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
Barbara "Babs" Gordon is a teen hero known as Batgirl. Batgirl used to operate in Gotham City, where she craved for replacing Robin as Batman's partner, until her father James Gordon and herself had to move to Metropolis.
History
Barbara started attending Metropolis High School, feeling very self-aware due to being the new transfer student, but she soon made friends who were also secretly superheroes. Barbara also got a job as a bartender at the "Burrito Bucket".
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect[2]
- Acrobatics
- Driving: Barbara owns a souped-up motorbike
- Gadgetry
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Barbara has the combined knowledge, wisdom and memories of all her alternate future selves; from hundreds of different timelines.[3] She even managed to hold her own against Deathstroke, for a while.[4]
- Computer Operation
- Mechanical Engineering
- Bilingualism: Barbara can speak Spanish
- Robotic Engineering
- Singing
- Ventriloquism
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Transportation
Weapons
Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series DC Super Hero Girls and is an adaptation of Batgirl. The original character was created by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox, and Carmine Infantino and first appeared in Detective Comics #359.
- Batgirl is voiced by Tara Strong.
Trivia
- Lauren Faust formerly created another version of the character.
- As a teen, Barbara is a "Fangirl. Energetic. Optimistic. Encouraging. Fun". As a hero, Batgirl is a "Sleuth. Enthusiastic. Agile. Surprisingly analytical. Thinks outside the box."
- She is total fan for anything that has batman on it.
- The Flash considered Batgirl his best friend.[5]
Recommended Reading
Related
Footnotes
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