Ominous Octopus Omnibus: Battle Cat

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Mr. Tawny And Cringer - Battlecat Of He - Man Fame

The talking tiger made the transtition to television along with Captain Marvel in a series of cartoons made by Filmation in the 1970's.

When Filmation began the He- Man cartoons in the 1980's, they reused the character of the talking tiger, just as they reused a number of other elements from earlier cartoons that had been produced by the studio.

"Cringer" was the pet of Adam, as He-Man was called in his secret identity.

Cringer usually appears to be a clumsy, worthless cat,

and also appears to be cowardly,

but when Adam transforms into He-man,

Cringer transforms into the mighty Battle Cat and fights the forces of evil alongside him.

In this version, the tiger undergoes a transformation along with the hero, and the two are superheroes together, which I think is much more satisfying than the situation in the original comic book.