02x22 - Hachiman's Honor

[bunniefuu]

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!

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[WIND WHISTLES]

VOICE: Samurai!

Help me!

Who calls Hachiman?

VOICE: Me. Help.

Who are you?

What has happened here?

I slipped off the trail.

Please help me up.

There. You must be
more careful, little one.

These mountains are treacherous.

Oh, thank you.

Come to my cave, samurai.

I will reward you
for your good deed.

No reward is necessary,
little one. Goodbye.

But... But a storm is coming.

I don't think I can get
home all by myself.

Very well.

But we must hurry.

My friends, the Thundercats,

are expecting me to arrive
at the Tower of Omens today.

The Thundercats?

Oh, my. You can't
keep them waiting.

Well, Lynx-O, any
sign of Hachiman yet?

No. And there's a big storm
rolling in from Dark Side.

He'll get caught in it if
he doesn't get here soon.

Hm.

I'll take the Hovercat
and try to find him.

WILYKAT: Hey,

Hachiman's our friend too.

We'll go with you.

That's right. Me too. Yep.

All right, we'll split up
to cover more ground.

You three take the
spaceboards and go north.

I'll search to the south.

Let's go.

Sure thing. Yeah. Let's do it.

Find Hachiman.

But be careful.

This storm is going
to be a bad one.

Don't get caught in it.

[♪♪♪]

ALL: Thundercats, h*!

How much further, little one?

There. There's my cave.

A strange place
to live, little one.

I...

Ah, Hachiman.

We've been waiting for you.

Who are you? What do you want?

Calm yourself, samurai.
These are my friends.

And all we want is your sword.

The Thundercutter.

Hi-yah!

Do nothing you
would live to regret!

My, such a brave sword-swinger.

We'll have to do
something about that.

Stand back.

I warn you.

Stand... back.

Ugh.

Give in, samurai.

Surrender to us.

There is nothing you can do.

You have no chance,
no chance at all.

CHILLA: Now let me
show you something

that will really make
your blood run cold.

Well, my friends,
we have it at last.

The legendary Thundercutter.

A weapon as powerful

as the mighty Sword
of Omens itself.

WILYKAT: Whoa!

This is heavy-duty weather.

We'll never find Hachiman.

Not to worry. W-we'll find him.

Y-you'll see.

WILYKIT: Snarfer!

Wilykat, thanks. I...

[SCREAMS]

No!

Watch out!

Watch what?

I can't see a thing with you...

Pull up!

Pull up!

[ALL YELLING]

Nope, no broken bones. Yep.

I'm all in one piece. I am...

[SHIVERING]

c-c-cold, though.

We're gonna be worse than cold

if we don't find
some kind of shelter.

Fast.

Over there. See.

It's a cave.

WILYKIT: Looks plenty spooky.

I don't care how it looks

just as long as we
get out of the cold.

I wonder if this tunnel

goes all the way
through to Dark Side.

I bet it does. Whoa!

Then we better not go too far.

Wh...!

What's that?

Look, he's all frozen.

Who do you suppose it is?

WILYKAT: And how did
he get frozen in there?

Poor guy.

Hey, wait a minute.

It's Hachiman!

Quick. Use one of
your flame pellets.

We have to get him out of there.

Okay. Stand back.

[GROANS]

He's alive.

We have to build a fire. Quick.

LYNX-O: Tower to Hovercat.

Tower to Hovercat.

Come in, please.

Lion-O here.

I've lost contact with Snarfer

and the Thunderkittens.

I'm afraid they're
lost in the storm too.

I'll swing south
and try to find them.

All right. Be careful, Lion-O.

I have a feeling this is
more than just a freak storm.

I had no idea that
strange little creature

was the leader of the Lunataks.

Yes. And Luna wouldn't
go to all that trouble

to steal your sword

unless she intends to
use it herself somehow.

You're right!

We'll take Hachiman
back to the tower

and alert Lion-O right away.

No. I must go after
these Lunataks. Now.

But, Hachiman,
you'll walk right into

another one of Luna's traps.

It makes no
difference, my friend.

The Lunataks did more
than steal the Thundercutter.

They stole my honor.

I will not rest

until I have both my
sword and my honor back.

Talk about stubborn.

You better find a
way to signal Lion-O.

Snarfer and I will
go after Hachiman.

We have to help him. Somehow.

Snarfer.

Right you are. Yep. Let's go.

LUNA: So Hachiman
and his friends

are coming to rescue his sword.

No chance, Luna.

The only way they can get
here from where they are

is to go through
the Valley of Chains.

They'll never make it.

They'll be trapped
there until Lord Lion-O

comes to rescue them.

Then, we'll send our automaton

to finish him off!

[GROWLING]

With the Thundercutter
in its hands

the automaton is unbeatable.

The Lunataks will
finally rule Third Earth!

LION-O: Wilykit.

Lion-O. Lion-O!

HACHIMAN: An evil-looking place

if ever there was one.

SNARFER: Evil-looking
is right. Yes, sir.

They call it the
Valley of Chains.

The Valley of Chains.

What do you know of it?

Not much.

Only that an ancient wizard

placed a curse on the valley.

And no one's ever
returned from it.

