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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - The Fireballs of Plun-Darr
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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

    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.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 60 - Stargazer's Refit
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E60

    Mon-Star orders Mo-Lec-U-Lar to take out Commander Stargazer with Meltdown Disks. After his arm is enjured in Mo-Lec-U-Lar"s first attack, Stargazer is ordered back to Earth for a repair and refit.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Dr. Dometone
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E21

    An 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 which caused the water to drain into the earth's core. Dr. Dometone created a plug which sealed the hole in the ocean, and saved Third Earth from destruction. Now, an evil miner, Scrape, has come to remove the plug and mine the rock that is found on the bottom of the ocean. The Thundercats join Dr. Dometone and his frog-like robot, Herkie, to save the planet from total destruction.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:William Overgard

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 27 - The Thunder-Cutter
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E27

    Mumm-Ra summons the great samurai Hachiman to seek and destroy Lion-O. He tells Hachiman that Lion-O and the Thundercats are destroying his planet. Hachiman and Lion-O confront each other, but their swords refuse to draw on each other. They become allies and hope to destroy Mumm-Ra together. Enraged, Mumm-Ra summons another warrior, a ninja, to sabotage the Thundercats, and retrieve Slithe, whom they have captured.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 31 - Mandora and the Pirates
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E31

    Mandora, on space-patrol, encounters an old pirate ship which doesn't meet inter-galactic standards. She boards the ship, arrests the pirate, and sends the ship to a space prison. Little does she know that she has boarded the Jolly Roger, the home of the evil Captain Cracker. Mandora is captured by the creature. Lion-O intercepts one of her distress calls, and must go into space to save her—easier said than done, as Cracker orchestrates a prison break.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 35 - Sword in a Hole
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E35

    Mumm-Ra hires Captain Shiner to 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". When they arrive, Shiner captures Lion-O and the Sword of Omens. He gives the Sword to Mumm-Ra, and Mumm-Ra throws it into a black hole. Cheetara returns to Third Earth to get Panthro. They rescue Lion-O, and seize Shiner's ship. Panthro sets a course into the black hole to recover the Sword. They enter, and must battle the robotic city of lost space ships to recover the Sword of Omens and escape.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Sideswipe
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E20

    Chilla freezes Snarfer's spaceship as he heads back to the Tower of Omens with Berbil Mexican takeout. When Mandora gets involved, Chilla freezes her and becomes a fugitive from the law as Mandora sets her sights on bringing her in.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Exile Isle
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E10

    The Thundercats capture the Lunataks and, tired of dealing with their evil ways, decide to exile the Lunataks to Exile Isle, an island in space far away from Third Earth. When the Lunataks arrive, they meet up with Captain Cracker, a pirate who the Thundercats also exiled. Together, the Lunataks and Capt. Cracker send out a distress signal to a passing ship. When the ship comes near the island, the Lunataks send up a cloud of fog, which makes the ship crash. They use the engines of the ship to push the planet out of orbit and towards Third Earth. Snarfer, on his way home from Thundera, crashes on the island when it runs into him. Lion-O goes to rescue Snarfer and stop the island, because it has a deadly gas that will blow up if it enters Third Earth's atmosphere. He goes without the Sword of Omens. He gets cornered by Capt. Cracker, but the Sword awakens and flies to Lion-O, without him even calling it. He then uses dirt to stop the engines, and the planet/island eventually returns to

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 18 - The Jade Dragon
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E18

    Mumm-Ra discovers the power of one of the pieces of the treasure of Thundera. The Double-Headed Dragon of Doom, or the Jade Dragon possess the power to entrap people in its stomach. The legend says that Haji-Man's ancestor gave the dragon to his wife as a marriage gift, and since her father was so against their marriage, he put a curse on the dragon and it engulfed Haji-man's ancestor. Jaga freed the him, and he gave the dragon to Jaga for safe keeping. Now, the Thundercats have found the Jade Dragon, and Mumm-Ra manages to trap Lion-O and Cheetara in it. Haji-man is their only hope.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 19 - The Circus Train
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E19

