OTHER NAMES Herman SPECIAL ADILITIES Superhuman strength 1983 FILMATION MOTU ANIMATED SERIES Herman was a giant but gentle hermit who lived in a cave in Mount Fear, overlooking the village of Ruxtown. Periodically, he would go down to the village for water from the old well. However, the residents of Ruxtown were frightened by his gigantic appearance, and rumors spread like wildfire of a terrifying and dangerous monster called the Tingler that lived on Mount Fear. Eventually, when the urban legend of the Tingler was investigated by Prince Adam and Teela, they found that Herman was no monster; he was, in fact, kind and friendly. When Herman saved the life of the peasant woman Emma, he finally won the villagers’ favor and was accepted among them. He and Emma then began to fall in love. TRIVIA: Writer Rowby Goren named the character “Herman” after the 1960s band Herman’s Hermits.