http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/06/the_10_worst_thundercats_episodes.php#more
Slithor read it to me this morning and there are some I would cut out and replace them with other ones.
Here’s hoping TR will post a 10 best episode list.
There’s a few I felt that way about. Sideswipe deserved the # 1 spot.
I completely agree with you; Sideswipe is much worse than Good and Ugly by a long shot.
I can’t think of any episodes in the series that I did not like. So I could never come up with a list like that. I liked all those episodes. Hmm… Oh well.
That’s how I feel about Masters of the Universe.
the first page is pretty good but eps i would put in there are doomgaze dimension doom catfight just to name a few
Speaking only for myself, I thought the quality of the writing on the show was…well…to put it gently, not good. Generally it suffered from a lot of the same problems that plagued a lot of other shows at that time: repetitive and formulaic plots, stilted and clunky dialogue, and heavy-handed moralizing at the end. The show’s basic concept and premise I thought was brilliant, but it was undone by its execution. I’ve said before that I wished that it could have been so much more, and that’s why I’m happy with what they’re doing in the new show.
I think the person (or persons) who made that list were really wrong, even when I agree with some, like “Crystal Queen” (I hated those eps in were it was just Lion-O, or Lion-O and one other TC in action, and left all the others aside). Also, “Circus Train” was a lame one in my opinion.
But I loved most of the ones they listed. I loved “Mycrits”… yes, it might be absurd that such small beings captured Lion-O, but I really liked the idea of the TCs fighting the Mutants without LionO and without their weapons. It showed a lot of team work and thei creativiy… the fact that Lion-O showed up at the end as the great saver ruined the episode to me (would have been so much better if, when he showed up, the TCs would have taken care of the mutants themselves, but of course Lion-O had to be the hero in every episode - unlike MOTU or other series where the hero’s friends could save the day from time to time on their own).
I also liked “Turmagar the Tuska” a lot as well as “Monkian’s Bargain” and “Secret of the Ice King”, and kind of enjoyed “The Mad Bubbler”, even when it wasn’t one of teh finest eps in the series.
I actually like Circus Train. Although how fast all the Mutants and all the Lunatacs were captured seemed a little too unreal, there were elements in that episode that I very much liked.
I didn’t think it absurd,they used thundranium which weakened him.
Everyone’s mileage may vary with lists like these. As I’ve said, I feel that Sideswipe is by far the worst episode of the series, and TR didn’t even list it.
I know. I meant to say, they tied up Lion-O while he was sleeping, and he didn’t notice/feel anything? That’s what I found ind of absurd, but might happen after all 
The only episode I agree with is The Circus Train. Never liked the baddies being written out this way and a flying train was a bit lame for me (especially a prison train!)
Some of my favourites are on the list such as Monkian’s Bargain, The Micrits and Secret of the Ice King, so for the most part I don’t agree with this persons opinion.
The worst were easily from Season 4, for example Screw Loose, Well Of Doubt etc…
Unfortunately, WB has pulled the video segments from the list.
Overall, I actually really disagree with this list:
Berbils was the weakest out of the early entries, but 10th worst? Nah. Oddly enough though, I think the severely cut down version featured in the Exodus “movie” VHS that spliced the first 4 episodes together is more effective. But for what it was, it was cool to meet some of the races of Third Earth…even if they were the unholy cyborg love children of R2-D2 & the Ewoks.
Micrits came right out of Gulliver’s Travels really. I didn’t have a problem with it.
I really like The Crystal Queen as I think its one of the better Snarf centered episodes. Sure the Queen is a tad annoying, but I really liked Snarf’s dilemma where he has to prove his worth despite being viewed as old.
Runaways I’ll give you. I hate that episode. I always hated the “Oh I’m sad so I’ll runaway” bits. I hated it when MOTU did it with Orko (TWICE) and I hated it here.
The Mad Bubbler was a lot of fun to me because it was weird. Heck, the article didn’t mention my biggest problem with the episode which was the whole “Snarf’s have no capacity for evil” deal. But the concept itself was, uh, different, to say the least. Its weird & kind of creepy to me.
Turmagar the Tuska is a fun road episode. My major knock on it is that we never found out where the Technopede came from. Was it Plundarian in origin? Don’t know. We never find out, but I like exploration episodes like this, and the end was pretty action packed and cool.
Secret of the Ice King is not one of my favorites, mainly for the flaws he lines out, but I’ve seen much worse.
Monkian’s Bargain…heck the way the article analyses it, the episode sounds fun!
Circus Train I’ll definitely agree with. That is definitely an arguable candidate for worst episode in the series.
Good & Ugly…THAT’S the worst episode? Really? I have a hard time buying it as being part of the Top 10 list at all, but THE WORST!!! Not a chance.
Now here we go: I am stunned that Dr. Dometone didn’t make this list since it is considered notoriously bad among fandom. What about Exile Isle?! That episode is a disaster! Or Swan Song! Boring Environmental Message Ho! Or Hair of the Dog! SNARF-RA!!! Effing SNARF-RA!!!
Actually, here’s the thread I did on the bottom 15 episodes:
http://www.thundercatslair.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3659
PKELL, read your list and agree with it much more than with the one posted… not completely though.
I think “Locket of Lies” was a waste as well… it took to nothing at all.
I kind of like “Chain of Loyalty” if not for what you perfectly pointed out. TCs were loyal to each other by choice, or even because of teh Code they swore to fulfill, which implies loyalty, not because a curse in a chain. And even if it was that way, not being loyal to someone doesn’t mean you’ll fight that person, just that you don’t care for him/her. So having the kittens fighting against each other, or Tygra vs Cheetara and then vs Lion-O, and then Panthro vs Lion-O, just because they weren’t loyal to each other is absurd. But the episode itself isn’t that bad IMO.
I never liked “Mumm-Rana” either, none of her eps. I really hated that 80’s concept of every almost every male character having to have his female counterpart or vice-versa (see MOTU and Princess of Power, for example). Also, Mumm-Rana was lame. And finalle, the exile thing: that was the exile? Really? As you say, better lock them in Castle Plun-darr, or kill them already. A better exile is what we got to see in “Tha Last Day”.
And as I’ve already said, I hated “Circus Train”.
I’m not sure if I would agree with that list they made either. Every episode has it’s own gem in a different way. I honestly really liked all the episodes that detailed some kind of historical element of third earth.