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“ | I am brave, strong, loyal, and give great hugs. And I am going to be the best friend that I CAN BE!
— Scorpia, to herself in the episode "Princess Scorpia"
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Scorpia is one of the Elemental Princesses, a former member of the Horde, and a current member of the Rebellion. She is Catra's best friend and companion.
Description[]
Her family were the rulers of the Fright Zone prior to the arrival of Hordak. She is the former quaternary antagonist of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. She is introduced as a force captain of the Horde who frequently works alongside Catra, but she later left for the Princess Alliance due to emotional and moral changes. She later connected with the Black Garnet Runestone and obtained control and powers over electricity during Glimmer’s attempt to activate the Heart of Etheria as a result.
Appearance[]
Scorpia appears human-like with added physiological features of a scorpion, including a long stinging tail and strong broad pincers in place of her 'human hands', further detailed with some sections of hard carapace. She is tall, with a strong, rather endomorphic physique. Her lips are black,[4] and her hair is white with a simple short undercut. She's most often seen in her Horde uniform: a two-tone maroon swan-necked vest/top, marked with a Horde emblem on the back and a Force Captain badge near her collar, followed by plain burgundy tights. After joining the Princess Alliance, she discards all her Horde emblems, including her badge.
When chipped, her eyes glow green, and green veins branch out from her eyes, down her neck and over her shoulders and upper arms.
During "Princess Prom," Scorpia styled her hair slicked back and wore a black dress. She wore the dress again in the episode "Perils of Peekablue."
Personality[]
Scorpia, although from the Horde, is a very caring and steadfast friend, in addition to being a determined Force Captain, barely showing a hint of true malice or sadism compared to the others. When in battle, her incompetence and her innocent nature can hinder her progress, but she makes up for it with her dedication to the Horde. She is not very serious or competent but does get the job done. However, Scorpia is naive and often makes petty mistakes. She fights for the Horde ardently, despite her cordial disposition, and it is stated that her family values a sense of loyalty. She acts chiefly on behalf of her loyalty, shown in Perils of Peekablue, when she stays behind so that everyone else could leave. By then, she'd switched to fighting for the Rebellion.
She was the one who suggested that they attack during the events of "Princess Prom" and carry it out. She was able to effectively lie to Catra in Season Four, and when she saw Shadow Weaver with the Princess Alliance, she realized why Catra had been acting the way she was. In "The Perils of Peekablue", she was the one who figured out Peekablue was actually Double Trouble in disguise, giving her some knowledge of deduction.
Scorpia has a fear of lightning, which is ironic given her Runestone, which grants her electrokinesis. She is very chatty and energetic, sometimes to the point of annoying others, but her upbeat spirits are always there to keep things lively. She is a people pleaser and will do anything for others even when it is wrong, most of the time.
She has described herself many times as a "hugger" and loves to make friends. Making friends as well as protecting her friends seems to be her main motivation.
Her morning to-do list includes waking up, looking sharp, breathing in the new day, making her bed, feeding Emily, and last of all, pushing down doubts and insecurities.
Scorpia can be too self-conscious and hard on herself, but copes and hides her insecurities and doubt well; her mantra is "I am brave, strong, loyal, and I give great hugs. And I am going to be the best friend I can be!" ("Princess Scorpia"). She has mentioned that the other Princesses were made uncomfortable by her and she feels judged by them.
When chipped by Horde Prime, she displayed personality changes common to all chipped individuals. (See Horde Chip). However, unlike other chipped heroes, she remained mute while under Horde Prime's influence, and she apparently was able to defy him, such as in "Return to the Fright Zone", where she relents in an order to destroy Adora and Perfuma.
Powers and abilities[]
Scorpia is one of the most powerful individuals in the series, and her power seems to grow as her character develops. She is physically able to hold her own against She-Ra and able to fling people a great distance with her tail. She can also stun them with her tail's poison.
Powers[]
Black Garnet connection: Despite being one of the Elemental Princesses, Scorpia was never shown to have a connection with her Runestone prior to the events of "Destiny Part 2". After the Horde took the Black Garnet from her family, it was believed that Scorpia lost all possible relation with it. However, with the help of Glimmer, Scorpia was finally able to form a connection with the Black Garnet.
- Electrokinesis: After she linked to the Black Garnet, Scorpia gained the ability to generate and manipulate what looks like red lightning. However, the bolts she throws don't behave anything like lightning or even electricity - for example, they can amplify kinetic force, and they are able to travel through earth. Overall, her energy bolts seem to embody chaotic, destructive energy or force. They are capable of blasting people back several feet and taking out large groups of enemies at once. This electricity has also allowed Scorpia to affect the environment around her, electrifying the floors and walls of where she stands, causing nearby lights to flicker and any electrically powered objects to go haywire.
- Floating/Hovering: It can be assumed that the power to float or hover stems from Scorpia's control over electricity, as it was shown in "Return to the Fright Zone" while she used her previously mentioned power.
- Aura generation: When united with the other princesses, Scorpia can generate an aura that greatly amplifies her powers. Her aura glow is purple.
Abilities[]
- High Authority: As a Force Captain, she had a high degree of authority over the Horde Soldiers ranked below her, but she gave that up after her desertion.
