In a time when fantasy was taking off from so many different directions Thundercats was one of a very limited few that gave fantasy a visual presence. What probably started with Tolkien and was progressing with Dungeons and Dragons, suddenly came to life with Thundercats, HE-man and the Masters of the Universe and the rest of their ilk. Watching Thundercats was always a helpful learning aid for my young imagination, offering new places and people to use in my own head. I loved the simple "good vs evil" story line with little in the way of diversion from that path so that after every episode I always knew good would triumph over evil.

Thundera is a world in crisis in a distant galaxy. The plant has become unstable and while collapse soon. The people of Thundera, known as Thundercats, flee the dying planet in their spaceship. During the flight their ship is damaged when they are attacked by evil mutants. The eldest aboard, Jaga, sacrifieces himself to ensure that the ship lands safely on Third Earth.


The remaining Thundercats (Panthro, Cheetara, Tygra, Wilykat, Wilykit, Snarf and Lion-O with the use the magic of the Sword of Omens) form a headquarters at a place they name Cat's Lair. From there, they fight the evil mutants with the goal of saving themselves and restoring peace to Third Earth.


Meanwhile, the mutants have found a powerful new leader, Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living. This will not be an easy fight.

Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, Hoooooooooooo! This is one of my childhood favs. Most episodes would culminate with Lion-O using his sword to defeat the evil Mumra. Some of the most memorable episodes were the multi parters like the one where Lion-O had to defeat all the other cats to become to true leader, and the one were a new foe, the berserkers were introduced, and broke the sword. some other cats were eventually introduced, but they were not as cool as the originals.

oh yeah, they had an annoying catlike creature called snarf, that seemed to get more and more screen time. this show is probably more nostalgic than good, but i would love an upated vesrion of the show, if done seriously.

I used to have some of the action figures as a kid, this show was great. We used to watch this show every afternoon. One question though was the chick cat like Smurfette on the smurfs? wasn't she the only girl? just wondering. The show was and still is timeless, I think they brought it back, on cartoon network, but I think that was a few years ago and they stopped showing it awhile ago. Mumra and the gang were even cool. This show will always be a part of 80's popular culture forever. I hope they bring it back somewere or put it in DVD so people can show their kids.