04x03 - Return to Thundera! Part III

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NARRATOR: /n the last episode
of "Return to Thundera”...

...Grune destroyed
the Sword of Omens.

But Snarf came to the rescue...

...and Charr, an intergalactic blacksmith,
repaired the sword.

You may have your puny
Sword of Omens, Lion-0...

...but I have the gyroscope's regulator.

[CACKLES MANIACALLY]

[GROANS]

Ah, Ma-Mutt...

...l feel that I have slept
for 10 decades.

My efforts to control Jagara...

...to eliminate the Thundercats
from my life...

...had weakened me, yes.

[CACKLES]

[MA-MUTT WHIMPERS]

No, you have no cause to worry,
Ma-Mutt.

The power of my sarcophagus
has refreshed me.

And now...

...I am ready to celebrate
the destruction of the new Cats' Lair...

...and my victory over
the Thundercats.

[GASPS]

What?

Cats' Lair near completion?

By now, this entire valley should
have disintegrated.

The lair and the Thundercats...

...should have been flung
from New Thundera...

...to perish in deep space.

[GRUNTS]

What could have happened?

Jagara must have repaired
the wretched gyroscope...

...which controls this planet's gravity.

Come, dreadful dog.

We must pay Jagara another visit.

And this time,
she will do my bidding...

...or perish.

LION-O: I called this council meeting
for a progress report.

Have you come up with anything,
Lynx-O?

We know the strange signals
which Snarfer received...

...came from a group
of Thunderian refugees.

As we know, when Thundera
was originally destroyed...

...we were not the only ones
to escape.

Many of our fellow Thunderians
escaped as well.

It's logical to assume...

...that some of those
Thunderian survivors must know...

...just as we know,
that Thundera has re-formed.

They may even call it New Thundera...

...and they will be trying
to return home.

-Just as we have.
-But where are they?

Their last message said that
they had landed at the Churning Rocks.

And been captured by Two-Time.

-What?
-Or who?

Is Two-Time?

That's what we have to find out.

When Lion-O and I checked out
the Churning Rocks...

...we didn't see any signs of refugees.

Or of anything or anyone
who could be called Two-Time.

WOMAN 1: Help me.
WOMAN 2: Please help me.

WOMAN 1: Let us go.
CHILD: Please help me!

WOMAN 1:
Please help me!

-Please let us go.
WOMAN 2: Help me.

Water, Two-Time. Give us water.

[GROWLS]

Quiet, worthless Thunderians.

Silence, or this day will be your last.

Release us, Two-Time.

We're only poor Thunderian
refugees...

...trying to return to our homeland
to rebuild our lives.

You are my prisoners,
and you will be my sl*ves.

Imprisoned in my magnificent ship,
Dome-Down.

Serving my every need.

You will never keep us here.

[GIGGLES]

Oh, no?

[ALL YELL]

You will never leave Dome-Down.

Submit and I may allow you
to walk again.

Resist and you will spend
the rest of your lives...

...on your heads.

The choice is yours to make.

[CACKLING]

We have to split our forces.

Lynx-O, Bengali and Cheetara...

...make a sector-by-sector search
for those refugees.

[IN UNISON]
h*!

I wish I knew exactly why and how
Thundera re-formed itself.

PANTHRO: If we knew that,
we might know the cause...

...of these strange gravity changes
and earth tremors.

But how will we ever find out,
Panthro?

The Thunderkittens and I have been
working on just that problem.

Come.

See, Lion-0, while you've been
running around New Thundera...

-...getting yourself in trouble--
-We've been helping Panthro to build--

-Ta-dal
-The Whisker!

PANTHRO:
The Whisker is a tracker vehicle.

These whiskers are probes.

They can be programmed
to search for anything.

Thundrillium, for example.

The Whisker will help us discover exactly
what's happening on New Thundera...

...and why we're experiencing these
gravitational changes and earth tremors.

So, what are we waiting for?

Let's take the Whisker for a spin...

...and see what we can find out.

LYNX-O: We'll be overflying
the Churning Rocks any moment now.

The Thunderian refugees'
last known position.

There's no sign of anything unusual.

Those refugees could be anywhere
by now.

PANTHRO:
Whiskers to probe.

WILYKIT:
Whiskers to probe it is.

Nothing doing.

[EQUIPMENT BEEPING]

Just regular static patterns.

BOTH: Wait!
-What is it?

WILYKAT:
I'm not sure.

Maybe some kind of magnetic
force field.

WILYKIT:
It's coming from...

...over there.

Retract whiskers.

WILYKIT:
Probes retracted.

According to the braille board's
signals...

...there's not a living thing down there
in the Caverns of Cold.

Are you getting anything on visual?

BENGALI [OVER RADIO]:
No, nothing on my side.

CHEETARA [OVER RADIO]:
Nothing on mine.

Everything down there is quiet.

-What's that?
PANTHRO: Beats me, but--

[ALL GROANING]

I can't hold it!

We're in the grip of some kind
of super-powerful gravity field.

I'm going to full power.

WILYKIT: What's happening?
PANTHRO: I can't move the controls.

WILYKAT: We're being dragged down.
We're going to crash!

WILYKIT:
Do something, Panthro.

LION-O:
Stay calm, Thunderkittens.

We've gotten ourselves
out of worse scrapes than this.

WILYKIT:
What is this place?

I don't know, but it's kind of scary.

[TWO-TIME GROWLS]

[TWO-TIME CACKLING]

Welcome to Dome-Down, my friends.

A strange way to treat friends,
whoever you are.

They call me Two-Time...

...and this is my mobile home,
Dome-Down.

I don't care who you are.

Put us down!

You don't seem to understand.

I'm the one who gives the orders
in Dome-Down.

And you're the ones who obey them.

