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J. Larry Carroll Reviewed by: Purrsia  Vultureman is trying to sell his latest invention idea to Slithe and Jackalman which is to grab one of the legendary Sound Stones from Dark Side and put it in a sonic device that'll obliterate the ThunderCats. Slithe scoffs that the ThunderCats will not be afraid of a little noise, and both he and Jackalman refuse to take part in the scheme. Vultureman, however, is determined to see it through. While searching some ruins in Dark Side, the Lunies spy Vultureman and decide to go ask him what the heck he is up to. Before they get there, he finds what he's looking for. Just when he thinks it's going to be easy, the stones alert their overseer, Soundora, and Vultureman has to hastily grab a stone and run for it. She sends some gargoyles after Vultureman, but the Lunies arrive in time to stop them. Not that they care about old beaky that much, but they want to get out of him what he's doing there. And when he tells them, they draft him unvoluntarily to their ranks. Meanwhile at the Tower of Omens, Lynx-O is overwhelmed by a deafening sound that Bengali and Pumyra can't hear. Thanks to his advanced hearing, he's getting a preview of what the Sound Stones can do when in Vultureman's invention and desperately tries to trace the source. He figures out it's coming from Sky Tomb and consults with Panthro on how to make something to counteract it. Panthro can't mimick the frequency of V-man's sonic gun, however. At the Tower, the Lunies and Vman arrive to unleash the sonic gun at the 'Cats there. The Tower is quickly disabled, leaving the 'Cats to make a run for it in the ThunderStrike. Lion-O arrives in time to save them from being struck by the gun, but before he can double back and finish off the gun, Vman blasts Lion-O's hovercat. Before Lion-O crash lands, he calls to the others. Pumyra and Bengali detach their 'Strike pods to help. They attach to Lion-O's ship just in time and take him back to the Lair. Panthro's development of a counter-weapon isn't going well but he has figured out that Vultureman must be using a Sound Stone to generate the frequency. So off Lion-O, Lynx-O, Panthro and Snarfer go to Dark Side to fetch one for themselves. They are confronted almost immediately by Soundora and her gargoyles, but when the Sword doesn't react, Lion-O knows they're not evil. He nogotiates with Soundora to borrow a stone to help them fight Vultureman. She agrees, but warns him that he'll need a warrior who understands the power of sound to weild it...luckily, they have Lynx-O. Back at the Tower, Cheetara and the other 'Cats lie in wait to try to take back the Tower from the Lunies but Red Eye has spotted them. The Lunies move in to attack. When the Lunies start losing the battle, Luna orders Vman to use the sonic gun on the 'Cats. Luckily, Lion-O and crew show up in time with their own gun and send the bad guys packing. At the end, Lion-O returns both stones to Soundora. But since the Mutants and Lunies are aware of the stones, she fears trouble lies ahead. So she sends the whole box of stones to another dimension, hoping that they'll never be used against those on Third Earth again. It ends with a smarmy conversation about how swell being a good guy is and how awful the bad guys' socks stink ;) "I, Mutant genius, will work alone!" - Vultureman, not showing a shred of ego at all. "This Thundercat will be finished after I put the fear of Alluro into him." - Alluro. "Mutant. No good." - Amok, right before he tosses Vultureman away like a rag doll. Warren H.: For my money, this episode is one of the best, maybe the best aside from Tower of Traps. The animation is kind of weird, but I like Soundora, and Chilla looks really good in her few scenes here. leppardra: I like this one a great deal; I believe it's one of the better second-season stories. Yes, the gargoyles protecting the Sound Stones are copies of the thieving gargoyles from "The Tower of Traps", but that's a minor annoyance. And the animation is above-average, so no complaints in that department. I always enjoy seeing most or all of the nine ThunderCats working together, and I wasn't disappointed here. Of course, the baddies get their asses wupped. Hey, it wouldn't be "ThunderCats" if they didn't!
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