Jeri Craden
Reviewed by Brandon Tomblin (aka Alluro Fan)
Site: TF Archive as Jhiaxus
Email: king_sexy18@hotmail.com
Mumm-Ra has the Mutants come to the pyramid yet again to show them how worthless they are when it comes to fighting the Thundercats. Mumm-Ra says that he'll destroy the Thundercats by himself and has the Ancient Spirits Of Evil change him into a Berbil, the one disquise that no Thundercat would expect. While Snarf is out walking in the woods, Mumm-Ra (now disquised as a Berbil) falls out of a tree and complains to Snarf that his arm is hurt. Snarf then takes the Berbil back to the Lair to get fixed up. That night at the Lair, the Berbil is bandaged up by the Thundercats (except for Lion-O, who's out camping in the forest).
The Thundercats offer to let the Berbil sleep in the guest bedroom and that they'll take him back to the Berbil village in the morning. After the Thundercats are asleep, Mumm-Ra sheds his Berbil disquise and changes into a fire bat. The fire bat then goes to attack Panthro, who's on guard duty in the control room. Panthro tries to fight the fire bat, but is beaten quickly. Mumm-Ra then changes from a fire bat to his Ever-Living form and puts a metal bracelet on Panthro, which turns him into a mindless slave, and gives him some pretty glowing red eyes to boot. With Panthro's help, Mumm-Ra is able to put Wilykat, Wilykit, and Cheetara under the same spell, each with their own metal bracelet and glowing red eyes.
Meanwhile, Snarf is awake and goes to check on the injured Berbil, when he comes across Tygra in the hallway. After they discover that the Berbil's room is empty and that Panthro, Cheetara, and the Thunderkittens have disappeared, they figure out that Mumm-Ra must have been the Berbil all along. As soon as they realize this, they are attacked by Mumm-Ra and the possessed Thundercats. Snarf runs out a window to find Lion-O and warn him of what's happened. In the Lair, Mumm-Ra and the possessed Thundercats have beaten Tygra and made him into one of them, complete with the same metal bracelet and glowing red eyes.
That morning, Snarf has found Lion-O and has told him what Mumm-Ra has done to the Thundercats. Lion-O and Snarf then set out to the Lair to rescue their friends. When they get to the Lair, they can't find anybody. They then decide to split up to cover more ground faster. While Lion-O is looking on the monitors in the control room, Snarf was found by Mumm-Ra and the others and a metal bracelet was put on his tail. He then attacks Lion-O from behind in the control room. The other possessed Thundercats show up in the control room and they blast Lion-O with their glowing red eyes. Lion-O then escapes the Lair and runs to the forest. Mumm-Ra gives chase and a fight between the 2 ensues.
Before Lion-O can pull the old "Mumm-Ra sees his reflection and turns back into a mummy" bit, Mumm-Ra puts sunglasses of some kind over his eyes to protect himself. Lion-O then uses the sword to call to the other Thundercats, who come to his aid after Mumm-Ra's spell over them is broken. The Thundercats then hold Mumm-Ra to the ground, remove his sunglasses, and Lion-O makes Mumm-Ra see his reflection in the sword. Mumm-Ra then returns to his mummy form and retreats back to the pyramid. Back at the Lair, the Thundercats are attacked by Snarf, who didn't see the Cats Signal, and thus didn't return to his old self. However, Lion-O lifts Snarf up and Panthro removes the metal bracelet from Snarf, turning him back into his normal, dorky self. Damn you, Snarf.
Extra freakin' points for Mumm-Ra for getting 'smart enough not to repeat the same mistakes' by wearing those glasses! Too bad he slips back into repeat mode for the rest of the season :(
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Captures from The Mumm-Ra Berbil
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