★ ARCHIVE · PRODUCTION ORDER · SEASON ONE · EPISODES 1-65

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1985 · S1 1985 · S2 2011 · S1
US Airdate Order Production Order

Listed in production order, the sequence the scripts were numbered and the episodes were made. Many fans prefer it for its tighter continuity. The site default, US airdate order, follows the original broadcast run.

S01E01
Exodus
S01E02
The Unholy Alliance
S01E03
Berbils
S01E04
The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr
S01E05
Trouble With Time
S01E06
Pumm-Ra
S01E07
The Terror of Hammerhand
S01E08
The Tower of Traps
S01E09
The Garden of Delights
S01E10
Mandora - The Evil Chaser
S01E11
The Ghost Warrior
S01E12
The Doomgaze
S01E13
Lord of the Snows
S01E14
The Spaceship Beneath the Sands
S01E15
The Time Capsule
S01E16
The Fireballs of Plun-Darr
S01E17
All That Glitters
S01E18
Spitting Image
S01E19
Lion-O's Anointment First Day: The Trial of Strength
S01E20
Mongor
S01E21
Return to Thundera
S01E22
Snarf Takes Up the Challenge
S01E23
Mandora and the Pirates
S01E24
The Crystal Queen
S01E25
Lion-O's Anointment Second Day: The Trial of Speed
S01E26
Safari Joe
S01E27
Return of the Driller
S01E28
Turmagar the Tuska
S01E29
Sixth Sense
S01E30
Dr. Dometone
S01E31
The Astral Prison
S01E32
Queen of 8 Legs
S01E33
Dimension Doom
S01E34
Lion-O's Anointment Third Day: The Trial of Cunning
S01E35
The Rock Giant
S01E36
The Thunder-Cutter
S01E37
Mechanical Plague
S01E38
The Demolisher
S01E39
Feliner - Part One
S01E40
The Wolfrat
S01E41
Excalibur
S01E42
Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power
S01E43
Secret of the Ice King
S01E44
Sword in a Hole
S01E45
Feliner - Part Two
S01E46
Good and Ugly
S01E47
Divide and Conquer
S01E48
The Micrits
S01E49
Lion-O's Anointment Final Day: The Trial of Evil
S01E50
The Super Power Potion
S01E51
The Evil Harp of Charr-Nin
S01E52
Tight Squeeze
S01E53
Monkian's Bargain
S01E54
Out of Sight
S01E55
Jackalman's Rebellion
S01E56
The Mountain
S01E57
Eye of the Beholder
S01E58
The Mumm-Ra Berbil
S01E59
The Trouble with ThunderKittens
S01E60
Mumm-Rana
S01E61
Trapped
S01E62
The Transfer
S01E63
The Shifter
S01E64
Dream Master
S01E65
Fond Memories
  1. S01E01 Exodus Sep 9, 1985 From beyond any known galaxy, bringing with them the laws and ideals of their doomed planet, Thundera, come the THUNDERCATS. JAGA, the wise; TYGRA, the invisible; CHEETARA, the quick; WILYKAT & WILYKIT, the junior...
  2. S01E02 The Unholy Alliance Sep 10, 1985 The MUTANTS form an unholy alliance with MUMM-RA and set forth to destroy the THUNDERCATS. LION-O uses his mighty Sword of Omens for the first time as he lets loose with his thrilling call: “THUNDER-THUNDER-THUNDER...
  3. S01E03 Berbils Sep 11, 1985 The THUNDERCATS meet the BERBILS, a group of robot teddy bear-like creatures from the planet RO-BEAR. Their leader, RO-BER-BILL captures LION-0 and SNARF but the THUNDERCATS soon learn that the BERBILS are "good guys"...
  4. S01E04 The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr Sep 12, 1985 The ThunderTank is given a trial run as the THUNDERCATS attempt to liberate the BRUTEMEN from slavery. The MUTANTS are using them to build the evil Castle Plun-Darr S-S-SLITHE uses “Warp Gas” to turn the otherwise meek...
  5. S01E05 Trouble With Time Sep 17, 1985 While looking for Thundrillium (the ThunderTank’s source of power), TYGRA gets caught in the Cave of Time, aging him rapidly and making him too feeble to leave. LION-O rushes to assist, but WILLA, a Forest Warrior...
