# Happy Thundercats Day! (Tcats is 22yrs old) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683 "2008-01-23T17:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/1 "2008-01-23T17:20:36Z")
Today is the anniversary of the first time Thundercats was aired. Thundercats is officially 22 years old. I can’t remember _watching_ Thundercats as a kid, although I know I did. When it reaired on Cartoon Network there were episodes I remembered - Time Switch where Lion-o gets deaged to a little kid, Fond Memories with the evil Lion-o, bits of other things. Mask of the Gorgon still freaks me out. _shiver_ That giant THING, that voice. Creepy. In kindergarten and first grade my best friend and I would pretend to be the thunderkittens as we walked to school (in the snow, up hill both ways =^\_^= ). She had the toys - I know she had the Thundertank and Lion-o. I don’t remember what else. She gave me a Thundercats belt that I still have. We moved to California and I grew up and I still loved Thundercats. I started collecting the toys - first buying from dealers who severely overpriced (seriously Jaga for $40? What was I thinking?), then off eBay. I know I found it from Randy’s toy site (which is gone now). Actually it wasn’t eBay yet. I believe it was AuctionWeb or something like that. Look at now. Somethings are better - we have DVDs, there’s a great community, the toys are relatively easy to find. Somethings are worse - insane dealers, lots of competition on every auction, all the retro & nostalgia crap clogging up eBay. I’ve posted a bunch of my art in my livejournal, if anybody’s interested. (It’s in the post that looks exactly like this one, except this paragraph is art instead =^.^=) The link is in my sig. So, go home. Watch Thundercats. Play with your toys. And remember the code of Thundera: Justice, Truth, Honor, Loyalty. Thundercats, HOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/2 "2008-01-23T17:25:55Z")
I remember the first Thundercats I saw. It was the premiere episode, and for some reason it was on in prime time. I remember thinking that it utterly, utterly rocked, and looked frantically for follow-up epsides. The first season–ending with Lion-O’s ascension to the the Lordship in fact as well as name – was magic, though if they’d been wise they would have stopped there. Well, they could have a follow-up with Cheetara entering a torrid affair with the younger Warrior Maiden. But after that, nada. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/3 "2008-01-23T17:53:47Z")
I feel the magic, baby. I hear the roar. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/4 "2008-01-23T19:26:27Z")
Mumm-ra was a great villan. I loved the episode where the Thundercats went after him to destroy him, sure took them long enough. Got the DVDs on my wish list, I don’t know if I’ve seen Thundercats since they were new. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/5 "2008-01-23T19:46:19Z")
I loved that show when I was a kid. We used to play Thundercats all the time, but there’s really only one female character so we had to take turns being Cheetara. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/6 "2008-01-23T19:49:53Z")
You’re forgetting Wiley Kat, and the later addition of Pumyra ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/7 "2008-01-23T19:51:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Cheetara. Sigh. [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/8 "2008-01-23T19:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] You’re forgetting Wiley Kat, and the later addition of Pumyra [/QUOTE] We were _trying_ to! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/9 "2008-01-23T20:46:38Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] You’re forgetting Wiley Kat, and the later addition of Pumyra [/QUOTE] Who the hell wants to be Wiley Kat? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/10 "2008-01-23T20:49:56Z")
I loved that show as a kid. Mumm-Ra was way scarier than Skeletor. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/11 "2008-01-23T20:51:30Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] We were _trying_ to! [/QUOTE] Hey, Pumyra at least was good looking. There was also Mumm-rana (just don’t ask. It’s exactly what you think), Mandora, Chilla, and the absolute worse? Luna. There’s probably clips on youtube, but if you don’t already know what I’m talking about, you probably don’t want to. … Actually I could probably name quite a few other female characters, but I’ll spare you. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/12 "2008-01-23T20:57:06Z")
This site says some people are trying to get Warner Bro.s to make a TC movie. That would be all kinds of awesomeness. [http://www.thundercatslair.org/](http://www.thundercatslair.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/13 "2008-01-23T21:39:30Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] This site says some people are trying to get Warner Bro.s to make a TC movie. That would be all kinds of awesomeness. > **[Link Akses Resmi Online 2026 - Mahadewa88](https://nyfashioncenterfabrics.com/)** > > Bergabunglah menjadi bagian dari keluarga Mahadewa88 adalah sebuah platform official igaming terbaik dengan transaksi gercep yang aman dengan dukungan pelanggan 24 jam. Nikmati pengalaman bermain seru hanya disini Mahadewa88. [/QUOTE] It may be and it may not be. There’s a petition and there’s been a couple of scripts floated about the online community. There’s been talk of a new cartoon. There’s all sorts of rumors of stuff, but personally I’m not going to believe anything until it happens. Also, why has this gotten more comments than when I posted it on [eyeofthundera.net](http://eyeofthundera.net) ? Is it because there are no pictures on this one? It’s killing me. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/14 "2008-01-23T21:41:07Z")
More regular readers here probably. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/15 "2008-01-23T21:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Happy Thundercats Day! [/QUOTE] **Ho!** (How many times can you post \*that \*in a thread and not get mod-slapped for name-calling? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/16 "2008-01-23T21:48:21Z")
What does everybody think of the Thundercats comic that came out last year? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/17 "2008-01-24T01:02:25Z")
Cheetara. One of the reasons I support Genetic Engineering. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/18 "2008-01-24T01:07:20Z")
I remember hooking up my Lion-O to a nine volt battery and watching the laser beams shoot out of his eyes for the fraction of a second before he burned out. I had bought him at a garage sale for a quarter, and the seller had lost the power ring, so I didn’t care. Years later I found a power ring at another garage sale, along with a Mumm-Ra, and regretted frying Lion-O’s brain like that. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/19 "2008-01-24T01:19:23Z")
Did anyone see the movie Juno? I was amused that when she started going into labor, she yelled out _“Thundercats are go!”_, a misremembering of two pop culture catch-phrases. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683/20 "2008-01-24T04:57:58Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] It may be and it may not be. There’s a petition and there’s been a couple of scripts floated about the online community. There’s been talk of a new cartoon. There’s all sorts of rumors of stuff, but personally I’m not going to believe anything until it happens. Also, why has this gotten more comments than when I posted it on [eyeofthundera.net](http://eyeofthundera.net) ? Is it because there are no pictures on this one? It’s killing me. [/QUOTE] [Thundercats are go?](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966320.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thundercats-day-tcats-is-22yrs-old/434683.md?page=2)