Never returned from it?

The Lunataks traveled
through this valley.

And if they can do
it, so can Hachiman.

B-but, Hachiman...

[CLINKING]

Listen.

I don't hear...

Listen.

Oh!

The chain!

It is alive!

Hachiman!

We gotta help him.

No. Run, my friends.

Run. Save yourselves.

[GRUNTING]

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

Snarfer!

This is where we found Hachiman.

And that's the tunnel Wilykat
and Snarfer took when they...

[BUZZ]

Sword of Omens, give
me sight beyond sight.

They're prisoners.
Someone's chained them up.

Let's go.

Forget it, chains.

Snarfs never give in.

Nope. Nope.

Snarfer.

Looks bad. Yep.

Oh, no! Have to warn them.

Lion-O and Wilykit don't
know about these magic chains.

[STRUGGLING GRUNTS]

Oh, no! Hachiman, Wilykat.

Don't worry, my friends.

I'll cut you free.

Lion-O. Th-th-these chains.

It's like they're alive.

Huh?

By Jaga!

SNARFER: Snarfer.

Hang on, Lion-O. Yep.

Old Snarfer's
coming. Sure thing.

No!

Sword of Omens,

come to... my... hand.

h*!

h*!

SNARFER: You
did it, Lion-O. Yep.

You beat the Valley of
Chains. Sure enough.

You did...

I knew the ancient
evil of this valley

would be no match for
your skills, Lord Lion-O.

However, let me
introduce you to a new evil.

Your last opponent.

Your final fling.

My sword!

The Thundercutter.

Uh-oh. Here it comes.

[ROARS]

Meet automaton, Lion-O.

The ultimate warrior.

We built him just for you.

He is not troubled

by such petty distinctions
as good and evil.

He exists only to
obey and to destroy.

Right, automaton?

Yes, master.

WILYKAT: I don't understand.

How can your sword
be used against Lion-O?

Since the warrior who bears it

is only a machine

and is neither good nor evil,

then the Thundercutter itself

cannot distinguish
between right and wrong.

It can only fight.

[CACKLES]

AUTOMATON: This will be a
fight to the finish, Thundercat.

You want a finish, robot?

I'll give you a finish.

Thunder, thunder, thunder,

Thundercats, h*!

Lords of Thundera.

Look how strong that thing is.

Lion-O, no!

Ugh!

AUTOMATON: You are finished,

Thundercat.

Argh!

No!

Hachiman!

LUNA: What? How can this be?

The samurai destroyed
the automaton.

ALLURO: Yes, Luna,

another of your foolish
schemes up in smoke.

I say it's time

we Lunataks had a new leader.

Alluro is right.

Luna has let our enemies
make fools of us again.

We need a new leader.

Now!

LUNA: Remember this, you fools,

and remember it well.

I will command,
and you will obey.

And right now I command
you to get Sky-Tomb underway.

We can still capture the
Thundercats if we hurry.

LION-O: Thanks, Hachiman.

I don't know how you did it,

but thank you.

Yeah, how did you
destroy that thing?

Once my hand touched the sword,

it understood the machine's
true purpose was evil.

And when the Thundercutter
turned against it,

it was the end of the automaton.

It'll be the end of us if we
don't get out of here. Look!

LION-O: What?

WILYKIT: The Lunataks!

Good. Hachiman
has a score to settle

with these Lunataks.

Yes, but the five of us
cannot take on Sky-Tomb

and all of the Lunataks
out here in the open.

We'll go back to that cave
and make a stand there.

LUNA: Quickly, Lunataks.

We'll catch them in the cave.

Here. We'll wait for them here.

Hai. Good.

B-but, Lion-O, the five of us
can't outfight all the Lunataks.

Then we'll just have
to outsmart them.

So, puny cats,

do you really think
you can fight all of us?

Wouldn't you rather surrender?

We're not going to fight.

But we won't surrender, either.

Then what are you going to do?

This.

Hi-yah!

[ROARS]

LUNA: This whole
place is going to cave in.

ALLURO: Run!

TUGMUG: Let me out of here!

Thank you, my friends,

for helping me to
regain the Thundercutter.

I know my warrior's ways

are not always easy
for you to understand.

We are honored to
be able to help you.

That's right, Hachiman.

We were glad to help.

Snarfer. Sure thing. Yep.

A friend in need
is a friend indeed.

LUNA: Quickly, you fools.

Back to the cave.

We can still beat
those Thundercats.

Luna, you've got to be kidding.

[SCREAMS]

♪ Thunder, thunder, thunder ♪

♪ Thundercats ♪

SNARFER: Yow!

What is that?

It's coming from the workshop.

[CRASHING]

Ah!

Snarfer. What's
going on in there?

I thought if the Lunataks
could build an automaton,

so could I.

[CRASH]

Snarfer. Snarfer.

Snarfer.

I thought it could
do my chores for me.

Snarfer.

[CHUCKLING]

Give it up, Snarfer.

No machine can ever replace you.

That's some
consolation, I guess.

Consolation, I guess.

I guess. I guess.

I guess.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

♪ Thunder, thunder,
thunder Thundercats ♪

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[GROWLING]