Together, the ThunderCats and the friendly natives of Third Earth construct the 'Cat's Lair,' their new home and headquarters, but before long, the Mutants have tracked them down to Third Earth. The intrusion of these two alien races upon the world does not go unnoticed, however, as a demonic, mummified sorcerer calling himself recruits the Mutants to aid him in his campaign to acquire the Eye of Thundera and destroy the ThunderCats so that his evil may continue to hold sway over Third Earth.
Main article: Season 1 The basic plot above holds strong for the first season of the show, and served as the basis for a vast array of stories that freely mixed elements of and into a traditional good-versus-evil tale that steadily introduced more and more recurring allies and villains into the world of the ThunderCats. Futuristic technology is just as central to the series as magic and myth, but even in the midst of all this action, the series never underemphasizes the importance of moral values in solving problems.
Each episode would normally include a short, featuring the characters recuperating after the events of the story and taking the time to single out a personal value or wholesome approach that helped save the day, or could have done so if they had seen it.
The first half of Season 1 featured a gentle continuity, with early episodes following on from one another and establishing recurring concepts, although this became less common as the season transitioned into its second half, which comprised mostly incidental one-shot adventures. Tying the second half of season one together was the overarching five-part adventure written by series head writer, 'Lion-O's Annointment,' in which an unarmed Lion-O faced off against first each of the other ThunderCats, and then Mumm-Ra, so he could truly earn his title as Lord of the ThunderCats.
The five parts were:. On all four days except the last, the Mutants tried to interfere with Lion-O's trials so that they could force the ThunderCats to remain leaderless. The other ThunderCats were each then forced to involve themselves in the conflict specifically to foil the Mutants's interferences—all while trying to avoid assisting Lion-O in his anointment trials. Although intended to be viewed consecutively as the adventures depicted occurred one day after the other , the five parts of the mini-series were erroneously aired and released on DVD with multiple other episodes between each instalment.
ThunderCats — Ho! Featured the first major shake-up to the status quo of the series, introducing three new Thundereans whom Lion-O later anointed as ThunderCats who had also survived the destruction of Thundera. A massive cast of returning heroes and villains were incorporated into the story and concluded with the apparent destruction of Mumm-Ra.
Wrote the story for this TV movie. Was then split into five instalments, becoming the initial episodes of season two. Season 2 When the series returned in , it was revealed that the evil wizard Mumm-Ra had survived.
In the case of 'Mumm-Ra Lives! Receiving their own headquarters and vehicles. Season 3 The season began with the Peter Lawrence-scripted 'ThunderCubs,' which, though named for its plot about the ThunderCats being transformed into children, was principally about Mumm-Ra reconstructing Thundera in order to retrieve both the weapon that had originally destroyed it the Sword of Plun-Darr and the legendary Treasure of Thundera.
In the course of the adventure, the treasure—containing the Book of Omens, a tome holding all the secrets of the ThunderCats, and many other mystical items—was scattered across the New Thundera, ushering in a new concept for the series: a season with an actual story arc. Continuity between episodes became tighter as the ThunderCats, Mutants, Lunataks and Mumm-Ra alternated their adventures between Third Earth and New Thundera, searching for the treasure and exploiting its powers.
The season also featured the running theme of the Ancient Spirits of Evil having to take a more active hand in pushing Mumm-Ra into action, culminating in another unique feature of the season—an actual finale episode, 'The Last Day,' in which the Ancient Spirits of Evil give Mumm-Ra one last chance to destroy the ThunderCats by sunset.
This enraged the Ancient Spirits of Evil to the point that they brought Mumm-Ra back and installed him within a new pyramid on New Thundera. The season proved to be quite divorced from what had gone before, with adventures consigned almost entirely to New Thundera, and most villainous opposition coming from either Mumm-Ra or assorted new villains.
The Mutants, Lunataks, and Captain Cracker all returned for one episode each. However, in the series finale, several conclusions are reached:. Mumm-Ra stands up to and successfully asserts himself over the Ancient Spirits of Evil. The mystery of the Book of Omens is at last solved. The tumultuous and terrifying environment of Thundera is at last rendered peaceful and pristine.
Main article: Cast Despite its large cast of characters, ThunderCats featured a rather small circle of, with only six actors providing voices for the entire first season. Every actor provided multiple voices, although the distinctive baritone of Earle Hyman Panthro left the actor providing only very occasional guest voices in comparison with his fellow performers. In particular, as the first season's only female actor, Lynne Lipton Cheetara and WilyKit provided voices for every single female character that appeared in the season.
Above all others, however, actor Bob McFadden would most regularly provide the voices of guest characters, with his two diametrically-opposed main roles: the timid, high-pitched Snarf and the rumbling, sibilant Slithe. Despite introducing a large number of new regular characters, the show's second season brought in only two new actors. Main article:There were also several comic book series produced.
