I have noticed that the animated shows from the past also came with character building themes that made that generation wanted to be the best that they can. Solving crime, fighting bad guys, helping the poor, sharing, etc. These days the themes are so dumb, kids only learn how to be annoying most of the time.
The Power of just POSING! Give a menacing look and a pose, and all villains are rendered impotent, and ready to surrender to the police, no matter how long they may have chased you around, and attempted to kill you! @__@
Or its 2019 and most people who used to watch this cartoon most likely have the Internet and probably already new most of these facts so we are making a 💩 video to get some views by using a misleading title.
Was born in the early 2000s and my mom watched these when she was younger and she bought the DVDs of Thundercats to make sure I didn’t miss out on anything. Glad she did that.
I'm almost certain that early on Mumm-ra tells Lion-o that he remembers when "this was the first Earth." So right there he's saying that's he ancient and that this entire cartoon is about ten seconds from a stranded astronaut falling to his knees on the beach and crying "YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP!"
He does, but it's to the Mutants who ask how he came to know of the Eye of Thundera. He mentions that he's known of it for thousands of years "from a time when this was still First Earth"
I honestly never saw Snarf as annoying. I actually always loved Snarf. In fact, my all time favorite episode is when Mum-Ra captures all the Thundercats and Snarf goes on a mission to not only find out what happened but to rescue the Thundercats from Mum-Ra.
Snarf doesn't suck. For example, he's the protagonist of one of the best messages in the show: "you can be relevant even though you don't have great powers". The episode is called ‘’Snarf Takes up the Challenge". In the story, Snarf doesn't believe he can actually save all the Thundercats from Mumm-ra, because he doesn't have great intelligence, fight skills or strength, but he explores his talents (talking to creatures) and set free Lion-O and the others from Mumm-ha's hands. He stops being Lion-O's nanny since this become an adult. Several times the show shows us that Snarf is brave and takes action to protect the Thundercat's values.
Although we're weren't supposed to root for Mumm Ra, with eternal life and seemingly infinite powers at his disposal, he should have been able to easily pick off the Thundercats. Of course, there wouldn't be a cartoon, but as an adult I've noticed that's a big flaw in the show's whole premise.
@@Hypestrike1 well, the sword of omens was pretty much a sentient magical being equalling mumm ra all on its own. But my point was the thundercats crash landed on a planet that was already in a natural homogenous stasis and proceeded to forcibly take it over as immigrants and supplant the natural denizens already living there for thousands of years. They were essentially the conquistadors or early American settlers all over again. Mumm Ra would've peacably slept for thousands of more years if they hadn't invaded and the mutants were the natural inhabitants of the Earth in that cartoon. Granted, they didn't have much of a choice but when you think about it, they weren't really the good guys either.
What of the Warrior Women? What of the under see humans guarding the great plug? What of the other sapients not explicitly stated to be of non-Earth Origin and given their general lack of advanced technology seem unlikely to be such? How does an (apparently) undead wizard from ancient Egypt who was not even Pharaoh even begin to qualify other than by right of might?
def has held up WAY better than most contemporary series' by a huge margin; Transformers had some okay stories, but most of the animation even then is abysmal.....P
The most interesting thing about the show to me is that it had a villain that had already won before the show started. The whole reason why Earth is in the state it's in is because of Mumm-Ra. He is the ruler of the planet. Not a ruler in the typical way one means, but ruler in the sense that the planet went according to Mumm-Ra's will, weather the inhabitants were aware of it or not. Compare that to the likes of Megatron, Cobra Commander, and so on.
@@doriangreen3231 no bc dark sied has never actually won. He’s never turned earth into apokolypse before in main canon. But mumm-ra literally got everything he wanted. He’s completely turned earth into what he envisioned
@@crosstudio Sure, but Megatron's goal is to reap the Earth's energy to overpower the autobots and destroy them..... Which he's never been able to do in G1.
Been a while but I recall a comic that showed Mumm-Ra was responsible for the cataclysms that caused the humans to leave Earth at the end of the eras of first and second Earth.
I flipping loved Thundercats. It stands out as the best and I super loved Transformers and He-man too. How they looked, the voices and all the characters make this show shine the brightest *IMO*
One of the best scenes I remember fondly of the thundercats is one where the head of the new lions den falls over Snarf, Snarf was still alive and wounded and started to fade away and when Lion O saw this lifted the entire head alone, it gives me goosebumps still today.
A few years ago DC did a comic mini series with a Thunder Cats and He-Man cross over that was surprisingly excellent. I appreciate that they assumed the reader would be familiar with the properties instead of spending three issues explaining who the characters are.
Here is something I realized as an adult: I don't see how Liono's body could keep growing without food while improperly suspended. If he somehow did get nutrients it seems highly unlikely he would leave suspended animation with the muscular body he has.
Yeah that's a goid point. However, gorillas look like that without 'working out' like human men do. And male lions are pretty ripped as well, despite doing little of the hunting. I assume both are due to high resting testosterone. Humans had a steep drop in testosterone during our evolutionary history compared to other apes because cooperation (instead of aggression) became increasingly advantageous, leading to large civilizations and collaborative inventions. So biologically a thundercat could just be more like a muscular lion/gorilla, and perhaps their society was also more contentious. They codified a king into law, sure. So biologically it seems at least plausuble, but the sticking point remains that he should have had an IV or a feeding tube in his nose.
I always took it that 3rd Earth was in reference to the Earth being the 3rd planet from the sun, like how in Star Trek they call planets Rigel 4. How they knew to call it Earth? Who knows.
Original meaning of the world earth is ground, the very ground we walk on. Then the idea of planet dawned on the human race, so earth became Earth, the Planet Earth. So take this as in the native tongue of Thundercats, they called their home planet Earth too; and when they landed on a new planet, it's logical they call the new planet Earth too.
@@siewheilou399 LOL maybe the Thundercats' word for planet is earth, so it's like saying we are living on 3rd planet (from the sun) now. Interesting. Of course, the Thundercats wouldn't be speaking English, but Thundarian, and it gets translated for us as viewers.
