Thundercats: Season 1 Volume 2

Warner Bros. (1985)

Action, Animation, Science Fiction

/ Color / 900 mins

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Plot

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 7 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.

Cast

	Bob McFadden	Slythe
	Earl Hammond	Amok
	Larry Kenney	Lion-O
	Lynne Lipton	Cheetara
	Earle Hyman	Panthro
	Peter Newman	Ben-Gali
	Doug Preis	Lynx-O
	Gerrianne Raphael	Chilla
	Víctor Trujillo	Jackalman

Crew

Director

Katsuhito Akiyama

Producer

Jules Bass

Writer

Sandy Fries

Trailer

Episodes

Disc 01

Queen of 8 Legs

30 mins 11/7/1985

Mumm-Ra finds out that the Kingdom of Webs has a new Queen, Spidera. Mumm-Ra thinks he can lure Lion-O into her lair. He transforms into a diamond fairy and casts a spell on Lion-O. Snarf follows them and gets trapped in the Kingdom of Webs. Lion-O tries to save him but ends up having to call the other Thundercats. Eventually they confront and beat Spidera.

Writer: Stephen Perry

Sword in a Hole

30 mins 11/8/1985

Mumm-Ra hires Captain Shiner no send a fake distress signal to the Thundercats. With their new vehicle, the Feliner, the Thundercats set out into deep space to help the "ship in distress". When they arrive, Shiner captures Lion-O and the Sword of Omens. He gives the Sword to Mumm-Ra, and Mumm-Ra throws it into a black hole. Cheetara returns to Third Earth to get Panthro. They rescue Lion-O, and seize Shiner's ship. Panthro sets a course into the black hole to recover the Sword. They enter, and must battle the robotic city of lost space ships to recover the Sword of Omens and escape.

Writer: William Overgard

The Evil Harp of Charr-Nin

30 mins 11/11/1985

Wilykit and Kat find an ancient harp that has a genie in it. His name is Charr-Nin. Mumm-Ra appears to the genie and tells him that if he destroys the Thundercats, he will be freed from his eternal prison in the harp. Foolishly, Char-Nin agrees, and begins trapping the Thundercats in his harp one by one. Mumm-Ra's plan works, and he betrays Charr-Nin. During their arguing, the Thundercats manage to escape, leaving Mumm-Ra and Charr-Nin battling beneath the earth

Writer: Douglas Bernstein & Denis Markell

Lion-O's Anointment First Day: Trial of Strength

30 mins 11/12/1985

On Lion-O's 20th birthday, he must pass a set of trials to become the true Lord of the ThunderCats. Even though he is the hereditary Lord of the ThunderCats, he must prove himself to be worthy of that title. His first test is to beat Panthro in a duel to test his strength.

Writer: Leonard Starr

The Demolisher

30 mins 11/13/1985

A vagabond space traveler lands on Third Earth to challenge Mumm-Ra to a fight. The Demolisher is victorious against Mumm-Ra and sends him running back to his tomb. Mumm-Ra acknowledges the power of the Demolisher, and convinces him to seek and destroy Lion-O. The Demolisher, searching for another fight, gladly accepts Mumm-Ra's advice. He battles with Lion-O only to face defeat.

Writer: Bob Haney & Peter Lawrence

Monkian's Bargain

30 mins 11/14/1985

Monkian goes to Mumm-Ra and agrees to give him anything if Mumm-Ra will make him powerful enough to rule Third Earth. Mumm-Ra agrees, and gives him Power Spheres which make him super strong and give him super weapons. He freezes all the Thundercats, then defeats Lion-O and takes the Sword of Omens back to Mumm-Ra. Mumm-Ra takes it, and then says that Monkian's part of the bargain will be that he can keep the spheres, but he has to stay in Mumm-Ra's pyramid for all eternity. Walls surround Monkian, and every time he breaks them down, a new set of walls shows up. While Monkian and Mumm-Ra are arguing, Lion-O retrieves the Sword and frees the other Thundercats. Monkian gives up his power to be free again.

