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** [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage The dangers of poor group communication skills.]] For the first season, Lion-O perceived Cheetara was attracted to him, much to his delight and Tygra's jealousy. Cheetara unknowingly fueled the rivalry between the two brothers through unclear communication on her feelings. [[spoiler: She admits this in the end of Between Brothers, where she acknowledges her part in the fight and confesses her feelings to Tygra. After Cheetara declared her love for Tygra, Lion-O was angry about the poor communication, and called her out on it twice, including in a dream/death sequence.]] [[spoiler: Lion-O in a fit of [[HotBlooded rage]] ran off alone to fight Slythe, Kaynar and Addicus. Cheetara stated that they needed to stick together. After Tygra and Cheetara arrived to help, Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra were overwhelmed. Cheetara threw down her weapon and said she needed to stick with Tygra, refusing to sacrifice one member of the group. Had Panthro not arrived, the three heroes would've been captured or killed. In an earlier episode, Panthro lampshades their group dynamics by quipping his surprise the group had survived as long as they had without more adult supervision.
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* AesopAmnesia[=/=]BrokenAesop: In "Song of the Petalars," Emrick (questing to restore his people to their homeland) impulsively confronts a bird so large he's outmatched and Lion-O must save him. Lion-O complains of his teenaged stupidity. Later, Lion-O (questing to save his people and their homeland), in his [[JustifiedTrope teenaged stupidity]], impulsively confronts enemy forces so large he's outmatched and a DeusExMachina must save them. When Lion-O attempts this ''again'' in "Old Friends" Panthro quickly [[LampshadeHanging loses]] his patience.
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* AesopAmnesia[=/=]BrokenAesop: AesopAmnesia:
** In "Song of the Petalars," Emrick (questing to restore his people to their homeland) impulsively confronts a bird so large he's outmatched and Lion-O must save him. Lion-O complains of his teenaged stupidity. Later, Lion-O (questing to save his people and their homeland), in his [[JustifiedTrope teenaged stupidity]], impulsively confronts enemy forces so large he's outmatched and a DeusExMachina must save them. When Lion-O attempts this ''again'' in "Old Friends" Panthro quickly [[LampshadeHanging loses]] his patience.
** In "Song of the Petalars," Emrick (questing to restore his people to their homeland) impulsively confronts a bird so large he's outmatched and Lion-O must save him. Lion-O complains of his teenaged stupidity. Later, Lion-O (questing to save his people and their homeland), in his [[JustifiedTrope teenaged stupidity]], impulsively confronts enemy forces so large he's outmatched and a DeusExMachina must save them. When Lion-O attempts this ''again'' in "Old Friends" Panthro quickly [[LampshadeHanging loses]] his patience.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The ethos of the Cats, as a ProudWarriorRace.
** "It was the [=ThunderCats=] who brought law and order to a world of warring Animals! And it is now the [=ThunderCats=] who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!"
** "It was the [=ThunderCats=] who brought law and order to a world of warring Animals! And it is now the [=ThunderCats=] who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!"
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership:
** The ethos of the Cats, as aProudWarriorRace.
**ProudWarriorRace. "It was the [=ThunderCats=] who brought law and order to a world of warring Animals! And it is now the [=ThunderCats=] who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!"
** The ethos of the Cats, as a
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* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler:Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
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* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] emblem into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler:Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
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** Because FurIsSkin for the [=ThunderCats=]. In particular, Panthro, who codes as a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, is pale blue-gray with black hair.
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** Because FurIsSkin for the [=ThunderCats=]. In particular, Panthro, who codes as a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, BaldOfAuthority, is pale blue-gray with black hair.
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* AllegianceAffirmation: Done by Pumyra in the series finale when she reveals [[spoiler: she's performed a FaceHeelTurn and joined Mumm-Ra]].
--> '''Pumyra:''' You are my king... But ''HE'' is my Master.
--> '''Pumyra:''' You are my king... But ''HE'' is my Master.
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** The show sometimes has individual aesops for an episode, but overall the series stresses kindness and mercy towards all, and that self-absorbed pride can have dire consequences. The series starts out with Thundera being destroyed by the lizards once they get a hold of lost technology, because the cats were so racist and oppressive of the other races due to arrogance. The rest of the series has Lion-O, the new king, repeatedly defy the ways of his people and tries to aid everyone regardless of race or faction. This includes letting lizard soldiers go and giving them the choice to desert the army and go back home, then freeing them when they were going to be executed. Even before that, lizard prisoners he freed in Thundera freed him when Thundera fell. Lion-O's actions frequently pay off for him in the end, when someone he helped in the past comes to aid him in a time of need. This is in contrast to Mumm-Ra, who uses the lizards' hatred of the cats to recruit them, and then recruits generals who are just psychotic {{Blood Knight}}s to scare the rest of the troops into fighting on. The teaching here is be good to others, and they'll be good to you.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: An example of '''Completely Inaccurate Terminology'''. [[spoiler: The Plun-Darr '''Star System''' was stated to have 10 planets, where 3 of them have sapient life, meaning that the destruction of it's star for the creation of the Sword of Plun-Darr will cause the death of billions. The problem was that the picture shown on Mumm-Ra's screen in the flashback and Lion-O's statement during the battle of the Tech Stone implies that it is a whole '''galaxy''' that was destroyed, meaning that it should actually have stars and planets numbering in ''hundreds of billions'' (For example, our Milky Way Galaxy has 100-400 billion stars and 100 billion planets) outside the star in the galactic center. Either there was one heck of a mix up between the terms "Star system" and "Galaxy" or Mumm-Ra just came across the smallest galaxy in the universe, hence the line "they will not be missed by anyone of consequence".]]
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: ArtisticLicenseSpace An example of '''Completely Inaccurate Terminology'''. [[spoiler: The Plun-Darr '''Star System''' was stated to have 10 planets, where 3 of them have sapient life, meaning that the destruction of it's star for the creation of the Sword of Plun-Darr will cause the death of billions. The problem was that the picture shown on Mumm-Ra's screen in the flashback and Lion-O's statement during the battle of the Tech Stone implies that it is a whole '''galaxy''' that was destroyed, meaning that it should actually have stars and planets numbering in ''hundreds of billions'' (For example, our Milky Way Galaxy has 100-400 billion stars and 100 billion planets) outside the star in the galactic center. Either there was one heck of a mix up between the terms "Star system" and "Galaxy" or Mumm-Ra just came across the smallest galaxy in the universe, hence the line "they will not be missed by anyone of consequence".]]
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* BigFancyCastle[=/=]BrightCastle: Thundera has a beauty, with its very own Sphinx, until the Lizards invade.
* BigNo[=/=]SlowNo: Lion-O, when Claudus is stabbed.
* BigNo[=/=]SlowNo: Lion-O, when Claudus is stabbed.
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* BigFancyCastle[=/=]BrightCastle: BigFancyCastle: Thundera has a beauty, with its very own Sphinx, until the Lizards invade.
*BigNo[=/=]SlowNo: BigNo: Lion-O, when Claudus is stabbed.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Thunderans' treatment of the Lizards. Some of the proposed ideas for the cancelled ''[=ThunderCats=] (2011)'' second season included atrocities so heinous they make you wonder [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy why you'd care about the [=ThunderCats=] "heroes" in the first place.]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Thunderans' treatment of the Lizards. Some of the proposed ideas for the cancelled ''[=ThunderCats=] (2011)'' ''[=ThunderCats=]'' second season included atrocities so heinous they make you wonder [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy why you'd care about the [=ThunderCats=] "heroes" in the first place.]]{{Designated Hero}}es.
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Adorkable TRS.
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* AgeCut: In "Into the Astral Plane," Tygra is bitterly glowering when a closeup on his face begins a {{flashback}}, fading into a smiling, big-eyed, gawky, {{Adorkable}} adolescent version of himself.
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* AgeCut: In "Into the Astral Plane," Tygra is bitterly glowering when a closeup on his face begins a {{flashback}}, fading into a smiling, big-eyed, gawky, {{Adorkable}} adolescent version of himself.
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** When "The Duelist and the Drifter" reveals that more unconventional HumanoidAliens also populate Third Earth, pink, yellow and purple-skinned creatures appear, most notably the lavender-complected RubberForeheadAlien the Duelist.
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** When "The Duelist and the Drifter" reveals that more unconventional HumanoidAliens also populate Third Earth, pink, yellow and purple-skinned creatures appear, most notably the lavender-complected lavender-complexioned RubberForeheadAlien the Duelist.
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* BeastFolk: The Cats and Mumm-Ra, the most HumanoidAliens of Third Earth's PettingZooPeople.
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* BeastFolk: The Cats and Mumm-Ra, the most HumanoidAliens of Third Earth's PettingZooPeople.Earth.
