Pearls of wisdom from my youth - 'NEVER GIVE UP' - Lion-O races Cheetara.
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@elintra7 жыл бұрын
This episode has one of the most influential lines in cartoon history, "I may lose, but it won't be because I gave up." Very powerful indeed to say the least.
@adalbertogural49093 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Current Cultural Destruction is for Purpose. Nowadays You Cannot Have That Kind of Influence for Children!!!
@wolffiegaming Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how he goes from I give up to can't give up
@csmith32485 жыл бұрын
“I may lose, but I won’t lose because I gave up” Words to live by,
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
In my case, it is "I won, and I never gave up; but the losers get the glory, so what was the point in bothering, now I feel like an idiot for trying". That is what people are like with me.
@sophieamandaleitontoomey93432 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid this trial was announced, I had very little faith that my boy could pull off beating Cheetara at her own game. And the biggest shock of my young life was watching him pass her and I just cheered like crazy. These really were the best episodes of the show. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
@joeschmoe52318 ай бұрын
That's right. Never give up no matter what.
@wid0maker4 жыл бұрын
This scene has stuck with me for over 30 years...I always am reminded of this lesson when I think about quitting....and it's a lesson I will teach my son....thanks Lion-O
@esta77633 жыл бұрын
Me too. I'm almost 40 years old now, and having been through many trials, many failures, many defeats, I may have lost..... "it won't be because I gave up."
@athens314157 ай бұрын
And teach your Daughters
@dootuss834 жыл бұрын
"I may lose. But it won't be because I gave up." Wiser words have never been said.
@alexrain118811 жыл бұрын
This episode has stayed with me my entire life. I cannot enumerate the times I have utered that same phraze, "I may lose, but it won't be because I gave up." Only to win in the end.
@AlforceZero4 жыл бұрын
Same here. When the odds are stacked against us sometimes it takes resilience and never giving up to actually turn the tides. I saw this episode when I was about 10-12 years old. Now at age 37, it's great to be reminded again - I may lose, but it won't be because I gave up.
@tclass993 жыл бұрын
The Trials of Lion-O were some of the best, most suspenseful TV watching of my childhood years. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I miss these cartoons dearly.
@linkseo11 жыл бұрын
"I may lose but it wont be because i gave up!" words i live by even today
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
So will I, no matter what!
@magnumopus81249 жыл бұрын
i don't care how cliche older cartoons were, this episode was probably one of my favorites if not my favorite from this show, i think i was 14 or 15 when they showed it on toonami all those years ago and i remember when they showed this. as weird as it sounds i was so proud of lion-o and his drive not to give up, no cheap tricks, just the will to keep going.....something today's cartoons don't teach, just a bunch of silliness and bullshit.
@AceCorr9 жыл бұрын
andre banks I didn't realize as a kid how many lessons and morals one can learn from watching Thundercats. Did you know that there is a moral to EVERY SINGLE episode? Some not as obvious as others. You are 100% in that today's cartoons like South Park doesn't teach kids anything, but you learn NOT to GIVE UP in life by watching Thundercats. You can even learn from Mumm-ra! In the episode the Mumm-ra Berbil, Mumm-ra tells the Thundercats that his defeat is NOT a failure but merely a setback. This is how I see life when I fail in an interview, test, etc. I recall Mumm-ra's words...NOT a failure, just a setback!
@magnumopus81249 жыл бұрын
Macho Mike haha ya you're right about the lessons. i think older cartoons were meant just for that, they knew the shows were meant for kids so they intentionally wanted to teach life lessons, like how they did with gi joe and the lessons they would teach at the end of the show or even more recent captain planet. this just goes to show that as time change, the less entertainment have any sort of morals or reasoning.....it's just there to exist, just look how music changed......just horrible.
@magnumopus81248 жыл бұрын
+Daphne Pitts lol it's just too bad, you don't see this sort of thing today in entertainment, it's all about sex, materialism and utter stupidity.