I always thought names like Rigel 4 and Rigel 3 were referring to how many other Rigel-named planets there were and why they federation people didn't just come up with other names. Eg, this one is called Rigel. The next one, instead of saying it's Rigel 2, should be... Voldem...well, we can't say that name.
@@pershop4950 Rigel would be the name of the star system/solar system. Rigel 1 would be the first planet closest to the central star in the Rigel system. It may have its own name as a planet as well. Our planet is Earth (really called Terra) but Earth is also called Sol 3 because we are in the Sol system and our sun's name is Sol and we are the third planet away from Sol.
Man, I totally thought this was about certain jokes or wayward glances between Cheetara and Tigra. Though, to be fair, Lion-O being like 12 was a constant plot point, due to him being quick to anger and impatient. Also, despite his flaws, Snarf actually bailed them out of some shit, more than a few times, thereby proving himself a valuable member of the group.
both as a kid growing up and as a teenager rewatching it during the early days of Toonami, I noticed all of that as a fan, I could have easily pointed out more than you did, like how Thundercats explicitly stated that gold has absolutely no value outside of what people ascribe to it (Thundercats being one of the few kids cartoons to point out how money has an arbitrary value) or how there's a whole colony of Amazons, excuse me Warrior Maidens, who have managed to thrive in spite of being exclusively female there are other things that could be pointed out besides those also, it's easy to take a dump on Snarf, but "Snarf Takes Up The Challenge" basically kills those arguments now Snarfer on the hand has no redeeming qualities, he's just a younger, more annoying version of Snarf
Gold is an excellent conductor, and very resistant to corrosion. If they mentioned that, we could have actually learned science in that episode. On Napoleon's dueling pistols, some strategic parts and accessories were gold-plated so they would never rust.
You have a point about the Warrior Maidens. Eventually I wondered where little Warrior Maidens came from. They never explained that, and maybe it was a missed opportunity. Also, they were the only humans on Third Earth besides Mumm-Ra.
@@Robidu1973 Indeed. As in the episode when Snarf is offered to retire and return to the nearest Snarf colony it nearly breaks my heart at seeing how heartbroken both he and Lion-Oh seem.
In one episode when Mumrah had all Thunder Cars kidnapped and nearly mummified Snarf overcame all fears and saved them all, and Lion o boldly told Mumrah he underestimated the bravest of all Thunder Cats, Snarf, as bravery is not about having no fear but overcoming them.
@@EgadsNo Albeit the cartoon ran from 1985 to 1989 season 1 consisted of 65 episodes and season 2 was originally suppose to be 60 episodes but was broken down and extended to 3 seasons consisting of 20 episodes each! So that is why and how we got 4 seasons!
Thundercats had elements of Star Wars and Superman, mixed with classic 80s Japanese animation. Intriguing storylines, amazing voice work, and memorable good and evil characters make Thundercats the quintessential 80s cartoon.
So Thundercats is actually a story about the last human on Earth fighting a valiant and heroic fight to protect his home from myriad alien invaders. Inspiring.
You 2 must be kidding. Are you devil worshippers?! The Thundercats series were a bit of galactic historic fact. Nope, that ugly looking monster is actually of reptilian/vampire origin. Be very careful of what you invoke…
That was honestly, interesting. I grew up in the 80's watching that cartoon and didn't know that some of these facts were how the shows background went. Pretty cool.
I’d forgotten it was all Jaga’s fault...how could he have known that hurdling the equivalent of 1000 nuclear warheads into a volcano would have catastrophic effects...😏
@chillchi They lumped in Orko and Snarf with Scrappy to make it seem like they had a point. I don't care what you name the show Scrappy was annoying. The entire reason the 1st live action Scooby made Scrappy the villain was because he had been voted the most annoying character ever on Scooby. When they renamed it with Scrappy in the title that only made the show worse. He was a whiny distraction for the team when he originally appeared. When they reformatted the show it was just him Shaggy and Scooby running from real ghosts and monsters.
Snarf saved them like 4 major times. Orko was one of the most powerful beings in the HeMan universe. Whom also saved the day a few times. When Orko turned evil he had ERRRRRRRRRY ONE SHOOK! But the info of the video was cool.
Everyone who watched all the episodes AND the movie set between the two seasons know this stuff. You aren't telling us anything Thundercats fans don't know.
This was always my favorite cartoon as a kid. I didn't think He-man / Masters of the Universe, Transformers, or really any other cartoon that existed when I was growing up held up in plot, sometimes characters, and especially the quality of the animation. It was pretty clear - long before I knew anything about animation and the process of making it / things like studio funding, that Thundercats must have had a larger budget than normal for the time, because they used fairly advanced cinematography techniques (like depth of field) that you didn't really see in cartoons of that time - at least not very often. Thundercats had it throughout. I just liked cats, and I thought the plot-lines were cool. It's also one of the only ones that still seems relatively watchable - still has a sense of purpose - after watching it as an adult. I can't say that about much other childhood entertainment.
Orange Unitard, iron on Eye of Thundara decal, cut the leg off of a semi-transparent pare of orange tights........ Of course other than the unitard I think most of it is her skin/fur coloring so if you are any good with body paint. Then you just need a staff, broom handle should work well enough.
Travis Smith I would prefer her classic outfit with yellow full body tights, an orange cross back strap leotard or one piece swimsuit, the Thunder Cats decal, orange boots, the wig, makeup, and orange gloves with fur and claw details. As for the staff the broom handle could work of painted and cut properly. Right now I haven’t the funds for it. But thank you, though.
There was a comic series published that was kind of like that. lol Lion-O disappeared, and Mumm-Ra enslaved the remaining Thundercats. Cheetara was tossed in the dungeons for the Mutants to "play with", and the Thunder Kit and Thunder Kat were Mumm-Ra's slaves. It was pretty bad, even if everything was more or less implied.
That moment when u consider Mum-Rah is only the villain by perspective. Like he’s the last human and earth has been over run by aliens and the planet looks terrible. Mother Earth destroyed. I’d be mad too.
