Barbara Gordon in other media

Alicia Silverstone portrayed Barbara Wilson/Batgirl in the film Batman & Robin. This version is Alfred Pennyworth's niece, which screenwriter Akiva Goldsman stated was done because Alfred was more central of a character than Jim Gordon was in their story.[1] She is Dick Grayson's love interest, and depicted as a blonde instead of a red-head in the comics. Barbara's Batgirl suit in the film is completely different from the one from the comics as it lacks gold accents and has a Robin-style domino mask. Like Batman and Robin, she also briefly wears a silvery arctic version of her suit with a cowl (similar to the one in the comics).

In 2008, Hannah Gunn briefly portrayed "Gordon's Daughter" in The Dark Knight, credited as such, as she is not named in the film.

In March 2017, it was announced that Joss Whedon was in talks to write, direct and produce a Batgirl film as part of the DC Extended Universe.[2] Whedon was to begin production on the film in 2018,[3] but stepped down in February 2018.[4]

In April 2018, after impressing the studio with her work on the forthcoming film Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson was hired as screenwriter for Batgirl.

In May 2021, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were announced as the film's co-directors, with plans to release the film on HBO Max. Kristin Burr will produce the project. Leslie Grace was ultimately cast as the titular character. Batgirl was scheduled for Warner Bros. Pictures 2022–2023 release slate.

In August 2022, it was reported that the film had been cancelled by Warner Bros. because of cost-cutting measures and was in the final stages of production when it was shut down .[5][6]

Bruce Timm and co-director Lauren Montgomery expressed interest in producing an animated film based on Batgirl: Year One,[7][8] but DC cancelled all plans for an adaptation.[9]

Barbara Gordon is directly alluded to in Batman: Under the Red Hood when Jason Todd mentions "the friends the Joker has crippled" to Batman, most likely referencing to the night the Joker shot her to drive James Gordon insane.

• The character also makes non-speaking appearances in the short Death in the Family as Oracle.

Barbara Gordon made a brief cameo in her "Batgirl of Burnside" costume at the end of Batman: Bad Blood.

Tara Strong reprised her role as Barbara Gordon in Batman: The Killing Joke.[10] Her Batgirl costume resembles the one from The New Batman Adventures and her debut appearance in Detective Comics #359. Batgirl's role in the film was expanded from the source material, including depicting her decision to retire as Batgirl just before the Joker's attack after a tense case with a ruthless gang leader, as well as an encounter with Batman that ended with them having sex. There is also a post-credits scene where Barbara, some time after recovering in the hospital, now operates as Oracle. Barbara's role and portrayal in the film (which differs heavily from most other portrayals) has been heavily criticized as "cheap, misogynistic writing".[11]

In Batman and Harley Quinn, a waitress wearing an exotic version of Batgirl's costume makes a cameo appearance.

In the 2018 animated crossover film Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, near the plot's climax Daphne Blake dons an old Batgirl costume which - with the mask and hood up - makes her strongly resemble Batgirl from the Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series as well as Batgirl's appearance from her debut in Detective Comics #359 and in the Silver Age comics.

Batgirl makes a silent cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

Barbara Gordon as Batgirl appears in the 2019 crossover film Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced by Rachel Bloom. She encounters the Turtles during a robbery by the Foot Clan and mistakenly believes that they are the thieves. She later forms a close bond with Donatello, working on a retromutagen with him and later accompanying him through Arkham Asylum.

Barbara Gordon as Batgirl appears in Batman: Hush, voiced by Peyton R. List.

Barbara Gordon as Batgirl has a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. In the film, she is seen fighting against Apokolips' forces alongside Batwoman before being gruesomely dismembered by Paradooms.

Barbara Gordon has a non-speaking cameo appearance in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. She is shown with other members of the Justice League after Superman stopped a runaway train that Daffy Duck caused.

Barbara Gordon / Oracle appears in the film adaptation of Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, voiced by Gideon Adlon.

