History WesternAnimation / ThundarrTheBarbarian

* XMeetsY: Creator/CartoonNetwork once called this "''Film/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes''".

* StealthPun: The leader of the werewolves is named "[[Music/WarrenZevon Ze]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHIeblmIws von]]".

* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Societal Collapse

* StealthPun: The leader of the werewolves is named "[[WarrenZevon Ze]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHIeblmIws von]]".

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Thundarr's ''Sun Sword'', which may have been a ShoutOut to -- or a direct rip-off of -- [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker's lightsaber]] [[hottip:*: Even though this was 1980, America had yet to hear about [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam robots who could use them...]]. More conventional laserlike EnergyWeapons tend to be standard issue for the various Wizards' monstrous mutant {{Mook}}s. Another example: the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves turned their victims into werewolves]] by holding their glowy claws kinda near the victim.

Into this broken world rides our muscular hero and his sidekicks, the magic-wielding ActionGirl Princess Ariel and the [[StarWars Chewbacca]]-like Ookla the Mok, a catlike, superpowered giant [[TheUnintelligible who communicates largely in growls]]. Together these three heroes ride the length and breadth of the post-apocalyptic world righting wrongs and protecting the shattered remnants of humanity from whatever dangers may threaten.

* Creator/AlexToth: While Kirby designed most of the villains and other characters, the three leads were designed by Toth. This is most evident with Ookla, who is clearly a relative of [[SpaceGhost Brak.]]

* AuthorAppeal: Kirby's character designs for the leads can be easily found online. One of them is of Ariel ''naked,'' for sheerly gratuitous reasons.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: The PowerTrio could ride their horses over partially submerged rock sticking out of a pool of lava.

* EmpathicWeapon: Thundarr's ''Sun Sword,'' which could be wielded only by him.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Thundarr's ''Sun Sword'', which may have been a ShoutOut to -- or a direct rip-off of -- [[StarWars Luke Skywalker's lightsaber]] [[hottip:*: Even though this was 1980, America had yet to hear about [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam robots who could use them...]]. More conventional laserlike EnergyWeapons tend to be standard issue for the various Wizards' monstrous mutant {{Mook}}s. Another example: the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves turned their victims into werewolves]] by holding their glowy claws kinda near the victim.
** Thundarr made sure never to use his Sunsword on a living creature. He would only start in with the hack-and-slash after he discovered that his enemies were robots; just to make sure we in the audience understood, he would then bellow "They are machines!"
* FunWithAcronyms: An InJoke. Ookla (the Mok) is named after the University of California, Los Angeles = U.C.L.A. = UCLA = "ookla".

* HeyItsThatGuy: The hangmen from those [[Creator/MelBrooks Mel]] [[Film/BlazingSaddles Brooks]] [[RobinHoodMenInTights movies]] is...guess [[ThundarrTheBarbarian who]].

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Not only did {{mooks}} seem incapable of hitting Thundarr, they always ran forward while firing, moving into close combat with the barbarian for no apparent reason.

* LeotardOfPower: Ariel
* LoinCloth: Thundarr

* ObliviousToLove: Thundarr towards Ariel's romantic overtures.

* NonHumanSidekick: Subverted quite hard compared to the standards of its contemporaries. He-Man had Orko, the Thundercats had Snarf, and Thundarr had... Ookla, a 9-foot tall, perpetually enraged sasquatch man whom "cute" and "whimsical" don't quite fit.

* PowerTrio: Ookla -- Id, Ariel -- Superego, Thundarr -- Leader. Also, Thundarr-- TheHero, Ookla-- TheBigGuy, Ariel-- TheChick (she's also something of a RebelliousPrincess, and a WhiteMagicianGirl.)

** The "two thousand years" mentioned in the opening -- when most of the ruins look like they're less than two ''hundred'' years old-- probably qualifies for No Sense Of Scale too.

* XMeetsY: Creator/CartoonNetwork once called this "''ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''PlanetOfTheApes''".

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Thundarr's ''Sun Sword'', which may have been a ShoutOut to -- or a direct rip-off of -- [[StarWars Luke Skywalker's lightsaber]][[hottip:*: Even though this was 1980, America had yet to hear about [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam robots who could use them...]]]]. More conventional laserlike EnergyWeapons tend to be standard issue for the various Wizards' monstrous mutant {{Mook}}s. Another example: the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves turned their victims into werewolves]] by holding their glowy claws kinda near the victim.

-->''A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.''

->''Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...''

* FunWithAcronyms: An in-joke. Ookla (the Mok) is named after the University of California, Los Angeles = U.C.L.A. = UCLA = "ookla".

