ThunderCats Hired a Psychologist to Review Every Script

The ThunderCats were a close-knit group of feline-like humanoids from the planet Thundera, for those who need a refresher. They escape their fatal planet in a spaceship and arrive on Third Earth, where they start to establish a base of operations. However, trouble quickly arises in paradise because enemies from Thundera have followed them and immediately team up with Mumm-Ra, a legendary tyrant who once ruled Third Earth and is now attempting to do so once more. If you can recall all of that, check your knowledge of ThunderCats against this list of 15 things you probably didn't know.

Think again if you ever believed that 1980s cartoons were nothing more than meaningless entertainment or merely a way to promote action toys! The ThunderCats were even equipped with a psychologist to make sure it happened. If nothing else, their mission was to teach children morality. To analyze all scripts and provide feedback on matters of violence and morality, Dr. Robert Kuisis was hired.

This was done in 1985, a year when media outlets were quite concerned about violence and overt child-targeting in cartoons. Cartoon creators tried to position themselves as having value before a backlash from critics could occur because cartoons were regularly criticized for being either excessively violent or lacking in value for the children who watched them.