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* AdaptedOut: Bengali does not appear in the show, although WordOfGod says that had the show continued, he would have appeared as the son of Tygra and Cheetara.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: An example of '''Completely Inaccurate Terminology'''. [[spoiler: The Plun-Darr '''Star System''' was stated to have 10 planets, 3 which have sapient life in which it's destruction for the creation of the Sword of Plun-Darr will cause the death of billions. The problem was that the picture shown on Mumm-Ra's screen in the flashback and Lion-O's statement during the battle of the Tech Stone implies that it is a whole '''galaxy''' that was destroyed, meaning that it should actually have stars and planets numbering in ''hundreds of billions'' (For example, our Milky Way Galaxy has 100-400 billion stars and 100 billion planets) outside the star in the galactic center. Either there was one heck of a mix up between the terms "Star system" and "Galaxy" or Mumm-Ra just came across the smallest galaxy in the universe, hence the line that "they will be missed no one of consequence".]]
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: An example of '''Completely Inaccurate Terminology'''. [[spoiler: The Plun-Darr '''Star System''' was stated to have 10 planets, where 3 which of them have sapient life in which it's life, meaning that the destruction of it's star for the creation of the Sword of Plun-Darr will cause the death of billions. The problem was that the picture shown on Mumm-Ra's screen in the flashback and Lion-O's statement during the battle of the Tech Stone implies that it is a whole '''galaxy''' that was destroyed, meaning that it should actually have stars and planets numbering in ''hundreds of billions'' (For example, our Milky Way Galaxy has 100-400 billion stars and 100 billion planets) outside the star in the galactic center. Either there was one heck of a mix up between the terms "Star system" and "Galaxy" or Mumm-Ra just came across the smallest galaxy in the universe, hence the line that line "they will not be missed no one by anyone of consequence".]]
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*ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: An example of '''Completely Inaccurate Terminology'''. [[spoiler: The Plun-Darr '''Star System''' was stated to have 10 planets, 3 which have sapient life in which it's destruction for the creation of the Sword of Plun-Darr will cause the death of billions. The problem was that the picture shown on Mumm-Ra's screen in the flashback and Lion-O's statement during the battle of the Tech Stone implies that it is a whole '''galaxy''' that was destroyed, meaning that it should actually have stars and planets numbering in ''hundreds of billions'' (For example, our Milky Way Galaxy has 100-400 billion stars and 100 billion planets) outside the star in the galactic center. Either there was one heck of a mix up between the terms "Star system" and "Galaxy" or Mumm-Ra just came across the smallest galaxy in the universe, hence the line that "they will be missed no one of consequence".]]
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* AlternateContinuity[=/=]ContinuityReboot: Of 1985's ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''
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* AlternateContinuity[=/=]ContinuityReboot: Of 1985's ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}''
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** The Forever Bag's activation phrase, "rankinbass", is a ShoutOut to the production company of the original ''ThunderCats'' series.
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** The Forever Bag's activation phrase, "rankinbass", is a ShoutOut to the production company of the original ''ThunderCats'' ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}'' series.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Thunderans' treatment of the Lizards. Some of the proposed ideas for the cancelled ''[=ThunderCats=] (2011)'' second season included atrocities so heinous they make you wonder [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy why you'd care about the ThunderCats "heroes" in the first place.]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Thunderans' treatment of the Lizards. Some of the proposed ideas for the cancelled ''[=ThunderCats=] (2011)'' second season included atrocities so heinous they make you wonder [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy why you'd care about the ThunderCats [=ThunderCats=] "heroes" in the first place.]]
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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Mumm-Ra's FuturisticPyramid is the long-abandoned variation, with Mumm-Ra as its single LivingRelic inhabitant until he begins marshalling his forces. Much more capacious than it first appears, it's inferred as the source of all his army's OffscreenVillainDarkMatter. [[spoiler: This is due its origins as a [[TheBattlestar battlestar]] so massive and populated it housed enough people to invade a planet.]]
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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Mumm-Ra's FuturisticPyramid is the long-abandoned variation, with Mumm-Ra as its single LivingRelic inhabitant until he begins marshalling his forces. Much more capacious than it first appears, it's inferred as the source of all his army's OffscreenVillainDarkMatter. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This is due its origins as a [[TheBattlestar battlestar]] so massive and populated it housed enough people to invade a planet.]]
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* AdventuresInComaland: In "Trials of Lion-O" the Spirit Stone forces Lion-O to undertake a VisionQuest in a MentalWorld to prove his worth and overcome his personal issues, [[spoiler: so that he might earn the right to be resurrected.]]
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* AdventuresInComaland: In "Trials of Lion-O" the Spirit Stone forces Lion-O to undertake a VisionQuest in a MentalWorld to prove his worth and overcome his personal issues, [[spoiler: so [[spoiler:so that he might earn the right to be resurrected.]]
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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Thundera in the hilt of the Sword of Omens, which Mumm-Ra very much wants ''back,'' thank you. [[spoiler: Not only the Eye of Thundera, but also ''three'' other crystals!]]
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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Thundera in the hilt of the Sword of Omens, which Mumm-Ra very much wants ''back,'' thank you. [[spoiler: Not [[spoiler:Not only the Eye of Thundera, but also ''three'' other crystals!]]
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* AndThisIsFor: When Tygra thinks [[spoiler: Lion-O’s dead (which he is)]] he punches the ones who did it while saying “That was for me. And that was for [[spoiler: Lion-O]]”
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor [[spoiler: by slipping Lion-O the key to his and Tygra's cell.]]
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor [[spoiler: by slipping Lion-O the key to his and Tygra's cell.]]
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* AndThisIsFor: When Tygra thinks [[spoiler: Lion-O’s [[spoiler:Lion-O’s dead (which he is)]] he punches the ones who did it while saying “That was for me. And that was for [[spoiler: Lion-O]]”
[[spoiler:Lion-O]]”
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor[[spoiler: by [[spoiler:by slipping Lion-O the key to his and Tygra's cell.]]
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor
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* AnimalJingoism: PlayedForDrama. The [=ThunderCats=] hold themselves up as the SuperiorSpecies, and practice FantasticRacism against Dogs and Lizards. [[spoiler: It's a legacy of the Cats serving as Mumm-Ra's overseers back when he was conquering planets.]]
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* AnimalJingoism: PlayedForDrama. The [=ThunderCats=] hold themselves up as the SuperiorSpecies, and practice FantasticRacism against Dogs and Lizards. [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's a legacy of the Cats serving as Mumm-Ra's overseers back when he was conquering planets.]]
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* BadassAdorable: Lucy, from the episode Recipe for Disaster. A large caterpillar, and later butterfly, used as a beast of burden by a supporting character. Cute as a bug's ear. Goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler: Mumm-Ra, who has taken the form of a giant, armored dinosaur,]] and kicks [[spoiler: his newly-scaly]] ass.
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* BadassAdorable: Lucy, from the episode Recipe for Disaster. A large caterpillar, and later butterfly, used as a beast of burden by a supporting character. Cute as a bug's ear. Goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler: Mumm-Ra, [[spoiler:Mumm-Ra, who has taken the form of a giant, armored dinosaur,]] and kicks [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his newly-scaly]] ass.
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* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler: Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Cheetara and Tygra]]. {{Lampshaded}} in "What Lies Above, Part 2." [[spoiler: Cheetara to Tygra as they battle with Addicus and Slithe: "Is our whole relationship based on saving each others' lives?"]]
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Cheetara and Tygra]]. {{Lampshaded}} in "What Lies Above, Part 2." [[spoiler: Cheetara to Tygra as they battle with Addicus and Slithe: "Is our whole relationship based on saving each others' lives?"]]
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* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler: Which [[spoiler:Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
* BattleCouple:[[spoiler: Cheetara [[spoiler:Cheetara and Tygra]]. {{Lampshaded}} in "What Lies Above, Part 2." [[spoiler: Cheetara [[spoiler:Cheetara to Tygra as they battle with Addicus and Slithe: "Is our whole relationship based on saving each others' lives?"]]
* BattleCouple:
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** Played straight in "Omens Part 2" with Claudus and Tygra saved [[spoiler: by the Clerics, then by Lion-O, when surrounded by {{Walking Tank}}s.]]
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** Played straight in "Omens Part 2" with Claudus and Tygra saved [[spoiler: by [[spoiler:by the Clerics, then by Lion-O, when surrounded by {{Walking Tank}}s.]]
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** Played straight again in "Into the Astral Plane" when Tygra roars to the scene to save the Cats [[spoiler: in the Thundertank, without Panthros's permission. Tygra doesn't let Lion-O forget it, either, and lampshades it himself later in the episode.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances" [[spoiler: when Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra try to liberate lizard soldiers from Mumm-Ra's army; instead, they get owned by the villains Addicus, Kaynar, and even Slithe.]]. Played straight again later in the episode [[spoiler: when Panthro has to come bail out the trio in the Thundertank again.]]
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2" [[spoiler: where he comes back from the dead to save the Cats and sends Mumm-Ra ducking for cover.]]
