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| “ | I can't wait to turn your despicable world to ash. This place only makes me feel of the more homesick for Krypton! | „ |
| ~ Cythonna. |
Cythonna is the main antagonist of Cartoon Network's 14th animated feature film Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, a crossover between Teen Titans Go! and the DC Super Hero Girls television series, as well as the series finale of the DC Super Hero Girls franchise.
She is the ancient Kryptonian goddess of darkness, blight and suffering who ruled over Krypton in ancient times before being ousted by her brother Rao, the sun god. However, she is freed during the present day and focuses on targeting Earth with Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom's assistance. She is also Supergirl's archenemy.
She was voiced by Missi Pyle, who also portrayed Ashley Sanderson in Bringing Down the House, Shelly Stoker in My Name Is Earl, Vera Murchins in Home Alone 4, Gail Van Ravensway in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song, and Carol in Unseen.
Physical Appearance[]
Cythonna is a tall, slender, muscular curvaceous woman with icy blue eyes, light lilac skin, dark lipstick, and ankle-length icy blue hair. She wears a tight black outfit that changes to purple when she uses her power, black glitter boots, and matching gloves.
Personality[]
Cythonna was known on Krypton to be delighted in stuffing the hearts of her victims with evil in order to become stronger. She can be quite manipulative and persuasive, as she was able to persuade and manipulate Lex Luthor himself.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Thousands of years ago, Cythonna ruled Krypton, causing terror in the locals of the planet and desolating it as a garbage dump. That is, until her brother Rao, the Sun God, encased her in an amulet and sent her out into space. For eons, the Kryptonians spread the story of the Goddess of Darkness as a legend and that if they saw a shooting star in the sky, they said it was Cythonna coming for them.
Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse[]
After the destruction of Krypton, the Amulet of Cythonna was found by one of Lex Luthor's satellites while searching the remains of the dead planet. Locked in her gem-crystal prison, Cythonna manipulated Lex Luthor into gathering various villains and forming the Legion of Doom in order to free herself of her and possess a new Kryptonian vessel.
Following Cythonna's orders, Luthor imprisons Superman in a box made of kryptonite while the Legion locks John Stewart and Aquaman in the Phantom Zone. For her part, Harley Quinn helps Wonder Woman escape from the Hall of Doom. The United Nations gives the world to the Legion of Doom, while Lex is controlled by the Kryptonian goddess, who asks him to show her his new host. But upon seeing Superman, Cythonna rejects him, revealing that she wanted the strongest Kryptonian: Supergirl. Nonetheless, she decides to use Superman as bait to lure Kara out.
When Supergirl arrives at the Hall of Doom, the Legion tries to trap her, but they are stopped by Cythonna, who controls them with her power. Cythonna asks Supergirl to join her in showing the world the true meaning of the power, but when the latter rejects her alliance, Cythonna again uses a weakened Superman to make her change her mind, or else she would kill him. And to top it off, she locks Supergirl in the box to let her think about her decision. Overloaded with the Legion's evil, the Amulet shatters, freeing the heroes. Under the control of the goddess, the Legion fought against the Super Hero Girls, the Invincibros, and the Justice League who defeated them. Seeing Cythonna break free from her prison, Supergirl, having no choice, decides give up to the goddess, who enters her and puts the Legion out of her reach.
Cythonna, inside Kara's body as her host, fights the Super Hero Girls, easily beating them. But when she was about to hit Bumblebee, she then yells for Kara, telling her to stop. Kara comes to her senses upon hearing Bumblebee and confronts the evil Kryptonian goddess inside her mind, but soon is overpowered and again fights Supergirl's friends. Batman attempts to use a Kryptonite batarang to save Kara and stop Cythonna, but is stopped by Wonder Woman. She, along with her friends, call Kara to keep fighting Cythonna. Superman still weak, encourages her to defeat the goddess. Supergirl then pulls out a crystal and imprisons Cythonna inside it, freeing herself. Supergirl, along with Zatanna, banish the evil goddess out of her universe and together, the team share a victory hug.
Later in Sweet Justice, the Super Hero Girls, along with their newfound member, Harley (whom they accepted into the team), celebrate their victory over Cythonna. At that, Jessica questions Zee where she sent the Cythonna crystal, to which Zee confirms that she left it up to her to decide, revealing that the goddess traveled to the universe of Teen Titans Go!, where Beast Boy used the crystal to use as a support for an old television. It was also revealed that Cythonna possessed Control Freak to retrieve the crystal again.
The Teen Titans take the crystal as they do piggy in the middle, easily keeping it away from her as an enraged Cythonna angrily tries to get it in a desperate fit of rage, threatening to destroy their universe too, but the Titans remind her they don't do epic threats. They foil her attempt to destroy their universe, and she is once again fully defeated and banished by Raven. Robin questions Raven where did she send Cythonna and the crystal to in which Raven told him "Somewhere", leaving Robin shocked.
Later, the crystal ends up stranded in the dimension of Super Friends. The Super Friends plan to send it back, but when they take one look at the Teen Titans fighting over the remote, they change their minds and decide not to return it.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Goddess Physiology: Cythonna being a goddess has all the standard attributes of one such as great strength, agility, and reflexes.
- Immortality: Being a Goddess Cythonna cannot die in any way she can only be locked up but never killed.
- Mind Control: Cythonna can control the minds of her victims and turn them evil or their servants.
- Astral Projection: Cythonna can project her spirit outside of her prison.
- Worship Empowerment: As a goddess Cythonna receives more power the more she is worshiped in her case the while more hate and evil she consumes from her victims and followers.
- Flight: Cythonna can fly.
- Possession: Cythonna can possess people and make them her hosts.
- Telepathy: Cythonna can mentally communicate over great distances to speak and send messages.
- Dark Magic: Cythonna is also known as the goddess of darkness as she can manipulate dark magic and negative energy which manifests itself in a mass of spheres of bright indigo and violet colors.
- Energy Projection: Cythonna can fire powerful bolts of dark energy from her hands.
- Portal Creation: Cythonna is capable of creating portals capable of tearing the fabric of reality and traveling between multiple universes and dimensions.
- Telekinesis: Cythonna can move objects and people with just her mind or a movement of her hands.
- Dark Magic: Cythonna is also known as the goddess of darkness as she can manipulate dark magic and negative energy which manifests itself in a mass of spheres of bright indigo and violet colors.
Trivia[]
- This is Cythonna's debut in DC animated media.
- Her presence being restricted to a crystal, which can influence the minds of others through touch and proximity, is similar to other DC villain, Eclipso.
- Since Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse is the series finale of the DC Super Hero Girls franchise, Cythonna served as a major antagonist in the DC Super Hero Girls television series.
