This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Looney Toons: Roger G Rapid, for future reference, we usually like a little more detail about a series than a garbled sentence and a Wikipedia link.
I've put in the framework of a proper series entry, but someone a bit more familiar with the show will need to actually flesh it out.
macroscopic: Removed some discussion.
From After the End:
- ...the name Third Earth implies something happened to Earth as we know it. Twice.)
- This troper remembers an episode where Mumm-Ra mentions First and Second Earth, but he doesn't go into detail about them. Obviously the Egyptian mythology survived.
- This troper thought "Third Earth" just meant it was the third planet from its star.
- King Arthur is brought up as a hero from when "Third Earth was still First Earth."
I'd always thought Third Earth meant the same as 'third rock from the sun' but apparantly there's evidence to the contrary. Someone that knows for sure should fix this.
From Human Popsicle:
- If I remember correctly, Jaga rigged it that way, knowing that he'd need to be an adult to lead the team in the settlement of a new world. Because, you know, it's the physical development that makes a good leader, and not the years of training, education and experience.
- No, this troper is pretty sure it was purely accidental...
- No, it was just the consequence of the pod's operation. It only slowed growth, not stopped it completely, just long enough for Lion-O to finish puberty (Jaga himself said that enough time would have passed that even using one, he would have died of old age before they reached Third Earth). Not sure how they explained the twins, though.
- They were probably just too young to have a growth spurt like Lion-O's.
- If I remember correctly, Jaga rigged it that way, knowing that he'd need to be an adult to lead the team in the settlement of a new world. Because, you know, it's the physical development that makes a good leader, and not the years of training, education and experience.
From This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself:
- Before that, Lion-O had to defeat all the other Thundercats in their specialized area of combat. In other words, he had to beat Panthro in a battle of strength, Cheetara in a foot race, complete a cavern maze before the Thunderkittens, and see through Tygra's illusions.
This belongs somewhere, but I'm not sure what trope it is.
