The Mutants are barbarians from the planet Plun-Darr who constantly wage war against the ThunderCats both on Thundera and Third Earth.
History[]
Upon arriving on Third Earth, the Mutants encounter a wizard by the name of Mumm-Ra who buries the Mutant Mothership beneath the desert sands as a demonstration of his power. The Mutants respect Mumm-Ra's sorcery and agree to cooperate with him to defeat the ThunderCats, but Slithe notices that Mumm-Ra has a critical limitation in that he requires time to recharge in his sarcophagus. Thus, the Mutants frequently act independently of Mumm-Ra.
The Mutants enslave a race of beings known as Brute-Men in order to construct Castle Plun-Darr and terrorize natives of Third Earth to plunder their resources, wreak havoc, and provoke the ThunderCats. However, the ThunderCats prove to be formidable adversaries and the Mutants soon revisit Mumm-Ra to request he raise their spaceship from the desert for salvage purposes to help them compete with ThunderCat technology. This enables Vultureman to develop several vehicles for the Mutants: the NoseDiver, the SkyCutters, the Flying Machine, and the Fistpounder.
Mutants[]
- Slithe - leader of the Mutants; opportunistic, cunning, and skeptical
- Jackalman - assistant Mutant
- Jackalmen
- Monkian - assistant Mutant; his ability to quickly navigate the jungles helps Mutant espionage
- Monkians
- Vultureman - inventor, mechanic, chemist; he provides the Mutants with technological support; he's not as core to the group as the other three but he's a regularly recurring character with his own quarters in Castle Plun-Darr
- Ratar-O - domineering Mutant commander; captain of the Ratstar, a Mutant spaceship
- Ratilla
Weapons/Items[]
Note, many weapons were only seen briefly with characters, so in those cases they were chronicled on Mutant Weapons.
- Mutant Crossbow
- Ball and Chain Flail
- Basic Mutant Shield
- Cannonball
- Morning Star
- Club
- Spiked Club
- Mutant Spear
- Staff
- Stick
- Single Sided Axe
- Halberd Axe
- Viking Axe
- Plain Sword
- Falchion Sword (Jagged Curved Sword)
- Scythe
- Pitchfork
- Bolas
- Mutant Blaster
- Net Gun
- Cannon shield
- Warp Gas
Vehicles[]
- Mutant Mothership - the Mutant spaceship; salvaged to create other vehicles/technology
- Mutant Ship
- NoseDiver - a hovercraft with amphibious capabilities; the favored vehicle of Slithe
- SkyCutters - light aircraft used by the Mutants
- Flying Machine - large aircraft; Vultureman's favored vehicle
- Ratstar - Ratar-O's spaceship; it crashes and is salvaged for various parts but later is restored
- Mutank - a ground vehicle created from salvaged Ratstar parts
- Fistpounder - a heavy ground vehicle created to oppose the ThunderTank; Monkian debuts this vehicle
Locations[]
- Planet Plun-Darr
- Castle Plun-Darr
Continuity Errors[]
During the first season, the mutant races seem to disappear and reappear based on the episode. The status of the races is even in conflict from episode "Exodus" to "The Unholy Alliance". During the events of "The Unholy Alliance", the Mutant Mothership sinks in the sands outside of Mumm-Ra's Black Pyramid. Noting that the Mutants at that point were looking for a place to build Castle Plun-Darr, this suggests that the crew on the ship had perished. It might be because of food rations on the ship had saved the crew while under the sands, but when the ship is raised in episode "The Spaceship Beneath the Sands", the three leader mutants don't make reference to the crew at all, and the crew don't appear in the episode. Episodes; "The Fireballs of Plun-Darr" and "The Trouble with ThunderKittens" both show that the races are now at Castle Plun-Darr. This was never explained.
Appearances[]
Unless otherwise noted, the listings will have Slithe, Jackalman, and Monkian; by default. The three races Reptilians, Jackalmen, and Monkians; will simply be referred as "species", since they show up together when utilized in a episode plot.
