ThunderCats

1985 130 episodes

ThunderCats was first marketed in 1983, but the series was not released until two years later.

Episode guide

  1. Exodus

    January 23, 1985 No. 1-001 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    This is the pilot episode and introduction of the ThunderCats. The planet Thundera has become very unstable, and has reached the point of total destruction. The ThunderCats manage to escape…

  2. The Unholy Alliance

    January 23, 1985 No. 1-002 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The mutants also manage to land on earth, and they encounter an old pyramid. It turned out to be the home of Mumm-Ra, the ever-living, and they join forces with each other to possess the Sw…

  3. Berbils

    September 11, 1985 No. 1-003 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    This Episode is the introduction of the Ro-Bear-Berbils. A race of robot bears who live on Third Earth. Lion-O and Snarf get trapped in one of the Ro-Bear traps, but later find they are a f…

  4. The Slaves Of Castle Plun-Darr

    September 12, 1985 No. 1-004 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The homeless mutants also make plans to build their home. But it would be impossible for three mutants to do it themselves. They enslave a primitive race of beings called Brute-Men to do th…

  5. Pumm-Ra

    September 13, 1985 No. 1-006 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra finds out that the Kingdom of Webs has a new Queen, Spidera. Mumm-Ra thinks he can lure Lion-O in to Spidera. He transforms into a diamond fairy and casts a spell on Lion-O. Snarf f…

  6. The Terror Of Hammerhand

    September 16, 1985 No. 1-007 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Snarf helps a unicorn in danger from a evil group of pirates called Berserkers, and gets captured himself. Lion-O seeks out Snarf, and saves him with the help of the Unicorns, and the Unico…

  7. Trouble with Time

    September 17, 1985 No. 1-005 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The ThunderCats, in need of Thundrillium to power their lair and ThunderTank, search third Earth for another source. Tygra finds an enormous source of Thundrillium in a cave near the forest…

  8. The Tower Of Traps

    September 18, 1985 No. 1-008 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Wily Kit and Kat save a Wollo from a Robber Baron. The robbers stole the Wollos wedding present for his daughter, and the kittens go looking for the robbers. They enter the Tower of traps,…

  9. The Garden Of Delights

    September 19, 1985 No. 1-009 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra tricks Tygra into eating a drugged fruit that puts him under Mumm-Ra's control. Mumm-Ra commands Tygra to steal the Sword of Omens. Since evil spirits cannot use the power of the Sw…

  10. Mandora: The Evil Chaser

    September 20, 1985 No. 1-010 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Lion-O and Snarf stumble upon a portable jail cell, and mistakenly open it up. Three of the galaxy's worst villains escape. One of them, a slick thief, manages to steal Lion-Us sword. Lion-…

  11. The Ghost Warrior

    September 23, 1985 No. 1-011 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Two very curious Wollows mistakenly broke the magical seal that imprisoned the ghost of an ancient warrior. Grune the Destroyer. The ThunderCats cannot figure out how to destroy Grune, who…

  12. The Doom-Gaze

    September 24, 1985 No. 1-012 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra wishes to obtain the secrets of an ancient power known as the Doom-Gaze. Ta-She, an evil priestess, is the only one who possesses the knowledge of the Doom-Gaze. Ta-She however, is…

  13. Lord Of The Snows

    September 25, 1985 No. 1-013 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The ThunderCats were almost out of Thundrillium, when Panthro discovered a meteor falling from the sky through the Cats Lair. It Turned out to be a fragment of Thundera, and it was pure Thu…

  14. The Spaceship Beneath The Sands

    September 26, 1985 No. 1-014 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The mutants ask Mumm-Ra to raise their spaceship that he made sink into a dessert when they first landed on third Earth. He feared the power of their spaceship could destroy his temple. The…

  15. The Time Capsule

    September 27, 1985 No. 1-015 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Lion-O becomes homesick, and his memories of Thundera are almost nonexistent. Jaga appears to Lion-O and tells him that on their spaceship, they brought with them a time capsule that was ba…

  16. The Fireballs Of Plun-Darr

    September 30, 1985 No. 1-016 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The mutants, once again searching for a way to destroy the ThunderCats, recover some more items from their spaceship that Mumm-Ra generously recovered for them. They take their ships engine…

  17. All That Glitters

    October 1, 1985 No. 1-017 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra tricks Tygra and Lion-O into fighting each other, and Tygra's Bolo-whip destroy the sword of omens. The only way to reforge the sword is in the heat of a star, and coincidentally, t…