Great Video. I have thought waaaay too hard about Thundercats too. It was my favorite show and toys as a kid. My friends and I have several in-depth conversations around the campfire about cartoon lore and how deep the writers go considering most were kids shows made just to sell the toys. Gummy Bears is another one thats really tragic and really weird. There is some deep lore with that show too. And it opens up the conversation regarding Disney charachters rarely having both parents. Where did Cubbi and Sunni come from? Are they Grammi's kids or did they lose their parents in the exodus? Are they all related? These things keep me up at night. P.S. Duke Igthorn is one of the best villians ever written. He cracks me up to this day.
@@lastwolflord That's probably what they did; they watched ThunderCats 1x01, liked it so much they binged some more & wanted to create a summary of it. Then someone else who had no idea what was going on coughed up an arbitrary lurid title for the video when they uploaded it.
It was pretty clear that Lion-O's skip through his teenage years was to give the young audience a similar power fantasy appeal like that of He-Man, of becoming a powerful warrior instantly. But where Adam would always revert after fighting as He-Man, Lion-O remained an adult full time. Of course as pointed out, the show did focus less and less on him still being a kid in a man's body, but it's pretty easy to see what the show makers were going for. And it's likely what played a part in the reboot's decision to have Lion-O be a teen, allowing him to have a more believable level of naivety as the show was aimed at both fans of the original and slightly older kids who wouldn't quite buy into the premise of the original series.
Why do you suppose Lion-O grew in suspended animation while Wilys Kat and Kit did not? I always presumed that Lion-O's capsule malfunctioned... maybe there was a leak in there or something.
@@jessragan6714 As I understand it, the capsules weren't perfect, and thus couldn't completely halt the aging of their occupants, just greatly delay it. In Lion-O's case, he somehow grew up faster than anyone would have expected, which I imagine may have implied some faulty tech, but it was never discussed beyond the reactions to Lion-O's adult form when everyone awakens after they arrive on Third Earth.
Has anyone question why many of the characters use close quarters weapons when the primary races are of advanced civilizations? Example Monkeyian uses a spiked mace while Panthero uses numchucks
ThunderCats had that touch of anime, and had some really intriguing story arcs, for a kids show it was fun to watch! The guy who did Lion-O’s voice was THE BOMB! No one could ever do the: “thunder, Thunder, THUNDER, ThunderCats HOOOOOOO” like Larry Kenney! I was in my 20’s when this show started, but it was like anime shows of the past and it was cool to watch like Star Blazers, but the producers of this show were behind some of the most classic Christmas shows that are STILL running strong today: Rankin-Bass! If you watched Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and others, then you know they knew how to put together a show! Rankin-Bass had strong ties to a lot of anime cartooners and they made some lasting contributions to classic cartoons and family shows that stand the test of time, ThunderCats is just one of their many shows!
Although I was not hitherto privy to the reality that Jaga was the one that inadvertently caused the destruction of Thundera when he tried destroying the sword of Blundar, many points of note in this video were things that I sort of knew about when this show was on the air, despite being five years old when it began.
In "Unholy Alliance", the series' second episode, the Mutants are flying about the 3rd earth, we see the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Buildings of steel and glass will decay, stone structures will last pretty much forever.
used to watch all of these as a kid. He-man, Muppet Babies, Pink Panther, Inspector Gadget, the Smurfs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles etc. Now, I'm old & can't remember any single episode. I vaguely remember some Scooby-Doo scenes. Hate getting old
One of the strong characters in ThunderCats was Snarf. I remember him more than Lion-O. It was Snarf who always made the cats lair happening in each episode. If i'm not wrong Snarf even saved the cats several times.
The latin american versión of mumm-ra is quite frightening. The voice actor did an amazing Job, i remember beign scared of mumm ra back when i was a kid. His voice was straight evil
That moment when you think you're gonna score with Cheetara, only to end up having Tygra score with you.... and we all know that tigers don't know the meaning of "no".
Some things I always wondered. 1. Were Tygra and Bengali supposed to actually be related? Not only are the both tigers (and, as such, one of only two pairs in the show that are the same species), but, just after they are inducted into the Thundercats, Tygra actually refers to Bengali as "brother". This may have been a figurative "brother" (as in "brother in arms"), but I have never been sure. 2. Why the heck was Alluro (of the Lunataks ) so damn underused? Forget about super jumping or ice powers, Alluro could literally hypnotize people and totally sap their will. He was also clearly the SMARTEST Lunatak. And yet, nearly every time, the rest of them brushed him off totally.
The sword of omens signal in the sky, summoning the other thunder cats is an very advanced version of the ancient humans teasing their cats with a laster pointer.
Yeah, I get it. Lion-O got fast-tracked through his teenage years and had to spend the next few years catching up on the joys of his one-eyed extending sword (that shoots beams out)... and he does most of it pretty much alone because he spends most of his time playing by himself (and mostly summons the rest of the thundercats to taxi him back to the lair). He even has one exceedingly muscular and apparently shiny glove to show for his troubles.
What other things have you noticed in animated shows from the past?
I have noticed that the animated shows from the past also came with character building themes that made that generation wanted to be the best that they can. Solving crime, fighting bad guys, helping the poor, sharing, etc.
These days the themes are so dumb, kids only learn how to be annoying most of the time.
The third eye
@Looper what is the backing music you had playing in background called? I'd love get the instrumental!
It was Nice to remember my childhood but what’s with your video title .......?
The Power of just POSING! Give a menacing look and a pose, and all villains are rendered impotent, and ready to surrender to the police, no matter how long they may have chased you around, and attempted to kill you! @__@
That moment you realize that the Sword of Omen projects a red dot that the Thundercats are compelled to chase.
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And makes their eyes widen and glow with excitement and adrenaline!
LOL HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA
Smokey the Bear never had it so easy...
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What a misleading title. Should have been “Thundercats: Little known Facts” or something to that effect.
Tetsu Shatarii agree
How else would they get views?
