Power Girl in the comics.
This article describes various allusions in the American television series Smallville to DC Comics character Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr.
Although Power Girl didn't make an appearance on the series, there have been several references to the character and her universe. The notes on this page are generated by viewers and comics fans, but not necessarily verified by the show's producers or writers.
Season Two[]
- Visage
- Chloe Sullivan refers to Tina Greer as "The Mighty-Morphing Power Girl".
Season Three[]
- Extinction
- Chloe Sullivan is shown to have created a database, over known and suspected meteor freaks, using a software program called Starr-Ware Database system 5.0, a reference to Karen Starr's company, Starrware.
- Covenant
- The human girl whom Jor-El gives powers and uses to lure Clark Kent to him is called "Kara", who's dressed in white and is passed off to Lana Lang as Clark's cousin. At the time this episode aired, Power Girl's origin was that she was an genetically engineering person, who's powers caused her to be mistaken for Kryptonian and suspected to be related to Kal-El. Both speculations were later disproven by Batman.
Season Four[]
Season Five[]
- Aqua
- Arthur Curry, also known as Aquaman, the King of Atlantis, is introduced. Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics adopted a policy that Superman was to be the only surviving Kryptonian. Writer Paul Kupperberg created a new Power Girl origin in 1987, that established that she was a genetically engineered person from ancient Atlantis. This origin was canon until Infinite Crisis, restored her as an Earth-Two Kryptonian.
- Fade
- During their investigation, Chloe Sullivan uses her Wall of Weird database, which is identified as using Starr-Ware Database system 5.0 software.
Season Seven[]
- Bizarro
- This episode introduces Power Girl's AU counterpart Kara Zor-El, also known as Supergirl, though likely unintentional that Kara is dressed in white (the main color of Power Girl's costume) when she first appears. Kara also wears white in Fracture, Hero and Traveler, while suffering from amnesia.
- Kara
- Kara's ship is based on Power Girl's symbioship.
- Like her modern-day comic book counterpart, this version of Supergirl borrows the concepts of having been in suspended animation and educated en-route by the ship's computers.
Season Nine[]
- Absolute Justice, Part 1
- This episode introduces the Golden Age superhero team Justice Society of America. In the comics, Power Girl was the first new recruit to both the Earth-Two JSA and the New Earth JSA. She was also their very first (and to date only) female chairperson.
Season Ten[]
- Supergirl
- When trying to come up with a better name for Kara Kent, Lois Lane suggests "Power Girl".
- Kara Kent is seen disguising herself with a wig and glasses. Prior to the Post-Flashpoint reboot, Power Girl wore a red wig and glasses to disguise herself as "Karen Starr". She also briefly wore glasses in the late 80's.
- Luthor
- Introduces an alternate reality, that Lois Lane names "Earth-Two". In the comics, this is the name of Power Girl's native reality.
- Icarus
- The Daily Star is mentioned and shown. In Power Girl's native dimension, her cousin Kal-L worked at the Daily Star.
- Prophecy
- Lois Lane briefly gains Kryptonian powers, like she did in Superman #125 (among other times).
- Lois Lane wears a red puncho, similar to Power Girl's red cape.
Trivia[]
- In the Commemorative issue of the Daily Planet, that's included in the Smallville: The Complete Series, there's an interview with Alan Scott where he talks about Karen Starr and her corporation, confirming her existence in the universe of Smallville.
- In 2009, actress Allison Mack, who played Chloe Sullivan on Smallville, voiced Power Girl in the Warner Premiere animated feature film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, making her the first and the only to ever portray Power Girl in an authorized film adaptation.