THE THUNDERCATS-- Those rockin' felines, defenders of the helpless, upholding the Code of Thundera and bustin' the ass of evil wherever they go!

First there's Jaga... He's big, he's bad, he's blue. The former Lord of the Thundercats, Jaga died during the trip from Thundera to Third Earth. ::respectful silence:: But every so often, he shows up as a spirit to give Lion-o advice.

And Lion-o... The new Lord of the Thundercats. He has a red 'fro, and a sword that can do just about anything. But let's face it...he would be totally helpless without the ol' Sword of Omens. I'm tellin' ya, Mumm-ra could pound him into the ground like a tent peg if it weren't for that sword! In the trip to Third Earth, Lion-o mysteriously aged from boyhood to manhood while the Thunderkittens remained about the same age. No one really knows why this happened...my theory is that his suspension capsule was faulty. Musta been one of those cheap suspension capsules from Taiwan. Damn cheap suspension capsules!! But personally, I'm more curious about how he became so buff just from being in suspended animation...

Cheetara... The Lady of the Thundercats. Runs like da wind, and will unleash her deadly telekinetic powers on you if you piss her off...

Tygra... The most intelligent of the Thundercats. He can turn invisible and create illusions with his mind, though he doesn't use this power often, since it's a tremendous strain...probably the stress-equivalent of listening to two hours of Luna singing Christmas carols. Tygra is my favorite Thundercat, Cheetara being a close second.

Panthro... A deadly fighter, a brilliant engineer, possessor of awesome strength and an assortment of lethal weapons. But he runs like a girly-girl if he sees a bat, heh heh heh...

Wilykit and Wilykat... They may be kids, but they still kick major mutant booty alongside the other 'cats. Equipped with spaceboards and exploding capsules, they are a force to be reckoned with. Plus, if you omit the "Wily" part and put their names together, you get the brand-name of a popular candybar! I'm not sure why I decided to mention that...maybe because I'm hungry.

Snarf... I'm gonna be honest with you. This guy bugs me. I'm not sure what it is--perhaps its his insipid little grin, or his high-pitched, nasally voice, or his obnoxious theme music--but every time he walks onscreen, I have the urge to throw something at the TV. He's Lion-o's nursemaid, a catlike creature who's vocabulary consists mostly of the words "snyarf!" and "lion-o, help!" He doesn't do much in the way of fighting...his main jobs around the Lair are to cook and to provide comic relief.

Snarfer... A smaller, louder version of snarf.

Lynx-o... He arrived on Third Earth with his two friends, Bengali and Pumyra, shortly after Thundera bit the dust. During their escape from the dying planet, Lynx-o was blinded by fire. He relies on his ultra-acute sense of hearing to guide him, along with this thing called the Brailleboard. Lynx-o has the unique ability to pick up any given artifact and spout out an encyclopedia's worth of information about it; supposedly, his ultra-acute senses feed him in the info, but personally, I think he makes a lot of it up.

Bengali... Despite his name, he is NOT a bengal tiger. He's a white, or Siberian tiger, as opposed to Tygra, who really IS a bengal tiger. Confusing, no? Bengali was a blacksmith on Thundera. Hence, his weapon of choice is a hammer that shoots lasers. Unfortunately, this so-called Hammer of Thundera is not especially formidable; I think he got it in a Burger King kid's meal or picked it up at Toys'R'Us or something. Now that I think of it, none of the "new" Thundercats got very good weapons...slingshots, mirrors and hammers, as opposed to whips, swords and nun-chucks? I think they got jipped. Bengali arrived on Third Earth in a berbil ship, along with Lynx-o and Pumyra. Whatever you do, don't call him "Benny." He goes berserk.

Pumyra... With an average of one line per episode, she is the most overlooked Thundercat of all. When the other Thundercats leave for New Thundera, she is left behind to look after Cat's Lair, and after that she is never shown again. I think this is highly unfair. Give her recognition!! Give her dialog!! Give her her own theme music!! Yeesh, even Snarfer gets his own theme music. Pumyra certainly deserves as much. There, I've spoken my piece! Now let's move on, shall we?

THE MUTANTS-- Sneaky, treacherous, cunning and savage, the scum of the universe, they will stop at nothing to posess the Eye of Thundera and destroy the Thundercats. Ya just gotta love 'em!

