The Mutants use the ThunderTank to continue their onslaught but their assault is cut short by the arrival of the ThunderCats. He then tries to attack Lion-O using the Sword of Omens but as it can never be used for any evil purpose, lightning falls from the heavens and knocks the Sword and the Claw Shield out of Pumm-Ra's hands, and Lion-O quickly grabs the two items. Seizing the chance, Pumm-Ra uses the Cats Lair's electronic eyes to signal the Mutants who are hiding nearby to start their assault on the lair. He then starts searching for the Sword of Omens and with his knowledge of ancient locking techniques, he is able to unlock the Sword Chamber by turning a hidden stone and grabbing both the Sword and the Claw Shield.Īs morning breaks, the ThunderCats head off to the Thundrillium fields to restock their fuel supplies, leaving Lion-O and Snarf to safeguard their fortress. He first sabotages the lair and then the ThunderTank, ripping out most of the controls. Pumm-Ra is taken to the lair's Guest Room while the other ThunderCats turn in for the night.Īs the veil of darkness falls, Pumm-Ra gets busy. After hearing his story, Lion-O is overly eager to make Pumm-Ra into a ThunderCat but Panthro and Tygra decide to take a more cautious approach and give Pumm-Ra a week's time before taking any decisions. He also concocts a story about his origin, claiming to hail from Thundera, just like Cheetara.īack at Cats Lair, Cheetara introduces Pumm-Ra to the other ThunderCats. When Cheetara comes to her senses, Pumm-Ra is sitting beside her and claims that it was he who rescued her from the Mutants. The mummy assumes the form of Pumm-Ra, a cat-like Thunderian. It is soon revealed that the Mutants capturing Cheetara was all a part of Mumm-Ra's scheme. Jackalman and Monkian quickly put the unconscious ThunderCat on a crude stretcher and carry her away. In the midst of her lap, Cheetara suddenly collapses. As everything appears normal, Panthro and Tygra decide to head out in the ThunderTank to check out the volcano. It turns out to be Cheetara, out for her normal morning run. All appears quiet until they notice something moving very fast near a volcano. Panthro and Tygra are inside Cats Lair, using the fortress' powerful telescopes to scan the surrounding area. Training in exercising these cognitive skills will enhance children's social adjustment (Spivack, Platt, & Shure, 1976). These skills have been shown to be mediators of social adjustment in children. Some significant thinking skills are the capacity to generate alternative solutions to the problem, the capacity to consider the consequences of social acts, and the ability to articulate step-by-step means to reach a particular solution. When faced with interpersonal problems, the ability to defer acting and to engage in the processes of thinking about the situation is important in children. Reason and ingenuity are often called for, and they can generate the best means of reaching a goal. When faced with a problem with an uncertain resolution, it is best not to act impulsively on instincts or to use physical strength alone.

Learn to judge people by central characteristics and not superficially.Īnother lesson involves responses to problems. In this episode the ThunderCats realize that trust must be earned, since first appearances may be deceiving. He is accepted and almost succeeds in his evil plan to capture the Cats' Lair, but his energy force deserts him and he turns back to Mumm-Ra before the eyes of the ThunderCats. Mumm-Ra transforms himself into a Puma ( Pumm-Ra) and stages a fake heroic deed (saving Cheetara from the Mutants) in order to convince the ThunderCats that he is one of them, from their home planet of Thundera.

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