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The Best Episodes of ThunderCats

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The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderians

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    ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 2 - The Unholy Alliance
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Unholy Alliance

    S1:E2

    The Mutants, who have also reached Third Earth, encounter an old pyramid. It turns out to be the home of Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living, and they join forces to capture the Sword of Omens. Both the Mutants and Mumm-Ra attempt to attack Lion-O to possess the Sword, but miserably fail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  2. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 1 - Exodus
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Exodus

    S1:E1

    With their home planet, Thundera, about to explode, the Thunderians flee to a distant galaxy. Before they can make the long journey the Mutants sweep in and destroy most of the fleet in an attempt to capture the Eye of Thundera. Due to the attack, the Thundercats find themselves on a distant planet. A grown-up Lion-O must save his Thundercats from the Mutants on Third Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  3. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 5 - Pumm-Ra
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Pumm-Ra

    S1:E5

    Mumm-Ra uses his shapeshifting abilities to pass himself off as a Thunderian so he can stage the "rescue" of Cheetara and infiltrate Cats' Lair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jules Bass

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  4. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 7 - Trouble with Time
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Trouble with Time

    S1:E7

    With their supply of Thundrillium running low, the Thundercats set off in search of a fresh supply. Tygra detects a large deposit in a cave and goes to investigate - unfortunately, he has entered the Cave of Time and anyone who ventures in there will age rapidly until they die. His only hope is that Cheetara's speed will be fast enough to allow her to escape the Cave's effects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Ron Goulart, Jules Bass

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  5. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 8 - The Tower of Traps
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #5 - The Tower of Traps

    S1:E8

    Wilykit and Wilykat try to stop a band of living gargoyles from robbing a Wollo but fail to do so and trail the gargoyles to a nearby Tower. Wilykat is trying force the door open when he suddenly disappears, leaving Wilykit - who was looking for another way in - close to panic. She and Lion-O (alerted by the Sword of Omens) must now brave the Tower's potentially lethal traps in order to rescue Wilykat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  6. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 9 - The Garden of Delights
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - The Garden of Delights

    S1:E9

    While investigating an earthquake, Tygra stumbles across the Garden of Delights and meets a talking plant named Silky, who offers him her fruit. But it turns out that "Silky" is another of Mumm-Ra's disguises and eating the fruit seems to have affected Tygra's mind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jules Bass, Barney Cohen

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  7. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 16 - The Fireballs of Plun-Darr
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Fireballs of Plun-Darr

    S1:E16

    The Mutants, once again searching for a way to destroy the Thundercats, recover some more items from their spaceship. They take their ship's engine and convert it into a giant fireball-shooting machine. The mutants terrorize Third Earth with their fireballs, until the Thundercats go to castle Plunn-Darr and destroy their dangerous new weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:William Overgard

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  8. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 17 - All That Glitters
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - All That Glitters

    S1:E17

    Mumm-Ra tricks Lion-O into using the Sword of Omens against Tygra, causing the blade to break in half and lose its powers. The only way Lion-O can restore the Sword is to venture into a volcano and have the Inflamer reforge it. But the Inflamer requires a payment of gold... Has Lion-O taken on more than he can handle?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Haney

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  9. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 24 - Safari Joe
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Safari Joe

    S1:E24

    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 hunt down each one of them and put them in Thundrainium cells. He captures all of them but Lion-O and Snarf. Jaga warns Lion-O about Safari Joe before he sets out to save his comrades, and Lion-O is able to defeat him and release his friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steve Perry

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  10. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 59 - The Superpower Potion
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Superpower Potion

    S1:E59

    Vultureman invents a Super Power Potion which give him magical powers, enabling him to mesmerize and defeat Tygra.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Trengove

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  11. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 60 - Eye of the Beholder
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Eye of the Beholder

    S1:E60

    Jackalman ambushes Snarf and attempts to steal the Sword of Omens. This gives Panthro the idea to make a duplicate sword as bait for the Mutants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Vose

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  12. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 65 - Fond Memories
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Fond Memories

    S1:E65

    Mumm-Ra creates a museum where painting and statues come alive to oppose the ThunderCats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Schneider

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  13. ThunderCats Season 2 Episode 1 - ThunderCats Ho! (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - ThunderCats Ho! (1)