- Superhuman strength: Scorpia is extremely strong, enough to match and even overpower She-Ra, as well as can lift Lonnie, Kyle, and Rogelio off their feet at the same time for a group hug. Additionally, she lifted and threw a Horde tank at She-Ra and Perfuma, as well as ripped a metal machine off the ground to expose Catra.
- Strong Pincers: Her pincers are shown to be good for crushing and cutting, used various times in battle. In "Fractures," she notes that they are good for "general pince-ing" and "cutting through basically everything."
- Superhuman durability: Scorpia is extraordinarily durable, as shown by her ability to take the full brunt of Glimmer's staff strike (which can destroy Horde robots) while barely noticing
- Skilled Singer and Hugger: She is also very good at singing and giving hugs.
- Poisonous Tail Stinger: Scorpia has a tail stinger that injects venom into the victim. Various responses to the sting are shown, including temporary paralysis and completely losing consciousness.
Weaknesses[]
- Lack of Hands: She has one notable weakness: her hands (or lack thereof). Though not usually an issue, she has shown difficulty in holding files and using remotes due to the fact that she has scorpion claws as opposed to actual human hands with fingers. This is shown in "Roll With It", when she can't click buttons on the remote control for the spy-bot, as well as in "Signals", when the papers keep falling from her grasp.
- Clouded Judgement: Scorpia's optimistic attitude, naivety, and misguided faith in others can also cloud her judgment, the most notable instance of this being her relationship with Catra. Despite being proven wrong multiple times (and even being told so by Catra), Scorpia allows her belief that she and Catra are best friends get in the way of rational decisions, such as letting her send Entrapta to Beast Island. It is not until Catra snaps at Scorpia for being unable to find Entrapta's recordings that she finally realizes Catra is a bad friend, eventually deciding to leave the Horde for good.
Relationships[]
The Horde[]
As a force captain, Scorpia can only be believed to be dedicated to her work in the Horde. In "Princess Prom", Scorpia tells Catra that the Horde crash-landed in her back yard. This means that Scorpia's family is from whatever the Fright Zone was called before Hordak crashed there. And that her entire family joined the Horde after their kingdom was taken over. Her life with the Horde has been part of her everyday life since day one. She was willing though to stay in the Crimson Waste, showing that she'd choose Catra over her long time home, the Horde.
In Season Four, she begins seeing the Horde for what it truly is, and finally defects. After getting to know her fellow princesses and realizing that the Horde had lied to her for her entire life. She was still reluctant to fight them due to her past with them but after Glimmer's encouragement, she decides to fight for what is right.
Catra[]
Scorpia and Catra are best friends. However, they become reluctant friends while on missions for the Horde, even to the point of Scorpia inviting Catra to be her "plus one" at the Princess Ball. She seems to really want to be her friend and tries not to let her down. She admires Catra, the latter essentially being the first friend she has ever had, which contributes to her biases, and despite all her flaws thinks she is amazing, calling her on multiple occasions 'beautiful' and 'genius', and joyfully repeats how she considers Catra to be her 'best friend'. Scorpia's crush on Catra has become a topic of discussion quite often throughout the series.
Scorpia's friendship with her continues in Season Two to the point of asking Catra out on a date. The two also bond after a successful raid on First Ones' tech in the Northern Reach. During Season Three, however, she finally begins to see Catra's darker side, such as when she sent Entrapta to Beast Island and threatened to do the same to Scorpia if she stepped out of line. Scorpia is crushed by this and sinks to her knees in a heartbroken way. In Season Four she realizes that their relationship is detrimental, calling Catra a "bad friend"; this ultimately leads to Scorpia's desertion.
Even after leaving the Horde, she still thinks there is some good in Catra and still cares for her well being. Unknown to Scorpia, she played a major role in Catra’s deteriorating sanity. Catra secretly did care about Scorpia, since she has been driven insane by Scorpia’s absence (due to her crippling mental stability caused by everyone she cared about abandoning her. (Adora, Shadow Weaver and now Scorpia) and became near-to obsessed with finding her, up to the point where she threw numerous, destructive tantrums at the mention of Scorpia and lost a great deal of rest, which only further added to her crippling sanity.
After Horde Prime was defeated, she reunites with a reformed Catra; before Catra could say anything she hugs her as a sign of forgiveness.
Entrapta[]
Scorpia and Entrapta have a friendly working relationship, considering her part of her "Super Pal Trio". She was against sending Entrapta to Beast Island but did nothing out of fear. After realizing the error of her ways, she leaves the Horde to save her, realizing Entrapta is her first real friend.
Rogelio, Kyle, and Lonnie[]
Scorpia became close to them over the course of the series. She was elated when she learned that they defected from the Horde as well. Despite her kindness, Scorpia also likes to unfairly blame everything on Kyle. In the fourth episode of Seasom Two, "Roll With It", Kyle, Rogelio and Lonnie help her try to maintain a fortress Catra left Scorpia in charge of. Scorpia is desperate for everything to go smoothly in order to impress Catra, but in the end, the The Princess Alliance takes back the fortress, despite Scorpia's best efforts.
Adora[]
“ | You two. Even when you're trying to kill each other, you can tell there's a real bond."
