01x14 - The Spaceship Beneath the Sands

[bunniefuu]

Thundercats!

Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!

Thundercats, h*!

[Roar]

♪ 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 ♪

Arrrrrhhhh!

[Roaring] thundercats!

Bah! This is a waste of time.

Ha ha ha! No, it isn't, slythe.

The thundercats are nearby,

And the fools could
never ignore a cry for help.

Then what's keeping the tabbot?

He'll be along. Don't worry.

Like all tabbots, he cares
for nothing but money,

And this is the day
he collects his rents

From the wallows
and the bulkans.

He always takes this trail.

Monkian: shh!

I see him coming.

Aah!

I've got his purse.
Grab the saddlebags!

[Jackalman grunting]

It's heavy.

Collections went well today,

Eh, pinchpenny?

[Grunting and snorting]

Robbers!

Help!

Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!

Louder! Louder!

Help!

Somebody!

Help!

Cheetara, did you hear that?

Did I hear it? I'm
halfway there.

Monkian: hoo hoo
hoo! Thundercats!

One of them, anyway.

The female, cheetara.

On your way, tabbot.

No!

My money!

You still have your head.

Be grateful!

Be gone!

She's almost here!

Jackalman: slythe! Quick, hide!

Monkian: another
thundercat coming.

Tygra!

Wait then, monkian.

We'll get them both, yes?

The cries came from
somewhere around here.

I'm sure of it.

Did you see anything, cheetara?

Not a thing, tygra. Strange.

Look! Signs of a struggle.

[Whispering] now, monkian.

[Hooting]

What is go...

A trap!

The edge of the net, tygra.

Lift it, and we'll
crawl under and out.

I... I can't. The strands
of this net are too sticky!

Yes, thundercats!

You're as helpless
as insects in a web.

Mutants!

You'll be wearing that grin

On the back of your head

When the other
thundercats get here, slythe.

Ha ha ha! We want
your friends to come.

Hoo hoo hoo! Call
them, why don't you?

Hoo hoo hoo! Go
on. Yell. Scream.

There is no need
for them to yell.

The thundercats somehow know

When others of
them are in danger.

I've got a nasty feeling

That something foul
is happening out there,

But I can't see past
those thick trees.

[Humming]

Lion-o! Thundercats in danger!

I heard it, panthro.

Sword of omens, give
me sight beyond sight.

It's tygra and cheetara!

The mutants have snared
them in some kind of net.

They seem to be in...
Yes, they're in the jungle.

And I know exactly where.

Blasted mutants!

I knew there was something
rancid about that spot!

Lion-o: then get us
there fast, panthro.

♪ Thundercats are on the move ♪

♪ Thundercats are loose ♪

It's their thunder tank!

Quick, back to your positions.

It is the thunder tank, tygra.

No mistaking the
roar of that motor.

And it's headed right into the
mutants' trap because of us.

There they are.

There's something
strange about that net.

Cheetara and tygra
should have been able

To free themselves easily.

They seem to be
glued into that net.

I'll cut them loose.

No. The mutants
will outnumber you.

The thunder tank will do it.

No way, panthro. It's too big.

It can't free tygra and
cheetara without harming them.

Yes, it can. Watch.

Get back, cheetara.

[Hooting]

They're free!

Not yet! Attack!

Cheetara! Tygra!

Get out of the line of fire!

Slythe: retreat!

Monkian: run for cover!

Why don't those mutants give up?

They can't win.

They sure keep trying.

Jackalman: it's humiliating!

We may as well be
fighting them with mud pies!

Bah! Our technology is just as
advanced as the thundercats'!

No. It's more advanced.

But they managed to
salvage most of theirs

When their spaceship went down.

Yes, while our
spaceship lies buried

Beneath the desert
of sinking sands.

That's mumm-ra's doing.

He must be made
to raise it again!

Our superweapons
will be returned to us,

I promise you.

Leave it to me, yes?

Slythe: mighty one! Hear us!

We request an audience
with mumm-ra the ever living.

Why do you come here?

I have not commanded
you to appear before me.

We come on your behalf, sire.

Only the thundercats
stand between mighty mumm-ra

And his total
domination of third earth.

Yes, and it was your mission

To dispose of the thundercats,

A mission in which

You have failed
miserably many times.

Slythe: forgive me, great
one, but that is your doing.

By sinking our spaceship
beneath the sands,

You deprived us of the weaponry

That could rid third earth
of the thundercats forever.

Ha ha ha! You want those
superweapons returned

For your own purposes.

Slythe: but our purposes are
your purposes, mighty one.

With our strength
equal to the thundercats',

It will not be necessary
for the great mumm-ra

To leave his tomb so often.

When and how often I
leave my tomb is my concern.

Of course, great
one. I was just...

Never mind.

You do have a point.

Very well.

I will raise your ship,

But take care, mutants.

Remember that
mumm-ra is your master.

Oh, we will, mumm-ra. We will.

Go to the site of
the sunken ship, then.

