01x50 - Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power

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Thundercats!

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Thunder, thunder,

thunder,

Thundercats, h*!

[GROWLING]

♪ 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 ♪

[ROARS]

Thundercats!

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MONKIAN: There's Tygra, Slithe.

Let's go!

[JACKALMAN GROWLS]

Hurry, Slithe!

Lion-O has already passed
Panthro's Trial of Strength,

Cheetara's Trial of Speed

and the Wilykids'
Trial of Cunning.

We must stop at nothing

to keep Lion-O from
being officially anointed

Lord of the Thundercats.

Yes! If we cause Lion-O to fail,

the Thundercats
will be leaderless.

And Third Earth will be
ours to rule as we please.

First light.

And Tygra's trial
begins at dawn.

Don't wait for me.

Attack in the Nosedivers.

I'll join you when I can.

Mutants.

Mustn't let them interfere.

I should conserve all
my mind power energy

for Lion-O's trial, but...

Panthro, look.

Nosedivers. Yeah.

Always those blasted mutants.

And it's almost dawn.

Lion-O will be confronting
Tygra any minute.

We can't let the mutants
disrupt today's trial.

PANTHRO: Wait.

Look at Tygra.

Jackalman, look.

A snowbridge.

Turn back.

It's a shortcut.

Why didn't we see it before?

What's the difference?

We see it now.

Come on.

Where did the bridge go?

There's Slithe.

How do we convince him
there ever was a bridge?

SNARF: I don't get it.

Why did the mutants
do that? [LAUGHING]

Tygra had something
to do with that

if I'm not mistaken.

One of his illusions.

Why hasn't he ever used
these illusions before?

Using his mind power is
a terrible strain on Tygra.

He's been storing up
all his mental energy

for today's Anointment Trial.

Fools.

It was a Thundercat
trick of some kind.

Man your vehicles,

we attack again.

Daybreak.

Well, if my mind isn't prepared
for Tygra's mind power now,

it's too late to do
anything about it.

The Desert of Sinking Sands

lies on the other side
of those mountains.

I must get there by sundown,

and Tygra will, somehow,

be trying to stop
me all along the way.

h*, Lion-O.

h*, Tygra.

I'm ready.

Have you focused
your mind, Lion-O?

I've tried to remember
everything you taught me.

The Lord of the Thundercats
must be able to tell

what is, from what is not.

Have you prepared yourself?

That's what we will find out.

I am allowed to tell you this:

before this day is over, Lion-O,

you will face
your greatest fear.

But I fear nothing...

that I know of.

We shall see.

Let the trial begin.

Look.

Whoo. Tygra isn't
wasting any time.

Did he forget that his footsteps

are visible in the snow?

He's gone.

But how?

Where'd Tygra go?

Did he disappear?

He's making Lion-O
think he's disappeared.

No way Lion-O will ever
match Tygra in mind power.

The Tygra clan of Thundercats
have a special gift for it.

WILYKAT: Well, then how can
Lion-O possibly win today's trial?

PANTHRO: By being able to resist

the illusions created
by Tygra's mind.

SNARF: Do it,
Lion-O. Resist. Resist.

All right.

Tygra is here somewhere.

Concentrate.

I did it.

Your trial has just begun.

Mutants.

Can't let them disrupt
the Anointment Trial.

A blizzard.

Ah!

Look out, you idiot.

Can't see a thing.

Where'd this storm come from?

Turn back.

Can't tell if this storm is real

or another of Tygra's illusions.

Either way, it's cold.

No. Can't let myself feel it.

Concentrate.

It's not cold.

It's not cold...

It's freezing, is what it is.

There is no blizzard.

It doesn't exist.

It's getting worse.

Make him see what is not there.

Snowflakes can't be that big.

It's Tygra's doing.

He's making me
see what is not there.

There are no giant snowflakes.

The blizzard is not.

Is not. Is n...

So much for the warm-up.

Now, for the game.

What kind of freak
storm was that, Slithe?

