ThunderCats

1985

Seasons & Episodes

  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0

7.9| 0h30m| TV-Y7| en
Synopsis

The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderans (Thundercats) remained. With only half engine power, the group, which was led by Jaga, had to set a course for the nearest planet. Jaga commanded their ship while the other seven were in their stasis tubes. Jaga died on their journey to Third Earth and their ship crashed there. Soon they made friends with various groups in the area and they designed a fortress. Mumm-Ra the centuries-old embodiment of evil, along with the mutants that destroyed the rest of the Thunderans are a constant threat. But Lion-O, the new leader of the Thundercats, with his weapon the "Sword of Omens" will help the Thundercats to have a standing chance.

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Diagonaldi Very well executed
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
orionqark 30 years after i enjoyed Thundercats i decided it is time for my 6 years old daughter to get to know them :) and i was not mistaken, she loves them. I was considering He Man but when i look at that cartoon today, im sorry to say but it looks strange and funky. Thundercats cartoon stlye on other side looks 10x better, even great for todays TV standards (at least for me). That intro - just pure epicness.I see alot arguing about wich one is better, He Man or Thundercats... for me that question is no brainer really. On show popularity i guess He Man was more popular, but considering marketing behind it - it doesnt suprise me, but popularity doesnt mean it was better. As for characters and theme...i had He Man toys as kid but when you look at characters and their story/abilities i can feel more connected to Thundercats than He Man and his unlimited power...Thundercats story is (for me) more original and definitly more emotional. 2018 - let your kids today see Thundercats - they will learn more about honor, friendship and whats right or wrong than many other cartoons you can see today.
David del Real I loved a lot of little details about this show when I was a kid. I loved Panthro and Tygra having actual professions, Panthro was an engineer and Tygra was an architect and all Thundercats seemed to have some training in metallurgy. Why? because when you are a child you dream to be alike the characters you like and being an engineer, an architect or some kind of "metals specialist" were actual, long run, achievable goals. This is something (BTW) that they share with another 80's Classic: MASK ; where every chapter they made a selection of experts with different expertise areas according to the profile of each mission.Another plus point for the Thundercats is that they had a real origins chapter called "Exodus". Most shows (both animated and live action) don't take the time to give a full story that explains so exquisitely how the adventure started in the first place. Also, calling it "Exodus" like one of the most important books of the Bible and the Kabbalah (even when Kabbalists actually call it Shemot), gave a feeling of importance, a feeling that you were about to watch a really fine story.Are there some things about the Thundercats I didn't like? Well, like many shows I hated that they repeated the same villain over and over. Differently to other fans, for me, the show is 90 percent about the heroes and only 10 or 20 percent about the villains (with some exceptions,of course), and a villain is even less appealing for me if he or she appears too much. Mumm-ra and Lion-0 had many "last battles" and if you ask me they are good in inverse order of appearance; being the actual last battle the less good and the first last battle the best.All the original characters were great in my opinion: Lion-0, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat, and even Snarf were all good elements of their group. Talking about the three new Thundercats that we got to know later, I think only Linx-O was good enough to become a Thundercat right away, but Pumyra and Bengali weren't so bad either.Talking about the story. like any other show, it liked some episodes better than another. I will try to make some specific reviews for some of them one of these days .Thanks for reading. IMDb Review by David del Real. Mexico City. Mexico. October 9th of 2017. Third Earth (lol!)
Foreverisacastironmess This will always be my most favourite out of all the classic Saturday morning 'cartoon' shows of the 1980s, as it was the only one that I ever made that special childhood connection with and took to heart. It must have been right at the tail-end of the 80s when I saw the few episodes on TV that I did, the rest were on dusty old VHS tapes that I picked up over the years. It was definitely enough for it to greatly capture my imagination though, and I was very thrilled and entertained by the rich and unique world of the show and all of it's varied and colourful heroes and villains and I still love and have a special place for it today, it's one of those animated shows that can 'take me back'. When I eventually got the whole series on DVD I was surprised by how well it held up for me and how much fun I had watching the many episodes that I never got to see as a kid. I find the style of the show to still be pretty cool and impressive, especially the iconic intro song, that always got me all amped-up to watch it! I like how it was set on a planet that could be an alternate version of Earth that's eons into the future, based on how it was named "Third-Earth" as well as how most