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* BittersweetEnding: "Shaodwmaster": Lion-O rescues Claudus from the Shadowmaster, but he turns into a spirit like Jaga. However, he tells Lion-O that he's proud of him.
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* MissingMom: Lion-O has his father Claudus but his mother is never seen or mentioned.

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* PutOnABus: The Luna-Taks and Mutants are put on a prison train near the end of season 3 and aside from one episode do not appear again.

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* PutOnABus: The Luna-Taks and Mutants are put on a prison train near the end of season 3 and and, aside from one episode each, do not appear again.again.
* RaiseHimRightThisTime: When Malcar is accidentally de-aged into a baby by the Canyon of Youth, he's given to a Thunderian couple with Lion-O advising them not to teach him any magic.



* Despite becoming Mandora's assistant, Quick Pick only appeared twice.

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* ** Despite becoming Mandora's assistant, Quick Pick only appeared twice.
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* Despite becoming Mandora's assistant, Quick Pick only appeared twice.

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** In Part 4 of "ThunderCats-Ho!", Snarf helps Ro-Bear Bob and Ro-Bear Bert escape the Berserkers' ship and the two are last seen in Part 5 nodding in approval while watching Bengali, Lynx-O and Pumyra meet up with the {{ThunderCats}}. The two are never seen again and the three Thunderians appear to forget all about the Berbils who saved them from Thundera's destruction, lived with them on an island and last saw them as the Bereserkers' prisoners.

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** In Part 4 of "ThunderCats-Ho!", Snarf helps Ro-Bear Bob and Ro-Bear Bert escape the Berserkers' ship and the two are last seen in Part 5 nodding in approval while watching Bengali, Lynx-O and Pumyra meet up with the {{ThunderCats}}. The two are never seen again and the three Thunderians appear to forget all about the Berbils who saved them from Thundera's destruction, lived with them on an island and last saw them as the Bereserkers' prisoners.Berserkers' prisoners.
** After "Thundercats-Ho!" Ratar-O was never seen again, even though the Mutants still possessed the ''Rat-Star''.
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* GoGoEnslavement: In ''The Return'', an [[SheIsAllGrownUp adult]] Wilykat and Wilykit are enslaved as Mumm-Ra's personal servants, half-dressed, and he refers to Wilykit as his concubine.
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** In Part 4 of "ThunderCats-Ho!", Snarf helps Ro-Bear Bob and Ro-Bear Bert escape the Berserkers' ship and the two are last seen in Part 5 nodding in approval while watching Bengali, Lynx-O and Pumyra meet up with the {{ThunderCats}}. The two are never seen again and the three Thunderians appear to forget all about the Berbils who saved them from Thundera's destruction, lived with them on an island and last saw them as the Bereserkers' prisoners.
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The series begins with the leaders of Thundera leaving their planet by spaceship and watching as a natural disaster destroys it. It initially seems as if they may be the only survivors, but later seasons introduce many other refugee ships crewed by both other warriors and ordinary civilians.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** At the end of "The Crystal Queen", Queen Tartara's castle collapses when Lion-O, Panthro and Snarf drive the ThunderTank through the walls in order to escape, with no hint of what became of Tartara and her guards.
** The end of "Sword in a Hole" reveals that Captain Shiner escaped the destruction of his ship but there's no sign of his crew.
** At the end of "The Evil Harp of Charr-Nin" Mumm-Ra easily escapes the collapsed cavern but it isn't shown what became of Charr-Nin.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Slithe tells Monkian they need a woman's touch in Castle Plun-Darr, Monkian calls him a chauvinist.
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* HandsLookingWrong: One of the first things Lion-O does when he emerges from his suspension capsule on arriving on Third Earth [[note]]the name of the planet, implied to be a future incarnation of our Earth, which becomes the Thundercats' adopted home after the destruction of Thundera[[/note]] is look at his hands. He immediately notices that they are much bigger than they were when he entered the capsule, and a subsequent glance at his reflection in a puddle reveals that he has aged from a pre-teen to an adult while in suspension.

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* HandsLookingWrong: One of the first things Lion-O does when he emerges from his suspension capsule on arriving on Third Earth [[note]]the name of the planet, implied to be a future incarnation of our Earth, which becomes the Thundercats' adopted home after the destruction of Thundera[[/note]] is look looking at his hands. He immediately notices that they are much bigger than they were when he entered the capsule, and a subsequent glance at his reflection in a puddle reveals that he has aged from a pre-teen to an adult while in suspension.
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* HandsLookingWrong: One of the first things Lion-O does when he emerges from his suspension capsule on arriving on Third Earth [[note]]the name of the planet, implied to be a future incarnation of our Earth, which becomes the Thundercats' adopted home after the destruction of Thundera[[/note]] is look at his hands. He immediately notices that they are much bigger than they were when he entered the capsule, and a subsequent glance at his reflection in a puddle reveals that he has aged from a pre-teen to an adult while in suspension.
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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied in the episode "Hair of the Dog" that The Ancient Spirits of Evil are petty enough to troll Mumm-Ra by turning Snarf into a superpowered being called Snarf-Ra so that they can enjoy Mumm-Ra's [[CurbStompBattle humiliation]] and the hands of Snarf-Ra.