@samuraichamploo077 жыл бұрын
Cyborgamus Prime same with me,when they re ran these on toonami 20 years ago i re watched all of them
@wildcat773 жыл бұрын
There’s so much to learn form the Thundercats. As I look at the episodes on DVD I learn something new as a 43 year old.
@MendrolRPG12 жыл бұрын
I loved the whole week of "Annointment Day Trials"
@jarrodlacy98567 жыл бұрын
MendrolRPG So did I.
@Brenyon4 жыл бұрын
One of the best weeks of cartoon watching by far.
@JadenMoon1475Ай бұрын
Me too!
@leocmen3 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece, When Cartoons have real concerns about how to reinforce values
@sobe7624 жыл бұрын
Best lesson to a child EVER!!!
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
Do people ever feel that they wasted their time, even when they always achieve nothing when they stand strong like that? I do, and I still don't give up.... Why the fuck I am stupid enough to keep trying to stay strong, despite it getting me no where and no one gives a fuck about my effort is beyond me; I guess it is just instinct, I wasn't taught to do it either; no one cares as I said. It just feels like the right thing to do.
@sobe7622 жыл бұрын
@@thevikingwarrior I do too, friend. You aren't stupid; you are wise. Your effort is not subject to another's approval. I believe it is part instinct, part conditioning. Whether the parts are equal, I am uncertain. My definition of the word "integrity" is: doing the right thing even when you think nobody is watching. I believe you possess that value. Who cares if nobody cares? Thank you for replying.
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
@@sobe762 Thankyou @Ryan Sobraska - But it is important for people to respect our efforts, not just feel sorry for us when we struggle. I made a lot of effort and I am very tired indeed, and I have been given no respect, and all it has done is fostered hatred in me towards such people. They have either complained that I am not trying hard enough in my life and used threats of punishment and so on; or if I have struggled, they only pitied me and felt sorry for me, and felt that I am a poor helpless individual; both of which are painful and insulting. I want to be a leader and inspire people, and be seen as a source of strength and inspiration and known for being brave; and I have tried fucking everything. I wish someone could me to deal with these people's attitudes, and help me to get what I so badly want, and which I will never stop trying to achieve!!! 💖💗💙💛🧡💙
@Zigzagzodak6 жыл бұрын
The trials were so good. The distance was her weakness but Lion O didn't know that. The trial was not speed. It was never giving up.
@steventowler75884 жыл бұрын
Endurance proved to be a more important factor than speed
@JadenMoon14754 жыл бұрын
That's what they should've called this: "Lion-o's Anointment, Second Day: Trial of Endurance"
@AceCorr3 жыл бұрын
@@JadenMoon1475 Well not entirely. Remember, Lion-O also took the shortcut in the very beginning because it was way closer to the end of the goal. He was willing to take a more dangerous route for less mileage to the finish line. It was a combination of everything.
@NaveedZone2 жыл бұрын
It brings tears to my eyes & shivers in the spine, what a great classic it is ... ❤️🔥👌🏼
@JeffSerrano16 жыл бұрын
For some reason this scene has always been the one I remember the most. It was so suspenseful to 5 year old me.
@trejohnson47604 жыл бұрын
I was 14. I was on the edge of my seat. So you won't the only one.
@JadenMoon14754 жыл бұрын
It still brings tears to my eyes, 24 years later, seeing Lion-O win
@esta77633 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too. I didn't realize it at the time, but Liono's words stuck with me my whole life. I'm almost 40 now, and many times I have failed, I have been beaten, I have lost in life.... "but it won't be because I gave up."
@HowlingMoonCinemas7 жыл бұрын
Adrenaline still shoots up my spine whenever I watch this. Brilliant story writing, brilliant music, and brilliant, dynamic animation. Long live Thundercats! HOOOOOOOO!!!
@BrettIIXIIVIV4 жыл бұрын
Bloody Hell Lion-O, let Cheetara have this. You are the star of the show already.
