History Characters / SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordak

[[center: [-[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheRebellion The Rebellion]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerAdora Adora]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerGlimmer Glimmer]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheHorde The Horde]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra Catra]], '''Hordak''', [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerShadowWeaver Shadow Weaver]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordePrime Horde Prime]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerOtherGroups Other Groups]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerEntrapta Entrapta]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]]) ]]-]

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Between RelationshipSabotage and the events of Season 4 it's clear Hordak has is still in love with Entrapta, but they're prevented from reuniting at the last second. After he is beamed aboard Horde Prime's ship, they're literally star crossed. Fortunately, they reunite at the end of the series.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: He devolves a rapport with Entrapta with significant romantic tensions. [[spoiler:Both are separated from each other before it can go anywhere.]] [[spoiler:[[RelationshipUpgrade The two happily reunite at the end of the series]].]]

* CharacterCatchphrase: [[GetOut "Get...OUT!!!"]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: [[GetOut "Get...OUT!!!"]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first two seasons, Hordak is extremely perceptive and displays a high level of social intelligence and competence, between backing the more competent Catra over Shadow Weaver, allowing Entrapta's projects to continue the moment he finds out about them, putting Catra through a SecretTestOfCharacter and even managing a bit of manipulation in sending Catra on a suicide mission while appeasing Entrapta's merciful tendencies in the process. Come the latter half of Season 3, Hordak's HorribleJudgeOfCharacter tendencies truly develop, his insecurities are on full display, and he's depicted as socially awkward and struggles to communicate with others, in addition to a greater emphasis on his softer side and his rough tendencies. While there's a clear shift in his depiction, it's a smooth alteration, and this is how he is depicted for the remainder of the series. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since we are seeing him in a more social context and he is struggling with his feelings for [[spoiler:Entrapta.]]

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:The impetus for his attempted take-over of Etheria. He is a clone of Horde Prime, and was once Prime's top general until Hordak's physical degeneration started setting in. Horde Prime despising weakness, Hordak was cast down from his position and sent to the front lines to die; except some sort of portal accident occurred, sending him to Etheria. He began his crusade to conquer the planet to show his "Brother" that he is not a defect, and that he is worth something.]]
** Hordak further tried to [[spoiler:remedy his condition by cloning himself a new body, but it seems all of his attempts turned out defective themselves, and none are seen past a malformed embryonic stage.]]
** [[spoiler:When viewers see Horde Prime in Season 4, he only vaguely resembles Hordak, suggesting that Hordak is either a genetic derivative of Prime rather than an identical clone, or that Horde Prime [[BioAugmentation modified his body in ways he hasn't modified his clones]].]]

* MorallySuperiorCopy: Hordak is one of many clones of Horde Prime who does everything he can to please the original. [[spoiler:Horde Prime deems him to be a defect due to being split from the hive mind, and he has Hordak mind wiped. Hordak's friedship through Entrapta ultimately redeems him and motivate him to turn against Horde Prime.]]

* OrcusOnHisThrone: For the supposed BigBad of the series, he's oddly disinterested in the Horde's goal of world conquest, and spends most of his time cooped up in his sanctum working on the interdimensional portal. Eventually, it turns out that it's because he's incredibly tired after decades of struggling with his illness while stranded on Etheria, and just wants to go home. In Season 4, Catra drives him to take an active role in conquest again, and he becomes and outright FrontlineGeneral.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Keston John (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Latin American Spanish), Hayato Fujii (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]

* BadassBaritone: Keston John gives a very intimidating performance as Hordak.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: More like, "The Man Wearing the Kingly Mask". Hordak rules the Horde with a ruthless, coldly efficient hand, but he doesn't seem to derive any joy from his warlord role, preferring to work on science projects in his sanctum. [[spoiler:He's trying to conquer Etheria so that Horde Prime will affirm him, not because he finds conquest and tyranny satisfying. Imp and Entrapta are the few people around whom he can be himself instead of playing the role of Lord Hordak the tyrant.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: He devolves a rapport with Entrapta with significant romantic tensions. [[spoiler:Both are separated from each other before it can go anywhere.]]
** [[spoiler:TheyDo. The two happily reunite at the end of the series.]]

* EvilCounterpart: To Queen Angella of Bright Moon. Both are Reasonable Authority Figures but on opposite ends of the spectrum. Both Angella and Hordak are measured in their military strategy, in contrast to the more impulsive and bold Glimmer [[spoiler:and Catra in Season 4]]. Both direct troops from their bases of operations rather than lead troops on the battlefield (at least until Season 4, when Hordak takes to the battlefield). While Angella is greatly concerned for her daughter and second in command, Hordak doesn't particularly care that Adora, TheParagon of the Horde, has deserted, and merely promotes Catra to take her place, and he's likewise willing to replace his second in command if they prove disloyal. Also, while Angella is tied directly to the lifecycle of Etheria and immortal, Hordak does not take well to the atmosphere and it's implied that it might be poisoning him.

