Teela

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Title=Teela
Name=Teela
Status=Alive
Affiliation=He-Man, Heroic Warriors
Family=Sorceress of Castle Grayskull ("mother")
Man-At-Arms ("foster-father")
Powers=Skilled at hand-to-hand combat and very aerobic; has latent magical abilities.
Weapons=Cobra staff, shield (original figure and some material), sword (200x figure and some previous material)
Actor=Linda Gary - 1983
& Lisa Ann Beley - 2002|

Teela [Her name is spelled Tee-La in the early minicomics.] ("Warrior Goddess!" [From [http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/html/collector_guides/motu_class/toy_pages/teela.shtml the toy description at He-Man.org] .] ) (IPA: IPA|/ˈtiː.lə/) is a fictional character from the Masters of the Universe franchise. She is the Captain of the Royal Guard at the palace of Eternos and thus responsible for training and protecting Prince Adam of Eternia. While Adam is He-Man, Teela often assists him in his battles, but she is unaware of his alternate identity. Teela is one of the first characters developed for "Masters of the Universe", although her figure was released in the second half of the first wave. Writer Donald F. Glut named her after Gunga Ram's elephant from the "Andy's Gang" television show.cite web|url=http://www.donaldfglut.com/MOUinterview.html|title=E-mail interviews with Donald F. Glut|publisher=DonaldGlut.com|accessdate=2007-02-14]

Minicomics

Teela is presented in the earliest media as a heroic "warrior goddess," a capable female fighter -- one imbued with the spirits of great warriors of the past -- who roams the deserted landscapes of Eternia atop a unicorn. The second-wave minicomic The Tale of Teela explains that, twenty years earlier, Skeletor captured the Goddess (a.k.a. Sorceress) and made a clone of her using an ancient artifact. His plan was to raise the child as an evil version of the Goddess. However, the clone was rescued by Man-At-Arms and grew up to become the warrior goddess Teela. (Note: the character Goddess was later referred to as "Sorceress" only, and her appearance was altered for television, with the cobra-themed costume being replaced with a falcon-themed one. In the show, Teela was the biological daughter of the Sorceress rather than a clone.)

Teela appeared in the following illustrated books (the first four titles in the list) and minicomics:

*He-Man and the Power Sword
*King of Castle Grayskull
*Battle in the Clouds
*The Vengeance of Skeletor
*The Ordeal of Man-E-Faces
*The Terror of Tri-Klops
*The Menace of Trap Jaw
*The Tale of Teela
*The Magic Stealer!
*Dragon's Gift
*The Secret Liquid of Life
*He-Man and the Insect People
*Double-Edged Sword
*The Temple of Darkness
*Siege of Avion
*The Obelisk
*Skeletor's Dragon
*The Battle of Roboto
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*Spikor Strikes
*The Stench of Evil
*Mantenna and the Menace of the Evil Horde!
*The Treachery of Modulok
*The Terror Claws Strike!
*Between a Rock and a Hard Place!
*Eye of the Storm
*The Menace of Multi-Bot
*The Hordes of Hordak
*Energy Zoids

Filmation animated series

In the Filmation animated series, Teela is the biological daughter of the Sorceress. When Teela was an infant, the Sorceress gave her to Man-At-Arms, who raised her as his own daughter. In "Teela's Quest", Teela discovers the truth about her mother from Eternia's Oracle of the Crystal Sea, but an emotionally distraught Sorceress erases the revelation from Teela's memory for her own protection, even though the Sorceress desperately wishes she could tell Teela the truth. [cite episode|title=Teela's Quest|series=He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|serieslink=He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|airdate=1983-09-06|season=1|number=2] Teela's biological father is never revealed; Man-At-Arms says he was one of Eternia's greatest men.

Despite her excellent fighting skills and generally being sensible and level-headed, Teela has a reckless streak like that of a wild tomboy, a far cry from her mother's soft-spoken temperament. In the Filmation series, Teela's recklessness and quick temper in situations that she does not agree with often lead to poor judgment, which results in dangerous situations. Unaware of Adam's dual-identity and duties that go with it, Teela often reprimands him for being lazy, cowardly and not attentive to his training.

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Artist:Lindsay Dawson.]

Ladybird books

In the UK Ladybird "Masters of the Universe" storybook series, particularly in "A Trap For He-Man", Teela's cobra staff gives her some telepathic ability and allows her to communicate with a few wild creatures. This ability does not appear in any other media.

2002 series

, a former soldier suffering from amnesia, is Teela's biological father. It was intended that Teela would learn the truth of her heritage in the third season, but the series was canceled before it could be resolved. Despite her young age, Teela is the Captain of the Palace Guard as in the original series and seen in several episodes commanding the palace soldiers.

In the MOTU comic produced at the same time, a greater emphisis is placed on Teela and Adam's friendship. Teela admits in the original mini-series that she would rather play with him, as they did as children within the palace walls, than be a soldier trained to expect war. Adam reassures her that what she does will bring that day closer, holding her hand. In the regular comic series, she becomes jealous of the attention Adam lavishes on a weak, critically injured Evil-Lyn.

Portrayal

In the 1980s series, Teela is voiced by Linda Gary. In the 1987 film, she is portrayed by Chelsea Field as a mostly serious fighter who only occasionally allows a sense of humor to show through. Nothing is said of her being the daughter of the Sorceress. Teela's costume in the film is quite different from its animated depictions, covering more of her body ,including her arms, and colored gray, with curly brown hair rather than the usual red/auburn hair.

In the series "The New Adventures of He-Man", which ran from 1990-1991, Teela makes one appearance in the episode "Once Upon a Time", a rare reference to the vintage Filmation series. However, she bears no resemblance to her Filmation counterpart, being portrayed with long blonde hair (as featured in the very first mini-comic) instead of red hair. She wears a pink leotard, rather than the usual white one. She is voiced by Cathy Weseluck.

In the 2002 series, Teela is voiced by Lisa Ann Beley, and she has auburn hair.

See also

*The Tale of Teela

References

External links

* [http://teela.fansector.com/toys.php Collection of all Teela Action Figures and Pictures ]
* [http://he-man.us/biographies/Teela.html Teela's Biography ]
* [http://www.princessofpower.co.uk/ HeMan and SheRa Information]