Yes, Snarf and his kind are related to the cats.
read it, didnt like it
read it, didnt like itâŚnothing to do with the old showâŚguess im was hoping for a reboot that at least resembled the os in some wayâŚstill no lunatacs, berserkers, BENGALI!..more pumyra?? again??..this season 2 sounds like it was going to move as slow as the first one. when exactly were they planning to bring Bengali? season 5??..old thundercats has so many elements to pull from and yet they insisted on re-inventing the wheelâŚso many fans have posted things they wouldâve liked to have seen rebooted, especially charactersâŚsafai joe, mongor, etcâŚand instead they are going to focus on the origins of SNARF! i dont think anybody cares about the origins of snarf!..anyway as a fan of the old showâŚi was tremendously disappointed with the rebootâŚno loyalty to the original seriesâŚ
I actually very much like the ideas. I love it when shows try to be gutsy and present darker themes, especially within confines of them being a childrenâs show. In my opinion, the changes made are just fine since it gives each character the depth they need to be unique amongst their peers. I see Pumyraâs corruption by Mumm-Ra as one of those sensitive and delicate additions to give the story some freshness and further expand each characterâs motivation (or at least keep it unique). Lynx-Oâs story was bit of a surprise, but again, its something that trudges those gray areas in between good & bad, same goes for Slythe. I love it when villains are given such depth, its hard to call them villains at that point if they are driven by some personal vendetta they think was committed onto them by the hero. In case of Slythe, I think his reasons are solid. Iâd say the quality of the show wouldâve seen a dramatic increase come season 2. Shame it didnât pick up, lousy CN 
I only really want to know how they wouldâve ended the show, and what is Mumm_Raâs origin. At first I thought he might be a Thundercat himself, but that seems no longer valid. Interesting twist on Snarf though, wouldâve loved to see where that plot went.
Cartoon Network actually encouraged Mike Young Productions to include violence and death in the 2002 Masters of the Universe series, but they decided against it because they did not feel that it would be true to the spirit of the property. If that is indicative of the prevailing minds at Cartoon Network, then they likely would have encouraged the direction of Studio 4°C for season two of ThunderCats.
Moreover, Warner Bros. seems to only be concerned with receiving the licensing fee from Bandai on time. If they were invested in the property at all, they would have put more money into the production of the DVD sets of the original series and would have awarded the toy license to another company like Mattel.
That leaves only Bandai to object to the killing of Lynx-O and Pumyra and I do not expect them to have much pull with the other two.
WOWâŚDan Norton and the crew have just confirmed they were totally the wrong people to work on a Thundercats reboot.
These ideas are terrible, how could anyone expect this crap to appeal to children? Granted some of the ideas are more interesting than what happened in season one but they are still bad.
Hopefully WB will get the job done right next time by a more competent team.
Finally, someone who agrees, i could deal with the ideas about the last stone and with Snarf (more or less), but to have Pumyra, Lynx-O and Slithe killed off, that just feels wrong (i might have been able to tolerate the latter, but for it to be as a redemption move, that just seems like something Pumyra should have done)
Hi, srebak. I hope Lynx-O, Slithe, and Pumyra will get better treatment in your story.
Thatâs the problem indeed. I think these ideas are INTERESTING for a more dark tone and maybe for grown-ups but as a children show this is just insane.
Like said it could have just been ideas that maybe never would be put through at all but this is what we have and thatâs how it is.
Bengali is Cheetara and Tygraâs son. Thatâs another interesting piece of information I discovered from the NS crew.
EDIT: Whoa, where did you get that info?
Plans can change a lot between seasons. Just as an example, thereâs Avatar; Toph and Azula were originally going to be boys, Iroh was originally going to be secretly a villain, and even in Legend of Korra, Asami was going to be a villain before they changed their minds. I think this was revealed in the artbook.
Itâs hard to tell just how concrete these season 2 details are anyway. It wasnât green lit, and we donât know how far these ideas were developed. The only thing I really canât say I like from these details is the killing, but the rest of the ideas, like Slytheâs backstory, his grudge against Lynx-O, Pumyraâs corruption, and Snarfâs origin I really do like.