@WizelBalan Жыл бұрын
He couldn't, he had to beat each Thundercat in different trials to prove he truly was the Thundercat Lord. Up until then he only had the title based on circumstances. Doing these trials would prove he had the strength, wisdom, wits and courage to lead them.
@nareknmk3 жыл бұрын
I love how the Thundercats are versatile with units of measurement. miles, meter ... :D
@nicholasjoannou3 жыл бұрын
I never noticed as we tend to use a mix metric and imperial in the uk... even if the standard here is supposed metric. :)
@karaokekingskingdom10 жыл бұрын
I remember the exact day I watched this for the first time, it;s truly one of those classic pieces. The trials of lion o in general is a top ten cartoon story arc. genius writing
@MrAlexH19915 жыл бұрын
“I may lose, *but it won’t be because I gave up!”* That’s that “old-fashioned” wisdom of tenacity that oldheads tried to brainwash kids with through this show... and goddamnit, it’s a bit of brainwashing that we all should have *retained.*
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
Only to ensure that we beat the old-fashioned people, who did eventually give up if you kept trying to defeat them. Yes, I see what you mean; it works. That is what I did do in my life! 😉😉
@spot510 жыл бұрын
Biggest grin on my face while watching this clip. They sure don't make 'em like this anymore.
@azarel73 жыл бұрын
That is true
@johangustafsson6513 жыл бұрын
I was born 1989, and I remember Thundercats from as far back as I can remember. I watched Thundercats all the time, but I could only watch it when i came on... so at kindergarten, when someone had a Thundercats movie, I was in heaven... Then, at 7 years old, me and my family moved to another house in another town, and that was it, no more thundercats... but this was the last episode I remember watching, and I can still recall it today... Good times!
@thetemplelaboratory2 жыл бұрын
In another episode Cheetara said "You only fail when you stop trying."
@Quincy82AAC6 жыл бұрын
What a classic cartoon. I used to watch Thundercats as a kid in the 80s. What great memories.
@storyarcher81257 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest moments of my youth... probably my favorite piece was when he accused her of throwing the race and she responded with 'How dare you...'
@willienelson12453 жыл бұрын
Personally, I thought Cheetara was going to slap the hell out of his ass for telling her that.
@shepard4799 жыл бұрын
i may lose but it not because i gave up best lines
@Zigzagzodak6 жыл бұрын
Akash Thats a good mantra for Life.
@sugarshow49414 жыл бұрын
current Lion-O will say "Whatever, you win"
@CaramelMamiChula11 жыл бұрын
I love cheetara.i was her last Halloween
@henryjohnson15054 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite episode.
@jrcoggins8 жыл бұрын
The #1 Show Ever!
@Probablyabox6 жыл бұрын
"Lion O's a big boy" For you
@ArtietheArchon3 жыл бұрын
I love how the thundercats use miles and meters here
@kevinwilliams90824 жыл бұрын
All time classic episode
@Kidanification4 жыл бұрын
1:53 Bill Cosby's TV Dad was Panthro. #FunFact
@mikematei3 жыл бұрын
One of the best lines of the 1980s. I remember this show fondly like Star Trek TOS and the original Karate Kid films. To the few who read this and also grew up in this era.. we were SO fortunate. To those only seeing this video now, who are younger.. these are words to live by. Go watch the rest of "Lionos anointment trials" get the CONTEXT.
@veteranpatriot44744 жыл бұрын
I was Stationed in Norfolk VA, And Thundercats, Voltron, He-man and GI -JOE were always watched on-board Ships and Shore every Afternoon.
@Bob4Lakers39 жыл бұрын
This brings back a distant memory O.O I remember seeing this as a little boy.
@adalbertogural49093 жыл бұрын
Alta Cultura!! Obrigado ThunderCats!!
@KingPriyom9 жыл бұрын
one of the best episodes.
@davidblack67264 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the person who uploded this scene this is my favorite episode,because it was about not giving up.To keep going even when it looks hopeless.Do not give up no matter what.U r only beaten when u stop trying.
@nehrualston58965 жыл бұрын
This makes a person not to want to give up know matter the circumstances. Don't give up.
