Magicats is the 62nd episode of She-Ra: Princess of Power.
Plot Summary[]
Prince Orwell of somewhere or another has come to meet Adora, providing supplies for the Rebellion. Unfortunately, Catra and two Horde Troopers have followed him, and so it’s swords drawn and references to the honour of Grayskull all round. In the course of the ensuing kerfuffle, Catra uses a new device – which looks like a fork – to open a massive chasm, down which both she and She-Ra fall.
They both land at separate positions in a vast underground maze. Catra quickly finds her way to a large city, populated by a cat people, and consequently feels she’s landed on her feet somewhat. She assumes her large purple cat form, and starts slinking around the city, which for whatever reason makes the populace decide that she is their long-lost queen. Catra is only too pleased to play along, feigning memory loss.
Minister Cloudfoot helpfully fills Catra in on their queen’s history. When the Horde came to Etheria, they attacked the Magicats and drove them underground, after taking many slaves. The queen went out to look for the slaves, and has not been seen since. Catra realises that her cat mask – the source of her catty powers – must have belonged to the queen, and uses its powers to convince the people that she is the queen returned.
Soon enough, She-Ra sneeks in search of catra and end up into the Kingdom of Halfmoon, and is instantly ambushed by a contingent of light-sabre wielding cats. Catra then administers the coup-de-grace, using her mask’s freeze ray to entrap She-Ra within a block of ice. Catra has retired to a boudoir, and is lounging about plotting to abandon Hordak and remain ruler of the cat people for ever. For this plan to succeed, she determines she will have to dispose of She-Ra once and for all.
She-Ra, in the meantime, has been taken to a prison cell and restrained with chains of magical energy. Of course, she spends her time yammering away to her guard Percival, explaining that Catra is a Horde captain, and that the Magicats’s queen is really in a Horde prison camp. Percival peeks through the window of Catra’s room, where he finds that she has foolishly resumed her human shape and is chatting to Hordak on her monidor. This is all the proof Percival needs, and returns to free She-Ra. Percival reveals that Catra is about to be crowned queen in a special ceremony, and explains that it is imperative that she is exposed before the coronation. She-Ra is all too willing to help, and the two of them burst into the ceremony, to find Catra in cat form, sitting on the throne very neatly. Percival suggests that since the queen would be able to defeat a human in single combat, the cat people should let Catra and She-Ra fight it out.
though Catra presumably has some degree of apprehension about it, given her track record in fighting She-Ra. Not unexpectedly, She-Ra quickly gains the upper hand and knocks Catra’s mask off, reverting her to her human form. Once the cats realise Catra’s true nature, they all surround her, Catra grabs her mask and runs away, but as she goes the cat people cast a spell to erase her memory of these events, ensuring that their underground city will remain hidden from the Horde. She-Ra then indulges in a very clever trick to free the real queen from prison so she can return home to her people.
Moral[]
Loo-Kee: "Hi! It's your friend Loo-Kee again. Did you find where I was hiding today? If not, look for me now. See me now? Here I am! You know, you live on a beautiful planet, and you can help keep it that way. One thing you can do is not litter. Don't throw papers and cans and bottles on the ground. If you see a friend at school or play being a litterbug, ask them not to. Please help keep your world beautiful. Don't be a litterbug. Bye!"
Features[]
Characters[]
- Great Rebellion
- Allies
- Evil Horde
Objects[]
- Vehicles
- Animals
Locations[]
Cast[]
- Melendy Britt as She-Ra/Princess Adora, Catra and Magicat Queen
- George DiCenzo as Percival, Sir Tao and Hordak
- Erika Scheimer as Loo-Kee
- Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Prince Orwall, Minister Cloudfoot, Mantenna and Horde Troopers
Trivia[]
- According to the book "Creating the Filmation Generation", Magicats was written as a possible back-door pilot which could lead to a spin-off series. But development never went any further beyond the initial script.
- The name Magicat was used in the Golden Books/Hardcovers She-Ra stories as a large white furred panther that served as Catra's steed.
- Minister Cloudfoot's line 'Friends, felines, countrycats' is a reference to the line 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.
- The expression 'whiskers of Saz' was first used by King Paw in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode The Cat and the Spider.