History WesternAnimation / ThundarrTheBarbarian

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Creator/JackKirby created Gemini, a virtual dead ringer for {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, even down to a penchant for EyeBeams,[[note]]Also appearing are villains that reused the designs of [[Characters/NewGodsApokolips Kalibak and Desaad]].[[/note]] particularly after Gemini is...

* MsFanservice: Having great legs and an [[BoobsOfSteel ample chest]] while sporting a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless]], [[LeotardOfPower high-cut leotard]] certainly qualifies Ariel as this.

Into this broken world rides our muscular hero and his sidekicks, the magic-wielding ActionGirl Princess Ariel([[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas no]], '''[[DontExplainTheJoke not]]''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid that one]]'') and the [[Franchise/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-cataclysmic world righting wrongs and protecting the shattered remnants of humanity from whatever dangers may threaten.

Into this broken world rides our muscular hero and his sidekicks, the magic-wielding ActionGirl Princess Ariel([[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas no, not]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid that one]]'') and the [[Franchise/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-cataclysmic world righting wrongs and protecting the shattered remnants of humanity from whatever dangers may threaten.

* FashionModel: One was brought back from the past during a FashionShow, and ends up in a SelfFulfillingProphecy where she gains superpowers and helps stop a wizard, who kidnapped her to prevent that. She also spends the episode in the dress she was modeling; it sustains ongoing clothing damage until Ariel fixes it up.

Into this broken world rides our muscular hero and his sidekicks, the magic-wielding ActionGirl Princess Ariel and the [[Franchise/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-cataclysmic world righting wrongs and protecting the shattered remnants of humanity from whatever dangers may threaten.

* TheChick:
** For the era the show hails from, Ariel avoids Chickification to a surprising degree. She's still "the feminine voice" of the team and DependingOnTheWriter she can be placed in peril, but by and large she's treated as perfectly competent and a worthy, valuable companion to Thundarr.
** Ookla or Thundarr are sometimes briefly the ''dude in distress'' and Ariel is the rescuer, which was uncommon when the series originally aired.

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

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ariel. She's dark-skinned and dark-haired, but there's no clue what racial lineage she might be descended from.

%% * TrueBlueFemininity: Ariel.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: In "Portal Into Time" we learn that the Wizard Khromm has a working time machine he just uses to get tech from the past to rule the present. He's too busy gloating about how awesome he is to consider actually taking over the past.

* ActionGirl: Ariel, whose [[GreenLanternRing versatile magic ability]] sometimes [[DistressBall conveniently failed]] when the time came for her to be [[DistressedDamsel taken hostage or rescued]] (She can't cast spells when [[StandardFemaleGrabArea her hands aren't free]]). She managed to keep from slipping into FauxActionGirl territory, though, by her wit, intelligence and the genuine usefulness of her powers when the script allowed her to use them.

* MsFanservice: Having [[ShesGotLegs great legs]] and an [[BoobsOfSteel ample chest]] while sporting a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless]], [[LeotardOfPower high-cut leotard]] certainly qualifies Ariel as this.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Two. The series finale involves bringing together a trio of super-powered women, Maya, Cinda and Valerie, who wind up materializing in the 20th century at the end. An earlier episode has a teenage gender-flipped version of Thundarr and Ariel (while poor Ookla is represented by their steed, an annoying mutant vulture-lizard with two tails).

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Two, one for a trio of super-powered women and another for a teenage gender-flipped version of Thundarr and Ariel (while poor Ookla is represented by their steed, an annoying mutant vulture-lizard with two tails).

** Lest we forget, a "runaway planet passed between the Earth and the Moon." The thing that whizzes by is not only going at a ponderous speed for an interstellar body, but also seems to only be about the size of the moon itself - a very small planet.
** The "runaway planet" is shown cracking the moon with its passing, and ripping away a chunk of Earth's atmosphere. "Man's civilization being cast into ruin!" would be the least of the problems for any lifeform still alive after that.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Really, Vashtar? The episode "Prophecy of Peril" deals with three women, the hermit barbarian Cinda, the element queen Maya, and the ordinary human woman Valerie Storm. In the end, the three women destroy the Gem of Glory, the power source of the evil wizard.

** The wizard of the week, Vashtar, goes back in time to kidnap Valerie and bring her to his era. The wizard states on camera he ''knows'' the sorceress Ariel cannot time travel. All he had to do after "finding" Valerie in time was leave Valerie alone.
** Cinda couldn't care less about Vashtar's tyranny -until he invades her domain. Vashtar was trying to kill her and hopefully Maya, with Thundarr's crew as a possible side bonus. All he did was tick off Cinda and set her on his trail.

* TheSmartGuy: Ariel apparently spent most of her childhood studying in her stepfather's extensive library when she wasn't practicing her magical skills. Thus she is often the most educated character barring other wizards.

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The OpeningNarration spends a lot more time describing the AfterTheEnd setting, but after that it names and describes Thundarr, Ookla, and Ariel.

* UnEqualRites: Ariel is a sorceress. She will angrily correct anyone who dares call her a "witch".

** Another example: ''The Brotherhood of Night'''s [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves turned their victims into werewolves]] by holding their glowy claws kinda near their victims. "

* LostTechnology: Often sought after by wizards and those seeking to protect themselves from them alike. It stands out because Thundarr's world appears to have had access to some level of comic book-style advanced technology before the apocalypse in 1994.

* LandInTheSaddle: OnceAnEpisode, minimum. In the first episode, "Secret of the Black Pearl, Thundarr does it from the top floor of a villain's fortress, carrying Ariel, without injury (to himself ''or'' his horse, whose spine somehow withstood the weight of two adult humans falling several stories).

* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Ookla speaks only in unintelligible growls, but Thundarr and Ariel have no problem understanding him.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "Prophecy of Peril". The heroes find out a prophecy of three heroines who are destined to defeat the wizard Vashtar. One of them lived before the apocalypse, and instead of letting events play out where she presumably dies along with most of humanity, Vashtar brings her to the future so he can kill her himself. Where she can and does escape to join forces with his enemies.