Barbara Gordon appears in The Lego Batman Movie, voiced by Rosario Dawson.[12] This version is the new Police Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department after her father retires. But when the Joker causes chaos around the city and releases numerous villains from the Phantom Zone, Barbara helps Batman, Robin, and Alfred recapture the villains, becoming Batgirl in the process. Her costume is purple with gold accents to reflect the costume from the '60s TV series.[13]

Batgirl appears in LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout, voiced by Sarah Hyland.

Batgirl appears in LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis, voiced by Alyson Stoner.

Batgirl appears in LEGO DC Batman - Family Matters, voiced again by Alyson Stoner.

Barbara Gordon appears in the third season of the Batman television series (1967–1968), portrayed by Yvonne Craig. Months before her debut, she had been mentioned by her father and Batman in the second-season episodes, "Batman's Waterloo" and "The Duo Defy". Her Batgirl costume color was purple with gold accents and it also incorporated a long red wig to hide her real avocado-style, black hair.

In a promotional short,[14] librarian Barbara Gordon encounters Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson at the Gotham Public Library. As Gordon and Wayne become acquainted, Killer Moth and his henchmen (in full costume) discuss a plan of attack. One henchman suggests taking Bruce Wayne hostage, but Killer Moth shows reluctance, due to Wayne's alleged friendship with Batman. Moth directs the group to kidnap Wayne's business acquaintance instead, who also happens to be a billionaire. When Bruce and Dick realize the presence of their adversaries, they quickly leave the library to change into Batman and Robin.

The late Yvonne Craig as Batgirl.

Meanwhile, Gordon is locked in the library's office by Killer Moth's henchmen, however, it is revealed there is a secret chamber within the office where she changes into Batgirl. When Batman and Robin arrive to apprehend Moth and his gang, all parties are shocked at the arrival of a Batgirl. Batman, Robin, and Batgirl defeat the villains with relative ease and Batgirl vanishes without revealing her secret identity. Batgirl's costume in the episode closely resembles that later seen in the series, though the design of her mask changes. The short also featured a unique version of the Batman theme, ending with the lyric "Batgirl!" rather than the usual "Batman!" (and accompanied by an appropriately modified Batman logo).

The promotional short was able to renew the series for a third season and add Batgirl to its regular cast. Batgirl's official debut was in the episode "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin".[15] The Penguin kidnaps Commissioner Gordon's daughter Barbara, binds her to a chair and gags her, and hides her in the next-door apartment which is being redecorated. The dynamic duo make it their mission to rescue her. The Penguin plans to marry her, thinking that becoming Commissioner Gordon's son-in-law would make him immune from arrest. He ungags her and forces her to agree to this by threatening to have Gordon killed. Pretending to be locked behind a secured door, Barbara makes her transformation into Batgirl and assists Batman and Robin in defeating the Penguin as they have been gassed and hung over a vat of acid. During the episode, Alfred Pennyworth discovers her secret identity - but he vows never to reveal it. He claims she left a few minutes ago when the fight has finished, by which time Barbara has changed back.

During the third season, Batgirl aided Batman and Robin in solving several mysteries and even saved them from near death by herself on several occasions. Unfortunately, Batgirl's addition to the cast was not enough to save the series from cancellation. Although the promotional short has been mistakenly thought of as a pilot for Batgirl's own spin-off, it is highly unlikely ABC would have agreed to give her her own series since Batman had been in danger of cancellation since the end of its first season. According to the book DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, Batgirl's addition to the cast "was a sign of desperation. Ratings were down and there was hope that a new character might give the show a shot in the arm."[16]

Yvonne Craig once again appeared as Batgirl in a 1972 television commercial supporting women's rights (specifically, equal pay).[17]

The 2003 television film Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt included scenes recreating the filming of the 1960s TV series. Erin Carufel plays Yvonne Craig / Batgirl, in the film.

Barbara Gordon appeared as Oracle as one of the main characters in Birds of Prey, played by Dina Meyer.[18] The series was loosely based on the comic book of the same name.

