| Berbils |
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| Episode | 1.03 |
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| All Episodes | Episode Guide |
"Berbils" is the third episode of the first season of Thundercats.
Official Summary
The Thundercats meet the Berbils, a group of robot teddy bear-like creatures from the planet Ro-Bear. Their leader, Ro-Ber-Bill captures Lion-O and Snarf but the Thundercats soon learn that the Berbils are "good guys" and they help them defeat their natural enemies, the Giantors and the Trollogs. Making matters worse, Mumm-Ra transforms himself into a swarm of locusts and he descends upon the Berbils' crops. Lion-O and the mighty sword defeat him. In triumph, the Berbils agree to help the Thundercats build the Cats' Lair.
Official Moral
Lion-O learns the value of friendship and the importance of cooperation. When groups have interests in common, joining together and sharing their talents and resources can best serve their welfare.
Positive peer group relations are important for children. They provide an opportunity to interact socially, express emotions, develop a self-image, and solve interpersonal problems. Friendship expectations differ in children according to age. Younger children choose friends on the basis of common activities and propinquity. Older children choose them more on the basis of central personality characteristics and include elements of self-disclosure, empathy, and understanding in their choices. In general, friendships based on stable mutual interests are the most intimate and enduring.
Trivia
- The Ro-Bear Berbils offer to help build the Cats' Lair out of kindness at the end of the episode. This greatly increases the time of completion from "a long time", as Tygra puts it to just one more episode.
- Character First Appearance: Ro-Bear Berbils, Trollogs
- The Berbil fruit offered the Thundercats an endless supply of food. The Berbils offered their fruit freely and in return, the Thundercats would freely offer their protection of the Berbils, their village and crops. The Berbil fruit consisted of meat fruit, drink fruit, veggie fruit, and candy fruit.
- In some scenes, Snarf's nose was black instead of red.
- Panthro builds the Thundertank using parts he salvaged from the spaceship.
- Skill/Power First Use: Sword of Omens - Force Field, Levitation, Fly to Lion-O.
- Vehicle First Use: Thundertank.
Notable quotes
Lion-O: Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight!
(As Lion-O falls into a volcano, his sword slips away from him)
Jaga: Call to it, Lion-O. Call, and it will obey.
Lion-O: Jaga! Yes! Sword of Omens, come to my hand! I, Lion-O, command it!
Lion-O: You need help. Those stun darts aren't doing much good.
Ro-Bear Bill: No. They never do!
Lion-O: Then why do you use them?!
Ro-Bear Bill: Because we would not want to hurt anyone.
Lion-O: Then why don't you just let the Trolligs march into your village and take your Ro-Bear Berbil fruit?
Ro-Bear Bill: And behave like cowards?
Lion-O: I don't get it!
Ro-Bear Bill: You fell into one of our traps?
Lion-O: You heard him!
Ro-Bear Bill: Berbils.
Lion-O: Uh-huh. Erbil derbilly Berbil erbil.
(Ro-Bear Bill holds up a knife.)
Snarf: RRRR! It may not be a good idea to make 'em sore, Lion-O! [edit]
(After falling into a hole)
Lion-O: Can't... get a... a foothold. Sides... too... slippery.
Snarf: Snarf, Snarf! I'll get you out, Lion-O! Stay right there.
Lion-O: There's nothing else I can do.
Wilykat: Wow! You did it! A ThunderTank! And you built it just from the junk you scrounged from the spaceship?
Panthro: Salvaged. From equipment I salvaged from the ship.
Tygra: I must admit, Panthro, I didn't think even you could do it.
Panthro: Are you kidding?! You're looking at the champion scrounger of the universe.