Cheetah (ASC)

> Let go of the green-eyed monster, eh, Diana? And why would I ever want to let go of this?
>
> - Cheetah, Meet the Cheetah

**Barbara Ann "Barbi" Minerva** (also known as "**The Cheetah**") is a villain in the second generation of the *DC Super Hero Girls* franchise. She is a student at Metropolis High School, Wonder Woman's archenemy and a member of the Super Villain Girls. This version of the character follows the All-Star Continuity timeline.

## Development

Although the Cheetah in this continuity is portrayed by Barbara Ann Minerva, her appearance and lifestyle make her more like Priscilla Rich, the first character to adopt Cheetah's alter ego in the Golden Age of comic books.

According to Lauren Faust, Cheetah is not considered part of the main villain group due to redundancy in theme, as she shares the trait of envy with Star Sapphire and the theme of cats with Catwoman.

## Personality

Barbi is smart, athletic, social, but is selfish and prone to jealousy due to her desire to always be seen in the spot light. When Diana becomes a threat to her popularity, Barbi in turn becomes jealous and resentful. Resorting to try and curse Diana to gain back her popularity, Barbi inadvertently curses herself into becoming the Cheetah, causing another change to her personality.

As the Cheetah, she possesses an animal mind and is incapable of speech. She is savage, tough, and ruthless.

## Appearance

Barbi is a fairly beautiful looking teenage girl with a slender figure. She has light tan skin, amber eyes, long blonde hair tied in a ponytail with highlights, and she wears light blush, pink eyeshadow, and maroon lipstick. In the short Lost And Found, she reveals that she dyes her hair and wears contact lenses.

As a civilian, Barbi wears a pale yellow coat with two pockets and off white fake fur trim, with dark brown cheetah spots on the fur, a short pinkish red skirt, and knee-high off white heeled boots.

As Cheetah, she takes on the appearance of her namesake. Resembling a cat-like creature covered in yellow fur with black spots, a tail and the iconic black tear-lines belonging to cheetahs, and her eyes change color to bright emerald green.

## Depiction in the series

### Season 1 and 2 + Movie

Barbi Minerva was top of her class at everything she did. Nevertheless, it was until Diana arrived at school that she unconsciously began to overshadow her. Even jealous for Diana, Barbi stormed over to her house and entered a forbidden trophy room where a golden cat idol was kept. She tries use the idol to cast a curse on Diana, but the Cheetah's curse falls on her, hence she used her new powers for get the attention of Diana and her friends, and with her strength, speed and agility she easily defeats them one by one. When Cheetah goes against Bumblebee, she gathers her courage and confronts her, but her stingers did little to hurt Cheetah who attacks her.

Finally, when Wonder Woman arrives, she and Cheetah fight a showdown in which Cheetah is defeated and runs away to the girls' washroom. Wonder Woman goes after her, only to find Barbi, that admits her jealousy to Diana and the creation of the Cheetah. Diana advises Barbi to stay away from jealousy telling her that they are like a green-eyed monster that will consume her if she doesn't let her go. However, when Diana leaves to follow Cheetah only to run into her friends, Barbi chooses to embrace her newfound power and identity as the Cheetah and vows revenge against Wonder Woman.

After that, Cheetah became a regular, second-rate villain whom Wonder Woman and The Flash often fought. She joined the Legion of Doom created by Lex Luthor to get rid of superheroes by sending them to the Phantom Zone using the Amulet of Cythonna. But when they achieved domination of the world, the Kryptonian goddess took control of the minds of the villains, including Cheetah. And under her influence, the Legion fought against the superheroes, but were defeated, as in Cheetah's case, Wonder Woman used her Lasso of Truth to knock her and Catwoman out. in the end she appeared tied with the rest of the villains, which were left out of the control of Cythonna. After that, the Legion went behind bars, with Cheetah and the Super Villain Girls being sent to Stryker Reformatory School.

## Episode Appearance

### Season 3

* The Seventh Member
* Cheeting Ambition
* Seven Deadly Girls
* Light Switched
* Bad Kitty
* Tamaranean Tussle
* Metropolis Got Talent (cameo)
* The Three Bataskteers (cameo)
* A Party With Dresses
* Beach Episode
* Queen of Bruises
* Revenge of Casey Crinsky
* The Iceberg Lounge

### Season 4

* The Power of Enemyship
* Friend vs Foe
* School Alone
* Honey, I Shrunk My Friends
* Avatars of the Green (cameo)
* How To Get Rid Of A Amazon
* TBA

## Trivia

* Interestingly, unlike in the main TV Series, in the Graphic Novels Cheetah is able to talk and keep her human intelligence while she's in her cheetah-form, implying that the comic stories are non-canon.
* This so far is the most dangerous incarnation of Cheetah in the media.
* Like her G1 counterpart, Cheetah can transform from a werecheetah and back to her normal appearance. The difference is that G1 Cheetah has more control of her powers while G2 Cheetah has a mental disorder and is guided by her wild instinct.
* Although in the series she has blonde hair and amber eyes, this is known to be false since in "Lost And Found", she explicitly confirms that she is not a natural blonde and who wears colored contact lenses. So it is unknown what the real color of her eyes and hair is.
* The fact that she is called Barbi instead of her real name is because in series production did not want to confuse children with Batgirl, since both characters are called Barbara.
* Her Cheetah appearance is based on her *DC Animated Universe* incarnation while resembling Priscilla Rich's costume.