01x11 - The Ghost Warrior

[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!

How much farther?

Hard to tell.

Can't see in this storm.

Aaahhhh!

Are you hurt? No.

No... But we'd
better find shelter.

There must be trees
somewhere nearby.

None that I can see.

Wait... There's one tree!


Whoa! That's better.

[Nervously] if you s-s-say so.

Whoa! Whoa!

Look out!

[Screaming]

Bundun? Where are you?

[Panting] got any
more... Great ideas?

Bundun... Look!

Steps!

They were under the tree?

I wonder where they go.

Maybe we are lucky.

It may be a tomb...

And one that hasn't been looted.

Watch that, hoodik.

We bulkans have
never been looters.

No, but these are
hard times, bundun,

And who's to know?

Well... It's wrong.

But if... Well... We'll see.

A door!

And symbols were carved in it...

To ward off evil.

We're not evil... Just poor.

Come on, help me!

[Crash]

We got lucky. The wood's rotten.

Must have been centuries old.

Maybe that was lucky.

No treasure in here.

Nothing but a bunch
of broken weapons.

But... The torches are lit.

Strange!

Let's go.

Wait... The treasure chamber

May be beneath
us, under that slab.

Give me a hand.

[Grunting] heavy!

Look! An opening!

[Growling]

What was that?

[Nervously] maybe
th-th-the wind, I hope.

[Screaming]

Hoodik! Aaahhhh!

But he... Has a sabertooth!

Sabertooth?!

It's him... From the legends...

Grune the destroyer!

The one who ravaged third earth!

But that was centuries ago!

Then we've unleashed his ghost!

Run!

Faster!

[Crash] ha ha ha ha ha!

The magic seal that kept
me from escaping the tomb,

Broken by those fools!

Ha! Free!

After all these centuries!

But... Weak.

I... I feel... So... Weak.

What's that?

A cat's lair?

Here, on third earth?

That means... Thundrillium!

Lion-o: that's some
storm, panthro.

Are we losing power?

No danger of that. The
antimatter thundrillium modules

Are pretty near
filled to capacity.

Cheetara: are you sure, panthro?

It's suddenly
awfully cold in here.

Oh, it sure is!

It's the door!

Someone left it open!

Snarf?

Meow! It wasn't me!

And anyway, an open
door wouldn't account

For us all turning into icicles!

Snarf's right.

There must be some
other reason for...

It wasn't the
wind that did that!

There's something
weird going on here.

[Crashing]

What was that?

Oh, it's...

Probably just some
conduits that got clogged.

I'll turn up the heat.

[Gasping] aaahhhh!

All right, who's the wise guy?

It wasn't any of us, panthro.

There's a... Force in here,

An alien force.

And it's stronger
than... Panthro!

Stronger than me? Not likely!

Tygra: panthro! The
gauges are going wild!

The controls are
operating themselves!

Uggh! Can't...

Tygra: the thundrillium!

The main modules
are being drained!

Panthro: grab the controls,
tygra! Hold them steady!

I... I can't... Get
a grip on them!

There's something...
Something in the way!

Hands! And I can't budge them!

[Grunting] [grunting]

I'll do more than budge them!

[Pained growling]

What is it, tygra?

Whatever it is, it's
drawing its strength

From the thundrillium.

Look at the gauges!

[Evil laughter]

So this is what's become
of the thundercats!

Lion-o, it's a ghost!

And he knows who we are!

Stay back!

Who are you? Identify yourself!

I, lion-o, lord of the
thundercats, command you!

And led by a mere
cub! Ha ha ha ha ha!

Cheetara! Look out!

[Coughing]

Whoa!

Wilykat! We're trapped!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

It's like fighting air!

[Laughing]

Why did you come here,
ghost? Who are you?

You will know who
I am soon enough,

My lord of the thundercats!

h* h*! Oh, yes!

You will see me again!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

[Booming laughter]

A giant!

Wollows... Run!

Grune: strength growing...
Growing with every step!

But now, I need thundranium:

What third earthlings
call fire rocks.

Wollow: it was grune the
destroyer, thundercats!

He's come back to third earth!

It had to be him!

There's no mistaking
that single sabertooth!

Wollow: he demanded that
we give him... Fire rocks!

Fire rocks?! Yes!

But we don't have any!

It's been forbidden
to mine fire rocks

For 100 megayears or more!

Wollow: their power is
too difficult to control!

Too dangerous!

Hmm... We had something
like that on thundera.

It was called thundranium.

Wollow: oh, please
help us, thundercats.

We're helpless against him!

Of course we'll help you.

I'm... Not sure exactly how yet,

But we'll do something.

That glow...

The thundranium pits
are still where they were!

And still emitting
its fearsome power!

[Smashing]

It's done!

And now, the final conflict!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Panthro: it's going to
take a lot of work

To get these controls
back into shape.

Tygra: we have a more
immediate problem, panthro.

Cheetara: the ghost knew of us.

He knew we were
thundercats. How?

Grune the destroyer,
they called him.