Dina Meyer as Oracle from the television series Birds of Prey.

In the 70 minute pilot episode, Alfred Pennyworth narrates the events which have led to the formation of the Birds of Prey. Years ago, when Batman defended the streets of Gotham City, he fathered a daughter to Catwoman which he never knew about. After the birth of her daughter Helena, Selena Kyle gave up her life as Catwoman and raised her child as a single mother. Bruce Wayne, apparently oblivious to the fact that he has a child, continues to fight crime in Gotham as Batman. Alfred tells that he "had trained many protégés over the years and one of them was Barbara Gordon, who called herself Batgirl." As Batman and Batgirl continued to fight the Joker for control of the city, the battle came to an end with Joker's loss. However, the Joker swore revenge not on Batman himself, but on those he loved. While a hit-man was sent to murder Catwoman, the Joker, in a scene adapted directly from The Killing Joke, guns down Barbara at her apartment. With Gordon paralyzed and Kyle dead, Batman abandons Gotham, never to be seen again.

Seven years later, in the present day, Barbara Gordon has now become "Oracle" and has adopted and trained Helena Kyle; the vigilante known as The Huntress. They soon adopt Dinah Redmond and the three vow to protect the city of New Gotham. During the series, Oracle is briefly reunited with Black Canary, described as her original partner in Birds of Prey (and the mother of Dinah Redmond), and in one episode dons the Batgirl costume once more to face off with Lady Shiva (while using an electronic device that allows her to temporarily walk again). In the final episode, she is able to improve her spine replacement device enough to engage in combat for several minutes though she collapses at the end of the battle. The series would last a total of thirteen episodes, leaving the mystery of Batman's whereabouts unresolved. However, a phone conversation with Alfred in Wayne Manor implies that the Dark Knight has monitored Birds of Prey activities in the city and knows of his daughter's existence.

Laeta Kalogridis planned several series highlights for the second season, including Dick Grayson's reintroduction (prompting a Barbara/Helena argument), as well as Koriand'r possibly appearing. Ollie Queen/Green Arrow would have joined Dinah, and thus the series would have progressed with a Cassandra Cain episode as well.

Dina Meyer additionally reprises her role as Barbara Gordon in the Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths".[19]

Barbara Gordon's Oracle persona was briefly mentioned in the Arrow episode "A.W.O.L," where Oliver mentions that the reason he didn't choose Oracle as Felicity Smoak's codename is because it was taken, referencing Barbara Gordon possibly existing in the Arrowverse.

Barbara appears in the third season of the HBO Max series Titans, portrayed by Savannah Welch. This version is the Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and retired from her Batgirl persona after being paralyzed by the Joker. She also notably had her right leg amputated, a trait that was implemented following the casting of Welch, who is a real-life amputee.[20][21][22] Prior to her first physical appearance, she is referenced in the season 1 finale "Dick Grayson" during a dark fantasy that Trigon subjects Dick Grayson to where it was mentioned that Barbara is missing. In season 3, Barbara has taken over the mantle of Commissioner, after Mr. Freeze killed her father. Dick visits Gotham City after hearing about Jason Todd's death, where he and Barbara argue about Bruce's lack of empathy toward the deaths of their loved ones, and his obsession with crimefighting. When Bruce goes missing after killing the Joker, Barbara begins to work with Dick and the Titans to take down the new villain Red Hood, who later reveals himself as a resurrected Jason.

Season 3 also features the appearance of Oracle, depicted as an advanced artificial intelligence computer system located in the GCPD headquarters. Once used by Batman to take down Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow, Oracle was shut down willingly to avoid government scrutiny. Dick convinces Barbara to reactivate Oracle to locate Crane. However, upon finding out that Crane has managed to hack into Oracle's systems, Barbara decides to deactivate Oracle permanently, much to Dick's dismay.

