40 Fun Facts About DC Super Hero Girls

Which Batman villain is a heroic student and Wonder Woman's roommate in the original DC Super Hero Girls?

Harley Quinn began in 1992 as the Joker's henchwoman in Batman: The Animated Series, yet the web series enrols her at Super Hero High as one of the good guys.

Which Suicide Squad boss is the principal of Super Hero High in the original DC Super Hero Girls?

Amanda Waller usually sends supervillains on deadly black-ops missions, but here she runs a school whose librarian is Granny Goodness.

Which animated comedy series crossed over with DC Super Hero Girls in the 2022 film Mayhem in the Multiverse?

Teen Titans Go! shared the film with the six heroines, and the crossover also served as the series finale of the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV show.

At which school do the six teenage heroes meet in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Metropolis High replaced Super Hero High from the 2015 web series, and the reboot's six heroes keep their powers behind secret identities there.

Which member of the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls team is a magician's daughter and the group's magic expert?

Zatanna, known as Zee at school, casts her spells in the comics by saying what she wants backwards.

Which technical expert of the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls team can shrink herself down to a tiny size?

Bumblebee, real name Karen Beecher, is sometimes called DC's first Black woman superhero, though others give that title to the Amazon Nubia.

Where was Batgirl's father police commissioner before retiring in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

Gotham City is still guarded by Batman in the series, which writes Robin as his bratty sidekick.

On which platform did the original DC Super Hero Girls animated web series launch in 2015?

YouTube hosted the short episodes, and the web series ran to 112 of them across five seasons before ending on a cliffhanger.

Lego's DC Super Hero Girls sets used mini-doll figures in the style of which other Lego theme?

Friends mini-dolls stood in for the traditional minifigure across the 12 DC Super Hero Girls sets, a design Lego aimed at girls.

Which former TV Superman voices Jonathan Kent in the film DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year?

Dean Cain played the Man of Steel in the 1990s series Lois & Clark, so the film casts a former Clark Kent as Clark's adoptive father.

Which developer of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic created the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Lauren Faust based the reboot on a set of shorts she had made for DC Nation in 2012, and several of her pony writers followed her to the new show.

Which homeland of the Amazons does Wonder Woman leave for high school in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

Themyscira is ruled by her mother, Queen Hippolyta, and the heroine retreats there in the crossover film after her team falls out.

Which voice of Twilight Sparkle plays Batgirl in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Tara Strong first voiced Batgirl back in The New Batman Adventures, and in the reboot she also plays the villain Cheetah.

Which 1960s Batman TV actress does Cree Summer imitate as Catwoman in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

Eartha Kitt took over the feline thief for the third and final season of the 1960s show; the animated version leads the Super Villain Girls.

Which villain team does Lex Luthor form in the DC Super Hero Girls crossover film Mayhem in the Multiverse?

Legion of Doom members set out to rid the world of superheroes, and they even force the United Nations to hand over the planet.

Where do Lex Luthor's villains trap the Justice League in the DC Super Hero Girls film Mayhem in the Multiverse?

Phantom Zone prisoners include most of the League, while Superman is sealed separately inside a box of Kryptonite.

Which console is home to DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, the 2021 video game based on the TV series?

Nintendo Switch got the game from Nintendo itself as publisher, two years after the mobile microgame collection DC Super Hero Girls Blitz.

Which toy company made the action figures announced alongside the DC Super Hero Girls web series in 2015?

Mattel's figures were one piece of a launch that also lined up Lego sets and Random House books, all aimed at girls aged 6 to 12.

Which TV channel premiered the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series with a one-hour special?

Cartoon Network launched the show in March 2019 with the special #SweetJustice, after a short had played in cinemas the summer before.

In the 2016 special DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High, which room does Supergirl crash-land into on arrival?

The cafeteria crash shows how far her raw power is from real heroics, and the same story is retold in the novel Supergirl at Super Hero High.

