Now in its third iteration, the ThunderCats are back in ThunderCats Roar, but they’re much more cartoonish, much less dark and serious than before - and they’re not at all sexy. Not since He-Man had we been so turned on by a cartoon’s erotic undertones.Ģ019’s ThunderCats Roar seems more like a kitten’s playful meow No wonder we found ourselves wanting to do battle with them - rawr! Hell, Lion-O and Panthra basically wore S&M harnesses and briefs that showed off their bare pecs, abs and legs. They were acrobatic, had deep adult voices and well-defined muscular bodies barely contained in skin-tight leotards. They looked like performers from Broadway’s Cats who’d started exercising with Cirque Du Soliel. The ThunderCats regularly stumbled across other exploited communities on Third Earth got kidnapped, taken hostage or placed in life-threatening situations and sometimes they were even forced to fight each other thanks to Mumm-Ra’s magical manipulation.Īnd let’s be clear: Lion-O and his pals were proper fit.
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The 1985 series had 130 episodes, some of them quite serious. The sentient sword was also able to cast the ThunderCats symbol into the air as a beacon in times of need. Lion-O had a special sword, the Sword of Omens, which gave him “sight beyond sight” allowing him to see events happening elsewhere. They wore sexy skin-tight outfits and spent their time fighting the monstrous Mutants of Plun-Darr, a group of jackal-, ape- and lizard-like humanoid beasts, led by Mumm-Ra the Everliving, an undead demon-priest endowed with shapeshifting and other sorcery.Ī still from the new ThunderCats reboot, ThunderCats Roar They all lived in the “Cat’s Lair” on Third Earth (after their home planet of Thudera exploded). You may recall that the original 1985 ThunderCats cartoon series featured red-haired leader Lion-O, grey-skinned tech-whiz Panthro, wise warrior Tygra, super-fast Cheetara, the young twin tricksters WilyKit and WilyKat and their worrisome companion Snarf. A quick rundown of the original ThunderCats So while the new show isn’t likely to jumpstart any young kid’s queer sexuality, let’s revisit what made the original the cat’s meow. But while the 1985 original and its 2011 reboot featured the feline warriors in a muscular Japanimation style that made us feel weirdly tingly during our pre-pubescent years, ThunderCats Roar has softened their looks considerably, making them more round and cartoonish - kind of like the characters in The Amazing World of Gumball - not so very sexy.