History Fridge / ThunderCats2011

* Here's a a nice obscure callback to the original series that most people might not catch. You know those creatures called "Thunderian Mounts" that appeared in the first two episodes? The animals that no one can identify? I have recently been reviewing episodes from the original series and I came across the episode "Return to Thundera". Where Lion-O was sent into Thundera's past and met Kano, his domesticated Thunderian pet cat from childhood. At first I didn't make the conection, but after a time I couldn't help but notice the similarity. The Thunderian Mounts ar based off of Kano from the original series! That was a brilliant move on the part of the creators of the new show.

** Actually, the reason Bengali was never mentioned is because he was supposed to be the son of Tygra nad Cheetara, if the show had gotten a second season.

*** It goes into the theme for the episode and the next, harmony and big picture. We could throw in consequences and patience. He saw a problem and went to fix it without worrying about the harmony in life the wasps represented. It was worth the extra food that got stolen to keep the rock monster asleep, then they don't have to worry about it.

** Panthro probably didn't ''steal'' the Thundertank so much as found it rusting in a junk pile somewhere. I imagine the situation played out in a similar fashion to the first StarWars film. Panthro fell down into what turned out to be a garbage shoot. He recoverd from his injuries, then stumbled across the Thundertank. After some time, and tinkering, he learned hands-on how to work, and fix tech.
*** OP here. He still has to get it out of Mumm-ra's ship with out Mumm-ra finding out about it and if the tank wasn't in good repair in the first place it just makes it more impressive. It would be like haveing an army commander from the 1600's learn how to repair and opperate a M1 Abrams tank on his own in what is likely only 2 to 3 weeks.
** But remember, Panthro and Gune left Thundera when Lion-O and Tygra we're still kids. Panthro was probably tinkering with that tank for a ''lot'' longer than two to three weeks.

* In "Song of the Petalars", the Petalars' life cycle is only 24 hours long. They were walking with the [=ThunderCats=] for almost an entire day. Which means that most of them basically spent their ''entire lives'' walking, trying to get home. [[TearJerker Some of them never do make it.]]
** Also, unless their utopia garden is *VERY* close, they'll be riding that updraft for more than a single day. Good luck trying to make baby Petalars when its one man per leaf. Their migration home may very well be an extinction event.
*** Considering they survived being blown from there into the briar patch in the first place, it must be.
*** Why don't we see any of the Petalars age if Lion-O lost Emerich for mere seconds and the next time we saw him he grew to be a man? Because they are quantum monsters, they only age when they are not observed by non-petalars!!!
*** Seeing as Petalars are plants, I don't think they need to make physical contact in order to reproduce. They just need the wind to carry their pollen.

* When you think about it Thundera was kinda like ancient China. Ancient China was greatly seperated from the rest of the world because of geographic barriers like desserts, mountains, and stuff like that. The only people who ever really came into China were nomadic in which the Chinese deemed them "barbaric" because they weren't civilized. Because of the seperation from the outside world they often thought themselves better than others until either the 1800's or 1900's(I can't remember which) I mean come on! Thundera has it's own Great Wall surrounding the city! And the third episode showed Lion-O and the others going through some heavy terain.

*** A variant of CouldHaveBeenMessy here.

* For ''{{Transformers}}'' fans, "Song of the Petalars" gives you a good example of what the relationship between the Autobots and their Human Sidekicks would be like from the Cybertronians' point of view. Imagine having to defend a race of smaller and more fragile beings with a life expectancy far shorter than yours.

* For ''{{Transformers}}'' fans, "Song of the Petalars" gives you a good example of what the relationship between the Autobots and their Human Sidekicks would be like from the Cybertronians' point of view.

* Watching "Song of the Petalars" reminded me of [[TheBible The Exodus]]. Like the Israelites in Egypt, the Petalars were forced from their homeland by a natural disaster and spent generations in another land with the promise of eventually returning home. They finally set out on their journey home when a leader arises to lead them home, but it takes a full generation for them to make it there.

** The series would've been much shorter.

* Here's a a nice obscure callback to the original series that most people might not catch. You know those creatures called "Thunderian Mounts" that appeared in the first two episodes? The animals that no one can identify? I have recently been reviewing episodes from the original series and I came across the episode "Return to Thundera". Where Lion-O was sent into Thundera's past and met Kano, his domesticated Thunderian pet cat from childhood. At first I didn't make the conection, but after a time I couldn't help but notice the similarity. The Thunderian Mounts ar based off of Kano form the original series! That was a brilliant move on the part of the creators of the new show.

** Might count as a [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave certain other trope]]. Then again, maybe having a thing for tall panthers [[InTheBlood runs in the family?]]

** Also Mumm-Ra sees himself as bringing order to a chaotic universe, so while he does commit horrible acts there is at least a greater purpose behind it(in his own mind, anyway). Addicus and Kaynar do it because it's ''[[ForTheEvulz fun]].''

** [[spoiler: Considering the finale episode of this series, that is now up for debate.]]

* In the first episode of the series, Lion-O is seen fiddling with one of the pieces of LostTechnology, which turns out to be a bomb and is still active. What would have happened if he'd accidentally activated it?

** Might count as a [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave certain other trope]]. Then again, maybe having a thing for [[HotAmazon tall]] panthers [[InTheBlood runs in the family?]]

* Someone once criticized "Curse of Ratilla" for how drab and dull the designs of the enslaved Thunderians were, in comparison to the main characters and even the citizens in the first two episodes. However, if you think about it, they probably look so drab because their fur and skin and hair is so dirty from all the work in the mines.

* When you think about it Thundera was kinda like ancient China. Ancient China was greatly seperated from the rest of the world because of geographic barriers like desserts, mountains, and stuff like that. The only people who ever really came into China were nomadic in which the Chinese deemed them "barbaric" because they weren't civilized. Because of the seperation from the outside world they often thought themselves better than others until either the 1800's or 1900's(I can't remember which) I mean come on! Thundera has it's own Great Wall surrounding the city! And the third episode showed Lion-O and the others going through some heavy terain.