@mephisto102510 жыл бұрын
It's not how you start but how you finish .
@tojiroh10 жыл бұрын
Pearls of wisdom indeed. Thank you for this blast from the past, Nicholas. :-)
@samuraichamploo077 жыл бұрын
i love this show
@karenritter25744 жыл бұрын
Love this one
@charlesschaffer965210 жыл бұрын
In my darkest moments this helps thanx to uploader.....
@EricJones_J3 жыл бұрын
Lion-O:"You threw me that race Cheetara"
@AceCorr11 жыл бұрын
The trial of mind power. Tygra can make others see things that aren't present. This is funny cause Tygra doesn't use it to fool the mutants or Mumm-ra in their battles. He saved it all for the trial.
@LARRYLONGSTRETH2 жыл бұрын
They literally had no idea what to make Tygra's power for his trial so they made one up.
@TheWatermelonSunrise2 жыл бұрын
I think he had the same problem as Cheetara with her visions. Creating illusions drained him too much that's why he didn't use it often. Those two had powers that could reduce the use of the sword so they made them limited.
@SodaPopinksi2 жыл бұрын
That's my boy.... rrrryyeeeooowww.
@Vampiresavior11 жыл бұрын
Trial of the mind.
@beef23jordan2 жыл бұрын
Powerful words
@Stiffman111 жыл бұрын
5 miles in under 2 min? They were hauling thunder-ass
@thevikingwarrior2 жыл бұрын
Yes that is over 150 miles per hour. Boy are you gonna be saw after that.
@michaelcartwright85709 жыл бұрын
This past year I have been through hell in ways that I do not want to mention. Yet be it in animation or real life acting, it is things like this that makes it easier to have hope for better things in the future. And being a big time ThunderCats fan, this is one piece that I do draw great strength and joy from. With that, if this wonderful piece here is not enough to keep one from wanting to give up, let me point you another great video: Rescue Heroes, "Flashback To Danger." and I have just checked, and it is on KZfaq. So go check it out, and make note that I have sent you. ;-)
@Optidorf5 жыл бұрын
0:50 Lion-O is a big boy! But is he a good boy?
@JadenMoon14754 жыл бұрын
😄
@JadenMoon14755 жыл бұрын
This trial should be the "Trial of Endurance", NOT Speed!! I need the episodes of the Trials of Lion-o's Anointment, & "The Time Capsule" on DVD
@AceCorr11 жыл бұрын
That's how I take life and my job. Good job for you. You may lose but as long as you are not a quitter that's all that matters.
@carnivalballoonmoshing12212 жыл бұрын
cheetara is the most powerful secret forced thundercat
@rhynalrodrigues96498 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this upload.
@JUTIAPAGUATE13575 жыл бұрын
A great moment forever..................
@zeriul094 жыл бұрын
Tygra flip flops so hard on lion-o winning
@ClassicToonFan649 жыл бұрын
This was pretty awesome. Thanks for the video and the nostalgia.
@Mysician9 жыл бұрын
Even without super-speed, he ran 5 miles in less than 3 minutes. Win or lose, that's nothing to sneeze at.
@whovianhistorybuff8 жыл бұрын
I did a quick bit of math and to cover 5 miles in less than 3 minutes theyd both need to average over 100 miles an hour
@whovianhistorybuff7 жыл бұрын
@Mysician actually they started at 0:24 and finished at 2:12 I make that 5 miles in 1 minute 48 seconds an average speed of 166.67 miles per hour
@tekkenfan014 жыл бұрын
They sped up the race for us
@brandoncruise63988 жыл бұрын
The animation of Tigress running is pretty cool. Same with Liono
@syedshakeelahmedzaidi90262 жыл бұрын
My favorite cartoon Arnold
@ElJefeRules2 жыл бұрын
2:07 The main jingle playing as Liono wins by one step gives me chills every time.
