Sunday, October 10, 2021

Dorno in Malak and the Metal Apes (1/6/1968)

 


Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Dorno has a cute, boyish face, long, blond hair, and a slender, athletic physique.  His shirtless Herculoids outfit consists of a pair of brown boots, a light, blue skirt and neck collar, and a gold belt and wrist bands.  At his age, he is growing taller and more attractive and gaining better muscle definition and athletic ability.  He is also developing more self-esteem and self-confidence and taking more risks.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.

In this episode, one of a trio of giant metal apes shoots Dorno off of Zok.  Fortunately, the young Herculoid survives his fall, which was broken by some branches.  The Herculoids intercept and defeat the metal apes, which are ordered to return to their base.  Following the sole, remaining metal ape to its base, the Herculoids proceed to destroy more apes and their masters, and trap the remaining machines behind a metal door.

Dorno has various peril scenes, beginning early in the episode, when he is shot off of Zok by one of the metal apes.  Late in the episode, he is also grabbed by another of the metal apes, which prepares to crush the boy, until Zok severs the machine's arm and Gleep cushions Dorno from another fall.

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