Voltron: Defender of the Universe

[repeated line, checklist for forming Voltron]

Keith:
Ready to form Voltron! Activate interlocks! Dyna-therms connected. Infra-cells up; mega-thrusters are go!

Keith:
Let's go, Voltron Force!

[repeated lines]

Keith:
Form feet and legs; form arms and body; and I'll form the head!

[first lines]

Narrator:
From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend; the legend of Voltron, Defender of the Universe, a mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. As Voltron's legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy. On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the solar system, they maintained peace throughout the universe, until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more. This is the story of the super force of space explorers, specially trained and sent by the Alliance to bring back Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Keith:
Form Blazing Sword!

Coran:
Go, Lions!

Pidge:
I'm going outside and seeing how close they are.

Sven:
Better stay under cover, Pidge.

Pidge:
I'll keep low and out of sight. Besides, they wouldn't hit somebody with glasses, would they?

Pidge:
[to the space-mice he speeds by] Got a *cheese* sandwich?

[laughs]

Pidge:
Come on, robots! You're only a bunch of nuts and bolts! Let's see what you can do against one litle Earth-man!

Pidge:
Keith, it's Pidge: can you read me? Anybody home? Say something!

Keith:
[grabs the phone] Are you in trouble, Pidge?

Pidge:
It ain't a social call. I've kinda got myself surrounded by Zarkon's killer robots!

Princess Allura:
Please, wait... You can't go out there are meet Zarkon's forces without any means of defense.

Keith:
We've got our bare hands!

[first lines]

Narrator:
Deep space. Vast reaches of mystery, majesty, and in one distant corner, magic. Evil magic, that rises from the misty marshes surrounding the castle known as, Doom.

Cmdr. Cossack:
I don't get it. Why did he pick her?

Haggar:
[having just explained her mental control] Figure it out, horn-head.

Queen Merla:
The chamber is full of quarks.

King Zarkon:
Quirks?

Queen Merla:
No, quarks. You see, everything is made of atoms and all atoms are made of quarks.

King Zarkon:
Hmmm. Nice, but how do it work?

Queen Merla:
Well, there are six kinds of quarks: up, down, top, bottom, strange, and my favorite kind, charmed.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Well, I'm gonna tell her off. Face-to-face. Then again, maybe I'll just call her on the phone.

Lance:
Ah, that's just a bunch of gossip.

Pidge:
Hey, Lance, didn't you once say the same thing about the legend of Voltron? I bet you don't even believe in the Tooth Fairy.

Princess Allura:
Thanks, boys. You're my best friends.

Keith:
Don't let Chitter hear you say that. [Allura chuckles]

Queen Merla:
[removes her disguise] Trick or treat.

Queen Merla:
You are just as lovely as they say, but I'm afraid you have something that I want: your job.

Princess Allura:
Where'd you get that awful lipstick?

Queen Merla:
Just like a prince to interfere where he doesn't belong.

Princess Allura:
How true.

Princess Allura:
He thinks he's so great just because he's got big muscles.

Queen Merla:
They're not really that big. I'll tell you a secret: underneath his uniform he wears foam rubber shoulder-pads. [Allura gasps; she laughs] You're fun. It's really too bad I'm going to have to replace you.

Prince Lotor:
[to Allura] I must have you for my bride.

Queen Merla:
Well, you really take the subtle approach, don't you, Lotor?

Hunk:
[of the hole] It's pretty small.

Pidge:
So am I.

Queen Merla:
Too bad you're not a bad guy. We have much more fun.

Princess Allura:
You always lose in the end.

Princess Allura:
Arus, forever.

Queen Merla:
You and I could have been good friends, Allura. But when friendship gets in the way of greed, guess who loses.

Prince Lotor:
[catching Allura as she falls] Careful.

Queen Merla:
[thinking] He's actually tender.

Prince Lotor:
My love's stronger than your power.

Queen Merla:
She'll never love you back, Lotor. Nice girls never go for your type.

Queen Merla:
[frustrated] Rats!

Princess Allura:
They're not rats; they're mice.

Pidge:
Keith, according to my readout, it has an arch-beam generator.

Keith:
Well, then, let's arch it right back at him.

Pidge:
Hey, that worked pretty good.

Princess Allura:
You like that, huh?

Keith:
Well, here's something you're gonna like even more. Form Blazing Sword!

Prince Lotor:
Allura. I've lost you once again.

[last lines]

Narrator:
Yes, that day one great kingdom had nearly been toppled by one tiny rumor. Fortunately, that kingdom had a special guardian: Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Pidge:
[of Alfor] He was really somethin'.

Keith:
You gotta admire a guy like King Alfor.

Pidge:
He does come back, but he sorta does it his own way, ya know?

Keith:
He is pretty unpredictable.

Hunk:
Well, different strokes for different ghosts, I always say.

Lance:
The only thing you always say, Hunk, is "What's to eat" and "Can I have seconds?" [he everyone else laugh at him]

Princess Allura:
Arus, forever!

Pidge:
I wonder how she ever made an escape from Planet Doom.

Keith:
The tricky question is, did she really escape?

Hunk:
What do you mean? You saw her spaceship shot down by Zarkon's fighters. She *must've* escaped from Planet Doom.

Lance:
Planet Doom - saying it gives me the creeps.

Pidge:
*We're* the only ones who ever escaped from Zarkon's slave-pit.

Hunk:
Well, she did it too.

Hunk:
[strikes the wall] One day, Zarkon - one day, you're gonna pay up!

Lance:
He's a snake!

Pidge:
He's so low he could go under a snake standing up!

Hunk:
Hey, how do you like that Zarkon? Makin' that nice little girl a slave.

Lance:
Let's put him out of business!

Hunk:
Yeah, with Voltron.

Pidge:
Hit Zarkon for once before he hits us.

Hunk:
Hey, we all know Voltron is to be used only for defense, never for attack, but maybe we could bend the rule just this once, huh?

Lance:
[spreads out his hands] Then look for another job?

Hunk:
Yeah. Wishful thinkin'.

Pidge:
[notices he's stopped pacing by the others' ledge] What do *you* think, Keith?

Keith:
I think that something bothers me about that girl's escape from Planet Doom.

Hunk:
[strides over] Whadaya mean?

Keith:
Well, it was too easy. The running away, the available ship nearby.

Hunk:
[grabs Keith's collar] You calling her a liar?

[tightens his grip]

Hunk:
*You* saw her slave-tattoo. *You* saw her ship shot down by Zarkon's men. Hey, come on, we saw how he treated slaves when he had *us* trapped there. He and his whole evil gang oughta be run out of the galaxy.

Keith:
OK, OK; I agree with ya...

Lance:
[dragging him back with Pidge] Easy, Hunk, calm down.

Hunk:
Just don't knock that nice girl. Ooooh! Ooooh!

Pidge:
[awoken by the mice] No! No cheese! No midnight snacks for you guys!

Hunk:
Plantin' a bomb to blow us all sky-high. And after I saved her neck, she's gotta be a spy for Zarkon. And she looked like such a nice girl.

King Zarkon:
Your pretty spy is a pretty fool! She allowed herself to be detected, and she placed the bomb where it could be detonated harmlessly!

Haggar:
The girl was never cut out for evil, Sire. I feared as much from the start. But now, we must be quick to turn adversity into advantage.

King Zarkon:
Advantage? What advantage do we have now, old witch, when everything that *could* gone wrong, *has* gone wrong?

