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- For the new 2011 version, see Cheetara (2011 TV series).
Cheetara was a female Thunderian noble who was also a member of the ThunderCats. She was as lovely as she is brave and cunning.
Appearance
Cheetara is a female Thundercat based off a cheetah with an anthropomorphic humanoid physical form, along with an athletic build. She is normally seen wearing a one-piece orange leotard that has her Thundercat emblem at the front of her bosom.
History
Cheetara left the doomed planet of Thundera with her fellow Thundercats. Leaving behind the planet, Cheetara was instructed by Jaga to wake Lion-O from sleep, which she did, despite the objections of Snarf. When the Mutants boarded their ship, Cheetara joined the other Thundercats and bravely fought them off. She was given a new outfit and her Staff to help defend herself on their new home by Jaga, along with her fellow Thundercats. Cheetara helped defend the ship from the attacking Mutants, going into suspension to make the journey to the new planet chosen as the Thundercats new home. She was then revived with the others when they reached their new home on Third Earth, and after defeating the Mutants, prepared with the others to build a new home.
Cheetara's amazing speed has often saved the other Thundercats from deadly situations. Once when Tygra ventured into a mysterious cave, he found himself beginning to age rapidly, Cheetara was the only one who could get in and out of the cave fast enough to save Tygra from death.
When the time of Lion-O's Anointment Trials came, it was Cheetaras task, as the fastest of the Thundercats, to try Lion-O in speed. Lion-O knew he could not beat Cheetara in a race, and so took a dangerous western route as an alternative. Already miles ahead of Lion-O, Cheetara ran into the Mutants, who pursued her on land and underwater. Luckily Panthro arrived in the Thunder tank to assist the outnumbered Cheetara. Cheetara was ahead by a mile and two thirds, eventually coming face to face with Lion-O, they raced alongside one another to the finish of their race, Lion-O knew he could not win the race in this way, but his sheer determination allowed him to. Lion-O at first believed Cheetara had let him win, something which offended her, as the code of Thundera forbade such action. The distance ran actually exhausted Cheetaras super speed, and she told him that his determination not to lose had allowed him to win the race.
In the comics, she has feelings for Tygra and both become a couple and have two Thunderian Cubs WilyCat and WilyCub in the "Dogs of War" series.
Powers and abilities
Cheetara is a female warrior, based on the cheetah, who is the only adult female ThunderCat (until the later appearance of Pumyra). She has incredible speed, once clocked at 120 m.p.h. on a morning jog. She can maintain this speed only for brief periods, but with it, she is very fast in combat. At her peak, Cheetara can achieve extreme super speeds of up to one mile per 30 seconds, but could only maintain those speeds for approximately two miles; anymore beyond that and she'll risk collapsing due to exhaustion. She also had an ability call
ed her "Sixth Sense", which gave her the ability to see into past and future events, although this was also very taxing, such that she sometimes considered it a curse; these visions could come at random and when she forced them to appear, it could take days or weeks for her to recover. She could also sense danger to others which she attributed to "woman's intuition". Cheetara had a fondness for the "useless" metal gold. In "The Telepathy Beam", her powers no longer harm her. Her weapon was the baton or bo staff, which could extend to any length and shoot out energy beams. It was attached to a cuff on her left arm when not in use.
Comics
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In the comics, after Lion-O left to complete his training in the Book of Omens. At the same time Cheetara is enslaved by the Mutants for five years and during that time she's subject to constant humiliation.
On the other hand, Tygra was captured and tortured to the point of become a somber individual. During his five years in captivity he was required to design structures for Mumm-Ra and the Mutants. Tygra was rescued and helped overthrow the evil sorcerer.
Finally, it was Tygra who helped Cheetara heal her emotional wounds. Cheetara relies on him to recover from the terrible times she went through. And it's with Tygra she begins a stable relationship. Fifteen years later Tygra and Cheetara become a couple, the King's Elite Guards and are the parents of the New Thunderkittens.
Quotes
- "I am a woman! You hold no mystery for me!"
- "Fortune favors the bold."
- "Pride can be a good thing, but pride carried too far is foolishness."
- (while running through a dense forest) "Just a little further and I'll set a personal record!"