We must learn as much about him

As he knows about us

If we're to fight him and win.

How, lion-o?

What we know is
just... Legend, myth.

The sword! The sword
may have the answer!

Sword of omens, give
me sight beyond sight!

Show us what we must
know of grune the destroyer!

Nothing.

The sword showed me nothing.

Because the eye has
no psychic powers.

Yes.

No... I can't!

You can't ask me to.

Cheetara? You have this gift?

It's a curse, lion-o.

Sometimes visions
just appear to me.

At other times, I
must bring myself

To the brink of oblivion

To call forth the vision.

Sometimes it takes cheetara
weeks, even months, to recover.

Then you mustn't, cheetara.

This time, I must, lion-o.

We must know who or what
this grune the destroyer is

Or risk being
destroyed ourselves.

I see... I see...

Grune... But not the destroyer.

He's... He's...

Yes! He's... A thundercat!

Grune, a thundercat? Never!

No way!

Shh! Don't disturb
cheetara's trance.

It could harm her.

I see... Jaga.

He and grune are friends.

Great friends!

And great warriors,

Defending thundera
against all invaders.

But... Greed overcomes
grune and the lust for power.

Grune and his army of marauders

Sweep across thundera,

Destroying, looting, bringing
shame to the code of the thundercats.

Jaga pursues him. They clash.

Hour after hour they
fight, day after day.

But jaga is the mightier.

Grune is banished from
thundera, set adrift in space.

And... And...

It's gone. I see nothing more.

Rest now, cheetara.

We can figure out what
happened from there.

Yes. His ship found its
way here to third earth.

Where he had easy pickings!

Sure. Who could stand up
to a thundercat gone bad?

How can we stand up to him?

Knowing who grune
is makes it even...

What was that?

Wilykit: the storm! I
thought it was over!

Lion-o: that was
nothing natural!

[Bellowing] ha ha ha ha ha!

Grune: come, meet your
fate, thundercats!

Grune the destroyer

Has come for his revenge!

Your fate will be sealed by
the symbol you betrayed, grune:

The eye of thundera!

h*!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Wilykat: lion-o! The
eye has closed!

Wilykit: aw, gee! How
do we fight a ghost?

Yes. How do we fight a...

Wait! Cheetara
gave us the answer!

We fight a ghost
with another ghost!

The mightiest thundercat of all!

Thunder... Thunder... Thunder!

Thundercats... h*!

Jaga! Your ancient
enemy awaits you!

Hello, grune.

[Smirking laughter]

So... I've finally
drawn you out, jaga.

I suppose we were
destined to meet again.

Grune was expecting jaga!

It was jaga he was
after all along!

He wants a rematch!

Surprised, jaga?

I forged my battleclub
from thundranium!

Tygra: thundranium!
Thundranium weakens us, lion-o!

Jaga can't win!

[Evil laughter]

Wilykat: he's disarmed jaga!

It's all over!

Lion-o: not yet!

Jaga! Your sword of omens!

Cheetara: jaga has been
weakened by the thundranium.

No. Neither is giving
or gaining ground...

It's a stalemate.

Tygra: but not for long.

That club will finish
jaga in moments.

No!

Jaga! Take my strength!

No, lion-o, no!

I command you, jaga!

As lord of the thundercats,

I command you to
take my strength!

♪ Feel the magic,
hear the roar ♪

♪ Thundercats are loose ♪

Jaga!...the battle!

It's like they've set the
entire heavens aflame!

Tygra: was there ever
a battle such as this?

Cheetara: I just hope
lion-o survives it.

He's winning, lion-o!

Jaga is driving grune back!

You've won, jaga.

I'll never fight you again.

Jaga?

You've never turned your back

On a hand extended
in friendship, jaga.

Would you scorn an old friend

Who repents his evil ways?

No... I would not, grune.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Your righteousness has
made you strong, jaga,

But it has also
made you foolish!

You... Won, jaga!

As I knew you must.

No, lion-o.

It was the strength of
the lord of the thundercats

That won this day...

As is only proper.

[Whirring sound]

Thank you, jaga.

But you knew that grune would
go for the sword, didn't you?

You let him take it.

Better an honest enemy
than a false friend, lion-o.

You must learn to
tell which is which.

I'll try to, jaga.

You will, lion-o.

You will...

Tygra: well, there's
no structural damage.

Repairs shouldn't
be too difficult.

Cheetara: someone's coming.

Wilykat: a couple of
bulkans, it looks like.

We had to come tell you...

We were the ones that freed
the ghost of grune the destroyer.

Bundun: and we didn't
mean to. We thought...

There might be...
Treasure in the tomb.

That was a bad thing
to do. We know that.

Bundun: and we're sorry.

You're sorry? And that's it?

Lion-o: go easy on them.

They tried to make it right
by coming here and telling us.

You made a mistake... But
mistakes can be valuable

If you learn from them.

That sounds like jaga talking.

Maybe that's jaga, giving
me permission to quote him!

♪ Thunder, thunder,
thunder, thundercats! ♪