ThunderCats (2011 series)/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** When [http://www.nickandmore.com/2011/01/25/official-thundercats-image-released/ the first official image] from the [[Continuity Reboot|reboot]] was released in January 2011, the fan reaction was overwhelmingly positive.

** Some who weren't swayed by the promo art were won over by its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrh1axPj0M trailer] or a subsequent [http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TExtzvDpCKTVBF/first-9-minutes 9-minute preview].

** Pumyra's made her official debut. Shippers are quite happy.

* [[Anvilicious]]: "Ramlak Rising"'s "revenge is bad" Aesop.

* [[Base Breaker]]:

** Like their 80's counterparts, the Berbils.

** Lion-O and Cheetara have become this since episode 14, thanks to the [[Love Triangle]].

* [[Better On DVD]]: This is rapidly becoming apparent. One complaint against the series is that [[Continuity Lock Out|it's very hard to leap in halfway and know what's going on.]] The creators have stated that they tried to plot the show into tightly focused, 13 episode arcs [[Genre Savvy|because they know how hard it is to get a second season these days]] and wanted to make sure the audience got a complete story just in case things don't go their way. Some episodes don't really ''end'' as much as they just stop only to pick up right where they left off the next week.

** By [[Word of God]] the show is broken up into mini-arcs (of roughly seven episodes apiece, give or take) within the overarching season arc. Of particular note, the episodes "The Pit," "Curse of Ratilla," and "Birth of the Blades" were conceived and written as one single narrative.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: Panthro's only love interest is the Thundertank.

** Before the first episode aired, people who grew up with the [[Thunder Cats|original 80's show]] denounced the 2011 "[[Animesque|too anime]]" character designs, though the [http://slices-of-life.com/2011/03/02/thundercats-characters-hoooo-old-and-new/ original designs are both dated], and themselves [[Animesque]] in their time.

** However the show has received near-unanimous praise on [http://www.thundercats.ws/ Thundercats.ws], one of the largest Thundercats fan-boards out there.

** The Cats from the flashback in "Legacy," Leo, Panthera, and Tygus, have a strong following and get lots of fan art.

* [[Epic Riff]]: Still retained in the stripped down [[Truncated Theme Tune]]

** Fabulously [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] the very next episode by Panthro dryly noting how miraculous it is they've survived this long "without adult supervision."

** "The defeat of your enemy is worth any sacrifice". Granted, we probably aren't meant to completely agree with this, but Panthro does subscribe to this line of thinking when {{spoiler|he sacrifices both his arms to trap Grune in the spirit world.}}

** The [[Wild Take|faces]] that the man with the "nervous disposition" makes in "Recipe for Disaster" if only because [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|they come out of nowhere.]]

** In "Soul Sever", {{spoiler|Tygra gets his soul torn out}} and the result is a soul devouring robotic horror. Foreshadowed by Tygra who comments that the scenario was "...The stuff of nightmares."

* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]:

** Snarf. Being a less-sentient non-speaking creature mean's he's not a nagging whiner this time around. Fan response has been much more positive. Also WilyKit and WilyKat, for those who found them annoying in the original.

* [[Ship to Ship Combat]]: Like with all fandoms, but in this case it was a three way battle: [[Bodyguard Crush|Lion-O/Cheetara]] vs. [[Childhood Friend Romance|Tygra/Cheetara]] vs. [[Ho Yay|Lion-O/Tygra.]] {{spoiler|Tygra/Cheetara wins.}}

* [[Shipping Goggles]]: The peculiar [[Incest Subtext]]-laden [[Accidental Innuendo]] of "Omens Part One" gave rise to Lion-O/Tygra [[Not Blood Siblings]] [[Ho Yay Shipping]].

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]:

** Think of that Berbil arm seen briefly in "Omens Part One"...

** Lampshaded in the season 2 opener, where Slithe tells Mumm-Ra that his minions are under strict (and correct) impressions that he thinks of them as expendable drones.

* [[Wangst]]: Tygra and Lion-O's angst over their competition for Cheetara's attention revolves around their need for her to confirm that she's "chosen" one of them without directly telling her ''their'' feelings, (and risking her explicit rejection), their [[Sibling Rivalry]] and mutual jealousy of one another, and Cheetara herself not being clear on where her affections lie. Passive-aggressive teenagers!

* [[The Woobie]]:

** Lion-O, let's recap. So far Lion-O has lost his father, his mentor, his surrogate father {{spoiler|Captain Tunar}}. Also, his surrogate little brother {{spoiler|Emrick the Petalar.}} The latest being that he {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]],}} and to top it all off {{spoiler|now he's ''dead!''}} MAN! the poor guy might as well be wearing "Kick Me" on his back or something!