#thunderfacts

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ThunderFact: Tygus is as tall as Tygra.

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Former Thundercats (2011) art director Dan Norton reveals what the creative team had planned for the rest of the short-lived series.

This is must-hear info for all TCats 2011 fans! Personally, I love Bengali as Tygra’s son, and I’ve shipped Lion-O/Kit from the start, so I’m pretty happy about this. But also unhappy that I’ll never get to see it. *Sigh*...

The second season would have been amazing. T_T

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Didn't Dan Norton say that Lion-O was 20-22-ish? Where did you hear that he was 17?

Dan Norton confirmed a handful of character ages here: http://crewofomens-blog.tumblr.com/post/8539085553/thanks-for-the-follow-ive-been-a-tcats-fan-forAnd here: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3095700442Aaand here: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3109799012

Quote (first link):

Lion-O=17

Quote (last link): 

Q: What age is Lion-O?Dan: about 17.

Who told you he was in his twenties? lol. :)

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Some I wish they should have reintroduced other supporting characters from the Original series; like Willa and the Warrior Maidens, Hachiman, Mumm-Rana the Ever-Good, the Lunataks, Safari Joe, Mandora, Bolkins, and Wizz-Ro, etc, etc. You know?

Hiya! :’D So IIRC, quite a few of those characters were slated for the second and/or third seasons:

The Bolkin were going to appear in the second season for sure.

Hachiman was planned for the second season, but I’m unsure if that was set in stone. (I did get the impression that if he didn’t debut in the second season, he would’ve appeared in a later season, though!)

Mandora might have appeared in the second season, but I got the impression her appearance would’ve depended on whether or not they could fit her in anywhere. Or something.

The Lunataks were going to be the primary villains of the third season. Super bummed we never got to see them. orz

The Conquedor might have been unmasked as Safari Joe, depending. (The Conquedor was always intended to be the 2011 version of Safari Joe regardless.)

There were additional characters confirmed for the second season as well, like Hammerhand and his pirates, but I’m afraid I can’t name all of them off the top of my head… ^^;

Sadly, I haven’t heard anything one way or the other about Mumm-Rana, Wizz-Ra, or the warrior maidens.

I’m unsure about whether or not the warrior maidens would’ve ever appeared in the 2011 series, though. My first thought is that they wouldn’t because of the things the creators wanted to do with humans and Third Earth and so on…but I also have a hard time believing such prominent recurring characters would’ve been left out, too. Ya got me on that one, haha.

I really wish this series hadn’t been cancelled. It would have been freaking incredible.  ;-;

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ThunderFacts!

ThunderFacts: Dan Norton DeviantArt Edition

Mr. Norton has provided a lot of fun information and answered quite a few fan questions on his deviantArt page over the years (on top of sharing all of that glorious production art!), which makes his gallery a fantastic resource for fans. But evidently not every fan has the time or inclination to obsessively dig through seven-year-old comments on random deviations I guess?...So I’ve organized and linked to some of the hidden gems here for your convenience. :’)

If I missed anything fun, please let me know so I can add it to this post!

EDIT: Fixed character error (somehow mixed up Safari Joe and Ta-She. How? Great question).

Character-Specific

Lion-O:

Age (17 years): https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3109799012

He would eventually end up with a girl: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3233441904

...And that girl would not have been Cheetara or Pumyra: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2963702734

(Lion-O was going to end up with Kit, for those of you still living under a rock, lol.)

Tygra:

He wasn’t supposed to get his green armor until later in the series, but there was a mistake: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

Regarding ammo for his gun: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/299290213/2526792644

Cheetara:

She’s wearing weights, which represent her guilt for her past and hold her back: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/305594930/2914044368

Kit & Kat:

Kit/Kat were going to be older until the creators heard Madaline’s and Eamon’s (VAs) voices: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/290622772/2458592717

On Kat’s weapon: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/288180783/2438565038

Panthro:

His tail having been cut off was going to be a running gag: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

Panthro was set to become a necromech alongside Tygra in Episode 24, but there wasn’t enough time: https://www.deviantart.com/dannortonart/art/ThunderCats-necromechs-306382912

Pumyra:

Age (~19-21): https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3095700442

Her second season insectoid design described as “terrifying and kind of hot”: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/4595452712

Clarification on her resurrection: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2976467823

Panthera:

Not related to Lion-O: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/291542449/2466776158

Mumm-Ra:

Mumm-Ra is "a spirit of evil": https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

Other Characters:

Bengali would have appeared as Tygra’s and Cheetara’s ten-year-old son in the latter half of the second season (and would maintain his classic series white tiger fur colors, THANK GOD): https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/3218733198

The Konqedor might’ve been unmasked as Safari Joe: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/352662808/2932072447

Clarification on Soul Sever’s machine servants: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/306382353/2578095231

Dobo is not based on the comics’ Doberlord: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/298401823/2519673180

Lion-O’s and Tygra’s mother tentatively named “Leona”: https://www.deviantart.com/dannortonart/art/The-Queen-297319382

The Duelist’s species is indigenous to Third Earth: https://www.deviantart.com/dannortonart/art/The-Duelist-concept-291924546

The Drifter (Hattanzo) was almost a mouse: https://www.deviantart.com/dannortonart/art/The-Drifter-concepts-1-291249052

Grune’s armor designed as a mix of “thundercats” and “Mumm-Ra”: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/290512889/2463889933

Setting-Specific

The cats look more human than the other animals for a reason: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2976569904

There is indigenous life on Third Earth (as opposed to the people who crash-landed in Mumm-Ra’s ship): https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

Third Earth is (in?) “the Bermuda Triangle of space”: https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

Fans will never see an official map of Third Earth (goddammit): https://comments.deviantart.com/4/7737784/2850285799

The guard dog-thing species that the twins/thief kids had to contend with in Episode 22 was the “Burglenot”: https://www.deviantart.com/dannortonart/art/Thief-kids-303720242

Lizard design as an homage to the animated Hobbit/Lord of the Rings films: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/290513253/3109648666

The Show

Character design pipeline with Studio 4°C: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/290640539/2458541647

Vehicle design pipeline with Studio 4°C: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/286567173/2931736415

Brief commentary on Roar: https://comments.deviantart.com/1/747222612/4598418975

...And if you haven’t yet heard ThunderCatsNOW’s interview with Mr. Norton on what was planned for the second season, you’re missing out! Check it: https://soundcloud.com/tcs2011int/cats2011-ros-revised

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