBruiser: Not just incredibly strong, but also fast enough to keep up with Supergirl. |
| 699 | * MuggingTheMonster: The Children of Liberty made a ''bad'' mistake when they attacked his family. |
| 700 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He goes on a rampage not long before the Crisis hits because he's agitated by Earth-38's impending doom. |
| 701 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: A dragon that is classified as an alien lifeform rather than a magical creature, and is capable of shape-shifting. |
| 702 | * {{Shapeshifting}}: Though its not stated whether he can transform into more than just his iguana form. |
| 703 | * SleepModeSize: His iguana form. |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[folder:Esme]] |
| 707 | !! Esme |
| 708 | !!! '''Species:''' Dyralian |
| 709 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MilaJones |
| 710 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S6E9DreamWeaver Dream Weaver]]" (''Supergirl'' 6x9) |
| 711 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 712 | |
| 713 | A Dyralian foster child and adopted daughter of Alex Danvers and Kelly Olsen. |
| 714 | ---- |
| 715 | * CheerfulChild: Very cute, curious and friendly. |
| 716 | * ChildrenAreInnocent |
| 717 | * CompanionCube: Her stuffed zebra Lovey. |
| 718 | * TheCutie: The Superfriends ''adore'' her. Alex in particular [[CutenessProximity falls over herself describing how cute she is.]] |
| 719 | * HappilyAdopted: She is adopted into the Danvers-Olsen family by Alex and Kelly, both of whom love her very much. |
| 720 | * LittleMissSnarker: Has her moments. |
| 721 | * PowerCopying: Her species is able to mimic the abilities of other aliens. |
| 722 | * PowerIncontinence: Due to her young age, she has difficulty controlling her powers. |
| 723 | * SecretKeeper: When meeting Supergirl after first meeting Kara, she senses that the two have the same powers and realises they are the same person in about ''five seconds,'' which must be a record. |
| 724 | [[/folder]] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[folder:Orlando and Joey Davis]] |
| 727 | !!Orlando and Joey Davis |
| 728 | !!!'''Species:''' Zoltarian |
| 729 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S6E9DreamWeaver Dream Weaver]]" (''Supergirl'' 6x9) |
| 730 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jhaleil Swaby (Orlando), Aiden Stoxx (Joey) |
| 731 | |
| 732 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 733 | |
| 734 | A pair of orphaned alien brothers. |
| 735 | ---- |
| 736 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Orlando acts as a surrogate father for his little brother and would do anything for him. |
| 737 | * ButtMonkey: They stumble from one misery into the other. |
| 738 | * HumanAliens: Like most aliens on the show, they look indistinguishable from regular humans. |
| 739 | * MythologyGag: Named after Joe Orlando, former VP of DC Comics and an artist for ''Supergirl'' back in the 70's. |
| 740 | * RousingSpeech: In the penultimate episode, Orlando gives one to the masses affected by Lex and Nyxly draining their emotions, giving them their Hope, Truth, and Love back. |
| 741 | [[/folder]] |
| 742 | |
| 743 | !!!Grant Family |
| 744 | [[folder:Carter Grant]] |
| 745 | !!Carter Grant |
| 746 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_carter_grant.png]] |
| 747 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 748 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LeviMiller |
| 749 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Iván Bastidas (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 750 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E4HowDoesSheDoIt How Does She Do It?]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x4) |
| 751 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 752 | |
| 753 | Cat Grant's shy and sensitive son. |
| 754 | ---- |
| 755 | * AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, Cat's son is named Adam Morgan. It is then revealed that they're a DecompositeCharacter. |
| 756 | * DecompositeCharacter: With his half-brother Adam Foster, for Cat’s son in the comics, Adam Morgan. He gets the age while Adam gets the name. |
| 757 | * TheGadfly: When his mother starts grilling him about what he admired about Supergirl, he immediately answers that it's her fantastic legs. He lets her stew a little before admitting that he's joking. |
| 758 | * HeroWorshipper: Aside from having a PrecociousCrush on her, he also likes the heroic stuff that Supergirl does. |
