The 1980s cartoon favorite finds a new streaming home!
“Thunder….Thunder….ThunderCats! Hooooooooooooo!”
If just hearing those words gave you a Pavlovian impulse to grab a Rubik’s cube and some bagel bites, you are not alone. Although never as popular as a say G.I. Joe or a Jem, ThunderCats was another successful cartoon series based on a popular toy line — in this case one in which alien felines squared off against an evil mummy. Because 1980s, awesome.
Debuting in syndication in 1985 and usually scheduled in after school time slots alongside shows like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers, M.A.S.K. and, er, Heathcliff, the show’s initial run spawned 130 episodes of feline inter-spacial conflict. In it the wake of the show’s immediate popularity came the success of not only the Ljn toy line that kicked the whole saga off but ancillary products like comics and clothes,...
“Thunder….Thunder….ThunderCats! Hooooooooooooo!”
If just hearing those words gave you a Pavlovian impulse to grab a Rubik’s cube and some bagel bites, you are not alone. Although never as popular as a say G.I. Joe or a Jem, ThunderCats was another successful cartoon series based on a popular toy line — in this case one in which alien felines squared off against an evil mummy. Because 1980s, awesome.
Debuting in syndication in 1985 and usually scheduled in after school time slots alongside shows like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers, M.A.S.K. and, er, Heathcliff, the show’s initial run spawned 130 episodes of feline inter-spacial conflict. In it the wake of the show’s immediate popularity came the success of not only the Ljn toy line that kicked the whole saga off but ancillary products like comics and clothes,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Chris Cummins
- Den of Geek
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