There's Ssslythe... Leader of the mutants. He's big and green.

Jackalman... A cowardly canine with an amusing website...I've got it in my links section, I believe, heh heh heh.

Monkian... This guy ain't too bright, but he's strong and agile, and has this cool shield thingy that shoots cannon-balls. He's a primate, so he starts and ends every sentence with "hoo hoo!"

Vultureman... My favorite mutant! He's clever and independent, always in rebellion, and he can turn just about any object in a whoppin' big laser-gun. Unfortunately, his inventions always explode at crucial moments...

Rataro... He only shows up in a few episodes, because he doesn't live on Third Earth with the rest of the mutants. He's a big sewer rat who wields two daggers called the rat sais (or the rat's eyes, I'm not sure which.)

THE LUNA-TAKS-- Six evil dudes and dudettes from the moons of Plun-darr. They currently reside in Skytomb.

Luna is the leader... She's a wierd, deformed little leprechaun with a screechy voice. Man, I tell ya, that thing gives me the creeps! Of course, at one time she had this magical belt that made her grow to normal size and gaver her amazing powers, but it got lost, so now she's back to her undersized-self.

Amuk is her faithful steed... He's the direct opposite of Luna. Big, dumb, and a lover of fine candy, Amuk's only purpous is to carry Luna around. She's not very nice to him. She's always shrieking at him and whappin' him with that whip she carries. Nevertheless, Amuk is fiercly loyal and obidient to his mistress. Except for that incident with the belt...(wondering what all this hoo-ha is about? Then watch Luna's Magical Belt.)

Alluro... Smooth-talkin', greasy-haired, and VERY British, this purple fellow is probably the smartest Luna-tak...and he knows it! Alluro carries with him a psyche-club, which can bend minds to his will and strike terror into the hearts of his enemies. And someday he's gonna kick that freaky little leprechaun into next week and take his place as the rightful leader of the Luna-taks!

Chilla... This chick has attitude! She's just as smart as Alluro, and to top it off, she can breathe ice. Or fire, if she wants...though this doesn't really make sense to me, since several episodes have inferred that Chilla is actually MADE of ice, and thus would probably melt if she tried to brew up a bit of fire. However, these were all episodes that I place under the "You Never Saw This; it Was a Figment of Your Imagination" category. For more information on these episodes, read my essay on "Ma-mutt's Confusion" under the Thundercat Wierd Stuff link.

TugMug... Since he comes from a moon with very high gravity, TugMug has extraordinary strength on Third Earth. He can jump really high, and one time he snapped the Sword of Omens in half with his bare hands. Pretty impressive, eh? He's got no legs...just rocket-powered stumps.

Red Eye... He comes from the Moon of Darkness, and is one of the few people who can see Tygra when he turns invisible. His vision is acute in any light, and he can spot enemies in hiding by heat-vision, similar to the sort that snakes use. Other than that, he has no special abilities, and pretty much stays in the background.

AND MUMM-RA, WHO DESERVES A CATEGORY ALL HIS OWN-- My namesake, and the coolest villain to ever exist! Mumm-ra is an immortal demon-priest with phenomenal dark powers. Originally an Eygptian pharoh (or a priest...I'm not sure which), he allied himself with the Ancient Spirits of Evil to cheat death. He was challenged by Wizz-ra, a wizard (duh) but Mummraa defeated him and banished Wizz-ra to the seventh dimension. Around the time of Thundercats, HO! Mumm-ra's dog Ma-mutt showed up. As to where this cantankerous canine came from, well, the answers are pretty vague. As far as I know, Mumm-ra simply created Ma-mutt with his magic. Either that or Ma-mutt was just hiding in the pyramid the whole time. Hmm...

OTHER DUDES AND DUDETTES THAT SHOWED UP AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER--

Thundercat Allies--

The Berbils are cute lil' robotic bear-type people. They remind me of those talking Teddy-Ruxpin dolls. The berbils spend most of their time growing candy-fruit. They don't lead very exciting lives, but they're pretty helpful (they built Cat's Lair.)

