History WesternAnimation / ThunderCatsRoar

* AnAesop: Played with; some episodes have a proper moral, [[ContinuityNod similarly to the 80s series]], but Lion-O takes them in a different direction than intended. Lampshaded by Tygra in "Prank Call" where he's glad that Lion-O learned a valuable lesson.

* OffModel: The amount of times that the characters stay on-model, especially in the early episodes, can literally be counted on one hand.

* DoesNotLikeShoes:
** Averted with [=WilyKit=] and Tygra wearing complete footwear in contrast to their original incarnations wearing only spats.
** Mumm-Ra is an UndeadBarefooter like his previous incarnations.
** Ratar-O and Monkian are the only mutants without any form of footwear.

** Lion-O has childish features despite his general muscled build, but has a [[BadassBaritone deep, heroic-sounding]] voice.

''There’s Willykit, Willykat, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Snarf, Lion-O!''\\

* SomethingWeForgot: "Telethon" has the [=ThunderCats=] hosting a telethon to rescue the Berbild, who had accidentally sent themselves into space. The story gets sidetracked when Cheetara's telepathic powers cause her to go OneWingedAngel and Lion-O has to rescue her. At the end, everyone is happy that Cheetara is back to normal, but then we cut to the Berbils floating in outer space.

* AmazonBrigade: The Warrior Maidens from the original show reappear in "Warrior Maiden Invasion". This show takes the trope UpToEleven by making them muscular and huge.

* ExtremelyShortIntroSequence: The normal intro is twenty-six seconds long, which, while longer than the 2011 series, is especially short when compared to the 1985 intro. Taken UpToEleven in both parts of "Exodus", where the intro is replaced with a simple jingle and title card, lasting only a few seconds.

** In "Wizz-Ra", the titular wizard, who is trapped in the seventh dimension and can only communicate every 7000 years through reflective surfaces, tries to communicate with the [=ThunderCats=], but they think he's a ghost and freak out. Tygra does some research and tries to get the others to take things rationally, but they don't listen and instead throw everything reflective they have out the window; and when they see Wizz-Ra through Tygra's reading glasses, they think he's been possessed by the ghost and throw him out as well. After all is straightened out, Tygra lets Wizz-Ra deliver the message he's been trying to give the [=ThunderCats=], which is [[spoiler:that they're doing a great job and to keep it up. Tygra, after all he's been through this episode, [[RantInducingSlight goes on a rant]] over this and tells off Wizz-Ra.]]

** Cheetara, normally the MsFanservice of the group, is now flat chested and shlubby, and [[LadyLooksLikeADude could be easily mistaken for a man]].

* AdaptationalUgliness: Tygra looks less attractive then his other two incarnations.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Mumm-Ra states that his staff makes him four times bigger. His normal form is slightly shorter than Lion-O, meaning he should be around four times his height. Giant Mumm-Ra in actuality is large enough to use [=ThunderCats=] HQ as a chair; a more accurate comparison would be ''forty'' times bigger, not four.

** As in the original show, the Sword of Omens grows bigger everytime Lion-O chants "Thunder, thunder, thunder!" Exaggerated in "Mumm-Ra of Plun-Darr" when Lion-O makesthe sword so big he can't hold it anymore. [[spoiler:But the [=ThunderCats=] Base mecha can.]]

** Plundmas, a holiday in Plun-Darr which is mostly about beating up the [=ThunderCats=]. It even includes its own version of {{Krampus}}, the Kramp-Borg. When the Mutants are too depressed over [[spoiler:accidentally destroying Plun-Darr]] to celebrate it, Lion-O convinces the others (over Tygra's objections) to cheer them up by recreating the Eight Horrors of Plundmas. Santa Claus (via videophone) also attempts to discourage Lion-O, so Christmas also exists in this universe.

-> ''Their planet exploded (thunder, thundercats!)''
-> ''They crashed on Third Earth (thunder, thundercrash!)''
-> ''They defeated some bad guys (mummies, mutants!)''
-> ''And made some new friends! (unicorns, robots!)''
-> ''They built a big base with a cat-shaped face and now they’re ready to go!''
-> ''There’s Willykit, Willykat, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Snarf, Lion-O!''
-> ''A brand-new lord with a magic sword''
-> ''Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats, roar!''
-->-'''opening tune'''

* AWinnerIsYou: Inverted in the in-universe video game the kids play in "The Legend of Boggy Ben", where dying results in a "YOU ARE DIED." message flashing on Snarf's screen.

** Jackelman is less bright than his original incarnation, from breaking the mutant's ship, getting to the [=ThunderCats=] vehicle by mistake and thinks the [=ThunderCats=] think is he a [=ThunderCat=] when the former thinks that the latter thinks he is a [=ThunderCat=].

---> '''Mumm-Ra:''' ''Now I remember why I unplugged you! You guys are total dum-dums!''
** Ssslithe has more cartoonish and less reliable plans, and while he has some level of intelligence in regards to not shrinking the planet and being aware of Jackelman's stupidity, Vultureman as well as Ratar-O are the only mutants who are aware of how dumb Ssslithe's plans are.

** Driller is not an enemy to the [=ThunderCats=] and became their ally by the end of his debut.