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra [[spoiler: and [[EvilAllAlong Pumyra]]]] when Wilykit and Wilykat come to the rescue [[spoiler: [[GondorCallsForAid along with everyone the [=ThunderCats=] had helped throughout the season]], who had been brought along in the Forever Bag.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances" [[spoiler: when Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra try to liberate lizard soldiers from Mumm-Ra's army; instead, they get owned by the villains Addicus, Kaynar, and even Slithe.]]. Played straight again later in the episode [[spoiler: when Panthro has to come bail out the trio in the Thundertank again.]]
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2" [[spoiler: where he comes back from the dead to save the Cats and sends Mumm-Ra ducking for cover.]]
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra [[spoiler: and [[EvilAllAlong Pumyra]]]] when Wilykit and Wilykat come to the rescue [[spoiler: [[GondorCallsForAid along with everyone the [=ThunderCats=] had helped throughout the season]], who had been brought along in the Forever Bag.]]
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** Played straight again in "Into the Astral Plane" when Tygra roars to the scene to save the Cats [[spoiler: in [[spoiler:in the Thundertank, without Panthros's permission. Tygra doesn't let Lion-O forget it, either, and lampshades it himself later in the episode.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances"[[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra try to liberate lizard soldiers from Mumm-Ra's army; instead, they get owned by the villains Addicus, Kaynar, and even Slithe.]]. Played straight again later in the episode [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when Panthro has to come bail out the trio in the Thundertank again.]]
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2"[[spoiler: where [[spoiler:where he comes back from the dead to save the Cats and sends Mumm-Ra ducking for cover.]]
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra[[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and [[EvilAllAlong Pumyra]]]] when Wilykit and Wilykat come to the rescue [[spoiler: [[GondorCallsForAid [[spoiler:[[GondorCallsForAid along with everyone the [=ThunderCats=] had helped throughout the season]], who had been brought along in the Forever Bag.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances"
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2"
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra
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** In "Legacy" between Leo and Panthera [[spoiler: just as their ship is about to crash.]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
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** In "Legacy" between Leo and Panthera [[spoiler: just [[spoiler:just as their ship is about to crash.]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers"[[spoiler: Tygra [[spoiler:Tygra and Cheetara]]
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla"[[spoiler: Tygra [[spoiler:Tygra and Cheetara]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers"
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla"
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** In "Native Son", a character is ''stabbed'' by [[spoiler: Tygra's father, Javan]], but after the knife is pulled out there isn't a drop of blood on it. [[spoiler: Though in this case, it's possibly somewhat justified as it turns out that Tygra's clan were DeadAllAlong.]]
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** In "Native Son", a character is ''stabbed'' by [[spoiler: Tygra's [[spoiler:Tygra's father, Javan]], but after the knife is pulled out there isn't a drop of blood on it. [[spoiler: Though [[spoiler:Though in this case, it's possibly somewhat justified as it turns out that Tygra's clan were DeadAllAlong.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: The FantasticRacism of non-tailed cats against tailed cats was mentioned [[WordOfGod by the creators]] but has never come up in the show itself.
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* AllThereInTheManual: There's the [[http://crewofomens.tumblr.com Crew Blog]] and the [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/ Sound Designers' Blog]], and the [[http://dingo107.deviantart.com/ Art Director's [=DeviantArt=] Account]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: There's the [[http://crewofomens.tumblr.com Crew Blog]] and the [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/ Sound Designers' Blog]], and the [[http://dingo107.deviantart.com/ Art Director's [=DeviantArt=] Account]]. The FantasticRacism of non-tailed cats against tailed cats was also mentioned [[WordOfGod by the creators]] but has never come up in the show itself.
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* {{Badass}}: They're everywhere! Panthro, Grune and Claudus especially.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Thunderans' treatment of the Lizards. Some of the proposed ideas for the cancelled ''[=ThunderCats=] (2011)'' second season included atrocities so heinous they make you wonder [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy why you'd care about the ThunderCats "heroes" in the first place.]]
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of fellow Creator/CartoonNetwork program ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}},'' the skit "[[LOLCats ThunderLOLCats]]" combines the series premise with in-universe references to dozens of [[MemeticMutation internet memes]], starring Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL.
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* {{Animesque}}: Though the original series' [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] also outsourced production to Japan, the reboot's look and animation by [[Studio4C Studio 4°C]] are now explicitly touted as [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/118/1180012p1.html major selling points]]. The Snarf short "Butterfly Blues" even proudly bears the stamp "Made in Japan!"
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!!!''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbnormalAmmo: In "Berbils," mercenary slaver the Conquedor wields a {{BFG}} that fires giant, brightly-colored globs of [[StickySituation adhesive goo]] to stop attacks, while his {{Cute Machine|s}} victims the [[BearyFriendly Ro-Bear]] Berbils later retaliate by building a [[CoveredInGunge green slime]] dispensing turret gun in defense of their village.
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: In "The Duelist and the Drifter," when Lion-O [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet challenges]] MasterSwordsman the Duelist to a fight, and [[TheBet raises the stakes]] to winning the Duelist's collection of trophy blades, the Duelist insists that since Lion-O has only ''one'' sword to offer in return, the boy should agree to give up his ''life'' if he loses. Lion-O agrees to the terms.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: PlayedWith in "The Duelist and the Drifter," where several swordsmen in an AdventureTown {{Invoke|d Trope}} this in the local sword competition, each bragging of their blade and striking a towering, giant boulder to see how deeply it cuts (one prideful PigMan sees his sword [[SubvertedTrope shatter on impact]].) Only Lion-O succeeds, cleaving the boulder in two with a classic DiagonalCut, and winning a hefty purse.
* AdaptationDistillation:
** The [[WordOfGod stated]] [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1176532p2.html aim]] of showrunner Michael Jelenic.
** [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] when series composer Kevin Kliesch worked under producers' requirements to [[RearrangeTheSong rearrange]] and [[TruncatedThemeTune truncate]] the original's ThemeTune from [[http://www.examiner.com/soundtracks-in-national/kevin-kliesch-interview-part-2-a-new-thundercats-series-for-a-new-generation two minutes to ten seconds]] while retaining its signature elements.
* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Mumm-Ra's FuturisticPyramid is the long-abandoned variation, with Mumm-Ra as its single LivingRelic inhabitant until he begins marshalling his forces. Much more capacious than it first appears, it's inferred as the source of all his army's OffscreenVillainDarkMatter. [[spoiler: This is due its origins as a [[TheBattlestar battlestar]] so massive and populated it housed enough people to invade a planet.]]
* AdventureRebuff: The Drifter delivers several [[ReversePsychology suspiciously]] ambivalent ones to Lion-O when he enters the Swordsmans' Town:
--> '''The Drifter:''' "This is a Swordsmans' town, stranger, and they duel for keeps. ''Leave'', before it's too late. Or don't, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I don't care]]."
* AdventureTowns: While not always towns in the strictest sense, the [=ThunderCats=] travel somewhere new every episode.
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" The Swordsmans' Town is the first real city Lion-O sees outside of Thundera. Even before entering, he is warned of the danger found therein, particularly for young, cocksure swordsmen like himself. Lion-O ''likes'' adventure.
** In "Berbils," the Ro-Bear Berbil village seems a sweet SugarBowl, until the [=ThunderCats=] bear witness to slavers kidnapping the villagers.
** In "Sight Beyond Sight" an elephant village is plagued with a wasp problem the [=ThunderCats=] try to solve.
** In "Native Son" Lion-O and Tygra discover a [[HiddenElfVillage Hidden Tiger Village]] with a [[TownWithADarkSecret dark secret]].
* AdventuresInComaland: In "Trials of Lion-O" the Spirit Stone forces Lion-O to undertake a VisionQuest in a MentalWorld to prove his worth and overcome his personal issues, [[spoiler: so that he might earn the right to be resurrected.]]
* AdviceBackfire: In "Song of the Petalars" Lion-O mistakenly views Emrick's well-meant advice that ItsTheJourneyThatCounts through his ProudWarriorRace lens, assuming that he and his [=ThunderCats=] should live LikeYouWereDying and [[TheLastDance rush to engage]] an army of Lizard pursuers. They end up needing rescue by a DeusExMachina.
* AllThereInTheManual: The FantasticRacism of non-tailed cats against tailed cats was mentioned [[WordOfGod by the creators]] but has never come up in the show itself.
* AnAesop:
** "Omens Part One" "Sight is useless without action." It's not enough to notice wrongdoing, you must do something about it.
** "Ramlak Rising" teaches us that [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge]] can turn us into [[HeWhoFightsMonsters jackasses]] that alienate all of our friends and family.
** "Song of the Petalars": ItsTheJourneyThatCounts. Life is short, so live it to its fullest.
** "The Duelist and the Drifter": Power alone is rigid; you must be flexible to succeed.
** "Between Brothers": Do not confuse a preference to avoid conflict with weakness or pacifism.
* AesopAmnesia[=/=]BrokenAesop: In "Song of the Petalars," Emrick (questing to restore his people to their homeland) impulsively confronts a bird so large he's outmatched and Lion-O must save him. Lion-O complains of his teenaged stupidity. Later, Lion-O (questing to save his people and their homeland), in his [[JustifiedTrope teenaged stupidity]], impulsively confronts enemy forces so large he's outmatched and a DeusExMachina must save them. When Lion-O attempts this ''again'' in "Old Friends" Panthro quickly [[LampshadeHanging loses]] his patience.