While the series was being developed for TNT, Barbara was intended to appear as the team's hacker,[23][24] but her role was ultimately reduced.[25]

Barbara Gordon appears in the fifth and final season of Gotham, portrayed by Jeté Laurence.[26] She is taken hostage by Jeremiah Valeska to lure her father into a trap, which leads to the debut of Bruce Wayne's new vigilante role.

The Barbara Gordon version of Batgirl made her first animated appearance in the 1968 series The Adventures of Batman, voiced by Jane Webb. Her Batgirl costume is now a gray bodysuit (similar to Batman's) along with gold colored gloves, boots, bat-symbol and utility belt while her blue cape and cowl from the comics is retained. Also, the colors of the costume from the show are later adopted in the Bronze Age comics from the 1970s through the early 1980s. Barbara Gordon, this time working in the District Attorney's office instead of being a librarian, made several appearances in both her civilian persona and as her alter ego in the 1977 Saturday morning animated series The New Adventures of Batman. Adam West and Burt Ward reprised their roles to provide the voices for Batman and Robin, but Jane Webb was replaced by Melendy Britt for the voice of Batgirl.

Although not appearing in the television show, Batgirl does appear in some of the merchandise produced for the show using her design from The Adventures of Batman and the Bronze Age comics.

Barbara Gordon appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by Melissa Gilbert in Batman: The Animated Series,[27] Mary Kay Bergman in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Tara Strong in The New Batman Adventures, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman and Gotham Girls, Stockard Channing in the first two seasons of Batman Beyond, and Angie Harmon in the last season of Batman Beyond and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

Barbara Gordon as Batgirl in Batman: The Animated Series.

In Batman: The Animated Series, Barbara Gordon is introduced in the two-part episode "Heart of Steel",[28] where she assists Batman in saving her father James Gordon from the evil A.I. supercomputer HARDAC. She makes her first appearance as Batgirl in the two-part episode "Shadow of the Bat", helping Batman and Robin clear Commissioner Gordon's name after Two-Face and GCPD member Gill Mason frame him for corruption. Although Batman had been critical of her at first, he changes this thinking after witnessing her capabilities. Barbara's final appearance is in the episode "Batgirl Returns" in which she is seen having a flirting relationship with Dick Grayson at Gotham State University. In the film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Barbara Gordon appears as a central character, being kidnapped by Mr. Freeze in an attempt to save his wife Nora Fries. The bulk of the film showcases Barbara using her skills to evade Mr. Freeze while trying to escape her captor's hideout. Despite being against Mr. Freeze, Barbara admits that she feels sorry for Nora and is willing to do the transfusion but only in a hospital. Eventually, Batman and Robin locate her, and the three of them manage to destroy Mr. Freeze's hideout and escape. It's also shown in this film that Barbara is in a relationship with Dick.[29]

Barbara Gordon as Batgirl in The New Batman Adventures.

During The New Batman Adventures, Barbara Gordon appears as Batgirl as a recurring character.[30] Batgirl is eventually allowed into the Batcave and becomes a main character and is Batman's main partner. Batgirl was made an addition to the cast with producer Bruce Timm stating, "The consumer products division and the people at the WB wanted to make sure kids would watch the show, so they strongly suggested we include Batgirl and Tim Drake (as Robin) as a way of courting young girl audiences as well as young boys...We liked the Batgirl character and I certainly didn't mind putting her in the show."[31] It is also shown in the series that her previous relationship with Dick Grayson did not last. The episode "You Scratch My Back" emphasized this, portraying her relationship with Nightwing as strenuous and the episode "Old Wounds" shows how it ended with Barbara eventually discovering Bruce and Dick's secret identities and Dick realizing that Bruce knew and never told him quits as Robin and leaves Gotham. The episode "Over the Edge" also implies this as Nightwing "can't believe it ended like this for us or Barbara". The episode "Girls' Night Out" establishes Batgirl and Supergirl (Kara Kent) as close friends. Along with all other characters in the series, Barbara's civilian and superhero identity were redesigned. Her Batgirl costume was changed to a black body suit with yellow gloves, boots, bat-symbol and utility belt to match her original comic book design seen in Detective Comics #359. In the movie Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Barbara Gordon appears briefly when she calls Bruce Wayne to find out who Batwoman is. She expresses jealousy and Bruce dodges the issue by faking cellular phone problems. This is Barbara's only scene in the film and hints a crush on Bruce which she expresses with hinting that she misses Bruce.