    A bounty hunter known as Captain Bragg comes to Third Earth to help the Thundercats get rid of the Mutants and the Lunatacks. Capt Bragg tricks Wilykat in going with him and they first go after the Mutants. After capturing them, they go to capture the Lunataks. They capture all except Luna and Amuk, who free the other Lunataks, put Bragg in a cage and tie Wilykat to the train's engine. Lion-O and Wilykit arrive to save Wilykat and the Lunataks are defeated. All the Mutants and all the Lunataks are captured and exiled.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Screwloose
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E9

    Jaguara cannot work New Thundera’s Gyro on her own. The Thundercats order a robot to aid her in running the Gyro. Screw Loose, a robot who specializes in Gyro’s, comes to New Thundera. Mumm-Ra manages to mess up Screw Looses brain so he becomes destructive instead of helpful. The Thundercats must help Jagara get Screw Loose under control, before the entire planet is destroyed.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Cracker's Revenge
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E12

    Capt. Cracker and his mechanical parrot Polly land on Way-Out Back and free the Lunatacs and put Bragg and Crownan in one of the train's cages. They plan to go to Third Earth to attack it since most of the Thundercats are no longer on Third Earth. Meanwhile the ThunderCats have learned Cracker escaped and Snarfer and Mandora go to catch him. Bragg has Crownan ride a fire exstiquisher, so he can get into space and get help. Mandora finds him, and the three of them go to Third Earth. Mandora fights with Cracker and the Lunatacs, but is beaten and she and Snarfer are tied to her cycle and sent towards a mountain. Lion-O, Panthro, and Cheetara arrive and Lion-O saves Mandora and the others. Meanwhile Cracker and the Lunatacs go to attack Cats Lair, only occupied by Pumyra, but Lion-O uses the Eye's signal to cause the drawbridge to tilt, sending Cracker and the Lunatacs into the moat. The Lunatacs are exiled again.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Swan Song
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E16

    An Ecology Inspector (EI) comes to Thundera to inspect the new Cats Lair. His ship uses the SWAN system (Space Way Airborn Navigations) to direct him to planets all over the universe. When he arrives on Thundera, he gets ambushed by Two-Time (see Return to Thundera, Part III). Two-Time uses a hologram to make the EI's ship crash into a mountain, and then when the Thundercats come to rescue the EI in the Feliner, Two-Time uses the hologram again. Lion-O manages to fly around the mountain and lands the Feliner. Meanwhile, Two-Time flies to new Cats Lair in his spaceship, Dome-Down. He actually picks up the whole Lair and keeps it inside Dome-Down. The Thundercats fix the Feliner, rescue the EI, and then fly to catch Dome-Down. Once they catch the spaceship, Lion-O uses the sword to defeat Two-Time and send him flying out of the ship. Then they return Cats Lair to its proper place.

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    Writer:William Overgard

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - The Book of Omens
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E20

    New Thundera is being torn apart and the Thundercats must present certain artifacts at various dangerous locations that used to be beautiful places, then Lion-O must go into the book and give the Key of Thundera to the guardian of the book ""at the 24th hour,"" or the Thundercats will be frozen in time and New Thundera will be destroyed. But Mumm-Ra steals the book and key and journeys into the book himself. He wants to save New Thundera BUT wants the Thundercats frozen in time. The Ancient Spirits of Evil try to stop Mumm-Ra because they fear if Mumm-Ra goes into the book, their powers will cease to exist. The other Thundercats run into problems also at the locations they are supposed to be at. Lion-O goes into the book using the Sword of Omens and battles Mumm-Ra one on one, neither of them using any magic. Even when Mumm-Ra cheats, Lion-O still wins. The ASOE summon their ""champion,"" Pyron, to then fight Lion-O, but Lion-O gets the dragons in the book to fry him... He presents the key

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    Writer:William Overgard

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William Overgard Ratings Summary

"The Fireballs of Plun-Darr" is the best rated episode written by William Overgard. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/30/1985 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mandora: the Evil Chaser".