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Thundercats!

Thunder, thunder,

thunder,

Thundercats, ho!

♪ Thundercats are on the move ♪

♪ Thundercats are loose ♪

♪ Feel the magic Hear the roar ♪

♪ Thundercats are loose ♪

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats ♪

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats ♪

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats ♪

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats ♪

Thundercats!

Uh-oh.

The sun's up.

I overslept.

And today of all days.

But that's probably why they let me sleep a bit later.

Ha, ha.

Because this is the great day.

Hello?

Where is everybody?

Did they all oversleep?

Thundercats are always up at first light.

Good morning, Lion-O.

Happy...

birthday.

Oh-ho. Ha, ha.

Is that what's going on?

Is everyone suddenly going to leap out

from behind the furniture crying surprise?

Like I'm still a kid?

Even today?

Meow. There'll be a surprise, all right,

but that isn't it.

Eat your breakfast, Lion-O.

All that food is for me alone?

Good grief, Snarf,

I'll never be able to get it all down.

Better try.

You'll need all the energy you can muster up

for the Anointment Trials.

Anointment Trials?

I know there's supposed to be some kind of ceremony, but...

The ceremony comes later, Lion-O.

If you pass the trials.

Ha! If I pass the trials?

I just wish there was another way.

There is no other way, Cheetara.

Today, Lion-O has come of age.

Every lord of the Thundercats had to survive the trials.

We know, but that was on Thundera.

The Code of Thundera,

justice, truth, honor, loyalty,

is needed here on Third Earth

just as much as it was on Thundera.

Third Earth needs it even more.

As lord protectors of the young Lion-O,

it was our duty to prepare him for this day.

If Lion-O fails the trials, we have failed.

Well, that sure cheers me up.

The sun's up,

I guess Snarf has told Lion-O

what's in store for him by now.

Wait a minute. Why all the gloom?

If all goes well,

by the end of this week,

we'll be anointing the new lord of the Thundercats.

Now you're talking.

To Lion-O.

Lion-O.

Lion-O.

Thundercats, ho!

Well, I don't get it, Snarf.

I'm already lord of the Thundercats.

The hereditary lord, Lion-O.

Now you have to prove yourself worthy of the title, snarf.

Why didn't anyone tell me?

Meow, 'cause as lord of the Thundercats,

you'll be expected

to deal with anything you'll ever come up against,

especially the unexpected.

And that means

I'd have to be as strong as Panthro,

as fast as Cheetara,

as cunning as Wilykat and Kit,

and have the powerful intelligence of Tygra?

It's, uh, not that easy, Lion-O.

Easy?

You call that easy?

Here's a map of the route you'll be following.

There's terrible obstacles all along the way.

But the toughest will be the Thundercats themselves.

You'll have to best each one of them in turn

to get to the next point.

They'll try to stop me?

My friends?

It's their sworn duty.

I see.

All right then, who's the first?

Panthro.

Panthro?

If you can't get past him,

there's no point in going on.

No, you're right.

Well, I'd better get started then.

The Sword of Omens.

It's gone!

And so is the Claw.

I forgot to mention.

You have to go through the Anointment Trials

unarmed, Lion-O.

Oh, gee, I wish I could help, but...

No, no, Snarf.

I prefer it this way.

I've been taking my title for granted,

and yes, I've been kind of cocky about it at times,

but the ancient wisdom of the Thundercats cannot be denied.

It's only right that I prove myself fit to command.

Good luck, Lion-O.

Meow.

Ah! Ow!

Those flowers sting.

Got to get above this stuff somehow.

Maybe I can travel faster along the branches.

The trunk is slippery.

I-I can't get a grip.

The bark is covered with some sort of goo.

Well, that way won't work,

and going through those thorns slowly

just prolongs the agony.

So...

Ohhh.

Finally made it to some open ground anyway.

This lake is on the map, all right,

Big too.

It'll take too long to go around it,

I have to engage Panthro by sundown.

Hmm, looks like I'll have to get wet.

Ooh. What in the...?

Birds.

Oh, no. Not again.

Acid.

That lake is pure acid.

Now I'll have to take the long way around.

Unless...

Those birds nest on the other side of the lake,

but it's the fruit on this side they feed on.

Let's see, if I was one of those birds,

which clump of fruit would get my beak watering?

Ha-ha! That one.

Nah, come on. Take a look at these over here.

See? All plump and juicy.

Ha! That's the way, come on.

That's it. One more step now.

Good boy.

Whoa! Ahh!

Hmm, did I take a wrong turn?

This sure doesn't look like The Great Void,

but according to the map that's where I should be.

A clearing ahead.

I am on the right track.

But it's... It's not a clearing.

The Great Void isn't a place.

It's a... A thing.

The Void is...

Is drawing me...

into...

itself.

Ugh! Ahh!

Ugh.

An acid lake,

The Great Void,

and the trials are just beginning?

Getting edgy.

Jumping at the least little thing.

Let's see.

I'm supposed to follow the beach to the right,

past the... Vortex?

What can that be?

Getting windy.

Mmm, really windy.

But I don't feel any wind.

Why, there is no wind.

But then what...?

The... The Vortex!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Whoa!

I... I must...

rest.

Crabmen.

Ah!

So that's how it's done.

The Wollos have their cook fires going.

Oh, dinner time.

Lion-O, ho!

You made it, Lion-O.

Ha, thanks to your training, Panthro.

It's downhill all the way from here.

When I get to the bottom of the mountain,

I'll have completed the first day's trials.

You have to get past me first, Lion-O.

I have to try to stop you.

Stop me?

You mean, I have to fight you, Panthro?

Yes.

I can't.

And I won't.

You must, Lion-O.

It's the Code of the Thundercats.

Then it's a stupid code.

No.

The Code has served us well for centuries.

Well, then, if it means fighting a friend,

I don't have what it takes.

That is what we're here to find out.

Fight!

It's no use, Panthro.

You're very strong, Lion-O.

Because of you, Panthro.

What's that?

Earthquake.

Ahh!

Lion-O.

Panthro, my grip is slipping.

I can't help you, Lion-O.

It's forbidden to aid you in any way

during the Anointing Trials, I...

Blast the trials.

Hang on, Lion-O.

I'll get you out.

No!

You were right, Panthro.

And I can make it alone.

Ahh!

Reach up, Lion-O.

Grab my hand.

Panthro.

What are you doing?

Let it go.

Can't.

Boulder this size could start a landslide,

and wipe out the Wollo village below.

Panthro, you're hurt.

Let the boulder go, or you'll be crushed.

Am I allowed to help you?

Nothing in the Code against it.

Then try to roll out of the way.

Lion-O, the Wollo village, doomed.

No.

Not yet.

Lion-O.

You've, done it, Lion-O.

You're stronger than I am.

I'd hate to put that to the test when you've recovered, Panthro.

I'd better help you get back to the Cats' Lair.

No. I can make it back myself.

Cheetara is waiting.

Cheetara's trial is next?

Yes.

You must race her to your next objective.

Be faster than Cheetara?

That's not possible.

You must find a way.

Show this to Cheetara.

Go now.

Ho, Lion-O!

Ho, Panthro!

If Lion-O survived Panthro's trial,

we should meet at this point at dawn.

Daylight's gone and still no news.

Heck. What am I worrying about?

Wasn't Lion-O raised by the mighty Snarf?

Didn't I teach him everything I know?

I've just got to stop thinking of him as a...

little boy.

He did it.

Lion-O passed the first trial.

Only four more to go.

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats ♪