Barbara Gordon as she appears in Batman Beyond.

Barbara Gordon appears in Batman Beyond. No longer the vigilante she was in her youth, this version is a grim, bitter old woman that is the current Police Commissioner. Her history is also a little revised: she and Bruce Wayne developed a romantic relationship at one point, after Dick Grayson had left. Despite that she and Bruce are no longer together, she does care and wishes for Bruce to be happy. She resents Wayne dragging Terry McGinnis as a new Batman as she believes Bruce did with all of his previous partners. Unlike her father, she states that vigilante justice "went out with the tommy gun" and insists Terry to give up being Batman. But she develops respect for the new Batman, assisting her in defending her husband Gotham District Attorney Sam Young from assassin Curaré. While she never officially endorses or helps him, she no longer threatens to turn him in and continually looks the other way, acknowledging his assistance in some cases even if she never asks for it. On one occasion, she was prepared to arrest Terry when she apparently witnessed the second Batman murder the criminal bomber Mad Stan despite the fact that Terry's arrest would compromise her and Bruce's secret. However, Bruce and Terry succeeded in revealing that Spellbinder had created an illusion of Mad Stan's death; she subsequently awarded Terry with a civic service award as an apology. The precise future of her and Dick's relationship remains unknown but Barbara tells Terry to "try looking up for Nightwing sometime" about how Bruce treated partners. When the Joker returns from the dead, Terry McGinnis goes to her when Bruce Wayne refuses to talk about how this cannot be Joker. When Bruce is recovering from the Joker's toxin, she reluctantly tells Terry the details: the Joker kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed Tim Drake into a miniature version of himself. During the chaos, Batgirl faced off against Harley Quinn and watched as Harley fell to her death, unaware that she had actually survived. Tim killed the Joker and covered up the events with her father's aid a year before Tim's recovery from his trauma and Bruce forbade Tim from being Robin again as Tim soon left after this. Barbara also temporarily takes Bruce's place in advising Terry while tracking a couple of suspects as possible candidates for the Joker's true identity. She and Bruce visit Tim recovering in the hospital after the Joker's final defeat by Terry with Bruce reconciling his relationship with Tim.

Batgirl in Gotham Girls.

Barbara Gordon is also a featured character in Gotham Girls. A joint production of Warner Bros. and Noodle Soup Productions, the series stars Batgirl protecting Gotham City from the criminal activities of Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Although not restricted to the animated continuity, the main characters were adapted from The New Batman Adventures.

The character also made several brief cameo appearances in Justice League. While the Bat Embargo, a policy preventing Batman-related character from appearing if they were also concurrently appearing in other media, forbade her from making major appearances, she appears in the episode "The Savage Time" in an alternate timeline and mentioned in the episode "Comfort and Joy".[32] Barbara Gordon was originally planned to appear in Justice League Unlimited. The episode "Double Date" (scripted by Birds of Prey author Gail Simone) would have also featured Oracle's animated debut. But due to the restrictions on Batman-related characters, she was replaced with Green Arrow and the Question.[33]

The Batman version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl alongside Batman, from the cover of The Batman Strikes! #18. Art by Jeff Matsuda.

Barbara Gordon appears on The Batman, with Batgirl voiced by Danielle Judovits,[34] and Oracle voiced by Kellie Martin. This version is Batman's first official sidekick instead of Dick Grayson, since the Bat Embargo initially prevented him from appearing.

