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Stargirl (DC Comics) (Comic Book)

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Courtney Whitmore, better known as Stargirl (sometimes Star or Stars, formerly Star-Spangled Kid), is a DC Comics character created by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder, first appearing in DCU Heroes Secret Files #1 (dated February 1999).Courtney's adventures as a superhero began when she found the costume of the original Star-Spangled kid in her home, assuming the mantle for herself — much to the annoyance of her stepfather, engineer Pat Dugan. As a result, he built a robotic exoskeleton called S.T.R.I.P.E., and they began fighting crime together.After Starman gave her his Cosmic Staff, Courtney rebranded herself as Stargirl, and she joined the Justice Society of America alongside S.T.R.I.P.E. She'd later serve as a member of the JSA on her own, without the aid of her stepfather.At the start of the New 52, Stargirl featured as a founding member of Amanda Waller's government-sanctioned Justice League. After the events of Forever Evil, she departed the team, joining up with the Justice League United.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Stargirl has appeared often in other media, predominantly on television in both live-action and animation. She made her live-action debut on The CW's Smallville, and later showed up in the Arrowverse series Legends of Tomorrow. In 2018, it was announced that a Stargirl series had been picked up by the DC Universe streaming service, with her co-creator Geoff Johns serving as showrunner.
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Boom Stick: Her Cosmic Staff.
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Badass Adorable
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Badass Adorable: Easily of the "cutest" superheroes in all of the DC Universe — but she can really pack a punch.
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Little Miss Badass
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Little Miss Badass: She was just a young girl when she became a superhero.
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Clothes Make the Superman
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Clothes Make the Superman: Courtney's Cosmic Converter Belt gives her many abilities including Enhanced Strength, Speed, and Agility, Star Blasts, and Invulnerability.
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The Heart
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The Heart: She's the one that everyone in the JSA can get along with. She's a Big Sis Mentor to the younger members and tends to be a Little Brother Is Watching to the older, hotheaded ones like Power Girl.
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Kid Hero
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Kid Hero: Courtney is a high school student and still wear braces on her teeth. Original JSA members Jay Garrick and Alan Scott are quite paternal towards her. Again in New 52 JLA (the version assembled by Amanda Waller). At 17 years, she's the youngest member; though she's been a hero longer than Vibe.
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Disappeared Dad
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Disappeared Dad: Courtney's biological father left when she was very young.
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Arch-Enemy
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Arch-Enemy: Shiv in Stars and STRIPE.
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Character Development
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Character Development: Early issues of her solo series look bizarre to us now, as she's blatantly bratty, snotty, arrogant, a pain in the ass, and openly disrespectful to adults.
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Virgin Power
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Virgin Power: No, seriously. It protected her from ghosts called up by the Gentleman Ghost.
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Parental Substitute
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Parental Substitute: She fought it, but Pat Dugan, her stepdad, eventually became this, symbolised by her calling him "dad". After initially being Head Butting Heroes, they became extremely close.
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Only Friend
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Only Friend: Courtney is just about the only person who can stand Cyclone's Motor Mouth for an extended period of time. It helps that they are the only women of the relatively same age on the team.
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Only the Pure of Heart
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Only the Pure of Heart: Why she had to be the one to kill the King of Tears.
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Cosmic Motifs
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Cosmic Motifs: Her hero identity for one. Plus, she sports white stars in her costume.
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Bratty Teenage Daughter
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Bratty Teenage Daughter: Courtney is so much this at the start. She stole the costume solely to divorce her mom from her hated stepdad (who was never shown doing anything wrong to her). She also once hid pineapple, to which he was deathly allergic, under his pillow because he "annoyed her."
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Bare Your Midriff
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Bare Your Midriff: One of the more noticeable ways Courtney modified the Star-Spangled Kid uniform, she often wears crop-tops in her civilian life too. She once justified it to S.T.R.I.P.E. by noting that it sometimes distracted male opponents.
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Evil Counterpart
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Cindy Burman/Shiv; she was her high-school bully who moonlighted as a supervillain-in-training and became an Evil Counterpart to her, and the two became very personally antagonistic after Courtney foiled Cindy's father's plans and indirectly caused his apparent death. Cindy blamed Courtney and swore vengeance, and so every time the JSA and Injustice Society fought after, Shiv made a point of attacking Courtney specifically.
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Flight
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Flight: She wields the Cosmic Staff that enables her to fly.
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Affirmative-Action Legacy
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Affirmative Action Legacy: She succeeded a man as the second Star-Spangled Kid, and then replaces the male Starman as Stargirl when she acquires the traditional weapon of the Knight family.
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Genki Girl
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Genki Girl: Her personality is very excitable.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Her outfit is inspired by Yankee Poodle of DC's Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!, which is a popular cartoon series in the DCU.
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Legacy Character
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Legacy Character: Started as a legacy to the Star-Spangled Kid, what with her stepdad being the Kid's old sidekick, but later became one for Starman, with Jack Knight's blessing.
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Captain Patriotic
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Captain Patriotic: Her superhero identity evokes American patriotic fervor.
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The Cheerleader
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The Cheerleader: At Blue Valley High, she joined the cheer squad as a means of explaining where she was to her mom every time she needed to go do Star-Spangled Kid stuff. She hated every moment of it, especially the Dangerously Short Skirt, and the fact she had to spend time with Alpha Bitch Cindy Burman.
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Primary-Color Champion
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Primary-Color Champion: A blue suit with red gloves and belt, and white stars.
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Dark Secret
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Dark Secret: In the New 52, when she tries to disobey an order, Amanda Waller reveals that she knows who Stargirl's real father is and would have him answer for his actions if she doesn't comply.
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Will They or Won't They?: With Atom Smasher & Captain Marvel in JSA.
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