Thundercats (1985) s01e14 Episode Script

This is a waste of time.
No, it isn't, Slithe.
The Thundercats are nearby and the fools could never ignore a cry for help.
Then what's keeping the Tabbut? He'll be along, don't worry.
Like all Tabbuts, he cares for nothing but money and this is the day he collects his rents from the Wollos and the Bolkins.
He always takes this trail.
I see him coming.
I've got his purse.
Grab the saddlebags.
It's heavy.
Collections went well today, eh, pinchpenny? Thieves! Robbers! Help! Louder.
Louder.
Help! Somebody! Help! - Cheetara, did you hear that? - Did I hear it? I'm halfway there.
Thundercats.
One of them anyway.
The female, Cheetara.
On your way, Tabbut.
No! My money.
You still have your head.
Be grateful, fool.
- Be gone! - My money.
- She's almost here.
- Slithe, quick.
Hide.
Nother Thundercat coming.
Tygra.
Wait then, Monkian.
We'll get them both, yes? The cries came from somewhere around here.
I'm sure of it.
- Did you see anything, Cheetara? - Not a thing, Tygra.
Strange.
Look.
Signs of a struggle.
Now, Monkian.
- What is go? - Trap! The edge of the net, Tygra.
Lift it, and we'll crawl under and out.
I can't.
The strands of this net are too sticky.
Yes, Thundercats.
You are as helpless as insects in a web.
Mutants! You'll be wearing that grin on the back of your head when the other Thundercats get here, Slithe.
We want your friends to come.
Call them, why don't you? Go on.
Yell.
Scream.
There is no need for them to yell.
The Thundercats somehow know when others of them are in danger.
I've got a nasty feeling that something foul is happening out there but I can't see past those thick trees.
- Lion-O.
Thundercats in danger.
- I heard it, Panthro.
Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight.
It's Tygra and Cheetara.
The mutants have snared them in some kind of net.
They seem to be in Yes! They're in the jungle.
Nd I know exactly where.
Blasted mutants! I knew there was something rancid about that spot.
Then get us there fast, Panthro.
It's their ThunderTank.
Quick.
Back to your positions.
It is the ThunderTank, Tygra.
No mistaking the roar of that motor.
Nd it's headed right into the mutants' trap because of us.
- There they are.
- There's something strange about that net.
Cheetara and Tygra should've been able to free themselves easily.
They seem to be glued into that net.
- I'll cut them loose.
- No.
The mutants will outnumber you.
The ThunderTank will do it.
No way, Panthro.
It's too big.
It can't free Tygra and Cheetara without harming them.
Yes, it can.
Watch.
Get back, Cheetara.
They're free.
Not yet.
Ttack! Cheetara.
Tygra.
Get out of the line of fire.
Retreat! Run for cover.
Why don't those mutants give up? They can't win.
They sure keep trying.
It's humiliating.
We may as well be fighting them with mud pies.
Our technology is just as advanced as the Thundercats'.
No, it's more advanced but they managed to salvage most of theirs when their spaceship went down.
Yes.
While our spaceship lies buried beneath the Desert of Sinking Sands.
That's Mumm-Ra's doing.
He must be made to raise it again.
Our superweapons will be returned to us.
I promise you.
Leave it to me, yes? Mighty one, hear us.
We request an audience with Mumm-Ra the ever-living.
Why do you come here? I have not commanded you to appear before me.
We come on your behalf, sire.
Only the Thundercats stand between mighty Mumm-Ra and his total domination of Third Earth.
Yes.
Nd it was your mission to dispose of the Thundercats.
Mission in which you have failed miserably many times.
Forgive me, great one but that is your doing.
By sinking our spaceship beneath the sands you deprived us of the weaponry that could rid Third Earth of the Thundercats forever.
You want those superweapons returned for your own purposes.
But our purposes are your purposes, mighty one.
With our strength equal to the Thundercats' it will not be necessary for the great Mumm-Ra to leave his tomb so often.
When and how often I leave my tomb is my concern.
Of course, great one.
I was just Never mind.
You do have a point.
Very well.
I will raise your ship.
But take care, mutants.
Remember that Mumm-Ra is your master.
Oh, we will, Mumm-Ra.
We will.
Go to the site of the sunken ship then.
Ncient spirits of evil transform this decayed form to Mumm-Ra the ever-living.