    S2:E1

    Recurring nightmares of Thunderians killed on Thundera as he fled to safety with Jaga and the other ThunderCats awaken Lion-O. Jaga comes to tell him that they in fact survived and are living on Third Earth. After meeting with the other ThunderCats, they decide to begin searching for them but Mumm-Ra has plans as well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. ThunderCats Season 2 Episode 2 - ThunderCats Ho! (2)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - ThunderCats Ho! (2)

    S2:E2

    Lion-O's rescue attempt fails and the captured Thunderians are taken to Fire Rock Mountain after another failed attempt on their part to break free from their captors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. ThunderCats Season 2 Episode 3 - ThunderCats Ho! (3)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - ThunderCats Ho! (3)

    S2:E3

    Lion-O loses the Sword of Omens in an avalanche. Panthro battles the Fist-Pounder with the ThunderTank. The Mutants arrive at Fire Rock Mountain to take control of the prisoners.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 12 - The Doomgaze
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Doomgaze

    S1:E12

    Mumm-Ra and the Mutants plot to open the Time Warp Prison and release the evil Princess Ta-She in order to use her deadly Doomgaze against the Thundercats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steve Perry

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  17. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 3 - Berbils
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Berbils

    S1:E3

    The Ro-Bear Berbils are a friendly group of robot bears that live on Third Earth. Lion-O and Snarf don't know this, and end up getting caught in a Ro-Bear trap. The Berbils free them however, and they form an alliance. Mumm-ra attacks the Berbil village, but the Thundercats save it. In return, the Ro-Bears help the Thundercats to build Cats' Lair, a new base for the Thundercats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  18. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 4 - The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #18 - The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr

    S1:E4

    The homeless Mutants also make plans to build their home. They enslave a primitive race of beings called Brute-Men to do their work for them. The Thundercats go to Castle Plunn-Darr to free the Brute-Men from the Mutants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  19. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 6 - The Terror of Hammerhand
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #19 - The Terror of Hammerhand

    S1:E6

    When Snarf and a young unicorn are captured by the pirate Hammerhand and his crew of Berserkers, Lion-O goes to rescue them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Ron Goulart, Jules Bass

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  20. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 11 - The Ghost Warrior
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Ghost Warrior

    S1:E11

    Two Bolkins (sheep-like beings from Third Earth) unleash the ghost of Grune the Destroyer, a renegade Thundercat who once terrorised Third Earth and now turns his attention to the Thundercats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  21. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 10 - Mandora: the Evil Chaser
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Mandora: the Evil Chaser

    S1:E10

    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-O's sword. Lion-O helps Mandora, the inter-stellar police officer that imprisoned the villains, recapture them, and return them to their cells.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:William Overgard

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  22. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 14 - The Spaceship Beneath the Sands
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - The Spaceship Beneath the Sands

    S1:E14

    Tired of constantly being bested by the Thundercats, the Mutants have Mumm-Ra raise their spaceship and salvage their vehicles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leonard Starr

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  23. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 13 - Lord of the Snows
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Lord of the Snows

    S1:E13

    When a meteorite made of pure Thundrillium crashes on Hook Mountain, the Thundercats decide to use it to replenish their depleted energy supply. But Lion-O must first gain the trust of the fierce Snowman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Haney

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  24. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 28 - The Wolfrat
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - The Wolfrat

    S1:E28

    Mumm-Ra has a phial of miniaturization gas. Vultureman builds a mechanical Wolfrat to infiltrate the gas into the Cats' Lair. The ThunderCats are immediately reduced to nine inches high. Knowing how vulnerable the ThunderCats are in this state, Mumm-Ra orchestrates a mutant attack on the Cats' Lair. The ThunderCats' only hope is Snarf; they armor Snarf and use him as a battle charger while Tygra works on an antidote. The ThunderCats finally take the antidote, and Snarf, getting an accidental whiff of it, grows to huge proportions. In his gigantic state, Snarf terrifies the mutants and puts them to flight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Trengove

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  25. ThunderCats Season 1 Episode 15 - The Time Capsule
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - The Time Capsule

    S1:E15

    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 which contained a recording of Thundera and its history up to the time it was destroyed. The Thundercats set out to search for their time capsule.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Lawrence

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Unholy Alliance" is the best rated episode of "ThunderCats". It scored 8.4/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Leonard Starr, it aired on 1/23/1985. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Exodus".