* AdaptationalSympathy: He's still an EvilOverlord who created a warmongering empire that recycles the orphans it creates into ChildSoldiers, and wants to link up with an even larger force to secure his victory.[[spoiler: but he's also a victim of abuse and brainwashing who allows those same children individuality and liberties that he never enjoyed. Further, his care for Entrapta ultimately causes him to turn on Horde Prime in the finale and he's last seen (somewhat awkwardly) among the heroes, celebrating their victory. This version of Hordak is the first and so far only one to even entertain the idea of a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the 1980s cartoon, Entrapta was one of Hordak's minions, and a fairly minor one at that. In the reboot, [[spoiler:she's his collaborator on technology-related projects, his friend, and eventually his love interest.]]
** In the original cartoon, Hordak raised Adora as his daughter and thought highly of her before her defection. In the reboot, Shadow Weaver was Adora's primary caregiver, as Hordak dismissed her as unimportant the moment she showed up. [[spoiler:The finale, however, does imply that Hordak still [[SubvertedTrope feels a degree of care and love for Adora]] however, especially given that he remembers rescuing her when she was pulled into Etheria and he found her alone in the fields.]]

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The 1980s Hordak was loud, boorish, quick to punish underlings, and had an [[AnnoyingLaugh annoying snort-laugh]]. This Hordak is articulate, pragmatic, humorless, and coldly efficient. [[spoiler:He also has [[TragicVillain hopes]], [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade insecurities]], and [[AdaptationalNiceGuy a capacity for love]] that [[GenericDoomsdayVillain 1980s Hordak]] lacked.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes a while, but in the end, he is reunited with the woman he loves, comes to terms with who is, and is presumably allowed to live out the rest of his days in peace with the planet he attempted to conquer.

* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Hordak's eyes are black-lidded and black-rimmed. [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/31340162 Rae Geiger]] confirmed that it is eye makeup [[spoiler:which makes sense, as the black coloration is absent from Horde Prime and the other clones. Hordak lacks the makeup altogether in Season 5.]]

* NonconformistDyedHair: The blue, spiky ridge of his '80s incarnation is here a slicked-back blue mohawk. [[spoiler:Since Horde Prime, the clones, and Imp all have white hair, and Hordak's hair is white after he is reintegrated into the Galactic Horde, it stands to reason that his hair is naturally white, which Character designer [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/31340162 Rae Geiger]] confirms. That he dyed it at all could be the first part of his rebellion to distinguish himself that Prime notices when he said that Hordak hoped at times that his Big Brother would never come for him. showcases he indeed wanted independence from Prime, at least for a while]].

* TrulySingleParent: It's never confirmed on-screen, but during a [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/31340162 Patreon discussion]], character designed Rae Geiger told fans that Hordak cloned Imp using a combination of his own DNA and that of another Etherian species with wings and tails.

* VagueAge: Hordak's age is never given, and his appearance gives no indication of his age. Even his character designer [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/31340162 Rae Geiger]] isn't sure how old he is, though some extrapolations can be made on his minimum age based on when he crashed onto Etheria.
-->'''Rae Geiger:''' Being he's an alien, probably a cyborg even before his armor, AND a clone, his age is basically meaningless. I've always thought of him as a fairly "young" clone, but that could be 7 or it could be 100, since it's unclear what a clone lifespan is and he was "born" adult.

* AdaptationalSympathy: He's still a an EvilOverlord who created a warmongering empire that recycles the orphans it creates into ChildSoldiers, and wants to link up with an even larger force to secure his victory.[[spoiler: but he's also a victim of abuse and brainwashing who allows those same children individuality and liberties that he never enjoyed. Further, his care for Entrapta ultimately causes him to turn on Horde Prime in the finale and he's last seen (somewhat awkwardly) among the heroes, celebrating their victory. This version of Hordak is the first and so far only one to even entertain the idea of a HeelFaceTurn.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Keston John (English), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Latin American Spanish), Hayato Fujii (Japanese)

* OffModel:
** Hordak's complicated model is extremely prone to this. In the first two seasons his face changes drastically between scenes, sometimes from shot to shot. It's not until he becomes a more developed character in Season 3 that his design becomes more consistent.
** In "Huntara", the scarring/vitiligo on Hordak's shoulders looks different from scene to scene. Initially, the dark blue scarring/vitiligo looks like veins, but in a subsequent shot, it looks thicker and more wavy.
** The animators can't seem to decide how long and wide the holes in Hordak's forearms should be.