— Scorpia in White Out to Adora about her former friendship with Catra
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Scorpia is jealous of Adora's past relationship with Catra. She seemed to dislike Adora, referring to her in "White Out" as "Catra's ex-BEST FRIEND". She is briefly seen being friendly towards Adora in "White Out", even hugging her. In "Remember", she was the first one to agree with Adora in that something was not right when they were in a false reality. Eventually, she turned to Adora and the rest of the Rebellion for help in rescuing Entrapta. They seem to have become developed a more secure bond since Scorpia joined the Princess Alliance.
Glimmer[]
Although they started out as enemies, Glimmer helped her with her issues with the past and encouraged her to embrace her destiny as a princess. The two began to trust each other and Glimmer promised Scorpia that activating her powers would make her able to save everyone on Etheria. Glimmer was also astounded by Scorpia's newly acquired lightning powers.
Bow[]
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Frosta[]
Frosta was furious at her for her role in ruining the Princess Prom, but after she was assigned to guard her, the two started to bond over both not fitting in. Frosta also became very interested in her pincers and found them really cool. Scorpia has shown to have grown quite fond of Frosta in a very short time and called her "Little Buddy" when she tried to rescue her. The pair fought Horde Prime side by side several times in season five. They have a big sister little sister type relationship.
Sea Hawk[]
They had a brief interaction when the sailor was helping his team infiltrate the Fright Zone to rescue Glimmer and Bow. He tried and failed to beguile her with his charms; she remembered that he was a member of the Rebellion and instantly turned hostile. He was only rescued when Entrapta released a crane that knocked out Scorpia so that they could continue with their mission.
In the Season Two episode "White Out", Scorpia and Sea Hawk briefly speak to one another about relationships because they feel as if they are being ignored and unappreciated by who they love. Their time together is hinting a friendship despite being on opposing sides. Sea Hawk also asks her if she thinks he's cool, and Scorpia replies with "potentially." They have become very good friends since she joined the Rebellion.
Swift Wind[]
Swift Wind and Scorpia shared a friendship moment where they talked about their love of singing and how they make a good team. Scorpia joined Swift Wind's night's watch. They shared a few friend moments, Scorpia let slip that Kyle had a crush on Rogelio, but that she's really good with secrets. Swifty told her that he's been trying to access his sacred bond with Adora, but to no avail.
Perfuma[]
Initially, Perfuma and Scorpia did not interact a great deal. The first time they properly met, Scorpia had sneaked into Bright Moon, and Perfuma, instead of attacking her, attempted to befriend and settle things peacefully with her. Unfortunately, Scorpia’s tail instinctively stung and paralyzed Perfuma, much to Scorpia’s dismay. After that particular incident, Perfuma became slightly wary of Scorpia, but was still her friendly self. Despite the fact that Scorpia was still considered an enemy, due to her former allegiance to the Horde, they became better friends while she was being held prisoner, even being given a flower by Perfuma as a symbol of friendship. Their interactions for the rest of the season following that were scarce, hardly being shown, though it can be assumed that they grew closer while Adora, Bow and Swift Wind set out to rescue Entrapta on Beast Island.
In Season Five, their relationship is expanded further. In “Perils of Peekablue”, Perfuma assisted Scorpia in gaining self-confidence to socialize with the other patrons once she noticed how much she was struggling to do so, and encouraged her to do what she loves, to which Scorpia replied that she “always liked singing”. Perfuma urged Scorpia to boost herself by repeating “I can do this” when she feels nervous or afraid. During the party, the two playfully called each other by their code names, hinting at romantic interests in each other.
When Peekablue was revealed to be shapeshifter Double Trouble and half of the party-goers were chipped, Scorpia, realizing she could use her electrokinesis to her advantage in the water-filled cavern, sacrifices herself to fend off the clones, much to Perfuma’s dismay. Scorpia warmly reassured Perfuma that she (Scorpia) “can do this,” while a tearful Perfuma is forced to leave her behind. Unfortunately, Scorpia was chipped during the battle, therefore becoming one of the mind-clones connected to Horde Prime’s hive mind.
Perfuma constantly worried about Scorpia, holding on to the belief that Scorpia’s conscious still existed inside her, and was fighting back the chip‘s mind control. When Netossa listed down everyone’s weaknesses, she acknowledged how Perfuma’s main weakness was her inability to hurt the people she cares about, which proved to be a disadvantage to the Rebellion as half of their members and friends were chipped. Perfuma still believed that Scorpia had some control over herself, hoping the power of friendship would prove to be stronger than the mind-control. Unfortunately, Perfuma had to face Scorpia anyway and seemingly failed to reach out to her. However, Scorpia, instead of aiming directly at Perfuma, aimed in a different direction, allowing Perfuma and Adora to escape. Perfuma realized that her theory was right and was overjoyed to learn this, while Scorpia discovered one of Perfuma’s flowers and showed some recognition of her friend’s lost object, smiling fondly.
When Entrapta and Bow disabled all the chips in the last episode of the series, Scorpia was freed from her chip with everyone else and was reunited with Perfuma, the two being overjoyed to see each other. According to a post created by ND Stevenson, the two have begun a romantic relationship, meaning they are currently girlfriends.
Emily[]
Scorpia started taking care of the robot as a pet and friend after Entrapta was taken to Beast Island and seeing Emily as her second real friend after Entrapta. She took Emily with her when she left the Horde.
Melog[]
Once freed from Prime's chip, Scorpia gets joined by Melog in a joyful hug with Bow.