@nmahangu6 ай бұрын
I missed this episode when I was a kid .. the liono trials lasted a week .. I always wondered myself how he ever beat cheetara .. mystery solved after 38 years 😅.. thanks for posting
@n-silvabts91782 жыл бұрын
Oh, what a beautiful uthopy, where one becomes the leader for their merits and proven skills being aknowledged by their peers thus, having the respect they deserve and treasuring it.
@internaltissues56485 жыл бұрын
i watched this when iw as 4 years old!!
@tekkenfan014 жыл бұрын
Me too
@davidv77574 жыл бұрын
Lion O should of ended it with "Now go iron my shirt!" 😝
@pennyfish897 жыл бұрын
Snarf is just like the unicorn in D & D
@carlosalbertogomezgodinez27303 жыл бұрын
Share this gem with a "viejito" like you people! (Y)
@annamendy26012 жыл бұрын
Go cheetara speed of the cheetah
@archangelstormrider36953 жыл бұрын
Try to picture a race between a lion and cheetah in real life. I wonder if it would be like this
@carloswater7 Жыл бұрын
A lion's top speed is 50 mph, The most it can run is 36 feet. A cheetah's top speed is 70 mph, It can only last up to 22 feet. So a lion has more endurance, but it almost looks even.
@dsalmeron9 жыл бұрын
Is it wrong that I somehow imagine them getting romantic after this
@artygunnar8 жыл бұрын
+dsalmeron 4 boy cats and 1 girl cat.
@Skipdickman17 жыл бұрын
HAWKED HER DOWN!!!
@ntomnia5852 жыл бұрын
...and then there was Ren and Stimpy to rot the brains...
@WizelBalan4 жыл бұрын
To cover 5 miles in 2 min or so they were both running around 150mph.
@tekkenfan014 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t 2 minutes, they sped up the race for us.
@parmanello7 жыл бұрын
1:49 to 1:56 "Don't get your hopes up just yet, there's still 100 metres to go and Cheetara has a 25 metre lead at least" 2:13 - Finally finish race Ignoring the fact that Panthro takes 7 seconds to make his 100 metre / 25 metre lead comment (Cheetara has 75m to go, and an olympic runner could cover most of this easily within the 7 seconds), making it obsolete as soon as it leaves his mouth... Steve-O finishes the final 100m in 24 seconds, which is a rather pathetic 15kph / 9.6mph, and Cheetara manages 75m (or less) in the same time, which is an even more pathetic 11.25kph / 7.2mph. This is slower than a milk float. Bear in mind professional marathon runners (26 miles vs 5 miles in this race) run at well above 10mph on average.
@sconex80726 жыл бұрын
Lol the show is like 26 mins long what you want...?
@runwayprotocol45807 жыл бұрын
Couldn't she have run at a normal speed and then switch to super speed two miles from the finish line? Just saying....
@tonystephenson48427 жыл бұрын
Josh Turnbull maybe she could have but wouldn't running at normal speed still wear down her super speed ?? I guess we will never know
@CaptainMarvel19395 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't have mattered because she says the distance they ran was too much for her. At normal speed, Lion-O is faster, so he would have gotten way ahead of HER . Her super speed would have closed the gap, but not soon enough to win. Also, it makes for a more dramatic finish in that Lion-O clearly appears to have lost, but he doesn't give up. In the opposite, Lion-O would have been running scared from a rapidly approaching Cheetara and he would have REALLY believed she threw the race.
@tekkenfan014 жыл бұрын
She’s a sprinter and not a long distance runner so I agree it wouldn’t matter if she tried to run normal. Lion-O had more endurance in the end.
@lardarseG Жыл бұрын
I need this command centre
@rosariozapata43463 жыл бұрын
ANTHONY
@hectormpolanco9 жыл бұрын
irma Styrait A....I cant help it!!!!!
@MRWIL2464 жыл бұрын
How can Netflix create SUCH Garbage compare to this!?!?!?!?!?! Hell even the past modern one was better then the Netflix one. They should place this and the She ra one as welcome to the Crappy Cartoon Hr where your Childhood dies because Hollywood has no idea what a good Cartoon series is all about.