| 759 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: Upon meeting James Olsen, his first reaction is trying to use him to meet Supergirl, just like her mother. |
| 760 | * LongBusTrip: Very unlikely to appear again due to Cat being {{demoted|ToExtra}} to a RecurringCharacter. |
| 761 | * NomDeMom: He uses his mother's surname rather than his father's. |
| 762 | * PrecociousCrush: He is infatuated with Supergirl, even before meeting her in person. |
| 763 | * SiblingTriangle: He has a crush on Supergirl, while his older half-brother openly flirts with Kara. |
| 764 | * TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm. |
| 765 | [[/folder]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | [[folder:Katherine Grant]] |
| 768 | !! Katherine Grant |
| 769 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katherine.jpg]] |
| 770 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 771 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoanJulietBuck |
| 772 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E6RedFaced Red Faced]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x6) |
| 773 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 774 | |
| 775 | Cat Grant's mother. |
| 776 | ---- |
| 777 | * {{Jerkass}}: Every other word out of her mouth is a passive aggressive putdown. |
| 778 | * LongBusTrip: Very unlikely to appear again due to Cat being {{demoted|ToExtra}} to a RecurringCharacter. |
| 779 | * MeaningfulName: Partly based on Creator/KatharineHepburn, if only in a stern matron way. |
| 780 | * NewMediaAreEvil: Or at the very least, she believes they are inferior to old media. |
| 781 | * OddNameOut: While she has the phonetic "K" sound like her daughter and youngest grandson, her name actually starts with "K". She calls Cat "[[ActorAllusion Ki]][[Series/BrothersAndSisters tty]]", however. |
| 782 | * OneSteveLimit: She and her daughter share the same name aside from a different letter at the very beginning. |
| 783 | * ParentalNeglect: Of the emotional variety, towards her daughter and grandson. |
| 784 | * ShadowArchetype: She lacks Cat's goodness. |
| 785 | * TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm. |
| 786 | [[/folder]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | !!!Lockwood Family |
| 789 | [[folder:Ben Lockwood]] |
| 790 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups and Organizations]] |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Peter Lockwood]] |
| 794 | !! Peter Lockwood |
| 795 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 796 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/XanderBerkeley |
| 797 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E3ManOfSteel Man of Steel]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x3) |
| 798 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 799 | |
| 800 | The owner of Lockwood Family Steel and the father of Ben Lockwood / Agent Liberty. |
| 801 | ---- |
| 802 | * CelebrityParadox: |
| 803 | ** Winn mentions ''Series/TwentyFour'' in Season 2. His actor was a main cast member of the show during its first two seasons. |
| 804 | ** Cat mentions ''Series/TheXFiles'' in Season 1. His actor guest starred there during its first season. |
| 805 | * CynicismCatalyst: His death is what leads to his son to become an anti-alien fascist. |
| 806 | * DrivenToSuicide: Well he ''thinks'' this -- blaming aliens for his business going under and purposefully waiting in his refinery to die during the Daughters of Juru' terraforming rather than acknowledge that he let his sense of {{Pride}} cloud his business judgement. |
| 807 | * FamilyBusiness: He used to own a steel factory. It ran out of business due to his customers switching to the alien Nth Metal, which further fueled his hate; he could've modernized it to stay afloat but he refused. |
| 808 | * FantasticRacism: He doesn't like aliens. |
| 809 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Outside of his prejudice against aliens, he was a BenevolentBoss, a {{good parent|s}}, and a {{doting grandparent}}. |
| 810 | * NeverMyFault: He categorically refused to modernize his refinery to process Nth Metal, because "the old ways are the best". When it went bankrupt he refused to take any responsibility for his actions, preferring to blame aliens instead. |
| 811 | ** He also gets indignant when his workers are arrested despite the fact that they were essentially trying to lynch innocent aliens and blames the alien for Ben's injuries when his own workers throwing things provoked it. |
