DC Super Hero Girls
In season 1, episode 3 the Super Hero Girl team attempt to save a bakery from destruction (unsuccessfully). At the end of it Batgirl draws the correlation that Lex Luthor is behind it. Supergirl then poses the question, "Lex Luthor is like, the richest man in Metropolis. What could Lex Luthor possibly have against cupcakes?". This is very likely a reference to the internet meme spawned from a children's counting book depicting Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes, despite being the richest man in Metropolis, thus having no need to steal cakes in the first place.,Edited from DC Super Hero Girls: Sweet Justice (2019),After watching the entire series, I found this series to be quite the roller-coaster ride in terms of focus and enjoy-ability. It's definitely not the worst series I've seen, but there's a lot that needs to be polished.

To start with the positives, I enjoyed the voice performance. Each character syncs well with the voice performance, and each character gives off a certain vibe. I especially enjoy the different animation styles chosen for each character. Squash-and-stretch for the enthusiastic Bat-girl, awkward but proud for the foreign Wonder Woman, shy and reserved for Bumblebee. It blends very well and looks great as a visual perspective. I also loved the first four episodes. They fit together to create a 4-part story on the creation of the team, and I was immediately sucked into the girl's world.

However, all of the other aspects of the show are lacking. The animation, while fluent, definitely has it's moments where it's and "Adobe Flash-ey". The characters are also very bland and have much potential to be desired. None of them have any dimension, and come off as flat, bland characters meant to have only one true emotion in the story. All characters are cliche and have nothing that gives them any sort of personality.

The entire show feels like a long trope, with episodes centered around themes we have seen over and over in popular high-school dramas, except with superheros instead of average teenage girls. While the first four episodes were exceptional, the rest were quite tedious. Episodes center around dull plots such as going to the mall, going to school, learning to be brave, learning to work as a team. Most episodes follow a repeated cycle of having to face a new villain and fighting them, though we never get to see the villains much after-wards and leave them feeling like plot-devices. Along side a short run-time and seemingly random plots, having superpowers certainly doesn't save them from such bland plots.

To conclude, I enjoyed parts of this cartoon. It's not going to be the next "Justice League" or "Teen Titans", but I'm sure that kids and parents will find it as a fun diversion to watch on a rainy day. This is only the first season, so it certainly has a chance to become something better.,