Thundarr the Barbarian was a Saturday morning animated television series, created by Joe Ruby and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It was broadcast during the early 1980s. Action figures of the three main characters were released by Toynami in 2004.

In the year 1994, a comet hurtles between Earth and the moon. The moon is destroyed, and the Earth loses its ozone layer--causing the entire planet to be laid waste. Centuries later, Earth has become "a world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery," inhabited by various evildoers, scavengers, and magicians. Thundarr, a warrior who wields a powerful sword, is joined by his friends Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel as they make their way through this strange world. Written by Brian Barjenbruch

In the year 1994, a comet from Outer Space hurtles between the Earth and the Moon unleashing destruction. The moon is destroyed and the Earth is left in ruins by natural disasters and civilization collapses as the Earth's O-Zone layer is gone and The Earth is left as a wasteland. 2000 years later, in the the post-apocalyptic world, a new world is born, a world of "Savagery, super-science and Sorcery". Living in the new world, Thundarr, a mighty warrior (armed with his magic sword "The Sun Sword") and his two companions, Princess Ariel, a beautiful sorceress the lion-like Ookla the Mok, do battle with evil forces of wizards and creatures as they travel across the new world. Written by Daniel Williamson