What I would do is maybe only have it seem at first like Tygra killed Pumyra to save Lion-O. It was mentioned that there was a possibility of redeeming Pumyra, so perhaps when Pumyra has the chance to kill Lion-O, she hesitates, and this gives Tygra a shot. and maybe he really does kill her, but Lion-O uses the Spirit Stone to purify Pumyraâs spirit. Whether or not this would save her and bring her back to life Iâm not sure, since I donât know if Mumm-Ra bringing her back to life would be considered a second chance or if itâs really âtrueâ life. The stone could only bring Lion-O back to life once after all.
As for Slythe and Lynx-O, it really depends on what kind of character Lynx-O was planned on having. Going the optimistic route, what I would do is have Lynx-O secretly bear the guilt of having killed the hatchlings. Lynx-O did not realize what he had done until it was too late, and then had to fight an enraged Slythe, who blinded Lynx-O with a torch. When Slythe finally comes to face Lynx-O again, Lynx-O decides to let Slythe take his life to atone for his actions. At first Slythe canât really comprehend this, and is about to decapitate Lynx-O, but he canât bring himself to do it. Itâs this moment that really shakes Slythe, and itâs when he begins to understand forgiveness, and sees how it will help unite the rest of the animals, leading to Slythe betraying Mumm-Ra.
And as for Snarf, I donât know if him being related to the Cats and Mumm-Ra should be a huge plot point, but I hope more details surface. The real importance here is that Mumm-Ra created the Cats and possibly the rest of the animals to be his soldiers, probably through a mix of science and magic.
Iâm not against darker plots. In fact I love unhappy endings. Like the alternate ending to the butterfly effect where Ashton kills himself in his mothers whom. But thatâs getting off subject. I just donât think it has a place in cartoons directed at children.
Cartoons such as these are escentially half-hour toy commercials and as such you wouldnât expect to see the product being advertised killed, beheaded or what have you. Itâs just not good business sence.
Knowing part of what they had planned, I feel better that they had not done a second season, this is a disaster. These are not the Thundercats.
Bengali is the son of Cheetara and Tygra? So she really let aside his role as a cleric? 
The third season would be several years later with Bengali grown (10 years old) and Lion-O single (27), then the fantasy of Wily Kit with Lion-O will be realized⌠Eww!:rolleyes:
To Gold Lion: I discovered that little tidbit from the ThunderCatsNOW Facebook page.
Sorry but I didnât find anything on that page linking someone as a credible source saying it, any chance of getting us some solid proof of that? I canât even find mention of it there.
I didnât find it either. Iâll remain skeptical.
I found the comment: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=517911528282896&set=a.105154642891922.9603.104707792936607&type=1&comment_id=1477944&reply_comment_id=1482326&total_comments=2
Still not 100% proof, but I guess weâll see.
Yup skeptical as heck. Iâm gonna go ahead and say fan rumor that Bengali is Chee and Tygraâs cub, it sounds way too unusual of a twist that doesnât seem to fit with the plans for the series.
Itâs not that Iâm against Bengali being their son, itâs just thereâs no real proof and it does sound straight from a fan fiction.
Iâm gonna wait for Dan to let us know, not that I donât trust Manny or Celeste just want more credibility before my mind is blown.
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Iâm not against it either it just doesnât seem to fit, besides how do a tiger and cheetah produce a full white tiger? And if thatâs the case what is the purpose of a child tagging along or were we eventually going to jump into the future? Okay I lied I am against it, it just screams lazy trying to package itself as shocking.
Hm. Unless heâs adopted and around the twinâs age I donât see how that would work out. Even then, I would feel cheated if he got the same treatment as the twins. I think most fans would want him in the same circle as Tygra, Lion-O, Cheetara and Panthro. Not kicking it with the kids and Snarf.
Making him a next generation character seems kind of unfair too.
Would be nice to get confirmation either way, and if it is true more on what and why.