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The main characters from the original television series. From left to right: Tygra, Snarf, Panthro, Lion-O, WilyKit, Cheetara, and WilyKat. The following is a list of characters that appear in the American animated series ThunderCats, its 2011 reboot, ThunderCats Roar, and its related media.
Lion-O is a superhero and the main protagonist character of the ThunderCats franchise. [4] [5] Lion-O is the leader and the hereditary "Lord of the ThunderCats". [6]Lion-O is based on the lion and wields the legendary Sword of Omens, [7] which is able to fire bolts of energy and allows Lion-O to see across great distances with its power of "Sight Beyond Sight", as well as the Claw Shield, a ...
Former Lion-O voice actor Larry Kenney returned to play the role Lion-O's father Claudus in the opening two-part episode of the new series. [29] In January 2011, a promotional poster featuring re-imagined designs for Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, and Tygra as well as design for the Sword of Omens and vehicles were shown at the London Toy Fair. [30]
The underlying story is at once relatively simple — a team of humanoid cat-people (or cat-like humans) like Lion-O, Panthro, and Cheetara fight the evil wizard Mumm-Ra on the planet of Third ...
Meanwhile, Lion-O receives a distress signal from Thunderian refugees, and he, Cheetara, and Snarf go to find them. Mumm-Ra resurrects Grune the Destroyer, and Grune seeks out Lion-O and Cheetara. Grune finds and fights them, breaks the Sword of Omens, and chains them up on the Churning Rocks.
ThunderCats is a media franchise, featuring a fictional group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The characters were created by Tobin Wolf and featured in an animated television series named ThunderCats , running from 1985 to 1989, which was animated by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation , and co-produced by Rankin/Bass Productions .
The character is portrayed by Peter Newman in the 1985 ThunderCats TV series [3] [4] and Matthew Mercer in the 2011 ThunderCats TV series. [5] In the first TV series, Tygra is known as the ThunderCat architect and scientist. In the second one, the writers modified some of the characters and Tygra became the adoptive brother of Lion-O. [2]
Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, WilyKit and WilyKat barely escape the sudden destruction of their homeworld, Thundera, only to crash-land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home.