Catra

Catra is the main antagonist in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. She serves The Horde as second-in-command (formerly as Force Captain). Catra used to be best friends with Adora until her defection to join The Rebellion; aimed at stopping The Horde from planetary takeover. Catra begins to realize that she is better off without Adora in the picture and moves up in the rankings, thus disproving that she merely Adora's sidekick.

Appearance
Catra has a long and spiked hairdo, with brownish-gray on the outer portion and brown on the inside. She has brown and pink cat ears and a tail matching the color of her hair. She has one light blue eye (right) and one yellow eye (left) that are catlike in appearance; changing based on her mood. Catra has sharp catlike claws that are capable of climbing hard to reach surfaces. Her arms have five reddish-brown semicircles (three on each upper arm and two on each forearm). She has a reddish-brown helmet in the shape of a cat's head that covers from just above her forehead to the middle of her cheeks just under her eyes. Catra also wears a t-shirt that is reddish-brown on the top half and creates a v-shape in the middle of the chest, where a black line separates the top from the bottom, which is a reddish-orange color. She wears a big brown belt that has the symbol of The Horde, along with another thinner brown belt that crosses the bigger one. She has Camelot colored leggings with two holes on the thighs of each leg, a hole at both knees, both heels and the toes; exposing her sharp and black toenails.

Personality
Catra is a rebellious and charismatic character, evident when she sneaks out with Adora into the Whispering Woods riding the Skiff they stole. When she doesn't get along with someone she tends to work against them and holds a grudge. Other forms of her rebellious behavior include her being consistently late for training sessions and showing up at the last minute. Throughout season one, Catra has done things her way (even when following orders) in order to get what she wants. When she figures out that with Adora having defected from The Horde, she gets to become Force Captain and prove that she was never Adora's sidekick. Her and Shadow Weaver go back and forth at one another over what to do about Adora, until Lord Hordak finally finds out about what Shadow Weaver has been doing behind his back and makes Catra his second-in-command.

Her charismatic side comes out when she knows it will benefit her; like when she manipulated Entrapta into believing that the others don't care about her and never intended on coming back to rescue her, causing her to think her friends abandoned her. Or when she manipulated Scorpia by showing empathy to her situation, even though she was more referring to herself when talking about how the other princesses treated her and her family. Her and Scorpia were the same rank at the time they were forced to work together, but Scorpia sees her as more of a leader than an equal.

Despite making some rash decisions throughout the series, she's a rather collected and quick-witted villain; making it easier for her to get her missions done right (kidnapping Bow and Glimmer and stealing the Sword of Protection in one well timed attack at the princess prom, for example.) She's done better when doing things her own way, rather than blindly following her orders to the letter. At the princess prom in Frosta's castle, Catra knew how to play by the rules in order to make Adora seem like she was acting unfair and out of control, stay calm and act nonchalant about being surrounded by all the princesses she was planning on attacking, all the while, figuring out a way to kidnap Bow and Glimmer and get Adora's sword at the right moment.

Throughout season one, Catra and Adora relationship goes from best friends to mortal enemies. Catra slowly starts to realize that with her out of the picture, she's able to succeed and rise to the top of The Horde. During the first half of season one, the two of them will fight, but save one another from certain death (typically falling off of a cliff) by grabbing the other at the last second. This stops when Catra tells Adora that she wonders where she'd be if she had never been around in the first place. She blames her for not being more successful in The horde and leaves her behind hanging on a cliff that she tossed her sword into.

Adora
Catra grew up with Adora and the two of them became very close. After Adora found the "Sword of Protection" in the Whispering Woods after she and Adora stole a Horde Skiff, she defected from the Horde to join the Princess Alliance due to witnessing the devastation he Horde was causing throughout Etheria. Because of this defection, Catra swore revenge against Adora for leaving her behind in the Horde, and the two of them fought on opposite sides of the war for three years.

After being rescued by Adora and the others in "Save The Cat", Catra defected from the Horde and became a voluntary member of the Princess Alliance and Rebellion trying to take down Horde Prime.

In the episode "The Heart pt 2", she confesses her love for Adora before kissing her. "Don't you get it? I love you! I always have! So please, just this once, stay!"

Bow
Catra and Bow currently get along, but their initial friendship started out rocky. Catra and Bow first spoke after Catra was taken prisoner by himself and Glimmer. After a day's worth of hijinx, Bow referred to Catra as "the person who threw him off of a cliff once." And from there on, they only knew one another through combat.

After helping Adora and Glimmer rescue her in "Save the Cat", Bow slowly started to warm up to Catra. He later poked fun at Catra's cat-like features such as her ears and tail, but thankfully Catra knows its all in good fun. Later Bow dubs Catra a new member of the "Best Friends Squad".

