Zee Zatara (DC Super Hero Girls TV Series)

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for a mind-bending journey! Into the mystical mind of the world famous, princess of prestidigitation, the one and only... Zee Zatara!

— Zatanna ^src

Zee Zatara is a student at Metropolis High School, a stage magician in training, and one of the most powerful magic-casters in the universe.

History

Background

Zee Zatara is the daughter of Giovanni Zatara and Sindella Zatara. She inherited magic from both parents: light magic from her father and dark magic from her mother. At a very young age Zee's mother walked out on her on her own birthday, leaving Zee to be raised solely by her father, Giovanni Zatara.^[1] The two would travel cross country performing basic magic tricks from fairs to birthday parties in order to get their act off the ground and while they didn't get their big break, Zee loves performing with her father. One morning, Zee woke up (while not noticing she's performing magic) and discovered a mysterious pink dot on her nose, thinking it was a pimple but when she tried to cover it, it disappeared and more dots started to reappear, causing her to hide it from her father.

During her trip, Zee began to unintentionally use magic such as pulling a coin out of a kid's ear, only to cause the ear to release an unlimited supply of coin, teleporting in and out while talking to a young boy, talking backwards while getting a burger, which caused the burgers and fries to fly out to the counter towards her and even more uncontrollable magic occurs while still trying to hide it from her father.

Later during practice, Zee discovered that she and her father were invited to be in "Abracadabrapalooza", a big show for magic. However, on the night of the event, Zee told her dad she wasn't going to perform, causing her father to be sad upon hearing that. After he left, Zee began to experience more uncontrollable magic, causing her father to burst in and discover the truth, only to discover that he's also magic and was proud that she got her powers too. After been given a chest containing a book that will allow her to control her magic, Zee and her father perform and was discovered on stage by a bookie, where after traveling the world performing magic, Zee's father was hired to work at the casino/hotel in Metropolis, thus starting a new life in the city.

Joining the Super Hero Girls

Once in Metropolis Zee was enrolled in Metropolis High School where she would be lured into a food fight by her new classmate Barbara Gordon. It turned out that the food fight was schemed by Barbara so that she would be placed in detention with four other individuals that she suspected were superheroes, namely Karen, Kara, Jessica, and of course Zee. The group were joined by a mysterious girl called Diana who had been caught wandering the streets. On discovering that Diana had travelled to Metropolis to save what she called 'the world of man', she and Barbara manged to persuade a reluctant Zee and the other three girls into forming a superhero team. While the team almost immediately fell apart after their first mission they managed to pull together to defeat a robot army by Lena Luthor, cementing Zee's partnership with the rest of her team.^[2]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Magic
- Flight
- Reality Alteration
- Telekinesis

Abilities

Weaknesses

Power Instability: She loses control of her powers when she is sick.^[3]

Other Characteristics

Allergies: Zee is allergic to pollen.^[4]

Notes

This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series DC Super Hero Girls and is an adaptation of Zatanna. The original character was created by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox, and Murphy Anderson and first appeared in Hawkman #4.
Zatanna is voiced by Kari Wahlgren.^[5]

Trivia

As a teen, Zatanna is a "Show off. Confident. Flamboyant. Aspirational. Hard working". As a hero, Zatanna is "Magic. Entertaining. Mysterious. Powerful. Spectacular."

Zee Zatara (DC Super Hero Girls TV Series)

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