Lion-O runs into an old acquaintance who may be able to help out with unlocking the secrets of the Book of Omens. But their quest is sidetracked by The Soul Sever who wants the secrets of the book for his own purposes.
Read on to check out our review of Thundercats Episode 24: The Soul Sever. The Story
The episode opens with a look at a new character, who we will find out is the Soul Sever. He is attempting to take the souls of living creatures and implant them into mechanical bodies. His attempts have not been successful, but the fate of his family hinges on his ability to do this.
The Cats have arrived at the Dog Village to meet up with the Wily Twins. Panthro is working on the Thundertank. There they run into Jorma, the technology junk dealer seen in episode 1. He marvels at the Thundertank and recons he can help them find out why the Book of Omens continues to tell them the next stone is straight up. They head back to his shop. There he tells them of a place that may hold the clues to what they are looking for. They also meet Flicker, Jorma’s mechanical insect friend.
He takes the team to a massive junk yard full of various mechanical bits and pieces. While there, they witness huge piles of metal junk fall from the sky. They are then attacked by a group of robots known as the Necromechs. The robots manage to destroy the Thundertank and steal the Book of Omens.
The Necromechs take the book back to the Soul Sever. When he touches it, he can feel the soul of Jaga inside the book. He believes this is the key to his plan. The cats arrive at his lair and attempt to take the book back. The Soul Sever tells his tale of being turned into a cyborg like creature by the original Necromechs after he begged them to save his dying family from a plague. But they would not help him save his family or to give him the secret to meshing living souls with machines. So he slaughtered them and contained his family’s souls in containers.
Lion-O and the team offer to help, but are shunned. Tygra attempts to retake the book, but the team is quickly beaten and captured. The Soul Sever plans on using them as test subjects with the new process he supposedly learned from the Book of Omens. They are strapped to a table, but Flicker attempts to save them. It frees Lion-O and damages Panthro’s table. But Tygra is not so lucky and his soul is transferred into a mechanical body.
Tygra begins to expand and grow. Panthro breaks free and he and Lion-O attempt to stop Tygra from destroying everything. The Soul Sever thinks he can fix it. Tygra devours the souls of the Soul Severs family. Lion-O realizes an electric charge from Flicker could sever the books ties to Tygras and return his soul. the Soul Sever objects as he family’s souls have no where to go if freed. Lion-O eventually convinces him that it must be done. Flicker zaps the book, destroying himself, and Tygra’s soul is returned and the Soul Sever’s family flies off into the air. He begs the cats to let him grieve in peace. When they leave he picks up the remains of Flicker, as it slowly comes back to life, seemingly giving the Soul Sever a new idea.
Review
We have 3 episodes left of the season (maybe even the series all together) and we are still getting stand alone fluff episodes. The Soul Sever is not a bad episode. But it’s woefully misplaced within the season. Had this been a mid season episode, it would have been more appropriate. But as the anti-penultimate episode of the season…It just doesn’t fit. Ever since the excellent Mount Plun-Darr 3 part story arc, the show has serious backslid into a series of vignettes that don’t quite fit together thematically. So many things hinted at in the previous episodes, that could have set up a series of great build ups to the finale, have simply been left blowing in the wind. The main story has stalled and the characters are being given episodes that portray them as polar opposites of what they’ve been building towards.
As for the episode itself, it was decent enough. The cringe worthy comedy has been left out, so we at least get an episode that focuses on characters. Seeing the design for the robotic Tygra was something to behold and would be an awesome design to have as an action figure. Also, the Soul Sever was actually given a nicely complex character. Not truly good, but not evil, he has the makings to be an uneasy enemy or reluctant ally in the future. His character was the definite bright spot to the episode. But that setup ultimately feels hollow this late in the season. With the show needing to build to a finish, the characters are sidetracked but ultimately meaningless side quests.
Bottom Line
Like I said, not a bad episode, but a mostly pointless one. It felt out of place in terms of how late in the season this story takes place. There are definitely some enjoyable moments. The Soul Sever is an interesting character done in by the need to move past him too quickly to make way for the season finale.
Overall: 6 out of 10
- Thundercats Episode 24 The Soul Sever Review
Remember, Thundercats Episode 24: The Soul Sever airs Saturday June 2 at 9:30 AM EST on Cartoon Network. Discuss the episode here.
You know why Cartoon Network sucks and is partially responsible for killing this show? Tomorrow is this episode and there is not even an episode summary yet! I am willing to forgive no clips or pictures, but not even a summary?
I'm not even in the entertainment industry and I know this is crazy.
Those stupid f'rs at CN go out of their way to not promote TCats in any fashion what so ever. Like CN on Facebook for example and see how many promotions they do for TCats which would cost them nothing. Yup. Zero. But I know all about their morning lineup tomorrow from 10 am on and I've already seen a trailer for the new season of Clone Wars which is a year away! I'll say it again. F U CN.
I'm not even in the entertainment industry and I know this is crazy.
DISCLAIMER: I HOPE the preceding speculation is completely wrong.
I posted this in another thread, but Dan Norton posted up the concept for the Soul Sever. Looks like that's the name of a villain. Pretty awesome looking one too IMO.
