With all this going for her, readers, it’s not hard to see why this blogger considered Cheetara her favorite character. It was the most stunning display of psychic strength she ever demonstrated. Overcoming their manipulation, Cheetara was able to free the captured Thundercats with a burst of telepathic power straight from her heart, mind, and body. The one time Cheetara was able to use it as a genuine superpower came when the Lunataks – bizarre, evil creatures native to Third Earth – were using a device to scramble her psychic power in order to cover up one of their evil schemes. Generally, her latent psychic power flared up without her conscious will or effort. It was never shown enough to satisfy this viewer, but the writers made good use of in nonetheless.Ĭheetara’s limited telepathy wasn’t something she could truly control or use in spectacular fashion for most of the show’s run. This power was Cheetara’s “sixth sense,” a limited form of telepathy that occasionally allowed her to feel and “see” when another Thundercat was in trouble. □Īnother power she had that was equally interesting, though sometimes it could be deadly. Or she could thrust the weapon to the earth, causing it to fire off several dozen “copies” of the staff that would fly out to strike and batter her opponents. She could lengthen the staff into a pole useful for vaulting over obstacles or springing up to high places. Like the other Thundercats’ weapons, Cheetara’s staff was both magical and technological, meaning she could pull off some very neat tricks with it. Combined with her incredible momentum, the staff enabled her to cause serious havoc in enemy ranks. Stored in a wrist guard on her left arm, the staff could be pulled free at any time and extend it to its full length easily. In addition to her amazing speed, Cheetara’s main weapon in battle was her retractable golden bo staff. Thus she was the team’s barometer for trouble if she reacted badly to something – even if it was something they couldn’t see – then the male Thundercats instinctively began looking for whatever problem was headed their way. Cheetara didn’t have time or patience for theatrics, so any sign of distress from her automatically signaled an imminent problem of some kind. So if she grunted or stumbled with pain or surprise, the rest of the adult Cats converged on her faster than ants on a picnic. This naturally meant that Cheetara rarely slipped into hysterics or dramatics. She would become righteously angry if taunted by an enemy or when she saw an injustice committed, but otherwise she was very hard to ruffle. The male Thundercats tended to take such things more seriously, something that occasionally puzzled their female friend. Cheetara didn’t like being insulted any more than anyone else, but when she knew that someone was trying to bait her with derogatory comments, she shrugged the bad behavior or nasty remarks off. The villains had to work really hard to rile her up, as did her teammates. It showed either in dry, witty comments or a smiling, “Right in front of you, !”, but this did not change the fact that she was the most ‘adult’ member of the Thundercats. She lacked the fiery temper and/or juvenile attitude modern audiences often associate with people who run fast. Unlike Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver and other characters who can run at fantastic velocities, though, Cheetara was a composed, calm humanoid cat woman. Based on the cheetah, some time ago yours truly learned that this heroine’s personality was also centered on speed. She once hit 120 mph on a morning jog and, I believe, could run much faster in combat. Another adult female Cat, Pumyra, was added later on, but we will talk about her another time.Īt first, I admired Cheetara mostly for her ability to run fast. This would be Cheetara, the only adult female Thundercat present for the first season of the show. Today’s topic, however, was and remains my favorite character in the original series. He was much more impressive than I realized at the time, but he’s never been my preferred hero in that universe. The series in question was Thundercats, and the protagonist we were discussing was Panthro, who was never this blogger’s favorite character. Earlier this year, I posted this Spotlight! article about a character from one of my favorite TV shows.
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