@@LPCrook by creating interesting content
Or its 2019 and most people who used to watch this cartoon most likely have the Internet and probably already new most of these facts so we are making a 💩 video to get some views by using a misleading title.
@@yungjc2 Im no marine biologist, but I dont think marketing works that way.
Was born in the early 2000s and my mom watched these when she was younger and she bought the DVDs of Thundercats to make sure I didn’t miss out on anything. Glad she did that.
Same! Hopefully I’ll do the same for my own kids one day too
Based Mom
There was a ThunderCats remake back in the late 00s , I think it was great they gave back stories to each members idk why they cancelled it.
my dad did the same for me lmao
@@maosama3695 They didn't sell enough toys.
That feeling when a children's animated cartoon from the 80's has deeper writing than most Hollywood movies.
They actually went all out... even had standards and hired psychologist to guide the shows directions.
@ClandestineOstrich this producer really sound like walter hamada, current DCEU producer. Since he tookover, every dceu movie felt hollow and dumb
the anime version: saint seiya
Yep
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I'm almost certain that early on Mumm-ra tells Lion-o that he remembers when "this was the first Earth." So right there he's saying that's he ancient and that this entire cartoon is about ten seconds from a stranded astronaut falling to his knees on the beach and crying "YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP!"
How does your fu***NG mind work mate? 🙄
@@leonarddavies288 This is a pun joke on Planet of The Apes.
He does, but it's to the Mutants who ask how he came to know of the Eye of Thundera. He mentions that he's known of it for thousands of years "from a time when this was still First Earth"
Accidental Krieger?
@@siewheilou399 "I hate every ape i see, from Chimpan A to ChimpanZee!" He can talk he can talk! Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius, oooo...
Jaga: *Throws sword of Plunder into volcano*
Sword of Plunder: "B!$%h, this ain't Lord of the Rings! F&*@ yo planet!"
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When I was young, I had a SERIOUS crush on Cheetara.
light saberAddiCt don’t blame you; she a hottie. 😏
You and me both
Me too
Uh. Duh. Like everybody did. Dork.
@@rhabdob3895 yeah but I liked her first so that makes her mine
So all this time Mumm-ra was just an old man, angry at the children on his lawn? 🤯🤯
He's also a Native Earthling who's fighting against all the refugees and illegal immigrants that are taking his world away from him.
@@danielseelye6005 👍😂
@@danielseelye6005 Relatable🤷♂️
Angry at cats coming over and pooping on his lawn
Actually,he was angry because he was rejected from The Walking Dead. He didn't get along with the other zombies!😂
I honestly never saw Snarf as annoying. I actually always loved Snarf. In fact, my all time favorite episode is when Mum-Ra captures all the Thundercats and Snarf goes on a mission to not only find out what happened but to rescue the Thundercats from Mum-Ra.
Same 😊
No! Snarf is really annoying! 😂😂😂 No, no! I'm kidding! 🧡🤣 🇧🇷
me too! i loved snarf
Snarf doesn't suck. For example, he's the protagonist of one of the best messages in the show: "you can be relevant even though you don't have great powers".
The episode is called ‘’Snarf Takes up the Challenge". In the story, Snarf doesn't believe he can actually save all the Thundercats from Mumm-ra, because he doesn't have great intelligence, fight skills or strength, but he explores his talents (talking to creatures) and set free Lion-O and the others from Mumm-ha's hands.
He stops being Lion-O's nanny since this become an adult. Several times the show shows us that Snarf is brave and takes action to protect the Thundercat's values.
Maybe people dislike him because his character sounds like a grumpy old man lol
so ... really.. what are the things that only adults notice
I was asking the same thing
Me too
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Why is Cheetara the ONLY adult Female amongst them?
Why did Wily Kat & Kit not also grow as Lion-O did?
@PhflyDan Lion-O's pod malfunctioned that's why he aged.
Don't forget when he yells "HO" his sword gets longer lol
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Tim G 🤣
I always scream that in bed, playing with my wife 🤤
Now THAT is a fact only adults notice! Thank you!
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@@LantingFarming omg!! Smdh
Things only adults noticed in thundercats: Mumm ra was the legitimate ruler of third earth
Although we're weren't supposed to root for Mumm Ra, with eternal life and seemingly infinite powers at his disposal, he should have been able to easily pick off the Thundercats.
Of course, there wouldn't be a cartoon, but as an adult I've noticed that's a big flaw in the show's whole premise.
@@Hypestrike1 well, the sword of omens was pretty much a sentient magical being equalling mumm ra all on its own. But my point was the thundercats crash landed on a planet that was already in a natural homogenous stasis and proceeded to forcibly take it over as immigrants and supplant the natural denizens already living there for thousands of years.
They were essentially the conquistadors or early American settlers all over again.
Mumm Ra would've peacably slept for thousands of more years if they hadn't invaded and the mutants were the natural inhabitants of the Earth in that cartoon.
Granted, they didn't have much of a choice but when you think about it, they weren't really the good guys either.
@@johnturtle6649 The mutants weren't inhabitants of Earth. They attacked the thundercats in space and crash landed in Mumm Ra's desert.
What of the Warrior Women?
What of the under see humans guarding the great plug?
What of the other sapients not explicitly stated to be of non-Earth Origin and given their general lack of advanced technology seem unlikely to be such?
How does an (apparently) undead wizard from ancient Egypt who was not even Pharaoh even begin to qualify other than by right of might?
Everybody else is a trespasser.
considering the stage of animation and character design back then, this seems like a master piece? aged well
def has held up WAY better than most contemporary series' by a huge margin; Transformers had some okay stories, but most of the animation even then is abysmal.....P
Was apparently quite expensive to animate
I belong to 96 yet I watched it in my childhood
Are we forgetting this show had the greatest soundtrack in cartoon history?
Lovedd it but I still think Voltron soundtrack was a little better.
well i don't remember the rest of the music but the opening song is pretty good.
@@dmichael1172 absolutely agree
Well, don't forget Silver Hawks. Made by the same people, had a great intro too.