  6. S01E06 Pumm-Ra Sep 13, 1985 MUMM-RA transforms himself into a PUMA (PUMM-RA) and stages a fake heroic deed (saving CHEETARA from the MUTANTS) in order to convince the THUNDERCATS that he is one of them, from their home planet of ThunDERa. He is...
  7. S01E07 The Terror of Hammerhand Sep 16, 1985 The Code of ThunDERa is called into action as LION-O saves a Unicorn from the evil BERSERKERS and their leader, HAMMERHAND. LION-O is assisted in his struggles by a magic ring, given to him by the Unicorn. PANTHRO’s...
  8. S01E08 The Tower of Traps Sep 18, 1985 WILYKIT and WILYKAT go to the aid of a friendly WOLLO who is being robbed by two gargoyle-like creatures. A chase leads WILYKAT to become imprisoned in BARON KARNOR’s Tower of Traps . LION-O comes to the rescue after...
  9. S01E09 The Garden of Delights Sep 19, 1985 While investigating a series of earthquake tremors, TYGRA falls beneath a split in the earth and confronts a giant worm head in the subterranean world of the MOLE PEOPLE. Following the beast, TYGRA enters the “Garden of...
  10. S01E10 Mandora - The Evil Chaser Sep 20, 1985 MANDORA of the interplanetary Control Force enlists LION-O and SNARF to pursue three criminals they unwittingly released from her cell sled. Rocketing through the sky on her Electra Charger space bike, they find PLUTAR...
  11. S01E11 The Ghost Warrior Sep 23, 1985 While looking for valuables in an abandoned tomb, two BOLKINS (short sheep-faced beings) accidentally release a ghostly renegade named GRUNE. Stealing into the Cats’ Lair, GRUNE drains the fortress of their power source...
  12. S01E12 The Doomgaze Sep 24, 1985 MUMM-RA allies with the Egyptian princess TA-SHE to gain the Doomgaze, an entrancing power, which could enslave the THUNDERCATS. To free her from the Timewarp Prison, they need three elements: a tuft of CHEETARA's hair...
  13. S01E13 Lord of the Snows Sep 25, 1985 The THUNDERCATS track a falling meteor of Thundrillium, their power source, to Hook Mountain, the icy landscape ruled by SNOWMAN and his giant cat SNOWMEOW.
  14. S01E14 The Spaceship Beneath the Sands Sep 26, 1985 MUMM-RA raises the MUTANTS' buried spaceship from beneath the Desert of Sinking Sands. The MUTANTS regain their superweapons (SkyCutters and NoseDiver flying machines) and attack the THUNDERCATS. LION-O and PANTHRO...
  15. S01E15 The Time Capsule Sep 27, 1985 JAGA informs the homesick LION-O that the Time Capsule containing the history of Thundera is still intact somewhere on Third Earth. The quest to find the capsule leads LION-O and SNARF into a battle with a BLACK WIDOW...
  16. S01E16 The Fireballs of Plun-Darr Sep 30, 1985 The MUTANTS bombard the WARRIOR MAIDENS’ Treetop Kingdom with liquid fireballs mechanically launched from their new Firethrower. TYGRA becomes invisible and sneaks into Castle Plun-Darr through the moat to investigate...
  17. S01E17 All That Glitters Oct 1, 1985 MUMM-RA transforms himself into a troll GRYGORY GRYGION and tricks LION-O into attacking TYGRA and breaking the Sword of Omens. JAGA tells them that combat between two THUNDERCATS brings on the Curse of Balthaz...
  18. S01E18 Spitting Image Oct 2, 1985 MUMM-RA calls upon the DRILLER to kidnap PANTHRO with the aid of sleeping potion. MUMM-RA makes a mold of the sleeping PANTHRO and creates a PANTHRO CLONE, bringing it to life with the spirit ghost of HAMMERHAND...
  19. S01E19 Lion-O's Anointment First Day: The Trial of Strength Nov 12, 1985 LION-0 awakes on his birthday to learn that he has "come of age" and must undergo the Anointment Trials a ritual every Lord of the THUNDERCATS has had to survive from the beginning of THUNDERCAT history.
