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How does Supergirl get her ears pierced?
Update: According to the show's producer Ali Adler (via twitter), Kara got her ears pierced on Krypton. This clearly fails to explain why she doesn't appear to have pierced ears in the escape pod (!!!)...
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Why could Supergirl not breathe in space?
why could Supergirl not be able to breathe in space?
Because no-one can...there's no air.
She can't breathe in space unless she stores solar energy and holds her breath.
In the modern version of ...
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How does Supergirl get her ears pierced?
I spent quite a while looking through all of the Supergirl-based comics I could find, and I don't see any evidence that she ever wore earrings. (Full disclosure: in most panels, her hair is covering ...
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Where is National City located?
National City, in the TV show, is located somewhere on the west coast of the United States. Most likely, it's located in southern California, just south of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
As you ...
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Why is Superman special to Supergirl?
Assuming you're only speaking about the 2015 TV series then this is explained in the pilot script; The plan was for 13 year old Kara to accompany baby Kal (her cousin and the son of the leader of her ...
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Are there conditions to Superman's appearances in Supergirl?
According to executive producer Sarah Shechter, quoted here:
I think the reason why Superman’s not in the show is because it’s not about him. And it’s her show and it’s about her and he is just ...
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Is Supergirl part of the same universe as The Flash and Arrow?
Yes, as of Feb 3, 2016, the shows are part of the same fictional universe. (Note that the Arrowverse itself already includes a DC-comics-like incarnation of a multi-verse; it's highly likely that Kara ...
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How did Superman know Supergirl was his cousin?
Within the show, we don't really know what Superman knew before he opened the pod. I think we can make a few assumptions though.
He would recognise the pod itself. It's identical to the one he ...
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Why does Supergirl live in National City?
In-Universe
She lives there(!)
Kara operates out of National City because she lives in National City, in the city nearest to where she grew up (replicating Superman's transition from Smallville to ...
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Is Purity's fighting style inspired by real world martial arts?
Based on my experience with several martial arts from Capoeira to Aikido to some flavors of Tae Kwan Do and Karate, I don't see any distinctive real-world style here. She throws looping punches ...
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How long did Kara live on Earth before becoming Supergirl?
It says it right there in the pilot
My name is Kara Zor-El. 24 years ago my planet, Krypton, was in
serious peril. My cousin, Kal-El, was sent to a planet called Earth.
for his own safety and ...
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Why did James say he didn't drink?
James didn't say that he didn't drink, he simply ordered a non-alcoholic drink while he was meeting Lucy's father for the first time, presumably because he wants to keep his head clear. Her father ...
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Why didn't Mon-El land at the same time as Superman?
Says here that the answer is in Season 2, Episode 1 - "The Adventures of Supergirl":
The pod travelled passing The Well of Stars (a region in space where time is ceased) and got stuck there for ...
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How does Supergirl get her ears pierced?
Not exactly an answer but...
Through multiple retcons, one constant with superman's origin is that his powers manifested as he grew under our yellow sun.
In the current 'New 52' continuity, his ...
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What city was Supergirl referencing?
Probably Gotham
It’s got to be one of the major cities from that show, other DC shows, or the comics. There are a few possibilities:
It’s not likely to be Central City, home of the Flash’s exploits ...
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In Supergirl, does Alex have telekinesis?
As mentioned in the comments, what you saw was a function of Alex's suit.
The Arrowverse wiki lists the abilities the suit possesses, the one in question being;
Magnets: The suit's gloves are ...
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Is Supergirl part of the same universe as The Flash and Arrow?
We now know from the 4 show crossover that Supergirl takes place on (from the perspective of Arrow/Flash/Legends being on Earth Prime) Earth-38. So barring a worlds collide event transporting ...
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What dead superheroes were on Earth-90?
According to this link all the dead superheroes are as stated below:
1 - Stargirl
2 - Brainiac 5
3 - Huntress
4 - Firestorm
5 - 90's Captain Cold
6 - Jesse Quick
7 - The Ray
8 - Hawkman
9 - Hawkgirl
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Is the story arc on "Supergirl" season 4 influenced by current political issues?
Yes.
Supergirl is very clearly making a stand on current political issues, and the showrunners have basically said as much on multiple occasions. I'm not going to list every single relevant interview,...
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Why didn't the Medusa virus kill any humans?
It's not explicitly stated but it's a reasonable assumption that Cadmus re-engineered the virus.
Eliza states that the Medusa virus is easily weaponised.
The Medusa virus was so easily weaponized ...
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Why doesn't Astra, a Kryptonian, know what Kryptonite is?
There are actually two questions here.
Why don't the Kryptonians know what Kryptonite is?
The very short answer is that Kryptonite is not native to Krypton, it was formed when Krypton was destroyed....
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Who was the speedster from the Flash/Supergirl crossover?
No "speedsters" visit Earth-1 during the crossover episode Duet (S03E17).
Supergirl is brought to Earth-1 by two people:
J'onn J'onzz, AKA: The Martian Manhunter - a shapeshifting Martian who has ...
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Can Olivia Marsdin legally be president?
No, probably not.
On our own world the "Natural Born Citizen" clause in the US Constitution would seem to explicitly rule out non-humans (like Olivia Marsdin) born on other planets (like Olivia ...
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Why is Supergirl vulnerable to Bizarro's powers?
Why wouldn’t she be?
Kara seems to be susceptible to Bizarro’s powers across the board. It’s not only Bizarro’s flame breath that can be presumed to be harmful to Kara, but her freeze vision as well. ...
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Why didn't Mon-El land at the same time as Superman?
This was addressed in the first episode of Season 2. Winn decrypts Mon-El's flight-recorder and they find that he was trapped in a region of space (known as the "Well of Stars") where time ...
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Why does Lillian need Lena to open the vault?
The fact that she did require Lena speaks for itself to a degree: Clearly, for whatever reason, Lex made it so the genetic markers the lock scans for are ones that are passed to people BORN into the ...
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Where is National City located?
Since it takes around 2 hours to Ojai or Montecito in the show, and all the rest (giant bridge and bay allowing big ships), San Diego is the only place which satisfies all of these criteria in real ...
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Why are there so many aliens?
They were previously in hiding. At the start of Season 2 the President signed the "Alien Amnesty Act", allowing those aliens that were hiding on Earth to come out of the shadows and live ordinary, ...
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Why does Supergirl live in National City?
I have no documentation on this but I think they just wanted to put some geographic distance between Supergirl and Superman so she wouldn't be "running for help" every time she fought some super-...
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Why was the eclipse so harmful?
Bluntly, it shouldn't have been.
Kryptonians get their energy from the yellow sun, which is more powerful than the red sun of their homeworld. But they act as solar batteries; they absorb and store ...
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