of the native races are recognisable as humanoid versions of Terran animals. That fantastically strange world had something for just about anybody, it had futuristic technology and robotic races like the bizarre Berbils, who while most fans always seemed to unanimously hate them, I always thought they were cute as weird buttons! They had those things side by side with medieval-ish villages and magical fairy folk and axe-wielding savages and cyborg pirates and gigantic monsters and ancient demons. It may have been very episodic in nature but not to the downright painful degree that other popular animated shows of the time were, they did try out some story arcs like Lion-O's Anointment and Mumm-Ra Lives, and I enjoyed the vast majority of the episodes, even when the show started to get a little crazy when the Lunataks showed up and the exploded home planet of Thundera began putting itself back together! Some of my favourite episodes are "The Tower of Traps" because it's such an atmospheric little tale and it has a poignant ending, "The Garden of Delights" for the hilarious blatant drug addiction metaphor, "Mongor" because a demonic purple goatman who feeds on the power of dear is nifty, "The Book of Omens" as it's the only time Mumm-Ra asks Lion-O to save him, and "Shadowmaster" for it's the only time that Mumm-Ra secretly helps the Thundercats out, if only for his own benefit! The Wildstorm comic books beautifully carried on the story after the series ended, I'd highly recommend them if you're a fan of the Thundercats. It had its moralistic themes but they weren't mercilessly preachy and rubbed in your face all the time. I loved how the Thundercats could fight if they had to, which they frequently did, but were peaceful beings, their idealism and innocent outlook and diplomatic attitude was something good and positive for little kids to be watching. I think the animation is fine enough, to me it also holds up, and much better than certain other famous series of the time I might mention.. In some sequences it looks to be inspired by Japanese anime. And now on to my favourite animated villain of all time. Poor Mumm-Ra during the intro, screaming in mad frustration at being eternally thwarted and foiled in his evil schemes! I love that crazy old demon mummy, he was so much fun to watch, and he was pretty scary too with his corpse-like blue skin, red eyes and sharp teeth. The way he looked and sounded, coupled with the macabre visuals of his black pyramid lair was almost chilling. He was so evil yet absurdly lovable too that I sometimes wanted him to win! No matter what the Thundercats did to banish him he always came back, even if he and his whole pyramid were completely destroyed the Ancient Spirits of Evil could just bring it all back out of nothing, and thanks to his sarcophagus time was certainly on his side... And what an amazing trademark insane laugh he had, Earl Hammond did a phenomenal voicing job as the bandaged ranting fiend, how the man didn't erode his voice-box while cranking out those booming commands and hoarse roaring cackles at such incredible pitches us beyond me! It was truly one of the all time great voice performances, let nobody ever dare to forget the magnificence of mighty Mumm-Ra! He was possibly the most memorable thing about the show, hell one could even say that he arguably made the show. I never even got tired of seeing his transformation sequence in practically every single episode where he was freakishly beefed-up and had his power level greatly increased and had a much cooler design yet was strangely never all that more effective in his evil ways, it was so epic! This to me is a timelessly wonderful series that I still love to revisit every once in a while for old time's sake. I mean yeah it was a product of its time but Thundercats was still a very great and special show that stood out from the rest, it was one of a kind and still is. I don't think they'll ever be its like again. My thanks to everyone involved who pulled such a terrific and legendary animated series together. Too awesome to be forgotten. I can still feel that Thunder!!! x
TheLittleSongbird I am a huge fan of animation, and when I came across ThunderCats I was interested. The concept intrigued me, so I decided to watch a few episodes to give it a try. In no time, I was actually hooked. ThunderCats is nothing short of brilliant. As I have said before I have seen plenty of exceptional shows, animated and non-animated, and ThunderCats is definitely one of those exceptional shows.The animation is amazingly detailed in general, the colours and backgrounds are very sophisticated and the characters are all drawn wonderfully. There may be the odd occasion where it was perhaps imperfect but that is very minor. The music is also wonderful, the theme tune is one of the most memorable theme tunes in an animated show ever. The writing is very intelligent and thoughtful with a sense of adventure, and the story lines are incredibly deep(like I just said reviewing Gargoyles) and complex. Even more impressive are the characters, Lion-O is a courageous hero and leader, Cheetara is a beautiful, vivacious character and Mumm-Ra is a mysterious and sometimes frightening villain with a very sinister yet effective voice. The voice acting is superb and fit with the characters wonderfully, especially Earl Hammond as Mumm-Ra.Overall, a brilliant show, one of the best animated shows of the '80s, maybe even ever. That may be rather rash to say, but it is pretty much my way of saying how wonderful ThunderCats is. 10/10 Bethany Cox