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Rima

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Rima the Jungle Girl
Information
Real name: Rima
AKA: The Daughter of the Didi
Species: Metahuman
Home Planet: Earth
Hair: White
Base: Hall of Justice
Affiliations: SuperFriends
Abilities: communicates with animals
Voiced by: Shannon Farnon
or Kathy Garver


Rima the Jungle Girl is a superhero and member of the Justice League of America. She is also a part-time member of the SuperFriends.

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[edit] Background Information

Natives avoided her forest, calling her "the Daughter of the Didi" (an evil spirit), but Rima's only defense is a reputation for magic, earned through the display of strange talents such as talking to birds, befriending animals, and plucking poison darts from the air.[1]


[edit] Abilities

  • She has the ability to communicate with animals.
  • She is an expert:
    • tracker
    • at hand-to-hand combat
    • wilderness survival
  • She has an extensive knowledge of animal habitats and jungle lore.
  • She possesses the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engages in intensive regular exercise.


[edit] Episode Appearances


[edit] Notes

  • Rima sprang from a Victorian adventure novel, 'Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest', published in 1904 by the Argentine-British writer W. H. Hudson. He based Rima on a persistent South American legend about a lost tribe of white people who lived in the mountains.
  • Rima first appeared in comic book form in Rima the Jungle Girl vol.1, #1[2] (May 1974).
  • It was adapted by an uncredited writer. Starting with issue #5, DC writer-editor Robert Kanigher is given credit.
  • The series was a short-lived seven-issue comic book series Rima the Jungle Girl, published by DC Comics from May 1974 to May 1975.
  • Rima is not intended to be a Tarzan type character, rather she was intended to be portrayed as:[3]
    • goddess of the forest
    • preserver of the forest
    • preserver of the animals


Members of the SuperFriends
Founding Members:
SupermanBatmanWonder WomanAquamanHawkmanSamuraiGreen LanternFlashBlack Vulcan
Expanded Team:
HawkgirlApache ChiefEl DoradoAtomGreen ArrowPlastic Man Rima the Jungle Girl
Comic Book Team Members:
Black CanaryElongated ManRed Tornado
Junior SuperFriends:
RobinCyborgFirestorm
ZanJayna
Marvin WhiteWendy Harris
Mascots:
GleekWonder Dog


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[edit] References

  1. Based on her comic book series, Rima the Jungle Girl.
  2. Go to the DC Database for more on Rima the Jungle Girl vol.1, #1 (May 1974)
  3. From the DVD commentary on Season 2 vol. 1.