The unicorns are pretty much helpless. They're always getting captured or trapped or whatnot by mutants, and the Unicorn Keepers, their "guardians," immediately turn to the Thundercats for aid. The Unicorn Keeper lady has a very annoying voice; i'd say it rivals that of the Crystal Queen.

The warriors maidens live in the Treetop Kingdom. In theory, they are all that remains of humanity, and they are all female. How then, you ask yourself, do they reproduce? I'm not sure, but personally, I believe they keep men in cages and only let them out for breeding purposes. Yikes! The leader of the warrior maidens is Willa. Her voice is almost as annoying as the Unicorn Keeper's.

The wolos and the balkins are two more varieties of Third Earthlings. They look like they're the same species, but maybe they're of different clans, races, ect. They're voices are almost as annoying as Willa's. I'm not sure why, but almost all Third Earthlings have wierd, warbly, irritating voices.

Mandora the Evil Chaser is an intergalactic cop who drives this wierd space motorcycle and speaks with the voice of Arnold Shwartzennager. She always wears a helmet, so you never see her face, kinda the same concept as the movie Scream...I wonder who's really under that mask. ::twilight zone music plays:: To her credit, she's a very dedicated cop...a little too dedicated, if you'd deign to ask my opinion. She's NEVER off duty (not even on the crapper) and whenever the Thundercats commit some minor violation of the law in their desperate struggle against evil, she will not hesitate to haul the offender's sorry ass to the big house. The Thundercats have lost many a battle because of her intervention. "Pursuing a mutant spacecraft carrying the most deadly weapons in the galaxy? that's no excuse, you were two miles over the space-speed-limit!" Of course, Mandora always has time for a little coffee break and a few jelly-donuts. Evil-chasing can really give you an appetite!

Char is the guy who runs that Funky Flying Furnace. He's got four arms. Hmm...must be related to Zaxx...

Captain Bragg and Cronan--two more t-cat allies who show up late in the show's third season. Bounty hunters who travel the galaxy rounding up mutants and the like, they pilot the very circus train that will certainly haunt my nightmares for years to come. That music!!! That creepy circus music!!! YEEAAGH!!!

Minor Villains--

There are a lot of these guys, so I won't go through all of them. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Anyway... There are native Third Earthling villains, like the Living Ooze or the Crystal Queen, but most of 'em come from other worlds. One example is Scrape, the blue dude from Dr. Dometone. He's not very high on my cool-villain scale. In fact, I think he's about the lamest t-cat villain ever created. He's from the planet Blue Plunder (or Plun-darr?) and he looks like Captain Planet gone wrong.

Plutarr is another other-worldly villain, but unlike Scrape, he is cool. From the dark planet Onyx, he reeks destruction and havoc everywhere he goes--for everything he touches slowly dies.

Quick-Pick could be called a villain, but he sorta became a good-guy in Mandora and the Pirates. He's cool too. He's a sort of green bug-robot.

Grune the Destroyer--man, what a rockin' villain! Formerly a Thundercat, he turned bad (don't ask me what did it--maybe he bonked himself on the head with that battleclub and messed up his brain) and went on a mad rampage of destruction. He was defeated by Jaga and set adrift in space. After floating in outer space for awhile, much like a speck of food in a bathtub (ewww) he lands on Third Earth (what a coincidence!) and goes on a mad rampage of destruction. He dies, and is entombed deep in the earth. Centuries later, after the Thundercats have arrived on Third Earth, two balkins blunder into Grune's tomb, break the seal that is keeping him there, and unleash his ghost. Grune goes on a mad rampage of destruction. He finds the thundercats and decides to mess with their minds a little (Grune is a mischievious little scamp) so he enters the lair and starts makin' freaky stuff happen. You know, standard ghost stuff--doors slamming shut on their own, equipment going crazy for no good reason. After Grune has sufficiently spooked the thundercats, he appears to them as an ominous, ghostly spector, laughs evilly, and says, "you will see me again." Then a lot of other stuff happens which I am too lazy to tell you about, so for cryin' out loud, just watch Ghost Warrior!!!

Zaxx is this extremely cheesified villain who illegedly controlled half of third earth before mumm-ra whooped his ass back to wherever he came from. Zaxx is a big four-armed bird guy with the voice of a surly Brooklyn-dweller.