The Planet Eater

First broadcast

Wednesday, 10 September 1986

Written by

William Overgard

Running time

Approximately 23 minutes

Speaking and seen

14 characters

The Silverhawks must stop the Mon*Star group from using their terrifying Sky Chomper, a ship which eats other ships whole.

First seen here

5 names enter the series in this episode.

• Space Freighter Crew
• The Planet Eater
• Space Freighter
• The Sky-Chomper
• The Space Racer

In this episode

Cast, in order of appearance14

• Space Freighter Crew
• Commander Stargazer
• Tally-Hawk
• Quicksilver
• Bluegrass
• Steelheart
• Steelwill
• The Copper Kidd
• Hardware
• Buzz-Saw
• Mon*Star
• Windhammer
• Yes-Man
• Sky-Runner

Places6

• Hawk Haven
• Brim*Star
• Mon*Star's Fortress
• The Planet Eater
• The Transformation Chamber
• The Moon*Star

Craft5

• Space Freighter
• The Sky-Chomper
• The Mirage
• The Hot-Seat
• The Space Racer

Weapons and equipment9

• Hot Licks
• The Roll-Up Bag
• The Tuning Fork
• Electric Roller Skates
• Laser Gun
• The Snag Missile
• Explosive Charge Cartridges
• The Laser Lance
• The Light-Star

Appearance lists compiled from the episode articles on the ThunderCats wiki, checked against this site's encyclopedia. Names we have no entry for are shown without a link rather than left out.

The writer credit and the one-line synopsis come from this site's legacy SilverHawks episode guide and have not been checked frame by frame against the broadcast. The studio summary, where shown, is quoted as written.