Ancient spirits of evil,

Transform this decaying form

To mumm-ra the ever living!

Monkian: do you think mumm-ra
will really do it, slythe?

Oh, yes. As I said, he needs us.

But what makes
you so sure, slythe?

His power is unlimited.

Is it?

Then why must mumm-ra
always return to his tomb,

If not to replenish that power?

[Monkian hooting]

[Jackalman laughing]

[Equipment beeping]

Nothing! The ship
has total power loss.

Ooh, the skycutters
are operational.

So is the nosediver.

And most of our equipment

Can be transferred to
castle plun-darr intact.

Now, finally,

We mutants will teach
the thundercats respect.

Tygra: ouch!

Ha ha! Sorry, tygra.

The adhesive stuff
from the mutants' net

Takes forever to remove.

Rreow! If sticky gunk
is the worst thing

The mutants can throw
at us, I guess we'll survive.

[expl*si*n]

Yeow!

Hey, what was that?

Skycraft. We're being attacked!

Skycraft? But whose? Do
you recognize them, panthro?

Can't get a clear look
at their silhouettes.

They're skycutters,
mutant ships.

But I thought all of their
equipment was destroyed.

Not completely, it looks like.

I'll tend to that...

Now.

Your blasts are
getting close, panthro.

Not close enough!

Those skycutters
are too maneuverable.

We're being attacked
below as well.

A land vehicle!

Take over here, tygra.

He's trying to hide in that
stand of trees, panthro.

Trying isn't doing.

He's fast. I'll give him that.

There he goes,
panthro, over that hill!

And here we go.

That thing is
amphibious, panthro.

He tricked us into
going off that cliff.

Yeah, but we've got a
trick up our sleeve, too.

The thundertank can be driven

Just as well on
the ocean bottom.

But not on its back.

There's diving equipment
under the seat, lion-o.

I'll activate the airlock.

No good.

We'll have to get the
other thundercats to help.

Panthro, the reef!

A cave.

After the monster's next strike,

We swim out together,

Attract the mutant ship,

And suddenly separate.

Now!

[Mutants laughing]

Yaah!

The energy
module... Won't catch!

Panthro: let's go.

Get to the surface.

We'll have to get
back to the cat's lair,

Get some equipment.

Lion-o: skycutters!

We'll have to see what we can do

With the thundertank
ourselves, panthro.

The other thundercats will be
needed to handle the skycutters.

Thunder, thunder, thunder...

Thundercats, h*!

Monkian, that signal is
summoning the other thundercats!

So? They won't be a match
for our skycutters. Hoo hoo!

Well? Where are they?

We can't see them because
of the heavy jungle growth,

But they're down there.
You can be sure of it.

Monkian: convert to land attack.

See anything, jackalman?

No, nothing yet.

Yes, there's one!

W-where did he go?

Aah!

[Coughing]

Looking for me, mutant?

Ha ha ha!

Can't see!

Hey!

Sea-quines!

What's got into them?

They're usually gentle.

Maybe, but we've got them
all riled up about something.

Panthro, a baby sea-quine!

It's trapped under
the thundertank!

Help me push, lion-o.

Now we've really
got to move this thing.

The sea-quines see that
we're trying to help.

They're pushing, too.

Isn't doing much good, though.

We're barely budging it.

Wait a minute.

Think you can pull the
thunder tank off your baby?

It moved, but...

If the thundertank
goes over the edge,

We could lose it forever.

We can always replace
the thundertank.

No way we can
ever replace a life.

Pull!

Panthro: the mutant!

He's got his ship going again.

Yes, and maybe
it's lucky he did.

They damaged my nosediver!

If I can just...

Make it to shore...

Hey, he's gonna be ok.

Here's your baby, folks.

And none the worse for wear.

[Baby whinnies]

Well, where are they?

The thundercat signal was
flashed right over this spot.

Why worry?

We took care of the
mutants, didn't we?

We didn't run into slythe,

And he's the worst
of that bunch.

Look!

Snarf: snarf!

You've been running underwater
tests on the thundertank,

And you called us all the
way out here to see that?

If it was a test, we've passed.

Now that the mutants have
retrieved their weaponry,

It's a whole new contest.

Hmm. They must have raised
their spaceship somehow.

They couldn't have
done it by themselves.

Something else is behind it...

Or someone else.

Tygra: mumm-ra.

Lion-o: we'll have to
be doubly watchful.

Yes. Evil never sleeps.

Even worse, it doesn't give
anyone else any rest, either.

Mumm-ra: it seems
you've fared no better

Against the
thundercats than before.

We had bad luck, mumm-ra.

Our craft can be repaired,

And now we can build weapons

That are even more powerful.

That is not my wish!

The equipment you
transported to castle plun-darr,

You will return
it to the spaceship.

No, mumm-ra, we will not.

You defy me, reptilian?

Never, mighty one.

We merely wish to be more
useful to you, mumm-ra.

Ahh, do you?

In that case...

We shall see.