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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Stephanie Brown Batgirl include:}}

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Always Second Best]]: [[Character Development|She began to shine once she assumed the Batgirl title]], but Stephanie has a long history of failing to measure up against her compatriots. In particular, she and Cassandra Cain (The Batgirl to precede her, and with whom ~~Stepahnie~~ had one of the friendliest relationships amongst the superhero community) would frequently spar and train together, each ~~occurance~~ only demonstrating how far ahead of her Cassie actually was.

* [[Always Second Best]]: [[Character Development|She began to shine once she assumed the Batgirl title]], but Stephanie has a long history of failing to measure up against her compatriots. In particular, she and Cassandra Cain (The Batgirl to precede her, and with whom Stephanie had one of the friendliest relationships amongst the superhero community) would frequently spar and train together, each occurrence only demonstrating how far ahead of her Cassie actually was.

{{quote|'''Stephanie:''' When my dad was mad at me he'd lock me in the closet—what did yours do?

'''Cassandra:''' Shot me.

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* [[Character Development]]: The theme of the series seems to be growing up in both the literal and figurative sense, with Stephanie Brown going to college and also approaching superhero work with a more mature and developed attitude.

* [[Determinator]]: Despite everyone telling her to quit, despite everything bad happening to her, she keeps going. Especially evident in the fear gas scene.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Stephanie really is a product of her generation, with all the TV and movie knowledge that implies. She is ever-aware of the cliches that occur, and are expected to occur, in ~~whacky~~ situations. This leads to frequent [[Lampshade Hanging~~|Lampshade Hangings~~]], such as quoting the [[Chekhov's Gun]] maxim verbatim, and even commenting on tropes that she herself has not yet experienced.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Stephanie really is a product of her generation, with all the TV and movie knowledge that implies. She is ever-aware of the cliches that occur, and are expected to occur, in wacky situations. This leads to frequent [[Lampshade Hanging]]s, such as quoting the [[Chekhov's Gun]] maxim verbatim, and even commenting on tropes that she herself has not yet experienced.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Her thigh belt was revealed to be empty. apparently just there for aesthetics.

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Once she finishes beating to a pulp a train hijacker in issue #9, he can only comment how beautiful she is.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Stephanie has never once lost [[Plucky Girl|her positive, upbeat attitude]], never [[Darker and Edgier|descended to the same levels as the people she fought]], and also never so much as cheated on a test. She is the only Bat-character to never [[Angst]] or approach psychosis because of her affiliation with the icon.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: ~~Barabara~~ originally refused to call Stephanie "Batgirl" for a variety of reasons, both personal and professional, and it was when she finally did that helped Stephanie accept that she had earned the name.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Barbara originally refused to call Stephanie "Batgirl" for a variety of reasons, both personal and professional, and it was when she finally did that helped Stephanie accept that she had earned the name.

* [[Legacy Character]]: She picks up the immediate mantle from Cassandra Cain, becoming the third "real" Batgirl in current continuity, but she also struggles with the even larger burden of living up to Barbara's original legacy. This is exacerbated by the fact that Barbara [[The Obi-Wan|serves as her mentor.]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: You could rename this trope Pulling a Stephanie Brown.

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* [[Secret Identity]]: Batgirl is really Stephanie Brown, freshman at Gotham University and formerly the Spoiler and Robin.

* [[Smoke Out]]: She ''is'' a Bat...

* [[Squee]]: Stephanie herself ~~squee's~~ relatively often, as she is a teenager who has managed to remain [[Plucky Girl|light-hearted and chipper]] despite the traumas in her own life. When the ~~possiility~~ of a team-up with the [[Birds of Prey]] comes up she is ''ecstatic''.

* [[Squee]]: Stephanie herself squees relatively often, as she is a teenager who has managed to remain [[Plucky Girl|light-hearted and chipper]] despite the traumas in her own life. When the possibility of a team-up with the [[Birds of Prey]] comes up she is ''ecstatic''.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Referenced, but did not occur within her series. She is more self-assured, confident and competent than she ever was as either Spoiler or Robin, and is complimented on such by Bruce Wayne himself, but this dramatic change took place before the start of her tenure as Batgirl, and her improvements within the series are only incremental increases due to regular training and experience.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Steph and her mom eat waffles at pretty much every meal. It is apparently her mom's way of bonding. Heck, even Damian was seen eating them with Steph more than once!

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