[CACKLING]

PANTHRO:
This has gone beyond a joke.

Well, I'm not hanging around here
any longer.

Hey!

LION-O: Thunder, thunder, thunder.
Thundercats, h*!

Lion-O's in trouble.
Change course to zero-nine-zero.

Our search for the refugees
will have to wait.

LYNX-O:
Zero-nine-zero it is.

MUMM-RA:
Stay here, Ma-Mutt...

...while I persuade Jagara...

...to kick the new Cats' Lair...

...clear off New Thundera now.

[GROANS]

Thundercats.

[GASPS]

CHEETARA: That's Mumm-Ra.
LYNX-O: It can't be.

He disappeared
before we left Third Earth.

It is Mumm-Ra.

Qur first priority is to help Lion-0.

You're right, Lynx-O.

We'll deal with that bone bag later.

The Thundercats must have seen us,
Ma-Mutt.

We must do our evil quickly.

[GROWLS]

Ancient spirits of evil...

...give your ever-living servant...

...the form of Jaga, the wise.

I will return, Ma-Mutt.

And when I do...

...we will have the Thundercats...

...in the palms of our hands.

[CACKLING MANIACALLY]

[GROWLS]

TWO-TIME:
Give me that sword.

LION-O:
h*!

[GROANS]

Hey, get up. Don't quit on me now!

Good sh**ting, Lion-0.

But how do we get out of here?

MAN:
He's the one.

Two-Time controls the gravity
in Dome-Down...

...with that button on his forehead.

Looks like we found our refugees.

Go for it, Lion-0.

Don't keep us in suspense.

LION-O:
h*!

Whoever you are,
you just made a bad mistake.

[TWO-TIME GROWLING]

[IN UNISON]
Look out, Lion-O!

h*!

PANTHRO:
Two down. None to go.

Here comes the cavalry.

Late as usual.

LION-O:
Wilykat, Kit, help our new friends...

...while Panthro and I debrief Lynx-O.

Hi.

You must be the Thunderian refugees
we've been looking for.

I'm Wilykat.
And this is my sister, Wilykit.

We've been searching all over for you.

You look like Thundercats,
but so young.

We may be young, but--

We'll soon get you out of there.

Stand back.

MUMM-RA [AS JAGA]:
Some kind of trouble, Jagara?

Jaga, I'm glad you're here.

MUMM-RA: My spell must have been
more powerful than I thought.

[AS JAGA]
Tell me, Jagara...

...what exactly is the problem here?

Someone has sabotaged
the great gyroscope.

Stolen the regulator
from the control system.

But it's very strange.

I can't work out how it happened.

I don't remember anything.

My mind's a blank.

-You don't remember our agreement?
-No.

MUMM-RA:
I warned you of false Thundercats...

...who threaten New Thundera.

You promised to adjust the gyroscope
to alter New Thundera's gravity...

...and so throw
those false Thundercats...

...and their horrible new Cats' Lair
clear off New Thundera.

To throw the Thundercats
clear off New Thundera.

To destroy the impostors.

LION-O:
This New Thundera is a strange place.

Not as strange as it's going to be.

We saw Mumm-Ra on our way in.

[IN UNISON]
Mumm-Ra?

He was at the Churning Rocks.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Mumm-Ra, earth tremors
and massive gravity switches.

It fits. He must be doing it.

I don't mean to speak out of place,
Thundercats...

...but shouldn't we get out of here...

...while our two-faced friend
is still out of action?

Lynx-O, Cheetara and Bengali,
take our friends here back to the lair.

We'll go after Mumm-Ra.

Thundercats....

ALL:
h*!

There they are.

Dead ahead. The Churning Rocks.

Danger. Sword of Omens,
give me sight beyond sight.

Jaga? I don't understand.

Eye of Thundera, show me more.

Mumm-Ra. There's a huge cavern
under the Churning Rocks...

...and Mumm-Ra's in there.

JAGARA:
Destroy the false Thundercats.

[CACKLING]

Destroy the false Thundercats.

Lion-O!

Who--? Who are these?

[HISSES]

These are the false Thundercats.

LION-O: From your looks, I see
that you are a Thundercat just like us.

No!

False Thundercats!
We must destroy them!

LION-O:
You must listen to me.

He may look like Jaga,
but that is Mumm-Ra.

MUMM-RA:
No!

He is the impostor!

Destroy him!

We can settle this thing very easily.

I'll finish you.

Uh, uh, uh.

That's not how Jaga would act.

You are Jaga, aren't you?

This is Lion-0O,
lord of the Thundercats.

And this is the Sword of Omens.

The Sword of Omens.

The Eye of Thundera.

The source
of the Thundercats' power.

It is part of the Thundercat truth...

...that the Sword of Omens
cannot be used for evil.

-You know that?
-I do.

Here, Jaga. Take it.

If we are false and you are true...

...use the Sword of Omens
to destroy us.

[GROANING]

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
You cannot survive New Thundera...

...Thundercats.

Lion-0.

[YELLS]

h*!

No!

[YELLING]

You may have won this battle,
Thundercats...

...but you will never win the w*r.

For as long as I have the regulator...

...you cannot control the gyroscope.

[MUMM-RA CACKLES]

It's only a matter of time
before New Thundera disintegrates.

And you...

...and your loathsome cat box...

...will be destroyed!

But I, Mumm-Ra, the ever-living...

...will survive.

Evil will prevail!

[CACKLES MANIACALLY]

NARRATOR: /n the next episode
of "Return to Thundera”...

...Snarf is pinned by a massive beam.

[SNARF WHIMPERING]

While back on Third Earth,
Ma-Mutt frees the mutants.

Can the Thundercats survive
on New Thundera?

Can Lion-0O save Snarf?

Will the mutants take over
Third Earth?