Forget it.

Back after them.

LION-O: Skycutter.

[LAUGHING]

Think you're safe now, do you?

[LAUGHING]

Ah!

[COUGHING]

Backfire.

After him. Lion-O
is getting away.

LION-O: Nosedivers.

They just won't quit.

Only two ways to go:

up or down.

Down is faster.

If I can make it to
one of those ice floes,

maybe I can make
up for lost time.

I'm still headed in
the right direction.

This must be some
sort of ice cave.

Where'd he go?

I don't see him.

He's here somewhere, I tell you.

Hiding.

JACKALMAN: Monkian. Over here.

Lion-O's footprints.

He went in there.

After him.

Uh-oh. Don't much
like the looks of that.

[ROAR]

And I like the sound
of that even less.

They've found me.

Can't go back that way.

Oh! Uhh!

Look. Lion-O's belt.

The beast has devoured him.

That arch. It's on my map.

I'm still headed in
the right direction.

My belt.

I've got to go back for it.

I tell you, Slithe, there
was nothing left of Lion-O

but his belt.

[LAUGHING]

We've seen the last of him.

We've thought so before.

You'd be convinced
of it, too, Slithe,

if you'd seen that cave beast.

I'll never-be convinced
until I see for myself,

yesss?

TYGRA: Lion-O is turning back.

Is he giving up?

No,

I'll never believe that.

But...

Slithe.

And Lion-O is out in the open.

The Thundercat signal. What?

Ah.

I'm pinned here.

A sitting duck if
Slithe sees me.

No, he's after something else.

But what?

Tygra's disappeared.

No, there he is.

SLITHE: How did
he get over there?

Ah!

No. I'm forgetting.

It's forbidden to help
Lion-O during the trials.

Ahh!

The cave beast.

My belt.

Snowmeow.

[LAUGHING]

All right, all right.

I'm glad to see you too.

Sorry, boy.

Can't play with you right now.

I've got a lot to do, and
not much time to do it in.

I'm sure glad he's a friend.

LION-O: Another pass.

Funny, I didn't see it before.

The Desert of Sinking Sands.

The ancient ruins.

I'll pass today's trial

if I reach there
before Tygra does.

Wait.

This path isn't on the map.

What I'm seeing is not real.

Tygra, again.

No time to lose.

That was too easy for Lion-O,

but this one won't be.

Night.

No.

Day can't turn to
night that quickly.

Wind.

Aaah!

Can't stay on my feet.

[GRUNTING]

Ah!

It's... It's not night.

I'm in space.

Going to crash.

I can't see where I'm...

That's Thundera!

I've come back
in time and space.

It's happening again.

It was Jaga who saved me.

He got me aboard the spaceship,

just in time to see my beloved
Thundera blown into space dust.

It's my nightmare.

It's wakened me
in terror ever since.

I hid my fear then,

as I hide it now, because...

TYGRA: Before this day is over,

you will face
your greatest fear.

My greatest fear is
that I'll be afraid again.

But I fear it no more.

Do you hear me, Tygra?

My nightmare is over.

Ah!

Enough, Lion-O.

You've won.

No. I must reach the
Desert of Sinking Sands,

the ruins, before sundown.

I'll come back for you.

Rest.

Now that I've survived the
trials of all the Thundercats,

I wonder why they
were so important.

It is our tradition.

Tradition?

Yes, Lion-O.

It gives our lives form,

tells us who we are,
and what we must do.

WILYKAT: The Sword.

Lion-O's done it.

He's survived Tygra's trial.

Of course.

He's survived all the
Thundercats' trials.

Only one more to go.

Snarf. Which one is that?

He must challenge and
defeat his deadliest enemy.

But that would be Mumm-Ra.

Muh-muh-muh...

Mumm-Ra?

MUMM-RA: So...

Lion-O must seek out
and destroy Mumm-Ra.

Thus do the
Anointment Trials end,

with the end of Lion-O.

[LAUGHING]

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