Thundercats Episode 4 Song of the Petalars. Quotes to live by.

Quotes from episode 4, Song of the Petalars of Thundercats. Possibly the deepest most heartfelt episode of any animated series ever.

[@everlenaoliver6912]

This episode was their crown jewel, and makes me cry ever time.😢😢😢😢

[@xsailor85]

Everlena Oliver 😭😭😭

[@snowmeow4042]

Whoever wrote this should have won an award. It's rare a reboot works. But this was pure gold

[@rodrickskeeyon252]

It gets me as well..

[@JayJay-mv5uo]

2019 WOW!

[@raladark]

This writer and this work both deserve an award, a medal, any symbol of greater respect for this masterpiece!

[@WildFyreful]

This episode is the one reason that this Thundercats series NEEDS to keep on going. Not only is the animation style absolutely gorgeous, but the messages it sends are deep and profound.

[@Xominus]

Exactly.

[@raladark]

Perfect!

[@wolftal1178]

“It’s not the amount of time we have in this life lion o, it’s what we do with that life.” That’s a singing lesson I have never forgotten and will continue to teach me for the rest of my life.

[@tardistime6857]

Sadly it’s still not back

[@montserrathrivera1608]

Totalmente de acuerdo, Thundercats Hoo!

[@CVargas202]

“You have been given the gift of life. It is a fragile gift, and not one that you can keep forever, but…it is the most precious gift in all the world" (Pentalar, 2011)

[@limelightraver5690]

“Use it well, little one.”

[@ZeldaEd123]

Thundercats should have won an Emmy just for this episode. This entire episode was something out of Don Bluth. I consider myself pretty manly, but Emrick's death was just heartbreaking. I cried during this episode. I cried like a baby. What makes this even more sad is that seedling at the beginning might as well have been Emrick.

[@coleturner9106]

I believe it was. For all we know the singing for the first seedling may have been a different period of time from when the thundercats found them, there was a gap in time, we don't know how long, we only see from the thundercats perspective, and as we learned, the petalars experience time faster.

[@Chuked]

AvEryBadApPLe I just watched it, it’s sad af

[@darienreaper]

Then your not very manly apparently

[@raladark]

I cry to this day, every time I watched this episode!

[@allysonchen4286]

This is the reason I stopped watching the series because it broke me. I had a friend watch this episode and she was crying. The ombinationation of the music and flashbacks of Emrick made it even worse. DAMN YOU!

[@MikeWayneShow]

Over ten years later and this still hits me in the feels… 😢

[@cesarmorales9138]

The people who make this reboot of the anime thundercats even if they didn't finish it but it still hold up

[@wing4382]

were all leaves passing in the wind..here and then gone..but while were here ..we live to the fullest!!!!!!

[@nelsonguerrero1952]

+Kermit F. Words to live by my friend.

[@soloragoldsun2163]

This was the episode that told me that the new ThunderCats would be a masterpiece...then it got cancelled before its time. Still, I'll always look on this beautiful episode fondly.

[@user-xm5le5ok2r]

I agree. This series was phenomenal.

[@daddyralph2599]

It could make a movie of this beautiful episode

[@ethanthamouse6695]

Solora Goldsun I watched this along time ago and it was one of the most memorable moments I've ever seen

[@Dehslash9]

*+Solora Goldsun* There is a podcast on Soundcloud.com that tells you what the rest of the series would've been like

[@LuisPenaEmpreendedorDigital]

Solora Goldsun what name of the podcast

[@carloswater7]

One of the most epic episodes I have ever seen in my life in a cartoon. I was so touched when I saw this episode for the first time

[@wolfman8325]

yeah, it's a pity is git cancelled

[@holitinne]

I can see why people are pissed off with Thundercats Roar. From this to tumbler art.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

Why it and TTG are an insult to Thundercats 2011 and Teen Titans

[@randywest9946]

I've never cried from a cartoon before like I did when I saw this.

[@allysonchen4286]

randy west I couldn't watch another episode after this I was too through.

[@coleturner9106]

Then you should probably stay away from Steven Universe and Adventure Time. There are episodes in those that will make you bawl your eyes out!

[@moonman2051]

@@coleturner9106 you must be kidding.

[@coleturner9106]

@@moonman2051 Nope. Anyone who doesn't cry at those has no heart.

[@moonman2051]

@@coleturner9106 I mean, they have some cool songs, but they are just doing fart jokes most of the time. To each their own.

[@TheHeirofDrakkon]

Came here during a depression. Wanted something to help me remember why I need to stay strong.

[@Kingzylo]

Never forget that you were destined for greatness, we all are. That's our gift from the heavens.

[@douglasmurphy1113]

Such an incredible concept... Can you imagine your whole life span being a single day? Such a perfect episode...

