MovieChat Forums > Thundercats (1985) Discussion > What are the Thunderkittens?

What are the Thunderkittens?


I've never been able to figure out what kind of cat the Thunderkittens are supposed to be. Does anyone know?

***
Permission to hug?! - Abby
You never have to ask. - Gibbs

reply

Wikipedia says they're "based on the wildcat" . . . but surely that's just wordplay than an actual species!?

reply

A wildcat isn't a species. Maybe they're crossbreeds and not indicitive of any one kind of cat.

***
Permission to hug?! - Abby
You never have to ask. - Gibbs

reply

"A wildcat isn't a species."

That's what I thought. As for the Kittens, well, I don't know.

reply

I think WilyKat resembles a bobcat.

reply

While there are indeed a wildcat species, i always assumed they were going with the basic house cat gone wild idea for the two little kid like thundercats

I refuse to argue on IMDB until the general populous actually uses their brains

reply

I don't think they were based off of any cat to be honest. After all, even Panthro is an oddity if you think about it.

The term 'panther' can apply to the leopard, cougar or the jaguar depending on the conintent. It can even mean ALL Big Cats as it's the latin name for their (Panthera Leo, Panthera Tigris, Panthera Onca and Panthera Pardus), from the Greek 'panthir' which means 'to hunt all'.

reply

I think they were the same kind of cat as Lion-O.A lion.

So it's treason then!

reply

My best guess would be wildcats.

Money isn't the root of all evil. Love of money is.

reply

I have heard they are based on domestic house cats...

reply

I assumed that the Snarfs were based on house cats because they were smaller and more docile than the other Thundereans.

reply