Writer: Lee Schneider

Disc 02

Tight Squeeze

30 mins 11/15/1985

After the Mutants fail to ambush and defeat the Thundercats with Vultureman's new Thundrainium cannon, Vultureman, furious about the failed attempt and the loss of his weapon, activates a self-destruct built into each of his inventions or repaired machinery, and all the Mutant technology disintegrates. To even the odds, Slithe asks Mumm-Ra to send an electrical energy creature to destroy all the equipment in Cats' Lair, which also seals up the door to the Sword Chamber, trapping the Sword of Omens inside along with all the Thundercats' weapons. The Mutants attack, and manage to capture Cheetara and Panthro. Snarf must climb into the ventilation shafts to reach the Sword Chamber from within, but Jackalman follows him, trying to capture him. Outside, Lion-O is attacked by Slithe and Monkian, and later Mumm-Ra. After Snarf successfully gets the Sword back to Lion-O, Lion-O frees Panthro and Cheetara and they defeat Mumm-Ra and the Mutants.

Writer: Stephen Perry

The Micrits

30 mins 11/18/1985

Micrits, a tiny race of human-like figures, happen to live right outside Cats' Lair. Unaware of their existence, Lion-O manages to continuously step on their village and destroy their homes. Upset at this disrespect, the Micrits decide to take a stand and manage to trap Lion-O. With the Thundercat Lord in trouble, the Mutants attack Cats' Lair. After much talk, Lion-O manages to convince the Micrits that he is a "good guy" and convinces them to let him go to help save his friends. Once again, Lion-O saves the day, and befriends the Micrits.

Writer: Bruce Smith

Lion-O's Anointment Second Day: The Trial of Speed

30 mins 11/19/1985

On the second day of his trials, Lion-O must race Cheetara through the dangerous lands of Third Earth. Although Cheetara is by far the fastest among the Thundercats, her speed can only last for a short time period. Lion-O takes a shorter but more dangerous route to make up for Cheetara's advantage.

Writer: Leonard Starr

The Rock Giant

30 mins 11/20/1985

Mumm-Ra awakens the Rock Giant, an ancient monster made of stone which looked like a mountain to the TCats. When it wakes up, Mumm-Ra sends it to destroy Cats Lair. The TCats try and defeat it using the Thundertank, and eventually with the help of the Sword, the giant is beaten.

Writer: Peter Lawrence

Jackalman's Rebellion

30 mins 11/21/1985

The normally submissive JackalMan decides to start his own army in hopes of conquering Third Earth by himself. He does manage to give the Thundercats trouble, but soon he is defeated and ends up crawling back to the other mutants at Castle Plundarr, who weren't very happy that he rebelled in the first place.

Writer: Bruce Smith

Turmagar the Tuska

30 mins 11/22/1985

An evil robot monster is attacking the Tuska Village, in an area unexplored by the Thundercats. Turmagar, the leader of the Tuskas, travels to the Cat's Lair to ask for aid in defeating the Techno-Pede robot which is destroying his village. The Thundercats agree to help Turmagar, and set out to the Tuska Village.

Writer: C. H. Trengove

Disc 03

Lion-O's Anointment Third Day: Trial of Cunning

30 mins 11/25/1985

Wily Kit and Kat stand in Lion-O's way on the third day of his trials. Lion-O must beat them through the maze of infinity. Attempting to stop Lion-O and slow him down, the kids set traps in the maze. He manages however to avoid their traps. In order to beat them through the maze, Lion-O plays their own tricks on them, and tricks them into losing the race through the maze.

Writer: Leonard Starr

The Mumm-Ra Berbil

30 mins 11/26/1985

Mumm-ra transforms himself into a ro-bear berbil (a Thundercat ally). He acts hurt and the Thundercats let him stay at Cats Lair. One night, Mumm-ra(the berbil) puts all the Thundercats under his spell, except Snarf, because Tygra held off Mumm-ra just long enough for Snarf to escape. Lion-O was sleeping out in the woods, and Snarf ran to him and told him what happened. Lion-O came back and fought Mumm-ra, who was actually beating Lion-O. Mumm-ra was wearing special glasses so he couldn't see his reflection. Eventually, Lion-O used the Thundercat signal, broke Mumm-ra's spell and his glasses, and finally defeated him with his reflection.