Family[]
No interaction with her family has been seen on-screen. There is a picture of Scorpia's parents that she keeps near her bed, seen in "Princess Scorpia". We see her female parents holding an infant Scorpia; she also mentioned a grandfather who submitted to the Horde in the same episode. She appears to look up to them, although it is unknown if her thoughts on them changed after her defection.
- "This guy...this is my granddad, the King. He was the greatest. I mean, that's what the Horde told me, anyway. I don't remember him, I was too young."
- —Scorpia (about a mural of her grandfather) Princess Scorpia, minute {{{minute}}}
Plot[]
Past[]
Scorpia was the Princess of the Scorpion Kingdom. As she later told Catra, "the Horde crash-landed in [her] family's backyard", meaning that Scorpia's family is from the Fright Zone. Her family later made an agreement with the Horde, and their Runestone, the Black Garnet, was given to Hordak who then gave it to Shadow Weaver.
However, this is the story she's been told by the Horde; it's quite possible that that is a fabrication designed by the Horde to keep Scorpia in line. In the episode "Light Spinner," it appears the Horde forcibly captured the Scorpion Kingdom and the Black Garnet. Her family is all gone, presumably dead, and she's the only one with the ability to use the Black Garnet, with the exception of Shadow Weaver, who can only make a partial connection. The Horde, specifically Shadow Weaver, has a history of this type of manipulation to control their assets.
Season One[]
Scorpia is first introduced in the episode "The Sea Gate". Shadow Weaver has her join Catra on the mission to bring back Adora to keep Catra in line. She and Catra take a Horde ship to Salineas, along with Lonnie, Kyle, and Rogelio, to apprehend Adora. However, the Sea Gate is blocking their path, which Catra hadn't known about. Scorpia is surprised that Catra didn't know about the Salineas Sea Gate, since it is covered in force captain orientation, which it turns out Catra hadn't attended.
Once they get near enough to Salineas, Scorpia fires a laser from the ship's cannon to try to stop She-Ra and destroy the Sea Gate. Bow jumps onto the Horde ship and tries to stop her, so she flings him overboard, then keeps firing the laser at the gate. Sea Hawk sets his ship on fire and steers it towards the Horde ship, so Scorpia jumps overboard with Kyle, Rogelio, and Lonnie before they crash.
Later, Catra is trying to figure out what to do next, so Scorpia suggests they try something at the Princess Prom. Catra is shocked by the fact that Scorpia is a princess, then convinces her to accept Frosta's invitation to the Princess Prom so they could capture Glimmer and Bow. Scorpia hadn't been planning on attending, because "no one ever really liked [her] family even before [they] joined the Horde," and she "never really fit with the other princesses" and they didn't like that, but Catra convinces her to go to get revenge on them for that. At Princess Prom, Scorpia plants heat bombs, damaging Frosta's palace, and they succeed with the mission.
When Adora and the Princess Alliance infiltrate the Fright Zone to rescue Bow and Glimmer, she runs into Sea Hawk, who pretends to be an inspector so she won't do anything to him. This works until Scorpia remembers she saw him at Princess Prom with "that mermaid", and realizes he must be with the Rebellion. Before she can do anything, however, Entrapta knocks her out of the way, rescuing Sea Hawk.
Later, Scorpia watches as Hordak dresses Shadow Weaver down for a failed plan. After that, she is with Catra when Catra discovers Entrapta hiding in the Fright Zone vents, and accompanies Catra when the Catra interrogates Entrapta. When Catra goes to check out a stash of First Ones' tech Entrapta told her about, she tasks Scorpia with keeping an eye on Entrapta, who Catra does not yet trust.
Scorpia is chatting with Entrapta while Entrapta works on Emily when Catra returns from getting the First Ones' tech. Scorpia is concerned about Catra, who is a mess from her time at the Crystal Castle, and Catra has to remind her about personal space.
While Entrapta explains what she learned from the First Ones' data crystal Catra brought her, Scorpia draws a picture of the three of them holding hands, and dubs them the Super Pal Trio. Entrapta and Catra are unimpressed, and continue discussing Entrapta's findings and what they mean for them. Entrapta reveals that they could use a runestone to "hack the planet", and Scorpia tells her that the Fright Zone has a runestone, the Black Garnet, which originally belonged to her family before they gave it to Hordak, who in turn gave it to Shadow Weaver. Scorpia helps Entrapta hook her machines up to the Black Garnet, when Shadow Weaver enters, furious at Catra for invading her inner sanctum. Hordak informs Shadow Weaver that he gave Entrapta permission to "tinker" with the Black Garnet, which he says is his to take and to give. Enraged, Shadow Weaver uses her magic to freeze Entrapta and Scorpia in place before attacking Catra. Catra defeats her, lifting the spell from Scorpia and Entrapta, and has Scorpia "restrain the sorceress" and take her away. This leaves Entrapta free to continue working on the runestone, and Scorpia later watches as the weather goes crazy thanks to Entrapta's actions.
Scorpia is part of the invasion force during the Battle of Bright Moon, and targets Glimmer the majority of the time. After the Horde loses the battle, she is seen retreating with Catra. Afterward, she and Entrapta accompany Catra to meet with Hordak, who at first calls their experiment a failure before Entrapta and Catra convince him that it was something of a success.