** In "The Pit", Pumyra is on the fence about trusting Lion-O until he nearly gives his life to save her. In "The Curse of Ratilla", Pumyra is on the fence about trusting Lion-O until he nearly gives his life to save her. In "Birth of The Blades"...well, just guess. Of course, this one may be justified, [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong knowing what we know]] now.]]
* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of fellow Creator/CartoonNetwork program ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}},'' the skit "[[LOLCats ThunderLOLCats]]" combines the series premise with in-universe references to dozens of [[MemeticMutation internet memes]], starring Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL.
* AfterTheEnd: An OntologicalMystery and DrivingQuestion of the series first arc: How did Thunderian civilization regress so that most forms of [[LostTechnology technology]] are considered lost relics of a bygone age?
* AfterlifeAntechamber: In "Trials of Lion-O," after the Spirit Stone activates to force Lion-O's AdventuresInComaland, he wakes up in a metaphysical waystation where SpiritAdvisor Jaga awaits to provide exposition about Lion-O's impending VisionQuest and open the gateway to his MentalWorld. Once Lion-O is finished there, he travels back to the antechamber for another talk with Jaga.
* AgeCut: In "Into the Astral Plane," Tygra is bitterly glowering when a closeup on his face begins a {{flashback}}, fading into a smiling, big-eyed, gawky, {{Adorkable}} adolescent version of himself.
* AintTooProudToBeg: One stockaded Lizard prisoner sincerely begs for mercy from Lion-O, only for his compatriot to cynically spit that you [[CantArgueWithElves Can't Argue With Cats]].
* AlienBlood: In "Ramlak Rising" the GiantSquid[=/=]ManEatingPlant HybridMonster the Ramlak is shown to have a strange blue ichor dripping from the severed ends of tentacles that Lion-O slices off when it first surfaces from the [[SandIsWater Sand Sea]] and attacks. When Lion-O strikes a mortal blow, its revealed that the monster's blood is, appropriately enough, ''water.''
* AlienInvasion: In "Journey to the Tower of Omens" a massive invading army [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture comprised]] of multiple {{Slave Race}}s housed in a giant [[TheBattlestar Battlestar]] are depicted invading a planet to serve as PlanetLooters, combing over land and sea in search of a MacGuffin called the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome War Stone]], by order of their commander.
* AlienSky: Third Earth orbits a [[UsefulNotes/{{Planets}} gas giant]] with a great spot visible on its surface. Two moons are also visible. (Third Earth is implicitly a moon of said gas giant)
* AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries: The series begins with homogenous {{Catfolk}} heroes versus a heterogenous group of villains, but the [=ThunderCats=] meet other races over time, coming to realize that such alliances are necessary to defeat Mumm-Ra.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. When Lion-O attempts to [[ShamingTheMob shame]] a PowderkegCrowd of Thunderian townspeople by announcing that stockaded Lizard scavengers "don't deserve this [harassment]," their pointman replies: "These barbarians deserve ''death''!" And with that, an AngryMob is born. The surprise comes when King Claudus is incredulous at Lion-O's attempt to ''stop'' them.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Part of the Clerics' FullBodyDisguise.
* AllMythsAreTrue: "[[LostTechnology Technology]]?" Real. [[BigBad Mumm-Ra]]? Real. [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Book of Omens]]? Totally real.
* AllOfThem: In "Between Brothers", when discussing the Lizard army that has surrounded the Elephants' village.
-->'''Panthro''': Bad news. The entire village is surrounded.
-->'''Cheetara''': How many troops?
-->'''Panthro''': If I had to guess, I'd say "All of them."
* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Third Earth, which, while superficially similar and suspiciously habitable, is just as often a fantasy world with many organic structures deliberately mixed-and-matched or given a MouseWorld level of detail, as art director Dan Norton explains [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1178363p2.html here]].
* AllThereInTheManual: There's the [[http://crewofomens.tumblr.com Crew Blog]] and the [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/ Sound Designers' Blog]], and the [[http://dingo107.deviantart.com/ Art Director's [=DeviantArt=] Account]].
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Thundera is besieged and falls to Mumm-Ra, Grune and the Lizards.
* AlternateContinuity[=/=]ContinuityReboot: Of 1985's ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[TheAce Tygra]] wins and loses as much as any other member of the team, but the series makes a point of the fact that Lion-O never defeats him, regardless if it's in the real world, the Astral Plane, or [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind his own mind.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
** Because FurIsSkin for the [=ThunderCats=]. In particular, Panthro, who codes as a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, is pale blue-gray with black hair.
** When "The Duelist and the Drifter" reveals that more unconventional HumanoidAliens also populate Third Earth, pink, yellow and purple-skinned creatures appear, most notably the lavender-complected RubberForeheadAlien the Duelist.
* AmplifierArtifact[=/=]MineralMacGuffin[=/=]PowerCrystal: The Eye of Thundera [[spoiler:[[SocketedEquipment Alias the Warstone, and also other gems that Mumm-Ra stole.]]]]
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Thundera in the hilt of the Sword of Omens, which Mumm-Ra very much wants ''back,'' thank you. [[spoiler: Not only the Eye of Thundera, but also ''three'' other crystals!]]
* AmusingInjuries: In the 2-minute short "Snarf: Butterfly Blues," Snarf endures a variety of slapstick injuries as Lion-O's BadlyBatteredBabysitter.
* AncestralWeapon: The Sword of Omens has been passed down from the earliest days of the [=ThunderCats=]' empire.
* AncientArtifact: The Sword of Omens, the Claw Gauntlet, and the Book of Omens.
* AncientTradition: Apart from their duties as PraetorianGuard and ChurchMilitant, the Clerics also function as more passive keepers of Thunderian lore, and [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge forbidden knowledge]], to guard the Book Of Omens until it must be used.
* AndThisIsFor: When Tygra thinks [[spoiler: Lion-O’s dead (which he is)]] he punches the ones who did it while saying “That was for me. And that was for [[spoiler: Lion-O]]”
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor [[spoiler: by slipping Lion-O the key to his and Tygra's cell.]]
* AnimalEyes: Thunderian Cats have slitted pupils, but visible sclera, while Lizards have fully yellow eyes with slits.
* AnimalJingoism: PlayedForDrama. The [=ThunderCats=] hold themselves up as the SuperiorSpecies, and practice FantasticRacism against Dogs and Lizards. [[spoiler: It's a legacy of the Cats serving as Mumm-Ra's overseers back when he was conquering planets.]]
* AnimalNemesis: "Ramlak Rising" (yet a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/MobyDick'') gives us a peculiar [[InvertedTrope Inversion]]. Ahab-{{Homage}} Captain Koinelius Tunar, a [[{{Fishmen}} Fishman]] who sails the [[SandIsWater sand sea]], has sworn vengeance on the creature who destroyed his home and took his [[AnArmAndALeg eye and leg]]. His nemesis the Ramlak is a giant {{Planimal}}, a ManEatingPlant that's [[HybridMonster hybridized]] with the ambulatory capabilities of a GiantSquid. Like Captain Ahab, Tunar has degenerated into prizing RevengeBeforeReason, and shares Ahab's fate almost exactly, while quoting his dialogue.
* AnimalStereotypes:
** Frequently [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] with Third Earth's Animals in concert with IntelligentGerbil characterizations. Cats are [[CatsAreMean mean]], [[CatsAreMagic magic]], [[CatsAreSuperior superior]], Lions are the KingOfBeasts, ReptilesAreAbhorrent, and so on.
** The Elephant villagers, while very wise, notably [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] the classic "an elephant never forgets" by collectively having [[ForgetfulJones incredibly poor memories]], for which they are apparently infamous.
* AnimalThemeNaming[=/=]ADogNamedDog: Prevalent amongst the Animals, with a few [[OddNameOut odd names out]].
* AnimeHair: Lots. All over the place.
* {{Animesque}}: Though the original series' [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] also outsourced production to Japan, the reboot's look and animation by [[Studio4C Studio 4°C]] are now explicitly touted as [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/118/1180012p1.html major selling points]]. The Snarf short "Butterfly Blues" even proudly bears the stamp "Made in Japan!"
* AnywhereButTheirLips: In "Into the Astral Plane" Cheetara gives Lion-O a [[MotivationalKiss motivational]] peck on the cheek before he begins his risky journey.
* ApathyKilledTheCat: Thundera at large is confident in its MedievalStasis and magic weapons. Technology is a fairy tale, and anything for sale in the BlackMarket is obviously a fake.
* [[spoiler:ApocalypseHow: Mumm-Ra causes an X-3 in the backstory in order to create the Sword of Plundarr.]]
