Alone at Cats' Lair, Lion-O and Snarf are spied upon by Mumm-Ra, who decides to break into Lair and attack them. Mumm-Ra sends Ma-Mutt to capture Snarf, who has left the Lair briefly to collect candy fruit from the nearby Berbil village. Bringing Snarf to Mumm-Ra at his pyramid, Ma-Mutt transfers into Snarf and vice-versa. Mumm-Ra poisons the candy fruit and sends Ma-Mutt/Snarf back to Lion-O at the Cats' Lair. After eating the candy fruit, Lion-O falls ill and discovers the truth about Ma-Mutt/Snarf, but already poisoned, he collapses. Ma-Mutt secures the Lair and Mumm-Ra arrives to take command. At the Tower of Omens, Snarfer tells LynxO that he had a nightmare in which Snarf is turned into a dog. Together they contact the Cats' Lair. Deducing from Ma-Mutt/Snarf's voice that something is not right at the Cats' Lair, they go to investigate. Mumm-Ra attacks the Thundercats as they arrive by sticking Ma-Mutt/Snarf on them. This proves to be arriving Thundercats that this is not the real Snarf. Lion-O awakens from his poisonous sleep, summons the Sword of Omens to his hand, and signals the other Thundercats. They arrive to assist Lion-O. Snarf, in his Ma-Mutt form, escapes from Mumm-Ra's pyramid by reciting a variation on Mumm-Ra's transformation incantation, which transforms him into Snarf-Ra, The Ever-Living. As Snarf-Ra, a huge version of himself, Snarf along with the Thundercats, finally defeat Mumm-Ra and Ma-Mutt. Snarf is restored to his normal self once again.

Moral
by Robert Kuisis

Snarf, through determination and the power of Mumm-Ra's pyramid, is able to become something he isn't. He is transformed into an inflated creature possessing augmented strength and powers. He uses these powers to help expel Mumm-Ra from the Cats' Lair, but in the end, uncomfortable in his transformed self, he asks Lion-O to use the Sword of Omens to return him to his usual stature.

When we are unhappy with ourselves, it is common to visualize being something or someone we are not. For example, after we have failed in some task, we become aware of the qualities we may lack. And we may become envious of others we see us having those qualities. We may even try to model ourselves after them or other persons we admire. This can be positive if the qualities we seek to gain are within our capabilities. But there is a limit to how much we change and if we try to become something that is outside our potential or too different from what we really are, we are only inviting unhappiness. There is no substitute to developing a quality for real, because then we don't have to pretend. It is authentic if we emulate another and develop a characteristic that fits our nature. But it is artificial if we try to take on a characteristic that doesn't fit us. Snarf teaches us in this episode that we are most happy when we accept ourselves as we are and grow within our natural boundaries.

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