| 812 | * PosthumousCharacter: He died during the events of the ''Supergirl'' Season 3 finale, prior to his son's introduction in the following season, with his appearances happening in flashbacks. |
| 813 | * RacistGrandpa: He had a prejudice aliens, a trait which both his son and grandson share. |
| 814 | [[/folder]] |
| 815 | |
| 816 | [[folder:Lydia Lockwood]] |
| 817 | !! Lydia Lockwood |
| 818 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 819 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SarahSmyth |
| 820 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E3ManOfSteel Man of Steel]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x3) |
| 821 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 822 | |
| 823 | Ben Lockwood's wife and George's mother. |
| 824 | ---- |
| 825 | * AlliterativeName: '''L'''ydia '''L'''ockwood, played by '''S'''arah '''S'''myth. |
| 826 | * AssholeVictim: ZigZagged. On the one hand she supported her husbands outright genocidal policies. But she personally didn't do anything evil -- she was killed only as retribution by an alien wife whose husband Lockwood had arrested. |
| 827 | * CynicismCatalyst: Her murder pushes Ben Lockwood to be even more more of an AbsoluteXenophobe and aggressively hunt down aliens, including ordering several be subjected to [[ColdBloodedTorture enhanced interrogation]]. |
| 828 | [[/folder]] |
| 829 | |
| 830 | [[folder:George Lockwood]] |
| 831 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups and Organizations]] |
| 832 | [[/folder]] |
| 833 | |
| 834 | !!!Others |
| 835 | [[folder:Sinead]] |
| 836 | !!Sinead |
| 837 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_sinead.png]] |
| 838 | !!! '''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via magic) |
| 839 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HarrietSansomHarris |
| 840 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E18WorldsFinest Worlds Finest]]" (''Supergirl'' 1x18) |
| 841 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 842 | |
| 843 | Siobhan Smythe's aunt. |
| 844 | ---- |
| 845 | * AffablyEvil: She is friendly while discussing her murders. |
| 846 | * BlackWidow: Implies that she killed her husband with her power in the past. |
| 847 | * ConMan: Has genuine magical power but mostly just tricks "muggles" into buying fake magical objects. |
| 848 | * EvilAunt: Evil in a sense that she teaches her already wayward niece to further embrace the evil within her. Otherwise, Siobhan sees her as a CoolAunt. |
| 849 | * EvilMentor: Teaches Siobhan about her power and tells her that the only way to quiet the scream of the Banshee in her mind is to kill the person who angered her. |
| 850 | * EvilRedhead: She's evil, and she's Irish. |
| 851 | * InformedAbility: She says she also has Siobhan's screaming powers. It is never shown onscreen. |
| 852 | * KarmaHoudini: She heavily implies to have killed her husband, but she's still roaming around running her business. |
| 853 | * {{Oireland}}: Unlike Siobhan, she has the (fake) accent and the red hair of a stereotypical Irish woman. |
| 854 | * OnlyOneName: Her last name is never revealed. |
| 855 | * TheUnfought: She is a villainous character but Kara doesn't fight her. In fact, she probably doesn't know about her. |
| 856 | * VillainousFriendship: She and Siobhan seem to genuinely like each other. |
| 857 | * WolfInSheepsClothing: An AffablyEvil woman disguising herself as a FunnyForeigner. |
| 858 | [[/folder]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | [[folder:Manchester Black]] |
| 861 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups and Organizations]] |
| 862 | [[/folder]] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | [[folder:Yvette]] |
| 865 | !!Yvette |
| 866 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yvette_8.jpg]] |
| 867 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 868 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RoxyWood |
| 869 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E8BunkerHill Bunker Hill]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x8) |
| 870 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 871 | |
| 872 | Nia's roommate who is also transgender. |
| 873 | ---- |
| 874 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards Brainy. |
| 875 | * BigBeautifulWoman: She attracts a fair lot of admirers despite being slightly big boned. |
| 876 | * TwoferTokenMinority: She's a Black trans woman. |
| 877 | [[/folder]] |
| 878 |
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