Entrapta
Entrapta came into The Fright Zone on a mission to save Bow and Glimmer with the Princess Alliance. She meets Catra (when the others believe her to have been killed during the rescue mission) after she falls out of a pipe. Entrapta explains that she was only there because she figured it would be easier for the others to find her if she didn't move around to much. Catra manipulates her into thinking that the others must not care about her since they haven't come back to rescue her. Entrapta realizes that they haven't come back and informally joins The Horde by helping them with technology advancement.

Glimmer
Catra made sure to capture Glimmer when they were at the princess prom. The point of her capture was to try and get information out of her and make a trade deal with Glimmer's mother (Angella); that she was to turn herself in, so Glimmer could be set free.

The Horde
Catra has a love/hate relationship with The Horde as a whole. She wants nothing more than to lead The Horde to victory, but she also wants to be the leader when it happens. Catra doesn't get along with a couple of the members (Lonnie and Shadow Weaver), but still works with them in order to achieve a common goal. When it comes down to it though, she is working for herself.

Kyle
Catra grew up with Kyle and the others in The Fright Zone. She never has a personal problem with him, but sees him more as a minion in her crew. When Catra becomes Force Captain, he congratulates her on her promotion while Lonnie stares at her in outrage and disbelief.

Lonnie
Catra and Lonnie have always been at each other's throats since they were children. When Adora defects from The Horde, Lonnie takes advantage of this to personally attack Catra by telling her that Adora isn't around to protect her anymore. Once Catra begins to realize that she can become the new leader of the group with Adora out of the way and becomes Force Captain, she flaunts it in Lonnie's face. Lonnie soon after doesn't seem to hold a verbal grudge when they attack Salineas.

Lord Hordak
Catra doesn't seem to know much about Lord Hordak or his motives to taking over Etheria, but she has used him to her full advantage in order to get to second-in-command; taking over Shadow Weaver.

Octavia
The only interaction we've seen with Catra and Octavia is when she hit Catra because she made fun of her and scratched her. Adora grabbed Catra after consoling her and took her to where Octavia was to tell her she's a "dumb face". Octavia proceeds to scream and chase them.

The Princess Alliance/The Rebellion
Catra has made enemies with both alliances for both being in The Horde and capturing members of their alliances. The leaders feel that she is one of their biggest threats to harmony.

Rogelio
Rogelio is neutral toward Catra. Even when she got promoted to Force Captain, he didn't show too much emotion or say anything like Kyle and Lonnie did.

Scorpia
Scorpia instantly took a liking to Catra the moment they were forced to work together on a mission to destroy Salineas and capture Adora and get her to rejoin. Scorpia sees her as both her best friend and a great leader; often following along with anything she says.

Shadow Weaver
It's unclear what Catra's origin story into The Horde is, but ever since she was a child, Shadow Weaver has hated her and makes it well known that Adora is her favorite. When Adora defected from The Horde entirely, Catra is made Force Captain which Shadow Weaver denies by making Catra's first mission to find Adora and bring her back. She wants nothing more than to have Adora by her side; even going against Lord Hordak's orders to forget about her and move on.

Powers and Abilities

 * Catlike instincts: Increased situational awareness that allows her to react faster than most.
 * Claws: Are able to inflict a lot of damage on enemies as well as damage armor and other metals.
 * Climbing: With her claws, she's able to scale mountains and buildings with ease.
 * Combat: Having extensive training from years in The Horde, she knows how to handle herself in face to face combat.
 * Increased balance, hearing and reflexes: Allows her to stand on otherwise difficult obstacles, hear incoming enemies ,and dodge attacks.
 * Night vision: Let's her see clearer at night or in darkened caves.
 * Strength and agility: Strong enough to take on Adora as She-Ra; Catra is light on her feet, enabling her to evade the enemy in combat.
 * Stun baton: Can be used to temporarily incapacitate an enemy.
 * Being hella gay.

Trivia
-According to showrunner and creator, Noelle Stevenson, Catra's full name is "Catra Applesauce Meowmeow"

-Catra was apparently found in a cardboard box in the Fright Zone when she was originally abandoned.

-Catra is one of the only characters in "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power" to have 'heterochromia', a condition that causes both of her eyes to be different colours. This is one of her cat-like features

-Catra's favorite number, typed in by Adora when she was captured by Catra and Scorpia during Season 2, is apparently '42069' according to Noelle Stevenson.

-Unlike in the original "She-Ra Princess of Power' from the 1980's, Catra's mask does not transform her into a large cat and is merely an aesthetic choice.