DoomIIe: Third Earth Trail

I’ve been thinking about the Thundercats today. I realized it must have been very difficult for them to carve out an existence by themselves on Third Earth after having fled the destruction of their home planet, Thundera. They not only managed to survive, but also built a big house on a nice mountain and lived happily ever after, despite Mumm-Ra constantly  trying to kill them all.

It’s just a TV show, though. I wonder. I wonder if it’s actually possible that under those circumstances they would not just survive, but flourish in their new environment.

Let’s find out! I have devised a Scientific way to test whether it would have been possible for the Thundercats to survive long enough to find a new home in an unfamiliar environment with very few supplies and no clothes (look at the picture up there; they were all totally naked when they got to Third Earth).

The image above was expertly photoshopped to fix the title. No other images in this post are altered in any way.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough slots to include WilyKit and WilyKat, but they suck anyway so let’s just assume they died during the crash landing. Which they probably would have in real life. Because they’re lame and nobody likes them.

I decided not to give them food because I doubt they  would have had food stores ready in their escape craft, which was never intended for long voyages to find new planets. If they had food to begin with they were definitely all out when they got to third Earth. I gave them plenty of Oxen because in the show they got lots of help from the Berbils, a gentle race of cyborg teddy bears.

And away they go. They might have a little trouble starting out since it’s cold and they have no clothes. But they’re tough.

Oops. only 5 days in and Snarf has cholera. Well, I never expected Snarf to survive. He’s a whiny little pussy.

The first river. I assume the Thundercats will always try to ford the river because, aside from Snarf, they’re all brave and strong and they’re not afraid of rivers.

Whoops. Looks like they were attacked during their crossing by Mumm-Ra’s henchmen, Slithe, Jackalman, Monkian and Vultureman. Bad luck. Rest in peace, Cheetara and Tygra.

It’s not like I didn’t see this coming. Snarf didn’t last two weeks. Good riddance.

River number two. They didn’t do so good at that last river, but the Thundercats are nothing if not optimistic, so I’m guessing Lion-O and Panthro would try to ford the river again. And this one’s only 4 feet deep. No problem.

Lost a few Birbles and spare parts, but otherwise they made it just fine.  Thundercats, HO!

Running low on Birbles. Maybe I should pick some more up at the next stop.

Damn. Only 17 days in and Panthro died. Of measles. Of all the Thundercats, I expected a lot more from you, Panthro.

Uh-oh. Luckily there’s a Birble village nearby. I’m sure Lion-O will make it.

Crap. Well there you have it. After only 21 days, every last Thundercat is worm food. Scientific proof that there’s no way the Thundercats would have survived, much less prospered, in a harsh, unfamiliar environment.

There is one thing that I didn’t do, though. I didn’t allow the Thundercats to hunt for food because I never saw them hunting for food on the show. This could possibly have skewed my results. But probably not. Science doesn’t make mistakes.