She was first mentioned on the episode "Night and the City" and made her first appearance on the two-part episode "Batgirl Begins". This version is the teenage daughter of James Gordon and a student of Gotham High. Though an excellent gymnast, she has lost interest in gymnastics; however, her father wants her to continue in the hope she might attend an Olympic Games. Although not as interested in gymnastics, she finds police detective work fascinating - which worries her father. In addition to that, Barbara associates with her close friend Pamela Isley, a fellow student with a juvenile-detention record - something James does not like. During a battle with Temblor in the Chlorogene lab, Barbara sees Batman in action; after this, the seed to use her Batgirl persona is planted. The battle also causes Pamela to become the villainess Poison Ivy after an experimental plant mutagen fell upon her former friend. Batgirl arrives at Poison Ivy's lair to help Batman save Gordon (though she originally wanted to save her friend from getting into more trouble) only to find Batman under Poison Ivy's mind control. Batgirl is then forced to fight Batman. During the battle, she beat Batman in hand-to-hand combat by kicking the Dark Knight into a pond which freed Batman of Poison Ivy's control. After she defeated Poison Ivy and saved her father, Batman decides not to tell Gordon that his daughter is Batgirl. That first adventure, Batgirl says is 'only the beginning'. During her initial introduction, she demands to be called "Batwoman" until Commissioner Gordon calls her by the Batgirl name.

She aids the Dark Knight with numerous cases, proving herself as a trusted ally. Batman himself, despite never asking to have a partner, becomes fond of working with her - though would not admit it. At one point, in the episode "A Dark Knight to Remember", she has figured out that Batman is secretly Bruce Wayne as the billionaire is physically fit and can afford to purchase equipment that Batman would require. But Wayne had partial amnesia during that time which made Bruce lose the memory as the Dark Knight Detective which threw Barbara off. After she and Batman saved Gotham from Maxie Zeus's siege in the episode "Thunder", the Dark Knight gave her some spare gadgets and accepted her as a partner as she was in the loop.

Batman finally let Barbara in on his own secret in the episode "Team Penguin" after getting Dick Grayson as a second partner. Deciding they needed teamwork training and to learn to trust one another more, the trio shares their secret identities (but Batgirl is reluctant to give up hers so Batman does it for her) and begins training. She and Robin develop a sibling-like relationship throughout the show, and gets annoyed when Robin refers to her as "Babs". In the two-part episode "The Joining", she participated in the battle to save Earth with Robin from the alien technological entity known as The Joining.

The episode "Artifacts" features her adult incarnation using a wheelchair (under unknown circumstances) using her Oracle identity. Oracle manages the cyber realms and has a joking yet more adult-like relationship to Nightwing. The distant future shows Batgirl, Batman and Robin are now legends similar to Robin Hood and the Merry Men and she's also known in these stories as Batwoman.

In the episode "Joker Express", Batgirl was under the Joker's control and Batman and Robin have perforce to fight her. While Robin was almost killed, Batman fought Batgirl briefly. The Dark Knight defeated her by making Barbara inhale an incapacitating gas which eventually restores her to normal after her body and mind begin to relax. In the episode "Attack of the Terrible Trio", it is revealed that Barbara has graduated from Gotham High School at an early age and enrolled in Gotham University.

In the two-part series finale, Barbara and Robin once again join the battle against The Joining with the Justice League after they lost their powers. After The Joining is once again defeated, she and Robin discuss the idea of forming their own junior Justice League.

The Barbara Gordon incarnation of Batgirl appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Mae Whitman. Her Batgirl costume is exactly the same in the comics and her debut in Detective Comics #359. In the teaser of the episode "The Last Patrol!", she saves Batman from Killer Moth in a flashback. In a present-day scene of the teaser, she and Batman end up in one of the Penguin's death traps. She returns in the episode "The Criss Cross Conspiracy!" in which she and Nightwing have to work alongside Batman (in Batwoman's body) and Felix Faust to save Batwoman (in Batman's body) at the mercy of the Riddler. Additionally, the fourth wall-breaking series finale "Mitefall!" sees Bat-Mite altering reality to make Batman: The Brave and the Bold "jump the shark" so that it will be cancelled and replaced with a more serious Batman series. In the end, he succeeds, and an in-universe commercial for the (fictional) replacement series reveals that the new show will focus on Batgirl instead, with Batman as a supporting character. Ambush Bug then compounds Bat-Mite's initial disappointment by pointing out that a darker, more serious series like the Batgirl show he has just instigated would not use a character as silly as Bat-Mite, leading the anti-hero to disappear into nothingness.

