Thundercats
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[edit] Introduction
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[edit] The Show
ThunderCats was an animated series about a small band of superhero feline humanoids that fled their dying home world and had to learn to survive on a new world. It first aired in the United States in 1985. It was originally produced by Rankin-Bass [1]. There are 130 episodes [2] in the classic series.
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
Snarves: Invented plural for the show's Snarf creature/character.
Overgardian: Term applied to bizzare scenarios, characters, and scientific impossibilities introduced by writer William Overgard.
[edit] Fan works policy and history
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
- In 1997, the AOL Thundercats Fan Club (mailing list and chat) was created.
- In 1997, a large play-by-email Thundercats RPG, run by Alluro and TVRacer, was established.
- On November 13, 1997, Cheezey's ThunderCats Zone, an early and influential fan site, first came online. [3].
- In 1998, the IRC chat room #ThundercatChat was established on the IRC channel Afternet by Lefty.
- In 1998, the "Thundercats Mary Sue Litmus Test" was created.
- On December 27, 1998, the Yahoo Group Treasures of Thundera, dedicated to the posting and sharing of Thundercats fanfiction, was created. [4] The list existed previously on the now-defunct Coollist/Onelist prior to that.
- In 1999, the IRC chat room #ThunderCats was established on the IRC channel Afternet by ThunderWolf.
- On November 24, 1999, the New Thundera RPG was established on the Yahoo Group New Thundera. [5] This game ran in two incarnations, the first from December 1, 1999 through December 11, 2000. A second game storyline was run on this list from December 13, 2002 through January 5, 2004.
- On October 24, 2000, the Yahoo Group TCATGR, a community for fans to interact, roleplay, and post Thundercats-related material was created by RD Rivero. [6]
- On July 16, 2002, the LiveJournal community thundercats was created. [7]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Works
[edit] Art
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[edit] Fic
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[edit] Vids
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[edit] Fandom Members
[edit] Fandom Size
January 2009
- Soundtrack Petition [8] has over 1,000 signatures.
- EOT.net forum [9]has 977 members.
- TCL.org forum [10] has 474 members.
- Third Earth Bulletin [11] forum has 300 members.
- Cheezey's Thundercats Zone forum [12] has 268 members.
[edit] Links
[edit] Sources
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