History Characters / ThunderCats1985

* LargeAndInCharge: As an adult, Lion-O is easily the largest of the Thundercats. Model sheets give his height as 6'10" (though in actual practice, when comparing him to the other Thundercats, his height as drawn in the actual series might be more like 6'5" or 6'6" or so).

* BadassMustache
* BaldOfEvil
* {{BFG}}

* {{Mummy}}: He's covered in bandages.

* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: (Villain variant) "Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this decayed form into Mumm-Ra, the Ever... LIVING!!!"
** UpToEleven with "Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform Mumm-Ra, the Ever Living into Mumm-Ra, the All... POWERFUL!!!"

* AmazonianBeauty: Cheetara is noticeably lean and muscular rather than busty and curvy, which is appropriate for a character who is based on a cheetah and whose primary power is speed, but rare for a woman on an 80's cartoon show (who, if not curvy, were usually slim and willowy). Preliminary designs of her character have her looking even ''more'' chisled.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Well, he does occasionally honors his bargains. It's the times he chooses to screw you over you have watch out for.

* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: He is introduced in the series' second episode, as the first sentient inhabitant of Third Earth encountered by either the Mutants of the Thundercats.

* TheBrute: Even without his sizeshifting abilities, when Grune is resurrected, he's twice as tall as Mumm-Ra and Lion-O.

* TheDragon --> DarkChick: Early on he was Ssslithe's go-to-guy (if an extremely crappy one). By the time Ratar-O showed up he'd become The DarkChick.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys - Along with Monkian

* AmazonianBeauty: Cheetara is noticeably lean and muscular rather than busty and curvy, which is appropriate for a character who is based on a cheetah and whose primary power is speed, but rare for a woman on an 80's cartoon show. Preliminary designs of her character have her looking even ''more'' chisled.

* TheSmartGuy: Tygra is the architect of Cat's Lair, and repeatedly demonstrates his considerable abilities as a scientist and chemist.

* TheSmartGuy: Tygra is the architect of Cat's Lair, and repeatedly demonstrates his considerable abilities as a chemist.

* LargeAndInCharge: As an adult, Lion-O is easily the largest of the Thundercats. Model sheets give his height as 6'10."

* MasterOfIllusion: ItOnlyWorksOnce.

* RedOni/BlueOni: The Red Oni to Tygra's Blue Oni.

* RedOni/BlueOni: The Blue Oni to Panthro's Red Oni. He's usually the calmest and most reasonable of the Thundecats (in the episode "All That Glitters," when Lion-O has to risk his life to reforge the Sword of Omens, he names Tygra as his successor should he fail to come back). Developmental materials describe Tygra as "authoratative but warm," and indicate he's one of the few people who can talk Panthro down from a rage. The Marvel Comics series went so far as to say the two had been FireForgedFriends on Thundera.

* TheSmartGuy

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hidden from himself most of all. In "Monkian's Bargain" he attacks the Thundercats with an unlikely confidence after gaining new powers; thing is, he only really displayed them when dealing with Lion-O and his Sword of Omens, having pretty much outfought and out-skilled the rest of the Thundercats with little more than weapons similar to their own. Justified in that the Thunderian nobles were only introduced to melee weapons en route to Third-Earth while Monkian is highly experienced in using a variety of arsenal.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hidden from himself most of all. In "Monkian's Bargain" he attacks the Thundercats with an unlikely confidence after gaining new powers; thing is, he only really displayed them when dealing with Lion-O and his Sword of Omens, having pretty much outfought and out-skilled the rest of the Thundercats by doing little more than battling them with weapons similar to their own.Justified in that the Thunderian nobles only started using weapons when Jaga handed them their magical weaponry en route to Third-Earth while Monkian is highly experienced in using a variety of arsenal.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hidden from himself most of all. In the "Deal with the devil" episode he attacks the Thundercats with an unlikely confidence after gaining new powers; thing is, he only really displayed them when dealing with Lion-O and his Sword of Omens, having pretty much outfought and out-skilled the rest of the Thundercats by doing little more than battling them with similar weapons to their own. Justified in that the Thunderian nobles only started using weapons when Jaga handed them their magical weaponry en route to Third-Earth while Monkian is highly experienced in using a variety of arsenal.

* TheTrickster: Well, Tricksters, plural. Most of their weapons and tactics rely on misdirection, blinding opponents, etc.
** TricksterTwins

* LeotardOfPower: She wears an orange leotard, fitting for an athletic ActionGirl.

* SuperStrength: He ''snapped'' the Sword of Omens.

-> Voiced by Earle Hyman