Season Two[]
Catra leaves Scorpia in charge of a tower the Horde recently occupied, and Scorpia is determined not to let her down. She spends much of the time thinking about Catra, talking about things like getting her a thank-you gift, much to Lonnie's frustration. Eventually, Lonnie activates a spy-bot to eavesdrop on the princesses while they are making their attack plans. The spy-bot catches the princesses arguing over which attack plan they should follow, and while Lonnie says the princesses are just coming up with ideas ("terrible ideas"), Scorpia is convinced that they are serious, and "we're doomed." During the princesses' argument, soda gets spilled on the spy-bot, causing it to break down. Scorpia tells Kyle to go get one of the other spy-bots he packed, but it turns out he didn't pack any.
Later, Lonnie tells Scorpia how they've reinforced the tower's defenses, and that "we got this." Then the princesses attack; they do in fact have a plant golem, a warrior in ice armor, and "Sea-Ra". Scorpia almost defeats She-Ra and Glimmer, but is overwhelmed by Bow and the other princesses, and the Horde is pushed out.
She accompanies Catra and Entrapta to the Northern Reach of Etheria to retrieve First Ones' tech, but a run-in with Adora, Glimmer, Bow and Sea Hawk provokes a jealousy of Adora’s past friendship with Catra. She eventually makes the decision to break a First Ones’ disc that had been corrupting the Northern Reach’s Snow Monsters, to save Catra.
Scopria finds Catra contemplating about Shadow Weaver. She is shocked when she learns that Beast Island is real and confused about why Catra cares so much because of Catra and Shadow Weaver's mutual disdain for each other.
Season Three[]
Scorpia breaks into the prison to rescue Catra, but Catra refuses to help her, because she feels that caring for others is what got her in trouble in the first place.
Scorpia accompanies Catra to the Crimson Waste after Catra is sent there on a suicide mission.
After Catra takes control of the Crimson Waste, Scorpia suggests that they stay in the desert and rule all the gangs instead of returning to the Fright Zone. While Catra is at first not against the idea, they ultimately go back after Catra learns about Shadow Weaver being in Bright Moon.
When Catra orders Entrapta to be sent to Beast Island, Scorpia is against it, but Catra threatens to do the same her if she steps out of line.
Scorpia appears in the alternate reality in "The Portal", and is one of the only ones to sense that something was off. Adora realises this, remembering Scorpia saying that she didn’t like her in a Force Captain meeting, and seeks for her help. Unfortunately, Scorpia is erased while running after Adora.
Season Four[]
Scorpia is looking through the stuff in Entrapta's old room in the Fright Zone when Catra comes in. Scorpia suggests that they get Entrapta back from Beast Island, but Catra insists that Entrapta betrayed them, even though Scorpia calls her out on the lie. Catra orders Scorpia to get the room cleared out, then leaves. Once she's gone, Scorpia tells Emily it is safe for her to come out, and the robot does so. Scorpia greets Emily, and promises not to let anything happen to her.
Later, Scorpia helps Catra take things from Mara's ship in the Crimson Waste. After Scorpia leaves the room for a moment, Double Trouble appears to Catra in Scorpia's form, and attempts to impersonate her, but Catra immediately know something is up. The real Scorpia then returns, and is shocked to see someone else who looks identical to her. Double Trouble then reveals themself to be a shapeshifter. Double Trouble offers their services to the Horde, and Catra decides to test the shape-shifter by having them pose as her and try to fool Adora. Scorpia is very impressed with them, and after they succeed in deceiving Adora, Scorpia applauds them.
Scorpia helps Catra capture the people of Elberon as part of Catra's latest scheme, and helps guard the pit they put the prisoners in. She asks Catra what exactly she's planning, saying maybe if she knew then she could help, but Catra doesn't tell her. Scorpia says she's been feeling left out ever since the portal; Catra snaps at her to get over it. After Adora rescues the people of Elberon, Scorpia finds Catra sitting on the roof of a building in the Fright Zone, and asks her if she's okay. Catra tells her they're not friends, and orders her to keep Emily out of her sight, then leaves Scorpia to sit there alone.
Later, Catra tasks Scorpia with finding an Entrapta's notes. Scorpia later finds out that the recordings were in Emily but could not extract without disassembling her robotic friend. She goes into some ruins that used to belong to her family before the Horde conquered her kingdom, and again tries to defend Catra, but then Emily shows her the recording of Catra sending Entrapta to Beast Island and Scorpia doing nothing because she was afraid. It is then she finally realizes how cruel and selfish Catra is and resolves to fix her mistake. Scorpia presents a piece of junk tech to Catra, saying she "accidentally" damaged the recordings when she supposedly extracted them from Emily. After Catra's spiteful comments she walks away from her "bad friend" and gathers the courage to finally leave the Horde with Emily so that she can save Entrapta.
It is unknown what the duo did during their way to Bright Moon.
When she arrives at Bright Moon, she is attacked by the princesses but manages to ask for their help. After tying her up, they are willing to listen to her. She then tells them about Entrapta's predicament; Scorpia is horrified to learn from Shadow Weaver that Beast Island is actually worse then the stories told in the Horde. Adora and Bow want to rescue Entrapta immediately, but Glimmer orders that Scorpia be guarded instead. She starts bonding with Perfuma and Frosta and starts to tear up from feeling like she belongs.