  18. Spitting Image

    October 2, 1985 No. 1-018 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra creates device that can make Panthro clones. He embeds the spirit of Hammerhand into his clone and set it free to destroy third Earth. The third Earth inhabitants blame the ThunderC…

  19. Mongor

    October 3, 1985 No. 1-020 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Monkian goes to Mumm-Ra and agrees to give him anything if Mumm-Ra will make him powerful enough to rule Third Earth. Mumm-Ra agrees cleverly, and gives him Power Spheres that make him supe…

  20. Return To Thundera

    October 4, 1985 No. 1-021 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    An evil hunter lands on third Earth in search of prey to hunt. His holographic machine can tell him about all of the ThunderCats, including their strengths and weaknesses, and he is able to…

  21. Dr. Dometone

    October 7, 1985 No. 1-030 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    In old scientist seeks the ThunderCats to help him save the oceans of third Earth. Long ago, a crack was made in the bottom of the ocean that caused the water to drain into the Earth's core…

  22. The Astral Prison

    October 8, 1985 No. 1-031 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Jaga is captured by Nemex, an evil being in the Astral world, and Lion-O tries to find a way to rescue him. Third-Earth legend says that the only person who can transport anyone to the Astr…

  23. The Crystal Queen

    October 9, 1985 No. 1-024 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The ThunderCats think that Snarf is getting too old, and that he is not up to doing as much as he is. To prove them wrong, Snarf saves the ThunderCats from another mess. The evil crystal qu…

  24. Safari Joe

    October 10, 1985 No. 1-026 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    An old iceberg on Hook Mountain begins to melt, and encased in it is an ancient being known as the Ice King. He begins to destroy Snow-Man's castle at the top of Hook Mountain, and freezes…

  25. Snarf Takes Up The Challenge

    October 11, 1985 No. 1-022 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The ThunderCats, fooled by Mumm-Ra and the mutants, manage to get caught. All except Snarf. Being the only ThunderCat left, Snarf goes off to save them. His abilities to talk to the wild an…

  26. Sixth Sense

    October 28, 1985 No. 1-029 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    An alien spaceship crash-lands on third Earth, and it can somehow communicate with Cheetara through her sixth sense. She becomes a part of the spacecraft, and begins to feel what it feels.…

  27. The Thunder-Cutter

    October 29, 1985 No. 1-036 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra summons the great samurai Hachi-Man to seek and destroy Lion-O. He tells Hachi-Man that Lion-O and the ThunderCats are destroying his planet. Hachi-Man and Lion-O confront each othe…

  28. The Wolfrat

    October 30, 1985 No. 1-045 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    A Mechanical Rodent Penetrates the Cats' Lair, releasing a gas that reduces them to 9 inches. Tygra manages to create an antidote for the gas, just in time to fight the mutants who were att…

  29. Feliner, Part 1

    October 31, 1985 No. 1-039 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Vulture-man summons Ratar-O to take him to the planet of the Snarfs to capture one of them and use it as ransom with the ThunderCats. Snarf (Osbert J), thinking his entire race was wiped ou…

  30. Feliner, Part 2

    November 1, 1985 No. 1-040 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Vulture-man summons Ratar-O to take him to the planet of the Snarfs to capture one of them and use it as ransom with the ThunderCats. Snarf (Osbert J), thinking his entire race was wiped ou…

  31. Mandora And The Pirates

    November 4, 1985 No. 1-023 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mandora, on space-patrol, encounters an old pirate ship that doesn't meet inter-galactic standards. She boards the ship, arrests the pirate, and sends the ship to a space prison. Little doe…

  32. Return Of The Driller

    November 5, 1985 No. 1-027 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The ThunderCats briefly show Lion-O how the time capsule they recovered from the caveman works. Curious to see more, Lion-O activates it during his nighttime watch, and gets caught in it nu…

  33. Dimension Doom

    November 6, 1985 No. 1-033 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Wiz-Ra, Mum-Ra's enemy from long ago comes back every 7000 years through a portal that just happens to be in Cheetara's bedroom. Wiz-Ra wears on his head a magical helmet that lets him cont…

  34. Queen Of 8 Legs

    November 7, 1985 No. 1-032 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Driller, Mumm-Ra's servant who captured Panthro for him in Spitting Image, returns to aid Mumm-Ra once again. His job this time is to drill a hole from the Cat's Lair to the Acid Lake, allo…

