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Cheetara
The following is a list of characters that appear in the American animated series ''ThunderCats'', its 2011 reboot, '' ThunderCats Roar'', and its related media. Original ThunderCats Lion-O Lion-O (voiced by Larry Kenney in the original series, Will Friedle and Tara Strong (young) in the 2011 series, Max Mittelman in ''ThunderCats Roar'') is the lion leader of the ThunderCats, who inherited the position of "Lord of the ThunderCats". He wields the Sword of Omens, which possesses various magical abilities, most notably allowing him to see across great distances with "Sight Beyond Sight", and the Claw Shield, a gauntlet that launches grappling lines from its claws. The Sword was forged from the same star as the Sword of Plundarr, with the Eye of Thundera embedded in its hilt once belonging to a beast who Jaga's ancestors imprisoned in a gem after sacrificing themselves to save the Thunderians from him. Though twelve years old at the time of Thundera's destruction, Lion-O aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThunderCats (2011 TV Series)
''ThunderCats'' is a science fantasy animated television series, developed by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. A reboot of the original 1980s TV series of the same name (which ran from 1985 to 1989), ''ThunderCats'' was produced by American studio Warner Bros. Animation and animated by Japanese studio Studio 4°C, and combined elements of western animation with Japanese anime. The series began with an hour-long premiere on Cartoon Network on July 29, 2011. It is the final animated collaboration of both Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, as the former died on January 30, 2014, and the latter died on October 25, 2022. Following the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Thundera, the ThunderCats (a group of humanoid felidaes) are forced to roam the planet Third Earth, in order to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who plans on taking over the universe. Story-wise the series attempts to take a much darker and more cinematic approach than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThunderCats Roar
''ThunderCats Roar'' is an American animated television series developed by Victor Courtright and Marly Halpern-Graser for Cartoon Network. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it premiered on February 22, 2020. It is the third television series in the ''ThunderCats'' franchise after the original series and the 2011 television series. It is Jules Bass's only solo work without his partner Arthur Rankin Jr., who died in January 2014, and Bass's last television production before his death in October 2022. The show's premise is similar to the original series; in which the ThunderCats escape their dying homeworld Thundera, crash-land on Third Earth, and face off against various villains led by the evil overlord Mumm-Ra. Like ''Teen Titans Go!'', ''ThunderCats Roar'' sports a more light-hearted, comedic tone than previous incarnations. The series received a mixed reception from critics, while being panned by fans of the original show for its character designs, humor and characterizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThunderCats (1985 TV Series)
''ThunderCats'' is an American animated science fantasy television series produced by Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment and Leisure Concepts. It debuted in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin Wolf. The series, for which Leonard Starr was the head writer, follows the adventures of a group of catlike humanoid aliens. The animation for the episodes was provided by the Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation, with Masaki Iizuka as production manager. The studio was acquired in 1989 to form Walt Disney Animation Japan. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985, consisting of 65 episodes. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 each contained twenty episodes, starting with a five-part story. The series was originally distributed by Rankin/Bass' then-parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would merged with Lorimar Productions in 1986. In 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm assumed distribution of the show; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThunderCats Group
''ThunderCats'' is a media franchise, featuring a fictional group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The characters were created by Tobin Wolf and featured in an animated television series named ''ThunderCats'', running from 1985 to 1989, which was animated by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation, and co-produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. Like its predecessor ''Masters of the Universe'', the ''ThunderCats'' franchise simultaneously launched as a line of action figures produced by LJN and as a syndicated after-school weekday cartoon. History The original ''ThunderCats'' show was animated in Japan while being produced, written and voice acted in the United States. The series was distributed by Rankin/Bass Productions' then-parent company Telepictures, which would later merge with Lorimar Television in February 1986. In January 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's '' Entourage'' (2004–11), Claire Bonner in '' Snow Day'' (2000), Dalia in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (2008), Lorelei Martins on CBS's ''The Mentalist'' (2008–15), and Lana Lang on The CW's ''Superman & Lois'' (2021–24). Early life Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish parents. Her mother, Liliane, was born in Casablanca, and her father, Albert, in Rabat. Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism. Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in Markham, Ontario, a suburb northeast of the city. Her mother, an aesthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was sixteen years old. When Chriqui was a child, her brother began paying for her to take acting classes. She attended th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Lipton
