04x20 - The Book of Omens

[bunniefuu]

[RUMBLING]

What's going on, Lion-O?

LION-O: It's another one
of our mysterious earthquakes.

They're getting worse each week.

This one is no regular earthquake.
The whole planet is being destroyed.

What?

PANTHRO: Look, the Caverns of Cold
are cracking apart.

The Baleful Swamp
has become a dangerous whirlpool.

And the Iron Glades
are ripping from the earth.

We have to do something.

I have a hunch that the answer
might lay in the Book of Omens.

I believe it contains the answers...

...to stopping the cataclysmic
destruction of the planet.

The book and the key can help us
turn these destructive areas...

...into peaceful productive places.

Finally, I've discovered...

...that there are two ways
to enter the Book of Omens.

Well, we know one way
is by using the Sword of Omens.

PANTHRO:
Yes. The sword is one way.

But using the key
unlocks a further dimension. Look.

PANTHRO:
These ancient symbols are the clue.

Now, watch.

A keyhole.

See what happens
when I insert the key.

[WAILING]

GUARDIAN: You have unlocked
the Book of Omens...

...and now you must use its code
to save this planet.

To do this, you must go
to each of the following places...

...and present one of these artifacts.

To restore warmth and bloom
to the Caverns of Cold...

...take the Tile from the Fountain.

At the Baleful Swamp...

...take the Golden Oar
to turn it into a pure lake.

To calm these treacherous peaks
on the Mountains of the Moon...

...take the Gem-Light.

And last,
tame this disruptive Iron Forest...

...with the ancient Thundercat Flag.

But mark this:

These things must proceed
in precise order and timing.

The key must be given over to me,
the guardian, at the 24th hour.

If this is not done
in the last five clicks of the clock...

...then, the Thundercats
will be frozen in time...

...and Thundera will be torn apart
by its destructive geological forces.

[CLINKING AND RUMBLING]

LION-O: We've got to get
the Thundercats moving now.

[MUMM-RA LAUGHING]

[ENGINE WHINING]

To the Caverns of Cold.

The Mountains of the Moon.

-To the Baleful Swamp.
-On our way!

-lIron Glades.
-Here we come!

LION-O:
My job now is to enter the book...

...and present the key to the guardian
at exactly the 24th hour.

There's only one person
who would take the key and book...

...and I know who that is.

[THUNDER CLAPPING]

MUMM-RA: I now have the means
to destroy the Thundercats.

I will journey into the book
instead of Lion-0...

...and save the planet.

But not before
freezing those felines...

...for all time.

ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL:
No!

No!

You must not look
into the face of good.

If I am to capture
the whole of New Thundera...

...and destroy the Thundercats...

...then I must face good and defeat it.

ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL:
No!

If all the secrets of Thundera
are revealed from that book...

...then our power here
will wither and vanish.

Destroy the book and key.

Let the planet destruct.

We will move on.

No! I am in control here.

I choose to go into the book.

[CLINKING]

Stand where you are, Mumm-Ra.
Evil may not enter the Book of Omens.

[GROANING]

ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL:
No!

[GRUNTING]

Mumm-Ra has gone
and taken the key with him.

I'm locked out of the book.

What a cold miserable place.

It's hard to believe it was once called
the Gardens of Thundera.

Once there was a beautiful fountain
of warm healing water inside.

This piece of tile was excavated
from that fountain.

It should change this ice
to gardens again.

If Lion-O presents the key
to the guardian...

...at precisely the right moment.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[RUMBLING AND CRASHING]

Ice avalanche!

CHEETARA:
That was the only way out.

Maybe we can melt the ice
and burn our way out.

[FIRE WHOOSHING
AND WATER PATTERING]

Stop, Cheetara. It's no good.

Stop before the melt reaches us.

Then we're trapped, entombed here.

Yes, we just have to hope Lion-O
gets the key to the guardian on time.

We've gotta climb to the top, Snarf.

Reow. To the top of that? But, Panthro--

Nothing to it
with these cliff-climbers.

We'll be at the top
before you know it.

I don't wanna know it.

[CLANK OF CLIFF-CLIMBERS]

[EAGLE CRIES OUT]

Oh, oh, I don't like this.
We're higher than the birds.

Stop squirming around.
I'm going to miss my grip.

[RUMBLING]

[GASPS]

Reow. Earthquake! Snarf, snarf.

PANTHRO: Snarf, you're covering
my eyes. I can't see.

SNARF:
Reow. Hey, hey!

[SCREAMING]

SNARFER:
We're gonna land on that?

Believe it or not,
it was once a beautiful, clear lake.

Bengali, look,
there in the center of the swamp.

SNARFER:
That looks like it might be the island.

BENGALI:
Right, Snarfer.

I'm going to land. Get set.

Careful. This surface is slippery.

-What now?
-We wait until the 24th hour.

Then offer this Golden Oar
from the Sacred Barge.

At that second, when Lion-O
hands the key to the guardian...

...this will turn back into an island
surrounded by a lake.