Haggar:
Ha! The girl has not been caught yet. She'll lead them a merry chase. And while all the space-explorers are out scouring the country, they cannot form Voltron.

King Zarkon:
You are always able to see the evil in everything, Haggar.

Twila:
[floats further up the mountain after using laser-vision so he falls off his horse] Stay back!

Hunk:
[advances slightly] I just gotta hear if straight from you. Are you really workin' for that monster Zarkon? And if so, why?

Twila:
Because if I do, he's promised to free all my enslaved people.

Hunk:
What?

Twila:
[crying] Zarkon promised, that if I help in his plan to destroy Arus, he'd free all of the slaves on Planet Doom. He wants this planet more than slaves, and he'd keep his word, I know.

Hunk:
Wrong.

Twila:
I'd do anything to free my people. They can't stand to suffer anymore. They want to go back to their own planet and be free again.

Hunk:
You can't believe Zarkon. He'll never free those slaves. Never.

[Twila closes her eyes and shakes her head]

Hunk:
Believe me, Zarkon has lied to you. Give it up now.

Twila:
It's too late! Commander Yurak is on his way to Arus with my brother, to do as King Zarkon commands.

Hunk:
Your brother?

Twila:
Yes. As part of his bargain with King Zarkon to free my people, he volunteered to be changed into a huge monstrous clawbeast.

Hunk:
Hey, save some action for me!

[last lines]

Lance:
You believe Twila, Keith?

Keith:
Sure.

Lance:
I sure hope she gets the rest of her family back one day.

Keith:
She will. Because wherever there are forces of evil in these far-flung galaxies, they'll soon be defeated by Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Lance:
Count me out. I think we've been polished enough.

Keith:
What!

Lance:
You're going to polish us off to a dull finish!

Keith:
Grrrrr! Let's see if your reflexes work as good as your mouth!

King Zarkon:
You should've blown off Voltron's Head; that's where the thinking's done.

King Alfor:
The Lion-ships are like the waters of five streams, flowing into a river, becoming a part of it. With the power of that river you can crush stones or carve out a mountain. Look to the river to show you the way, but look to the streams to form the river.

Lance:
Wow, King Alfor speaks like a corkscrew. Why can't he just come right out and say what he means?

Lance:
Seems like a lot of poetry.

Keith:
It was good poetry with real meaning. Streams coming together to make a great, strong river. People are like that - coming together, working together to make a strong family, a strong city, a strong country, a strong planet. But the key words are "working together". That's what makes a mighty river, or a mighty Voltron.

Hunk:
How about lunch?

Pidge:
You'll survive.

First man:
[holding weapons] We're ready.

Second man:
Yeah, real ready.

Princess Allura:
But...

First man:
Ir's time we helped you out ourselves. Our homes and our families are here. We're not gonna run away from Lotor's forces again.

Third man:
We all voted to stay and fight.

Woman:
You must understand this is our home, our town.

Second man:
Let Lotor send his worst.

Third man:
Yeah, we'll stop him with the help of Voltron, and the Lion-ships too.

Lance:
You can't stand up against Lotor's ships with just those laser-rifles!

First man:
Well, we're gonna give it everything we've got. The well-being of my unborn child is in the hands of someone mightier than Lotor.

Lance:
I've never met braver people. It's an honor to serve with you.

Nanny:
Please be careful.

Coran:
[whispering] Just be strong!

[last lines]

Lance:
Hey, team, while we were busy, a new baby was born on Arus.

Hunk:
Cute little guy. I hope they name him Voltron.

Pidge:
It's not a little guy; it's a little *girl*.

Princess Allura:
And they're naming her Voltrica! [everyone laughs]

Prince Lotor:
Your crystal-ball is cracked, Haggar.

Pidge:
Maybe one will turn into a handsome prince.

Prince Lotor:
[laughs where he eavesdrops abroad] *I'm* the only handsome prince. *They'll* turn into something much worse.

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
Will Lotor never learn? He'll never conquer this planet or enslave our people as long as we have Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

King Zarkon:
I conquered the people of Nimone and made them my slaves. I need the valuable minerals on that planet. Now a slave has escaped. If he reaches the Voltron Force, that mighty robot will come to their aid. And that fool nephew of mine, i knew I should never have put him in charge of Planet Nimone! [not seeing that Cova's eyes glowed before he started yowling] And you are not so wise, either.

Hunk:
[Jai's spaceship crash-lands in the lake and he ends up floating to the surface] Hey, team, it looks like we got some company.

Hunk:
Wow. He's got more bandages than a mummy.

Princess Allura:
What's the matter? Aren't you hungry?

Jai:
I can't eat. Not while my people are starving. I came here to get help for a desperate planet.

Princess Allura:
But first, you have to rest, and build up your strength. Then we can talk.

Jai:
I *have* no time. Every minute we waste could mean a life.

Keith:
It's far, but worse than that it's a *dangerous* trip, filled with magnetic fields, black holes, and meteors. And if we *do* go, Coran, we'll be leaving Planet Arus undefended.

Coran:
Just the way Zarkon would like it, I'm afraid.

Hunk:
Maybe it's all a trick.

Jai:
[comes to the door] It's no trick! My people need help, really!

Princess Allura:
Jai, you should be in bed.

[runs over]

Jai:
Princess, I beg you to help. Voltron is the only one that can save us.

[looks up from where he leans against the doorway]

Princess Allura:
First I must have further discussions with Coran.

[lowers head]

Princess Allura:
My adviser.

Jai:
Discussions? You want to talk, while the slavemaster's whip punishes my people? While they're starving and suffering. If you won't help us, nobody will. We have nowhere else to turn.

[sags forward against her, who has her hands on his shoulders, while Keith shakes his head in sympathy]

Princess Allura:
Friends, I believe in my heart he tells the truth.

Lance:
Let's get 'em! [runs over and pumps Keith's hand enthusiastically]

Keith:
Save your energy, Lance. We'll need it when we tangle with Zarkon.

Hunk:
Those meteors look like giant boulders.

Keith:
Try and look at it this way, Hunk: it's just another rock-concert.

Haggar:
Aren't people buried up to their necks in sand a delightful sight!

Commander Yurak:
You never disappoint me, Haggar. Spoken like a true witch.

Keith:
[a pair of magnified Robeasts attack] Here come a couple of late birthday gifts from Haggar.

Hunk:
Doom ship at forty-five degrees.

Lance:
Got it!

[the Blazing Sword strikes it but it results in a vision-blocking flame]

Lance:
No, I don't!

[last lines]

Keith:
The people of Nimone are safe and free again. And whenever any world across the vastness of space is threatened with injustice or cruelty, good people everywhere can rest assured there is one who will always be ready to help: Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

[first lines]

Narrator:
The castle of the Queen of Darkness. Her reign has spread unhappiness throughout the stars. But what happens when an evil queen wants to become good?

Queen Merla:
[of his being on her planet] It is forbidden.

Prince Lotor:
Even for a man who was once your boyfriend?

Prince Lotor:
I've missed you.

Queen Merla:
Cut the Prince Charming act and tel me what you want.

Queen Merla:
You will rent a modest castle on some suburban planet, and my nephews can come and visit.

Prince Lotor:
They would be cute with their pointy little ears.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Sire, you're ship's ready. I got it all souped up for ya, lean and mean. I even put an 8-ball on the gear shift.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Relax, queenie, I understand all this lovey-dovey stuff, it's OK.

Keith:
Zarkon!

King Zarkon:
Sure. Who did you think it was, the Good Humor man?

Keith:
Release your slaves and I'll call off the Lions.