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

Whole life is just one day? What has value? Money? Power? Fame? They are ridicoulus ideas!

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@shinigamiphantom1391 Family, Friends.

[@RequiemPoete]

Think of it this way: For them it feels like a whole life. They don't experience it as short, like we do. You asking that is like the Mountain asking that of Us. "Could you imagine, living only almost a century?"

[@ryancueto1775]

while i was a fan of the old series this series was still pretty good. the animation was beautiful, hard to believe it was canceled after only a season

[@Ravenor197]

It's not how long your life is, it's how you live it.

[@nelsonguerrero1952]

+WAR PIG Amen to that.

[@joshua.dmurphy8643]

Truth

[@KyleHatesBees]

I still love this reboot. I loved the original series as well, and I squealed a little bit when I heard Larry Kenny's voice come out of Claudus' mouth in the reboot. But man, this season took the show to new heights. It could've rivaled Avatar the Last Airbender in terms of story and fan base if they'd committed to a 2 more seasons. But with the return of Young Justice's season 3 in the near future, I'm hopeful as hell that Thundercats will get a second look by someone. Netflix did amazing with the Voltron reboot, maybe they can get Thundercats next?

[@wiibrockster]

Ivel Shadow I want that too

[@victoriamcmillan2752]

They already have , it call thundercats roar...

[@angusbeefyeung]

@@victoriamcmillan2752 this didn't age well

[@fantasticgamers4332]

@@victoriamcmillan2752 thunder cats roar is a hot mess

[@spritemon98]

I'm from the future. We sadly don't have a continuation

[@MrMannekuin]

we spend so much time on to the destination that we forget about the journey and miss all that beauty. Its a very emotional subject cause so many people waste their lives on things which they think have a meaning only to realize it was a delusion.There is no meaning just the journey and the things we do on the way.Am regretting a lot of things and this has given me a chance to correct my consideration for the present.

[@clinterprise]

What a tear jerker this episode was… Had a great message to it! anddddd Panthro came back at the end… which dried my tears up and made me shout with victory!!! hahahahaha!!

[@MahmoodMikdadi]

We're all leaves passing in the wind, here and then gone..

[@otakon17]

*comes back 8 months after last comment* ...eeyup, still tearing up at this.

[@cmeyer2929]

When you get to the end and realize that every Petalar from the beginning is most likely dead from old age, it really hits you deep. Great episode.

[@Chuked]

They are all dead

[@RequiemPoete]

Imagine if these things turned up in your garden and you allowed them to stay. None of the Petalars would see you for more than once, maybe twice a day, but that time would feel like months or years to them. Every generation would see you once in their lives, maybe twice if they were lucky, yet you would be eternal to them. Protecting their families for generations upon generations. It's such a weird perspective for humans to be put in. Usually in stories human families end up being befriended by elves or dwarves, and it's Uncle Gimly stopping by every decade or so for hundreds of years to check in on your line.

[@Chuked]

@@RequiemPoete this episode made me depressed because it made me realize how small and delicate our existences really are 🤧🤧🤧

[@TMS-Oddbot]

@@Chuked But then you missed the point. It doesn't matter so long as you made your life count.

[@RequiemPoete]

@@Chuked All who live die, but not all who die have Lived.

[@Banchoking]

I always last until "the love we shared along the way" then I cry.

[@dexterjsullen]

IT WAS JUST A DAY BUT IT FELT LIKE A LIFETIME WITH HIM

[@SCP01986]

"You have been given the gift of life. It is a fragile gift and not one that you can keep forever - but, it is the most precious gift in all the world. Use it well, little one." The writing for this episode was beyond compare.

[@acemarvel1564]

Rest In Peace A true warrior

[@PriapicPan]

Wonderful. I absolutely fell in love with the Emeric character by the end of the episode and actually had tears in my eyes when he passed away. "In the end what matters isn't how long we've lived but how fully we've lived. The good we've done, the friends we've made, the love we've shared along the way." Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic.

[@snowmeow4042]

This is such a well written episode and a credit to the original series. I grew up in the 80's and love the thundercats , I even have a tattoo. This new series was great and such a shame it was cancelled .

[@supersaiyangoddess4293]

Lack of toy sales apparently, not viewing figures :(

[@snowmeow4042]

+Super Saiyan Videl I bought all the toys too lol Still nice to get the DVD's

[@supersaiyangoddess4293]

Snowmeow Yeah sucks. It had nothing to do with the viewing figures, just a pointless cancellation of an otherwise great show. They left it on a massive cliffhanger too.

[@snowmeow4042]

+Super Saiyan Videl We will probably have to wait 25 years to find out what happened

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

+Snowmeow i don't have 25 yrs!

