Lion-O undergoes the third of his Anointment Trials, which each Lord of the Thundercats must pass to prove he is worthy of his inherited title. The Trial of Cunning pits Lion-O against the Thunderkittens: a race through the Maze of Infinity. The Thunderkittens have the advantage of having reconnoitered the maze and plan a number of diversions to confuse and delay Lion-O. The Mutants take advantage of the fact that Lion-O must pass the trials unarmed and cannot accept help from anyone, so the trial includes a number of skirmishes with them.

In the maze, Lion-O is captured by half-blind cave dwellers who believe he is an overlord - an over-earth-man whose ancestors feared the cave dwellers' books and forced the gentle creatures to live below ground. To punish Lion-O, they try to force him to read until his eyesight fails. Lion-O escapes the cave dwellers and prevents the Mutants from destroying their books.

Meanwhile, the Thunderkittens are trapped above a fiery chasm and call for help. Even though he is sure this is just another Thunderkitten trick, Lion-O investigates. The Cave Dwellers help him rescue the Thunderkittens, who were indeed in real danger. Lion-O finally wins the race through the maze, tricking the Thunderkittens by roping them to a rock.

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