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Though itself a magical kingdom, most of Thundera outright dismisses technology as the stuff of fairy tales, and are skeptical of the existence of The Book of Omens and Mumm-Ra. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Thundera is depicted as fairly isolated, and their history has fallen into myth.
** In "The Curse of Ratilla," Tygra insists that the titular curse is just superstition meant to keep the slaves in line, despite a long string of near-fatal "coincidental accidents" during his and Cheetara's search for the Sword of Plundarr. Never mind that he's seen firsthand that curses are ''real'' in "Native Son."
* {{Arcadia}}:
** In "Omens Part One" its present in the EpicTrackingShot that introduces Thundera, seen to the south of the walled city.
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" this is the setting of the Swordmaker's home, full of rolling fields.
* ArtShift: The 2-minute short "Snarf: Butterfly Blues," sees a shift to a bright, simplified squash-and-stretch aesthetic in keeping with its {{Homage}} to old Warner Brothers' shorts.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The ethos of the Cats, as a ProudWarriorRace.
** "It was the [=ThunderCats=] who brought law and order to a world of warring Animals! And it is now the [=ThunderCats=] who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!"
** Panthro only recognized Lion-O as King when he proved himself in battle.
* AudibleSharpness:
** The Sword of Omens
** The Sword of Hattanzo, based on a zil-bel, as detailed [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/thundercats-episode-8-sonic-swordplay/ here.]]
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: PlayedStraight and {{lampshaded}} in "Between Brothers" when the usually pacifist Elephants, previously [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct constrained]] by a need to meditate on their every dilemma, decide to engage the [[LizardFolk Lizards]] directly:
-->'''Wilykit''': You just woke a village of sleeping giants!
* BackToBackBadasses: Performed in {{Flashback}} by Grune and Panthro during a battlefield BodyCountCompetition.
* {{Backstory}}:
** "Old Friends" delves into the [[WeUsedToBeFriends past friendship]] between OldSoldier Panthro and EvilFormerFriend Grune.
** "Into the Astral Plane" explores the childhoods of Cheetara and Tygra, including how the former became a Cleric
** "Native Son" reveals Tygra's origins, and how he came to be adopted by Thundera's ruling family.
** "Survival of the Fittest" reveals Wilykit and Wilykat's past, and the reason why they are looking for El Dara.
* {{Badass}}: They're everywhere! Panthro, Grune and Claudus especially.
* BadassAdorable: Lucy, from the episode Recipe for Disaster. A large caterpillar, and later butterfly, used as a beast of burden by a supporting character. Cute as a bug's ear. Goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler: Mumm-Ra, who has taken the form of a giant, armored dinosaur,]] and kicks [[spoiler: his newly-scaly]] ass.
* BadassPacifist: The Elephants
-->'''Slithe''': [[ThisCannotBe But the Elephants]] ''[[ThisCannotBe never]]'' [[ThisCannotBe fight]]!
-->'''Ahbern''': [[BadassBoast It is rare, but when we do, we fight to]] ''[[BadassBoast win]]''!
* BagOfHolding: Tookit the thief has one called the "Forever Bag" capable of holding several warehouses worth of stolen goods in [[BiggerOnTheInside a sack that's roughly 2-3 feet tall]].
** The Forever Bag's activation phrase, "rankinbass", is a ShoutOut to the production company of the original ''ThunderCats'' series.
* BalconySpeech: King Claudus gives one in a public arena dedicating some celebratory games to the memory of Panthro.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The entire Animal cast so far, [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes except]] Leo, Panthera and the Swordmaker. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Cats, who can use their foot claws to climb structures like the giant tree featured in their games. Most Cats make a point of wearing spats for fashion's sake, but there are exceptions such as Pumyra.
* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler: Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Cheetara and Tygra]]. {{Lampshaded}} in "What Lies Above, Part 2." [[spoiler: Cheetara to Tygra as they battle with Addicus and Slithe: "Is our whole relationship based on saving each others' lives?"]]
* BattleCry:
** "Thunder... THUNDER... THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOO!!!"
** "For the pride!"
** "[[ChurchMilitant Clerics]], to the death!"
* BayonetYa: The blaster rifles used by the lizard army soldiers feature a wicked-looking blade permanently mounted under the barrel.
* BearyFriendly: The Ro-Bear Berbils, helpful, rainbow-hued [[CuteMachines robotic teddy bears]] who love to build and repair things.
* BeastFable: Surprisingly, going in this direction, in concert with the IntelligentGerbil characterization of Third Earth's residents.
* BeastFolk: The Cats and Mumm-Ra, the most HumanoidAliens of Third Earth's PettingZooPeople.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Jaga [[EncyclopediaExposita quotes]] from the Book of Omens to [[LampshadeHanging explain]] Lion-O's destiny:
-->'''Jaga''': "For it was written that he would be born of fire, a king to lead his people to victory, against ancient spirits of evil."
* BedsheetGhost: In "The Forest of Magi Oar," the Thunderkittens tease Cheetara when she reports feeling the presence of spirits by playing at being ghosts under a tent canvas. While they're stumbling under it, they knock their heads together.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "Omens Part 1" with Cheetara's nick-of-time [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind dispatching]] of a mugger headlocking Lion-O (which he finds rather [[EmbarrassingRescue awkward]])
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the same episode when Lion-O and friends try to save some Lizard prisoners from abuse, only to trigger lynch mob sentiments and a brawl which ''Claudus'' has to stop.
** Played straight in "Omens Part 2" with Claudus and Tygra saved [[spoiler: by the Clerics, then by Lion-O, when surrounded by {{Walking Tank}}s.]]
** In "Song of the Petalars." the [=ThunderCats=] are saved from a presumed LastStand against the Lizard army [[spoiler:by Panthro in the Thundertank]]
** Played straight again in "Into the Astral Plane" when Tygra roars to the scene to save the Cats [[spoiler: in the Thundertank, without Panthros's permission. Tygra doesn't let Lion-O forget it, either, and lampshades it himself later in the episode.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances" [[spoiler: when Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra try to liberate lizard soldiers from Mumm-Ra's army; instead, they get owned by the villains Addicus, Kaynar, and even Slithe.]]. Played straight again later in the episode [[spoiler: when Panthro has to come bail out the trio in the Thundertank again.]]
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2" [[spoiler: where he comes back from the dead to save the Cats and sends Mumm-Ra ducking for cover.]]
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra [[spoiler: and [[EvilAllAlong Pumyra]]]] when Wilykit and Wilykat come to the rescue [[spoiler: [[GondorCallsForAid along with everyone the [=ThunderCats=] had helped throughout the season]], who had been brought along in the Forever Bag.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss:
** In "Legacy" between Leo and Panthera [[spoiler: just as their ship is about to crash.]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
* BigEntrance:
** In "Omens Part 1" Grune arrives in a CaptainMorganPose atop a gigantic geode hauled by four-dozen Lizard slaves because he's TooImportantToWalk.
** In "Omens Part 2" Mumm-Ra is revealed WreathedInFlames while a vortex with swirling [[RedSkyTakeWarning red clouds]] opens in the sky above his head, DramaticThunder booms and a DramaticWind blows, all backed by ConLang OminousLatinChanting.
* BigFancyCastle[=/=]BrightCastle: Thundera has a beauty, with its very own Sphinx, until the Lizards invade.
* BigNo[=/=]SlowNo: Lion-O, when Claudus is stabbed.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The Petalars are introduced during a RiteOfPassage as a new baby is born. A wizened elder welcomes him into the world with a philosophic FinalSpeech, then peacefully collapses and withers away.
* BlackBox: Lion-O purchases a piece of what he suspects is LostTechnology from a FriendInTheBlackMarket, and spends quite a bit of time puzzling over it and diagramming it, but he only realizes its function when he sees a Lizard use one [[spoiler:to blow up a wall.]]
* BlackMarket: Lion-O apparently makes a habit of traveling through Thundera's back alleys to frequent his friend Jorma's shop in search of "certain hard-to-find collectibles". Cheetara assumes the wares are forgeries.
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn:
** In "Omens Part 2" The Sword of Omens falls this way after Claudus is stabbed [[spoiler:by Mumm-Ra disguised as Panthro]].
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" The Sword of Hattanzo neatly falls vertically into the turf after the Duelist knocks it skyward out of his opponent's grip.
* BladeReflection: The mechanism of the Sword of Omens' "sight beyond sight," in which Lion-O sees a frightening vision of Mumm-Ra.
* [[spoiler:BlankBook: The Book of Omens.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cheetara (blonde), Pumyra (brunette), and Wilykit (redhead).
* BloodSport: Thundera's "Games" are a ChaseFight race where kicking and punching are entirely acceptable methods of getting ahead.
* BloodlessCarnage:
** During TheSiege of Thundera. A sky full of arrows, Claudus cutting through a wave of Lizards, even Claudus getting stabbed in the back and falling into pool of water, not one drop of blood is found.
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in "Song of the Petalars" the Cats cut and shoot through Lizard troops ''bloodlessly,'' but Tygra's shots are shown to ''pierce'' the Lizard's bodies.
