Supergirl

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Movie

A movie adaptation of was released in 1984, starring Helen Slater in her first motion picture role. It was a spin-off from the popular 1978 movie Superman, with Marc McClure reprising his role as Jimmy Olsen. The movie performed poorly at the box office, and failed to impress critics or audiences. In fact, Peter O'Toole received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor for his performance. Prior to release, Supergirl was expected to be the first film of a series, but its failure at the box office cancelled plans for a Supergirl II.

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1984 - Helen Slater - 1978 movie - Superman - Marc McClure - Peter O'Toole - Golden Raspberry Award

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Animation

In ', Supergirl was introduced as Kara In-Ze, from Krypton's "sister world" of Argo. A headstrong and independent teenage girl, she was placed in suspended animation before Argo became uninhabitably cold due to the aftershocks of Krypton's destruction, and later found by Superman. The Kents—Clark Kent's adoptive parents—took Kara in, with her posing as Clark's cousin Kara Kent. This Supergirl shares Superman's vulnerability to Kryptonite; she also suffers from Cheimatophobia, or a fear of cold, due to the events leading up to her time in suspended animation.

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Suspended animation - Kryptonite - Cheimatophobia

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This Supergirl currently appears in the USA on Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited animated television series. On that show, Cadmus created a clone of Supergirl named Galatea for nefarious purposes. Grown into a slightly more mature physical state, the clone resembles Power Girl. Both Supergirl and Galatea were voiced by Nicholle Tom. With the start of Justice League Unlimited's 3rd season, Supergirl undergoes a costume change to more closely resemble her cousin, the red and blue garbed Superman.

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Cartoon Network - Justice League Unlimited - Animated - Television series - Cadmus - Galatea - Power Girl - Nicholle Tom

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Live-action television

A girl named Kara appeared in an episode of the Smallville TV series claiming to be from Krypton. This Kara did not claim to be Kal-El's cousin, though, and she seemed to be interested in him in a sexual way. She was not, however, an actual Kryptonian, but an innocent girl kidnapped, brainwashed, and given superpowers by Jor-El. She was recruited by Jor-El to bring the teenage Clark Kent face to face with his Kryptonian heritage and to persuade him to follow his destiny, which is as yet not disclosed. She took Kal-El to an ancient Indian cave which contained Kryptonian technology and was in the end dragged into one of the cracks of the cave. It is not known whether she survived this or whether she will ever return in the series. The summary of this episode can be obtained from here.

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Superman Home Page

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Music

The song "That's Really Super, Supergirl", appears on the alt rock/psychedelic band XTC's , Skylarking - Geffen Records (1986)

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Psychedelic - XTC - 1986

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Sample lyrics:

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That?s really super, supergirl

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How you?re changing the world?s weather

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But you couldn't put us back together

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Now I'm here in my fortress of solitude

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Don't mean to be rude

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But, I don't feel super

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Supergirl

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Although not exactly related to Supergirl, R&B singer Lil' Mo released a single entitled "Superwoman - Pt. 2", featuring Fabolous.

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R&B - Lil' Mo - Fabolous

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