Lynne Lipton is an American film, stage, television and voice actress. She provided the voices of all female characters on the popular 1980s animated series ''ThunderCats'', until the second season, when Gerrianne Raphael joined the cast voicing Pumyra. Among the many roles Lipton performed in the show, she voiced Luna of the Lunatacs; Willa, Queen of the Warrior Maidens; the Female Unicorn Guardian; Wilykit; Mandora; and, most importantly, Cheetara (a role she later reprised for an episode of ''Family Guy''). She was in the Second City company in Chicago in 1969–70, and The Committee in Los Angeles and San Francisco.After countless off-broadway shows, she made her Broadway debut standing by for Bernadette Peters in the ill-fated musical of the classic ''La Strada'', choreographed by Alvin Ailey and directed by Alan Schneider. It lasted one performance. Her Broadway credits include the original production of David Rabe's ''Boom Boom Room'' at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Lindbeck
Erica Lindbeck (born May 29, 1992) is an American voice actress best known as the third voice of Barbie in the eponymous media franchise, succeeding Kelly Sheridan in 2015 and being succeeded herself by America Young in 2018. She also works with the ADR companies Bang Zoom! and Studiopolis in voicing characters in English-dubbed anime and video games, and is also the voice of Loona in ''Helluva Boss''. Career Lindbeck graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2014. She is known for her voicework in English-language anime dubs. Her roles include Kaori Miyazono in '' Your Lie in April'', Futaba Sakura from '' Persona 5'', Eli Ayase in the ''Love Live!'' series, Irene Urzaiz in '' The Asterisk War'', Ibara Naruse in ''Coppelion'', Ritsuko Akagi in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', Kanae Kotonami in ''Skip Beat!'' and Oei in '' Miss Hokusai''. She and fellow voice actress Mela Lee hosted their own web series called ''Lindbeck and Lee'' with local voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetah
The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large Felidae, cat and the Fastest animals, fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. It reaches at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is between . Adults weigh between . The cheetah is capable of running at ; it has evolved specialized adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail. The cheetah was first Species description, described in the late 18th century. Four subspecies are recognised today that are native to Africa and central Iran. An African subspecies was Cheetah reintroduction in India, introduced to India in 2022. It is now distributed mainly in small, fragmented populations in northwestern, East Africa, eastern and southern Africa and central Iran. It lives in a variety of habitats such as savannahs in the Serengeti, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomboy
A tomboy is a girl or young woman who generally expresses masculine traits. Such traits may include wearing androgynous or unfeminine clothing and engaging in activities and behaviors traditionally associated with boys or men. Origins The word "tomboy" is a compound word which combines "tom" with "boy". Though this word is now used to refer to "boy-like girls", the etymology suggests the meaning of tomboy has changed drastically over time. In 1533, according to the ''Oxford Dictionary of English'', "tomboy" was used to mean a "rude, boisterous or forward boy". By the 1570s, however, "tomboy” had taken on the meaning of a "bold or immodest woman", finally, in the late 1590s and early 1600s, the term morphed into its current meaning: "a girl who behaves like a spirited or boisterous boy; a wild romping girl." History In the United States 19th century Before the mid-19th century, femininity was equated with emotional fragility, physical vulnerability, hesitation, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildStorm
Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1998. Until it was shut down in 2010, the Wildstorm imprint remained editorially separate from DC Comics, with its main studio located in California. The imprint took its name from a portmanteau of the titles of the Jim Lee comic series ''Wildcats (comics), WildC.A.T.S.'' and ''Stormwatch (comics), Stormwatch''. Its main fictional universe, the Wildstorm Universe, featured superhero, costumed heroes. Wildstorm maintained a number of its core titles from its early period, and continued to publish material expanding its core universe. Its main titles included ''WildC.A.T.S'', ''Stormwatch'', ''Gen¹³, Gen13'', ''Wetworks (comics), Wetworks'', and ''The Authority (comics), The Authority.'' Wildstorm also published creator-owned mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoverboards
A hoverboard (or hover board) is a fictional levitating board used for personal transportation, first described in science-fiction, and made famous by the appearance of a skateboard-like hoverboard in the film ''Back to the Future Part II''. Many attempts have been made to invent a functioning hoverboard. In fiction Hoverboards were first described by author M. K. Joseph in a 1967 science fiction novel. In 1984, a hoverboard appeared in the shoot 'em up arcade video game ''SWAT'', developed by Coreland and distributed by Sega in Japan and Bally Midway in North America. The hoverboard was popularized by the ''Back to the Future'' film franchise, with its appearance in ''Back to the Future Part II'' (1989). During the 1990s there were rumors, fueled by the film's director Robert Zemeckis, that hoverboards were in fact real, but not marketed because they were deemed too dangerous by parents' groups. These rumors have been conclusively debunked. Hoverboards have appeared in vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lariats
A lasso or lazo ( or ), also called reata or la reata in Mexico, and in the United States riata or lariat (from Mexican Spanish lasso for roping cattle), is a loop of rope designed as a restraint to be thrown around a target and tightened when pulled. It is a well-known tool of the Mexican and South American cowboys, which was then adopted from the Mexicans by the cowboys of the United States. The word is also a verb; ''to lasso'' is to throw the loop of rope around something. Etymology The word ''lasso'' seems to have begun to be used as an English word in the early nineteenth century. It may have originated from the Castilian Spanish, Castilian word ''lazo'', which is first attested in the thirteenth century in the sense 'noose, snare', and derives in turn from classical Latin language, Latin ''laqueus'' ('noose, snare, trap, bond, tie'). The rope or lasso used to restrain cattle is also called ''Reata'' or ''La Reata'' in Mexico, which was Anglicized to “Lariat” or “R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