X-Men is still the best with Thundercats a close 2nd
The most interesting thing about the show to me is that it had a villain that had already won before the show started. The whole reason why Earth is in the state it's in is because of Mumm-Ra. He is the ruler of the planet. Not a ruler in the typical way one means, but ruler in the sense that the planet went according to Mumm-Ra's will, weather the inhabitants were aware of it or not.
Compare that to the likes of Megatron, Cobra Commander, and so on.
Somewhat like a less in-your-face Darkseid..?
@@doriangreen3231 no bc dark sied has never actually won. He’s never turned earth into apokolypse before in main canon. But mumm-ra literally got everything he wanted. He’s completely turned earth into what he envisioned
In megatron's defense, he only wants to unify his people. I mean its not like we let Cro-Magnon man survive. So why would he let human's survive?
@@crosstudio Sure, but Megatron's goal is to reap the Earth's energy to overpower the autobots and destroy them..... Which he's never been able to do in G1.
Been a while but I recall a comic that showed Mumm-Ra was responsible for the cataclysms that caused the humans to leave Earth at the end of the eras of first and second Earth.
I flipping loved Thundercats. It stands out as the best and I super loved Transformers and He-man too. How they looked, the voices and all the characters make this show shine the brightest *IMO*
Transformers and thundercats best of the 80s as soon as I got off the school bus I'd run home and catch em both perfect timing
Have you seen the He-man animated series remake? It's pretty decent. Can't say the same for the She-ra remake though.
It's 'They-Man' now...😒🤦🥴🤷
I once had a Thundercats colouring book when I was 5....The only colouring I did was draw nipples on cheetara in crayon....and im not even ashamed!
My man!
Never change my friend, never change.
you're an absolute legend!
How many nipples? She is a cat, she could have six or eight trailing down from her chest to her hips for all we know.
Please tell me you became an artist like Milo Manara
Should have been titled - What is Thundercats. Dont need to be an adult to notice any of this.
Something tells me the creator of this video didn’t grow up watching Thundercats
Girl: What chu watchin?
Other Girl: Thundercats, ho!
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leyenda61 🤣
leyenda61 haha. I’m laughing so hard. I’m literally on the floor.
leyenda61 underrated..
Third Other Girl: Hear the roar...
One of the best scenes I remember fondly of the thundercats is one where the head of the new lions den falls over Snarf, Snarf was still alive and wounded and started to fade away and when Lion O saw this lifted the entire head alone, it gives me goosebumps still today.
What episode was that? I missed it😔
@@karissarasmussen567 I dont know, it was in the season where they go to another planet and they rename it as new thundera.
@@mosoti Ah ok thanks
@@mosoti that must've been an episode from one of the new age ThunderCats cartoon, not the original.
The character design of Thundercats is amazing!!
Some of the best characters ever drawn and the villains were new and different
Sound design too
A furry's paradise
1:21 Chris Hansen: Cheetara, please take a seat right over there.
What? I just brought brownies. That's not illegal!
Cheetara is such a _cougar_ 🐆
@@terrancex339 that would be so much funnier if that's what species she was based on...sadly
@Stephanie Logan : I wouldn't kick her outta bed for scratching ;-)
I was 13 years old when this show came out and had a MASSIVE crush on Lion-O 😂💕
I was finding this comment 😂😂😂 he's manly after all ! 😂😂❤️
@@languagemitrasyedalveera8471 😂😂😂💘
ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL
TRANSFORM THIS DECAYED FORM INTO
MUMMRA THE EVER LIVING..
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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In Brazil I learnt this in Portuguese: "Antigos espíritos do mal, transformem essa forma decadente em Mun-Rá, o ser eterno! Uahahahahahah!!!"
Back when American culture was GOOD
One of the best parts of the show.
Classic 👍😂
Maan.. How Nostalgic!!
Anyone else remember when Tigra was a “meth” head? He got his fix from a fairy named “Silky”...
Lol YES 😂😂😂😂
Mumra’s whole character basically boils down to “GET OFF MY LAWN”
"Of all the Thundercats characters he's the one with whom we share DNA." They encounter humans on Third earth all the time.
Like the tree girls,the samurai dude etc
@@eltorrito5210 Yeah, And the scientists who live in the ocean. Safari Joe. Lots of humans. And don't forget Mumm-rana
"main" characters
@@Qaosbringer In that particular sentence he didn't say main characters. He did at the beginning of the video.
Exactly
The theme song is an amazing music piece.
Other adults notice in Thundercats: "Thundercats!"
Me: _...Cheetara_
Snarf is never annoying. There were a few episodes where he was the one that saved the day. And don't forget, he is also their chef!
This clearly means I was born as a fully formed adult.
A few years ago DC did a comic mini series with a Thunder Cats and He-Man cross over that was surprisingly excellent. I appreciate that they assumed the reader would be familiar with the properties instead of spending three issues explaining who the characters are.
Here is something I realized as an adult: I don't see how Liono's body could keep growing without food while improperly suspended. If he somehow did get nutrients it seems highly unlikely he would leave suspended animation with the muscular body he has.
I paused the video to look for this comment. I wish I could just go to sleep and wake up ripped!
Yeah that's a goid point. However, gorillas look like that without 'working out' like human men do. And male lions are pretty ripped as well, despite doing little of the hunting. I assume both are due to high resting testosterone. Humans had a steep drop in testosterone during our evolutionary history compared to other apes because cooperation (instead of aggression) became increasingly advantageous, leading to large civilizations and collaborative inventions. So biologically a thundercat could just be more like a muscular lion/gorilla, and perhaps their society was also more contentious. They codified a king into law, sure. So biologically it seems at least plausuble, but the sticking point remains that he should have had an IV or a feeding tube in his nose.
@ peter swinkels...ummmm it can happen cuz it's a cartoon thats not real
But it's strange that Wily Kit and Wily Kat, who were older than Lion-O, didn't grow older!
