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Spinnerella was a member of the original Princess Alliance as well as a member of the current Princess Alliance. Unlike most of the princesses shown widely in the show, she is not tied to a kingdom.
She is one of the Non-Elemental Princesses and the wife of Netossa.
Appearance[]
Since Spinnerella is a wide-hipped woman, she has a larger build than most of the other female characters. She has blue eyes and light pink skin that contrasts with her regular long lavender purple hair which is held in a ponytail. She wears a dark magenta leotard over a light purple jumpsuit with swirl patterns as if to symbolize wind, as well as sandal-like boots and a light blue cape with a scalloped edge. She dons a silver choker around her neck with a blue star gem in the middle, matching Netossa's vambraces.
When chipped, her eyes glow green, and green veins branch out from the edges of her eyes.
Personality[]
Spinnerella has a sweet, comforting, and empathetic personality that she showcases in the Season One finale when she comforts her wife.
In Season Four, she also appears to be quite competitive in a playful way, trying to earn more enemy take-downs than Netossa. The pair have some playful banter when fighting Horde bots.
She seems more maternal than Netossa, as shown when playing iceball with Frosta in Season Five. She seemed to know that Frosta needed cheering up.
During her date with Netossa, the two seemed aggrieved at being interrupted, showing that Spinerella may also have a temper.
When chipped by Horde Prime, she displayed personality changes common to all chipped individuals. (See Horde Chip)
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
- Aerokinesis: Spinnerella is capable of manipulating air. During the Battle of Bright Moon she is shown to be able to generate massive winds and small tornadoes, seemingly with little effort. Spinnerella is not connected to a Runestone but was shown during Light Hope's lineup of the other princesses. It is not specified what kingdom she is affiliated with.
- Air Travel: During The Battle of Bright Moon and in Season Four, she is seen arriving at a battle site with Netossa in a mini-tornado in which she can travel with a companion. It's unclear how far she can travel but it appears to be further than Glimmer could travel prior to Season Four.
- Aura Generation: When united with other princesses, Spinnerella can generate an aura that greatly amplifies her powers. Her aura manifests in electric-purple.
Weaknesses[]
- Injured ankle: Netossa explains that Spinnerella twisted her ankle when she was a child, and "if you keep her off balance, her injury will act up on her." Netossa uses this to her advantage to subdue Spinnerella when the latter is mind controlled.[5]
Relationships[]
Netossa[]
Spinnerella is married to Princess Netossa and they share many scenes together. The only time they aren't together is during part of Season Five, when Spinnerella is mind controlled. They both call each other "darling" and have a very loving relationship. In Season Four, they fight the Horde side by side and have a friendly competition as to who destroyed more bots.
Queen Angella[]
The Queen had a longstanding alliance with Spinerella and her wife. The pair regularly attended planning meetings in Bright Moon to defend themselves from the Horde.
The Princess Alliance[]
Spinnerella is one of the two Princesses that have been consistently supportive of the Alliance, along with Netossa, despite the Alliance "not knowing what they actually do" to quote Bow.
Plot[]
Season One[]
In the days following Adora's arrival in Bright Moon, the Trio meets Spinnerella and Netossa at a war council to answer Perfuma's call for aid as Plumeria is under attack by the Horde.
In The Battle of Bright Moon she helps repulse Catra's assault using wind attacks to hurl objects at the Horde.
Season Four[]
Adora, Bow, Spinnerella, Netossa, and several other rebels attack what they think is a Horde transport carrying a special weapon. It turns out to be empty, and when several robots emerge to surround them it becomes clear that it is an ambush. They manage to make it out, but Spinnerella and Netossa are both seriously injured in the process.
Glimmer becomes distraught and believes her general (also Double Trouble in disguise) when she deceitfully suggests that the Horde is tracking Adora. Adora then sets out with Spinnerella and Netossa, and Double Trouble reports to Catra. Even as Adora, Spinnerella, and Netossa become bogged down in yet another ambush, Glimmer teleports to Catra's base and uses her newfound power and newly learned spells from Shadow Weaver to handily defeat her.
Glimmer then teleports to Adora's location, where they are beleaguered by numerous pulse bots and protected only by a weakening Netossa. Glimmer quickly dispatches the majority of the bots, with Spinnerella destroying one that nearly detonated in front of them, becoming injured in the process.
Season Five[]
Upon hearing that the Horde was spotted near Elberon, Frosta, Micah, Swift Wind, Netossa, and Spinnerella go to check things out to see what’s going on. When they arrive, all the villagers are inside and acting strangely. Netossa chides Spinnerella for leaving her alone at the "party," and Spinnerella complains that "something weird" just happened to her. The villagers then close the doors and strongly suggest that the heroes stay and wait for the honored guest, Horde Prime. Then, when the villagers attack, their eyes turn bright green, revealing that they've been chipped in the same way Catra was. They are only able to escape after Swift Wind feels his sacred connection to She-Ra and is strengthened in power. Then everyone returns home, but we see that Spinnerella has been chipped by the villagers.
Sea Hawk formulates a plan to contact Prince Peekablue by sneaking into the Enchanted Grotto's underwater soiree. Outside the planning session, the chipped Spinnerella overhears the plan. She then attempts to isolate Netossa to chip her, but Netossa is too busy to be bothered. Both Netossa and Swift Wind comment on Spinnerella's strange behavior. Netossa finds her wife having a secret discussion with an unnamed minotaur. Netossa then confronts Spinnerella about her strange behavior as Spinerella calls her "beloved", a name they never use for each other. This confirms to Netossa that Spinnerella is being controlled.