Glimmer goes to Scorpia for help by forming a connection to the Black Garnet so the princesses can use the power of the Heart of Etheria. Scorpia is uncertain because of getting rejected a lot in the past, but after Glimmer tells how she relates to her and explaining how Horde Prime is a danger to everyone on Etheria, she agrees. Scorpia hugs Glimmer, then pulls back, apologizing, but realizing that Glimmer is hugging her back returns to her hugging.
She and Glimmer travel to the Fright Zone where they encounter Kyle, Rogelio, and Lonnie. Upon learning that they defected from the Horde too, Scorpia gives them all a hug before continuing to the Black Garnet. When they reach her family Runestone she is still filled with doubts, but Glimmer encourages her, and Scorpia connects to the Black Garnet, gaining the power over red lightning. Glimmer orders her to go help the other princesses. As she is about to leave, Scorpia says that even though Catra has done terrible things she cares about her, and tells Glimmer not to hurt her; Glimmer tells her to relax because "we're the good guys." When Perfuma and Frosta start feeling harmed from the Heart's activation, Scorpia rushes to help them only to fall to the effects of the superweapon herself. After Adora stops the Heart, Scorpia and her fellow princesses watch as the Horde Armada has finally arrived on Etheria.
Season Five[]
Scorpia joins in the relocation and protection of Etherian people. She works happily with the rebels, often commenting on how kind everyone is. She has to sting Adora unconscious to save her life when Adora gets outmatched by three clones she attacked, alone. After retreating from the three clones the group temporarily captures a single clone and tries to interrogate him without success. They abandon the clone when their base is overrun and have to retreat to the deepest part of the Whispering Woods.
While most of the Princesses are hesitant to welcome Entrapta back into the group, Scorpia vouches for her, stating that she has a good heart. With Mermista in charge, Entrapta leads Scorpia, Perfuma, and Frosta to one of Prime's spires where she believes they can discover Glimmer's location by hacking into the spire's computer. The Princesses sneak past many of the bots but Entrapta wanders off on her own and accidentally walks into a bot that activates the spire's defenses. While the princesses were furious at Entrapta for what she did to them while she was with the Horde, Scorpia feels bad for her. Entrapta apologizes to the other princesses and with reckless abandon rushes toward the spire to get the signal and find Glimmer's location. Mermista blesses her plan and sends Scorpia and Frosta as Entrapta's back-up while she and Perfuma distract the rest of the bots. Entrapta hacks the spire, discovers Glimmer's whereabouts, and finds out that Prime is sending reinforcements to Etheria. They then inform Adora and tell her to leave immediately.
Scorpia joins Swift Wind's night's watch. They share a few friend moments; Scorpia lets slip that Kyle apparently told her that he had a crush on Rogelio, but that she's really good with secrets. Swift Wind tells her that he's been trying to access his sacred bond with Adora, but to no avail.
Sea Hawk formulates a plan to contact Prince Peekablue by sneaking into the Enchanted Grotto's underwater soiree. He is hoping to get Peekablue to use his farsight to help the Rebellion. Mermista gives everyone secret aliases: Scorpia is Lynda D'Ream, Perfuma is Tara. Sea Hawk and the company bluff their way into the soiree. Perfuma and Scorpia have a heart-to-heart where Perfuma encourages Scorpia to not let her dreams be dreams; this leads Scorpia to sing a song beautifully. After her number, she goes backstage and starts to talk the Prince into helping them. But as they talk, the Princess realizes something is amiss and after questioning the person who appeared to be Peekablue, she stings them unconscious. The gang question Double Trouble until a chipped Mermista enters the room and breaks the glass protecting them from the sea around them. While everyone else escapes, Scorpia stays behind holding the structure together. She is then captured and eventually chipped.
Adora makes a plan to sneak into Scorpia's home, having figured out where she was. As the group fights in the Fright Zone and Adora loses She-Ra, Scorpia forces her and Perfuma into Hordak's throne room, which Prime has taken over and remade in his image. Scorpia binds them up while Prime explains that he had to come and see Etheria for himself. He reveals that he no longer needs She-Ra to activate the Heart of Etheria; building upon Hordak's research and his personal knowledge of the First Ones, he says that he could access the Heart on his own. Later, Horde Prime orders Scorpia to end Adora and Perfuma, and she powers up her lightning but instead of killing them, she allows them to escape by defying Prime's orders, causing him to get furious at her.
During a battle outside the spire a wave of clones from Horde Prime's ship beam down to the surface to engage the rebels in combat. However, they hold back and do nothing, their arrival distracting them long enough for Scorpia to electrocute them through the battlefield once Mermista flooded it. Scorpia leaves the battlefield while the group deals with Mermista. Later, Melog and Bow fight their way through the clones in the spire, swiftly cutting a path to Entrapta's setup from before he was abducted. Before they can quite reach it however, a bolt of electricity shot from Scorpia nearly kills them both.