** In "Between Brothers", [[spoiler:Panthro's arms get caught in the collapsing Astral Plane; when the smoke clears, the severed stumps are covered in glowing blue energy.]]
** In "Native Son", a character is ''stabbed'' by [[spoiler: Tygra's father, Javan]], but after the knife is pulled out there isn't a drop of blood on it. [[spoiler: Though in this case, it's possibly somewhat justified as it turns out that Tygra's clan were DeadAllAlong.]]
* BodyCountCompetition: Between Panthro and Grune during a flashback in "Old Friends."
* BreadAndCircuses: Thundera kind of sucks. Crime-ridden slums, rampant FantasticRacism, and a FantasticCasteSystem... oh man, look at the ''size'' of that [[TheThunderdome Thunderdome]]. The games must be ''awesome''!
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:Tygra's biological father does this in "Native Son" to drive him away from the cursed Tiger clan.]]
* BuildingSwing: In "Omens Part One" The jungle vine variant, employed to knock another player off a giant tree and into a pool of water below, is briefly seen as the Thundera's GladiatorGames are introduced.
* BulletSeed: Or rather, bullet pollen. The Petalars' method of attack.
* BullyingADragon: A PowderkegCrowd with TorchesAndPitchforks may have underestimated Lion-O and company's skills, but still showed bafflingly poor judgment in attacking their ''Crown Prince.''
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull:
** "Thunder... THUNDER... THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOO!!!"
** "Ancient Spirits of Evil... [[TransformationSequence transform]] this decayed form, into Mumm-Ra... '''THE EVERRRR-LIIIVIIIIING'''"
** "Sword of Omens, give me [[{{Precognition}} Sight Beyond Sight]]"
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!!!''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbnormalAmmo: In "Berbils," mercenary slaver the Conquedor wields a {{BFG}} that fires giant, brightly-colored globs of [[StickySituation adhesive goo]] to stop attacks, while his {{Cute Machine|s}} victims the [[BearyFriendly Ro-Bear]] Berbils later retaliate by building a [[CoveredInGunge green slime]] dispensing turret gun in defense of their village.
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: In "The Duelist and the Drifter," when Lion-O [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet challenges]] MasterSwordsman the Duelist to a fight, and [[TheBet raises the stakes]] to winning the Duelist's collection of trophy blades, the Duelist insists that since Lion-O has only ''one'' sword to offer in return, the boy should agree to give up his ''life'' if he loses. Lion-O agrees to the terms.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: PlayedWith in "The Duelist and the Drifter," where several swordsmen in an AdventureTown {{Invoke|d Trope}} this in the local sword competition, each bragging of their blade and striking a towering, giant boulder to see how deeply it cuts (one prideful PigMan sees his sword [[SubvertedTrope shatter on impact]].) Only Lion-O succeeds, cleaving the boulder in two with a classic DiagonalCut, and winning a hefty purse.
* AdaptationDistillation:
** The [[WordOfGod stated]] [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1176532p2.html aim]] of showrunner Michael Jelenic.
** [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] when series composer Kevin Kliesch worked under producers' requirements to [[RearrangeTheSong rearrange]] and [[TruncatedThemeTune truncate]] the original's ThemeTune from [[http://www.examiner.com/soundtracks-in-national/kevin-kliesch-interview-part-2-a-new-thundercats-series-for-a-new-generation two minutes to ten seconds]] while retaining its signature elements.
* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Mumm-Ra's FuturisticPyramid is the long-abandoned variation, with Mumm-Ra as its single LivingRelic inhabitant until he begins marshalling his forces. Much more capacious than it first appears, it's inferred as the source of all his army's OffscreenVillainDarkMatter. [[spoiler: This is due its origins as a [[TheBattlestar battlestar]] so massive and populated it housed enough people to invade a planet.]]
* AdventureRebuff: The Drifter delivers several [[ReversePsychology suspiciously]] ambivalent ones to Lion-O when he enters the Swordsmans' Town:
--> '''The Drifter:''' "This is a Swordsmans' town, stranger, and they duel for keeps. ''Leave'', before it's too late. Or don't, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I don't care]]."
* AdventureTowns: While not always towns in the strictest sense, the [=ThunderCats=] travel somewhere new every episode.
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" The Swordsmans' Town is the first real city Lion-O sees outside of Thundera. Even before entering, he is warned of the danger found therein, particularly for young, cocksure swordsmen like himself. Lion-O ''likes'' adventure.
** In "Berbils," the Ro-Bear Berbil village seems a sweet SugarBowl, until the [=ThunderCats=] bear witness to slavers kidnapping the villagers.
** In "Sight Beyond Sight" an elephant village is plagued with a wasp problem the [=ThunderCats=] try to solve.
** In "Native Son" Lion-O and Tygra discover a [[HiddenElfVillage Hidden Tiger Village]] with a [[TownWithADarkSecret dark secret]].
* AdventuresInComaland: In "Trials of Lion-O" the Spirit Stone forces Lion-O to undertake a VisionQuest in a MentalWorld to prove his worth and overcome his personal issues, [[spoiler: so that he might earn the right to be resurrected.]]
* AdviceBackfire: In "Song of the Petalars" Lion-O mistakenly views Emrick's well-meant advice that ItsTheJourneyThatCounts through his ProudWarriorRace lens, assuming that he and his [=ThunderCats=] should live LikeYouWereDying and [[TheLastDance rush to engage]] an army of Lizard pursuers. They end up needing rescue by a DeusExMachina.
* AllThereInTheManual: The FantasticRacism of non-tailed cats against tailed cats was mentioned [[WordOfGod by the creators]] but has never come up in the show itself.
* AnAesop:
** "Omens Part One" "Sight is useless without action." It's not enough to notice wrongdoing, you must do something about it.
** "Ramlak Rising" teaches us that [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge]] can turn us into [[HeWhoFightsMonsters jackasses]] that alienate all of our friends and family.
** "Song of the Petalars": ItsTheJourneyThatCounts. Life is short, so live it to its fullest.
** "The Duelist and the Drifter": Power alone is rigid; you must be flexible to succeed.
** "Between Brothers": Do not confuse a preference to avoid conflict with weakness or pacifism.
* AesopAmnesia[=/=]BrokenAesop: In "Song of the Petalars," Emrick (questing to restore his people to their homeland) impulsively confronts a bird so large he's outmatched and Lion-O must save him. Lion-O complains of his teenaged stupidity. Later, Lion-O (questing to save his people and their homeland), in his [[JustifiedTrope teenaged stupidity]], impulsively confronts enemy forces so large he's outmatched and a DeusExMachina must save them. When Lion-O attempts this ''again'' in "Old Friends" Panthro quickly [[LampshadeHanging loses]] his patience.
** In "The Pit", Pumyra is on the fence about trusting Lion-O until he nearly gives his life to save her. In "The Curse of Ratilla", Pumyra is on the fence about trusting Lion-O until he nearly gives his life to save her. In "Birth of The Blades"...well, just guess. Of course, this one may be justified, [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong knowing what we know]] now.]]
* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of fellow Creator/CartoonNetwork program ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}},'' the skit "[[LOLCats ThunderLOLCats]]" combines the series premise with in-universe references to dozens of [[MemeticMutation internet memes]], starring Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL.
* AfterTheEnd: An OntologicalMystery and DrivingQuestion of the series first arc: How did Thunderian civilization regress so that most forms of [[LostTechnology technology]] are considered lost relics of a bygone age?
* AfterlifeAntechamber: In "Trials of Lion-O," after the Spirit Stone activates to force Lion-O's AdventuresInComaland, he wakes up in a metaphysical waystation where SpiritAdvisor Jaga awaits to provide exposition about Lion-O's impending VisionQuest and open the gateway to his MentalWorld. Once Lion-O is finished there, he travels back to the antechamber for another talk with Jaga.
* AgeCut: In "Into the Astral Plane," Tygra is bitterly glowering when a closeup on his face begins a {{flashback}}, fading into a smiling, big-eyed, gawky, {{Adorkable}} adolescent version of himself.
* AintTooProudToBeg: One stockaded Lizard prisoner sincerely begs for mercy from Lion-O, only for his compatriot to cynically spit that you [[CantArgueWithElves Can't Argue With Cats]].
* AlienBlood: In "Ramlak Rising" the GiantSquid[=/=]ManEatingPlant HybridMonster the Ramlak is shown to have a strange blue ichor dripping from the severed ends of tentacles that Lion-O slices off when it first surfaces from the [[SandIsWater Sand Sea]] and attacks. When Lion-O strikes a mortal blow, its revealed that the monster's blood is, appropriately enough, ''water.''
* AlienInvasion: In "Journey to the Tower of Omens" a massive invading army [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture comprised]] of multiple {{Slave Race}}s housed in a giant [[TheBattlestar Battlestar]] are depicted invading a planet to serve as PlanetLooters, combing over land and sea in search of a MacGuffin called the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome War Stone]], by order of their commander.
