Barbara Minerva (DC Super Hero Girls TV Series)

Barbi Minerva was top of her class at everything she did. Nevertheless, it was until Diana arrived at school that she unconsciously began to overshadow Barbi. First becoming the new captain of the volleyball team and second getting top marks on tests, filling her with jealousy. But the straw that broke the camel's back came when Barbi's friends politely declined her invitation to help Diana decorate for the school dance. Even more jealous, Barbi stormed over to her house and entered a forbidden trophy room where a golden cat idol was kept.

Barbi wants to use the idol to cast a curse on Diana, but it doesn't seem to work. But when she closes the room leaving it in darkness, the idol activates and the Cheetah's curse falls on Barbi. The next day, Cheetah wreaks havoc on the school to get the attention of Diana and her friends, all of whom take out the entire student body with a mishap made on purpose by Supergirl, which proves effective. The six heroines assume their identities and split up to search for the new threat; but one by one they fall for the claws of Cheetah, who turns out to be more dangerous than they knew, and with her strength, speed and agility she easily defeats them. When Cheetah goes against Bumblebee, she gathers her courage and confronts her, but her stingers did little to hurt Cheetah who attacks her.

Finally, when Wonder Woman arrives, she and Cheetah fight a showdown in which Cheetah is defeated and runs away to the girls' washroom. Wonder Woman goes after her, only to find Barbi. She admits her jealousy to Diana and the creation of the Cheetah. Diana advises Barbi to stay away from jealousy telling her that they are like a green-eyed monster that will consume her if she doesn't let her go. However, when Diana leaves to follow Cheetah only to run into her friends, Barbi chooses to embrace her newfound power and identity as the Cheetah and vows revenge against Wonder Woman.

Mayhem in the Multiverse

She along with Toyman was captured by the Flash, but both were rescued and recruited by Lex Luthor to join the Legion of Doom along with him and other villains, including Harley Quinn and the Super Villain Girls. In the Hall of Doom, Harley (who was coming out of the restroom after using it) wiped her wet hands on Cheetah, but Cheetah's fur stick to her hands; to which Harley complains asking if she is a real cat, and she mocks Selina telling her to eat her heart out. Lex tells his team that he has the power to get rid of the superheroes by using the Amulet of Cythonna to lock them in the Phantom Zone. Cheetah, along with Toyman and Giganta, wreak havoc at the Metropolis Fair to lure Flash and Green Arrow, where Giganta confronts them and locks both heroes in the Phantom Zone. A little later, the Legion locked almost the entire Justice League in the Phantom Zone. After that, Cheetah along with the Legion was controlled by Cythonna, and they fought against the superheroes. She and Catwoman fought Wonder Woman, but she defeated them using her Lasso of Truth to knock them out. In the end she and Catwoman appear tied together, with the rest of the villains, which were left out of the control of the evil Kryptonian goddess.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Cheetah Form
- Claws
- Fangs
- Superhuman Agility
Metamorphosis

Abilities

Gymnastics
Deception

Weaknesses

Power Instability

Notes

This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series DC Super Hero Girls and is an adaptation of Cheetah/Barbara Minerva. The original character was created by Len Wein and George Perez and first appeared in Wonder Woman (Volume 2) #7.
Cheetah was voiced by Tara Strong.

Trivia

This version of Cheetah is an amalgam of Barbara Minerva and Priscilla Rich: from the first it takes the name and source of her powers; while from the second it takes both the appearance and lifestyle of Priscilla, as well as her envy of Wonder Woman.
Barbara is not a natural blonde, in the short 'Lost and Found' the Lasso of Truth forces her to reveal that she fakes her eye and hair color with contacts and extensions.

Legion of Doom member
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Barbara Minerva (DC Super Hero Girls TV Series)

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History

Meet the Cheetah