“Exodus” is a fantastic prologue, but this episode sets the tone for the rest of the series, certainly the dynamics of the first season. Far as I can tell they didn’t mutate from animals or humans into the humanoid hybrids they are they’re just other species like the Thunderians) lose their exit strategy when the desert swallows their spacecraft, and are forced to forge an alliance with Mumm-Ra, the devil priest of Third Earth. The Mutants (I always hated that they were called that. THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE (Season 1, Episode 2) And all I can say is that the 80s were a very different time, a time when paranoid, killjoy parents and media watchdog groups insisted upon groupthink and ham-fisted “just say no” and stranger danger episodes, but bare breasts on a syndicated kids’ show were fine. Yeah, they’re cats and we didn’t see any genitals, but like… they’re actually naked. Seriously, though, the whole naked thing is not that big a deal and is certainly not of interest because it’s erotic (at least not to me, feel free to dissent in the comments), but because it’s is utterly amazing that the show got away with having all the main character buck-ass nude in the debut episode of an animated children’s show. Because it’s the episode of ThunderCats where everyone is naked, an episode that likely played a not-small role in creating a generation of furries. Because it’s a fun standalone science fiction short that manages to successfully introduce and properly characterize 11 characters in roughly 22 minutes. EXODUS (Season 1, Episode 1)īecause it’s the pilot. So, to spare you the time and pain of slogging through all the duds, here’s a list of the must-see eps from that 65-episode first season, the ones that really capture the spirit of the show at its best. Maybe it’s because I got all that disappointment out of my system and can now appreciate the show for what it is, but in sober judgment I’ve found that, while most episodes are kind of bad or even flat-out boring, every fifth or sixth episode hits the mark exquisitely as a fun, well-written, and entertaining half-hour of animation. There are moments when Lion-O's behavior makes more sense if he's a kid, but it's almost never made explicit.While ThunderCats doesn’t live up to my rose-colored childhood memories, it is way better than I remember it being when I rewatched as a teenager. Even though the team includes three actual adults, Lion-O is still the team leader because he's the hereditary "Lord of the Thundercats." In those early episodes, Lion-O's immaturity and naivete is a story point, but before long that aspect mostly falls by the wayside. When they arrive on Third Earth, Lion-O finds that his body has grown into that of a muscular adult man, but his mind is the same. When the Thundercats leave their home planet of Thundera, they have to spend time in suspended animation on the way to their new home. Nevertheless, when the series began, Lion-O is a young boy, the same size as Wilykat and Wilykit. This is dealt with very directly in the first couple of episodes, but the thing about 1980s TV is that, with these daily "strip shows," most kids didn't watch every day, and Thundercats took a while before it was considered a must-watch by kids getting home from school (and you couldn't catch up via Netflix).
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