In the Horde outpost itself, Scorpia unleashes her own electrical magic at Bow until Melog enshrouds him in invisibility to keep him safe. While under the cloak of Melog's invisibility, Bow continues the deployment Entrapta's program to deactivate all the chips on Etheria. Scorpia is unable to detect him until he shouts out in glee when the program activates, allowing her to blast him and Melog away from the terminal and back into visibility. He talks to Scorpia and calms her down by reassuring her that despite Horde Prime's influence, it can't take away what she really is, to the point where she is able to resist fighting him for just a second, time enough for him to finally deploy the program and deactivate all of the chips. And finally Scorpia herself is freed along with everyone else. She, Melog, and Bow all hug in joy. The princesses are beleaguered by a hail of green blasts from Horde Prime's clones; Netossa holds them at bay with a net while the rest of the princesses return fire, until Scorpia and Bow arrive to help. They rejoice in being together until Horde Prime appears on a cliff above them, foretelling the destruction of the planet when the Heart of Etheria is used.
She-Ra then comes before Horde Prime, who vows he will return only for She-Ra to correct him saying his reign is over and banishes him from Hordak's body with a surge of magic, killing him and ending the threat of the Horde once and for all. Scorpia celebrates with Frosta and Perfuma, and Catra comes up to them and starts to apologize to Scorpia, but before she can finish talking, Scorpia hugs her and forgives her. Perfuma and Frosta then join in the hug.
Quotes[]
"Force Captain Scorpia reporting for duty!" -Princess Scorpia
"It's terrifying, and fun... Terifunfying!" -Destiny Part 2
"The Horde always told me I was different, that I wouldn't fit in with you all, but you're making me feel the opposite of not belonging, which I guess is belonging?"-Fractures
"Hey, you can't touch another woman's tail without asking!"-White Out
"You're a bad friend." -Princess Scorpia
- Scorpia: "[annoyed, ruefully] Just wanted a moment alone with Catra, but, no, I'm stuck babysitting her ex-best friend."
- Adora: "[a silhouette of Adora runs past, then a crash is heard; Adora yells out as she slaps Scorpia in the face with a mop which makes a wet, gushing noise; Adora then laughs and falls to the ground]"
- White Out, minute 4:30
"Good, good, yeah. I was just testing you on whether you knew how to do that. And, you passed. So, kudos."-Roll With It
"Move those big weapon-y things! Flap those banners! Oh... keep doing whatever it is you're doing, guy I'm pointing at! now do a different thing! And look sharp, force captain's orders!"-Roll With It
"Beautiful and brilliant."-Signals
"Catra, you beautiful genius, I'm coming!" -Ties That Bind
"All in favor of blaming this on Kyle? [...] Yep that's unanimous."-Roll With It
"See, I thought I was being a good friend to Catra, but it turns out Catra wasn't being a good friend to me, and also that I have no idea what friendship is. Man, I think Entrapta's the only real friend I've ever had."-Fractures
"I just... wish she could see me as worth her time."-White Out, about her relationship with Catra.
"I'm great with secrets! Like one time, Kyle said he had a crush on Rogeli--- nevermind! I didn't say anything."
"Hey, everybody. How are you? Gosh, I am so sorry for popping in unannounced. I didn't wanna interrupt. You all seemed really busy, so I snuck past the guards and was just waiting for you guys to notice I was here-- [...] No. Do-- hold on! Hold on! I don't wanna fight you. [...] [gasps] [shouting] No, wait! Wait, wait, wait! No. Please! I don't wanna hurt you. [...] I am so sorry. I did not mean to do that. It's instinct. It-- uh-oh."-Fractures
"I'm the muscle, remember? I can do this."-Perils of Peekablue
Appearances[]
Season 1 | ||||||||||||
1. "The Sword Part 1": | Absent | 7. "In the Shadows of Mystacor": | Absent | |||||||||
2. "The Sword Part 2": | Absent | 8. "Princess Prom": | Appears | |||||||||
3. "Razz": | Absent | 9. "No Princess Left Behind": | Appears | |||||||||
4. "Flowers for She-Ra": | Absent | 10. "The Beacon": | Appears | |||||||||
5. "The Sea Gate": | Appears | 11. "Promise": | Appears | |||||||||
6. "System Failure": | Absent | 12. "Light Hope": | Appears | |||||||||
13. "The Battle of Bright Moon": | Appears |
Season 2 | ||||||||||||
1. "The Frozen Forest": | Appears | 4. "Roll With It": | Appears | |||||||||
2. "Ties That Bind": | Appears | 5. "White Out": | Appears | |||||||||
3. "Signals": | Appears | 6. "Light Spinner": | Appears | |||||||||
7. "Reunion": | Appears |
Season 3 | ||||||||||||
1. "The Price of Power": | Appears | 4. "Moment of Truth": | Appears | |||||||||
2. "Huntara": | Absent | 5. "Remember": | Appears | |||||||||
3. "Once Upon a Time in the Waste": | Appears | 6. "The Portal": | Absent |
Season 4 | ||||||||||||
1. "The Coronation": | Appears | 7. "Mer-Mysteries": | Absent | |||||||||
2. "The Valley of the Lost": | Appears | 8. "Boys' Night Out": | Mentioned | |||||||||
3. " Flutterina": | Appears | 9. "Hero": | Absent | |||||||||
4. "Pulse": | Absent | 10. "Fractures": | Appears | |||||||||
5. "Protocol": | Absent | 11. "Beast Island": | Appears | |||||||||
6. "Princess Scorpia": | Appears | 12. "Destiny Part 1": | Appears | |||||||||
13. "Destiny Part 2": | Appears |
Season 5 | ||||||||||||
1. "Horde Prime": | Appears | 7. "Perils of Peekablue": | Appears | |||||||||
2. "Launch": | Appears | 8. "Shot in the Dark": | Absent | |||||||||
3. "Corridors": | Absent | 9. "An Ill Wind": | Mentioned | |||||||||
4. "Stranded": | Appears | 10. "Return to the Fright Zone": | Appears | |||||||||
5. "Save the Cat": | Absent | 11. "Failsafe": | Absent | |||||||||
6. "Taking Control": | Absent | 12. "Heart Part 1": | Appears | |||||||||
13. "Heart Part 2": | Appears |
Books | ||||||||||||
Origin of a Hero: | Absent | Island of Magical Creatures: | Appears | |||||||||
Song of the Sea Witch: | Appears | Legend of the Fire Princess: | Appears |
Princess Rebel Recruitment Shorts | ||||||||||||
1. "Bow Begins the Fight": | Absent | 4. "Meditation with Perfuma": | Absent | |||||||||
2. "Glimmer Wants YOU to Join": | Absent | 5. "Mermista is the Coolest": | Absent | |||||||||
3. "From Adora to She-Ra": | Absent | 6. "Entrapta Stole Bow's Tracker Pad": | Appears | |||||||||
7. "The Evil Horde is EVIL": | Appears |
Gallery[]
See: Scorpia/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In Season Two and beyond, it is heavily implied that Scorpia is romantically interested in women, and in the episode "White Out" she even tries to ask Catra on a date. After the show had finished, it was confirmed that Scorpia got into a relationship with Perfuma, confirming her as WLW.[3]
- Scorpia's astrological sign is Cancer, also known as the crab.
