DC Super Hero Girls

***DC Super Hero Girls*** is a series of short animated webisodes that are released on the franchise's official website and on their YouTube channel. Each webisode focuses on the social lives of the main characters and how they handle their powers around school. The series is developed by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics and is used as a way to help the franchise introduce it's characters to newer fans. It also included one TV special, three movies, two LEGO movies, and one musical.

## Franchise

**DC Super Hero Girls** is a franchise developed by Mattel along with DC Comics and Warner Bros. The brand is focused on getting girls aged 6 to 12 interested in the world of superheroes by using some of the universe's most well known heroines and villainesses and turning them into teenagers. DC Super Hero Girls is also the third in a line of franchises that include Monster High and Ever After High.

## Anime

**DC Super Hero Girls** is a 2022 rebooted anime series developed by the channel *TV TOKYO* and *Cartoon Network* along with DC comics and Warner Bros. The brand is focused on getting girls aged 6 to 12 interested in the world of superheroes by using some of the universe's most well known heroines and villainesses and turning them into teenagers. DC Super Hero Girls is also the fourth in a line of the new remake anime series that include *Marvel Rising*, *Ever After High*, *Monster High*, and *My Little Pony: The Japanese Series*.

## History

The franchise was first announced on April 23rd, 2015, by Mattel and DC Comics who had decided to work together for this franchise. The aim they set was to get girls aged 6-12 interested in comics, and have used teenage versions of well known heroines and villainesses to accomplish that. With the announcement the seven main characters for the franchise were revealed, these being: Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bumblebee, and Katana. Promotional art for the franchise was also revealed, showing the main characters. There was also a range of products announced as well including the two main toy lines of dolls and action figures, as well as TV specials and a series of shorts all of which would roll out in the fall of 2015 and into spring of 2016.

On July 7th, 2015, the franchise's official website was activated by Mattel and DC. The site showed off stats and general descriptions for the main characters. It was also revealed at San Diego comic con that Shea Fontane would be writing for the webisode series and a graphic novel that's going to be released in July of next year.

On September 30th, 2015, the site was fully updated in prep for the launch of the franchise, with games, pictures, character descriptions, toy pages, and video pages being uploaded, as well as more detailed character profiles and new characters. The next day on October 1st the first webisode was released: Welcome to Super Hero High.

When New York comic con hit around October 8th and 9th, a music video was released on the site, revealing the theme song for the franchise, as well as two more webisodes featuring Wonder Woman. The dolls were also first seen on October 8th, with dolls of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Bumblebee and Poison Ivy being revealed for launch next spring.

## Season 1

1. Welcome to Super Hero High
2. All About Super Hero High
3. Roomies
4. Crazy Quiltin'
5. Power Outage
6. Fall Into Super Hero High
7. Hero of the Month: Poison Ivy
8. Designing Disaster
9. Weaponomics
10. Clubbing
11. Hero of the Month: Bumblebee
12. Saving the Day
13. Hero of the Month: Wonder Woman

## Season 2

1. New Beginnings
2. Hero of the Month: Supergirl
3. Batgirl vs. Supergirl
4. Quinntessential Harley
5. Hero of the Month: Harley Quinn
6. License to Fly
7. Hero of the Month: Batgirl
8. Doubles Trouble
9. Franken-Ivy
10. Hero of the Month: Katana
11. Dude Where's My Invisible Jet
12. Hero of the Month: Frost
13. The Blunder Games
14. Hawkgirl's Day Off
15. Hero of the Month: Hawkgirl
16. The Cheetah Who Cried Wolf
17. The Ring of Mire
18. Hero of the Month: Star Sapphire
19. Ultimate Accessory
20. Riddle of the Heart
21. Hero of the Month: Cyborg and Starfire
22. Roomies Return: Frost's Bite
23. The Odd Couple
24. Cold Blooded
25. Hero of the Month: Lady Shiva
26. Hero of the Month: Beast Boy

## Season 3

1. Batnapped
2. Surprise
3. Tales from the Kryptomites Part 1
4. Tales from the Kryptomites Part 2
5. Seeing Red
6. Spring Prison Break
7. Around Metropolis in 80 Seconds
8. For Art's Sake
9. Wildside Part 1
10. Wildside Part 2
11. Day of Fun-Ship
12. The Ares Up There
13. Stealth 101 Part 1
14. Stealth 101 Part 2
15. A Fury Scorned
16. Body Electric
17. Techless Tuesday
18. Fresh Ares Pt. 1
19. Fresh Ares Pt. 2
20. Fresh Ares Pt. 3
21. Gorilla Warfare
22. Fight Flub
23. Jetsetters
24. New Perry-Spective
25. Dog Day After School
26. It's A Superful Life

### Films

* DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games

## LEGO

1. Body Building
2. Crazed & Confused
3. Need for Speed
4. Trading Places
5. Showdown
6. Wonder Waitress

### Films

* LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain
* LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High