Many of the main characters in the series (Louie, Baloo, Shere Khan, etc.) are taken from Disney's The Jungle Book (1967) with some updating (wearing clothes for example).
This film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour).
This movie was later split into 4 parts in syndicated reruns.
After stealing the fish bowls from couriers you can see the sword of Don Karnage go through roof of plane when going up moving staircase.
The title is referred to thunder & lightning.