I always took it that 3rd Earth was in reference to the Earth being the 3rd planet from the sun, like how in Star Trek they call planets Rigel 4. How they knew to call it Earth? Who knows.
Original meaning of the world earth is ground, the very ground we walk on. Then the idea of planet dawned on the human race, so earth became Earth, the Planet Earth. So take this as in the native tongue of Thundercats, they called their home planet Earth too; and when they landed on a new planet, it's logical they call the new planet Earth too.
@@siewheilou399 LOL maybe the Thundercats' word for planet is earth, so it's like saying we are living on 3rd planet (from the sun) now. Interesting.
Of course, the Thundercats wouldn't be speaking English, but Thundarian, and it gets translated for us as viewers.
I always thought names like Rigel 4 and Rigel 3 were referring to how many other Rigel-named planets there were and why they federation people didn't just come up with other names. Eg, this one is called Rigel. The next one, instead of saying it's Rigel 2, should be... Voldem...well, we can't say that name.
@@pershop4950 Rigel would be the name of the star system/solar system. Rigel 1 would be the first planet closest to the central star in the Rigel system. It may have its own name as a planet as well. Our planet is Earth (really called Terra) but Earth is also called Sol 3 because we are in the Sol system and our sun's name is Sol and we are the third planet away from Sol.
In that sense, Rigel must be the name of the central star that is the sun in the Rigel system.
Man, I totally thought this was about certain jokes or wayward glances between Cheetara and Tigra. Though, to be fair, Lion-O being like 12 was a constant plot point, due to him being quick to anger and impatient. Also, despite his flaws, Snarf actually bailed them out of some shit, more than a few times, thereby proving himself a valuable member of the group.
both as a kid growing up and as a teenager rewatching it during the early days of Toonami, I noticed all of that
as a fan, I could have easily pointed out more than you did, like how Thundercats explicitly stated that gold has absolutely no value outside of what people ascribe to it (Thundercats being one of the few kids cartoons to point out how money has an arbitrary value) or how there's a whole colony of Amazons, excuse me Warrior Maidens, who have managed to thrive in spite of being exclusively female
there are other things that could be pointed out besides those
also, it's easy to take a dump on Snarf, but "Snarf Takes Up The Challenge" basically kills those arguments
now Snarfer on the hand has no redeeming qualities, he's just a younger, more annoying version of Snarf
Gold is an excellent conductor, and very resistant to corrosion. If they mentioned that, we could have actually learned science in that episode.
On Napoleon's dueling pistols, some strategic parts and accessories were gold-plated so they would never rust.
You have a point about the Warrior Maidens. Eventually I wondered where little Warrior Maidens came from. They never explained that, and maybe it was a missed opportunity.
Also, they were the only humans on Third Earth besides Mumm-Ra.
As a kid, I sure noticed She-Ra & her little white mini-skirt.
ThatguyNice yea and i remember getting a stiff when they showed her panties underneath as she jumped
Actually Snarf is more capable and cunning then what most give him credit for. He's also the show's emotional anchor.
On some occasions it's he who saves the day, that is, when all the other 'Cats are out of commission for whatever reason.
@@Robidu1973 Indeed.
As in the episode when Snarf is offered to retire and return to the nearest Snarf colony it nearly breaks my heart at seeing how heartbroken both he and Lion-Oh seem.
I always looked ar Snarf as "Comedy Relief". All great stories have that element!
In one episode when Mumrah had all Thunder Cars kidnapped and nearly mummified Snarf overcame all fears and saved them all, and Lion o boldly told Mumrah he underestimated the bravest of all Thunder Cats, Snarf, as bravery is not about having no fear but overcoming them.
Yup Snarf Was Cold In His Own Right Rite Ryte
The 80's was the best nothing will ever be like it!
You mean 90s
@@jeanlouis2068 The show ran from 1985-1989.
@@EgadsNo Albeit the cartoon ran from 1985 to 1989 season 1 consisted of 65 episodes and season 2 was originally suppose to be 60 episodes but was broken down and extended to 3 seasons consisting of 20 episodes each! So that is why and how we got 4 seasons!
There's actually an episode where Snarf saved all of the Thundercats in Mumm-Ra's pyramid.
Thundercats had elements of Star Wars and Superman, mixed with classic 80s Japanese animation. Intriguing storylines, amazing voice work, and memorable good and evil characters make Thundercats the quintessential 80s cartoon.
So Thundercats is actually a story about the last human on Earth fighting a valiant and heroic fight to protect his home from myriad alien invaders.
Inspiring.
There's a few other humans left on Third Earth but yeah. Mumm-Ra is the good guy.
You 2 must be kidding.
Are you devil worshippers?!
The Thundercats series were a bit of galactic historic fact.
Nope, that ugly looking monster is actually of reptilian/vampire origin.
Be very careful of what you invoke…
Only adults notice how smashable Cheetara is !
I would stilll smash that stash like she owed me cat litter
Nope. I noticed that as a pubescent boy.
shiiid, no they don't!! both cheetara & pumira had me & my brothers jonesin b4 we were teens back when this came on!😂
@@toddjordan2376 Willa, Mandora and Chilla weren't too bad either
Nope. I knew Cheetara was hot back when I was 5.
That was honestly, interesting. I grew up in the 80's watching that cartoon and didn't know that some of these facts were how the shows background went. Pretty cool.
So they had thunder cats , silver hawks , and tiger sharks , land air and sea covered
Haha, or all three in Centurions.
Anthony Sforza power extreme!!!!
Don't forget ninja turtles in the shadows
I’d forgotten it was all Jaga’s fault...how could he have known that hurdling the equivalent of 1000 nuclear warheads into a volcano would have catastrophic effects...😏
Thanks for putting this together, what a fun blast from the past!
Snarf is always saving the day. I disliked this video how dare you criticising him
@chillchi They lumped in Orko and Snarf with Scrappy to make it seem like they had a point. I don't care what you name the show Scrappy was annoying. The entire reason the 1st live action Scooby made Scrappy the villain was because he had been voted the most annoying character ever on Scooby.
