Sunday, October 31, 2021

Dorno in Purple Menace (9/19/1981)

 


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, the Herculoids are attacked by and defeat some aggressive purple vines.  Curious why the vines would attack, Dorno disregards Zandor's passive approach and attempts to discover the source of the problem.  The Herculoids find Dorno in trouble and rescue him from some additional vines.  However, they follow up on the the intelligence that Dorno has gathered, identify the source of the problem, and finally defeat the aggressive purple plant.

In the second season of the Herculoids, Dorno appears to be whinier, less capable, and more inclined to get into trouble.  His curiosity in this episode simultaneously imperils the young Herculoid but forces them to confront a growing menace that they would otherwise have been ignoring.

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