ThunderCats

ThunderCats
Thunder... Thunder... Thunder... THUNDERCATS HO!
Genre: Animated adventure Running Time: 23 minutes, one 110 minute special Country: United States Release Date: September 9, 1985 – September 29, 1989 Network(s): First-run syndication Created by: Ted Wolf Distributed by: Telepictures Corporation (1985–1986) Lorimar-Telepictures (1986–1989) Starring: Larry Kenney Earle Hyman Earl Hammond Lynne Lipton Bob McFadden Peter Newman Doug Preis Gerrianne Raphael Seasons: 4 Episodes: 130 Next show: ThunderCats (2011 Series)

ThunderCats is an animated television series created by Ted Wolf, based on the toy line. It ran for four seasons from 1985 to 1989.

Plot

The show follows the adventures of a group of catlike humanoid aliens from the planet Thundera. When the dying planet meets its end, the group, known as the ThunderCats, is forced to flee its homeland. While leaving in their Thunderfleet, the ThunderCats are attacked by the Mutants of Plun-Darr, who attack most of their starships. The damage means they cannot reach their intended destination, so they end up on Third Earth. The ThunderCats become friendly with the natives of Third Earth, who help the cats when the Mutants find out where they are and attack again.

Why It's ThunderCool

1. It's a perfect story with action moments.
2. Great voice acting, especially from Larry Kenney, Earle Hyman, Peter Newman, Lynee Lipton, Gerrianne Raphael and and Earl Hammond.
3. The characters are pretty likable such as Lion-O, Panthro, Tygra, Cheetara, the twins WilyKit and WilyKat and Pumyra.
4. Memorable villains that look evil and awesome, such as Mumm-Ra.
5. Most of the episodes that really good, including the two-part episodes "Exodus" and "The Unholy Alliance", as well as the series finale, "The Book of Omens".
6. It was spawned a TV movie called ThunderCats-Ho! (even though it was a second season, by have five episodes).
7. This show mostly have some heartwarming moments.
8. Great music choices, especially the opening and ending themes.
9. Amazing characters.
10. The animation is great and well done and the character designs are really unique.
11. They even have a reboot in 2011, which has some faithful to this 80's series and using Japanese anime style.
12. "THUNDERCATS HO!".

The Only Bad Quality

1. Snarf can be annoying at times.

Trivia

• ThunderCats was not only popular in the United States of America, it was also popular in Europe (especially in Italy), too.
• This series was the first program to be aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block from March 17, 1997 to May 31, 2002.

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