King Zarkon:
Release my slaves? Then I'd have to do my own work.

Princess Allura:
The change might do you good, Zarkon.

King Zarkon:
Yes, but it would ruin my image. People just won't accept a tyrant who does his own laundry.

Prince Lotor:
Ah, my good friends. What a pleasure to see you again.

Keith:
Yeah? Well, it's no pleasure for us.

Prince Lotor:
It's nice to see you acting like a *real* prince.

Princess Allura:
[clasps her hand] Then tell me you'll be my bride.

Prince Lotor:
Lotor, I'm a pilot on a mission. Anyway, you're pledged to Merla.

King Zarkon:
Let's see, you're looking for a heart, a brain, and Kansas.

Keith:
You're gonna wish you *were* in Oz.

Prince Lotor:
I can never be good. It's impossible.

Prince Lotor:
[Keith takes out his sword] Don't threaten me, little man.

Keith:
This is no threat. It's a promise.

Keith:
You're pretty tough around *slaves*, Lotor. Come on.

Prince Lotor:
There's no time left.

Lance, Pidge, Hunk, Princess Allura:
KEITH!

Keith:
[the Black Lion catches up to theirs as Allura mops her brow and sighs in relief] Hi, guys. Were you all worried about something?

Lance:
[laughing] Us, worried? Gosh, no, Keith, now what would ever make you think that?

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
Your time's running out, Zarkon.

Pidge:
That's right.

King Zarkon:
Nonsense. I'll rule forever. [the screen showing him goes off]

Keith:
No chance, Zarkon. You're a legend in your own mind. So let me clue you in: two-bit tyrants with fancy titles are a dime a dozen. But there's only one Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Hunk:
That bridge is a real beauty.

Pidge:
Nothing could be as beautiful as the legend behind it.

Princess Allura:
You'll see that story at the dedication tomorrow.

Lance:
Sounds like a story I wouldn't wanna miss: the Princess running from one end of the bridge, the young guy running from the other, then they meet in the middle - and get all icky-sticky. [laughs]

Princess Allura:
[told one of the Voltron Force will perform with Allura as two lovers, three jump at the chance] Keith?

Keith:
No, thanks. I'll stay here in case an emergency comes up.

Pidge:
I've been double-crossed by a mouse! Tonight I'm gonna bring you a cat.

Hunk:
I'm really mad at that Lotor; he ruined my big moment with the Princess.

King Zarkon:
Lotor, you disappoint me. You've failed in your mission and you've lost my favorite Robeast.

Hunk:
That thing's no pop-gun.

Princess Allura:
[is hit] Yes, we must avoid the canon.

Keith:
No, Princess. We're gonna *let* that canon blast us.

Hunk, Princess Allura, Lance, Pidge:
What?

Keith:
We've gotta make Lotor think that he's blown us to pieces. But we'll only have a split-second to fool him.

Prince Lotor:
These clones will believe anything you tell them.

Prince Lotor:
Dear Father, I suppose you've called to congratulate me. But that's not necessary. Destroying Voltron was my pleasure.

King Zarkon:
You fool, while you've been celebrating, Coran has ordered a robot-attack.

Prince Lotor:
A robot-attack? But how?

King Zarkon:
By flying under your scanners. You are commander because you are my son, but if you continue to fail me, Lotor, I'll have you replaced by a technotronic robot. Mark my words.

[the screen showing him goes off]

Prince Lotor:
[sipping his drink annoyed] Hm. What does *he* know, anyway?

King Zarkon:
Lotor *thinks* he's destroyed the mighty Voltron. He *thinks* the Planet Arus can no longer attack us. What does he have to think with; he's a numskull.

King Zarkon:
They'll reunite and send him home defeated.

[Cova yowls; he doesn't see that his eyes glowed]

King Zarkon:
Even Kitty agrees. Lotor will never learn; he's a born loser.

Prince Bandor:
Well, Sven, I guess this makes it official. I'm sure you're gonna miss piloting the Blue Lion, but if you left Planet Pollux... there's someone you'd miss even more.

Sven:
Bandor!

Prince Bandor:
Don't worry - I won't say a word about you and Romelle!

Princess Romelle:
Bandor, you stop that!

Prince Bandor:
Stop what? I didn't say a thing.

Sven:
Prince Bandor, please. Your sister saved my life when I was on Planet Doom, and I will always be grateful for that.

Prince Bandor:
Oh, so you're sayin' the only thing you feel is gratitude. Well, I don't doubt your word, Sven, but I do wonder why every time she comes over to talk to ya, you start to blush!

Princess Romelle:
[leaning in from his side to startle him] That's enough, Bandor. Sven is a very important pilot. He does not blush.

Prince Bandor:
Maybe not, but you sure do. [Romelle gasps] Well, it is the truth, you know. [turns away smirking] It's perfectly clear.

Princess Romelle:
[grabbing his arm] What is?

Prince Bandor:
You're in love but Sven won't say it 'cause he's just a pilot!

Princess Romelle:
[Gasps] Stop... Stop...! [covers his mouth and he struggles until Sven reaches forward and eases them apart]

Sven:
He's right, Romelle. I have nothing to offer you. I am only a flyer, and you are from a famous royal family. Yet someday when Zarkon is defeated, perhaps... [she holds out her hand and he takes it] we will speak of love.

Prince Lotor:
[laughs] Together at last - the princess, and the prince.

Princess Allura:
Some prince.

Prince Lotor:
[to the four then specifically to Keith] You will be set free if Allura will be my bride. How does *that* sound, my young friend? Your freedom for her hand.

Keith:
[being choked] Don't do it, Princess Allura!

Lance:
He's right, Princess. We'll stick with you, no matter what!

Hunk:
That creep would *never* keep *his* part of the bargain!

Pidge:
Hang tough, Princess; don't give in!

[last lines]

Sven:
These people owe you their lives.

Keith:
No more than we owe them, Sven. We depend on them, much as they depend on us, and Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Denny:
All the kids say nice things about you.

Hunk:
Really, Denny? Such as what?

Denny:
For one thing, they all think you're smarter than you look.

Hunk:
[flicks his head good-naturedly] Thanks a lot! [all laugh]

Hunk:
Pidge never talks with food in his mouth - especially when he's eatin' two meals at once.

Hunk:
I think maybe that third dessert tonight kinda got ya.

Lance:
*You* had the extra dessert, Hunk, and four, not three.

Prince Lotor:
Use the chips in your head. You aspire to Robeast status - exert yourself.

Lance:
We've got to get in the cab.

Keith:
How?

Pidge:
It takes a gymnast. I can get in there while you guys are talkin'!

Princess Allura:
It has to be Lotor. Destruction is the only sport he knows.

Keith:
[resurfaces from the mound of dirt after the flood Allura started] Did a water-mane burst?

Princess Allura:
Blue Lion coming in. How is everybody?

Keith:
Soaking wet. But glad to be alive.

Keith:
Ready?

Pidge:
Ready and real mad!

Hunk:
If that thing's still an earth-mover, I'm the new Mr. Universe.

Keith:
He turned our simple machine into a vicious Robeast, but he forgot to give it brains.

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
I hope we take a goal in soccer.

Keith:
[grinning] If we had Hunk on our team we'd be a cinch, but he's out of shape.

Hunk:
[standing to run to the field] Who says?

Pidge:
[following with the others] Show 'em your stuff! Hey, watch *this* fancy leg-work.

Boy:
[grinning] You've got fancy legs, but they're not long enough, Pidge.

Hunk:
This is how I put it away! WHOA - ! [everyone else laughs as he misses the ball and slips and Pidge is able to connect with it]

Lance:
[to Hunk] Relax, have something to eat.

Haggar:
I could be your friend.

Haggar:
[thinking] Who does she think she is, Miss Super-Cool?

Queen Merla:
Watch your thoughts. I can hear everything you think.

Keith:
Wow, you really turned 'em around.

Hunk:
They just needed a little persuadin'.

Haggar:
Us girls have got to stick together, eh, Queen Merla?

Queen Merla:
You haven't been a girl in centuries.

Haggar:
Merla, I was just kidding around.

Haggar:
I detest overachievers.

Haggar:
We could be friends.

Haggar:
[thinking] She thinks she's Ms. Super-Cool.

Haggar:
A new armada. New ultra-droids. And a new incredible Robeast on the way, more powerful than ever before. Why do I have the vague feeling you're planning something big?

Cmdr. Cossack:
[to the robot] Quiet, tin-head, I know what I'm doing.

King Zarkon:
Sorry about Cossack here.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
Where did you get *him* from?

King Zarkon:
I think he just crawled in here one day.

King Zarkon:
I wanted to see if you were as good as before. But you're not. You're even better.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
I don't fight for sport, Zarkon. I'm a warrior from an ancient family. I only fight for honor.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
As always, I refuse to help you with your conquests. But if there is a challenge to the honor of our star system, then I am sworn to do battle.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
I have never lost a battle. That's not a boast; it's a fact.

King Zarkon:
He's so tough, just talking to him gives me a headache.

King Zarkon:
[to Lotor] I want you on your best behavior.

Prince Lotor:
I like the way you bow.

Queen Merla:
[her first lines] Well?

Robot:
The queen is waiting for her official royal greeting.

Cmdr. Cossack:
[reading the message] Oh, yeah, uh, "The king's royal...", uh, just come on in, OK?

Queen Merla:
[thinking] This must be Lotor.

Prince Lotor:
[thinking] She'll find me irresistible.

Queen Merla:
[thinking] He looks brutish and dim-witted.

Prince Lotor:
[thinking] I can tell she's charmed.

Queen Merla:
[thinking] There's a bad vibration here.

Prince Lotor:
We met before. Outside.

Queen Merla:
No, you're mistaken. The man I met outside was brutish and stupid. He couldn't have been the son of a great king like Zarkon.

Queen Merla:
How brave they are. It's really a shame they must both lose.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
[thinking] He's mine. And yet when I look into his eyes, I see only courage and valor.

Stride the Tiger Fighter:
I haven't had such a valiant opponent in many years; you remind me of myself. When I was younger. You're a champion, Keith.

Keith:
So are you. I've heard of Tiger fighters, but now I've *met* one. [they shake]

Queen Merla:
Don't you know chivalry is out of date? Betrayal is much more fashionable.

Princess Allura:
Boy, do I feel like dancing... [Keith, Lance, and Hunk look eager]... with Coran! [they groan as she heads off]

Hunk:
[miserable] I can't believe it. I gotta eat somethin'.

Lance:
I'm already eatin' my heart out.

King Zarkon:
It has an evil look that appeals to my artistic nature.

Haggar:
I copied it out of a book. [laughs]

Princess Allura:
I didn't even a chance to dance with the boys. Oh, well. Maybe next time.

Hunk:
Well, if somebody's gotta go, it's gonna be me.

Keith:
[causing his mouth to drop open in horror] No, Hunk. I'm team leader. I'll go.

Hunk:
Nice try. See ya later.

Coran:
Everyone must be given a chance to prove themselves by their own deeds and actions.

Lance:
[walking through dense fog towards the Castle of Lions] We'll never find anything in this pea-soup.

Keith:
That's good, nothing can find us either.

[first lines]

Keith:
Commander Keith calling Galaxy Garrison. We've just escaped from King Zarkon and the Planet Doom. But we're not out of trouble yet. I'll report again later, I hope.

Pidge:
[helping him stand] That Hunk - plows head-first at everything. Your face is disgusting. [Hunk blows dirt in his face]

Lance:
[refusing Hunk's and Pidge's hands] Leave me alone! I'll get up when I want! [coughs sand out of his mouth] Ptoo! We crashed and our ship's blown up. What's next?

Hunk:
How about food?

Hunk:
[running toward the shooters in the cave-entrance with one of their spears] *I'll* get ya! WOW! Come on, I'll take ya *all* on! [laughing as they retreat] You can hide... but I'll find ya! Some welcome you've given us. We came to help! Come *out* and fight!

Keith:
[grabs his shoulder] Take it *easy*, Hunk...

Hunk:
Zarkon wrecks their planet, we come to help 'em and what do we get? Scaredy-cats!

Lance:
They've been through a nightmare. You'd be scared too.

Hunk:
Not me.

Lance:
Unless *we* help them, there's no hope for these people.

Hunk:
How can you help someone, who doesn't help themselves?

Lance:
It isn't easy, but we'll try.

Hunk:
[surveying the desolate landscape] It'd be *easier* with some food, or a Space Burger place around.

Pidge:
Zarkon did this to these people.

Sven:
Now they're afraid of everybody.

Lance:
It'll be hard to make friends here.

Keith:
But that's what we've gotta do: help each other.

Keith:
Uh-oh... Zarkon's killer ships! [a moment passes, but they fly overhead without attacking] I'll never complain about the fog again.

Lance:
It doesn't sound like a man-eating lion, but it could be a lion-eating *man*.

Hunk:
I once wrestled a lion. 'Course, he was only a cub.

Lance:
[a crow flies out against his spear, knocking him back startled] OK, bird-brain, *you're* grounded.

Coran:
You are strangers to Planet Arus.

Pidge:
[unexpectedly locked in] And we'll be glad to leave. Just open up!

Coran:
Princess, these five brave explorers have just escaped the evil Zarkon, and now they have come to help us.

Pidge:
Who wouldn't want to help *her*?

[last lines]

Coran:
You are the saviors of Arus. We have no other hope. You offer to come to our defense, and we trust you. Go now. Take your places in the five Lion robots, and battle the evil Zarkon. Combined, you will become mighty Voltron, King of Robots, Defender of the Universe.

Hunk:
Let's play Dodge-the-Laser.

Keith:
Some game.

Prince Bandor:
That castle is fortified with thousands of lasers! How will Voltron get through?

Coran:
It certainly won't be easy, Prince Bandor. Perhaps it will take one castle to defeat another.

Prince Bandor:
What? Castles can't fight battles.

Coran:
That all depends, my friend. In desperate times like these, even a castle can become a weapon.

Prince Lotor:
I might have enjoyed this if you were human. But there's no glory in defeating a bunch of dim-witted robots.

Princess Romelle:
[offering him a knife] Take this, Sven. And remember that, no matter what happens, my heart is with you.

Sven:
Thank you, Romelle. Farewell. [runs off]

Princess Romelle:
Please, let him be safe. Please...

Keith:
Ahhh... This is great. Peace at last.

Princess Allura:
Beautiful.

Lance:
[looks at the one snoring] You gotta know that Hunk is relaxed *now*!

Pidge:
He's really loose.

Keith:
This is the life... But for how long?

Pidge:
Now that there's peace in *this* part of the universe, I guess the Galaxy Alliance will be sending us out on assignment someplace else. Hey, maybe they'll call us back to join the rest of the Voltron Force. I'll get to see my brother Chip again. I'm gonna write him a space-letter right away.

Land team member:
What's the matter, Madoc?

Madoc:
I was just thinking. One day there'll probably be a big expensive hotel, right here when I'm standing. And I probably won't be able to afford to come here and enjoy it.

Land team member:
Why don't you make a reservation now, before the prices skyrocket?

Rocky:
I'll sleep like a log tonight.

Jeff:
And saw like a log.

Cmdr. Quark:
The fools have launched an early-warning satellite. Didn't they think we could detect it? Well, let's give them a warning. Fire our rockets and knock it out.

Jeff:
Voltron Force ready and standing by.

Cliff:
*Sitting* by.

Cric:
While all the action's way out there somewhere *passing* by.

[last lines]

Jeff:
The Voltron Force can fight, when they're forced to. But our mission is to establish peaceful new worlds, and we can do it, with the help of Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Coran:
An enemy attack-ship.

Keith:
Let's go!

Hunk:
[exchanging glances with the others] We're ready.

Princess Allura:
[through the radio] Black Lion ready for action.

Keith:
The Princess, in *my* Black Lion! [switches the camera from showing the ship to her] Allura, what are you doing in the Black Lion?

Princess Allura:
I'm doing just what my father King Alfor would have done: protecting my planet and my people.

Pidge:
Yeah, but you're in the wrong Lion. That belongs to Keith.

Hunk:
Now you get back into your Blue Lion.

Coran:
No, there's no time.

Princess Allura:
Just 'cause I'm a girl you think i can't lead. Well, come on, I'll show you.

Pidge:
So that's it. *She* wants to be the leader.

Keith:
We'll settle this later!

Prince Lotor:
[after being struck by missiles and water from the Blue Lion which is actually being flown by Keith] Ooh. The Princess fights like a Lion.

Coran:
The Voltron Force is a team. Like a chain, it is only as strong as its weakest link.

Pidge:
Hey - why blame us? It was all the Princess' fault!

Coran:
[Allura gasps from where she faces away behind] the Princess is not entirely to blame. She did earn her place to fly the Blue Lion. But now I don't know if she deserves that privilege at all.

Princess Allura:
[faces them] "Privilege"? Do you call it a privilege to defend one's world from evil?

Hunk:
[now glances at her] But you had no right to take the Black Lion.

Princess Allura:
I just wanted to help.

Lance:
You could help a lot more if you would do just what you're supposed to. We don't need surprises.

[turns his back]

Pidge:
We get enough surprises from Zarkon and Lotor.

Coran:
[she turns away in shame] Your friends are angry, and they have the right.

[runs to stand before her]

Coran:
Princess, you must realize that the Black Lion is only for the Commander of the Voltron Force.

Princess Allura:
Keith, I only wanted to learn in case someday you returned to Earth and I was left on my own. Keith, say something.

Keith:
[with his back turned] Good intentions or not, you almost cost us our lives! Sven never would have done that!

Princess Allura:
[thinking in the doorway to the control-room where Keith is] OK, so I made a mistake taking the Black Lion without asking. But why can't they just forgive me? Do they still want me to fly the *Blue* Lion? Oh, I wish they'd give me another chance.

[weeps and inwardly groans]

Lance:
[in her head with the other two] You took a dangerous chance.

Hunk:
We could've been hurt!

Pidge:
Bad move, Princess.

Keith:
[thinking after Allura leaves] The Princess took the wrong Lion but she did it for the right reason. Maybe I was too rough on her.

Princess Allura:
[in a dream seeing Sven succeed then herself fail in defense] Keith, can't you find it in your heart to forgive me? I know I almost caused disaster, but - I wasn't trying to take *your* place. I know I'll never be as good as Sven, but I must fly the Blue Lion and defend my world, before it's too late.

Lance:
It's hard to believe, Lotor is so bold he's just asking us to turn the Princess over to him like a, bag of apples.

Hunk:
If only Sven was here. We wouldn't have to put up with Lotor's demands.

Lance:
Yeah, but Sven's *not* here.

Pidge:
What if he never comes back?

Lance:
Then we'd be stuck with a princess who doesn't know how to work with a team.

Prince Lotor:
[of the Blue Lion Allura crashed through the wall] Tame that beast.

Prince Lotor:
How foolish of you to come here. Your new job for life will be to serve me day and night.

[laughs]

Prince Lotor:
Mine at last.

Princess Allura:
[he bends over to kiss her but she regains consciousness and slaps his face] Oh, I *hate* you.

Prince Lotor:
[raises his laser-sword] Now you'll pay for that.

Princess Allura:
[Gasps] I'm not afraid of you! I'm here to make a deal. If you spare Planet Arus, I'll stay here and serve you well.

Prince Lotor:
And serve me you shall.

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
I'm so sorry I caused you all this trouble. I have no right to pilot *any* of the Lions anymore.

Keith:
[spins around] Are you kiddin'? You *are* the Blue Lion. And someday you'll be the Black Lion too.

Hunk:
You came through when we needed *you* - Partner!

Lance:
What you did out there today, protecting your friends and subjects, was one of the bravest things I've ever seen anybody do.

Keith:
And, I have to ask you a favor: never ever doubt that we always want you on our team.

Princess Allura:
[tears fall from her eyes and she turns away in astonishment] I feel so happy. So why am I crying?... When you have friends, the world is a much nicer place to live. Having good friends on your team is the best thing in the whole universe.

Cliff:
[Hutch and Marvin fight over their game] I know we all need action and we've got to stay in shape, but not *this* way.

Jeff:
[takes his shoulder grinning to stop him stepping forward] They're buddies Cliff; really, the best of friends. This is the way they work off stress and frustration. Cards, just don't do it for 'em.

Jeff:
We're all set. Are we cleared for launch?

Cmdr. James Hawkins:
It may be that Hazar's forces are out to stop us as usual.

Jeff:
So what's new? Hazar's always on our tail, and we always handle him.

Cmdr. James Hawkins:
But you've had some mighty narrow escapes; sorry, Jeff. Mission temporarily aborted 'til we know for sure. [the screen goes blank]

Jeff:
Commander! [sits back silently sighing] Have a nice day, Hazar.

Jeff:
Air Taem ready, and I mean ready!

Cliff:
Land Team more than ready.

Cric:
Sea Team bite that!

Space Marshal Graham:
The universe is big enough for all people, but there are always those who want what someone else has.

Cmdr. James Hawkins:
Good work. We'll lift the Explorer back into space. It's not equipped to battle at ground level with forces like Quark's. That's your job.

Jeff, Cliff:
Tell us!

[last lines]

Cmdr. James Hawkins:
It's regrettable that in this vast universe, space without end and who knows how many livable worlds, some men refuse to grow the magic size, to leave behind their selfish ambitions. Yes, there'll always be an evil menace like Quark. But in times of great peril, we'll always have the protection of Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

King Zarkon:
Lotor, my beloved son, you're a nitwit.

Hunk:
Relaxing makes me hungry.

Pidge:
What doesn't?

Lance:
Hey, team, looks like there might be a big storm coming up.

Hunk:
Yep, sounds like a real bad storm - Hurricane Nanny.

Princess Allura:
[pounding the door] What good is being a ruler if there's nothing left to rule?

Princess Allura:
You're a monster, just as bad as your father.

Prince Lotor:
That old fool? Dear girl, I'm twice the monster my father ever hoped to be.

Prince Lotor:
[to the guards] Come, fight for your Princess! We'll see who wants her the most!

Nanny:
Don't go out there, it's not safe!

Princess Allura:
[running by] And that's the very thing we've got to eliminate, Nanny.

King Zarkon:
Now, come, tell me. Is the battle over? Did the robot win?

Haggar:
Yes, Sire, and that robot flies high over Planet Arus in victory. Unfortunately, that robot is not our Robeast.

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
Lotor will never give up. And I will *never* bow to him. Or allow my people to fall into the evil hands of the ruler of Planet Doom. The Voltron Force will keep us safe and secure. And I know now, that I can be both the ruler my people wish, and the defender of their freedom as well.

Lance:
He probably thought we were going off to some tasty moon.

Keith:
Well, tell him they're not really made of green cheese.

Keith:
We may be in luck; there's a nasty storm coming up. Go to Lotor, Princess, and leave the rest to me.

Lance:
What?

Hunk:
No!

Pidge:
That's crazy, I don't believe you said that!

Keith:
You've gotta trust me. There isn't time to explain. Just trust me.

Princess Allura:
I trust you, Keith.

Keith:
OK, Lotor, we accept your offer. She's on the way but I want the others released at the same time.

Prince Lotor:
Don't worry. I made a bargain and I'm a man of honor.

Prince Bandor:
Don't go in, Allura! He doesn't know the *meaning* of the word honor!

[last lines]

Keith:
Lotor will no doubt return to trouble us again, but we'll feel always feel secure with the help of Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Hunk:
My buddies on that planet are even smaller than you.

Pidge:
[grinning] Me, small? I never noticed.

Lance:
Any smaller and we couldn't see you.

Keith:
[grinning] Don't tease him, Lance; he's just the convenient take-home size.

Princess Allura:
[grinning] That makes Hunk the double-jumbo size.

Pidge:
If you ask me, he's more like the triple giant maga-gigantular whopper size.

Pidge:
Why don't you go visit your friends on that planet?

Keith:
Go on, Hunk. We won't miss ya. No more than a turn or two.

Hunk:
Ah, all right, I think I *will* go. [heads off laughing] See you guys later!

Lance:
Boy, *he* didn't take much convincing, did he? But then, he never does.

Haggar:
Cossack, do you have to practice to be such a fool or does it just come naturally? [puts up a hand] Don't answer.

Cmdr. Steele:
Yellow Lion, I urge you to turn back; you're taking a great risk.

Hunk:
Yeah? Well, I already took some risks for my little friends. I guess I can take a few more. And if those Doom creeps try to ruin my vacation, they'll have their hands full. They don't call me Hunk for nothing.

Cmdr. Cossack:
If you help me catch Yellow Lion, I'll be so happy, I'll cover you with a thousand kisses.

Haggar:
[holds up a hand] Please, anything but that.

Cmdr. Cossack:
I didn't mean it literally. No one could survive *that*. [laughs]

Hunk:
It's just as pretty as ever. And there's the house. I remember when we built that little place. And that place went from a bunch of sticks to a real home. What a feeling!

Cmdr. Cossack:
It's broken.

Haggar:
I take it you've never heard of keys.

Haggar:
We'll simply dismantle it.

Cmdr. Steele:
Good idea. We'll sell off the parts and make a cash profit.

Haggar:
You always think big, Cossack, about as big as your little brain can manage.

Cmdr. Steele:
Why does everybody pick on me?

Hunk:
Remember, Voltron is a protector and defender. He doesn't go lookin' for trouble and you shouldn't either.

Jamie:
[in the doorway with the others holding makeshift weapons] Hunk, we all took a vote and decided: we're going to fight with you.

Hunk:
Gee, you guys are really serious about this, aren't you?

Jamie:
Totally. We want to be just as brave as the Voltron Force.

Hunk:
You *are* brave. But you know you gotta be careful too.

Jamie:
[going to him] Anything you say, Hunk. We just want a chance. Remember, these are the guys who ruined our homes and made us orphans. Now we're old enough to fight back, and it's our turn.

Jamie:
When it comes to makin' noise, we're experts.

Hunk:
[turns to see Cossack's robots holding the kids at gunpoint] WHAT?

Cmdr. Cossack:
That's right; we caught your little friends. Give up, or they're history.

Hunk:
[hangs his head and groans] I give.

Keith:
Well, team, should we go down and interrupt Hunk's vacation?

Pidge:
I've been trying to reach him, Keith, but he just doesn't answer.

Keith:
Not at all?

Lance:
Ah, he's probably on a beach somewhere fast asleep, or having a nice little snack.

Princess Allura:
Yeah, the kind of little snack that would feed the average family of twelve, for a week.

Haggar:
[appealing for mercy] Your royal lowness!

[first lines]

Narrator:
Thev vultures of Doom, ever circling in search for cictims. While inside the dark castle there are other vultures - vultures you cannot see or hear. You can only feel them like a chill wind. For these are the vultures of envy, greed, and deception.

King Zarkon:
Like I always say, Merla, you scratch my back and I'l scratch yours. Ahh, that's so relaxing. Protecting my throne can be very stressful.

Haggar:
You forget when I was as beautiful as young Merla.

Haggar:
[Groans] Because my memory only goes back a thousand years.

Haggar:
Don't be upset, Sire. Try looking at the dark side of things.

Prince Lotor:
Don't leave the throne for too long, my dear father. Or you may never get it back.

Haggar:
You have looked upon the face of evil, and therefore you must pay.

Haggar:
You see, sometimes when no one's looking I like to make myself beautiful. But it's embarrassing to be caught in the act.

King Zarkon:
Being a terror makes me tense. Ohhhh, the pressure of politics.

King Zarkon:
You're not fast enough to catch me, Lotor. At least not yet. And as punishment, you're grounded. And stay there.

Prince Lotor:
Please. I was just trying to be evil, like you always taught me to be.

King Zarkon:
But you're not even good at being evil.

Keith:
Haggar's got witch-power.

Lance:
But we've got something better.

Hunk:
Lion power!

Haggar:
It's Sven.

King Zarkon:
I thought I got of rid of him.

Haggar:
He has a way of popping back up, Sire.

King Zarkon:
The Voltron Force on the run.

Haggar:
Yes, it's a beautiful sight, isn't it?

King Zarkon:
Since when do you like flowers?

Haggar:
I don't; I have no use for it. But they were going to use it to break a spell I cast on a whim. Totally senseless, but I can't let them change it now; it's a matter of principle.

King Zarkon:
Should we tease them some more?

Haggar:
So you're fighting back, eh? OK, tough guys.

King Zarkon:
I should never have given him the keys to my starship.

Prince Lotor:
I'm going to build my own empire - the greatest in space history.

King Zarkon:
That's it, Lotor. No more allowance for you.

Haggar:
I'll miss you, Lotor, but not very much.

Tommy:
[crying] Whoever or whatever did this, I swear they'll be sorry. I don't care *who* they are!

King Zarkon:
Lotor, you're not thinking of saving the Princess, are you?

Prince Lotor:
Of course not. That could ruin the whole plan.

King Zarkon:
Good thinking, Lotor. She's not worth the risk.

Prince Lotor:
[the screen showing him and Haggar shuts off] Not to *you*, maybe, old man.

Pidge:
I can hear something. It's down there, tunneling, digging.

Tommy:
What do you think it is?

Pidge:
I know this much: it's sure not a groundhog.

Prince Lotor:
[of Allura] Of course, if she doesn't like being my bride... too bad for her.

Prince Lotor:
[the nearby robot doesn't take the hint to activate the bomb] What are you waiting for, moron? Hmm. Idiots, I'm surrounded by idiots... and haunted by a beautiful face.

Pidge:
This place is creepy.

Tommy:
You're right. So watch out... for creeps!

First Robot:
Humans are so stupid.

Second Robot:
That's become their brains are analogue instead of digital.

Pidge:
Tommy, you don't have to help me. [he sticks him arm around Pidge's shoulders to support him] Forget it, I'm too heavy.

Tommy:
[winking] Hey, what are friends for?

Pidge:
Let's face it; I'm done for. You gotta leave me behind.

Tommy:
No, Pidge. Pals gotta stick together... no matter what.

Pidge:
Thanks... pal.

Prince Lotor:
[from behind] Isn't that disgusting.

Pidge:
[shielding] Don't hurt him! It wasn't his fault, I'm the one who brought him here.

Tommy:
I'm not afraid of this pointy-eared thug!

Pidge:
[groans and sinks to his knees in pain] He didn't do anything. At least give him a fighting chance!

Prince Lotor:
I never give chances.

Pidge:
[jerks his head up] 'Cause you're scared.

Prince Lotor:
[stops laughing] Of mice? OK...

Pidge:
What're you gonna do?

Prince Lotor:
I'm going to be sporting. And I'll count to ten.

Pidge:
It's not enough. [turns to face Tommy] But you've gotta go for it.

Prince Lotor:
[Tommy nods and starts to run] I'm starting my count - now. One, two... That's enough counting. Let's have some fun now.

Pidge:
[chained to the bomb with Tommy] You're insane!

Prince Lotor:
Insane, huh? Maybe you're right. Because it gives me *insane* pleasure knowing that when this thing blows up... you'll be the first to go.

[last lines]

Tommy:
Aren't you worried about the mega-bomb?

Coran:
[shaking his head] Not with Voltron. As long as there are still insane people who build these terrible weapons of Doom, we must do everything in our power to stop them. Thank goodness we have Voltron to help us.

Keith:
[as Voltron thrusts out the bomb then strikes it with his eye-beams] There! We couldn't stop Lotor's automatic detonator, but at least we could take it out here where the blast won't do any harm. In time, it'll form a new sun. Perhaps someday, instead of destroying life, its shining rays will help to support it.

[first lines]

Coran:
To all members of the Voltron Force: this is Coran, Planet Arus. By the time you hear this recorded message, you will be well on your way to your appointment with destiny. Because you will soon be approaching Planet Doom, and because Lotor is now the king, you must be prepared for the unexpected. As Defenders of the Universe, you and Voltron have hurdled many difficult obstacles. Keith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge, and my dear Princess Allura, as you near to the Planet Doom, be assured our good thoughts are with you. But beware. For this will be Voltron's greatest challenge yet. Zarkon himself has now become the most powerful Robeast ever produced by the witch Haggar.

Soldier:
King Lotor, Princess Allura's cousin Romelle is giving us trouble again.

Prince Lotor:
I told you before: I don't want to hear her name again.

Haggar:
I'm not afraid of a mere girl and a few mortal men. My magic will protect me from them - and from you, too.

Prince Lotor:
[raising his eyebrows] Oh. In that case, you're now on your own!

Hunk, Lance:
I can't believe my eyes!

Pidge:
It's Zarkon, all right. He's really a Robeast!

Keith:
He's uglier than ever.

King Zarkon:
I am the voice of Doom.

Haggar:
[Cova yowls at Lotor from behind while Haggar threatens to advance on him] Even Pussycat hates you!

[last lines]

Keith:
The galaxy is about to be secure. And they'll owe it all to Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

First robot:
Just because we're robots we take the blame for Lotor's blunders.

Second robot:
He programs us so we can't run away like he does.

First robot:
Have you thought of defecting to Arus or someplace?

Second robot:
Not a bad idea.

Prince Lotor:
[entering and startling both] If you have nothing to do, I'll find something. What are you computer-brains discussing?

Second robot:
Internal problems, sir.

Pidge:
[crashes] Wow, I think my head's on backwards.

Keith:
I always knew that.

Pidge:
Ha?

Keith:
You were supposed to shoot the targets, not the balloons, Pidge.

Pidge:
Did you know your nose wiggles when you're upset?

Keith:
My fist wiggles, too.

Pidge:
[a blackout occurs] Did somebody forget to the pay the light-bill?

Lance:
Some of those parts are older than Nanny. I hope we're not wasting our time on this.

Princess Allura:
Don't say that, Lance. Keith is out there buying us time with his life.

Lance:
Don't worry, Princess; we'll make it.

Keith:
[catches the battle-axe thrown at him] Thanks, Lotor, I really needed this.

Prince Lotor:
We've got to end this ridiculous fight. It's not doing anything for my hero-image.

Prince Lotor:
Listen to me. You were brought here for a reason: to fight, win, and make me look good. Get up at once. You're doing a terrible job. And put an end to that infant you're struggling with.

Prince Lotor:
[his clone who has stood with a growl] You sit where it's safe and tell a real soldier how to fight? I'll not listen to you. Lotor, I know you as well as I know myself.

Prince Lotor:
You *are* myself. And I'm making a fool of me.

Lance:
[calling to where Keith has fallen] If you're gonna lie around the beach all day, I'll come back later!

Prince Lotor:
I should have known: the universe just isn't big enough for two Lotors.

[last lines]

Lance:
All right, then: *I* volunteer. Clone *me*. You can't have too much of a good thing, you know.

Hunk:
Make another me, and think of all that power loose in the galaxy.

Keith:
If we *really* wanna beef up the team, I say clone Chitters. [everyone laughs]

Hunk:
Either he's fast or I'm goin' backwards.

Keith:
Pidge - talk to me! Say something! Are you hurt?

Pidge:
[shakes his head and grins as he gets his breath back] I'd be hurt if you didn't ask!

Captain Morgil:
Carp, you're a fool if you think Planet Arus has no other defenses.

Carp:
Only an idiot would lecture a fool; you should be worrying about what I'll do to *you*.

Princess Allura:
[laughing] I flipped Lance easy and I'm a girl.

Lance:
I fall for girls.

Hunk:
Judo's just for big strong guys, anyway.

Pidge:
HIYA! [flips him then laughs] Interesting theory.

Hunk:
You're just plain stinky.

Hunk:
Phew! Right now I could drink up this whole lake.

Lance:
[wetting his face] I believe it, Hunk. With your capacity, you could drink up a whole ocean.

Keith:
You can call it a solar flare but Ive got a feeling it's Lotor flaring up again.

King Alfor:
Listen, my young Defenders of the Universe; you must know this. When I invented the five Lions of Voltorn, I gave each a different power-source. The Black Lion gets its energy from the lightning that streaks the stormy skies. To move the mighty turbines of the Red Lion, I infused them with the elements that can only be found in the heart of a raging fire. The Yellow Lion's power comes from the magma that thrashes about deep beneath the planet itself. That the Green Lion may fly as swift as the wind, I harnessed the energy of a cyclone. Yes, these are the basic power-sources - all supplied by nature, which are infused in lions. When they all combine in Voltron, they give him his mighty strength and endurance to cope with any foe. He was designed to preserve the peace, and defend the universe.

Princess Allura:
But, Father, what is Blue Lion's power?

King Alfor:
The most ancient of all, my child: water. And until that dry lake in which you rest is replentished your Lion will lie helpless, like a beached whale.

Prince Lotor:
Your half-baked Lions will become roast lambs!

Keith:
I can't control Black Lion!