Barbara Gordon appears in Young Justice, voiced by Alyson Stoner. In the episode "Homefront", she is portrayed as a student at the Gotham Academy alongside Dick Grayson and Artemis Crock. She also had a cameo appearance in the episode "Failsafe" of standing in the crowd with Alfred Pennyworth. In Young Justice: Invasion, Batgirl has joined the Team during the five-year gap. She helps Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) rescue U.N. Secretary General Tseng from Lobo. Her Batgirl costume is a gray bodysuit with black accents to mirror that of Batman's. In the episode "Alienated", she had a cameo with the rest of the Bat-Family invading a Krolotean facility. Batgirl returns in the episode "Beneath" as part of a team sent to investigate The Light's activities in Bialya. In the tie-in comics, she's shown to have a romantic interest in Dick Grayson, and appears to have a "friends with benefits" relationship.[35] In Young Justice: Outsiders, Barbara is now the wheelchair-using Oracle, and is in a relationship with Dick Grayson.[36] In Young Justice: Phantoms, it is revealed Barbara became paralyzed by Orphan accidentally slashing her.

Barbara Gordon appears as one of the lead characters in Super Best Friends Forever, with Tara Strong reprising her role.[37] She is cheerful, and a go-getter to the rest of the group. Her Batgirl costume is purple with gold accents, which resembles her costume from the 60's TV series.

Barbara Gordon appears in Beware the Batman, with Tara Strong reprising her role.[38] Her kidnapping and rescue in "Allies" plays a role in cementing the beginning of Batman and Commissioner Gordon's partnership. In "Darkness", Barbara overhears a conversation between Katana and Gordon in how to disable the Ion Cortex's AI. She attempts to try to help out by stealing a police van and attempting to use the computers in it. Her father catches her, but eventually agrees to help her. Batman gives her the password to the Cortex ("Oracle") so she can hack it and take it down. The following episode, "Reckoning", forces her and her dad to infiltrate the lair of Ra's al Ghul to take down the Cortex, saving Gotham City in the process. After the black-out, she continues to assist Katana and Batman, taking the codename of Oracle. In "Alone", she joins other Outsiders such as Metamorpho and Man-Bat in assisting in the final battle against Deathstroke. According to producer Glen Murakami, if season two had been produced, Barbara would have become the show's version of Robin, with a resemblance to Carrie Kelley.

Batgirl makes appearances in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Tara Strong once again. She makes a cameo appearance at Titans East's party in the episode "Starliar" when seen dancing next to Aqualad before Robin obnoxiously cuts in. She is later seen in the episode "Staring at the Future" shown to be the future wife of Nightwing and the mother of their three babies. Her design resembles her appearance from The New Batman Adventures and her debut design from Detective Comics #359.

Batgirl appears as a central protagonist in the web series DC Super Hero Girls, with Mae Whitman reprising her role from Batman: The Brave and the Bold. She is a student at Super Hero High, is an extremely intelligent genius. She is a tomboy and loves to investigate criminals. The character is also a central protagonist in the television series of the same name, with Tara Strong reprising her role. In the series, she is a student at Metropolis High. Her Batgirl costume is once again purple with gold accents. She is known to be bubbly, cheerful, upbeat and downright optimistic. She is the one who wants everyone to get along and is often seen as the "cheerleader" in the group because of her contagious enthusiasm and zest for life. However, she is a fangirl and her ambitious nature makes her destined to be Batman's future sidekick. She is also a creative problem solver and will use her creativity and her surprisingly analytical thinking to stop the bad guys and be the glue in her friendships.