- Intro (with species)
- Exodus: The Movie (with species)
- Exodus (with races)
- The Unholy Alliance
- The Slaves of Castle Plun-Darr
- Pumm-Ra
- Trouble with Time (with Lizard Cook)
- The Garden of Delights
- The Doomgaze
- Lord of the Snows (with Vultureman)
- The Spaceship Beneath the Sands
- The Fireballs of Plun-Darr (with Reptilians and Jackalmen species; no Monkians)
- All that Glitters (Slithe only)
- Return to Thundera (with Vultureman)
- The Astral Prison (with Vultureman)
- Snarf Takes up the Challenge (with Vultureman)
- Sixth Sense (with Vultureman)
- The Thunder-Cutter (with species)
- The Wolfrat (with Vultureman)
- Feliner, Part 1 (with Vultureman and Ratar-O)
- Feliner, Part 2 (with Vultureman and Ratar-O)
- Dimension Doom (Slithe only)
- Monkian's Bargain (Monkian only)
- Tight Squeeze (with Vultureman)
- The Micrits (with Vultureman, no Monkian)
- Lion-O's Anointment Second Day: The Trial of Speed
- The Rock Giant (only Jackalman)
- Jackalman's Rebellion (with Vultureman)
- Lion-O's Anointment Third Day: Trial of Cunning
- The Mumm-Ra Berbil (with Vultureman in flashback only, rest in first part of episode and flashback)
- Mechanical Plague (with Vultureman)
- Trapped
- Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day: The Trial of Mind Power
- Excalibur (with Vultureman, all in flashback only)
- The Transfer (with Vultureman, no Monkian)
- Divide and Conquer (with Vultureman)
- Dream Master (no Monkian)
- Out of Sight (with Vultureman)
- The Mountain
- The Superpower Potion (with Vultureman)
- Eye of the Beholder (with Vultureman)
- Lion-O's Anointment Final Day: The Trial of Evil
- The Trouble with ThunderKittens (with species)
- Mumm-Rana
- The Shifter (with Vultureman)
- Fond Memories (Ratar-O clone and Slithe clone only)
- ThunderCats - HO! Part 2 (with Vultureman and Ratar-O)
- ThunderCats - HO! Part 3 (with Vultureman and Ratar-O)
- ThunderCats - HO! Part 4 (with Vultureman and Ratar-O)
- ThunderCats - HO! Part 5
- Mumm-Ra Lives!, Part 1 (with Vultureman)
- Mumm-Ra Lives!, Part 2 (with Vultureman)
- Mumm-Ra Lives!, Part 3 (with Vultureman)
- Ravage Island (with Vultureman)
- The Sound Stones (with Vultureman, no Monkian)
- Day of the Eclipse (no Slithe)
- Sideswipe (Vultureman only)
- Mumm-Rana's Belt (no Jackalman)
- Vultureman's Revenge (with Vultureman)
- ThunderCubs, Part 1 (with Ratilla, Vultureman and Jackalman only)
- ThunderCubs, Part 2 (with Vultureman)
- ThunderCubs, Part 4 (with Vultureman)
- ThunderCubs, Part 5 (with Vultureman and Slithe only)
- Totem of Dera (with Vultureman, no Slithe)
- Telepathy Beam (Slithe and Monkian seen in false vision, Vultureman in episode)
- Return of the ThunderCubs (with Vultureman, no Jackalman)
- The Formula (no Jackalman)
- The Circus Train (with Vultureman)
- Return to Thundera, Part 1 (with Vultureman, briefly in Lion-O's recap)
- Return to Thundera, Part 4 (with Vultureman)
- The Zaxx Factor (Vultureman only)
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
Jackalmen insignia
Monkians insignia
Reptilian insignia
Reptilians
Monkians
Mutants Land on Third Earth
Vultureman