A series based on the animated series was originally published by through its imprint in , lasting for 3 years and 24 issues. During this time, a new series was published by consisting of issues and was also published for three years. Beginning in ThunderCats titles were published by, an imprint of Warner Bros.
Video games Two video games based on the franchise exist:, a side-scrolling video game; and, a game based on the show's. The film was submitted to the BBFC, who recorded it being 90 m 31s excluding 5 seconds cut for a Universal rating. It was actually the first five episodes of season 2 edited to look like a feature-length film.
Season 2 never aired in the UK. In —09, Warner Bros. Was in the process of creating a animated film based on ThunderCats. It was rumored to be an original story expanding on the events of the first episode and the film's concept artwork released in July contained the main character Lion-O and three locations.
A two-minute test scene was filmed and presented to Warner Bros. CGI project. Main article:A new ThunderCats animated series produced by began airing on from July Animation production was provided by Japanese animation studio. Was the executive producer and was joined by Michael Jelenic and as the producers for the series. The show explained Lion-O's ascension to the Thunderean throne with a more original feel and darker style than the s series.
The new series made it clear in the very beginning, however, that they are not adhering to the original story line. In the original series the Thunder Cats leave Thundera, as the last of their race, to eventually arrive on the 3rd earth. In the new series the very first line states that the Thundereans are already on the 3rd earth.
As the first few episodes progress the new writers seem to use Thundera but it isn't clear if they are referring to a planet or kingdom. Former Lion-O voice actor returned to play the role Lion-O's father Claudus in the opening two-part episode of the new series. On 2 April , Cartoon Network aired another second trailer of the new series.
The series began airing on Cartoon Network on July 29, with an hour-long premiere. Despite an early positive response with the animation in particular receiving heavy praise from critics , the series failed to make any real impact and viewing figures slowly declined after the first episode, with blame falling on a relatively dark and complicated storyline considering the show was aimed at year olds.
Merchandise struggled to sell, and as a result the show was cancelled after only one season. DVD releases Volumes. ThunderCats Ho! Featurette on the series' composer,. Music video of the show's theme song performed bySeason 2, Volume November 28, June 2, Honolulu Observer. Archived from on December 1, Retrieved Boyer, Peter J. New York Times. Teresa, Salas August 1, Archived from on September 11, Retrieved August 18, Graser, Marc June 5, Arrant, Chris February 3, Retrieved April 24, Archived from on Young, Paul June 2, Retrieved April 28, Woerner, Meredith January 25, Retrieved February 4, Cartoon Network.
Retrieved 16 August The ThunderCats are on the move! After the kingdom of Thundera is attacked by the lizard people, Lion-O leads Tygra, Cheetara and the other heroes on a quest for the Book of Omens and the magic stones of legend.
Lion-O was the first announced figure and is expected to be released sometime in July. Jerry Macaluso, owner of Pop Culture Shock , collectible statue company, announced in March that he had acquired his "dream license". Prototypes of Cheetara and Tygra were developed and displayed online and at San Diego Comic Con respectively, but didn't reach minimum pre-order thresholds.
The prototypes were donated to the ThunderCats Museum in There were also several comic book series produced. A ThunderCats comic book series based on the animated series was originally published by Marvel Comics through its Star Comics imprint in , lasting for 3 years and 24 issues. It was actually the first five episodes of season 2 sloppily edited some frames of the episode title cards remain to look like a feature length movie.
Season 2 never aired in the UK. In —09, Warner Bros. It was rumored to be an original story expanding on the events of the first episode and the film's concept artwork released in July contained the main character Lion-O and three locations.
A two-minute test scene was filmed and presented to Warner Brothers, however the movie has been put on indefinite hold, perhaps due to the critical and commercial failure of the movie Speed Racer another Warner Brothers CGI project. A new ThunderCats animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation began airing on Cartoon Network from July Sam Register was the executive producer and was joined by Michael Jelenic and Ethan Spaulding as the producers for the series.
The new series made it clear in the very beginning, however, that they are not adhering to the original story line. In the original series the Thunder Cats leave Thundera, as the last of their race, to eventually arrive on the 3rd earth. In the new series the very first line states that the Thundereans are already on the 3rd earth. As the first few episodes progress the new writers seem to use Thundera but it isn't clear if they are referring to a planet or kingdom. On 2 April , Cartoon Network aired another second trailer of the new series.
The series began airing on Cartoon Network on July 29, with an hour-long premiere. Despite an early positive response with the animation in particular receiving heavy praise from critics , the series failed to make any real impact and viewing figures slowly declined after the first episode, with blame falling on a relatively dark and complicated storyline considering the show was aimed at year olds.
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