Barbara Gordon's Batgirl costume from The New Batman Adventures appears as an easter egg in the Justice League Action episode "Play Date".

Barbara Gordon appears in Harley Quinn, voiced by Briana Cuoco. Introduced in the season 2 episode "Riddle U", this version is a student and tour guide at Riddler University. After seeing her father hit rock bottom and helping Harley Quinn defeat Riddler, she becomes inspired to assume the identity of Batgirl. In the episode "Batman's Back Man", she proves to be effective in fighting crime and is appointed by Batman as his temporary replacement. In the episode "There's No Place to Go But Down", Barbara reveals her identity as Batgirl to her father and helps him take down Two-Face. In the following episode, "Inner (Para) Demons", after Gordon becomes Commissioner again and is told by the President of the United States that he needs to kill Harley in order for Gotham to rejoin the U.S., Barbara unsuccessfully tries to dissuade him and later warns Harley that Gordon will be coming after her.

Batgirl remains a member of the growing Bat Family throughout Seasons 3 and 4, slowly forming a bond with Harley who is questioning her morals. She later loses control of her mental health following Nightwing's murder, but right as she recovers, she is shot in the stomach by the Joker. Paralyzed from the waist down and bound to a wheelchair, Barbara ultimately leaves the Bat Family and joins Harley, Ivy, and Catwoman in forming the Gotham City Sirens.

Oracle in a promotional image for Batman: Arkham Knight.

Batgirl in a promotional image for Batman: Arkham Knight.

Throughout the Batman Arkham series, Barbara Gordon is voiced by Kimberly Brooks in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, by Kelsey Lansdowne in Arkham Origins, and by Ashley Greene in Arkham Knight.[44]

• In Batman: Arkham Asylum, she communicates with Batman over the radio during Batman's time in the Asylum to help the Dark Knight deduce the Joker's latest plan. She never appears in person but an artist's drawing of her is seen in her bio.
• In Batman: Arkham City, Alfred Pennyworth serves as Batman's guide over the radio for the first part of the game, and Oracle first appears in the Museum over the radio. No reason is given as to her absence up to that point. She and Alfred talk to Batman over the radio helping stop Hugo Strange, track other inmates and villains like Deadshot as well as intercepting radio broadcasts and aiding the Dark Knight in various side missions.
• In Batman: Arkham Origins, her father James Gordon is initially hostile to Batman unlike the teenage Barbara. While Barbara immediately expresses admiration, she helps Batman access the National Criminal Database in the GCPD. She eventually manages to hack into Batman's communicator and asks help in finding and disabling the Penguin's weapon caches, working alongside the Dark Knight for the first time.
• In Batman: Arkham Knight, Oracle helps Batman track down Scarecrow at the start, but is later kidnapped by the Arkham Knight. After Batman has a flashback of Barbara's paralysis and Gordon breaks off their alliance with Batman. Batman then goes on a quest to find and save her but is tragically too late. The Scarecrow apparently subjects her to his newest toxin and she goes mad, committing suicide. This drives Batman to become more determined than ever to stop Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight. But she is later revealed to be still alive - her death was part of another fear-toxin-induced hallucination. After Batman rescues Barbara and brings her to the GCPD for protection, she helps the Dark Knight fight off a wave of the Scarecrow's militia's drone forces and is shown to be engaged to Tim Drake at the end of the game. Batgirl appears as the playable protagonist of the DLC story mission Batgirl: A Matter of Family (set before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum), wherein she and Robin infiltrate a defunct oil rig and battle the Joker and Harley Quinn, who have kidnapped Commissioner Gordon and other police officers.[45] Oracle also makes an appearance in the Robin-focused DLC mission A Flip of a Coin (set a few weeks after the main story's ending), where she assists Robin in apprehending Two-Face at Hell's Gate Disposal Services.