At the beginning of the sequence,Lion-O is a boy of mere twelve years old. He was among the group of Thunderian nobles to make the trip to Third Earth in the flag ship of the Thundercats, when their planet Thundera was destroyed. During this journey he aged physically until he turned an grownup of age twenty-four; this was due to the suspension capsule diminishing however not altogether stopping growing older ("Exodus"). Nonetheless, such a malfunction didn't occur with Wilykat and Wilykit, who had been around the identical age as himself, although as Lion-O recollects in the series' first episode, his mentor Jaga had mentioned that some getting older does take place whereas in the Suspension Capsules through which he and the opposite Thundercats had been positioned when their flagship was damaged.

The now grown-up Lion-O assumed that this was the reason for his growing older to maturity, although he didn't express any confusion regarding why WilyKat and WilyKit had not additionally aged as he had, which appears to indicate that he merely accepted it as a quirk of the capsules. Although crafty and skillful, he's truly a toddler in a man's body, and all through the series, must learn what it takes to change into a true leader and achieve true maturity.

In the latter half of the present's first season, Lion-O has to put all that he has realized to use within the "Anointment Trials," which encompass contests of power, velocity, crafty, and intelligence (this last is referred to as "thoughts-energy" in the story arc) towards each of the ThunderCats: Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykit and Wilykat, and Tygra respectively (complicating matters for Lion-O is the truth that he's required to be unarmed for the contests; furthermore, the remainder of the non-participant ThunderCats aren't allowed to assist him). The Mutants are at all times a threat to the ThunderCats, and so they attempted to interrupt Lion-O's trials -finally without success- to reap the benefits of this final in an effort to leave the ThunderCats leaderless. Lion-O will finally triumph over Mumm-Ra in closing trial ("The Trial Of Evil") within the heart of the villain's pyramid by which he discovers that Mumm-Ra, like several Egyptian mummy, is dependent upon his personal sarcophagus, Lion-O is topped the true Lord of the ThunderCats in an august ceremony attended by almost every inhabitant of Third Earth. Curiously sufficient, this won't be the tip of Mumm-Ra, as established on the following movie, ThunderCats Ho!

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In accordance with the opening present's narrative, Mumm-Ra is an historical native from Third Earth, serving because the undead focus for the Historic Spirits of Evil - four god-like entities of almost unlimited energy, but whose affect is limited to the Black Pyramids found on both Third Earth or New Thundera. As such, exterior of both pyramid, they can only interact with the physical world through Mumm-Ra. They supply him with immortality, as granted by means of his sarcophagus in alternate for perpetual servitude.

Mumm-Ra often resides in his Black Pyramid as a withered, corpse-like being; however, he can alter his kind by reciting the following incantation: "Ancient spirits of evil, transform this decayed kind to Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Dwelling!" This transforms him into a muscular fiend who menaces the ThunderCats with episode-lengthy challenges before being driven back into his sarcophagus. In later episodes, while endowing Mumm-Ra with his powers, the statues of the Ancient Spirits of Evil come down from their perches, extend their arms over him because the powers of evil circulate into Mumm-Ra.

In several episodes, Mumm-Ra has an much more highly effective form past "Mumm-Ra the Ever-Residing" called "Mumm-Ra the All-Highly effective". In this manifestation, Mumm-Ra absorbs your entire energy of the Historic Spirits of Evil to turn out to be grander in size and strength, and the design pattern on his loin cloth adjustments, as does his voice (this form is just offered within the sequence thrice, Thundercubs Part V, Return of the Thundercubs, and The Final Day.). In one other incarnation, calling himself "Mumm-Ra the Dream Grasp," he is able to enter desires to subliminally affect the ThunderCats of their sleep as a form of thoughts control.

Mumm-Ra is thought to be immortal, and when defeated or 'killed', he merely returns to his sarcophagus. Mumm-Ra can't stay destroyed, as he typically states: "Wherever evil exists, Mumm-Ra lives!". Initially, Mumm-Ra can't stand the sight of his own reflection; if he catches a glimpse of himself he reverts to his mummified type and flees to his pyramid. Eventually however, the Ancient Spirits of Evil rid Mumm-Ra of this vulnerability after they revive him following his failure to harness the power of the Star of Thundera.

Later, Mumm-Ra is shown to have a blue bulldog companion named Ma-Mutt, capable of flight and supernatural feats of power and speed. He is generally evil, although some episodes depict him as having sympathetic qualities.

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Cheetara's superb velocity has often saved the other Thundercats from lethal situations. As quickly as when Tygra ventured into a mysterious cave, he found himself beginning to age rapidly, Cheetara was the only one who may get in and out of the cave fast enough to save Tygra from death.

When the time of Lion-O's Anointment Trials came, it was Cheetaras task, because the fastest of the Thundercats, to try Lion-O in speed. Lion-O knew he couldn't beat Cheetara in a race, and so took a harmful western route as an alternative. Already miles ahead of Lion-O, Cheetara ran into the Mutants, who pursued her on land and underwater. Luckily Panthro arrived in the Thunder tank to assist the outnumbered Cheetara. Cheetara was ahead by a mile and two thirds, eventually coming face to face with Lion-O, they raced alongside each other to the end of their race, Lion-O knew he could not win the race on this manner, but his sheer dedication allowed him to. Lion-O at first believed Cheetara had let him win, something which offended her, because the code of Thundera forbade such action. The distance ran truly exhausted Cheetaras super speed, and she informed him that his determination to not lose had allowed him to win the race.

In the comics, she has emotions for Tygra and each grow to be a pair and have two Thunderian Cubs WilyCat and WilyCub in the "Dogs of War"

Cheetara is a feminine warrior, primarily based on the cheetah, who's the only grownup feminine ThunderCat (till the later appearance of Pumyra). She has unimaginable pace, once clocked at a hundred and twenty m.p.h. on a morning jog. She will keep this velocity only for temporary periods, but with it, she is very quick in combat. At her peak, Cheetara can achieve extreme super speeds of up to one mile per 30 seconds, but could solely keep these speeds for about two miles; anymore beyond that and he or she'll danger collapsing as a result of exhaustion. She additionally had a capability called her "Sixth Sense", which gave her the power to see into past and future occasions, though this was additionally very taxing, such that she sometimes thought-about it a curse; these visions could come at random and when she pressured them to appear, it could take days or even weeks for her to recover. She might also sense danger to others which she attributed to "girl's instinct". Cheetara had a fondness for the "useless" steel gold. In "The Telepathy Beam", her powers no longer harm her. Her weapon was the baton or bo staff, which could prolong to any size and shoot out energy beams. thundercats