[@HeyItsRicki85]

Has it really been 10 years? ...damn

[@RXNRMDN]

Wow! I did not notice so much time passed. I feel like a Petalar now!

[@supahjadi8944]

In the blink of an eye.

[@charlesking8110]

I love back on this video to remember all the friends I was lost in those 10 years since this episode air may they rest in peace I know that just like them I don’t know how long I can live in this world but I’ll make sure I leave it for them and for myself

[@supahjadi8944]

What a beautiful episode.

[@matthijssmeets4799]

Will Friedle's Voice is Amazing. He should do more Voice Roles.

[@ggt47]

Yes,and now he is in Guardians he is a better actor in this,probably from lack of direction/interacting with the director. And he sounds like a man here.

[@d.c.h5403]

Had to put my cat to sleep yesterday. Immediately thought of this episode. IMO...one of the most heartfelt and simplistic pieces ever to be broadcast. I'm in a rough place right now, but this episode is helping the sting.

[@ElijahRuelas]

You can’t know how many years you’ll get in this life, but you get to choose how much life you’ll put in the years you have.

[@otakon17]

Gah, I'm such a bleeding heart. This episode gets me every time I watch it, the first time and the most recent. I can't help but cry at this.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

You aren't a bleeding heart. This is just a really well-done story.

[@dunkanbulk14]

i never want to see people defend Thundercats Roar EVER AGAIN!

[@Transformers_pa_svenska]

Best animated episode ever. Bästa tecknade avsnittet någonsin.

[@cj222100]

This has to be my fav episode. 1:09 is when the tears begin every time, and by the time they show that montage of Emrick's life is when I absolutely begin to lose it. Glad to know I'm not the only adult by far who feels this way. This episode especially, and others in this series are pretty deep, actually. Loved the music too. This stays true to the old Thundercats in the right ways, but they've made it more sophistocated and relevant. Absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

[@BloodRose-75]

I’ve watched this episode soo many times, but I’ve only realised what it means to loose a loved one a couple of years ago (she had a good life) This episode is a good reminder to keep living each day of our lives so we can look back, see and appreciate how far we’ve gone.

[@kalebhudson456]

This ep was beautiful, one of the first eps of a show I shed a tear to. I dont remember how old I was, but I'll never again feel how I felt when I first saw this. I never got to watch too many episodes on Cartoon Network, but for some reason I'll never forgot about this episode in particular.

[@37401982]

This is one of the greatest emotional animations i think has ever come into existence for a us guys its hard to beet back our emotions. But at least it show were r all still human.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

I somehow doubt Thundercats roar will ever have an single episode that matches or compares to this one.

[@negainsectwhite]

Me too, haha

[@ShiningWizard241]

It’ll probably get cancelled after one month.

[@RedWolf316sega]

@@ShiningWizard241 hopefully...

[@peterang78]

@@ShiningWizard241 close enough, it got cancelled.

[@Kingzylo]

This show was criminally underrated.

[@saulstryver836]

This episodes left a impression on me. It made me curious to why we did not see more of it.

[@Victoryn]

Still crying alot even after 12 years

[@darielserrano777]

Just saw this episode and it’s so deep. This is what is missing in a lot of American cartoons nowadays. A story that means something and the purpose of giving lessons for life , not just entertainment but information. It’s ok to give some education not political ideology. This episode really surprised me and glad I saw it.

[@TappaTop]

One of the most touching episodes i've ever watched.

[@Jabaltaya]

...its nice to know that in a world that keeps on loosing its self, there are still some who havent lost themselves...

[@joshua.dmurphy8643]

This episode was absolutely magnificent

[@judasromero]

This episode always hits my soft spot !!

[@Ferret5317]

In 34 years nothing has made me cry like this did.

[@RequiemPoete]

Then clearly you never saw Futurama's Dog Episode.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@RequiemPoete As much as I like Jurassic Bark, it doesn't hold a candle to this.

[@RequiemPoete]

@@michaelgreenwood3413 I'm going to respectfully disagree. While this is definitely sad and tragic, it's clear the Petalars don't experience their short life span any different than we experience ours. So from his point of view he led a full life. Full of adventure. So while it's very sad and bitter sweet for Lion-o there's at least catharsis and closure. Jurassic Bark had no closure. Poor Seymor spent everyday for near 12 years waiting for Fry, wondering when he'd come home. And this was before the retcon.

[@georgieboy409]

Watched this last night and made a grown ass man cry

[@brianahawkins5244]

the way the petalars sing sounds like angels with sirens its magical the petalars sounds beautiful music to my ears

[@subwayserious7475]

Episode should have won an Emmy. Why this had to cancel. In tears RIP my nigga emrick

[@matthijssmeets9325]

This episode taught me so much about life.

