01x37 - Lion-O's Anointment First Day: The Trial of Strength

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thunder,

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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...

[SIGHS]

birthday.

Oh-h*. 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?

CHEETARA: 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.

ALL: Lion-O.

ALL: Thundercats, h*!

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 c*ck 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.

[BIRDS CAWING]

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.

[BIRD CAWS]

LION-O: 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.

[CAWING]

Whoa! Ahh!

[CAWING]

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.

[ROARING]

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

The Great Void isn't a place.

It's a... A thing.

[STRUGGLING]

The Void is...

Is drawing me...

into...

itself.

Ugh! Ahh!

[ROARING]

Ugh.

An acid lake,

The Great Void,

and the trials are
just beginning?

[BIRD CAWING]

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?

[WIND WHISTLING]

Getting windy.

Mmm, really windy.

But I don't feel any wind.

Why, there is no wind.

But then what...?

[WIND GUSTS]

The... The Vortex!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Whoa!

[PANTING] I... I must...

rest.

Crabmen.

[SQUEALING]

Ah!

So that's how it's done.

[SNAPPING]

[SQUEALING]

The Wollos have
their cook fires going.

Oh, dinner time.

Lion-O, h*!

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.

[RUMBLING]

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.

[GASPS]

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.

h*, Lion-O!

h*, Panthro!

If Lion-O survived
Panthro's trial,

we should meet at
this point at dawn.

SNARF: 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 ♪

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