* AlienSky: Third Earth orbits a [[UsefulNotes/{{Planets}} gas giant]] with a great spot visible on its surface. Two moons are also visible. (Third Earth is implicitly a moon of said gas giant)
* AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries: The series begins with homogenous {{Catfolk}} heroes versus a heterogenous group of villains, but the [=ThunderCats=] meet other races over time, coming to realize that such alliances are necessary to defeat Mumm-Ra.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. When Lion-O attempts to [[ShamingTheMob shame]] a PowderkegCrowd of Thunderian townspeople by announcing that stockaded Lizard scavengers "don't deserve this [harassment]," their pointman replies: "These barbarians deserve ''death''!" And with that, an AngryMob is born. The surprise comes when King Claudus is incredulous at Lion-O's attempt to ''stop'' them.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Part of the Clerics' FullBodyDisguise.
* AllMythsAreTrue: "[[LostTechnology Technology]]?" Real. [[BigBad Mumm-Ra]]? Real. [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Book of Omens]]? Totally real.
* AllOfThem: In "Between Brothers", when discussing the Lizard army that has surrounded the Elephants' village.
-->'''Panthro''': Bad news. The entire village is surrounded.
-->'''Cheetara''': How many troops?
-->'''Panthro''': If I had to guess, I'd say "All of them."
* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Third Earth, which, while superficially similar and suspiciously habitable, is just as often a fantasy world with many organic structures deliberately mixed-and-matched or given a MouseWorld level of detail, as art director Dan Norton explains [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1178363p2.html here]].
* AllThereInTheManual: There's the [[http://crewofomens.tumblr.com Crew Blog]] and the [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/ Sound Designers' Blog]], and the [[http://dingo107.deviantart.com/ Art Director's [=DeviantArt=] Account]].
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Thundera is besieged and falls to Mumm-Ra, Grune and the Lizards.
* AlternateContinuity[=/=]ContinuityReboot: Of 1985's ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[TheAce Tygra]] wins and loses as much as any other member of the team, but the series makes a point of the fact that Lion-O never defeats him, regardless if it's in the real world, the Astral Plane, or [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind his own mind.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
** Because FurIsSkin for the [=ThunderCats=]. In particular, Panthro, who codes as a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, is pale blue-gray with black hair.
** When "The Duelist and the Drifter" reveals that more unconventional HumanoidAliens also populate Third Earth, pink, yellow and purple-skinned creatures appear, most notably the lavender-complected RubberForeheadAlien the Duelist.
* AmplifierArtifact[=/=]MineralMacGuffin[=/=]PowerCrystal: The Eye of Thundera [[spoiler:[[SocketedEquipment Alias the Warstone, and also other gems that Mumm-Ra stole.]]]]
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Eye of Thundera in the hilt of the Sword of Omens, which Mumm-Ra very much wants ''back,'' thank you. [[spoiler: Not only the Eye of Thundera, but also ''three'' other crystals!]]
* AmusingInjuries: In the 2-minute short "Snarf: Butterfly Blues," Snarf endures a variety of slapstick injuries as Lion-O's BadlyBatteredBabysitter.
* AncestralWeapon: The Sword of Omens has been passed down from the earliest days of the [=ThunderCats=]' empire.
* AncientArtifact: The Sword of Omens, the Claw Gauntlet, and the Book of Omens.
* AncientTradition: Apart from their duties as PraetorianGuard and ChurchMilitant, the Clerics also function as more passive keepers of Thunderian lore, and [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge forbidden knowledge]], to guard the Book Of Omens until it must be used.
* AndThisIsFor: When Tygra thinks [[spoiler: Lion-O’s dead (which he is)]] he punches the ones who did it while saying “That was for me. And that was for [[spoiler: Lion-O]]”
* AndroclesLion: In "Omens Part 1", Lion-O saves a pair of stockaded Lizard prisoners from being lynched and frees them. Later, during TheSiege of Thundera, the more ''antagonistic'' of the two repays the favor [[spoiler: by slipping Lion-O the key to his and Tygra's cell.]]
* AnimalEyes: Thunderian Cats have slitted pupils, but visible sclera, while Lizards have fully yellow eyes with slits.
* AnimalJingoism: PlayedForDrama. The [=ThunderCats=] hold themselves up as the SuperiorSpecies, and practice FantasticRacism against Dogs and Lizards. [[spoiler: It's a legacy of the Cats serving as Mumm-Ra's overseers back when he was conquering planets.]]
* AnimalNemesis: "Ramlak Rising" (yet a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/MobyDick'') gives us a peculiar [[InvertedTrope Inversion]]. Ahab-{{Homage}} Captain Koinelius Tunar, a [[{{Fishmen}} Fishman]] who sails the [[SandIsWater sand sea]], has sworn vengeance on the creature who destroyed his home and took his [[AnArmAndALeg eye and leg]]. His nemesis the Ramlak is a giant {{Planimal}}, a ManEatingPlant that's [[HybridMonster hybridized]] with the ambulatory capabilities of a GiantSquid. Like Captain Ahab, Tunar has degenerated into prizing RevengeBeforeReason, and shares Ahab's fate almost exactly, while quoting his dialogue.
* AnimalStereotypes:
** Frequently [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] with Third Earth's Animals in concert with IntelligentGerbil characterizations. Cats are [[CatsAreMean mean]], [[CatsAreMagic magic]], [[CatsAreSuperior superior]], Lions are the KingOfBeasts, ReptilesAreAbhorrent, and so on.
** The Elephant villagers, while very wise, notably [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] the classic "an elephant never forgets" by collectively having [[ForgetfulJones incredibly poor memories]], for which they are apparently infamous.
* AnimalThemeNaming[=/=]ADogNamedDog: Prevalent amongst the Animals, with a few [[OddNameOut odd names out]].
* AnimeHair: Lots. All over the place.
* {{Animesque}}: Though the original series' [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] also outsourced production to Japan, the reboot's look and animation by [[Studio4C Studio 4°C]] are now explicitly touted as [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/118/1180012p1.html major selling points]]. The Snarf short "Butterfly Blues" even proudly bears the stamp "Made in Japan!"
* AnywhereButTheirLips: In "Into the Astral Plane" Cheetara gives Lion-O a [[MotivationalKiss motivational]] peck on the cheek before he begins his risky journey.
* ApathyKilledTheCat: Thundera at large is confident in its MedievalStasis and magic weapons. Technology is a fairy tale, and anything for sale in the BlackMarket is obviously a fake.
* [[spoiler:ApocalypseHow: Mumm-Ra causes an X-3 in the backstory in order to create the Sword of Plundarr.]]
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Though itself a magical kingdom, most of Thundera outright dismisses technology as the stuff of fairy tales, and are skeptical of the existence of The Book of Omens and Mumm-Ra. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Thundera is depicted as fairly isolated, and their history has fallen into myth.
** In "The Curse of Ratilla," Tygra insists that the titular curse is just superstition meant to keep the slaves in line, despite a long string of near-fatal "coincidental accidents" during his and Cheetara's search for the Sword of Plundarr. Never mind that he's seen firsthand that curses are ''real'' in "Native Son."
* {{Arcadia}}:
** In "Omens Part One" its present in the EpicTrackingShot that introduces Thundera, seen to the south of the walled city.
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" this is the setting of the Swordmaker's home, full of rolling fields.
* ArtShift: The 2-minute short "Snarf: Butterfly Blues," sees a shift to a bright, simplified squash-and-stretch aesthetic in keeping with its {{Homage}} to old Warner Brothers' shorts.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The ethos of the Cats, as a ProudWarriorRace.
** "It was the [=ThunderCats=] who brought law and order to a world of warring Animals! And it is now the [=ThunderCats=] who are strong enough to maintain this fragile peace!"
** Panthro only recognized Lion-O as King when he proved himself in battle.
* AudibleSharpness:
** The Sword of Omens
** The Sword of Hattanzo, based on a zil-bel, as detailed [[http://soundslikejeff.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/thundercats-episode-8-sonic-swordplay/ here.]]
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: PlayedStraight and {{lampshaded}} in "Between Brothers" when the usually pacifist Elephants, previously [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct constrained]] by a need to meditate on their every dilemma, decide to engage the [[LizardFolk Lizards]] directly:
-->'''Wilykit''': You just woke a village of sleeping giants!
* BackToBackBadasses: Performed in {{Flashback}} by Grune and Panthro during a battlefield BodyCountCompetition.
* {{Backstory}}:
** "Old Friends" delves into the [[WeUsedToBeFriends past friendship]] between OldSoldier Panthro and EvilFormerFriend Grune.
** "Into the Astral Plane" explores the childhoods of Cheetara and Tygra, including how the former became a Cleric
** "Native Son" reveals Tygra's origins, and how he came to be adopted by Thundera's ruling family.
** "Survival of the Fittest" reveals Wilykit and Wilykat's past, and the reason why they are looking for El Dara.
* {{Badass}}: They're everywhere! Panthro, Grune and Claudus especially.
