Voltron: Legendary Defender

The monster fell from the sky!

It was an epic battle, but Voltron was victorious!

No. I said, "Voltron was victorious!"

Thank you, Your Majesty, for that wonderful production.

It saddens me that we must leave tomorrow,

but we must continue our battle with Zarkon

and spread peace throughout the universe.

Your Highness...

please accept this gift.

This will allow you to contact us anytime you need help.

Arus will be the first planet in the Voltron Alliance.

Hoorah!

-We ought to get something like that. -Like what?

You know, like, a cheer. Like, a team cheer that we do.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, okay. How about, uh...

"I say Vol" and you say "Tron." Vol!

Uh... Voltron?

No! No, no, no. The cheer includes the instructions.

I say "Vol" and you say...

Voltron?

We'll work on it.

Coran, what is this?

Oh, this is Nunvill, the nectar of the gods.

It tastes like hot dog water and feet.

Yeah, makes a wonderful hair tonic as well.

Not feeling well? Try some Nunvill.

Settles the stomach and brightens your smile.

I'm not sure we should be letting everyone wander in and out of the castle like this.

It doesn't seem safe.

Oh, these Arusians won't hurt anything... much.

Besides, it's only fair to let them see the inside of a castle

that's been sitting on their planet for so long.

But who knows when Zarkon will attack again?

I'm going to do a perimeter check, just in case.

Commander Sendak, the sentries are in position around the Arusian village.

Luck is on our side.

Look, the Castle defenses are down. The door is wide open.

With all these Arusians coming in and out,

it should be nothing for you to infiltrate.

I may not have to. Look.

The small one has a Galra drone they've repurposed.

If I can just get close enough to clone its signature code,

I can send our bomb drone in undetected.

I knew you would not disappoint me, Haxus.

Look at them, the new Paladins of Voltron.

The fate of the universe is on their shoulders.

My eyes!

I must portray strength,

so no one can tell how concerned I am about the fate of our mission.

Let's keep that a secret.

-Who else has secrets?

Hunk tried to eat what?

That is rather amusing. What other secrets?

-That seems like Lance.

Pidge is a what?

Hmm...

Are you sure?

I'm getting to the bottom of this.

I guess we should get used to this space juice.

Who knows when we'll get back home again?

Yeah, if ever.

What do you mean?

I mean, if this Zarkon guy has been ruling for 10,000 years,

how long do you think it will take for us to fix it?

You know, if we live.

Right. That.

Hey, what do you think the chances are of us landing on a nacho planet?

Well, there's only one planet with Veradera Beach,

pizza shack looking over the water and the garlic knots and my mom's hugs...

I'm sorry. I think this Nunvill is getting to me. I gotta go.

So, Pidge, we haven't had a chance to really talk.

Tell me about yourself.

Hmm...

Well, I like peanut butter, and I like peanut butter cookies,

but I hate peanuts.

They're so dry.

Also, I sweat a lot. I mean, in general, unrelated to the peanuts.

I suppose I was thinking of something a little more personal.

We have a lot in common.

Like what?

Oh, well, both of us had our fathers taken away by Zarkon.

Yeah, but I'm going to get mine back.

-I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to-- -No, I understand.

I just want you to know that you can confide in me.

If there's anything you ever want to talk about...

-Anything. -Huh?

-Okay. I do have something to tell you. -I had a feeling. What is it?

I'm leaving Team Voltron.

Wait, what?

I decrypted the information from the Galra ship

about where my family might be, or at least where they were.

I've made up my mind. I'm leaving tonight.

Pidge, you can't. You're one of five paladins.

You have a sacred trust to defend the universe.

My first priority is to find my family!

I thought you of all people would understand.

If you had a chance to get your father back, wouldn't you?

I'm sorry.

I should go tell everyone else.

Shiro?

I need to talk to you.

Signature code cloned.

Bomb activated.

Mind if I join you?

How far away from Earth do you think we are, Coran?

Let's take a look.

Earth is over here.

And we're all...

the way over...

You ever notice how far the planets are from each other, Coran?

Yes. Haven't you been paying attention?

Yeah, but I mean, like, they're really, really far away.

Like, say, Earth. It's so far, I can't even see it.

The... The blue oceans, the white clouds, green grass...

I... I can't see any of it.

You miss Earth. I understand. I miss Altea.

I know we're supposed to be brave paladins

and Defenders of the Universe or whatever,

but, honestly, I just want to go home.

If I could go home, I would.

I miss rain and splashing in puddles.

-Rain? -Yeah. It's water that falls from the sky.

Oh, we had that on Altea.

Only, it wasn't water, more like rocks. Razor-sharp and boiling-hot.

Oh, they could knock a hole right in your head.

- Sounds fun. - Yeah.

Pidge, no.

The download from the Galra ship was enough

to at least get me in the right direction to start my search.

-I have a pod all ready to go. -You can't leave.

-You can't tell me what to do! -If you leave, we can't form Voltron.

And that means we can't defend the universe against Zarkon.

You're not the only one with a family.

All these Arusians have families. Everyone in the universe has families.

Yeah, I have a family. They live on Earth.

I want to be with them. Is that, like, a thing that can happen?

-You want to leave, too? -Of course I do!