Sartana of the Dead is Manny and the Rivera Men’s arch nemesis. She is the most powerful supervillain of Miracle City as she uses her Mystic Guitar to bring skeletons back to life, and she even tries to rule the world by defeating El Tigre. She serves as the main antagonist of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.
Description[]
"Sartana of the Dead is the most dangerous, most devious and most feared villain in all of Miracle City. From her lair in the abandoned prison cemetery, the 200-year-old skeleton lady Sartana plots to overthrow all living beings and claim Miracle City for herself. She totally despises El Tigre, and all Rivera men for that matter, especially Manny's Granpapi, Puma Loco...who just so happens to be her former sweetie. By strumming her golden guitar of doom, Sartana can summon countless skeletons from the ground to aid in her attempts to wipe out Miracle City. Perhaps the scariest thing about Sartana is the fact that she can never truly be destroyed and always finds a way to come back to life. Which usually means more trouble for El Tigre..."[3]
Appearance[]
Sartana is a tall skeleton woman with her body mainly consists of white bones. She has black eyes with red colored pupils, brown eyebrows with decorative brown lines around her face and arms, circular-like nose, and red lips with light-brown crooked teeth sticking out. She wears a red and black traditional clothing with small white stars, red collar, pink bow-like earrings, red long sleeves connected to her arm bones, black gloves, and a spiral-shaped red gown. She also wears a red sombrero with little white decorative skulls hanging on the black circular shape, small pink stars, and a skull on top of the hat with black wing-like bow and stars.
Personality[]
In addition to being extraordinarily powerful, Sartana also had a deceptive nature, almost compulsively manipulating others to her will. In "Ballad of Frida Suárez", she tricked Frida into starting a concert, which became a clever plot to capture most of Miracle City's citizens. Her trickery was further explored in "The Good, The Bad, and the Tigre" when she held a tournament under the Miracle City volcano to choose her successor before retiring. It is discovered that it was an elaborate plan to remove Sartana's competition, destroy the Riveras, and corrupt El Tigre.
Background[]
Sartana is the firstborn daughter of the gods Xibalba and La Muerte. She was her father's favorite child, leading to her having a competitive relationship with her siblings. After Granpapi Rivera left her at the altar twice she was heartbroken and this drove her to do something awful to one of her sisters, leading to Sartana being banished to the Land of the Living while she was expecting a son from Granpapi. It is not known how she got her hands on her mystic guitar of power.
Later on, Sartana's son was born. He was named El Machete. He's Puma Loco's son.
Powers and Abilities[]
Sartana of the Dead possesses an artifact of power, known simply as the Mystic Guitar. Strumming the guitar produces several effects, but those most seen were the firing of energy blasts and raising skeleton banditos. It is observed several times that the guitar was Sartana's lifeline; the destruction of the guitar resulted in Saratana dissipating. This doesn't seem to be a permanent fix, however. No matter how many times Sartana was destroyed, she was able to be resurrected. It is therefore possible that she was, for all intents and purposes, immortal.
Sightings[]
Gallery[]
Click here to visit Sartana of the Dead's Gallery!
Trivia[]
- Her past is unknown, but it is only known that she is the most feared being in Miracle City.
- Sartana's son, Machete, was only seen in the Poster for the press in for Sergio Leone. He appears to be half Robot, half skeleton. He might have appeared along with Mikla in Season 3 had the third season aired.
- In the Nickpages, Sartana was named "skull".
- Sartana's design was inspired by the traditional, La Catrina design by Jose Guadalupe Posada and her appearance in a mural, which was also designed by Diego Rivera.[2]
- She was banished to the Land of the Living in 1962.[4]
- According to Jorge R. Gutiérrez, Sartana is the daughter of Xibalba and La Muerte (from The Book of Life).[5]
- Sartana appears to be inspired by the Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos, where decorated skulls and skeletons are used during the festival to remember loved ones and ancestors.
- Before the series was in development, Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua originally conceived Sartana as "Señora Calavera" with a different facial design, while her dress remained.
- Sartana of the Dead made an appearance in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 as a boss battle in the story mode.
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