Do you think Mumm-Ra will really do it, Slithe? Oh, yes.
S I said, he needs us.
But what makes you so sure, Slithe? His power is unlimited.
Is it? Then why must Mumm-Ra always return to his tomb if not to replenish that power? Nothing.
The ship has total power loss.
The SkyCutters are operational.
So is the NoseDiver.
Nd most of our equipment can be transferred to Castle Plun-Darr intact.
Now, finally, we mutants will teach the Thundercats respect.
Sorry, Tygra.
The adhesive stuff from the mutants' net takes forever to remove.
If sticky gunk is the worst thing the mutants can throw at us I guess we'll survive.
Hey, what was that? Skycraft.
We're being attacked.
Skycraft? But whose? - Do you recognize them? - Can't get a clear look at their silhouettes.
They're SkyCutters.
Mutant ships.
But I thought all of their equipment was destroyed.
Not completely, it looks like.
But I'll tend to that now.
- Your blasts are getting close, Panthro.
- Not close enough.
Those SkyCutters are too maneuverable.
We're being attacked below as well.
Land vehicle.
Take over here, Tygra.
He's trying to hide in that stand of trees, Panthro.
Trying isn't doing.
He's fast.
I'll give him that.
- There he goes, Panthro.
Over that hill.
- Nd here we go.
That thing is amphibious, Panthro.
- He tricked us into going off that cliff.
- Yeah? Well, we've got a trick up our sleeve too.
The ThunderTank can be driven just as well on the ocean bottom.
But not on its back.
There's diving equipment under the seat, Lion-O.
I'll activate the airlock.
No good.
We'll have to get the other Thundercats to help.
Panthro.
The reef.
Cave.
Fter the monster's next strike, we swim out together attract the mutant's ship then suddenly separate.
Now! The energy module won't catch.
He's stalled.
Get to the surface.
We'll have to get back to the Cats' Lair.
Get some equipment.
SkyCutters! We'll have to see what we can do with the ThunderTank ourselves, Panthro.
The other Thundercats will be needed to handle the SkyCutters.
Thunder, thunder, thunder.
Thundercats, ho! Monkian, that signal is summoning the other Thundercats.
So? They won't be a match for our SkyCutters.
Well? Where are they? We can't see them because of the heavy jungle growth but they're down there, you can be sure of it.
Convert to land attack.
- See anything, Jackalman? - No, nothing yet.
Yes.
There's one.
Where did he go? Looking for me, mutant? Can't see.
Hey Sea-Quines.
What's got into them? They're usually gentle.
Maybe.
But we've got them all riled up about something.
Panthro.
Baby Sea-Quine.
It's trapped under the ThunderTank.
Help me push, Lion-O.
Now we've really got to move this thing.
The Sea-Quines see that we're trying to help.
They're pushing too.
Isn't doing much good, though.
We're barely budging it.
Wait a minute.
Think you can pull the ThunderTank off your baby? It moved.
But if the ThunderTank goes over the edge, we could lose it forever.
We can always replace the ThunderTank.
No way we can ever replace a life.
Pull! The mutant.
- He's got his ship going again.
- Yes.
Nd maybe it's lucky he did.
It damaged my NoseDiver.
If I can just make it to shore.
Hey, he's gonna be okay.
Here's your baby, folks.
Nd none the worse for wear.
Well, where are they? The Thundercat signal was flashed right over this spot.
Why worry? We took care of the mutants, didn't we? We didn't run into Slithe.
Nd he's the worst of that bunch.
Look.
You've been running underwater tests on the ThunderTank? Nd you called us all the way out here to see that? If it was a test, we passed.
Now that the mutants have retrieved their weaponry it's a whole new contest.
They must have raised their spaceship somehow.
They couldn't have done it by themselves.
- Something else is behind it.
- Or someone else.
Mumm-Ra.
- We'll have to be doubly watchful.
- Yes.
Evil never sleeps.
Even worse, it doesn't give anyone else any rest either.
It seems you fared no better against the Thundercats than before.
We had bad luck, Mumm-Ra.
Our craft can be repaired.
Nd now we can build weapons that are even more powerful.
That is not my wish.
The equipment you transported to Castle Plun-Darr you will return it to the spaceship.
No, Mumm-Ra.
We will not.
You defy me, reptilian? Never, mighty one.
We merely wish to be more useful to you, Mumm-Ra.
Do you? In that case we shall see.