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Howard Post Reviewed by Purrsia  The Thunderkittens are out and about, riding on unicorns and picking apples so Snarf can make his famous applesauce. Little do they know, old bone bag is watching and he's none-too-pleased that the Thunderkittens are having such a carefree moment. Mumm-Ra decides to summon the Driller, a scheme hatching in his decrepit cranium. This stroke of genius concerns acid lake. He hopes the Driller can divert the acid waters to beneath the Lair and disintegrate the 'Cats home. Of course the Driller agrees for he needs the diamonds that only Mumm-Ra will provide. The ThunderCats are all staying up late, as luck would have it. They're burning the midnight oil in hopes of celebrating the new super fuel Panthro and Tygra have developed. During the scene where they test a single drop of the super fuel in a bolted down motor, Lion-O worried that if it was really as powerful as they say, the motor would rip right off the table. The motor whipped around the room alright, but it never left the table...haha. During all the back-slapping and self-congratulations, Lion-O sniffs a stench...is it the fuel? No. It must be Snarf's cooking, he concludes -- this notion cracked me up by the way. Man, Snarf gets no respect! Plus, no one once suspected flatulance as the odorifous suspect XD It was soon discovered through the Sword's Second Sight what was going on, and that the reek was indeed Ultrasolvent Acid. This is where the episode gets too fruity for my tastes. Conveniently, there's a substance called "sponge fog" that will neutralize this acid on contact. They have to travel through some treachorous countryside to get it, but it's their only chance to save their home. Mumm-Ra, meanwhile, is giddy that they'll soon be without their home and sets his hour glass to countdown the brief time in which the Lair will be made into soup. The ThunderCats deal with Rockmen and Machanosects -- you name it -- in their quest for the fog. While they were in the Forest of Insects, the Tank's transmission went out [funny, a few eps back Panthro declared his stuff doesn't dare break down, heh heh. Only for plot convenience I guess!]. Lion-O gets out to look it over and a big caterpiller grabs him. Eventually, he manages to get to his Sword and call the others, who quickly rescue him. The final leg of the trip is using the Bridge of Light to cross the River of Despair. Mumm-Ra decides to get proactive at this point, and flies out to destroy the bridge just as they're crossing it. After some iffy moments in the River and dealing with the Whirlpool of Infinity, the 'Cats successfully get the fog to the hole gushing acid into their moat and all is well. Er, except for the fact that Snarf's applesauce burned! Too many plot contrivences and unlikelihoods to give it much of a rating, though. "The Thundercats romp and play unmolested on *my* planet." -- Mumm-Ra, disgusted that the Thunderkittens are frolicking carefree in the forest. "And me without my bug spray." -- Snarf's reaction to a seeing a huge Machanosect. "Worm eats cat - a fitting end to their leader." -- Mumm-Ra chuckling at Lion-O's giant caterpillar problems. PKELL: I really enjoyed this episode. The Driller was always a treat whenever he showed up, and I have always been a fan of stories that have the heroes in a race against time. Also, this is one of the eps in which we get to explore some new areas on Third Earth, which is always nice. Nothing too special here, but overall I'd say it was a pretty entertaining episode.
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