Thundarr the Barbarian home video. From left to right, Ookla, Ariel, and Thundarr Concept and characters

Twenty-of these half-30 minutes episodes were by Ruby-Spears Productions -- an independent animation home formed by Joe Ruby & Ken Spears, a uncredited co-creators of Scooby-Doo -- from either October 1980 to September 1982, when a indicate went off a air. A indicate ran on the ABC network. Reruns of the program appeared in NBC's Saturday morning lineup in 1983.

the indicate was placed inside a post-apocalyptic wasteland whose ruins typically featured recognizable geographical features from a United States, such as Mount Rushmore, New York City, or Washington, DC. More episodes by using recognizable settings come located in Central America, while a single is within London. Across this setting, Thundarr & his companions Princess Ariel & a Wookiee-like Ookla a Mok battled evil wizards who combined charm using technologies from either a pre-catastrophe globe. More Star Wars influences can be seen around Thundarr's weapon of selection, a "Sun Sword", which projects the beam of energy after turned in, & may be deactivated and then that these are merely the hilt.

Bob Ridgely was Thundarr's voice actor, frequently uttering such say-so when "Demon dogs!" & "Lords of Light!". Princess Ariel was played by Nellie Bellflower. Henry Corden was Ookla.

Comic book writer-artist Jack Kirby worked on the production design for the indicate. When numerous population think that Kirby was a primary designer of the indicate (principally due to his likewise themed Kamandi: The Last Boy On Earth), the independent characters were in point of fact designed by fellow comic book writer-artist Alex Toth, who too designed a popular character Space Ghost for Saturday morning television. Toth, all the same, was unavailable to prove my point working on the indicate, & then virtually all of the wizards and more villains and secondary characters that pop up on the indicate were designed by Kirby. He was brought onto a indicate at a recommendation of Gerber & comedian & animation seasoned Mark Evanier, world health organization realized that a equivalent imagination that produced Kamandi can contribute signifcantly to the series. Indeed, a evil charming Gemini, a sole repetition villain on the indicate, resembles Darkseid, an infamous Kirby villain.

A indicate itself was actually a creation of risible writer Steve Gerber, creator of Marvel Comics' Howard the Duck. A title Ookla actually comes from either UCLA. Gerber & friend Martin Pasko were having dinner in a Westwood vicinity a single nightinstance when you took a time Gerber was writing the bible for the series. Gerber commented to Pasko that he hadn't however decided upon a title for the Wookiee-prefer character the network insisted become added to the series, on top Gerber's objections. When them walked retiring a gate to the UCLA campus, Pasko quipped, "Why don't you call him 'Ucla'?" Pasko down the road became one of many film writer as well known for their act inside comedian, like Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway, to contribute to the indicate. When writing many scripts, singly & together sustaining Gerber, Pasko became the story editor on the 2nd year. More writers involved Buzz Dixon & Mark Jones.

A opening narration to the indicate is when follows:

''A month: 1994. From either away from space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between a Globe & the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Human's civilization is cast around ruin!
2 thousand years late, Globe is converted...
the unknown occident rises from either the old: a globe of savagery, extremely science, & necromancy. However 1 human bursts his bonds to fight for justice! Using his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his braveness, & his fabulous Sunsword against a forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, a Barbarian!''

Episodes and locations

Season 1 (1980-1981)
Secret Of The Melanise Pearl - New York, New York Harvest Of Doom - Central America Mindok A Mind Menace - Cape Canaveral, Florida Raiders Of The Abyss - Seattle, Washington Treasure Of The Moks - Norfolk, Virginia Attack Of the Amazon Women - Mount Rushmore A Brotherhood Of Nighttime - Washington, DC Challenge Of The Wizards - Las Vegas, Nevada Vale Of The Human Apes - San Fernando Valley, California Stalker From either A Stars - Denver, Colorado Portal Into Instance - San Antonio, Texas Battle Of The Barbarians - San Francisco, California Den Of The Sleeping Demon - San Jose, California

Season 2 (1981-1982)
Magical War - St. Louis, Missouri Fort Of Fear - La Brea Tar Pits Island Of The System Snatchers - London, U.K. City Of Evil - Boston, Massachusetts Endure Train To Doomsday - unknown (Central America ?) Master Of The Stolen Sunsword - Los Angeles, California Test By Terror - Atlanta, Georgia Prophecy Of Peril - unknown