@PhiloBalini11 жыл бұрын
NEVER zoom into the sun - are they CRAZY??
@emmanuelgonzalez293511 жыл бұрын
They need to redub this badly.
@brandonjones20416 жыл бұрын
All of this
@wmfthehorseman6 жыл бұрын
And you know....YOU JUST KNOW....that as she was on her knees panting.....he was thinking about something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT......*ZOINKS*
@Bloodlyshiva5 жыл бұрын
Not likely. Lion-O isn't as old as he appears. His cryo/stasis pod malfunctioned on the way to Third Earth; this happens in the pilot episodes. Mentally, he's still very much the child he was on that spacecraft.
@gregorymatthews18816 жыл бұрын
I 'm not sure this occurred to me before, but Super speed or no, they covered 5 miles in 1 minute and 49 seconds.
@tekkenfan014 жыл бұрын
They sped up the race for us
@AllAmericanAve2 жыл бұрын
1:45
@victordejung5675 Жыл бұрын
What was Lion-O’s prize 🏆?
@carloswater7 Жыл бұрын
If you look at the next episode after this one, he becomes officially Lord of The Thundercats. That was his price.
@crazyman847210 жыл бұрын
@Emmanuel Gozalez It's already been dubbed badly; do you want to make it even worse?. :D
@miltonpierce34018 жыл бұрын
Snarf is the worst cheerleader ever lol
@tyrearn92357 жыл бұрын
Milton Pierce Actually sounds like Edith Bunker.
@georgejgilles.39996 жыл бұрын
Shin, shin, shin gan
@Fanik1011 жыл бұрын
What was the trial that Lion-O had to beat Tygra at?
@jbFromNYC7 жыл бұрын
Panthro: Strength Cheetara: Speed Wilykat & Wilykit: Cunning Tigra: Mind Power Mumm-Ra: Evil
@foxxd20006 жыл бұрын
Lion-O's Anointment Fourth Day The Trial of Mind Power
@pennyfish897 жыл бұрын
actually, i dont think lion's stamina is better than a cheetah... how do u guys think?
@elintra7 жыл бұрын
This got better stamina, more about will power!
@pennyfish897 жыл бұрын
yea, i mean, if it is in real animal world, will lion out-run cheetah by any chance? like demostrated in this video
@elintra7 жыл бұрын
Studying lot of material on this subject the cheetah does not go into long distance running, because it will develop dangerous temperatures they will run no more than 1,640 ft at 60-70mph, but Lions can run up to 50mph.
@heroesytumbas7 жыл бұрын
Young people painfully and stupidly missing the whole point, what a surprise...
@carloswater72 жыл бұрын
To put it simple cheetahra had a limit on her super speed. But the Lion O endured till the end this is why he won
@Rex67Diego99 жыл бұрын
man what the hell is up with the acting they sound like robots
@CidHighwindRocks8 жыл бұрын
+Rex67Diego9 It's called the 80's most cartoons then didn't have exactly great voice acting.
@Rex67Diego98 жыл бұрын
Mad Mike i don't think the year excuses a bad acting, its like saying movies in the eighties are acted bad and now they don't and you can find that it isn't the case when you see the original terminator compared to genesis
@CidHighwindRocks8 жыл бұрын
+Rex67Diego9 It wasn't meant to be an excuse, the voice acting IS BAD. But a lot of 80's cartoons have bad voice acting, He-Man, Bravestar, Spiderman (and his amazing friends) even Transformers outside of a couple notable roles. It was just the style at the time to rush production of the cartoon and get it out in order to sell more toys.
@GadGades8 жыл бұрын
Other cartoons sounded fine. And if they wanted, they could have sounded like other cartoons. Thundercats is about a chivalrous alien culture. It;s meant to be both admirable and different. It makes it unique.
@TheCoolProfessor5 жыл бұрын
I never liked Cheetara's voice. Great character, nice show but her choppy speech never worked for me.