The Sad History of Thundarr: The Barbarian: Just Missed Being As Big As He-Man

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   @trentcunningham2416

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   Ummm did I hear you right? 60 years old….. good God man. I hope I look half as good when I'm only 55…. ok back to the show…

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   @ljhed

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   For some reason: “maybe I better drive”…….”No”
   Is the funniest thing I ever heard.

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   @clippywants2help

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   "Too violent" is the lamest shit I ever heard

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   @clippywants2help

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   Soup, or science and wizardry

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   @GuillermoBasaca

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   My favorite cartoon❤❤❤❤

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   @ryangunwitch-black

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   I loved Thundarr so much as a kid.

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   @midwestmonster9886

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   Thundarr taught shows like He-Man and G.I. Joe to tack on PSAs so that the studio could argue that it was more than just violence for kids.

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   @johnrunion5357

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   please do a video about how jack kirby's new gods 'inspired' star wars.

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   @christopherdavis8248

   February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

   11:15 Robert Ridgely (Thundarr) played a pervert in 1977 Mel Brooks High Anxiety

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    @fartguy69

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Who's still living in the blast radius of this video in 2047?

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    @greek1237

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    As big as He-man, well cant compare, but Thundarr was doing great for 2 years before it got cancel for that cartoon.

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    @WilliamMeechan-x6s

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I'll be 60 in April. I want to be like you when I grow up.

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    @IceManLikeGervin

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Used to come on Sunday morning cartoons – good childhood memories watching this cartoon while eating breakfast!

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    @itzybitzyspyder

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    This show was esoteric for me. It was always there and I never seemed to catch a whole episode. It was mind-boggling the way they merged fantasy and post apocalyptic scifi always had a weird draw for me. Same for the Spelljammer D&D setting, it was this fringe thing I never truly got to enjoy. Now I think I'll go watch it.

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    @jammck1399

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Thundarr was the like the early version of He-Man then two years later He-Man comes to years later his sister She -Ra follows.
    Myself and my younger cousin have always been fans of action figure cartoons throughout the 80s.

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    @Joe-Przybranowski666

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    i loved this show as a kid.
    so much more interesting than he man.

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    @noodle3384

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    i always thought this was just a tmnt 2012 joke

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    @charliedolengewicz2400

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Idk why these companies get rid of the actually good shows and keep crap that no one wants it happens all the time…. Especially with cartoons like reboot the centurions the Hercules Jonny quest darkwing duck tale spin and so on

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    @charliedolengewicz2400

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Thundarr should have stayed instead of those cartoon spinoffs that no one wanted

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    @TheWinterShadow

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Sad history?
    You people really like to degrade things.

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    @ManBatz

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    A lot of Adventure Time reminds of Thundarr. It's why I like Adventure Time. I wish there was a crossover. It would be easy.

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    @johnnyb.5281

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I am 47 and my conception was propagated by Star Wars.

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    @ThomasHaniseeJr

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Now showing on Cartoon Rewind

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    @danielcole7200

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    In sherlock tv show elementary a thundarr toy is a plot device , I wonder if the 80s he man creaters were thundarr fans

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    @camsoucy

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    LET THE HUMANS OUT OF THEIR CAGE.

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    @matthieud610

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Planet Of The Apes + Star 🌟 Wars + Conan + Kamandhi + Mad Max = Thundar The Barbarian.

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    @PushieGwahlur

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    "Let's get rid of the awesome & imaginative fantastical cartoon able to uphold any crazy plot we can come up with for…. cartoon versions of live action shows.." fkken stupid.
    Like I mentioned below someone else's comment, I now really want Jackson Public & Doc Hammer to make Venture Bros-like parody, preferably directly re-imagining actual Thundarr the way Space Ghost & Birdman got refreshed, but just a generic parody scifi barbarian show would be fantastic too. (Hell anything from those two would be worth celebrating in my book.)

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    @queenmedesa

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    80's cartoons were much better than the crap we have today!

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    @cmdrcriton

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    look up the a.i. generated thundar the barbarian trailers….they are awesome

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    @cmdrcriton

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Loved thundar

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    @ThatRandomEncounterGuy

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Really feels like Thundarr walked so He-Man could run…but it’s pretty easy to say, back then, it probably felt more like Thundarr was too early to the party, and left just before things really got started.

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    @OrdinarilyBob

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Thundaar was awesome. Loved it as a kid.

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    @cmyaj

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Even though I religiously watched Saturday morning cartoons at that time, I somehow managed to miss Thundarr.

    I may well be the only person on the planet who can make that claim.

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    @rcchin7897

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I’d find out years later that TTB was created by Steve Gerber, my favorite comics writer in my teen years, with Howard the Duck! I never noticed the studio-imposed censorship — for a Barbarian, he wasn’t even allowed to throw a punch!

    “The big thing that we’ve had to overcome is that the censors tend to treat children as if they’re not just morons, but lunatics, potentially dangerous creatures.” — SG

    Well, some of us were… 😀

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    @GlynnisDuncan

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I loved this show. I still love it.

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    @CaptainScarlet07-j5o

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I remember an episode of Thundarr where they had to go to Manhatt and right there on the screen they showed the World trade towers , abandoned but still intact. This was a few years after 9/11. I was taken back. I loved the series

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    @col.bayemon

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    This was awesome to come across. I have a Thundarr tattoo on my forearm (opposite Space Ghost on the inside) as part of my in progress sleeve. The theme is Saturday morning cartoons and cereal. Love this.

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    @daxbashir6232

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Algo

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    @3MenAndALetsPlay

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Can we please get The Herculoids next?

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    @BrianLaux

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Used to rage on Saturdays!! Thundarr was the last cartoon in the line-up and it was almost ALWAYS preempted by wrestling! I finally gave up on watching it which was a shame because the cartoon was so dang entertaining! Still hate wrestling to this day! 😂🤣

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    @Tasarran

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    The premise and world-building was pretty amazing.

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    @Daryl-l4d

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I remember

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    @chriswalker8361

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    Odd thing was that Oliver stone was set to direct early on and his vision of the movie took place in the future like thundar

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    @Rick_Johnson_324

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    So, Buzz is worried about the "oligarchy" huh? So, in other words, he's a liberal meathead suffering from TDS.

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    @Rick_Johnson_324

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I was 10 when this came out and absolutely loved it!! There were figures a few years ago and I really wish I had grabbed them. Those things are so expensive now.

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    @robertsanten2918

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I love this show.

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    @scotth4713

    February 10, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I just got the DVD for this. Loved this show when I was a kid.

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