[@Sehvash]

I've wathed this at least 68 times.

[@spritemon98]

Still makes me cry every time

[@fireflamegamer8321]

I remember feeling so sad this episode is sad how fast their life goes

[@Shaharalyn1977]

I've had a couple of friends watch this episode and they cried as well even without watching the whole series. The episode itself has a deep impact of emotions and a lot of good advice for life. Be sure to make up with family and friends and live a great life because we are never guaranteed tomorrow.

[@peediddy5184]

T.c was cancelled this is one of my favorite episode when i watch i cry ,they did not give us enough time to catch on i bought the botleg and me and my cousin and my best friend was speechless i love the Petlars..

[@anopinjama]

i cried with this episode

[@mr.t8355]

This episodes embodies the secrets of life! I will forever be grateful of what it taught me...

[@toybugcarl]

The most feels I’ve ever felt from a cartoon.

[@LisleBrathwaite]

2024 and this is still a soul mover.

[@Guntherson220]

My cat Minnie was 16 years old when she died, she was an outside cat because she preferred being outside and we just let her. We actually made her a tiny little house like a dog house but smaller with a bunch of blankets lining the inside and a cloth over the door for when it got cold, she went in the night but the thing that always stuck with me was that I found her outside of her house lying by the back door like she might have been calling for one of us in her final moments not wanting to be alone... but none of us ever heard her. What this long-winded story was leading up to was that this episode aired only about a half hour after we finished burring her and it hit me and my little sister in the feels like a tactical nuke, but even still we couldn't bring ourselves to shut it off we just sat there and cried. So to say this episode is special to me is underselling it, this literally came into my life at a time I really needed it.

[@sleepyhead7052]

This was my favourite episode! I want the whole thing😭

[@Armeic]

*tears* These are not tears of loss, they are tears of joy. To witness a journey so short but lived so well.

[@khris6690]

This is my favorite episode of any show

[@theggman111]

so long...and i still can't forget about this Cartoon. it was so amazing ,and CN haven't made an ending because of bad selling of toys

[@amyyoung2830]

So sad, so beautiful, and so true.

[@TheHeirofDrakkon]

I'm like number 600 on the dot, this made me almost cry because it's words to live by, even someone who is suffering depression should hear these words.

[@megaquaman12]

That was the best episode

[@bezoticallyyours83]

This is beautiful

[@blksayajinx5499]

This episode had me sad ASF!!!

[@wiibrockster]

We should've got more of this

[@bubbles093]

I remember crying during this episode when it first aired. So emotional and so powerful. It taught me to appreciate life more. :')

[@patriciagodula9848]

This episode gets me every time .

[@tratando_de_ser_mejor]

Por Dios que gran historia Un capítulo que es una obra maestra... deberían verlo todos

[@LisleBrathwaite]

*tears* I'm not crying.....You're......dammit...

[@danielcantiego9374]

Dang . This still hits hard

[@phantomshark]

This was an amazing episode. I was very upset that this series wasn't given more than one season.

[@NewYork975]

Still epically sad... such a good episode

[@sheflashedus246]

and now we have thundercats roar lol

[@silverpylorc4776]

Love the part when it goes back to Emrick's memories.

[@tekamandagger]

this is real quality not all that senseless crap kids see now... no matter how many times i see this, i feel like crying...

[@daddyralph2599]

amazing..

[@shvdowroom]

Bruh this hits different now 😔

[@ShuTheIdiot]

Cried as a kid cried eight years later ;-;

[@ulfberht4431]

I guess you could say that Emrick “made like a tree and got outta there.” Someone in the background: “It’s *leave* you idiot!”

[@Alterego912]

This episode reaallly makes me wonder... what will my life look like when it will one day flash before my eyes?

[@jessmari4851]

2:41 The way they;re crying is literally me right now...

[@meliodashewitt9547]

The music is beautiful. I wish I could get it.

[@alonelyheart6185]

YES

[@Xzeros]

EPIC moment for a new generation...

[@jerelcheek5112]

Words to live by.

[@joseivan7785]

Like ive said before.. I cried my eyes out because of this episode

[@jesshau6133]

Music sounds like soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands Danny Elfman

[@BennetDudley]

The only good reboot that Cartoon Network ever had, and they cancelled it!

[@repwashere]

Where men cried

[@darkrems3872]

Still now i cry....

[@magdalenadiaz5566]

Is so... beatiful

[@RXNRMDN]

what cvargas202 is trying to say is the tree may live long but the flowers on the tree blossom and die within a couple days. and the petalars are flowers

[@montserrathrivera1608]

Mi capítulo favorito!!

[@faheemahmadofficial7701]

Best show...i hate they did not renew