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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied in the episode "Hair of the Dog" that The Ancient Spirits of Evil are petty enough to troll Mumm-Ra by turning Snarf into a superpowered being called Snarf-Ra so that they can enjoy Mumm-Ra's [[CurbStompBattle humiliation]] and at the hands of Snarf-Ra.



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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Obviously, they're all cat-based.

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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Obviously, they're the Thundercats are all cat-based.cat-based, while the Mutants are based on other animals (Slithe is a reptile, while the others are named after their species - Jackalman, Vultureman, Monkian, Rataro).



** Snarf has an entire race ''and a planet'' named after him, along with a nephew named Snarfer. Curiously, it's revealed Snarf actually has a name (Osbert), but he insists everyone else call him Snarf anyway.

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** Snarf has an entire race ''and a planet'' named after him, along with a nephew named Snarfer. Curiously, Subverted in that it's revealed Snarf actually has a name (Osbert), but he hates it so much that he insists everyone else call him Snarf anyway.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Exaggerated for Slithe, whose toy reveals his name should be spelled "S-S-Slithe". Many sources and fans also spell his name "Slythe".



** Ssslithe's SssssnakeTalk, yessssss?

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** Ssslithe's SssssnakeTalk, yessssss?yessssss? (To the point where his toy is named with it: S-S-Slithe)

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* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: The five-part episode "Lion-O's Anointment", has Lion-O tested by his teammates as a ComingOfAge ceremony that every Lord of the Thundercats must go through to earn the title. In the second one, he actually has to ''race Cheetara''. As impossible as that seems, Lion-O is allowed to take an alternate route (which makes winning possible, given that Cheetarah can't run at full speed for as ''long'' as he can) but there's one catch - it's far more dangerous than the route she takes. After avoiding a ManEatingPlant, a two-headed monster, and dwarf-like savages, he's able to win.

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* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: The five-part episode "Lion-O's Anointment", has Lion-O tested by his teammates as a ComingOfAge ceremony that every Lord of the Thundercats must go through to earn the title. In the second one, he actually has to ''race Cheetara''. As impossible as that seems, Lion-O is allowed to take an alternate route (which makes winning possible, given that Cheetarah Cheetara can't run at full speed for as ''long'' as he can) but there's one catch - it's far more dangerous than the route she takes. After avoiding a ManEatingPlant, a two-headed monster, and dwarf-like savages, he's able to win.



* RunTheGauntlet: In the five-part episode "Lion-O's Anointment", Lion-O must prove he's worthy of being Lord of the Thundercats by taking on and defeating each of the other Thundercats in contests that favor them: a trial of strength against Panthro, of speed against Cheetara, etc. The final trial is to defeat his greatest enemy, Mumm-Ra, alone and without the Sword of Omens.



** Many of the Thundercats, especially Tigra and the Thunderkittens, have character designs that look like embellished Theatre/{{Cats}} designs. Cats had come out in 1981, the year before Thundercats went into production and was still a big deal even when the series aired in 1985

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** Many of the Thundercats, especially Tigra and the Thunderkittens, have character designs that look like embellished Theatre/{{Cats}} designs. Cats had come out in 1981, the year before Thundercats went into production and was still a big deal even when the series aired in 19851985.
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* OffModel: As with many cartoons from the '80. ''The Thudercats'' has many instances of off model animation. The most frequent example is Cheetara's hair; sometimes Cheetara's hair is a spiky corona that just goes past her ears, and others, as in the opening sequence, she has long hair past her shoulders. Sometimes it's length isn't even consistent throughout an episode.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Warrior Maidens go barefoot. So do Tygra, Wilykit, and Lynx-O, sort of, which brings them into BarefootCartoonAnimal territory.
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''[=ThunderCats=]'', an AnimatedShow from Creator/RankinBassProductions that was animated by [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Pacific Animation Corporation,]][[note]]who then further outsourced some of the animation to four uncredited studios - Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/HanhoHeungUp, Creator/AnimeR and Creator/WangFilmProductions,[[/note]] was one of the most popular MerchandiseDriven cartoons of TheEighties.

