Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

* Season 5
* Season 4
* Season 1-3
* Child
* Infant

Help the rebellion fight against Horde Prime before he destroys the universe (succeeded)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Many find Catra's relationship with Adora abusive and does not find her redeemable after all her actions
Some don't find her sympathetic after all she's done throughout the series

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

She is loved for her complexity including relationship with Adora and the other characters
Many find her story tragic and sympathetic

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Controversial Tragic Rival

**Catra** is one of the main protagonists of Netflix's *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power* and serves as an antagonistic figure for season 1-4. She works for Hordak, the leader of the faction, The Horde, and the main antagonist of season 1-4. Throughout the series, Catra was a good friend to Adora until she left and became She-Ra, the hero of the series. Catra felt abandon and was left to be tormented by their abusive mentor, Shadow Weaver, who looks down on Catra while favoring Adora. She does her best to earn her spot in The Horde army and prove that she is worth something to both Shadow Weaver and Hordak.

In spite of all this, Catra has issues relating to her impulsive behavior and abandonment. She has tendency's of acting irrationally and pushing people away like she did with Scorpia and Entrapta. This negative behavior leads Catra in becoming a very insecure person.

She was voiced by AJ Michalka.

## What Makes Her a Base-Breaking Character?

### Why Do People Love Her?

* Catra is a deeply tragic character as she develop insecurities when she is compared to Adora, who she thinks is better than her in everything. She has suffer from abuse in the hands of her mentor, Shadow Weaver, and is constantly compared to Adora. Even when she tries to prove to Shadow Weaver of whats she worth her mentor still belittles her even for the smallest thing. But after replacing her as Force Captain in the Horde army, Catra still does not feel any better and becomes more unreasonable. She still feels alone even with the more power she gets.
* Her relationship with Adora is loved for being complex since Catra does love her friend but feels overshadowed by her.
* Many find her a well-written sympathetic character and relate to her insecurities.
* Many fans deeply love her redemption in season 4, where she went against Horde Prime and help the rebellion to defeat him.

### Wht Do People Dislike Her?

* Most of her detractors find Catra's relationship with Adora abusive since throughout the show she tried to kill her and her friends while constanly mocking them. The violence between the two becomes progressively worse with Catra nearly destroying Etheria with Hordak while continuing pushing people away. For example: in the season 1 finale, she was willing to allow the destruction of the world as a way to spite Adora.
	+ Many point out that Catra's behavior holds many traits of an abuser, which is violence, possessiveness, unreasonble jealousy, victim blaming, and manipulation.
* Detractors don't like her redemption as they felt happen too quickly.
* Some feel she steals the spotlight from Hordak, a character who they sympathize more and lacking some screen time when compared to her.
* Many could not sympathize with her due to finding most of her insecurities are surrounded by her petty and spiteful behavior towards Adora and her friends. They felt the show swept most of her actions under the rug so they can redeem her. It doesn't help that some think that Catra is a creators pet since ND Stevenson, the creator of the series, considers her his favorite.

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