Together, the ThunderCats and the friendly natives of Third Earth construct the "Cat's Lair," their new home and headquarters, but before long, the Mutants have tracked them down to Third Earth. When the ThunderCats awake from their suspended animation on Third Earth, Lion-O discovers that his suspension capsule has slowed rather than stopped his aging, and he is now a child in the body of an adult. The flagship contains the young Lord of the ThunderCats, Lion-O, as well as the ThunderCats Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, WilyKit, WilyKat, and Snarf. The eldest of the ThunderCats, Jaga, volunteers to pilot the ship while the others sleep in capsules however, he dies of old age in the process, but not before ensuring they will reach their destination safely. The damage to the ship means the journey to their original destination is not possible, instead having to journey to "Third Earth" which will take much longer than they had anticipated. Though the Mutants damage the flagship, the power of the Eye drives them back. The sword holds the "Eye of Thundera", the source of the ThunderCats' power, which is embedded in the hilt. The fleet is attacked by the Thunderans' enemies, the Mutants of Plun-Darr, who destroy most of the starships fleet, but spare the flagship hoping to capture the legendary mystic "Sword of Omens" they believe is on board. The dying planet Thundera is meeting its end, forcing the ThunderCats to flee their homeworld. On top of her combat skills, Cheetara also has some knowledge in the mystic arts taught to her by Jaga.ThunderCats follows the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens called Thunderians from the planet of Thundera. She originally had a retractable cleric's staff that was eventually replaced with the Staff of Viragor which had geokinetic properties allowing her to grow roots that could rip through the ground like tissue paper. Cheetara is also an adept hand-to-hand combatant but prefers her staff. She has smashed in massive boulders and blitzed transport ships in half. She also has an enhanced durability and super strength. Her speed has shown no upper limit and she loses the loses the original's weakness in being able to only do it for short periods.
She casually blitzes hoards of enemies and has outran the Thundertank and its motorcycles in a race. In the 2011 remake, Cheetara's retains her signature superspeed.
Cheetara is in a relationship with Tygra. Upon finding the Book of Omens, the team realizes that in order to stop Mumm-Ra, they must unite the animals and find all the stones of power. Cheetara now accompanies both Lion-O and Tygra on their journey to find the Book of Omens and stop Mumm-Ra along with the Thunderkittens Wilykit and Wilykat, and Panthro. Cheetara was told by Jaga that it was her duty to watch and guard Lion-O.
Lion-O and Tygra manage to free Cheetara and are surprised that the cleric they saved was her. During the attack on Thundera, she was fighting on the field as Jaga's clerics but was eventually captured. She was later seen helping Lion-O and Tygra fight an angry mob who were threatening two lizardmen who were falsely accused. During Lion-O's sword ceremony, Cheetara is one of the clerics that presented the Sword of Omens to Lion-O. Cheetara is first seen coming to Lion-O's aid when he fights a couple of goons in the slums of Thundera. Other Media 2011 Animated SeriesĪ re-vamped, younger Cheetara (around early twenties) has returned in the remake of Thundercats where she is the last living Cleric where she was an orphan. She also carries a bo staff that can grow into various sizes and is attached to her armband when not in use. She also has super-speed and can run at 120 mph, but could only do so for short periods of time, and she is very fast in hand to hand combat.
Cheetara regards her sixth sense as a curse because it allows her to have visions whether by her will or not, which can leave her very weak and she may need days to recover. Her powers consist of a “sixth sense” which detects when there is danger about or if evil is close by. Cheetara is a the only adult female Thundercat and is very brave and caring.