[RUMBLING]

-What?
-It's moving!

[WATER SPLASHING]

Run for the Hovercat.

Oh! Ah!

Oh, no. Look!

[WATER SPLASHES]

Look at that.

Ah! What's that?

[TURTLE SNARLING]

[ELECTRIC CURRENT CRACKLING]

The trees have all turned into iron.

And it's our job
to turn this destructive forest...

...back into a field of towering wood.

This was the original Thunderian Flag.

When Lion-O does his stuff...

...this will all be woods again.

[ELECTRIC CURRENT CRACKLING]

Run! Run!

[BOTH SCREAMING
THEN WILYKIT GRUNTS]

Ah!

[THUNDER CLAPPING]

Mumm-Ra has used the key
to enter the Book of Omens.

The only other thing
that will open it now...

...is the Sword of Omens.

ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL:
No. No. No!

[RUMBLING]

Ah!

[CRASHING]

CHEETARA:
We're trapped, entombed here.

We'll have to hope Lion-O
gets the key to the guardian in time.

What do we do?

Pray that Lion-O
gets to the guardian in time.

Bengali, it's gonna get us.

[TURTLE SNARLING]

[ELECTRIC CURRENT CRACKLING]

Wilykat!

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[CRASHING]

LION-O:
Sword of Omens, enter the book.

[CRASHING]

[RUMBLING]

GUARDIAN:
Do you have the key?

No, no. It's been stolen by Mumm-Ra.

GUARDIAN: Then, until you present it,
the Thundercats will be frozen in time.

If you fail,
they will remain there forever.

You have one minute
to present the key and save them.

MUMM-RA:
You'll never do it, Lion-O.

I have the Key of Thundera.

No one may possess the key.

It belongs to itself
as surely as a soul belongs to its body.

[MUMM-RA LAUGHING]

But in my hand, it will do my bidding.

It will destroy you and your soul.

h*!

[GRUNTING]

[CLASHING]

GUARDIAN: There is no way
that the Key of Thundera...

...will harm the Sword of Omens.

These two are part
of the Book of Omens.

And as long as they are
in the hands of opposing forces...

...they are impotent.

Then, how may I retrieve the key?

GUARDIAN: The way it has been done
since the beginning of time.

Good must overcome evil
in unarmed combat.

Are you ready, Mumm-Ra?

Any time, disciple of good.

Justice, truth, honor and loyalty.

Ah! For evil, greed and falsity.

I will twist off your lion's head.

Ah, it will take more
than the feeble arms of a mummy.

Oh!

[MUMM-RA GRUNTING]

It is not the strength of arms
that will win this battle.

It's the strength of will.

Ancient spirits, hear me.

Send me your darkest power.

ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL:
Cauldron.

Cauldron!

Bring forth our champion...

...Pyron!

Pyran!

Pyran!

Pyran!

I've defeated you, Mumm-Ra.
Now, hand over the key.

There's still time
to save the Thundercats.

There is more than one face of evil,
Lion-0.

You can never defeat us all.

Look!

MUMM-RA:
Pyron will destroy you in his flames.

Ah!

[PANTS]

MUMM-RA:
You've lost, Lion-O.

There's no way to fight fire.

Oh, yes, there is.

You fight fire with fire.

h*!

I've won the battle against you
and your evil champion.

The key is rightly claimed by good.
And just in time.

GUARDIAN: You have presented the key
at exactly the 24th hour.

Signal the Thundercats
that victory is theirs...

...and the transformation will begin.

Thunder, thunder, thunder.

Thundercats, h*!

[ROARING]

Cheetara, it's the 24th hour.
Present the tile.

[WATER PATTERING]

BOTH:
Thundercats, h*!

[ROARING]

It's the ruins of the Signal Tower.

SNARF: The 24th hour has struck.
Present the stone.

BOTH:
Thundercats, h*!

[ROARING]

It's the 24th hour. Present the oar.

BOTH:
Thundercats, h*!

[ROARING]

Wilykat, it's time. Present the flag.

Look! They're real pine cones.

BOTH:
Thundercats, h*!

[ROARING]

LION-O: It's hard to believe
that just hours ago...

...this planet was coming apart.

Yes. New Thundera
is back on its normal course.

PANTHRO: With a little help
from the Thundercats.

Now that we've been able to help...

...the land and the water
return to its original state...

...how can we be sure
that it will stay that way?

LYNX-O:
By being alert, in tune with nature.

By looking.

LYNXO: And listening
to nature's cries of alarm. Dying trees....

-Dirty water.
-And dirty air.

It's everyone's responsibility
to protect this planet.

Will Mumm-Ra and his evil
always exist?

You can never get rid of evil.

It will always exist
in some form or another.

LION-O: The best we can do
is to keep evil at bay...

...by remembering our responsibility.

By remembering our duty.

By remembering ourselves
and who we are.

We are Thundercats.

-Upholding justice.
-Truth.

BOTH: Honor.
BOTH: And loyalty.

[IN UNISON]
Thundercats, h*!