Why was it called Third Earth?
On the cartoon Thundercats they arrive on Third Earth from planet Thundera. It seems like it's an apocolyptic Earth and shares some myths (such as King Arthur) and according to the Thundercats wiki page http://thundercats.wikia.com/wiki/Third_earth Third Earth was once known as First Earth. So why is it called Third Earth? I would assume it's the third Earth that was found but there are no other references to Earth in the series that I know of.
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In The Unholy Alliance, the second episode of the series, the following dialogue is spoken:
Mumm-Ra: As long as evil exists, Mumm-Ra lives!
Slithe: What manner of being are you?
Mumm-Ra: You need only know that I am Mumm-Ra and that I know of your mission here on Third Earth. You seek to possess the Eye of Thunder.
Slithe: You know of the Eye of Thundera? Yessss?
Mumm-Ra: I have known of its power for a thousand years! From a time when this was still First Earth!
Unfortunately, in the cartoon, they never elaborate on it again.
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What is the third Earth?
Canon Information Third Earth is the home planet of a wide variety of sentient and non-sentient beings of both native and alien origins. It became the home of the ThunderCats after Thundera was destroyed.Is ThunderCats post apocalyptic?
ThunderCats -- a cartoon about humanoid alien cats trying to make a home for themselves on a post-apocalyptic Earth -- is a primary example of this, and after its debut in 1985, the series gave audiences 130 episodes of the never-ending battle between unwavering good and absolute evil.What planet did the ThunderCats live on?
ThunderCats follows the adventures of the eponymous team of heroes, cat-like humanoid aliens on a planet called Third Earth. The series plot begins with the dying planet Thundera meeting its end, forcing the ThunderCats (a sort of Thunderean nobility) to flee their homeworld.Are the ThunderCats aliens?
The Thundercats are nonhuman aliens with fur all over their bodies, and it's clear in these scenes that they have no visible private parts.The 1/3 Of The Earth That Gets Destroyed
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There are two prevalent theories:
- Mumm-Ra is using 'Earth' instead of planet. "Third Earth" is known to be the third planet in it's star system.
- or, "Third Earth" refers to their period of this Earth's history, with First and Second Earth being earlier periods - possibly coinciding with our current civilization. There is some speculation that Second Earth may have been a post-apocalyptic period between now and then.
I haven't seen it, but I hear tell of an unreleased episode that states Mumm-Ra is from First Earth. Also, there is a new series on Cartoon Network - I think - that may or may not go into more detail. I haven't seen it, so I can't say.
Answer 3
In the the first episode, "Unholy Alliance", Mumm-Ra is shown to live in the pyramid of Giza. He also states that he has been on that planet since it was first earth. Mumm-Ra is an Egyptians who sold his sole to the evil spirits, who want him to find the eye of thundera for them. This is all explained in the series, the 85-89 series.
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