Calendar Girl (DC Comics)
| Calendar Girl | |
|---|---|
.gif) Calendar Girl, as she appeared in The New Batman Adventures | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The New Batman Adventures |
| Created by | Paul Dini |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Paige Munroe |
Calendar Girl is a female supervillain who debuted in holidays and combating ageism. She was voiced by Sela Ward and created by Paul Dini.[1] Calendar Girl was a one-time character who failed to appear in any other DC Comics content, and is based on the character Calendar Man. She uses mainly holiday-themed explosives and a scythe as her main weapons. She has no connection to Calendar Man besides her name.
First appearance
Calendar Girl's first and only appearance occurs in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mean Seasons". She
Detective Bullock tears her mask from her face, despite rumours that Page Munroe had botched plastic surgery and is physically hideous. Batgirl is shocked to see that Calendar Girl is still a beautiful woman, but Batman remarks that all she can see are her flaws as the woman writhes on the ground screaming, trying to cover her "ugly" face so nobody can see her.[2][3]
Ageism commentary
Kyle Anderson of Nerdist noted during a review of "Mean Seasons" that the Calendar Girl character serves as an example of
age discrimination and agism in fiction. Anderson stated, "the themes of aging not being a bad thing, and youth being overvalued, are constant in the episode. And this was very deliberate; actress Sela Ward voiced Calendar Girl and, at the time, she was conducting a protest campaign against Hollywood’s ageism and its harmful effects on public perception. Monroe is even said to have been marginalized simply because she turned 30, and Ward taking this role seems directly in line with her cause."[4]
References
- ^ "Sela Ward: Calendar Girl, Page Monroe". www.imdb.com. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ Kendall, G. (23 August 2020). "How One of Batman: The Animated Series' Most Divisive Episodes Introduced a New Villain". www.cbr.com. CBR. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ Hiron, Richard (15 July 2020). "10 Best One Time Only Characters In Batman: The Animated Series". whatculture.com. WhatCulture. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Kyle. "BATMAN Reanimated – 'Mean Seasons' is Social Commentary with Dinosaurs". archive.nerdist.com. Nerdist. Retrieved 10 September 2022.