diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 51edc218cc2bd..856c0f5936079 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "patterns" ]]; then
     invgrep -R --include="*.py" --include="*.pyx" -E "# -\*- coding: utf-8 -\*-" pandas scripts
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
+    MSG='Check for python2-style super usage' ; echo $MSG
+    invgrep -R --include="*.py" -E "super\(\w*, (self|cls)\)" pandas
+    RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
+
     # Check for the following code in testing: `np.testing` and `np.array_equal`
     MSG='Check for invalid testing' ; echo $MSG
     invgrep -r -E --include '*.py' --exclude testing.py '(numpy|np)(\.testing|\.array_equal)' pandas/tests/
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index 9c2aa03102533..d0daaf0dc3400 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -2025,8 +2025,8 @@ def __unicode__(self):
         return result
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        # We want PandasObject.__repr__, which dispatches to __unicode__
-        return super(ExtensionArray, self).__repr__()
+        # We want to bypass the ExtensionArray.__repr__
+        return str(self)
 
     def _maybe_coerce_indexer(self, indexer):
         """
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse.py b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse.py
index d01aac9a8750c..6f3e39c79c68e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse.py
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ def _add_unary_ops(cls):
     def _add_comparison_ops(cls):
         cls.__and__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.and_)
         cls.__or__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.or_)
-        super(SparseArray, cls)._add_comparison_ops()
+        super()._add_comparison_ops()
 
     # ----------
     # Formatting
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
index 417683ad54420..a11773f4d6b70 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/dtypes.py
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ def is_dtype(cls, dtype):
                     return False
             else:
                 return False
-        return super(PeriodDtype, cls).is_dtype(dtype)
+        return super().is_dtype(dtype)
 
     @classmethod
     def construct_array_type(cls):
@@ -1047,4 +1047,4 @@ def is_dtype(cls, dtype):
                     return False
             else:
                 return False
-        return super(IntervalDtype, cls).is_dtype(dtype)
+        return super().is_dtype(dtype)
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index ba58382db4e76..09f5726e6341f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -6336,8 +6336,7 @@ def _aggregate(self, arg, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
         if axis == 1:
             # NDFrame.aggregate returns a tuple, and we need to transpose
             # only result
-            result, how = (super(DataFrame, self.T)
-                           ._aggregate(arg, *args, **kwargs))
+            result, how = self.T._aggregate(arg, *args, **kwargs)
             result = result.T if result is not None else result
             return result, how
         return super()._aggregate(arg, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -6348,7 +6347,7 @@ def _aggregate(self, arg, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
     def transform(self, func, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
         axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 1:
-            return super(DataFrame, self.T).transform(func, *args, **kwargs).T
+            return self.T.transform(func, *args, **kwargs).T
         return super().transform(func, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def apply(self, func, axis=0, broadcast=None, raw=False, reduce=None,
diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py b/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py
index 4cc7329aca322..5733586770441 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get('freq') is not None:
             from pandas.core.resample import TimeGrouper
             cls = TimeGrouper
-        return super(Grouper, cls).__new__(cls)
+        return super().__new__(cls)
 
     def __init__(self, key=None, level=None, freq=None, axis=0, sort=False):
         self.key = key
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
index 2e819765bb045..dba7dae2251be 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def intersection(self, other, sort=False):
         -------
         y : Index or DatetimeIndex or TimedeltaIndex
         """
-        return super(DatetimeIndex, self).intersection(other, sort=sort)
+        return super().intersection(other, sort=sort)
 
     def _wrap_setop_result(self, other, result):
         name = get_op_result_name(self, other)
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/timedeltas.py b/pandas/core/indexes/timedeltas.py
index 8a7047beea84c..fd283ffd17e9b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/timedeltas.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/timedeltas.py
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def intersection(self, other, sort=False):
         -------
         y : Index or  TimedeltaIndex
         """
-        return super(TimedeltaIndex, self).intersection(other, sort=sort)
+        return super().intersection(other, sort=sort)
 