* BadassAdorable: Lucy, from the episode Recipe for Disaster. A large caterpillar, and later butterfly, used as a beast of burden by a supporting character. Cute as a bug's ear. Goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler: Mumm-Ra, who has taken the form of a giant, armored dinosaur,]] and kicks [[spoiler: his newly-scaly]] ass.
* BadassPacifist: The Elephants
-->'''Slithe''': [[ThisCannotBe But the Elephants]] ''[[ThisCannotBe never]]'' [[ThisCannotBe fight]]!
-->'''Ahbern''': [[BadassBoast It is rare, but when we do, we fight to]] ''[[BadassBoast win]]''!
* BagOfHolding: Tookit the thief has one called the "Forever Bag" capable of holding several warehouses worth of stolen goods in [[BiggerOnTheInside a sack that's roughly 2-3 feet tall]].
** The Forever Bag's activation phrase, "rankinbass", is a ShoutOut to the production company of the original ''ThunderCats'' series.
* BalconySpeech: King Claudus gives one in a public arena dedicating some celebratory games to the memory of Panthro.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The entire Animal cast so far, [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes except]] Leo, Panthera and the Swordmaker. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Cats, who can use their foot claws to climb structures like the giant tree featured in their games. Most Cats make a point of wearing spats for fashion's sake, but there are exceptions such as Pumyra.
* BatSignal: In "Song of the Petalars," this appears as an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] power of the Sword of Omens. Lion-O's ByThePowerOfGrayskull causes the Eye of Thundera to project his [[IconicLogo royal emblem]] into the sky just before Lion-O and his [=ThunderCats=] enter a battle [[spoiler: Which brings a nearby Panthro to the rescue]].
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Cheetara and Tygra]]. {{Lampshaded}} in "What Lies Above, Part 2." [[spoiler: Cheetara to Tygra as they battle with Addicus and Slithe: "Is our whole relationship based on saving each others' lives?"]]
* BattleCry:
** "Thunder... THUNDER... THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOO!!!"
** "For the pride!"
** "[[ChurchMilitant Clerics]], to the death!"
* BayonetYa: The blaster rifles used by the lizard army soldiers feature a wicked-looking blade permanently mounted under the barrel.
* BearyFriendly: The Ro-Bear Berbils, helpful, rainbow-hued [[CuteMachines robotic teddy bears]] who love to build and repair things.
* BeastFable: Surprisingly, going in this direction, in concert with the IntelligentGerbil characterization of Third Earth's residents.
* BeastFolk: The Cats and Mumm-Ra, the most HumanoidAliens of Third Earth's PettingZooPeople.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Jaga [[EncyclopediaExposita quotes]] from the Book of Omens to [[LampshadeHanging explain]] Lion-O's destiny:
-->'''Jaga''': "For it was written that he would be born of fire, a king to lead his people to victory, against ancient spirits of evil."
* BedsheetGhost: In "The Forest of Magi Oar," the Thunderkittens tease Cheetara when she reports feeling the presence of spirits by playing at being ghosts under a tent canvas. While they're stumbling under it, they knock their heads together.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "Omens Part 1" with Cheetara's nick-of-time [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind dispatching]] of a mugger headlocking Lion-O (which he finds rather [[EmbarrassingRescue awkward]])
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the same episode when Lion-O and friends try to save some Lizard prisoners from abuse, only to trigger lynch mob sentiments and a brawl which ''Claudus'' has to stop.
** Played straight in "Omens Part 2" with Claudus and Tygra saved [[spoiler: by the Clerics, then by Lion-O, when surrounded by {{Walking Tank}}s.]]
** In "Song of the Petalars." the [=ThunderCats=] are saved from a presumed LastStand against the Lizard army [[spoiler:by Panthro in the Thundertank]]
** Played straight again in "Into the Astral Plane" when Tygra roars to the scene to save the Cats [[spoiler: in the Thundertank, without Panthros's permission. Tygra doesn't let Lion-O forget it, either, and lampshades it himself later in the episode.]]
** Subverted in "New Alliances" [[spoiler: when Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra try to liberate lizard soldiers from Mumm-Ra's army; instead, they get owned by the villains Addicus, Kaynar, and even Slithe.]]. Played straight again later in the episode [[spoiler: when Panthro has to come bail out the trio in the Thundertank again.]]
** Big moment with Lion-O in "The Trials of Lion-O part 2" [[spoiler: where he comes back from the dead to save the Cats and sends Mumm-Ra ducking for cover.]]
** In the first season finale, the heroes are up against a powered-up Mumm-ra [[spoiler: and [[EvilAllAlong Pumyra]]]] when Wilykit and Wilykat come to the rescue [[spoiler: [[GondorCallsForAid along with everyone the [=ThunderCats=] had helped throughout the season]], who had been brought along in the Forever Bag.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss:
** In "Legacy" between Leo and Panthera [[spoiler: just as their ship is about to crash.]]
** At the end of "Between Brothers" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
** Again in "The Curse of Ratilla" [[spoiler: Tygra and Cheetara]]
* BigEntrance:
** In "Omens Part 1" Grune arrives in a CaptainMorganPose atop a gigantic geode hauled by four-dozen Lizard slaves because he's TooImportantToWalk.
** In "Omens Part 2" Mumm-Ra is revealed WreathedInFlames while a vortex with swirling [[RedSkyTakeWarning red clouds]] opens in the sky above his head, DramaticThunder booms and a DramaticWind blows, all backed by ConLang OminousLatinChanting.
* BigFancyCastle[=/=]BrightCastle: Thundera has a beauty, with its very own Sphinx, until the Lizards invade.
* BigNo[=/=]SlowNo: Lion-O, when Claudus is stabbed.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The Petalars are introduced during a RiteOfPassage as a new baby is born. A wizened elder welcomes him into the world with a philosophic FinalSpeech, then peacefully collapses and withers away.
* BlackBox: Lion-O purchases a piece of what he suspects is LostTechnology from a FriendInTheBlackMarket, and spends quite a bit of time puzzling over it and diagramming it, but he only realizes its function when he sees a Lizard use one [[spoiler:to blow up a wall.]]
* BlackMarket: Lion-O apparently makes a habit of traveling through Thundera's back alleys to frequent his friend Jorma's shop in search of "certain hard-to-find collectibles". Cheetara assumes the wares are forgeries.
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn:
** In "Omens Part 2" The Sword of Omens falls this way after Claudus is stabbed [[spoiler:by Mumm-Ra disguised as Panthro]].
** In "The Duelist and the Drifter" The Sword of Hattanzo neatly falls vertically into the turf after the Duelist knocks it skyward out of his opponent's grip.
* BladeReflection: The mechanism of the Sword of Omens' "sight beyond sight," in which Lion-O sees a frightening vision of Mumm-Ra.
* [[spoiler:BlankBook: The Book of Omens.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cheetara (blonde), Pumyra (brunette), and Wilykit (redhead).
* BloodSport: Thundera's "Games" are a ChaseFight race where kicking and punching are entirely acceptable methods of getting ahead.
* BloodlessCarnage:
** During TheSiege of Thundera. A sky full of arrows, Claudus cutting through a wave of Lizards, even Claudus getting stabbed in the back and falling into pool of water, not one drop of blood is found.
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in "Song of the Petalars" the Cats cut and shoot through Lizard troops ''bloodlessly,'' but Tygra's shots are shown to ''pierce'' the Lizard's bodies.
** In "Between Brothers", [[spoiler:Panthro's arms get caught in the collapsing Astral Plane; when the smoke clears, the severed stumps are covered in glowing blue energy.]]
** In "Native Son", a character is ''stabbed'' by [[spoiler: Tygra's father, Javan]], but after the knife is pulled out there isn't a drop of blood on it. [[spoiler: Though in this case, it's possibly somewhat justified as it turns out that Tygra's clan were DeadAllAlong.]]
* BodyCountCompetition: Between Panthro and Grune during a flashback in "Old Friends."
* BreadAndCircuses: Thundera kind of sucks. Crime-ridden slums, rampant FantasticRacism, and a FantasticCasteSystem... oh man, look at the ''size'' of that [[TheThunderdome Thunderdome]]. The games must be ''awesome''!
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:Tygra's biological father does this in "Native Son" to drive him away from the cursed Tiger clan.]]
* BuildingSwing: In "Omens Part One" The jungle vine variant, employed to knock another player off a giant tree and into a pool of water below, is briefly seen as the Thundera's GladiatorGames are introduced.
* BulletSeed: Or rather, bullet pollen. The Petalars' method of attack.
* BullyingADragon: A PowderkegCrowd with TorchesAndPitchforks may have underestimated Lion-O and company's skills, but still showed bafflingly poor judgment in attacking their ''Crown Prince.''
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull:
** "Thunder... THUNDER... THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOO!!!"
** "Ancient Spirits of Evil... [[TransformationSequence transform]] this decayed form, into Mumm-Ra... '''THE EVERRRR-LIIIVIIIIING'''"
** "Sword of Omens, give me [[{{Precognition}} Sight Beyond Sight]]"
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