Snarf (ThunderCats) Snarf (ThunderCats) Snarf is a fictional character featured in the "ThunderCats" franchise. He was also featured in "South Park"'s season 11 series of episodes about "Imaginationland". In the 1985 version of "ThunderCats", the character is an elderly Snarf, whose real name is Osbert. However, he hates his real name. Snarf served as a nursemaid and protector for Lion-O when he was a boy. After Lion-O grew up, Snarf found that often Lion-O did not want to have him "mothering" or protecting him. Still, Snarf has remained loyal to Lion-O and the other ThunderCats. At times, he does come through in
Lion (comics) titles of the time. It began to feature an increasing number of anti-hero characters such as The Spider and The Sludge (who would later battle Robot Archie in his own strip). "Lion" merged with several other comics during its life, including "Eagle" in 1969 and "Thunder" in 1971. But by the early 1970s sales were slipping, and in 1974 it was merged with "Valiant". Several strips continued in "Valiant", but that title merged with "Battle Picture Weekly" in 1976. In 2005 many of IPC's characters, including several from "Lion", were featured in a mini-series called "Albion" published by the WildStorm