  20. S01E20 Mongor Oct 3, 1985 WILYKAT and WILYKIT explore the Ruined Temple. They move a hexagonal rock and unwittingly free MONGOR, the external image of Fear. They are scolded for releasing the monster and leave the Lair. The other THUNDERCATS set...
  21. S01E21 Return to Thundera Oct 4, 1985 The MUTANTS create WARBOT, a Plun-Darrian war robot, to destroy Cats’ Lair. Unaware of this, LION-O enters the Time Capsule’s hologram and travels back in time and space to his home planet, ThunDERa. He arrives the day...
  22. S01E22 Snarf Takes Up the Challenge Oct 11, 1985 SNARF searches the Cats’ Lair and discovers all the THUNDERCATS have disappeared. The LADY UNICORN KEEPER informs SNARF and RO-BER-BILL that she saw the MUTANTS capture each of the THUNDERCATS and the Sword of Omens...
  23. S01E23 Mandora and the Pirates Nov 4, 1985
  24. S01E24 The Crystal Queen Oct 9, 1985 TARTARA, the CRYSTAL QUEEN, steals the ARIETTABIRD and cages it in her Crystal Kingdom. The ARIETTABIRD’s beautiful song brings a fruitful harvest to the BERBILS and now without it, their crops will die. LION-O pursues...
  25. S01E25 Lion-O's Anointment Second Day: The Trial of Speed Nov 19, 1985 **Lion-O’s Anointment Second Day: The Trial of Speed**
  26. S01E26 Safari Joe Oct 10, 1985 didn't Safari Joe end up trapping Tygra in hole that filled up with water because it was said that Tygra's couldn't swim? I don't know I am just guessing as I hadn't seen that episode in sometime
  27. S01E27 Return of the Driller Nov 5, 1985 MUMM-RA summons the DRILLER to destroy the Cats’ Lair by drilling a tunnel from the Acid Lake to the Lair’s foundations. The Sword of Omens shows LION-O the source of the danger and TYGRA, having analyzed the acid...
  28. S01E28 Turmagar the Tuska Nov 22, 1985 TURMAGAR, the TUSKA, a walrus-like humanoid, crash-lands his Gomplin at the Cats’ Lair and asks for help. A GIANT TECHNOPEDE threatens his country’s water supplies. Leaving PANTHRO and the THUNDERKITTENS behind to...
  29. S01E29 Sixth Sense Oct 28, 1985 A damaged alien spacecraft makes contact with CHEETARA’s Sixth Sense. The effort involved in this telepathic communication drains her strength. She ages rapidly. The THUNDERCATS have to find the crashed spacecraft if...
  30. S01E30 Dr. Dometone Oct 7, 1985 While out swimming, WILYKIT is apparently devoured by a huge, green, amphibious monster. The monster is a robot, HERKY, belonging to DOCTOR DOMETONE, latest in a long line of guardians of the Great Oceanic Plug. The...
  31. S01E31 The Astral Prison Oct 8, 1985 JAGA is captured by NEMEX, the Astral Imprisoner. Only LION-O can save him. He enlists the NETHERWITCH to transport him to the Astral World. Unknown to him, the NETHERWITCH is another manifestation of MUMM-RA.
  32. S01E32 Queen of 8 Legs Nov 7, 1985 Disguising himself as an exquisite and helpless DIAMONDFLY, MUMM-RA entices LION-O into the monstrous domain of SPIDERA, Queen of Eight Legs. SPIDERA entraps LION-O and SNARF in her web. In the process, LION-O loses the...
  33. S01E33 Dimension Doom Nov 6, 1985 WIZZ-RA appears before CHEETARA. Disturbed by him, she considers asking the other THUNDERCATS for advice, but fears they will ridicule her. Eons previously, WIZZ-RA and MUMM-RA had fought a titanic battle high above the...
  34. S01E34 Lion-O's Anointment Third Day: The Trial of Cunning Nov 25, 1985 LION-O undergoes the third of his Anointment Trials, which each LORD OF THE THUNDERCATS must pass to prove he is worthy of his inherited title. The Trial of Cunning pits LION-O against the ThunderKittens: a race through...
