Batgirl (ASC)

> I'll prove to him that I'm a better sidekick than Robin. I'm awesome like a bat, instead like a bird. I'm not afraid of anything.
>
> - Batgirl, Bat Catcher

**Barbara Kathleen "Babs" Gordon** (also known as **Batgirl**) is one of the main characters in the second generation of the *DC Super Hero Girls* franchise. She is a member of the Super Hero Girls, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and a student at Metropolis High School.

## Personality

Batgirl is the comic relief out of all of her friends. She is known to be bubbly, cheerful, confident, fun-loving, funny, ambitious, and downright optimistic. She is the one who wants everyone to get along and is often seen as the "cheerleader" in the group because of her contagious enthusiasm and zest for life. However, she is a fangirl and her determination makes her destined to be Batman's future sidekick. She is also a creative problem solver and will use her creativity and her surprisingly analytical thinking to stop the bad guys and be the glue in her friendships.

## Appearance

Barbara Gordon is a short teenage girl. She has apricot skin, bright green eyes and long, orange hair which she generally ties into a ponytail. In the three seasons, she wears a purple hoodie which has bat ears on top of the hood as well as yellow stripes on the sleeves, with a purple collared-yellow t-shirt underneath. She also wears dark purple shorts, long socks with white, purple & yellow horizontal stripes, and yellow shoes with white decorations. For the fourth season, she goes on to wear a recolored navy blue outfit.

As Batgirl, in Season 1, she wears a purple Batsuit with yellow gloves, yellow boots, a golden utility belt, and a golden bat logo on her chest with her orange hair cascading down at the back. For Season 2, she temporarily shares the same outfit as Batman, which is the same as her last costume but colored black and gray. For Season 4, she starts wearing navy blue lipstick and her hero outfit changes from purple to navy blue, keeping the yellow in the embroidery on the cape, gloves, boots, belt, and the bat logo.

## Gadgets

* **Batarangs**
* **Swiss Army Knife Batarang:** Contains a toothbrush, fork, key, and corkscrew.
* **Grappling Hook**
* **Bat Stab**
* **Shark Repellent**

## Episode Appearance

### TV Series

#### Season 1

* Sweet Justice
* Burrito Bucket
* Meet The Cheetah
* Beeline
* Super Who?
* Shock It To Me
* She Might Be Giant
* Fight At The Museum
* From Bat To Worse
* Crushing It
* Misgiving Tree
* Beasts in Show
* Gotham Con
* DC Super Hero Boys
* Frenemies
* Soul Sisters
* Rage Cat
* The Good The Bad and the Bizarre
* Back In a Flash
* Power Surge
* Scrambled Eggs
* Ally Cat
* Retreat
* Dinner for Five
* Living the Nightmare
* All About Zee
* Tween Titans
* Emperor Penguin
* Breaking News
* Crash Course
* League Of Shadows
* House Pest
* The Bird and the Bee (no lines)
* Fantastic Beasts and How To Mind Them
* Awesome Aunt Antiope
* School Ghoul
* The Fresh Princess of Ren Faire

#### Season 2

* Am Batgirl
* According to Garth (no lines)
* Super Wonder Bat Bee Zee Lantern Mobile
* Sirens Conch
* Anger Management
* Happy Birthday Zee
* Enter Night Sting
* World's Finest
* Working Stiff
* MultipliciZee
* The Minus
* Accept No Substitute
* The Warrior and the Jester
* Mother Knows Best
* Detention Club (no lines) (cameo)
* Small Victories
* Cruz Control (episode)
* The Aquaman Cometh
* Nightmare in Gotham

#### Season 3

* The Seventh Member
* Hawk Fighter
* Super Avatars
* Mother Issues (no lines)
* The Punchline Trap
* Book Freaks
* Birds of Prey
* Through the Fire and Frost
* Don’t Befriend a Snake
* Pity The April Fool
* Seven Deadly Girls
* Light Switched
* Bad Kitty
* Game Plan
* Total Knockout
* Red Wonder Hood and Gnome
* Bald vs Brave
* Tamaranean Tussle
* Exchange Star (no lines)
* Mama Zatanna
* A Joker's Christmas
* Girls' Lair
* Green for Danger
* Hunt for Green October
* Shadow of the Robin
* Date With Disaster
* The Three Bataskteers
* The Ocean Gala
* A Party With Dresses
* Pitful Divas
* Beach Episode
* Mother and Child
* Harleen and the Beast
* Fire Joker, Lightning Nitwit
* Freezing Cold
* Queen of Bruises
* The Royal Flush
* Mightier than the Sword
* Bird in the Crew
* Primal Problem
* Count's Mansion
* The Iceberg Lounge
* Between Sword and Wall
* TBA
* This Means War

### Movies

* *Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse*
* TBA

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* This incarnation of Batgirl references the 1960s Batman TV series on a few occasions.
	+ Her superhero design is loosely based off the Yvonne Craig portrayal of the character.
	+ She has a stash of shark repellent.
* On the Cartoon Network rebranding trailer, she wears her new outfit for Season 2, sharing the same appearance as Batman.
* Barbara's hoodie is similar to her generation one's appearance.
* She uses Twilight Sparkle's voice from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, another show created by Faust.
* Tara Strong, the voice of Batgirl, previously voiced Batgirl for a majority of DC Animated Universe sequences, which included *The New Batman Adventures*, *Batman Beyond*, *Gotham Girls,* and *Super Best Friends Forever* (another Lauren Faust series). She continued to voice Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in the Cartoon Network series *Beware the Batman*, *Teen Titans Go!*, and voiced her in *Batman: The Killing Joke*.
	+ However, Strong did not voice Batgirl's G1 counterpart. That role mainly belongs to Mae Whitman, who also voiced the character in *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*.
		- Ashlyn Selich also voices the character in the 5th season.
* In "Living The Nightmare," it is revealed that her biggest fear is sharks.
* She doesn't like Bruce Wayne, but she likes Dick Grayson (In the comics).
	+ This is due to her not knowing their secret identities.
	+ Ironically, she has a bitter interdimensional rivalry with Robin from Teen Titans Go! (the two have serious issues with their universe versions of each other (Batgirl with Robin in the SHG Universe and Robin with Batgirl in the TTG Universe), which led both to show a huge distrust of each other).
* She has mentioned her mother in “From Bat To Worse” and “Dinner for Five“.
* She can speak Spanish, as demonstrated in "Burrito Bucket."
* She has the same age as Harleen, as depicted in "Gotham Con," since they were best friends since Grade Two.
* She is the only member of the group that doesn't have superpowers.
	+ When one thinks about it, Jessica and Karen don't have superpowers because without their Green Lantern ring and Bumblebee suit they will be powerless.
* She has the most appearances in Season 1.
* She has undergone a costume change in Season 2, especially in "Am Batgirl".
* She's part of the Metropolis High School Marching Band and plays the xylophone.