Episode
ThunderCats: Native Son
Overview
While traveling through snowy mountains in search of safe passage, Tygra and Lion-O come upon a lost tiger village and in it they find Tygra's real father. Tygra learns why his father sent him away as a baby — to save his life. But all is not as it seems in this village as the brothers learn these tigers are cursed and Tygra may be the answer to saving them — but at the cost of his own life.
Details
- Series
- ThunderCats
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2012-04-14
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Native Son is Episode 17 in Season 1 of ThunderCats. It aired on 2012-04-14. The runtime is 22 min.
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