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Thundarr the Barbarian

  • TV Series
  • 1980–19811980–1981
  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 30m
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7.5/10
1.6K
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Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
AnimationActionAdventure
Thundarr the Barbarian and his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.Thundarr the Barbarian and his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.Thundarr the Barbarian and his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.
IMDb RATING
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1.6K
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  • Creator
    • Steve Gerber(story)
  • Stars
    • Henry Corden
    • Robert Ridgely
    • Nellie Bellflower
  • Creator
    • Steve Gerber(story)
  • Stars
    • Henry Corden
    • Robert Ridgely
    • Nellie Bellflower
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    • 17User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Henry Corden
    Henry Corden
    • Ookla the Mok…
    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • Thundarr…
    Nellie Bellflower
    Nellie Bellflower
    • Princess Ariel…
    Dick Tufeld
    Dick Tufeld
    • Narrator
    Joan Van Ark
    Joan Van Ark
    • Captain Corden…
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
    • Mindok The Mind Menace…
    Nancy McKeon
    Nancy McKeon
    • Tai…
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Additional Voices…
    Alan Dinehart
    • Ponce
    Julie McWhirter
    • Straia
    Michael Ansara
    Michael Ansara
    • Vashtar
    Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann
    • Artemus, Mutants
    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • Yondo
    Avery Schreiber
    Avery Schreiber
    • Octagon
    Janet Waldo
    Janet Waldo
    • Circe
    William Woodson
    • Argoth of a Thousand Eyes
    Marlene Aragon
    • Maya
    Stacy Keach Sr.
    Stacy Keach Sr.
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    • Creator
      • Steve Gerber(story)
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    • Trivia
      The show was the creation of comic writer Steve Gerber, creator of Marvel Comics' Howard the Duck. The name Ookla actually comes from UCLA, where Gerber's friend Marty Pasko went to college; Pasko invented the name.
    • Quotes

      [Opening title narration]

      Narrator: The year, 1994. From out of space, comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. Man's civilization is cast in ruin. Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn. A strange new world rises from the old. A world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice. With his companions, Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword, against the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!

    • Connections
      Featured in The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002)

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    A grown up cartoon for its time.
    I'll never forget the first time I saw Thundarr. My mom actually watched it with me out of fear it my be some new wave of cartoon that would prove too mature for my still immature sensibilities. I won out and got to keep watching as the action proved not to much for me to indulge in. Thundarr was a fresh landscape for me. I hadn't really immersed myself in the "Post-Apocalptic" genre of scifi but this and a little Mad Max soon got me on my way. The stories were fantastic and though I am an animation snob now in my adulthood, back then I could really care less about the nuances in quality. It was just good ole fashion fun. I will say this though I remember very few of the actual episode story lines I remember a sense of sadness for the characters after the show ends. The idea that these rag tag warriors would be forever traversing the Earth, fighting for their lives and the lives of others and with the possibility of never knowing peace or true joy seemed very likely. I guess I was still too much the idealistic scifi dreamer to realize this was the only world Thundarr knew and would live in until society advanced beyond the means they existed in.
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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Thundarr el bárbaro
    • Production companies
      • Filmways Television
      • Ruby-Spears Productions
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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