"For the honor of Grayskull----I AM SHE-RA!!" Adoras is just your normal girl from Etheria. Nobody really cares about her, because she's boring, average, and flat-chested, like her twin brother Adam. But once she utters a few magic words, and flips her hair back SHABAM!! From Adora the average to She-Ra the seductive!! Sporting a gold tiara, a skin fitting white body suit, and an above knee length skirt She-Ra definitely ranks high on the cartoon hottie list (ranking higher than Teela for sure). With a catchy 70's disco-esque theme song, and characters like Kowl (a half koala half owl acid trip) it's hard not to enjoy that which is She-Ra. Besides the obvious reasons to take interest in the Princess of Power let's take a deeper look at what made She-Ra a classic cartoon.
She-Ra, though a flashier flamboyant knock off of He-man, is an example of everything done right in a cartoon. Defender of the Crystal Castle, She-Ra brings justice to the people of Etheria, and classic sword and sorcery devastation to the evil Horde. Just like He-man and other 80's cartoons like The Thundercats, She-Ra had it all: action, compassion, swords, sorcery, moral dilemmas, life lessons, and just pure fun fantasy. Episodes included a "Where's Loo-kee?" segment, where children were encouraged to find the creature in a scene. At the end of each episode, Lookee would show up with a positive message for kids. You see it hooked kids in with some 'i spy' and then sprung the positive message on them. Inspiring messages and life lessons from cartoons like that definitely need to make a return. So far the only recent themed cartoon I have seen is the "Star Wars: Clone Wars" series, where they have little bits of Lucas wisdom at the beginning of every episode.
Unfortunately She-Ra and many classic 80's cartoons were cancelled, and crap like "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" to the recent "Total Drama Action" have been the general trend of cartoons lately. We can only hope that one day cartoonists will make a return to the classic cartoon heydays of the 80's.
Oh and due to cup size requirements Jessica Biel or Scarlett Johansson should play She-Ra in the live action movie.
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