Sunday, January 16, 2022

Dorno in Return of the Ancients (10/31/1981)

 


 

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, Dorno is playing in the ruins of an ancient city with Gleep and Gloop when a spaceship arrives.  The spaceship contains alien colonists returning to their mother planet.  Angered by the fact that the city is deserted, the aliens capture Dorno.  Zandor is captured attempting to rescue Dorno and is forced to fight with energy whips in the arena.  Meanwhile, Tara succeeds in finding the flower that poisoned the aliens' ancestors and in demonstrating why the city is deserted,

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Previous blog:

Dorno in Crystal Menace (10/24/1981)

Next blog:  Dorno in Space Trappers (11/7/1981)


This blog is intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  To view the entire episode, you may purchase the DVD at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Herculoids-Complete-2-Disc/dp/B00553KAK2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=A864MLT2E86B&dchild=1&keywords=herculoids+cartoon&qid=1612274032&sprefix=herculoids%2Cinstant-video%2C187&sr=8-2



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