Line #36 Trivia/Thundercats2011


1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** Viragor is a monstrous bird who's violently over-protective of his home. This may seem familiar to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fans.
3	** The Soul Server is a mad scientist obsessed with bringing the dead back to life? Played by Creator/JeffreyCombs? [[Film/ReAnimator Why does that sound so familiar]]?
4	*** It's also not the first time Mr. Combs has played [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime a robot skilled with science]].
5	*** Nor his first time [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague dealing with other people's trash]].
6	* ChannelHop: Well, more like Production Company Hop: This series is produced by Creator/WarnerBros as they had acquired the post-1974 [[note]]all material before that was first acquired by [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lorne Michaels]] through his company, Broadway Video (he had bought it from GE, who had owned R-B for a period in the mid-70s); in the mid 90s, he sold that off to Golden Books, and the library became part of Golden Books Family Entertainment; in 2002 that was spun off as Classic Media, and in 2012, Creator/DreamWorksAnimation acquired Classic Media[[/note]] Creator/RankinBass library when they acquired Creator/{{Lorimar}}-Telepictures in 1989 (Telepictures had bought R-B in 1978, then merged with Lorimar in 1986).
7	* CrossDressingVoices: Snarf is male but is voiced by Creator/SatomiKoorogi, a Japanese voice actress.
8	** Creator/TaraStrong voices a young Lion-O in flashbacks.
9	* ExecutiveMeddling: Cartoon Network decided to chop the show's first and only season in half into two thirteen-episode seasons.
10	* FandomNod: In "Between Brothers", Panthro shouts "I don't need a stinkin' nursemaid!" at Snarf, which is the role he played in the 1985 series.
11	* NetworkToTheRescue: The show's ratings were okay, but the toys didn't sell as well as hoped so Creator/WarnerBros talked Creator/CartoonNetwork into moving the show from Friday nights to Saturday mornings as a lead-in to the popular DC Nation programing block. The show's ratings ''doubled'' overnight. Unfortunately...
12	** ScrewedByTheNetwork: The first sign of trouble was Bandai discontinuing the toyline. The next was when CN decided to end the show at episode 26 shortly before the toyline was announced to be dead.
13	** Creator/{{Toonami}} has decided to pick up the series as part of its new expanded block, alongside fellow CN favorite ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', giving them the support and reruns they needed which Cartoon Network itself never provided, though now at a very late time slot. Unfortunately, were taken off in favor of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' and Season 2 of ''Anime/TheBigO''. Though ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' returned, ''[=ThunderCats=]'' suffered the worst of it, as Toonami lost the rights to the show.
14	* TheOtherDarrin:
15	** Leo is voiced by Creator/WillFriedle in his first appearance because of Lion-O reliving events of the past through Leo. "Birth of the Blades" has Creator/JasonMarsden voicing him, and this is likely what Leo's actual voice sounds like. This is something of a CastingGag, since Will and Jason are good friends.
16	** The Ancient Spirits of Evil are voiced by Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}} when they debut in "Native Son", but their appearance in "Birth of the Blades" has them voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson instead.
17	** For reasons unknown, the Latin American Spanish dub of [[http://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Thundercats_(2011) this iteration of the ThunderCats franchise]] was done in Venezuela instead of Mexico.
18	* PredecessorCastingGag: Claudus, voiced by the original Lion-O himself Larry Kenney, tells Lion-O to let him show off what the Sword of Omens can do "in the proper hands." Jaga [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] that Claudus was much like Lion-O himself in his youth and Claudus gets to do the rallying cry one last time.
19	* PlayingAgainstType: Pamela Adlon is usually known for playing energetic boys in shows like ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' and ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'', as well as spunky and snarky characters on ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' , Here, she plays Pumyra, a young woman with a major temper problem.
20	* ReferencedBy:
21	** ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=239 An old woman in 2063 regrets]] marrying a manchild who didn't take much stock in their child's wedding, but is still going on about how ''[[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats Thundercats]]'' was a good show.
22	* RoleReprise: In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Élcio Romar (the voice of Snarf in the classic series) recorded a few new loops for his character, making Snarf sound like a cross between [[WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy Ollie the opossum]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Togepi]].
23	* TeasingCreator: The crew just ''loves'' messing with their fellow fans, especially at the [[https://crewofomens.tumblr.com Crew of Omens]] blog, and occasionally Website/DeviantArt, where a crew member [[https://farfie-kins.deviantart.com/art/THUNDERCATS-HO-246011858 teased]] the WholeEpisodeFlashback of "Old Friends" in an early review comment. Almost every question of "Will (X) from the old show appear in a future episode?" has been answered with a sly "Maybe" and a wink. They're also very fond of the MathematiciansAnswer.
24	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: So large that it now has its [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/ThunderCats2011 own page]].
25	* WordOfGod: Art director Dan Norton set up a [[https://crewofomens.tumblr.com/ ThunderCats crew blog]] to answer fan questions and also uses [[https://dingo107.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]], frequently posting fan art on the blog.
26	** In the 2017 interview, Norton revealed that the reason why several characters were killed off in the first season and [[spoiler:Pumyra and Tygra]] were planned to be killed off in the second planned season isn't because the crew hated them but because it was their intention was to present a sharp edged show where AnyoneCanDie (good or bad, cute or ugly, etc.) to highlight the danger of the conflict, which explains why some fans felt that it could've been aimed at older audiences than younger audiences, given the tone.
27	* WrittenByCastMember: "The Trials of Lion-O: Part 2" and "Birth of the Blades" were written by Creator/WillFriedle.

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