- Lauren Ash confirmed in a 2019 interview that Scorpia grew up in the Horde and has never considered a life outside the Horde.
- Scorpia coined the word, “terifunfying,” a mixture of ‘fun’ and ‘terrifying,’ in Season Four, after getting her lightning powers.
- ND Stevenson claimed that if Scorpia had a favorite band it would be Fleetwood Mac.[5]
- This became a multiple-choice trivia question on a She-Ra trivia stream Stevenson was on. He stood by Fleetwood Mac as Scorpia's favorite, but said she'd also like the other options: The Specials, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys.[6]
- Scorpia's code name, Lynda D'Ream, was Scorpia's real name in the original 1980s series.[7]
- Scorpia’s letter to Catra in Season Four was originally shown onscreen. According to ND Stevenson, it simply said, “Sorry.”[8]
- Scorpia revealed that Kyle apparently told her that he had a crush on Rogelio a while back.
- ND Stevenson created a playlist called "Scorpia" on Spotify[9], along with a few other of the main characters. These playlists seem to have songs that Stevenson identifies with the characters, or about their feelings throughout the show.
- In the episode "White Out," Scorpia said to Sea Hawk that Catra once used her rock hard exoskeleton as a nail file.
- Designer Ray Geiger intended for Scorpia to be of mixed race ethnicity, namely white and Asian.[10]
- Ray Geiger also designed a semi canonical child for Scorpia and Perfuma, as a way of convincing the writers to pair them together.[11] The child, named Flora or other similar names, is popular with fans.
- Xanthe Bouma and Ray Geiger developed her visual design.[12]
- According to a Keyframe article, "Scorpia's muscular physique was modeled after weightlifter Samantha Wright."[13]
- In "Horde Prime," Scorpia says that she loves singing, but Catra always said it was annoying. This comes up again in "Perils of Peekablue." In a livestream, ND Stevenson said that Scorpia singing was an inside joke with Lauren Ash for a while. "Scorpia's always singing to Catra and Catra's like 'what is happening.'"[14]
See also[]
- Princess Scorpia
- Scorpia's mothers
- Last scorpion king
References[]
- ↑ "White Out"
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1080494021066272768
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ND Stevenson confirmed Scorpia and Perfuma are in a relationship in a Collider article
- ↑ S4:E6 "Princess Scorpia" – Scorpia's lips are black even before she wakes up.
- ↑ https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-princess-of-power-unknown-facts/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/_-l3ZBUMgxA?t=2183
- ↑ https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Scorpia
- ↑ https://youtu.be/eTu9k25-vlI?t=725
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YEDXy2OoeXjvgqKKOsiZH?si=EdHfEqWSSwyLQxY3keRVlA
- ↑ https://twitter.com/raygeigrr/status/1106015995808800773?s=20
- ↑ Ray Geiger's original Tumblr post has since been deleted, but its content can be viewed in reblogs such as this one
- ↑ https://raygeigrr.tumblr.com/post/178761037116/some-of-my-character-designs-finally-released
- ↑ https://keyframemagazine.org/2018/12/01/princesses-of-power/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/_-l3ZBUMgxA?t=2224
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's Characters | ||
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Best Friends Squad | Adora/She-Ra • Glimmer • Bow • Catra | |
Princesses and Rebellion | Perfuma • Mermista • Frosta • Netossa • Spinnerella • Queen Angella • Sea Hawk • King Micah • Entrapta • Scorpia | |
The Evil Horde | Horde Prime • Horde Prime's Clone Army • Lord Hordak • Lonnie • Kyle • Rogelio • Grizzlor • Octavia • Scorpia's mothers | |
Others | Castaspella • Swift Wind • Razz • Mara • Light Hope • Tung Lashor • Double Trouble • Shadow Weaver • Melog • Huntara | |