The Thundercats are a band of people with cat-like features and abilities who settled on Earth after escaping the explosion of their native planet Thunderra. Remarkably, several Thundercats episodes mirror different scenes from the Bible:
This is the episode where the T-cats make their long journey through space to find "3rd Earth". This kind of reminds me of the expulsion from Eden. Incidentally, Thunderra (their planet which is kinda like T-cat paradise) blew up because of the corruption of the sword of Plundarr which was buried in its core. Also, like the title implies, the Thundercats are like the 12 Hebrew tribes wandering in the desert, searching for the Promised Land. Some of the things that their leader Jaga does seems to establish him as a sort of Christ figure for the remainder of the series. First, Jaga gives them protective armor to prepare them to face Earth's environment (Jaga as Provider. God anticipates our needs and provides for us). Secondly, when the auto-pilot thingy gets damaged during the battle with the mutants, Jaga volunteers to steer the ship while the other T-cats go into sleeping pods to prevent them from aging during the long flight. Jaga ends up dying to save his beloved T-cat crew (Jaga as Saviour. Jesus died to save us from the spiritual death that we would otherwise bring on ourselves by being steered away from God). Thirdly, after he dies he reappears as a spirit and tells Lion-o that he will always be with him, and continually pops up during later episodes to give the young leader guidance and inspiration (Jaga as Holy Spirit). Oh, yeah, and he glows.
That gross little mummy is evil incarnate on Earth. How do I know? well, the fact that the guy crawls out of a sarcophagus every episode and evokes the "ancient spirits of evil" to aid him in wiping out the Thundercats is sort of a clue. Ever notice that he slobbers while he talks? He has a lot of Satanish characteristics. For one thing, he seldom comes right up to the T-cats to beat them through brute strength (as the big Mumm-Ra). He always tries some sort of deception or disguise first, to trick them into thinking they are doing the right thing, but they really end up falling into his plan. One example is the time he approached them as "Pumm-Ra" claiming that he too was a survivor of Thunderra as a trick to get into cats' lair to steal the sword of Omens. (As if they couldn't tell by the guy's fake name that it was their wacky egyptian foe. The T-cats really aren't the brightest sometimes.)
I know I took the Mumm-Ra and Jaga pictures from someone else's website, and I apologize for not remembering whose it was and giving credit where it is due, so you can take the Lion-o picture at the top if you want. I drew it myself.
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