History Characters / SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra

** Actually in one of his posts on Twitter, ND affectionately compares Catra as "an Hufflepuff (known for being the most loyal and friendliest of Hogwarts Houses) trying to be a Slytherin (known for being very ambitious and judgmental).

** Actually in one of his posts on Twitter, ND affectionately compares Catra as "Hufflepuff (known for being the most loyal and friendliest of Hogwarts Houses) trying to be a Slytherin (known for being very ambitious and judgmental).

[[center: [-[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheRebellion The Rebellion]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerAdora Adora]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerGlimmer Glimmer]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheHorde The Horde]] ('''Catra''', [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordak Hordak]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerShadowWeaver Shadow Weaver]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordePrime Horde Prime]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerOtherGroups Other Groups]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerEntrapta Entrapta]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]]) ]]-]

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Catra is believed by many fans to have borderline personality disorder. She has frequent mood swings, and has intense relationships that can turn from being friends to enemies in a moment. She is paranoid about others betraying or abandoning her. Many fans with borderline personality disorder have [[https://www.reddit.com/r/PrincessesOfPower/comments/gmsqo1/one_of_my_favourite_things_about_this_show_is_how/ found her relatable]].

* TheUnchosenOne: Regardless of what Catra believes, she always finds herself in mystical places barred to everyone but She-Ra (the tower in "Corridors", the Heart in the eponymous episode) because she can't leave Adora alone. The main difference between [[TragicHero Mara]] and Adora is that Mara [[ForWantOfANail never had]] a Catra to make her care about things other than her duty.

* EasilyForgiven: The princesses and the Rebellion are divided on this. [[spoiler:Catra and Adora grow back as close as they used to be because of their shared history and the fact that Adora always knew Catra had good in her. Glimmer and Entrapta are willing to give her a second chance because they know firsthand just how easy it is to make a terrible mistake, and Scorpia is just happy to be friends with her again. The other princesses, and the rest of the Rebellion, are much slower to trust her until she's shown that she's changed]].

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Hey, Adora." It starts out as affectionate, but after they part ways it's usually said mockingly or threateningly.

* CatchPhrase: "Hey, Adora." It starts out as affectionate, but after they part ways it's usually said mockingly or threateningly.
** In season two, Adora turns this back on her. After defeating some of the Horde's robots, Adora climbs to the top of one, says "Hey, Catra", and smashes the camera.
** In season four, she uses a modified version of this at the start of a chilling scene. [[spoiler:"Hey, Hordak."]]
** In season five, [[spoiler:evidence that she's been mind-controlled by Horde Prime is shown when Catra says "Hello, Adora" instead of "Hey, Adora". It goes back to being affectionate after Adora saves her]].

* KnifeNut: A variation. She tends to favor stabbing, slashing and lacerating her enemies, but with her claws.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Deconstructed on Catra's end, as she clearly made Adora her One And Everything from an early age. Adora was her OnlyFriend, as Catra failed or outright refused to play nice or try to get along with any of the other Horde cadets. As a result, when Adora left Catra slowly but steadily undergoes a SanitySlippage all series. [[spoiler:It's only once she's finally open to try new and genuine friendships that are ''not'' built on her exploiting them (Scorpia and Entrapta) or bribing them (Double Trouble) that Catra ''finally'' starts to recover mentally enough to express her feelings for Adora in a more healthy and less toxic and codependent way.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AJMichalka (English), Juliet Donenfeld (English, young)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Afumi Hashi (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]

** Catra's love for Adora stems from the fact that she was the only one who ever cared for her. The other recruits and horde soldiers can't stand her and Shadow Weaver is outright {{abusive|mom}} to her. [[spoiler:Even after all the bad things she's done, Adora never stop loving her and protecting her. [[LoveRedeems This is exactly what pushes Catra to have a solid HeelFaceTurn and forms a relationship together in season 5.]]]]

** Catra's love for Adora stems from the fact that she was the only one who ever cared for her. The other recruits and horde soldiers can't stand her and Shadow Weaver is outright {{abusive|mom}} to her.