When they renamed it with Scrappy in the title that only made the show worse. He was a whiny distraction for the team when he originally appeared. When they reformatted the show it was just him Shaggy and Scooby running from real ghosts and monsters.
@chillchi my mistake I read it as saying Scrappy fit in the show, since his name's in the title.
Snarf saved them like 4 major times. Orko was one of the most powerful beings in the HeMan universe. Whom also saved the day a few times. When Orko turned evil he had ERRRRRRRRRY ONE SHOOK! But the info of the video was cool.
Why IS everyone hating on Snarf? Snarf is a Thundercat!!!!!!
If you don't believe me then ask the Lord of the Thundercats himself!!!!!!
Everyone who watched all the episodes AND the movie set between the two seasons know this stuff. You aren't telling us anything Thundercats fans don't know.
"Ancient spirits of Evil, transform this decayed form, to _Mumm-Ra,_ the _EVER..._ *LIVING!"*
Someone had to say it.
I thought the video was going to be about sexual innuendos or something like that hahaha
5:10, pause the video andcheck the tag and then the still
They didn't wanna say the show was a paid program for Viagra. Mumm Ra and the Mutants only wanted Lion-O's sword because they were impotent.
When you get morning wood:
"Why I, I've grown"
also
I got the moves like Jaga.
This was always my favorite cartoon as a kid. I didn't think He-man / Masters of the Universe, Transformers, or really any other cartoon that existed when I was growing up held up in plot, sometimes characters, and especially the quality of the animation. It was pretty clear - long before I knew anything about animation and the process of making it / things like studio funding, that Thundercats must have had a larger budget than normal for the time, because they used fairly advanced cinematography techniques (like depth of field) that you didn't really see in cartoons of that time - at least not very often. Thundercats had it throughout.
I just liked cats, and I thought the plot-lines were cool. It's also one of the only ones that still seems relatively watchable - still has a sense of purpose - after watching it as an adult. I can't say that about much other childhood entertainment.
This actually changed the way I look at the world. I LOVED that show as a kid but had no idea why.
I love Cheetara’s outfit, I soooo want to replicate and wear it! I’d love to cosplay as her.
Orange Unitard, iron on Eye of Thundara decal, cut the leg off of a semi-transparent pare of orange tights........ Of course other than the unitard I think most of it is her skin/fur coloring so if you are any good with body paint. Then you just need a staff, broom handle should work well enough.
Travis Smith I would prefer her classic outfit with yellow full body tights, an orange cross back strap leotard or one piece swimsuit, the Thunder Cats decal, orange boots, the wig, makeup, and orange gloves with fur and claw details. As for the staff the broom handle could work of painted and cut properly. Right now I haven’t the funds for it. But thank you, though.
" Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this decayed form to Mumm-ra the Ever-Horny " 😅
There was a comic series published that was kind of like that. lol Lion-O disappeared, and Mumm-Ra enslaved the remaining Thundercats. Cheetara was tossed in the dungeons for the Mutants to "play with", and the Thunder Kit and Thunder Kat were Mumm-Ra's slaves. It was pretty bad, even if everything was more or less implied.
@@markchristensen4991 Thundercats: The Return. Wilykit was washing the nekked Mumm Ra. I thought it was a great series.
Cheetara and The female from Squadron Supreme(1980's) when I was a kid. I will just leave it at that.
Amen, brother.
No love for She-ra?
Jupp
This way great and as a huge ThunderCats fan I appreciate appreciate! this so much this triggered so many suppress memories kudos😵💫😎😎💪🏽💪🏽
That moment when u consider Mum-Rah is only the villain by perspective. Like he’s the last human and earth has been over run by aliens and the planet looks terrible. Mother Earth destroyed. I’d be mad too.
Hell yeah
Cheetara was my favorite character.
and it must be your drag name now?
so was she breeding all the male Thundercats or was she sneeking off the get some Mumm-Ra
@@EMMETTCULLENHALE oh she and the Tiger were an item
Even as a kid, it blew my mind that the entire cast of characters spent the first episode naked, except for cat fur.
Yes. I wasn't quite 9 years old, and I questioned that.
Great Video.
I have thought waaaay too hard about Thundercats too.
It was my favorite show and toys as a kid.
My friends and I have several in-depth conversations around the campfire about cartoon lore and how deep the writers go considering most were kids shows made just to sell the toys.
Gummy Bears is another one thats really tragic and really weird. There is some deep lore with that show too.
And it opens up the conversation regarding Disney charachters rarely having both parents.
Where did Cubbi and Sunni come from? Are they Grammi's kids or did they lose their parents in the exodus? Are they all related?
These things keep me up at night.
P.S. Duke Igthorn is one of the best villians ever written. He cracks me up to this day.
So this is more like "Details about Thunder Cats that people can find out on Wikipedia".
Hell half of this vid was just episode 1.
@@lastwolflord That's probably what they did; they watched ThunderCats 1x01, liked it so much they binged some more & wanted to create a summary of it.
Then someone else who had no idea what was going on coughed up an arbitrary lurid title for the video when they uploaded it.
“Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight!”
Snarf was by no means annoying! I’m binge-watching ThunderCats right now, and as a 90s baby, I appreciate the ThunderCats
And a Thundercat has a lot of Eastern philosophy I noticed when he use the Sword of Omens sight Beyond sight the eye is over his third eye
This, my friends, should become a movie!
It was pretty clear that Lion-O's skip through his teenage years was to give the young audience a similar power fantasy appeal like that of He-Man, of becoming a powerful warrior instantly. But where Adam would always revert after fighting as He-Man, Lion-O remained an adult full time. Of course as pointed out, the show did focus less and less on him still being a kid in a man's body, but it's pretty easy to see what the show makers were going for. And it's likely what played a part in the reboot's decision to have Lion-O be a teen, allowing him to have a more believable level of naivety as the show was aimed at both fans of the original and slightly older kids who wouldn't quite buy into the premise of the original series.
Why do you suppose Lion-O grew in suspended animation while Wilys Kat and Kit did not? I always presumed that Lion-O's capsule malfunctioned... maybe there was a leak in there or something.
