Phoebe from Friends cosplaying as Supergirl
Works referencing Supergirl.
Anime and Manga
- Don't Meddle with My Daughter! is an adult parody of the superhero genre, with its two lead heroines (Athena and her daughter, Clara
) being parodies of Power Girl and Supergirl respectively. Athena, while more commonly known as "the First Generation Eighth"note is also known as: "the MILF of Steel". - The main character of Maris the Chojo, a.k.a. The Supergal -a short story created by Rumiko Takahashi-, is a Supergirl Expy.
- Please Tell Me! Galko-chan One of Ken'ya's drawings had the cast in famous movie outfits: Ojou was dressed as the 1984 film version of Supergirl.
- Urusei Yatsura: In one sequence where Ataru was fantasizing about all the "cool alien babes" at a celebration he had been invited to, one of the "cool alien babes" was obviously Supergirl in her 1960's blue dress.
- When Anya Corazón, a.k.a. "Araña", was first being fitted for costumes in Amazing Fantasy, one of her potential outfits resembled Supergirl's costume.
- Big Bang Comics is an affectionate parody of Golden and Silver Age comic books. Christine Kelly "Ultragirl" is the Supergirl's expy, being a Flying Brick with laser vision and super senses, who happens to be Superman's expy's relative, and who eventually joins the future super-team Pantheon of Heroes.
- Black Hammer: The Quantum League is blatantly meant to be the Legion of Super-Heroes, being a group of teenage heroes in the future whose name all featured variants of "Boy, Girl, Lad," and "Lass." One of their members, Hammer Lass is a very clear equivalent of Supergirl, even dating Archive V (the Brainiac 5 analog).
- Powers: Retro Girl is a blond, female Flying Brick who wears cape and a Mini Dress Of Power.
- Spider-Man: In Amazing Spider-Man #306, Peter Parker sees one copy of Action Comics #285 -the final issue of the "The Unknown Supergirl" story arc- and mentions he "had a crush on the girl in the mini-skirt".
- Supreme: Suprema, the main character's adoptive blonde sister and cape-wearing Flying Brick is an intentional Supergirl expy created by Alan Moore as a homage to the Silver Age Superman.
- Mighty Mouse: Issue 4 of the Marvel comic (part one of a parody of Crisis on Infinite Earths, of all things) introduces Mighty Mousette. Of course, considering what happened to her Kryptonian inspiration in the original story, this didn't last long...
- X-Men: The members of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard were designed as intentional homages to the Legion of Super-Heroes. His leader Kallark -"alias Gladiator"- is the resident Superboy expy and has a female cousin called Xenith.
- The Conversion Bureau: The Other Side of the Spectrum: In "Lost in Dispatches 2" Verity Carter's mother, Jazmin, is revealed to have been a comic book artist who has worked on comic adaptations of Supergirl and other comic-books.
- Justice League of Equestria: Rainbow Dash's Kryptonian name is initially Kara Zor-El, though this was eventually retconned to better fit Kryptonian naming styles as shown in the comics.
- Last Child of Krypton: In the story's second version, one of the main characters becomes Supergirl.
- The Last Daughter: Taylor becomes Supergirl.
- The Girl of Tomorrow: Rewrite of The Last Daughter.
- Supernatural Taisen: One of the characters -Eiko Megami, who happens to be daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman- calls herself Supergirl.
- Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton: Main character Asuka gets Kryptonian DNA and becomes Power Girl and later Supergirl.
- CLINE: Oh Crap...: Asuka tries to play the "Supergirl Roadstop".
- End of Hatred, Beginning of Hope: Legendbringer states in an author's note that Jubilee, Shadowcat, Supergirl and Batgirl are off having their own adventures during the events of this story.
- House of Summers: The first story arc is named "The Girl from Tomorrow", one of the sobriquets used by Supergirl.
- Texts from Superheroes: Supergirl shows up every so often.
Film — Animated
- Barbie in Princess Power: Main character, Kara is a blond girl and a Flying Brick who wears a Mini Dress Of Power. She lacks the laser-beam eyes and arctic breath though, except in the Be Super series of shorts where Super Sparkle is actually Barbie, herself. Her powers are all identical to a Kryptonian, there. Plus, Kara discovers halfway to the story that There Is Another, who turns out to be her cousin. Then, a Big Bad shows up, with also an identical set of powers, in General Zod fashion.
Film — Live-Action
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls: Z-Man goes on a killing rampage dressed up as "Superwoman".
- Color Out of Space (2020): The Gardners' horse is named Comet.
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend: Jenny Johnson AKA G-Girl, is a Supergirl Expy.
- anachronauts: Carrie "Astro Gal" Lane from sa09 is a throwback to the Golden Age of comic book characters; however, is an eternally-fifteen-year-old girl with a sort of Kryptonian powerset, like Supergirl, and she catches the phrases of Superman.
- The Supervillainy Saga: Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess is a Supergirl expy.
- Tales of an Mazing Girl: 'Mazing girl is a Supergirl expy (though she has powers closer to the '40s Superman and seems closer in scope to that).
