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Battle Cat

CBUB Wins: 3
CBUB Losses: 4
Win Percentage: 42.86%

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Official Site: Mattel

:Cringer redirects here. For Cringer the band see Cringer (band).

Battle Cat is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise. He is a large green tiger, with yellow stripes who serves as He-Man's fighting mount.

Battle Cat's alter ego is Cringer, the cowardly, lazy, over-eating feline companion of Prince Adam. He tends to spend most of his time as Cringer sleeping, eating, and avoiding responsibility, as well as hiding at the slightest sign of trouble or danger. He can talk, although no reason is ever really given for this ability, and he is treated as if speaking is completely normal. In the episode "Teela's Quest", Queen Marlena says to Adam in regards to the planet Earth, "There are no talking green tigers on Earth." It is not known if her referring to Cringer as a tiger means he is called a tiger on Eternia, or if she is simply using it as a comparison, although in the episode "A Beastly Sideshow" Evil-Lyn also refers to Cringer as a tiger. His species is never given an explicit name and it is unclear how many others like him there are. When Prince Adam transforms into He-Man, he holds his sword out and fires an energy beam at Cringer, transforming him into Battle Cat. When he becomes Battle Cat, he grows to about twice his size, and is outfitted in red armor that covers his head, and back, with a saddle mounted on it for riding. As Battle Cat, he is fearless, and powerful. His voice changes significantly, and he talks with a growl, as opposed to his whimpering voice that is heard when he is Cringer. Cringer generally dislikes becoming Battle Cat, but he goes along with it anyway. He largely serves as a mount for He-Man, but he is known for mixing it up with the villains as well. Oddly enough, Battle Cat is given a love interest; in the episode "The Cat And The Spider" Kittrina, a warrior of the cat-people took a shine to him from the start.

The story of Cringer/Battle Cat's past is covered in the episode "Battlecat". The episode recounts that Adam, while on a few days exploring the jungle as a boy, found a kitten being attacked by a vicious sabrecat. After scaring the sabrecat away, Adam took the kitten back to the palace where it was tended to by Man-At-Arms. After it became well, Adam adopted the kitten as his pet. However the kitten was scared very easily, and Adam and the kitten were teased by Teela and the other children, with the kitten being called a cringer. Although Adam defended his pet, the name stuck. The Sorceress appeared and told Adam that Cringer might bring him embarrassment now, but in the future he would be useful.

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Fantasy Teams Season 4 Record:

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Result Opponent A Score   B Score
Loss Krypto 2 to 12
Loss Lockheed 4 to 10

Fantasy Teams Season 7 Record:

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Result Opponent A Score   B Score
Loss Krypto 3 to 13

Regular play Record:

Result Opponent A Score   B Score
Loss Krypto 46 to 73
Win Bronx 71 to 37
Win Kuma 53 to 41
Win William Corvinus 13 to 10