@@jessragan6714
As I understand it, the capsules weren't perfect, and thus couldn't completely halt the aging of their occupants, just greatly delay it. In Lion-O's case, he somehow grew up faster than anyone would have expected, which I imagine may have implied some faulty tech, but it was never discussed beyond the reactions to Lion-O's adult form when everyone awakens after they arrive on Third Earth.
Pretty sure I noticed most of that as a kid.
They left out the stuff I actually did miss as a kid. Like the sexual tension between cheetara and liono
@@j_son77 The tension was really between Tygra and Cheetara. Panthro was over the hill and Lion-O was too wet behind the ears.
Has anyone question why many of the characters use close quarters weapons when the primary races are of advanced civilizations? Example Monkeyian uses a spiked mace while Panthero uses numchucks
Wait a minute doesn't Monkian shield shoot ?
ThunderCats had that touch of anime, and had some really intriguing story arcs, for a kids show it was fun to watch! The guy who did Lion-O’s voice was THE BOMB! No one could ever do the: “thunder, Thunder, THUNDER, ThunderCats HOOOOOOO” like Larry Kenney! I was in my 20’s when this show started, but it was like anime shows of the past and it was cool to watch like Star Blazers, but the producers of this show were behind some of the most classic Christmas shows that are STILL running strong today: Rankin-Bass! If you watched Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and others, then you know they knew how to put together a show! Rankin-Bass had strong ties to a lot of anime cartooners and they made some lasting contributions to classic cartoons and family shows that stand the test of time, ThunderCats is just one of their many shows!
I love the 2011 reboot.
Cheetara voiced by Emmanuelle Chriqui...🤤
Yup, really good.👍🏾
Shame it ended poorly, and with unanswered questions.
@@GTGTC Have no idea whom that is?
warren byrne Sloan from “Entourage”
@@GTGTC Oh.
I really hoped this would be predominantly about Cheetara😔
It was really a turn-on that she did NOT wear clothes back on Thundera!
Yeah, me too.
Although I was not hitherto privy to the reality that Jaga was the one that inadvertently caused the destruction of Thundera when he tried destroying the sword of Blundar, many points of note in this video were things that I sort of knew about when this show was on the air, despite being five years old when it began.
In "Unholy Alliance", the series' second episode, the Mutants are flying about the 3rd earth, we see the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
Buildings of steel and glass will decay, stone structures will last pretty much forever.
Don’t hate on Snarf. Little kids loved that...whatever he is.
a Snarf... whose name happened to be the same as his whole species, as explained in later seasons
the opening montage is so epic!
used to watch all of these as a kid. He-man, Muppet Babies, Pink Panther, Inspector Gadget, the Smurfs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles etc. Now, I'm old & can't remember any single episode. I vaguely remember some Scooby-Doo scenes. Hate getting old
The moment when Lion-O says Thunder is Private parts and growing each time... Yeah that's the Sword for it as L/ion-O loves to fight
I can't believe the 2011 show got cancelled. It was amazing when I watched as a kid. It was ahead of its time
If Young Justice can get a final season on HBO Max, fingers crossed that this and Beware the Batman could get a proper finale
I heard what they had planned for the next season of the show, and it sounded terrible. Stopping where they did was a better fate.
Yes I love thundercats. Part of my childhood forever.
One of the strong characters in ThunderCats was Snarf. I remember him more than Lion-O. It was Snarf who always made the cats lair happening in each episode. If i'm not wrong Snarf even saved the cats several times.
The latin american versión of mumm-ra is quite frightening. The voice actor did an amazing Job, i remember beign scared of mumm ra back when i was a kid. His voice was straight evil
1:15 : Were....BOTH of them just flirting with Lion-O? ^_^
That moment when you think you're gonna score with Cheetara, only to end up having Tygra score with you.... and we all know that tigers don't know the meaning of "no".
If you want things for adults, Google "Thundercat audio outtakes." Thank me later. :P
H0rcrux bro, I just watched it like 5 fckn Times Hahha. I had to come back here and thanks you again! That was pure GOLD😂😂😂
Thank you.
🤟🏿
That's what I needed on a Monday. Thank you
Is this something I should google at work?
Some things I always wondered.
1. Were Tygra and Bengali supposed to actually be related? Not only are the both tigers (and, as such, one of only two pairs in the show that are the same species), but, just after they are inducted into the Thundercats, Tygra actually refers to Bengali as "brother". This may have been a figurative "brother" (as in "brother in arms"), but I have never been sure.
2. Why the heck was Alluro (of the Lunataks ) so damn underused? Forget about super jumping or ice powers, Alluro could literally hypnotize people and totally sap their will. He was also clearly the SMARTEST Lunatak. And yet, nearly every time, the rest of them brushed him off totally.
The sword of omens signal in the sky, summoning the other thunder cats is an very advanced version of the ancient humans teasing their cats with a laster pointer.
I was a huge fan of 2011 reboot
Same here
Definitely was 🔥
I hate fake titles to get you to watch a video
I was just thinking that. 😂
Everyday after school I would watch thunder cats and He man ❤️ shoot I still do thanks to TH-cam. I live to stay in the 80s as much as I can.
Yes. I now see it. I now notice thaat Sword of Thundere is a giant laser pointer to get the attention of other Thundercats.
There needs to be a movie about this!
They already have one. They split it into episodes
It was 2006 before I was rocked by the realization that Thundercats and Silverhawks were by the same people.
These episodes wouldn't fly on today's Cartoon Network or any cartoon platform.
Yeah, I get it. Lion-O got fast-tracked through his teenage years and had to spend the next few years catching up on the joys of his one-eyed extending sword (that shoots beams out)... and he does most of it pretty much alone because he spends most of his time playing by himself (and mostly summons the rest of the thundercats to taxi him back to the lair). He even has one exceedingly muscular and apparently shiny glove to show for his troubles.
snarf snarf snarf
WOW! I didn't realize the show had this much depth.