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Thundercats Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 1988 - 1988
Episode 1
Thundercubs: Part I
Mon, Sep 5, 198822 mins
Mumm-Ra learns of the legendary Treasure of Thundera and the Sword of Plundar, which destroyed Thundera. He and Ma-Mutt travel back in space and time to search the debris of the planet for the sword.
Episode 2
Thundercubs: Part II
Tue, Sep 6, 198822 mins
Exploring the newly reformed New Thundera, the Thundercats discover that Mumm-Ra is using all the Snarfs as slave labour to dig for the lost Treasure of Thundera.
Episode 3
Thundercubs: Part III
Wed, Sep 7, 198822 mins
Mumm-Ra retrieves the Sword of Plundarr as the Thundercats arrive on New Thundera. While the Thundercats try to retrieve the sword and treasure, Snarf tries to find a way to free his fellow Snarfs.
Episode 4
Thundercubs: Part IV
Thu, Sep 8, 198822 mins
The Mutants arrive and Mumm-Ra has them lure the Thundercats to a strange place where, except for Lion-O, they are all transformed into child versions of themselves.
Episode 5
Thundercubs: Part V
Fri, Sep 9, 198822 mins
Lion-O frees the child Thundercats from Mumm-Ra's spell, and then confronts him to retrieve the fabled Book of Omens.
Episode 6
Totem of Dera
Mon, Sep 12, 198823 mins
Mumm-Ra finds the Treasure of Thundera called the Totem of Dera, which has the power to heal and bring inanimate objects to life, and gives it to Vultureman that he might turn it into a device of destruction to use against the Thundercats.
Episode 7
Chain of Loyalty
Tue, Sep 13, 198823 mins
Lion-O learns of the Chain of Loyalty, and Jaga instructs him to retrieve it from New Thundera. But when Mumm-Ra breaks the chain, the Thundercats turn on each other, and Lion-O must find a way to stop them from destroying themselves.
Episode 8
Crystal Canyon
Wed, Sep 14, 198823 mins
The Thundercats search a canyon of crystals for one of the Treasures of Thundera known as the Keystone, an item which has the power to heal, but also corrupts and enslaves the unwary.
Episode 9
The Telepathy Beam
Thu, Sep 15, 198823 mins
Vultureman uses a new weapon on Cheetara to overwhelm her sixth sense and destroy her belief in herself and block her awareness of greater dangers.
Episode 10
Exile Isle
Fri, Sep 16, 198823 mins
The Thundercats capture the Lunataks and exile them to Exile Isle, an asteroid in deep space far from Third Earth. There the villains soon meet up with the Captain Cracker and hatch a plan of escape.
Episode 11
Key to Thundera
Mon, Sep 19, 198823 mins
While attempting to decode the Book of Omens Lion-O inadvertently traps himself within it. Mumm-Ra later steals the book, later becoming imprisoned in it himself.
Episode 12
Return of the Thundercubs
Tue, Sep 20, 198823 mins
Tygra, Panthro, and Cheetara return to New Thundera to locate more of the Treasure of Thundera, but Mumm-Ra lures them to the mystical Canyons of Youth, which transforms them into children once again.
Episode 13
The Formula
Wed, Sep 21, 198823 mins
Alluro's new Superfuel formula for Sky Tomb's engines causes the local plant and animal life to grow to massive proportions. The Lunataks give it to the Mutants, who sprinkle it around Cat's Lair.
Episode 14
Locket of Lies
Thu, Sep 22, 198823 mins
The Locket of Lies is a magical object created by Mumm-Ra to appear as a part of the Treasure of Thundera. When opened, the gems inside act as a compass that points the way to the remaining treasure.
Episode 15
Bracelet of Power
Fri, Sep 23, 198823 mins
When the Thundercats bring back more of the Treasure of Thundera. Snarf is fascinated by a bracelet and sees that when adorned, it, makes everyone obeys him. Mumm-Ra becomes aware of this, and will stop at nothing to make it his own.
Episode 16
The Wild Workout
Mon, Sep 26, 198823 mins
The Lunataks hook up exercise machines to generate Sky Tomb's engines, but their own laziness forces them to kidnap the Thundercats and force them to do the hard work.
Episode 17
The Thunderscope
Tue, Sep 27, 198823 mins
Lion-O recovers a mysterious telescope from the wreckage of the original spaceship. Mumm-Ra recognises it as the Thunderscope, which allows its user to locate pieces of the Treasure of Thundera.
Episode 18
The Jade Dragon
Wed, Sep 28, 198823 mins
Mumm-Ra discovers the power of one of the pieces of the Treasure of Thundera, the Jade Dragon, which possesses the power to entrap people in its stomach.
Episode 19
The Circus Train
Thu, Sep 29, 198823 mins
When an inter-stellar circus train comes to town, the Thundercats seize the opportunity to rid themselves of both the Mutants, and the Lunataks.
Episode 20
The Last Day
Fri, Sep 30, 198823 mins
Fed up with Mumm-Ra's failures, the Ancient Spirits of Evil give him one final day to rid Third Earth of the Thundercats.