earle hyman was the voice of panthro in thundercats.
earle hyman was the voice of panthro in thundercats.
who was the voice of panthro in thundercats?
earle hyman
panthro (voiced by earle hyman in the original series, kevin michael richardson in the 2011 series) is the next noble and greatest warrior after jaga, and based on the panther. even though a warrior in all forms of thundercats martial arts fighting, panthro has a brilliant mind, which he uses as the chief mechanic/engineer and pilot for the thundercats. he is also physically the strongest and is a cunning warrior in combat, relying as much on martial arts as on physical strength. with tygra's help, he builds all of the vehicles the thundercats use on third earth—including the thundertank, the feliner and the thunderclaw, thunderstrike, and hovercat. panthro is a complex thundercat. on the one hand he has great passion, love of family, and life. with an infectious laugh, accompanied by a good sense of humor. on the other hand, he is a stone cold warrior. he lives by the thundercats warrior code. pride, excellence, and loyalty are a hallmark of what makes panthro tick. because of his passion he is known to lose his patience with other thundercats. on the field of battle, however, he is cool, calm and collected, although he has a phobia of bats. because of this, panthro has gained respect both from friends and enemies alike. they respect the king, but fear the panther. in combat, he uses a pair of "nunchaku" with open-away cat-paws, which house several chemical spray-compounds, and objects such as ball bearings, that he can use against foes. the spikes on his chest bands can be used like projectile weapons or as rappelling lines.
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in the 2011 series, panthro is one of claudus' more loyal soldiers who was sent with his friend grune to find the book of omens. their attempted search resulted with mumm-ra's release and panthro being betrayed by grune, and ruing a struggle, fell down an abyss and was believed killed. however, panthro survived the fall and constructed the thundertank, which he later used to save lion-o's group from slythe's platoon. though he questioned lion-o's ability to lead, panthro eventually accepted him as the new king. unlike the rest of the thundercats, he never learned how to swim. in "between brothers," panthro duels with grune when he and slithe attack the elephants' village against mumm-ra's orders. panthro loses his arms while trapping grune in the astral plane. he was later outfitted with mechanical arms built by the berbils which can also elongate themselves. in "the pit," it was revealed that he was an old friend of dobo back when they were slaves in a gladiator arena called the pit which was located in a city that is inhabited by dogs. panthro later escaped the pit when it turned out that the match the next day would be a death match. this caused dobo to feel bitter towards panthro, until panthro revealed the death match would pit him and dobo against each other. in "what lies above" it is revealed panthro is afraid of heights, which he finds out during the feliner's first flight.
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