A mere eighteen or so years ago, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Earth was destroyed in a mighty cataclysm.]] (What? [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture You don't remember that happening?]]) Some 2,000 years later, and [[AfterTheEnd the world is still a pretty big mess]], with many of the survivors having [[HalfHumanHybrid mutated into hideous monsters]]. Those who still remain human live precariously amongst the [[LostTechnology ruins of the old world]], at the mercy of evil sorcerers who've managed to [[SchizoTech combine the technology of yore with ancient mysticism]] and create [[{{Magitek}} magic-fueled weapons of awesome power.]]

Created by the production team of Creator/RubySpears with the help of comic artist Creator/JackKirby, this show was one of the better Conan-inspired HeroicFantasy shows of the early 1980s. The opening sequence alone (which featured the flashy destruction of Earth) was enough to secure its place in the memory of many a kid from that era, who undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief when 1994 had peacefully come and gone.

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!!Tropes:

*** The runaway planet that passed between the Earth and the Moon appears to have stripped away much of the Earth's atmosphere. The resulting damage to the environment probably arrested the deterioration the ruins would have experienced so we don't get the full ''LifeAfterPeople'' effect.

Created by the production team of RubySpears with the help of comic artist JackKirby, this show was one of the better Conan-inspired HeroicFantasy shows of the early 1980s. The opening sequence alone (which featured the flashy destruction of Earth) was enough to secure its place in the memory of many a kid from that era, who undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief when 1994 had peacefully come and gone.

!!''ThundarrTheBarbarian'' provides examples of:

Created by the production team of RubySpears with the help of comic artist JackKirby, this show was one of the better Conan-inspired HeroicFantasy shows of the early 1980s. The opening sequence alone (which featured the flashy destruction of Earth) was enough to secure its place in the memory of many a kid from that era, who undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief when 1994 had peacefully come and gone.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: The PowerTrio could ride their horses over partially submerged rock sticking out of a pool of lava.

* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Ariel is called one.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Thundarr's ''Sun Sword'', which may have been a ShoutOut to -- or a direct rip-off of -- [[StarWars Luke Skywalker's lightsaber]][[hottip:*: Even though this was 1980, America had yet to hear about [[MobileSuitGundam robots who could use them...]]]]. More conventional laserlike EnergyWeapons tend to be standard issue for the various Wizards' monstrous mutant {{Mook}}s. Another example: the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves turned their victims into werewolves]] by holding their glowy claws kinda near the victim.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The hangmen from those [[MelBrooks Mel]] [[BlazingSaddles Brooks]] [[RobinHoodMenInTights movies]] is...guess [[ThundarrTheBarbarian who]].

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: It would probably take millions of years -- not the couple of thousand years that it takes in the show -- to create a population of different, apocalypse-adapted species.

* XMeetsY: CartoonNetwork once called this "''ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''PlanetOfTheApes''".

* HeyItsThatGuy: The hangmen from those [[MelBrooks Mel]] [[BlazingSaddles Brooks]] [[RobinHoodMenInTights movies]] is...guess [[ThundarrTheBarbarian who]]?

* HeyItsThatGuy: The hangman from those [[MelBrooks Mel]] [[BlazingSaddles Brooks]] [[RobinHoodMenInTights movies]] is...guess [[ThundarrTheBarbarian who]]?

Created by the production team of ''Ruby-Spears'' with the help of comic artist JackKirby, this show was one of the better Conan-inspired HeroicFantasy shows of the early 1980s. The opening sequence alone (which featured the flashy destruction of Earth) was enough to secure its place in the memory of many a kid from that era, who undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief when 1994 had peacefully come and gone.

* ApocalypseHow: Class 2

* TakenforGranite: The ultimate fate of recurring villain Gemini.

A mere fifteen or so years ago, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Earth was destroyed in a mighty cataclysm.]] (What? [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture You don't remember that happening?]]) Some 2,000 years later, and [[AfterTheEnd the world is still a pretty big mess]], with many of the survivors having [[HalfHumanHybrid mutated into hideous monsters]]. Those who still remain human live precariously amongst the [[LostTechnology ruins of the old world]], at the mercy of evil sorcerers who've managed to [[SchizoTech combine the technology of yore with ancient mysticism]] and create [[{{Magitek}} magic-fueled weapons of awesome power.]]

* PowerTrio: Ookla -- Id, Ariel -- Superego, Thundarr -- Leader. Also, Thundarr-- TheHero, Ookla-- TheBigGuy, Ariel-- TheChick (she's also something of a RebelliousPrincess, and a StaffChick sans staff.)

Created by the production team of ''Ruby-Spears'' with the help of comic artist JackKirby, this show was one of the better Conan-inspired HeroicFantasy shows of the early 1980s. The opening sequence alone (which featured the flashy destruction of Earth) was enough to secure its place in the memory of many a kid from that era, who undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief when 1994 had peacefully come and gone. ''Or was that just me?''