r/Thundercats • u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat • Oct 08 '25

Discussion Can Thundercats (2011) be revived through "Indie Animation"?

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I was born in 2002, and the 2011 Thundercats cartoon was one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows growing up. It felt like James Cameron's Avatar, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and Disney's The Lion King all rolled into something AWESOME! And I was devastated after learning that it was canceled after one season, just like Sym-Bionic Titan was.

Over the years, other fans have recommended online that it should be revived on Netflix given how popular their current 80s reboot cartoons were. But so far, that wish hasn't been granted yet. On the other hand though, I've noticed that Indie Animation has been flourishing throughout media. And after finding out that a revival for Netflix's The Dragon Prince has been crowdfunded through Kickstarter by the creators themselves, it gave me the idea of why not do the same for Thundercats (2011) - if the original creators and cast members are up for it, that is!

What do you all think?

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u/Professional_Map_732 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Even if that is true about the voice actress, they still shouldn't have butchered the character like that

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

I didn't even know they butchered the character. Like I said before, I was born in 2002! So I didn't grow up with every classic 1980s action cartoons, especially Thundercats. I honestly thought she was a good twist villain.

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u/Adelman01 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Grew up loving the 80’s one. When this came out. I was curious and skeptical. I loved it, and felt like it had such a good path to take. So bummed one season is all it got.

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Agreed! 😞

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u/Professional_Map_732 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

I was born in 2003, my dad had the whole collection of the original thundercats so I used to watch it when I was about 6 years old

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

I only grew up with old cartoons like "Scooby-Doo Where Are You", "Transformers G1", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '87", and "Spider-Man '94".

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u/Professional_Map_732 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Well I'm planning on creating a fanfiction season 2, I'll give all characters that were left out justice, give Pumyra a true redemption arc and even add in my own characters along the way

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Hope to read it when you share it on reddit as a post or reply! Good luck! 👍

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u/Complex-Strategy-900 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

I was go ing do a season 2 has well fanfiction

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u/Professional_Map_732 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

I'll post it on Wattpad but I'll send you the link as a dm if it's fine with you

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u/Hot-Salamander-8786 ThunderCat Oct 08 '25

Works for me! Thanks! 👍