Soul Sever concept by ~Dingo107 on deviantART
Soul Sever concept by ~Dingo107 on deviantART
could be they haven't released anything because they're banking on this in the next two eps. the lack of info build up anticipation and so on so forth.
also I might note that Young Justice's episode also hasn't been given any info, previews or picture releases either.
"While trying to uncover the location of the next stone, the Thundercats cross paths with a mad man who is trying to insert the souls of his long lost family into machines. When Soul Sever steals the Book of Omens in pursuit of this goal, Lion-O must help restore SS humanity or risk being turned into one of his mechanical monstrosities."
sounds rather dark even for this series... I like.
Just want to comment on something. Just watched Snow White and the Huntsman.
Looks like childhood love didn't happen. As Snow White said, we were children.
Good movie.
So will someone save lion-o?
So for the first time, humans are going to appear in TC.
Soul Sever concept by ~Dingo107 on deviantART
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Well, look at the last episode; Graymon, Mothra and Teeny Weeny all got ripped off.
It's kind of obvious at this point in the game that originality is not the TC crews strong point.
It's no wonder the show is on unstable ground.
Looks like childhood love didn't happen. As Snow White said, we were children.
Good movie.
So will someone save lion-o?
Although we complain a lot, honestly we're still following the show. But if CN never promotes that their are new episodes, then of course the ratings will suck, as the more casual viewers will never watch it.
Looks like childhood love didn't happen. As Snow White said, we were children.
Good movie.
So will someone save lion-o?
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Jelenic and crew will be forever be remembered as the man and crew that tainted the TCATS brand.
There is a lot I didn't say.
As opposed to episode 23, this one I completely loved
I wish Tygra had kept some Mecha parts. That would have completely rocked the casbah!
This episode was a waste of my time. We kind of knew the stone was in the sky.
We knew Jaga's soul was in the book. There was no development again.
I didn't like anything in this episode.
Looks like the thundertank is getting another up grade, will it be able to fly?
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Jelenic and crew will be forever be remembered as the man and crew that tainted the TCATS brand.
Decent episode. Not one of my faves though. I loved the Soul Sever's design, but he was a little more "mad scientist" than I expected. And where the heck were Pumyra and Cheetara? Did they even explain where they went?
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Yeah if he designed this guy as early in development as he said, that would've been before TFP had even aired.
another mediocre episode at best and yet again another waste of episode leading in to the season finale. this show really isn't organized IMO and it is one of the many problems that hurts this series a lot. they have given us two back to back filler episodes and out of the two, a cheetara solo episode still hasn't been explored yet. this episode to me didn't serve any kind of purpose besides telling us about the BoO pointing upwards which we already know. some of the fillers could be used for much needed character development for some of these characters but the writers refuse to do so. unless they are saving cheetara's character for a big twist at the season finale, her role in this series at this point is nothing more than arm candy for tygra.
There are episodes I don't like, but at least one of the characters are being fleshed out except cheetara.
This was brought up by Singe about the BoO. It sounds like the BoO is about the past, present, and future. It also sounded like it was really powerful, but we get nothing.
It's kind of obvious at this point in the game that originality is not the TC crews strong point.
It's no wonder the show is on unstable ground.
This episode really spoke to my geekness, what with Jeffrey Combs as SS and the extended "Re-Animator" shout outs, but man, it's just another reason why this show isn't meant to be seen weekly. It really works better on DVD when you can see everything in large chunks and I have a sneaking suspicion that once the finale hits this episode is going to make a lot more sense. Sort of like how "Forest of Magi Oar" works better after seeing "Into the Astral Plane" and "Between Brothers" or the entire freakin' Sword of Plundarr arc plays out like it's a single movie broken into half-hour episodes.
I like this episode I know it was a filler but those can be good episodes despite what y’all think. If they just stuck to the main story the series would probably be over by now. Fillers help give you a better feel for the main characters (when done right.)
And of course this one’s main theme was the search for immortality, which always leads to a good story.
Only problem I have with this one is when Lion-o mentioning losing they’re humanity…..I don’t know if it was the right word for a cat to use, but I guess I’m just splitting hairs. ^v^
The best thing by far no goofy relationship nonsense…
And of course this one’s main theme was the search for immortality, which always leads to a good story.
Only problem I have with this one is when Lion-o mentioning losing they’re humanity…..I don’t know if it was the right word for a cat to use, but I guess I’m just splitting hairs. ^v^
The best thing by far no goofy relationship nonsense…
Plus I loved Mecha Tygra, too bad he didn't get to keep any of his mecha parts. That would have been beyond awesome.
hesh wants to be a tigerbot...
I liked the episode could have been longer, tygra looked cool in his first mecha form might be fun to kit bash that.
"I hate them all... except for Turtleface."
You know, when I was watching TF Animated, the episode was uploaded/torrented an hour after it was aired... here I am on the other side of the ocean, waiting, it's almost 21.00, and still no episode.
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The only thing I enjoyed was seeing all of the Thundercats together briefly before they focused on Lion-O, Tygra, and Panthro.