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''[=ThunderCats=]'', an AnimatedShow from Creator/RankinBassProductions that was animated by [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Pacific Animation Corporation,]][[note]]who then further outsourced some of the animation to four several uncredited studios - Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/HanhoHeungUp, Creator/AnimeR Creator/AnimeR, Creator/Animation501, and Creator/WangFilmProductions,[[/note]] was one of the most popular MerchandiseDriven cartoons of TheEighties.
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* AncientArtifact: The Sword of Omens is the legendary sword of the [=ThunderCats=], wielded by their Lord [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield after proving himself worthy]]. In addition to changing size and being nigh-invulnerable, it offers the wielder NewPowersAsThePlotDemands thanks to the Eye of Thundera, which provides power not only to the sword but also to the [=ThunderCats=] in general. Depending on the continuity, it cannot be used or even touched by those with evil intent.
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* WhipItGood: Tygra uses a bolo-whip, but when he uses it correctly, he can turn ''invisible''.
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-->'''Lion-O:''' She's... so beautiful...
-->'''Snarf:''' ''Lion-O...''
-->'''Lion-O:''' I-In a kind of ''evil'' way, of course.

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-->'''Lion-O:''' She's... so beautiful...
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beautiful...\\
'''Snarf:'''
''Lion-O...''
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'''Lion-O:'''
I-In a kind of ''evil'' way, of course.



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* DistractedByTheSexy: Lion-O versus Tashi in the episode "The Doomgaze." And this is ''before'' she uses her titular HypnoticEyes against him. Lucky for him that [[ActionGirl Cheetara]] was there to intervene.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Lion-O versus Tashi Ta-She in the episode "The Doomgaze." And this is ''before'' she uses her titular HypnoticEyes against him. Lucky for him that [[ActionGirl Cheetara]] was there to intervene.



* ShouldersOfDoom: [[spoiler:Tashi]] gets these in "Enemy's Pride".

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* ShouldersOfDoom: [[spoiler:Tashi]] [[spoiler:Ta-She]] gets these in "Enemy's Pride".
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And if you ever wonder about what the show was actually ''like,'' remember that this was the 80's, a time of six-pack superheroes, magical weaponry that could do ''absolutely anything,'' and villains who shared their wardrobes with death-metal bands, all powered by the RuleOfCool, and ''[=ThunderCats=]'' was no exception.

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And if you ever wonder about what the show was actually ''like,'' remember that this was the 80's, 80s, a time of six-pack superheroes, magical weaponry that could do ''absolutely anything,'' and villains who shared their wardrobes with death-metal bands, all powered by the RuleOfCool, and ''[=ThunderCats=]'' was no exception.
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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied in the episode "Hair of the Dog" that The Ancient Spirits of Evil are petty enough to troll Mumm-Ra by turning Snarf into a superpowered being called Snarf-Ra so that they can enjoy Mumm-Ra's [[CurbStompBattle humiliation]] and the hands of Snarf-Ra.
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* ShutUpKirk: Slithe's fondness for diplomacy and free discussion along with an [[TalkToTheFist empathetic shoulder pat]] for Monkian quickly "soothed" any unruly behaviour from those two.

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* ShutUpKirk: Slithe's fondness for diplomacy and free discussion with Jackal Man along with an [[TalkToTheFist empathetic shoulder pat]] for Monkian quickly "soothed" any unruly behaviour from those two.
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* BagOfKidnapping: In “Safari Joe” the titular villain captures WileyKit and WileyKat with this method after shooting them off their hovercrafts.

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* BagOfKidnapping: In “Safari Joe” the titular villain captures WileyKit Wileykit and WileyKat Wileykat with this method after shooting them off their hovercrafts.



* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the first episode, the Thundercats are all naked, and they have no genitals or nipples... or even butt clefts. And yet they all apparently have [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180828125951if_/https://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Can_you_identify_the_ThunderCats_character_.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/74262.jpg]]. Weird.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the first episode, the Thundercats are all naked, and they have no genitals or nipples... or even butt clefts. And yet they all apparently have [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180828125951if_/https://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Can_you_identify_the_ThunderCats_character_.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/74262.jpg]].jpg this]]. Weird.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the first episode, the Thundercats are all naked, and they have no genitals or nipples... or even butt clefts. And yet they all apparently have [[http://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Can_you_identify_the_ThunderCats_character_.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/74262.jpg this]]. Weird.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the first episode, the Thundercats are all naked, and they have no genitals or nipples... or even butt clefts. And yet they all apparently have [[http://images.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20180828125951if_/https://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Can_you_identify_the_ThunderCats_character_.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/74262.jpg this]].jpg]]. Weird.
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* BilingualAnimal: Depends on where you think he falls as far as an "animal," but Snarf[[note]]Who's a creature called a "snarf"[[/note]] had animal linguistics as a power. It actually came in very useful for a [[DayInTheLimelight tailor-made episode]] where the other Thundercats got kidnapped by the villains and Snarf had to use various animals to mount a rescue for them.
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%%* JamesBondage: Tygra.

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%%* * JamesBondage: Tygra.Tygra is the male Thundercat that got tied up the most.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Not in the show, but the two {{Gamebook}} adaptations both had a "choice" that was really just there to have the author tell the reader how silly they were being if they guessed wrong.

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