Jaga volunteers to pilot the ship while the others rest in suspended animation pods.
Damage to the ship forces Jaga to develop a new plan, rerouting their course to a faraway planet known as Third Earth. Their escape fleet is assaulted by the villainous Mutants of Plun-Darr, who spare the flagship in hopes of seizing the legendary Sword of Omens, which holds the powerful Eye of Thundera. The cast consists of youngsters Lion-O, WilyKit and WilyKat, adult heroes Cheetara, Panthro, and Cheetara, the wise elder Jaga, and because this is an '80s cartoon, their adorably irritating pet sidekick, Snarf. The audience is introduced to the dying planet Thundera, and a group of cat-like humanoids called the ThunderCats desperate to escape. ThunderCats' introductory episode wastes little time establishing the show's premise. This could explain the earnestness and odd Golden Age energy of the show. By the 1980s, most of the culture, especially material aimed at kids, was being produced by Baby Boomers.
If for nothing else, ThunderCats is notable as the last popular kids' property created by men born in the early 1900s. RELATED: ThunderCats: What Season 2 of the 2011 Reboot Would've Looked Like Starr was the show's head writer, scripting the pilot and over twenty episodes. (Most syndicated shows of the period were already relying heavily on more economical Korean studios, with only a few episodes being sent to Japan.) The show's bible was written by Leonard Starr, a legendary cartoonist who penciled the earliest Timely/Marvel Comics titles such as The Sub-Mariner and would go on to revive Little Orphan Annie for a lengthy run in newspapers. The production of ThunderCats was unusual for the time, as the show rarely utilized the era's animation writers, and saw much of its animation come directly from Japan. Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, best known for enduring Christmas specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, produced the syndicated series, while LJN manufactured the action figure line. The concept came from Ted Wolf, a World War II veteran and inventor with an interest in toy design. Joe, and the Transformers, all outrageous successes during the early to mid-1980s. ThunderCats was conceived as a mass-merchandised property to compete with the likes of Masters of the Universe, G.I. This week, we're looking at ThunderCats, a franchise that was kept alive in hipster circles through the power of one iconic image. (Hence the snake of nostalgia eating itself.) If you have any suggestions for the future, let me hear them. Welcome to the sixth installment of Nostalgia Snake, a look at 2000s revivals of 1980s properties, revivals now so old they're also quite nostalgic.
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