     def _wrap_joined_index(self, joined, other):
         name = get_op_result_name(self, other)
diff --git a/pandas/io/msgpack/__init__.py b/pandas/io/msgpack/__init__.py
index 984e90ee03e69..f8feffcf49240 100644
--- a/pandas/io/msgpack/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/io/msgpack/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __new__(cls, code, data):
             raise TypeError("data must be bytes")
         if not 0 <= code <= 127:
             raise ValueError("code must be 0~127")
-        return super(ExtType, cls).__new__(cls, code, data)
+        return super().__new__(cls, code, data)
 
 import os  # noqa
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_array.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_array.py
index cca421482bb66..d097141cd8c73 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_array.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_array.py
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@ def _from_sequence(cls, scalars, dtype=None, copy=False):
         if isinstance(scalars, (pd.Series, pd.Index)):
             raise TypeError
 
-        return super(DecimalArray2, cls)._from_sequence(
-            scalars, dtype=dtype, copy=copy
-        )
+        return super()._from_sequence(scalars, dtype=dtype, copy=copy)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("box", [pd.Series, pd.Index])
diff --git a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
index 00e95da123f54..69c05ccfe9818 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ class TestEvalNumexprPython(TestEvalNumexprPandas):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestEvalNumexprPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         import numexpr as ne
         cls.ne = ne
         cls.engine = 'numexpr'
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class TestEvalPythonPython(TestEvalNumexprPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestEvalPythonPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'python'
         cls.parser = 'python'
 
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ class TestEvalPythonPandas(TestEvalPythonPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestEvalPythonPandas, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'python'
         cls.parser = 'pandas'
 
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ class TestOperationsNumExprPython(TestOperationsNumExprPandas):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestOperationsNumExprPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'numexpr'
         cls.parser = 'python'
         cls.arith_ops = expr._arith_ops_syms + expr._cmp_ops_syms
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ class TestOperationsPythonPython(TestOperationsNumExprPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestOperationsPythonPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = cls.parser = 'python'
         cls.arith_ops = expr._arith_ops_syms + expr._cmp_ops_syms
         cls.arith_ops = filter(lambda x: x not in ('in', 'not in'),
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ class TestOperationsPythonPandas(TestOperationsNumExprPandas):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestOperationsPythonPandas, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'python'
         cls.parser = 'pandas'
         cls.arith_ops = expr._arith_ops_syms + expr._cmp_ops_syms
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ class TestMathPythonPandas(TestMathPythonPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestMathPythonPandas, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'python'
         cls.parser = 'pandas'
 
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ class TestMathNumExprPandas(TestMathPythonPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestMathNumExprPandas, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'numexpr'
         cls.parser = 'pandas'
 
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ class TestMathNumExprPython(TestMathPythonPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestMathNumExprPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'numexpr'
         cls.parser = 'python'
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_query_eval.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_query_eval.py
index c05c7c4d18d13..c8d43501753e2 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_query_eval.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_query_eval.py
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ class TestDataFrameQueryNumExprPython(TestDataFrameQueryNumExprPandas):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestDataFrameQueryNumExprPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'numexpr'
         cls.parser = 'python'
         cls.frame = TestData().frame
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ class TestDataFrameQueryPythonPandas(TestDataFrameQueryNumExprPandas):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestDataFrameQueryPythonPandas, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = 'python'
         cls.parser = 'pandas'
         cls.frame = TestData().frame
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ class TestDataFrameQueryPythonPython(TestDataFrameQueryNumExprPython):
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
-        super(TestDataFrameQueryPythonPython, cls).setup_class()
+        super().setup_class()
         cls.engine = cls.parser = 'python'
         cls.frame = TestData().frame
 
diff --git a/pandas/tseries/holiday.py b/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
index ae080803ba764..030d2744cd7f5 100644
--- a/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
+++ b/pandas/tseries/holiday.py
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ def get_calendar(name):
 class HolidayCalendarMetaClass(type):
 
     def __new__(cls, clsname, bases, attrs):
-        calendar_class = super(HolidayCalendarMetaClass, cls).__new__(
-            cls, clsname, bases, attrs)
+        calendar_class = super().__new__(cls, clsname, bases, attrs)
         register(calendar_class)
         return calendar_class