Zatanna Zatara
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"I give people what they want" Zatanna Zatara, Hex
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| Zatanna | |
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| Family | John Zatara (father, deceased). |
| Occupation | Stage Magician |
| Powers and Abilities | Magic and Spellcasting |
| Played By | Serinda Swan |
| Status | Alive |
| Appeared In | Hex |
Zatanna Zatara is the daughter of the world's greatest magician, John Zatarra. She was searching for the spell book of her father for years after it was brought by Lex Luthor and after recovering it, is now researching spells to become a better magician.
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[edit] Physical Appearance
Zatanna has long, straight, dark hair. She wears a top hat and a black tuxedo jacket with a white top underneath and bowtie around her neck. She also wears black fishnet tights and black heels.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
After finding her father's spell book, her powers were increased and she learned that by speaking words backwards, she could conjure spells. Speaking "leets yb dnuob!"(bound by steel) she was able to imprison Oliver Queen within chains that suddenly appeared. With the book, Zatanna has access to the wealth of magical spells including one that can resurrect a person from the dead, providing another life is sacrificed in exchange for theirs.
Zatanna also has the ability to appear and disappear at will and the Book of Zatara is drawn to her when Oliver was about to burn it.
[edit] Early Life
Her father left her a book that has been passed from generation to generation with her heritage inside, but at some point after his death, his book of spells was sold at auction and acquired by Lex Luthor.
Zatanna was driven to reclaim the book, not just because it is a link to her magical heritage, but because within it is a spell which can resurrect her father, though this would mean Zatanna would have to exchange her own life for her father's. She contacted an antique dealer named Yuri that had some knowledge about the location of the book and in exchange for his information, granted him the gift of deeper understanding of dead languages.
[edit] Season Eight
At Chloe Sullivan’s birthday party in the Ace of Clubs, Zatanna was there managing a peddler show of magic tricks called "Zatanna, Mistress of Magics." She wants to draw the attention of Oliver Queen, but thanks to a job-related call, Oliver has to leave in a hurry. As he is leaving, he introduces Chloe to Zatanna and asks Zatanna to give the birthday girl a gift created from a magic trick. To make her birthday interesting, Zatanna asks Chloe to make a wish. Chloe then internally makes her wish. The next morning, Chloe discovers what she wished for has come true when she wakes up looking exactly like her cousin Lois Lane.
Chloe investigates Zatanna and discovers a man who also had a meeting with her. She and Clark then confront Zatanna in an antique theater, the site of the magician's next show. Zatanna explains to them the nature of magic. After Clark confronts her directly about her meeting with the antique dealer, she wonders what he might wish for. Immediately, Clark´s desire to be normal is granted.
Oliver steals the Book of Zatara as the Green Arrow and then goes to give it to Zatanna. After she reveals that she knows Oliver's secret identity, Oliver expresses his concern about the dark spells in the book. Zatanna explains that the irony of her powers is that she has the ability to grant other people their wishes but not her own. Thus, she wanted the book because it would be the only way to bring her father back. Oliver gets ready to destroy the book, but Zatanna snatches the book in time and afterwards, chains Oliver to a post.
Zatanna goes to Oliver's office to apologize and tells him that there are far more dangerous people that have better control over magic than her. She also says that is she is ever going to do her father proud, she has a lot of reading to catch up on. She then decides to help Oliver if he ever encounters any supernatural foes along the way and gives him her phone number. Finally, she magically disappears to Oliver's curiosity.
[edit] In the Comics
As a tribute to her father and as a focal point, she usually casts spells by speaking verbal commands backwards. She has also proven capable on many occasions of casting spells by speaking normally, and, in rarer occasions, the ability to use magic for simple tasks without speaking. She also owns a mansion called Shadowcrest, in which she keeps a vast library of magical knowledge, as well as an arsenal of powerful relics, enough to do "just about anything you'd want to do." Shadowcrest seems to exist in a completely different dimension, although it is initially located outside of Gotham. Zatanna also has a strong relationship with Batman. In Detective Comics #833 (August 2007), it is stated that Zatanna's father was a friend of Thomas Wayne. Later John Zatara trained Bruce Wayne in becoming one of the greatest escape artists; and Bruce and Zatanna were childhood friends (a retcon of thier former first meeting as adults). Zatanna and Bruce have a working friendship in the comics, with Bruce calling her for assistance from time to time. Zatanna's standing with Batman is very positive, even proposing that they start a relationship before Bruce tells her he cares too much about her to bring her into his world.
[edit] Notes
- Zatanna makes a few references to her comics history one is her estate Shadowcrest, an ancestral home of her family that is mystical itself. The other is her heritage of magical powers in the comics she is a descendant of the Homo Magi a race of magic using humans hinting they may exist in the Smallville universe.
- Zatanna is the 10th person from the comics introduced in Season 8.
- Zatanna's father John Zatara made his debut alongside Superman in Action Comics #1, the two technically share status as the first Superhero.
- Despite plans to help Oliver, Zatanna has not been shown so far as an official member of the Justice League.
[edit] Quotes
- Zatanna: Zatanna. We weren't properly introduced.
- Oliver: "Zatanna." Lose a bet with that name?
- Zatanna: It's a family thing
- Oliver: Okay. So, uh, Zatanna... is it? You mind telling me what drives a lovely young woman such as yourself to track down an unsuspecting C.E.O at a nightclub and then again at his office?
- Zatanna: I need your help.
- Oliver: You don't scream "charity case."
- Zatanna: My father left me an estate in Shadowcrest, so money isn't an object.
- Oliver: Shadowcrest... John Zatara, the maestro of magic... He was your father? Well, I'm sorry. I know what it's like to lose family.
- Zatanna: Yeah. I lost more than my father.
[edit] External Links
- Zatanna - DC Comics
- Zatanna on Wikipedia
- Zatanna on DC database
- Zatanna on Wikia DC Animated Universe
- Zatanna on Batman Wiki