- In "Ayla and the Tests" of the Whateley Universe, Phase gets major grief from some other students because he's seen flying in the 'Supergirl' posture. In keeping with the series' love for metahumor, at one point Generator tries out several different flying poses, including the two-fisted "Superman" style and the one-arm-forward "Supergirl" posture.
- Villains Don't Date Heroes!: Fialux is an obvious Supergirl expy, with an identical powerset and origin and a similar costume to her 2004 incarnation.
- Wearing the Cape: Astra is a Supergirl homage. She is the most popular and powerful hero's female counterpart, she is a Flying Brick, and she wears a cape and a blue skirt.
Music
- Skylarking: Their "That's really super, Supergirl" song refers to Supergirl'' and namedrops kryptonite.Hurt like kryptonite
- Alexa Bliss: She has sometimes worn gear reminiscent of Supergirl.
- Birds of Prey (2002): During the pilot episode, Huntress calls Dinah "Junior Supergirl".
- Black Lightning: In "Lawanda The Book Of Burial", Grace invits Anissa to a cosplay party and suggests her to disguise herself as Supergirl.
- Friends: In "The One With The Halloween Party", Phoebe dresses up as Supergirl.
- Fringe: In one scene from "Over There, Part 2", several framed comics can been seen hanging on a wall in the background, including a Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 variant where Superman and Supergirl have swapped positions. According to George Perez on Twitter:Here's an old one, from Fringe Season 2, Episode 23 (20 May 2010). In the background, you can see Supergirl holding a dead Superman. Original art was by Juvaun Kirby, but for the Fringe show, the final art (new Supergirl head) was modified by Carlos D'Anda.
- Human Target: In one episode, Chance need to go undercover in a remote monastery to find a fugitive called John Gray. In one scene, a monk is holding a copy of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, featuring visibly a crying Superman carrying Supergirl's body.
- Powers: In the live-action show which adapts the comic series, Retro Girl is a Supergirl expy.
- Seinfeld: Jerry is an avid Superman's fan, and he even mentions the Christopher Reeve Superman Film Series. In "The Good Samaritan", a character played by Helen Slater, who played Kara previously, appears.
- Super Fighter Aircraft War has pilot "Super woman".
- The Adventures of Superhero Girl: The main character is a similar Expy. In addition to the similar name, powers and costume -a blue shirt and a red cape-, she has a pet cat and a male relative overshadowing her.
- Girl Genius: One minor character is a homage to Supergirl's cat Streaky: both of them are uplifted, orange-furred felines with lightning bolt marks on their bodies.
- Kevin & Kell: In 2016-10-25 strip, Miranda dresses up as Supergirl.
- Ensign Sue Must Die: The ending strip of chapter 1 has loads of references, including Supergirl.
- Hi to Tsuki to Hoshi no Tama: As the school administrator lectures the main characters, he name-drops Supergirl and Wonder Woman:School administrator: Look, I don't care if you girls are mutants or Supergirls or Wonder Women or what, you do not get out of having your parents called when you bring God only knows what kind of monsters to school with you. Not to mention skipping out of class.
- The God of High School: Anna is a Supergirl expy: Long-haired, blue-eyed blond girl? Check. Flying Brick powerset? Check. Wears red cape and boots, a blue leotard and a mini-skirt? Triple check.
- Love and Capes: Abby goes through a Costume-Test Montage when she temporarily gains super-powers, cycling through costumes worn by Supergirl, Saturn Girl, Mary Marvel, and Black Canary before settling on one of her own.
- Penny and Aggie: The third shirt in this strip references Supergirl.
- Sunstone: One strip Another has Allison dressed as Wonder Woman, roping Anne — dressed as Supergirl — and Lisa — dressed as Batgirl.
- Supermegatopia: Buxoom Gal, the resident female Flying Brick with Eye Beams, is a Supergirl parody.
- Uncreation: Terenya cosplays as Supergirl.
- Chronicles of Syntax: When Kai finds out about Sian and her power, he compares her to Supergirl.
- The Nostalgia Chick: She reviewed the 1984 Supergirl movie.
- Super Academy: Superstar, the girl who ignores Power Kid at the Meet & Greet, is a Supergirl Expy.
- Vampire Reviews: Chick gets a Supergirl crossover with Linkara coming up.
- Ben 10: Eunice is an alien blonde girl who arrives on Earth in a spacepod, with no memory of who she is beside her name. The way she arrives on Earth is kinda reminiscent of Post-Crisis Kara.
- The Godzilla Power Hour: The one Atlantean scientist who tried to warn his people their city would sink was named Kara-El.
- SuperMansion: Lex Lightning is a Supergirl expy.
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs parodied Supergirl once.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003): In "Clash of the Turtle Titans", a comic-book cover is a homage to The Supergirl From Krypton (1959).
- The Simpsons: In "Husbands and Knives", the Comic Book Guy namedrops both Supergirl and Comet.Comic Book Guy: It can't be! It's as if Superman moved to Gotham City!
Martin: Which he did in World's Finest Comics #94. See?
Comic Book Guy: That was an imaginary story dreamt by Jimmy Olsen after he was kicked in the head by Supergirl's horse Comet. It never really happened.
Bart: None of these things ever really happened.
Comic Book Guy: (beat) Get out of my store.