Writer: Jeri Craden

Mechanical Plague

30 mins 11/27/1985

Panthro invents flying video cameras which are suppose to record the events that take place on third-earth so they could create their own holographic time capsule. Mumm-Ra, in hope of destroying the Thundercats once more, revives the great mechanical monsters which the Thundercats have destroyed in the past to attack them. He revives the Mutant War robot, The Driller, The Giant Insect, and the Techno-Pede.

Writer: Peter Lawrence

Trapped

30 mins 11/28/1985

When a big storm hits Third Earth, the Thunderkittens are trapped in an old space capsule. Meanwhile, Tygra and Cheetra almost crash the Feliner, but Lion-O guides them in for a safe landing with the eye of Thundera. The kittens are captured by Mumm-ra, but end up saving the day by showing him his reflection in the window of the capsule.

Writer: Stephen Perry

Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power

30 mins 11/29/1985

The scene changes to Hook Mountain, where Lion-O must beat Tygra at a test of mind power. The Tiger Clan on Thundera were given special mind powers that enable them to produce illusions to their enemies. Lion-O must be able to distinctly separate the real from the unreal. Lion-O is clever enough to see past Tygra's illusions, and is able to earn his Thundercat insignia during day four of his trials.

Writer: Leonard Starr

Excalibur

30 mins 12/2/1985

The Ancient spirits of evil show Mumm-Ra the story of King Arthur, and explain to him that the strongest sword that ever existed was Excalibur, Arthur's weapon. Mumm-Ra disguises himself as Arthur, and returns to lake where the sword is guarded by the lady of the lake. Fooled by his disguise, the lady gives Mumm-Ra Excalibur. The disguised Mumm-Ra challenges Lion-O to a dual, and Lion-O foolishly accepts the challenge. The sword clash, and Excalibur is victorious. The eye of Thundera is split in two, and the Thundercats become powerless. Merlin, Arthur's teacher and a famous magician stops Mumm-Ra from destroying the Thundercats, and restores the eye to its original state.

Writer: Peter Lawrence

Disc 04

Secret of the Ice King

30 mins 12/3/1985

An old iceburg on Hook Mountain begins to melt, and encased in it is an ancient being known as the Ice King. He begins to destory Snow-Man's caslte at the top of Hook Mountain, and frezzes Snow man in solid ice. Snow-Meow, his faithful compainion seeks out Lion-O to do away with the being and save his master. Lion-O fails, and is also frozen. Once again Snow-Meow sets out to find the other Thundercats. They arrive only to face defeat, and Cheetarah is the only one to survive. She uses the sword to restore Lion-O to normal, and he in turn restores everyone else. They discover that the Ice King is looking for an ancient egg to see his wife, the Queen one last time before he dies. They understand his madness and assist him in finding the egg

Writer: Bob Haney

Good and Ugly

30 mins 12/4/1985

Lion-O encounters two beings who each tell him the other's race is evil and cannot be trusted. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of assuming that the more attractive of the two is the one he should side with.

Writer: Peter Lawrence

The Transfer

30 mins 12/5/1985

A spaceship approaches third Earth and it sets off all the alarms of the ThunderCats, Mutants and even Mumm-Ra. It contains enough radioactive material to put an end to the ThunderCats. Jackelman takes the recovered materials first and Mumm-Ra takes it from him. The ThunderCats battle Mumm-Ra on top of the Dark Pyramid for the sphere and eventually win, setting the materials to explode safely in space.

Writer: Lawrence Dukore & Lee Schneider

Divide and Conquer

30 mins 12/6/1985

Vultureman invents a voice imitator which can imitate ANYONES voice. The mutants use the invention to trick the Thundercats into falling for false distress calls. They go on the communication frequency that the Thundercats use and pretend to be Thundercats in danger. Each Thundercat is lured into a different danger zone of third earth. Wily Kit and Kat get trapped in the Vortex, Cheetara in a giant bee hive, Tygra in Mole-masters hole, and Panthro gets captured by the mutants. Liono and Snarf go off to save them once again, and put the mutant scheme to an end.

Writer: Lee Schneider

Dream Master

30 mins 12/9/1985

Mumm-ra transforms himself into the Dream Master, and gains the power to control the Thundercats' dream selves. All except Lion-O. They all become slaves to Mumm-ra the Dream Master in their sleep, but when they wake up, they are just tired. However, when the Thundercats sleep again, Mumm-ra captures their dream selves in little bottles, and when Lion-O tries to wake them up, he can't. He goes and fights Mumm-ra, and frees the other Thundercats' dream selves. They wake up, come running, and help to defeat Mumm-ra again.