There was little development at best as there is something in the sky besides the stone and we see Dorma again after the pilot episode. They should take Dorma back home to Thundera since he lived there before Mumm-Ra's invasion.
If there was a character that shined, it was that mechanical bug. Tygra being a mech was amusing, but they had him saved the day. Not a great penultimate episode before the 2-parter season finale.
Did I just watch Akira??? Pretty bad episode with great designs....
Anyone else catch the destroyed Tiger Flyer?
I think it's official: Tygra is now, as he was back in the day, the show's bitch. Ever since Lion-O's death and return his plans constantly fail, he's wrong about damn near everything, gets dosed with love potion and acts like an idiot, constantly has his ass handed to him in combat with anything bigger than a standard Lizard mook, and is even shown up by Lion-O in fights.
It's like he and Lion-O somehow switched places.
It's like he and Lion-O somehow switched places.
It's like he and Lion-O somehow switched places.
It's like he and Lion-O somehow switched places.
It's like he and Lion-O somehow switched places.
Still though, it'll be interesting to see if and how they address this going into the finale. I think the thing that would finally cause him to break would be finding out that Lion-O and Pumyra are an item as it would take away the last thing Tygra could hold over him (Tygra having a girlfriend and Lion-O not).
Lion-O: Oh my God, he killed Tygra.
Panthro: You *******!
Still though, it'll be interesting to see if and how they address this going into the finale. I think the thing that would finally cause him to break would be finding out that Lion-O and Pumyra are an item as it would take away the last thing Tygra could hold over him (Tygra having a girlfriend and Lion-O not).
One would hope that the writers will come up with something better than that. Although, after “Between Brothers,” it wouldn't surprise me if they did go with your theory.
Still though, it'll be interesting to see if and how they address this going into the finale. I think the thing that would finally cause him to break would be finding out that Lion-O and Pumyra are an item as it would take away the last thing Tygra could hold over him (Tygra having a girlfriend and Lion-O not).
I enjoyed this episode. The bot...guy kept on making me think of one of the ASoE. Jeffrey Combs did a really good job voicing him. Though I have to admit it took me a little while to recognize his voice...
It was nice to see things getting back on track. The next two episodes should be interesting. Hopefully they won't be the last ones we get...
All this talk about Tygra turning to the dark side annoys me, as it is an ancient cliche you'd expect to see in fan fiction and run-of-the-mill anime (seriously, if this was anime, Tygra would have replaced Grune on Mumm-Ra's side a season ago). It won't happen here, EVER. Reason? Well, Mumm-Ra killed his adoptive father, are you all forgetting this? And we have seen how Tygra can hold a grudge. You honestly think he'd brush this aside and join him?
Also, links to the episode would be nice. Can't believe a day passed and there are none... some fanbase this is, learn to share...
All this talk about Tygra turning to the dark side annoys me, as it is an ancient cliche you'd expect to see in fan fiction and run-of-the-mill anime (seriously, if this was anime, Tygra would have replaced Grune on Mumm-Ra's side a season ago). It won't happen here, EVER. Reason? Well, Mumm-Ra killed his adoptive father, are you all forgetting this? And we have seen how Tygra can hold a grudge. You honestly think he'd brush this aside and join him?
Also, links to the episode would be nice. Can't believe a day passed and there are none... some fanbase this is, learn to share...
Tygra going to the dark side brings more depth to his character. It also allows more focus on his character then being with the group.
Tygra not joining up with mummra because he killed his adoptive father is a cliche is it not.
All this talk about Tygra turning to the dark side annoys me, as it is an ancient cliche you'd expect to see in fan fiction and run-of-the-mill anime (seriously, if this was anime, Tygra would have replaced Grune on Mumm-Ra's side a season ago). It won't happen here, EVER. Reason? Well, Mumm-Ra killed his adoptive father, are you all forgetting this? And we have seen how Tygra can hold a grudge. You honestly think he'd brush this aside and join him?
Also, links to the episode would be nice. Can't believe a day passed and there are none... some fanbase this is, learn to share...
No, it's actually very sound reasoning. You just find it stupid because you don't agree with it.
Boo-hoo, you are annoyed. Stick some ear plugs in and go back to playing with yourself. While you do that, others will continue to discuss the very valid potential that Tygra could turn dark.
Considering MJ is penning ThunderCats as if it were his own poorly thought out fan fiction, cliches are to be expected. Heck, there have been putz-loads of cliches already so another one won't make much of a difference.
I would've thought panthro would've been unbelievably pissed that the thunder tank got wwrecked
Having said that, Why do I feel that the episodes are rushing as if they are going to end the story with the 1st season? Seriously!
The story is not focusing enough. I swear when I tell you guys that I had completely forgotten that the Thundercats are seeking the stones until I saw the Book Of Omens this episode. G. I. Joe: Renegades had a similar story (Finding evidence to take-down Cobra) but despite having side-stories, it never went off-course of the main objective unlike the new Thundercats.
Thundercats producers should learn from TV Series like Avatar: The Last Airbender (And even Avatar: The Legend of Korra). A:TLA is the perfect example of how a cartoon series should be. It went for a long time, relationships weren't rushed, focus on the main objective, emotions, memorable characters etc. The list goes on.