38. The Demolisher
Peter Lawrence & Bob Haney
Reviewed by Brandon Tomblin (aka Alluro Fan)
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While riding around in the Thundertank, Lion-O and Panthro see a ship flying out in space toward Third Earth. Inside the ship is the Demolisher, a striped hyeena alien man who has been taking a tour of the galaxy, simply looking for a good fight. However, he doesn't believe he's had a worthy opponent yet and his cheerleader, Dirge, a short armadillo alien tells him about how there are rumors that Mumm-Ra The Ever-Living is the greater fighter in the galaxy. Hearing this, the Demolisher journeys to Mumm-Ra's pyramid to challenge him to a fight. Mumm-Ra laughingly agrees to the challenge and goes outside his pyramid to fight Demolisher. During the great fight, Mumm-Ra underestimates his opponent and is defeated after he sees his reflection in Demolisher's boot. This causes Mumm-Ra to return to his mummy form and retreat back into the pyramid. Mumm-Ra then invites Demolisher and Dirge into the pyramid to show them a fighter that Mumm-Ra feels the Demolisher can never defeat: Lion-O. After seeing Lion-O in Mumm-Ra's cauldron and Mumm-Ra enticing Demolisher, he agrees to find Lion-O and fight him.

Demolisher and Dirge then finds Lion-O and Snarf out on their own and begins fighting Lion-O, even though Lion-O has no idea why. Lion-O tries to reason with Demolisher during the fight, saying that they have no reason to fight each other. After awhile, it looks like Demolisher has Lion-O beaten. But, as always, Lion-O uses the sword to call the other Thundercats to his aide. They arrive and Demolisher accuses Lion-O of being a coward. Lion-O then explains that he called his friends to save Demolisher and not himself, for if Demolisher forces Lion-O to fight any longer, then he will be destroyed. Lion-O then uses his claw shield to pull Demolisher's ship down for orbit and tells Demolisher that if he fights on, that his string of worthless victories will be ended by a pointless defeat and that he should fight for a cause. Demolisher then reveals that he fights only because he doesn't know how to do anything else, and that without fighting, he is nothing and also claims that he doesn't have a cause or believes in anything.

With that, Demolisher grabs Dirge and they leave Third Earth in their ship. Lion-O is disappointed that Demolisher decided not to befriend them, but at least he has fun chasing Snarf around, who somehow ended up with Dirge's drum. :)

Purrsia's Two Cents:

Gah, Dirge...the only thing more annoying than a Snarf. And it would figure Snarf would grab that drum at the end and use it as a tool of annoyance. Typical snarven behavior!

Other Resources:

* Dictionary of Terms
* Synopsis and Morals
* Toon Magazine


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Captures from The Demolisher