Netossa figures out that Spinnerella is under Prime's control, as is everyone else in the village. Spinnerella attacks Netossa and is joined by a chipped Micah, who attacks Frosta and Swift Wind. Netossa throws a net over her attackers and flees, brokenhearted, with Frosta on Swift Wind.
Prime vows to find a way to use the Heart of Etheria without She-Ra, and he also sends word to the chipped Spinnerella. Spinnerella lands in the village and attacks the heroes. After trading blows and pleas to stop the attack, Netossa joins in and begins defending the town from Spinnerella. Rather than risking hurting their chipped friend, Glimmer teleports everyone away from the fight. Spinnerella continues to torment the villagers until Glimmer and the rest return to Erelandia, and use Wrong Hordak to draw out two clones and defeat them. Next, they begin an assault on the enemies inside the village. She-Ra and Netossa attack Spinnerella while the rest handle the bots. While fighting her wife, the conflict becomes too great for Spinnerella, causing the chip's hold on her to strengthen, which causes her pain, so she flees the scene.
In the Fright Zone during an attempt to rescue Scorpia, Spinnerella joins in the attack on the heroes. On the roof, Netossa aims an blow at Spinnerella's left ankle, which Netossa knows to be weakened from an old injury, which causes Spinnerella to fall and damages her chip. This, in turn, renders Spinerella unconscious. At this moment, Netossa (who has made a study of all of the princesses' weaknesses) holds Spinnerella and in a tearful moment finally reveals her own weakness, which is her love Spinnerella. Glimmer then teleports to Netossa's location and brings the pair back to their base, rejoining Catra and the rest.
Afterward, Entrapta manages to remove Spinnerella's chip, though she notes that it was a lot more difficult than removing Catra's had been -- the chip had almost entirely fused to Spinnerella's nervous system, and Entrapta fears that if they had waited any longer, she might not have been able to get it off at all and the chip would have become a part of her. Spinnerella is seen recovering on a cot in the Rebellion's base, with Netossa sitting next to her.
Spinnerella helps fight Horde Prime's forces alongside the other Rebellion members in the Final Battle, and after Prime is defeated, she celebrates with Netossa.
Quotes[]
"Yes, darling, you have beautiful nets." - Spinnerella to Netossa, "The Battle of Bright Moon"
"There is nothing to win--" -"Pulse"
"I could never be mad at you, beloved." - Chipped Spinnerella to Netossa, "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": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Razz": | Absent | 9. "No Princess Left Behind": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Flowers for She-Ra": | Appears | 10. "The Beacon": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "The Sea Gate": | Background | 11. "Promise": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "System Failure": | Absent | 12. "Light Hope": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "The Battle of Bright Moon": | Appears | |||||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Frozen Forest": | Appears | 4. "Roll With It": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Ties That Bind": | Absent | 5. "White Out": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Signals": | Absent | 6. "Light Spinner": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Reunion": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Season 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "The Coronation": | Background | 7. "Mer-Mysteries": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "The Valley of the Lost": | Absent | 8. "Boys' Night Out": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. " Flutterina": | Absent | 9. "Hero": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Pulse": | Appears | 10. "Fractures": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Protocol": | Absent | 11. "Beast Island": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Princess Scorpia": | Absent | 12. "Destiny Part 1": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Destiny Part 2": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Season 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Horde Prime": | Absent | 7. "Perils of Peekablue": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Launch": | Absent | 8. "Shot in the Dark": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Corridors": | Absent | 9. "An Ill Wind": | Appears | |||||||||
| 4. "Stranded": | Absent | 10. "Return to the Fright Zone": | Appears | |||||||||
| 5. "Save the Cat": | Absent | 11. "Failsafe": | Appears | |||||||||
| 6. "Taking Control": | Appears | 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: | Mentioned | Legend of the Fire Princess: | Absent | |||||||||
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- She twisted her ankle when she was young, as stated by Netossa.
- Spinnerella, along with Netossa, are the first confirmed LGBT characters in the series, followed by Bow's fathers.
- Spinnerella and Netossa are rarely seen without the other onscreen until the events of Season Five.
- Spinnerella is voiced by series creator and showrunner ND Stevenson.
- Spinnerella is the first princess to be chipped by Horde Prime.
- She and Netossa appear in the Princess Prom episode dancing in the background as well as in 20:50 to 21:10 running from the ice.
- Her name is a portmanteau of "spinner" and "Cinderella".
- In the Portuguese dub, Spinnerella has the same voice actor as Wendy Corduroy from Gravity Falls, Star Butterfly from Star V.S. the Forces of Evil, Amity Blight from The Owl House, and Cassandra from Tangled: The Series.
- Xanthe Bouma and Ray Geiger developed her visual design.[6]
- Her design was partially inspired by plus-size ballerina Frostine Shake.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "Perils of Peekablue"
- ↑ "An Ill Wind"
- ↑ She-Ra: Rebel Princess Guide
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1080494021066272768
- ↑ "Return to the Fright Zone"
- ↑ https://raygeigrr.tumblr.com/post/178761037116/some-of-my-character-designs-finally-released
- ↑ https://keyframemagazine.org/2018/12/01/princesses-of-power/
| She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |