Voltron: Legendary Defender

Everybody up! Zarkon's attacking!

The Castle's about to be destroyed!

Go, go, go! We need Voltron now!

Hurry! We can't survive much longer!

You've got to sell it a little bit more.

Oh, no! Allura is dead! Aw, it's horrible! Her head fell off!

Wait! What? Her severed head is trying to speak to me!

What is it, Allura's head? What are your final words?

-Coran. -Oh, yes, Princess, I'm listening.

It's over.

Oh, I know! If only Voltron had been formed.

Oh! Time!

I guess this isn't an actual attack.

And it's a good thing it wasn't because it took you... Coran?

Seventy-five degrees.

Oh, sorry. No, this is a meat thermometer.

However long it was, it was too long.

You must always be ready to do battle with Zarkon.

Look at you! Only Shiro is in uniform.

Keith, Pidge, Hunk, where are your bayards?

And where is Lance?

Good morning, everybody. What's going on?

Coran and I have been up for hours getting the Castle back in order.

We had to run a test on the alarms, and we decided to test you as well.

Guess which one failed.

Hey!

You got to sleep for 10,000 years, man. Monday night, I was on Earth.

Now, I've flown through space, fought some evil alien named Zarkon,

eaten goo in some weird castle.

That's a lot to process in, uh...

I don't know. What day is today?

It's the third quintant of the Spicolian movement. Hump day!

It's a lot to process.

You must understand the stakes of our mission.

Over the last 10,000 years,

the Castle picked up distress beacons from the following locations.

So, we have to assume that Zarkon has conquered

almost the entire known universe.

Earth is here. An attack on your planet is inevitable.

Oh, no.

Exactly.

Our mission is to free all those planets.

Coran and I are getting the Castle ready to leave Arus.

During that time, you have to learn to form Voltron,

so we can begin fighting Zarkon.

The Princess is right. Let's get to our lions and start training.

Wait. But I want to talk to the prisoners we rescued from the Galra ship.

Negative, Number Five. I have you ranked by height, okay?

The prisoners need to remain in the cryo-replenishers until tomorrow.

That's right. Now, get to your lions.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on? What's going...?

Aw, come on.

You've got to be kidding me.

Hmm... Mm...

Whoa!

Should someone go in after him?

Hi, guys. Sorry, everybody.

Seriously, though, can't they park these things,

like, a little closer to the bridge?

All right, guys. Let's just fly in tight formation until we're totally in sync.

Feel the bond with your lions and your fellow pilots

until five become one unit and you form Voltron!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yay.

Whoo.

Am I the only one who's still pretending to be excited?

Clearly, this isn't working. Let's set down for a little bit.

Maybe we should be building Voltron from the ground up.

What do you mean?

I mean, let's try literally building Voltron,

like, stacking on top of each other.

-Like a cheerleader pyramid? -You got a better idea?

It's worth a try.

-Hunk, what are you doing? -What do you mean?

You're supposed to be the leg over there.

What? No. No, no, no.

I'm pretty sure that when we did it last time, I was the head. Right?

-You yelled, "I'm a leg!" -Yeah, I was yelling a lot of things.

-Shiro's the head. -All the time?

-Let's just try it my way for now. -Okay, but next time I call head.

Okay. Arms and legs... and I'll form the head.

Feel the bonds with your lions.

Now, channel your energy into forming Voltron.

Focus. Focus.

Is everyone bonding and focusing?

Why was this so much easier before?

Let's take a break.

Sorry to interrupt, but I may be able to help.

Yesterday, you weren't able to form Voltron

until you were in the heat of battle.

-Yeah. -I'm listening.

-You're right. -Yeah, I guess.

Perfect.

Because I need to run a diagnostic test on all of the Castle defenses.

This should help!

Okay, go, go!

Allura, what are you doing?

Running a diagnostic test on the Castle defenses and inspiring you!

I believe in you, Paladins! Let fear be your guide! Form Voltron!

Forget this! I'm heading back to the Castle!

Please stop! Please! Have mercy on us!

You think Zarkon is going to have mercy on you?

He's probably on his way right now to destroy us all!

Auto-lock-on engaged.

You have returned early. Did you complete your mission?

Sir, the moon's crust became unstable.

Staying any longer would have cost half my crew.

Hmm, perhaps, but the half that survived would have been stronger.

-Hmm? -Weakness is an infection.

Better to cut it off than let it spread.

Huh?

What have you and your Druids come up with to capture Voltron?

I have been working on perfecting something.

Something that will strike fear

into the hearts of any that stand against it.

Voltron may have surprised Sendak,

but he will not be able to overcome my creation.

Are we at full power on condenser number five yet?

No, still just 84 percent.

You did it! You formed Voltron!

No. The shooting stopped and the particle barrier shut down, so we just flew in.

-What? -Oh, right. Sorry, Princess.

I had to turn off the Castle defenses to test the fire suppressors.

What are you guys doing in here? We're not taking a break.

Shiro's right. You should be training.

We've been training. When are we going back to Earth?

I'm not going back until I find my family.

Guys, there won't be an Earth if we don't figure out how to fight Zarkon.

How are we going to fight?

We can't even figure out how to form Voltron.

Well, I'm not surprised.

You know, the original paladins fought hundreds of battles together,

side-by-side.

They were like a pack of yalmors linked at the ears.

Wow. Yeah, that's definitely not us.

During the last attack, your survival instincts forced you to work as a team,

but that will only get you so far.

You'll have to become a real team to have any chance of forming Voltron

and then beating Zarkon next time.

You should try working out on the training deck.