The strongest ThunderCat
Panthro is unquestionably the most naturally aggressive of the ThunderCats. Although never one to pick a fight, Panthro is never afraid of battle - whilst this can lead to him being quite headstrong, Panthro’s get-up-and-go, never-say-die personality can also serve as a great motivator for the others. Conversely, mixed in with Panthro’s warrior ways is a kindness and compassion that provides the perfect balance to his personality. Panthro is happiest tinkering with machinery, and has an almost paternal affection for the ThunderTank, of which he is very protective.
The nunchucks
His weapon is a pair of nunchucks, one shaft red and one blue, joined by a chain and capped with claw-shaped ends that open to fire energy pellets and gases. Jaga handed them to him aboard the flagship during the escape from Thundera. The spikes on his chest bands are not decoration either, and can be fired as projectiles or as rappelling lines.
Like every ThunderCat weapon it gets turned against its owner. In Mongor those same chest spikes are used to pin him to the ground, and in The Time Capsule a Crabman snaps one shaft of the nunchucks clean in half. Panthro repairs it himself, which is entirely in character.
The engineer
Everything the ThunderCats drive or fly, Panthro built. The ThunderTank is his, and so are the Feliner, the ThunderClaw, the ThunderStrike and the HoverCat, mostly with Tygra working alongside him on the design. It makes him the practical problem solver of the group, the one who answers a crisis with a machine rather than a sword.
He is also the second eldest of the ThunderCats after Jaga, until Lynx-O arrives, and that seniority shows in how Lion-O treats him. Panthro is a role model long before he is a friend.
Cloned by the Driller
In Spitting Image, Mumm-Ra pays the Driller in diamonds to kidnap Panthro, drugging him with the Sands of Sleep. A clone is made and animated, then sent back to the Cats Lair in his place while the real Panthro is dumped in a radiation pit. He climbs out, tracks down the duplicate and beats it himself, and Lion-O finishes it with the Sword of Omens.
A note on gold
All that Glitters opens with Panthro dismissing gold as chemically inert junk and tipping it into the Bottomless Chasm. It is a throwaway moment that sets up the entire episode, and it is a fair summary of how he sees the world. If a thing cannot be built with or fought with, he has little use for it.