  35. Sword In A Hole

    November 8, 1985 No. 1-044 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra hires Captain Schiner no send a fake distress signal to the ThunderCats. With their new vehicle, the Feliner, the ThunderCats set out into deep space to help the "ship in distress".…

  36. The Evil Harp Of Charr-Nin

    November 11, 1985 No. 1-051 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Wily Kit and Kat find an ancient Harp that has a genie in it. His name is Char-Nin. Mumm-Ra appears to the genie and tells him that if he destroys the ThunderCats, he will be freed from his…

  37. Lion-O's Anointment:, Part I (The Trial Of Strength)

    November 12, 1985 No. 1-049 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    On Lion-Us 20th birthday, he must pass a set of trials to become the true Lord of the ThunderCats. Even though he is the hereditary Lord of the ThunderCats, he has not proven himself to be…

  38. The Demolisher

    November 13, 1985 No. 1-038 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    A vagabond space traveler lands on Third Earth to challenge Mumm-Ra to a fight. The Demolisher is victorious against Mumm-Ra and sends him running back to his Tomb. Mumm-Ra acknowledges the…

  39. Monkian's Bargain

    November 14, 1985 No. 1-053 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The mutants fail to destroy the ThunderCats in an aerial assault and find themselves stranded on a far part of third Earth inhabited by the good Mumm-Rana. She is suppose to be the exact op…

  40. Tight Squeeze

    November 15, 1985 No. 1-052 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    After the Mutants fail to ambush and defeat the ThunderCats with Vultureman's new Thundrainium cannon, Vultureman, furious about the failed attempt and the loss of his weapon, activates a s…

  41. The Micrits

    November 18, 1985 No. 1-048 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Wily Kit and Kat accidentally free an ancient monster that was banished to an old shrine centuries ago. The evil monster, Mongor, begins to destroy the planet, and is much stronger than the…

  42. Lion-O's Anointment:, Part II (The Trail Of Speed)

    November 19, 1985 No. 1-019 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    On the second day of his trails, he must race Cheetara through the dangerous lands of third Earth. Although Cheetara is by far the fastest among the ThunderCats, her speed can only last for…

  43. The Rock Giant

    November 20, 1985 No. 1-035 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Mumm-Ra transforms himself into a Ro-bear Berbil (a ThunderCat ally). He acts hurt and the ThunderCats let him stay at Cats Lair. One night, Mumm-Ra (the Berbil) puts all the ThunderCats un…

  44. Jackalman's Rebellion

    November 21, 1985 No. 1-055 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The normally submissive JackalMan decides to start his own army in hopes of conquering Third Earth by himself. He does manage to give the ThunderCats trouble, but soon he is defeated and en…

  45. Turmagar The Tuska

    November 22, 1985 No. 1-028 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    An evil robot monster is attacking the Tuska Village, in an area unexplored by the ThunderCats. Turmagar, the leader of the Tuskas, travels to the Cat's Lair to ask for aid in defeating the…

  46. Lion-O's Anointment:, Part III (The Trial Of Cunning)

    November 25, 1985 No. 1-042 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Wily Kit and Kat stand in Lion-O's way on the third day of his trials. Lion-O must beat them through the maze of infinity. Attempting to stop Lion-O and slow him down, the kids set traps in…

  47. The Mumm-Ra Berbil

    November 26, 1985 No. 1-058 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Lion-O takes up mountain climbing, but during one of his climbs, The Mutants attack him with a Thundrainium gun, Lion-O calls the other ThunderCats, but an avalanche traps Panthro, Tygra, S…

  48. Mechanical Plague

    November 27, 1985 No. 1-037 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    Panthro invents flying video cameras which are suppose to record the events that take place on third-Earth so they could create their own holographic time capsule. Mumm-Ra, in hope of destr…

  49. Trapped

    November 28, 1985 No. 1-061 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    When a big storm hits Third Earth, the Thunderkittens are trapped in an old space capsule. Meanwhile, Tygra and Cheetara almost crash the Feliner, but Lion-O guides them in for a safe landi…

  50. Lion-O's Anointment:, Part IV (The Trial Of Mind Power)

    November 29, 1985 No. 1-025 TV Episode Rankin-Bass Productions, Pacific Animation Corporation

    The scene changes to Hook Mountain, where Lion-O must beat Tygra at a test of mind power. The Tiger Clan on Thundera were given special mind powers that enable them to produce illusions to…

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