  35. S01E35 The Rock Giant Nov 20, 1985 A volcanic eruption releases the ROCK GIANT, a huge lava monster. MUMM-RA suborns this GIANT to destroy the THUNDERCATS. The storm, which accompanies the eruption, strands the THUNDERKITTENS in a forest. LION-O and...
  36. S01E36 The Thunder-Cutter Oct 29, 1985 Infuriated by the MUTANTS’ excuse that the Sword of Omens is invincible, MUMM-RA summons HACHIMAN, a legendary Samurai, and his sword, the Thunder-Cutter. He deceives HACHIMAN into believing that LION-O is evil.
  37. S01E37 Mechanical Plague Nov 27, 1985 PANTHRO invents Holograph-Recorders to ‘film’ the THUNDERCATS’ experiences on Third Earth for incorporation into a Time Capsule through which future generations can learn. MUMM-RA overhears the plan and believes it...
  38. S01E38 The Demolisher Nov 13, 1985 The DEMOLISHER is a fearsome creature driven only by the desire to fight and destroy. If there’s no one to fight for pay, then he’ll fight for pleasure. His victories are witnessed, and opponents drummed up by his...
  39. S01E39 Feliner - Part One Oct 31, 1985 RATAR-O, the most powerful of all the Mutant Warlords, comes to Third Earth and takes control of the MUTANTS. RATAR-O brings SNARFER, SNARF’s nephew, with him after capturing him on the Planet of Snarfs.
  40. S01E40 The Wolfrat Oct 30, 1985 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...
  41. S01E41 Excalibur Dec 2, 1985 The story of Excalibur, the greatest sword in history, is revealed to MUMM-RA. MUMM-RA determines to obtain Excalibur and to defeat LION-O and the Sword of Omens. MUMM-RA transforms himself into King Arthur and summons...
  42. S01E42 Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power Nov 29, 1985 **Lion-O’s Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power**
  43. S01E43 Secret of the Ice King Dec 3, 1985 A giant ICE KING is accidentally released from his glacial prison and attacks the Castle of the Snowmen, defeating the SNOW KNIGHT. The SNOW KNIGHT sends SNOWMEOW to ask the THUNDERCATS for help. After a series of...
  44. S01E44 Sword in a Hole Nov 8, 1985 An S.O.S. from the edge of a Black Hole in deep space sends LION-O, SNARF and CHEETARA out in the Feliner. CAPTAIN SHINER, a Prussian space mercenary working for MUMM-RA, captures LION-O and SNARF. The Sword of Omens is...
  45. S01E45 Feliner - Part Two Nov 1, 1985 The THUNDERCATS have virtually completed their spacecraft, the Feliner, but cannot make it fly because they lack a Megacondensor. Desperate to return SNARFER to his home, SNARF suggests that the THUNDERCATS might find a...
  46. S01E46 Good and Ugly Dec 4, 1985 In this episode, a Kymera Craft, a sleek and visually appealing spaceship, pursues a Terator Starship, an extremely ugly spaceship. Manning these two ships, respectively, are the TERATOR and the KYMERA. Like the Terator...
  47. S01E47 Divide and Conquer Dec 6, 1985 VULTUREMAN invents a Voice Imitator, which imitates the THUNDERCATS’ voices. He uses it to lure each of the THUNDERCATS into perilous situations. A GIANT BEE attacks CHEETARA; TYGRA confronts a GIANT WRESTLING TABBUT...
  48. S01E48 The Micrits Nov 18, 1985 While searching for Thundrillium, LION-0 discovers that there is a tribe of tiny people on Third Earth. They are furious with the THUNDERCATS because every time they roar out of the Cats’ Lair in the ThunderTank or...
  49. S01E49 Lion-O's Anointment Final Day: The Trial of Evil Dec 16, 1985 The concluding trial in LION-O's Anointment Trials, a series of tests each of the LORD of the THUNDERCATS has had to pass in order to prove himself worthy of his inherited title, pits him against the evil MUMM-RA.
  50. S01E50 The Super Power Potion Dec 12, 1985 VULTUREMAN invents a Super Power Potion, which gives him great magical powers, enabling him to mesmerize and defeat TYGRA. VULTUREMAN then makes a deal with MUMM-RA: He will share the potion in exchange for MUMM-RA’s...
  51. S01E51 The Evil Harp of Charr-Nin Nov 11, 1985 The THUNDERKITTENS discover a MAGICAL HARP, strum it and release CHARR-NIN, a genie who has been imprisoned inside. MUMM-RA sees this action in his Cauldron, transforms into a BOLKIN and thus disguised seizes the HARP...
  52. S01E52 Tight Squeeze Nov 15, 1985 The MUTANTS ambush the THUNDERCATS, but lose the battle -and a NoseDiver. S-S-SLITHE blames VULTUREMAN’s faulty technology for the loss of the vehicle. VULTUREMAN, enraged, activates a self-destruct circuit in their...
  53. S01E53 Monkian's Bargain Nov 14, 1985 MUMM-RA summons MONKIAN to his pyramid to strike a bargain: If MONKIAN steals the Sword of Omens, MUMM-RA will make him ruler over part of Third Earth. Willing to pay any price for the power, MONKIAN accepts.
  54. S01E54 Out of Sight Dec 10, 1985 WILLA is practicing her long-bow skills when a warning device alerts her to a MUTANT attack. WILLA and her sister NAYDA fight back until a MUTANT laser beam sets their roof afire. JACKALMAN kidnaps WILLA and takes her...
  55. S01E55 Jackalman's Rebellion Nov 21, 1985 JACKALMAN steals VULTUREMAN's Flying Machine and attacks LION-0 and PANTHRO in the ThunderTank. The renegade MUTANT then enlists MOLEMASTER and the DRILLER into his own private "army" and plans to pulverize the...
  56. S01E56 The Mountain Dec 11, 1985 MUMM-RA summons the MUTANTS and threatens to banish them from Third Earth unless they bring him the Sword of Omens. While LION-0 is mountain climbing, the MUTANTS ambush him with Thundranium cartridges. LION-0 summons...
  57. S01E57 Eye of the Beholder Dec 13, 1985 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. Leaving SNARF at the Lair, the THUNDERCATS spread the word that the Lair...
  58. S01E58 The Mumm-Ra Berbil Nov 26, 1985 Angry at the MUTANTS' failure to destroy the THUNDERCATS, MUMM-RA transforms into a meek BERBIL and tricks SNARF into bringing him inside the Cats' Lair. MUMM-RA overpowers PANTHRO, turning him into a ZOMBIE/SLAVE.
  59. S01E59 The Trouble with ThunderKittens Dec 17, 1985 In an effort to prove them worthy of being THUNDERCATS, the THUNDERKITTENS borrow the other THUNDERCATS' weapons and practice with them. The MUTANTS, who gain possession of the weapons, ambush them.
  60. S01E60 Mumm-Rana Dec 18, 1985 The RatStar, manned by the MUTANTS, attacks the Feliner. S-S-SLITHE, MONKIAN and JACKALMAN are ejected from the RatStar and fall toward the ground.
  61. S01E61 Trapped Nov 28, 1985 CHEETARA and TYGRA are aboard the Feliner when it is caught in a galactic meteor storm and badly damaged. LION-O and PANTHRO attempt to bring the Feliner in for a safe landing. WILYKAT and WILYKIT are stranded in the...
  62. S01E62 The Transfer Dec 5, 1985 A spaceship freighted with a lethal radioactive sphere is on a collision course for Third Earth. If it crashes, Third Earth will be destroyed. LION-0 and PANTHRO take the Feliner up to intercept the spaceship and...
  63. S01E63 The Shifter Dec 19, 1985 VULTUREMAN invents the Shifter, a device that switches one person's personality into another's body. He uses it on PANTHRO's personality in SNARF's body. The reverse PANTHRO and SNARF drive the ThunderTank together and...
  64. S01E64 Dream Master Dec 9, 1985 Written by Heather M. Winters & Annabelle Gurwitch
  65. S01E65 Fond Memories Dec 20, 1985 MUMM-RA creates a museum whose paintings and statues come alive as the ThunderCats' more formidable foes. As Lion-O and SNARF prospect for Thundrillium, MUMM-RA turns into DR. DOMETONE and lures LION-0 to the deadly...