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Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Countess Zanda (Frances Zobda)

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Film: Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984)
Deceased Character: Countess Zanda (Frances Zobda)
Archetype: Baddy (Major)
Killed by: Sheena (Tanya Roberts)
Killed with: Falling


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 25th Mar 2006

Kindly submitted by Kooshmeister

Countess Zanda, was formerly the betrothed of King Jabalani and is now the arm-candy of Prince Otwani. She is a fiercely jealous person, and following the capture of Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Zanda bristles when she notices her boyfriend's rather obvious sexual attraction to his captive foe.

Zanda decides to eliminate the competition, as well as soften up the Zamboulis for invasion by Otwani's mercenary army. She puts Sheena into Hawk One, the mercenaries' helicopter gunship, and instructs the pilot to fly over Sheena's village and get the attention of the tribe, then lead them to a nearby waterfall where Zanda intends to shove Sheena out to her death on the rocks below. Since Sheena is the protector of the Zamboulis, this would be, needless to say, severely demoralizing for them.


Sheena puts on he "distant" gaze, which is a subtle Hollywood prompt that she is communicating telepathically

But Zanda failed to count on Sheena's ability to make telepathic contact with animals. Under the pretense that the helicopter's engines are giving her a headache, she concentrates hard and summons a flock of flamingoes from the nearby "Lake of Birds," who swarm Hawk One and peck viciously at Zanda and the pilot.


i have watched enough wildlife documentaries to know a flock of birds flying towards your craft is not a good thing

The pilot, too busy trying to fend off the avian marauders, isn't really flying the helicopter and so Hawk One tips too far to one side, dumping Zanda out before she has a chance to grab onto anything. She screams as she plunges down into the waterfall, dying precisely the same death she had intended for Sheena.


how the tables have turned - Zanda falls to her death, much to the delight of all the woodland animals



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This review has 5 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
did Sheena needed to kill Countess Zanda or Prince Otwani in order to conclude the film successfully?
Comment 2 by 'Koohmeister' (reply to this comment)
I should think so. The two of them were all about genocide and would've stopped at nothing. Okay, maybe Sheena chasing Otwani down and killing him was a bit much, but in Zanda's case I don't think her falling out of the helicopter was really the intended outcome of summoning the birds; it just kind of happened.
Comment 3 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
so what your trying to tell me is Zanda was the first or last main villain to die?
Comment 4 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
She'd be the first.
Comment 5 by 'CoinFlip' (reply to this comment)
I really dont think Sheena can be blamed for this kill. It was the birds going at her that did it.

Q: has any of you ever rainforrest birds? :chef:

Yes: Eerrgghh.. :drunk: No: Good. winking smiley

:boohoo: