These were days of peace and prosperity on Third Earth.
When one empire stood above all others.
Ruling with a just heart and razor claws.
And though omens foretold in the book would be ignored,
the tragedy to come was necessary,
for it was written that he would be born of fire,
a King to lead his people to victory
against ancient spirits of evil.
Sync and corrections by Gatto for www.addic7ed.com
Relax, Snarf.
You think we're going to get killed
every time we come to this part of town.
Where do you think you're going, Mutt?
That's right. Pay up, or get hurt.
No, they're not cats, Snarf.
But no one should be treated like that.
What are you looking at?
Whiskers.
You got to pay, too.
In the slums, everyone's a dog.
- I have a feeling you're the one who's going to pay.
Aah! Oof!
Ow!
Thanks, Snarf.
Now, I'm going to gut you like a fish.
Not that I needed it,
who can I thank for the assist?
Cheetara.
Hello.
Ahem. Hello there.
- I'm sure the King would not be happy to learn
his son was wrestling alley cats.
He's the prince?
Scatter!
- Ahh. It's my dirtiest cloak, and it's still a bad disguise.
- What's so important you'd risk your life coming down here?
That depends. Can you keep a secret?
He knows how important today is.
Where is that boy, Jaga?
Be easy on him, Claudus.
Remember, when you were his age,
your father wasn't always pleased with you, either.
- I never neglected my duties as prince, like he does.
Why can't he be more like you, Tygra?
- You're asking for the impossible, father.
Lion-O. Come in. Come in.
I have something for you.
- Jorma here sells certain hard-to-find, uh, collectibles.
You mean black market items.
More than that.
What is all this?
- It's what's out there, beyond Thunder'as walls.
What the Book of Omens calls technology.
- Doesn't everyone think those stories are just fairy tales?
You think this is a fairy tale?
I think it's probably just another fake
people like you sell to people like him.
- As cubs, we believed the tales about ships that could fly.
Maybe everyone else outgrew them, but I didn't.
I know there's a bigger world out there.
You think I'm crazy, don't you?
I think you're... Different.
Oh, I'm late! I'll take it.
Maybe next time, I can bail you out of trouble.
Sorry. Sorry, sorry.
- Let us begin this sacred rite of passage, Jaga.
Guardians of the crown,
bring forth the Sword of Omens.
Are you flirting?
While you will one day wear the crown, Lion-O,
only the eye of Thundera, the source of our power,
knows if there is, indeed, a King inside of you.
Take the sword, and become one with it.
- You hold in your hands what built the Thundercats' empire.
But only he who is deemed worthy can harness its awesome power.
- Let me show you what it's capable of in the proper hands.
- Uh -oh. Catch!
- The book told that it was the Thundercats, our ancestors,
who first defeated Mumm-Ra.
It was the Thundercats who brought law and order
to a world of warring animals.
And it is now the Thundercats who are strong enough
to maintain this fragile peace.
Aah!
That's it. Concentrate.
Lion-O, why did you stop?
I...I saw something.
Tell us.
Um...
That...
Ha. Meow.
Huh?
The sword is ready, Lion-O, but you are not.
What? I didn't see anything.
And I did not say anything.
Something approaches! Sound the alarm!
It can't be!
At long last!
Grune!
I come bearing gifts.
I know it's not much now,
but just wait until the Thunderian stonecutters are done with it.
- Are you a sight for sore eyes, old friend!
And where is our dear friend Panthro?
He fought valiantly.
Alas, he came up against a force
that was too powerful for even him to overcome.
It is only through his sacrifice I stand before you today.
- Tomorrow, we will mourn this great loss.
But today, we shall celebrate
the return of Thunder'as greatest general.
It was many seasons ago
when I sent out generals Grune and Panthro
to find the fabled Book of Omens.
While it remains lost,
Grune has returned with tales of adventure,
great treasure, and new lands to conquer.
Today, we show him our appreciation.
Good day, sir.
Wilykat and Kit at your service.
Perhaps my sister and I can interest you in a melodic melody?
- Get away from me, you filthy street urchins.
Oh, but I'm quite good,
and you only need to pay
if my gentle song moves your caring heart.
I said...
Ahh.
Your music is lovely as the day is long.
Eww. What does he keep in here?
Oh, here we go.
I said scram, kids!
Of course. Sorry to bother you.
Cut it out.
Please, your majesty, show mercy.
- Why should I? If the roles were reversed,
you'd have lopped my head off by now.
We were only scavenging for food
when we were captured as slaves.
Forget it.
Looking for mercy from cats
is like trying to squeeze water from a stone.
Hold your tongue, fool! He'll kill us.
No. I want to hear this.
What do you mean?
We only attack to survive.
You control the best lands and resources,
leaving the rest of the animals to fight over scraps.
If we steal your crops,
it is to feed our children.
- You're not taking this criminal seriously, are you?
Criminal?
The lizard's only crime is being weaker than the cats.
And it's the same for all animals.
Let's go. It's time for the games.
These games are dedicated to the life
of an outstanding general and loyal friend
who gave all he had in the name of Thundera.
To Panthro!
To Panthro.
Ohh!
- Ahh. It truly is the little things you miss most.
- I imagine it was the experience of a lifetime.
- When you were out there, did you see any...Technology?
Don't ask him stupid questions, Lion-O.
- I see nothing has changed, Claudus--
one son with his head on his shoulders,
the other still with his in the clouds.
I'm afraid, Lion-O, I encountered all manner of beast and warrior,
but nothing even resembling technology.
We did everything we could to find the book.
- Perhaps what the skeptics say is true--
the book's existence is no more real
than its stories of technology or Mumm-Ra.
I see so much of me in you.
You would have made a great King.
Ah, but such honors must be reserved for the bloodline.
Lion-O also will make a great King.
Of course he will.
I just would have made a better one.
- You're just so perfect, aren't you, Tygra?
Thank you, Lion-O.
- Too bad you're afraid to get your tail kicked in front of your hero.
Now's not the time.
Whoa. I'd say now's the perfect time.
I'm going to ring that bell.
And I'm going to ring yours.
I'm right behind you, Lion-O.
Aah! Unh!
Aah!
- When it comes to everything except the crown,
you're always going to be second place.
Aah!
When are you going to learn, little brother?
- It's official. They think I'm a failure.
And they always will, unless I can prove
I'm not chasing a childish dream.
- But how can I do that when even Grune said
there was no tech out there?
Don't let what Grune failed to see
stand in the way of what you believe.
The book says
that our greatest King will possess the ability
of sight beyond sight.
You mean like having visions?
More than that, Lion-O.
It's the ability to lead with clarity.
For sight is useless without action.
- There's something I need to talk to you about, Jaga.
There will be time to talk later.
There's a party still going on.
Enjoy yourself.
Thanks, Jaga.
Dinner is served.
Why, thank you, kind sir.
You know, sis,
it's not always going to be this way.
Once I get that map, I'm taking you to the city of treasure,
El Darra.
Really?
- We'll have more food than we know what to do with
and so much money, people will be begging us for it.
El Darra, here we come.
We can't let this happen.
Why?
They're our greatest enemy, Lion-O.
Well, maybe they don't have to be.
These lizards have done us no harm.
They don't deserve this.
You're right, prince Lion-O.
These barbarians deserve death.
- I'm not going to let anyone lay a paw on them.
- Move, lizard -lover!
- Or you'll wind up in those stocks yourself.
- You better be very sure you want to do this,
because I've got his back.
All of us against you two?
Make that 3.
Twice in one day.
Now I know you're following me.
- Yeah. Right into trouble-- again.
- Let's teach 'em a lesson!
Now you see me...
Now you don't!
Huh?
Get her!
Try and catch me!
Lion-O!
What is going on here? Protecting lizards?
No. I'm protecting us
from turning into the very cold-blooded creatures we fear.
These lizards did nothing and should be released.
Release them? Don't be foolish.
As lord of the Thundercats,
it is my duty to keep our people safe.
And one day, it will be yours.
- You wanted me to start acting like a King.
Well, this is it.
And I don't think the only way to rule is with a sword.
Maybe we'd have less trouble with the lizards
if we weren't always repressing them.
Get out of here.
My lord.
- Consider this an act of goodwill between the species.
Perhaps now, you might show some goodwill of your own
and take your responsibilities as prince more seriously.
You see? It's just as I said.
There is something different about you.
Is that why you keep following me?
Maybe.
- Now is not the time to be tinkering with junk.
People think you're crazy as it is.
It's not junk. It's technology.
I don't care what they think.
Maybe you should.
People are talking about you pardoning those lizards.
They say it's another example of you not taking
your position as heir to the crown seriously.
- We've been at war with the lizards for generations.
Maybe it's time to look at things differently.
That's your problem.
You look at lizards and see victims.
You look at junk and see mythical tech.
When are you going to grow up?
When I do, I hope I'm nothing like you.
What is that?
Even from this distance, I can smell them--lizards.
And there are many.
Sound the alarm!
This attack comes not a day
after I pardoned two of those filthy beasts.
Now do you see the results of leniency?
I was only trying to act like a prince.
- You undermined our power and made the cats look weak.
It's no wonder everyone thinks your brother should be King.
Grune, Tygra, come with me.
We need to ready our defenses.
Jaga, prepare your clerics.
And me?
You will remain here.
He's lost all faith in me, Jaga.
- What is important is that you do not lose faith in yourself.
- Hurry, to the underground shelter--quickly!
- Come on, Kit. We have to get out of here.
That could have been us!
- Thundera once again turns to you, noble warriors,
to defend her.
Tonight, as we go into battle,
I only ask that you fight like cats
for our ancestors, for the pride.
Fire!
- It was getting a bit rank in there, general Slithe.
A night in that rock is nothing
compared to how long I've waited
to set foot inside the cats' impenetrable castle.
- This time, you'll finally fall, Claudus.
For the pride!
That's it!
Let's send these cowards running once and for all.
By Thundera! What sorcery is this?
I can't believe it, Snarf.
Technology was my dream.
How did it become my nightmare?
All those years of having to listen
to people tell me I was crazy for believing in this.
Well, Snarf, it's about to pay off.
- Quickly, behind the walls! Behind the walls!
- How quickly things change for the cats--
from top predator
to endangered species
in a single day.
Will nothing stop them?
I believe there is one thing, my lord.
Grune! What is going on?
- You sent me out to find the Book of Omens, Claudus.
Instead, I found this--
ultimate power.
You would betray your own species?
- My allegiance to you has earned me nothing.
Therefore, I have aligned myself with a superior force.
And I will take what I want.
Never.
There's no need to resort to violence.
I'm quite willing to make a deal for the sword.
There is nothing you have that I want.
Bring forth the prisoner.
Panthro! You're alive!
Do we have a deal?
I didn't think you'd go for it.
I guess I will just have to take the sword from you.
- You are forgetting one thing, Grune--
Jaga's clerics.
I'm going after Panthro!
- You can't leave the protection of the clerics!
- And I can't leave my friend with those monsters!
- Your rule has come to a long-overdue end, Claudus.
Now drop your inferior weapons!
How can you defeat technology if you don't even understand it?
- Luckily, I know a thing or two about it, you traitor!
Where are you going?
- To show the lizards that the Sword of Omens
is the greatest weapon of them all.
Thundercats, ho!
Hyah!
Unh!
You came for me.
I'd fight an army twice that size
to save you, old friend.
Now help me!
Father!
Aah!
Nooo!
Father...
No matter what happens,
you've made me proud today.
- You--a traitor, too, Panthro?
Not quite.
Have you not considered that if technology is real...
Then so are the things of your worst nightmares?
- Mumm-Ra.
- The day I have always feared has arrived.
Clerics, to the death!
- You are but insects to the power of Mumm-Ra...
The ever-living!
Thundera has fallen!
We've lost our kingdom, our father,
and the sword.
We lost everything.
This is my fault, Tygra.
I didn't know what it meant at the time,
but I did see a vision through the sword: Mumm-Ra.
And you told no one?
This is exactly why you aren't fit to be King.
Your decisions always bring disaster.
- Suppertime. I brought you a very special meal.
Hey, remember me?
I granted you mercy, a chance for peace between our species,
and this is how you repay me?
You can't even look at me now!
Just eat your supper.
What is it?
Sometimes my decisions bring disaster,
and sometimes they bring a key.
These two are all that remain
of the fabled guardians of the crown.
You are Jaga...
Sorcerer to the dead King.
And you are even more grotesque
than the stories suggested.
Did your stories neglect to tell you
that the stone in that sword is mine?
Aah!
I want it back.
- I'm afraid an ancient spell prevents the sword
from being touched by the hands of evil.
- That is why you're going to remove the spell.
Never.
- Then I will just have to find another way.
Aah!
Unh!
I could get used to this.
Huh?
Hyah!
You took my father's life,
but you won't take his sword!
Thunder...
Thundercats, ho!
Aah!
- You cannot comprehend the forces you are dealing with.
Ancient spirits of evil,
transform this decayed form
into Mumm-Ra the ever--
Unh!
Cheetara?
She's a cleric? Aah!
Let's go!
Quickly, through here.
After them!
Aah!
Take down the door.
Before we go any further,
there is something that must be done.
It can wait.
It must be now!
We're almost through.
Your left arm.
For the eye of Thundera and the Sword of Omens.
Now, Lion-O,
lord of the Thundercats, go.
You're going with us, Jaga.
Will only slow you down.
At least this way I can buy you time to get to safety.
The Book of Omens lies at the foot of the setting sun.
You must find it before Mumm-Ra does.
I can't do this alone.
You won't have to.
You have everything you need, Lion-O.
Whatever questions remain,
the answers are in the Book of Omens.
Find it. Now go!
Out of my way!
Yaah!
Go!
Aah!
This is only the beginning.
Sync and corrections by Gatto for www.addic7ed.com