DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)

DC Super Hero Girls is an animated action-adventure series developed by Lauren Faust based on the original web series with the same name. The new series debuted with a theatrical short, #TheLateBatsby, in 2018, and was continued with a Web Series called DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts in early 2019, which serves as a prelude to the TV series which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 8, 2019.

Plot

The series follows the adventures of teenage versions of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Bumblebee, Batgirl, Zatanna, and Green Lantern, who are students of Metropolis High School.^[1]

Cast

Main Characters

Kimberly Brooks – Karen Beecher/Bumblebee
Grey Griffin – Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
Tara Strong – Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
Nicole Sullivan – Kara Danvers/Supergirl
Myrna Velasco – Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern
Kari Wahlgren – Zee Zatara/Zatanna

Supporting Characters

Recurring Characters

Kimberly Brooks - Eliza Danvers
Keith Ferguson – Bruce Wayne/Batman, Robin, Alfred Pennyworth, Shane O'Shaughnessy, Jeremiah Danvers, Francis Zeul
Nicole Sullivan - Beatrice Zeul
Cree Summer – Hippolyta
Dee Bradley Baker - Ace the Bat-Hound, Krypto
April Winchell - Antiope

Villains

One-Time Characters

Keith Ferguson - Headmaster McDougal
Grey Griffin - Kori Anders/Starfire
Chelsea Kane - Rose Wilson
Phil LaMarr - Victor Stone/Cyborg
Stephanie Lemelin - Shiera Sanders
Cristina Milizia - Siobhan McDougal/Silver Banshee
Jessica McKenna - Paulette
Liam O'Brien - Mr. Romero
Jason Spisak - Kilowog, Ace Of Spade
Tara Strong - Rachel Roth/Raven
Nicole Sullivan - Bizarrogirl
Kari Wahlgren - Alura Zor-El, Garfield Logan/Beast Boy
Mark Whitten - Bank Robber

Characters with no dialogue

Production

Due to the success of the web-series of the same name, a televised iteration of the series was announced in May 2017. Faust, who had developed the cult favorite Super Best Friends Forever shorts, serves as executive producer. Grey Griffin, Tara Strong, and Nicole Sullivan each reprise their roles from Super Best Friends Forever. A year later, a poster showing the first look of the main characters was released. The series is animated by the Canadian studio Jam Filled Entertainment and an Irish animation studio Boulder Media.

Several of the writers for this series had previously worked on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, another show developed by Faust. Also, her series is the second collaboration of Tara Strong and John de Lancie, who respectively voiced Twilight Sparkle and Discord on Friendship Is Magic.