Writer: Heather M. Winters & Annabelle Gurwitch

Out of Sight

30 mins 12/10/1985

Willa is captured by the Mutants, and Tygra and Nayda, Willa's sister, must go to Castle Plun-darr to save her. Tygra uses the invisibilty power of his whip on both of them, so they could sneak into the castle and rescue Willa, but having 2 people at a time takes too much power from the whip, so they are stuck being invisible. Lion-o uses the Sword to make them visible once again and Willa is rescued.

Writer: C. H. Trengove

Disc 05

The Mountain

30 mins 12/11/1985

Lion-O takes up mountain climbing, but during one of his climbs, The Mutants attack him with a thundrainium gun, Liono calls the other Thundercats, but an avalanche traps Panthro, Tygra, Slithe and Monkian, in a cave causing a limited air supply. Meanwhile Jackleman steals the sword, but Lion-O manages to get it back and saves everyone.

Writer: Danny Peary

The Superpower Potion

30 mins 12/12/1985

Vulture-man invents a potion that turns him into the most powerful being on third earth. He becomes so powerful that he even challenges Mumm-Ra's power and wins. He becomes so powerful that if the Thundercats don't stop him, he WILL be the supreme ruler of third earth. Luckily, the mutants fight over the super power potion, and end up destroying the vile

Writer: C. H. Trengove

Eye of the Beholder

30 mins 12/13/1985

Panthro makes a fake sword of omens, and they plan to play a joke on the Mutants! But the joke backfires when the Mutants capture Snarf too! Lion-O must rescue Snarf and defeat the Mutants and Mumm-Ra once again.

Writer: Kenneth E. Vose

Lion-O's Anointment Final Day: The Trial of Evil

30 mins 12/16/1985

Finally, to prove that Lion-O is worthy to be the Lord of the Thundercats, he must defeat his worst enemy. Mumm-Ra. He manages to find a way into Mumm-Ra's tomb, and defeats him by throwing his coffin into the evil cauldrum. This is the first time that Lion-O really defeats Mumm-Ra.

Writer: Leonard Starr

Disc 06

The Trouble with ThunderKittens

30 mins 12/17/1985

The Thunderkittens steal the Thundercats' weapons so they can prove they can use them, but the Mutants steal the weapons! Lion-O and the kittens must get the weapons back from the Mutants.

Writer: Kimberly B. Morris

Mumm-Rana

30 mins 12/18/1985

The mutants fail to destroy the Thundercats in an areal assault and find themselves stranded on a far part of third earth inhabited by the good Mumm-Rana. She is suppose to be the exact opposite of Mumm-Ra, serving the ancient spirits of goodness as opposed to the ancient spirits of evil. Somehow Mumm-Ra shows up on the scene and puts her under a spell where she must serve him. These two now evil Mummies plot to destroy the Thundercats and rule third earth side by side as King and Queen.. Surprise surprise good always pevails, and the Thundercats manage to turn Mumm-Rana back to her good self, and banish Mumm-Ra once again.

Writer: Bob Haney

The Shifter

30 mins 12/19/1985

Vulture Man creates a device that shifts minds and bodies. He gives Panthro Snarf's body, and gives Snarf Panthro's Body. He also shifts Lion-O and Wiley-Kat, and thus makes the sword of omens unusable. Eventually, Vulture Man shoots the sword, and it causes a reaction that restores all the Thundercats to their rightful bodies.

Writer: Matthew Malach

Fond Memories

30 mins 12/20/1985

Mumm-Ra pretending to be one of the ThunderCats friends takes Lion-O to a gallery of the ThunderCats accomplishments. However, the pictures can come to life and Lion-O must battle Rataro, Safari Joe, and others. ONce the other ThunderCats arrive they end up in trouble and Lion-O is confronted by Mumm-Ra who has made himself into a carbon copy of Lion-O. It's Lion-O VS Lion-O and is a draw, until Lion-O shows Mumm-Ra his reflection.

Writer: Lee Schneider

Edition Details

Edition	Volume 2
Series	Thundercats
No. of Disks/Tapes	6

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