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* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Stephanie has mastered the art of the [[Seinfeldian Conversation]] while facing her own impending doom.
* [[The Cavalry]]: The [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] are summond when Batgirl shouts "[[Shazam]]!" and arrive right in the midst of her battle with the Reapers.
* [[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. Wendy continues her character development that began after her brutal mauling in the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] series, where [[Super Friends|she and her brother Marvin]] were minor supporting characters that were [[The Scrappy|heavily disliked by fans]] until [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|their brutal exit from the series]]. She is coming to grips with being a paraplegic and reinventing herself as the superhero-in-training [[Playful Hacker|Proxy]] with the counseling and guidance of both Dr. Leslie Thompkins and Barbara Gordon.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Stephanie [[Lampshade Hanging|actually quotes the maxim]], pointing out that nobody steals a gun unless they are planning to use it for something.
{{quote| "If there's a gun in a scene, you use it."}}
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* [[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.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: The twenty-four Draculas [[Refugee From TV Land|running around campus]] sprung from a physics experiment that went in a direction other than planned.
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: She and Damian Wayne (Robin) play "Bad Cop, ''Worse'' Cop."
{{quote| '''Batgirl''': Here's the deal---Me? I'm a "punch first, ask questions later" kinda gal. Him? He's a [[Enfante Terrible|stabber]].}}
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]
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** After Wendy Harris begins to assist Oracle and Batgirl as Proxy, she begins to hallucinate seeing her dead brother Marvin, who tries to coach her through her physical and mental recuperation. Both Wendy and "Marvin" are pretty clear that this is a manifestation of Wendy's subconcious, not some sort of ghost or hologram, so when Marvin comments on how hot Barbara is Wendy can not help but wonder at what that says about herself and her mind.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Livewire, a [[Superman]] villain that [[Canon Immigrant|originally appeared]] in ''[[Superman the Animated Series|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', guest stars in the first arc of the series, ''Rising''.
* [[Shout
** Barbara Gordon is simultaneously starring in both this series and ''[[Birds of Prey]]'', and Stephanie will often refer to her absences as being related to "the Birds." In a one-shot crossover with ''Bruce Wayne: The Road Home'' Stephanie [[Squee|is overjoyed]] at the possibility of a team-up with the Birds, saying "it's about time," and describing it as "Batgirl and the Birds...the Birds and Batgirl...[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Team Batgirl vs. the Birds vs. Casper the Not-So-Friendly-Tech-Thief In: The Lightning Saga.]]"
** "Okay. So, barring us running into "[[Star Trek the Next Generation|Moriarity]]" or "[[Futurama|Evil Lincoln]]" or anyone else that [[Holodeck Malfunction|escaped the Holodeck...]]"
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* [[Show Within a Show]]: Stephanie and Kara watch a [[B-Movie|cliched, badly acted and cheesy]] ''Dracula'' film when they decided to go out for Friday night.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: What she does with Scarecrow
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: Stephanie forcibly kisses Klarion the Witch-Boy ([[Insistent Terminology|dum, dum, dum]]) in order to distract him and keep him from turning Jordanna into a frog. Stephanie, apparently, [[Tastes Like Purple|tastes like Christmas]].
* [[Simple Staff]]: Stephanie's [[Weapon of Choice]] is a collapseable staff that she wields to bruising effect
* [[Smoke Out]]: She ''is'' a Bat...
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'''Clancy Johnson (The Grey Ghost):''' "Gah! (''Drops binoculars'') Those were expensive!" }}
* [[Sting]]: Klarion the Witch-Boy verbally inserts his own "dum, dum...'''''dum'''''."
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Batgirl wants to get Clancy Johnson to stop being the Grey Ghost before he hurts himself or gets somebody else hurt.
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: Their thoughts were not very strange, but during the "The Flood" arc many of Batgirl's and Oracle's [[Inner Monologue]] narrations were identical copies of one another.
* [[Super Speed]]: Slipstream. However, when he and Batgirl fight she notices that, though his reflexes are fast, they are ''not'' superhumanly fast, and she is trying to figure out what that says about his powers.
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{{quote| '''Nell:''' "I'm Nell, what's your name?"<br />
'''Robin:''' (''While undercover'') "It's...I'm new...er...my name is...[[Batman|Bruce]]."<br />
'''Batgirl:''' (''Internal monologue'') My heart just broke for him a little. I must ''never'' let him know...[[With Friends Like These...|unless it keeps him from killing me one day]], [[But I Digress|but I digress]]. }}
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Clancy Johnson, "The Grey Ghost," apparently has some sort of teleporter that makes him vanish in a flash of light.
* [[Television Portal]]: Isn't it just like [[Dracula]] to leap off the movie screen and start attacking audience?
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* [[What Would X Do|What Would Oracle Do]]: She would use that joystick, that is what she would do.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: Dr. Newton first appears exclaiming that he will "Show them all!" and he "Won't go back!" but when his invention actually begins to act up he just stares at it in surprises and says "[[Oh Crap|Balls]]." [[Subverted Trope|Then he helps Batgirl and Supergirl fix everything]].
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Stephanie and Damian Wayne, the curent Robin, do ''not'' have a pleasant or cooperative relationship, and it verges right on the border of [[Divided We Fall]]. Only their ability to (so far) always pull success from the ashes has kept their relationship from actually turning violently hostile, and Robin still (frequently) makes reference to wanting to kill her. Stephanie ''does not think he is joking''.
* [[Witty Banter]]:
{{quote| '''Batgirl:''' "Strictly for rapport purposes--what is a plucky heroine in need of banter supposed to call you?"}}
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