Cheetara's Book
This particular scrapbook was put together
with the combined talents of Panthro, Tygra, and Lion-O. Throughout
the project, the trio invested countless hours of careful documentation
and looked up the record of events to ensure they could accurately place
each and every picture. Having done that, they scrapped the whole
thing and made it up as they went along. Much to Cheetara's dismay,
this is the product of their efforts. The psychic speedster made
every possible attempt to destroy this album before it could find its way
to the printer, but all was in vain. With a surprising burst of speed
from the Thundertank, Panthro triumphed and this book came to be.
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The Lord of the Thundercats
Unplugged
In an act of mutiny and treason, the Thundercats
ordered Snarf to accompany Lion-O on a journey to the Berbil village and
make sure he stayed there for most of the afternoon. During that
time, this photo album was created. It says something for the dedication
of the Thundercats, too. The Thundercat signal flashed into the sky
several times during this album's creation, but the creators continued
to work on it while they left Lion-O to battle a giant lizard, two hungry
gorillas, a mutant attack, a horde of angry wasps, and the return of Safari
Joe. When Lion-O returned home and approached the other Thundercats
about it, this work was their explanation.
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Snarf Under Scrutiny
Often seen as the wimp, the coward, and the
comic-relief on the Thundercat Team, Lion-O, Lynx-O, and Snarfer took it
upon themselves to inform Third Earth of the true nature of Snarf,
whatever that may be. There were sincere efforts to make this biography
highly complimentary, but those efforts disappeared after the first page.
The original goal of paying tribute to a life-long friend quickly vanished
as the trio found rather interesting pictures of Snarf, a.k.a. Osbert.
They decided that wasting a perfect opportunity to make fun of Snarf would
be a serious crime, so they didn't. Ownership of this scrapbook is
now a federal offense on some planets where a snarf majority dominates
the population.
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Tiger Tales
Braving hostile threats from the subject of
this album, Panthro, Bengali, and Pumyra met in secret to arrange and critique
pictures of the Thundercats' architect: Tygra. Having been involved
in the creation of several albums himself, Tygra knew full well what it
meant to be immortalized in one of the infamous scrapbooks now in rapid
production and tried to ensure that an album of himself was never created.
At one point, Panthro, Bengali, and Pumyra considered asking RedEye to
stand guard while they tried to complete this book, but eventually they
managed to detect and hide from the invisible tiger long enough to finish
on their own. The resulting brawl between two tigers, a puma, and
a panther was not a pretty sight.
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Beyond the Stripes...
Never mistaken for the shy one, Bengali vehemently
protested the creation of this picture album and did everything in his
power to prevent its existence. He failed. With the combined
forces of Lion-O, Tygra, and Pumyra, Bengali was analyzed from every conceivable
angle and his best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) characteristics
were selected to be placed in this book. The creators of this book
decided to match Bengali's usual bluntness with their own abandonment of
propriety and discreetness, making for a very unusual book.
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The Portrait of a Warrior
Garnering respect for himself even from the
mutants, Panthro is the strength and the backbone of the Thundercat team.
Unfortunately, that did not render him immune from the criticisms and good-natured
jokes found in the Thundercat Scrapbooks. Noting that Panthro had
participated in many scrapbooks and that he himself was mysteriously absent
as the brunt of the jokes, Cheetara, Tygra, and Bengali teamed up to remedy
the situation. The result was this album, a book that cost many a
bruise and tussle with an angry panther bent on vengeneace.
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Ghost Stories
He was Lord of the Thundercats before Lion-O's
time and he continues to watch over and protect the Eye of Thundera today.
But that doesn't mean the other Thundercats can't have a little fun at
his expense. While Jaga is filled with sage wisdom and advice, he
is also full of personality quirks and the occaisional compromising moment.
So Lion-O, Panthro, and Cheetara joined forces and created Ghost Stories,
a Thundercat Scrapbook that takes a look at the Thundercats' guardian:
Jaga. Jaga's appearances after publication of this scrapbook went
downhill dramatically.
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Twin Trouble
Often overlooked and underappreciated, the
Thunderkittens are nonethelesss part of the Thundercat team. They
are sometimes an unorthodox part of the team, but they are still
team players. And as team players, the Thundercats thought it appropriate
that they be treated like the rest of the team. So Wiley Kit and
Wiley Kat were sent outside to play while the adults divided up pictures
of the twins. Bengali, Cheetara, and Lynx-O took Wiley Kit; Lion-O,
Pumyra, and Snarfer took Wiley Kat; Panthro, Tygra, and Snarf handled the
twins as a team; and they all banded together to get this book off to the
publishers before it could vanish in the blast of a carefully thrown pellet.
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The Unknown Puma
One of the more obscure characters in the
Thundercat universe, Pumyra remains something of an enigma even to those
who know her best. Naturally, this intrigued potential scrapbookers
because without any certifiable facts about the puma, just about anything
could go in her album. No one would know any better. Of course,
that would assume the reader had lost complete touch with reality, but
when considering most of the inhabitants of Third Earth, that wasn't a
problem.
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Snarfer's Moment
As a rather late edition to the Thundercat
team, Snarfer sometimes felt left out and unwelcome. Whether or not
this was actually the case is difficult to say, but the Thundercats decided
that one of the best ways to make up any possible offenses was to include
Snarfer and immortalize him in a scrapbook. Snarfer had a few
things to say about that, but his protests went unheard and the little
snarf became a part of the growing albums of Thundercats.
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