ThunDrainium affects all ThunDerians, both ThunderCats, and commoners. It could be that the prison ship Grune was banished in had ThunDrainium in it, and thus he built up a natural resistance to it. But there was never a clear explanation for it.
As for the Time Factor, you have to build a timeline based on many different episodes. But also, was the red sky due to the impending destruction, or was it the natural color of the sky in the evening or night? And how long after Jaga threw the Sword of PlunDarr in the volcano did the planet explode? It could be that Grune’s banishment occured when the other ThunderCats were children or not even born yet. Even so, that doesn’t explain how he arrived on Third Earth centuries before the others. Maybe when the flagship was damaged it wasn’t able to go as fast, and thus Grune’s transport was able to get there so much earlier due to the flagship’s slower speed.
There are other episodes where Jaga interacts with other ThunderCats (Totem of Dera and The Last Day), but I don’t think they ever can see him in those episodes, just sense his presence.
I think this is a great episode, but it unfortunately leaves many questions unanswered.
Exactly, thats why they had to take the suspension pods, and how Jaga died/Lion-O aged.
I just hate that the explanation for one inconsistancy, causes a plot hole on the flip side…;p
adssse
November 15, 2012, 4:18am
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Just watched this episode again today and it never gets old. I actually found this thread as I was going to ask many of the questions that are already detailed here. I find many of the early Starr episodes are among my favorites.
I remember that episode also because I had it on VHS.