Which Green Lantern is the pacifist of the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls team?

Jessica Cruz was rewritten for the show, because the writers felt her original comic-book backstory clashed with its lighthearted tone.

Which actress voices Wonder Woman in both the 2015 web series and the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Grey Griffin, the long-time voice of Daphne in Scooby-Doo, kept the role of the Amazon princess when the franchise was rebooted.

Which Scott Pilgrim and Parenthood actress voiced Batgirl in the original DC Super Hero Girls films?

Mae Whitman, also Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, played the caped detective in films such as Intergalactic Games, though the two Lego movies used another actress.

Which sister of a Super Hero High student competes for Korugar Academy in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games?

Blackfire is the older sister of Starfire, who spends the film trying to connect with her; in the comics the two are archenemies.

Which comic-book wife of Aquaman is an ocean-dwelling thief in DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis?

Mera and her partner Siren steal the Book of Legends from Super Hero High, which sends the heroes to the bottom of the sea to win it back.

Which school newspaper does Lois Lane edit in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Daily Planetoid has Lois as its teenage editor-in-chief, years before the Daily Planet career she is famous for in the comics.

Which Wonder Woman villain is a school bully named Doris Zeul in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

Giganta owes her growth powers in the show to a serum she stole from her parents, and she runs with the Super Villain Girls.

Where did the rebooted DC Super Hero Girls debut in 2018 with the short #TheLateBatsby?

San Diego Comic-Con saw the short first, and it then played in cinemas ahead of an animated feature film that summer.

Which color of Lantern Corps does Dex-Starr, the alter ego of Dexter the cat, join in DC Super Hero Girls?

Red Lanterns are fuelled by rage, and the show's Dexter is a blue shelter cat whose temper wins him a power ring before he is adopted.

Which Female Fury from Apokolips moves into Super Hero High in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year?

Big Barda's change of sides leaves Lady Shiva struggling to trust her; in the comics the Jack Kirby creation was groomed to lead the Furies.

Which author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius wrote the DC Super Hero Girls novels for Random House?

Lisa Yee wrote every novel in the original line, with each book following a single student through life at Super Hero High.

Which villain works with Dark Opal in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year and masterminds the Lego film Brain Drain?

Eclipso has Dark Opal steal the heroes' most valued possessions to build an ultimate weapon; in the comics the villain's soul was bound in a black diamond.

Which rival school for supervillains do the heroes investigate in the 2018 Lego DC Super Hero Girls film?

Uber High is the mystery at the heart of Super-Villain High, the second and last Lego film, with the power-hungry Lena Luthor as the foe.

Which Kryptonian goddess of darkness is the true villain of the DC Super Hero Girls film Mayhem in the Multiverse?

Cythonna was sealed inside an amulet by her brother Rao and cast into space, and she controls Lex Luthor in her bid to break free.

Which US channel first aired the 2016 TV special DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High?

Boomerang showed the special in March 2016; it tells how Supergirl and Batgirl came to the school and was made to promote the new brand.

Which voice of Shego in Kim Possible plays Supergirl in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Nicole Sullivan, a six-season MADtv regular, had already voiced the Girl of Steel in the 2012 shorts that inspired the reboot.

Which fast-food restaurant employs Babs Gordon in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series?

Burrito Bucket's manager, Shane O'Shaughnessey, is written as the boss from hell for the teenage Batgirl.

Which hero team has Hal Jordan as its acting leader in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

The Invinci-Bros fight beside the girls and the Justice League in the final battle of the 2022 crossover film.

Which star of the 1984 film Supergirl voices Martha Kent in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year?

Helen Slater beat Demi Moore and Brooke Shields to the 1984 title role, and here she plays the adoptive mother of the Man of Steel.

Which Boy Meets World actor voices both Lex Luthor and Aquaman in the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls series?

Will Friedle is best known as Eric Matthews, the sitcom's likeable older brother, and has largely swapped on-camera acting for voice work.