#thunderfacts

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