Hunk:
I'm using all my strength, but I'm nailed down, too!

Pidge:
If Hunk can't move it, we're stuck.

Keith:
[fighting exhaustion in the magnetic field] Oh, wow. We've gotta hang on somehow.

Lance:
What do you mean we've got to hang on; we can't get loose!

Keith:
[slices off the top of the Robeast] Never lose your head in anger.

Prince Lotor:
[retreating] I know when I'm not wanted.

King Zarkon:
The only magnetic attraction that exists for you on Planet Arus is Princess Allura. If you had tended to the Lions instead of that kitten, you might have brought me a victory. Ah, well, I always knew you were simple-minded. You may choose exile or the loss of your head.

Prince Lotor:
I *can* conquer Planet Arus if I do it *my* way.

King Zarkon:
Your way has already cost me countless defeats and made me the laughingstock of evil men everywhere. But because you're so dear to me, my beloved nicompoop, I'll give you one last chance. But this is the last, the very *last* chance!

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
Water - we all take it for granted. I hope no world will ever be without it, or, Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Prince Lotor:
Call off your Robeast, detestable old witch.

Haggar:
I'm afraid I can't do that, Prince Lotor. You see, it was your father who ordered me to come here. He disliked your secret plan, so I brought a friend.

Prince Lotor:
What?

Haggar:
Had you included me, we could have avoided this.

Hunk:
This is great.

Keith:
Sure beats that space-food they served back at the Academy.

Lance:
[swallowing] Anything beats that.

Princess Allura:
Of course you're upset your children got in trouble.

Pidge:
We're upset too.

Hunk:
Yeah, when I can't eat I get mean.

Lance:
And I get dangerous.

Hunk:
Take a look at that cake!

Princess Allura:
Yes, and Pidge certainly deserves it. It's a present from the whole mouse family. And for once, he'll get to eat it all by himself. [one of the mice reaches out with a tail and snitches some icing] Well, almost.

[last lines]

Coran:
That day we celebrated. But even then we knew our planet was in danger. Its green fields and rolling hills, threatened ever by the distant planet known as - Doom. Protect us, brave members of the Voltron Force. For only you can bring us the legendary hero, Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Haggar:
[on her family's line] Princess Romelle means nothing, you see. [looks at him in amusement] Not so?

Prince Lotor:
She means something to *me*, old witch!

Prince Lotor:
King Cova, are you ready to meet the mightiest monster of them all?

King Cova:
I'm ready, and even more anxious to divide up Planet Arus between us.

Keith:
So what you're sayin' is, if the people from Planet Arus fight against the people from Planet Pollux, they're really fighting against their own relatives. Coran, it's time to make peace.

Coran:
That's exactly right.

Haggar:
That transmitter on my little evil cat really comes in handy.

Princess Romelle:
It's the Planet Arus. Oh, how beautiful.

Prince Bandor:
By tomorrow at this time, we'll have conquered it, Romelle; you should be happy.

Princess Romelle:
[closes her eyes and shakes her head] Mm-mm. War is nothing to be happy about, Bandor.

Prince Bandor:
I dunno who you are; better start talkin'!

Pidge:
I don't know what to talk about, how 'bout sports or the weather?

Hunk:
[Allura and Rommele are stunned when they see each other] She looks like Allura's twin sister.

Pidge:
[looking from one to the other in amazement] I'm glad I'm wearin' my glasses!

Princess Allura:
You must be the Princess of Planet Pollux.

Princess Romelle:
I'm Romelle.

Princess Allura:
I'm Princess Allura, of Planet Arus.

[Romelle gasps]

Princess Allura:
They're almost cousins, but the resemblance is hard to believe.

Hunk:
[nodding with Lance] Mm-hm.

Prince Bandor:
OK, you're all my prisoners!

Hunk:
[running over] What do you think you're doin'? Hey!

[runs into Bandor so he loses his sword]

Princess Allura:
We mustn't fight! If there's to be peace, it must begin here.

Prince Bandor:
Who said anything about peace? Once the fighting starts, even Voltron can't help ya!

Princess Allura:
Romelle, listen: maybe between us we can bring peace.

[last lines]

Prince Bandor:
I'm sure gonna be a lot nicer now that our planets are friendly again!

Keith:
Never forget, Bandor, friendship's the greatest thing in the universe.

Queen Merla:
[laughing] Zarkon thinks the only way to win is with big muscles. Well, this brainless Robeast has muscles. But it's only through my brilliance that he'll defeat Voltron.

Coran:
He is still watching over us, from up in the sky. Today his eclipse will come - the Eclipse of Alfor. Then anything could happen.

Prince Bandor:
Wow, what a crummy trick, Haggar!

Prince Bandor:
I guess you muses find this amusing.

Queen Merla:
Together, we could get rid of your father.

Prince Lotor:
For once, I agree with you, Merla.

Drule's companion:
Merla and Lotor are quite a powerful team, eh?

Drule:
Yes, even more powerful than Zarkon.

Drule's companion:
I don't think it's a good idea for you to say that; you probably want to take it back, don't you?

Drule:
Why? It's true, they could probably knock old Zarkon right off the throne. Why not come right out and say it?

Drule's companion:
Because Zarkon's sitting right behind you.

Pidge:
They've got a lot of ships, Keith.

Keith:
But we've got a lot of spirit. Right, team?

Pidge, Lance, Princess Allura, Hunk:
Yeah.

Hunk:
[aiming for the Doom ships] Let's see if I can hit two birds with one smite-bomb.

Prince Lotor:
Why fight him when I can lead him into a trap?

Queen Merla:
Well, this is quite a treat.

Haggar:
The luncheon special: chopped Voltron.

King Zarkon:
It's quite simple, even simple enough for any of *you* to understand.

Princess Romelle:
Sven, I keep thinking of how we met.

Sven:
Yes, here on Planet Doom. You were a captive and I was a slave. I had gone mad but you saved me.

Princess Romelle:
Yes, and we promised we'd come back someday and save the people of this planet.

Sven:
That's right. Stopping these Robeasts is only the beginning.

Princess Romelle:
I just wish I could go with you.

Princess Romelle:
[thinking] Sven, I don't know where they're taking you, but wherever it is, my heart is with you.

Guard:
[to a disguised Sven who threw him out from a headlock when he didn't give their destination] What's your problem? You'll find out where we're going soon enough.

Sven:
Yesterday wouldn't be soon enough!

[last lines]

Sven:
I'm glad Voltron rid the universe of Zarkon's lazone-factory. And I hope he had a safe journey back to Planet Arus. Now maybe we can start a new era of peace in our galaxy, with the two Princesses joining their hands in progress and working toward the common goal of progress for all their people.

Princess Allura:
Planet Arus and Planet Pollux - sister planets. I look forward to meeting again soon with my distant cousin, Princess Romelle. Someday we'll go back together and free the slaves of Planet Doom, with the help of Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Lance:
Beneath that hard shell, there beats a heart... A heart of solid *granite*.

Hunk:
Pidge, we're near your village.

Pidge:
I see it but I don't recognize it. Wait - that's my school, my home!

Hunk:
[starting to cry] It looks bad, little buddy. I think maybe you better not go down there.

Pidge:
[choking through tears] No, I can handle it.

Lance:
[touching it, striking it then letting it run through his fingers] How could they? Dust. A whole civilization reduced to dust. Millions of years to build and destroyed in one day.

Keith:
[heard in her mind] Princess, we never should have separated. The five Lions were meant to be together, always. We're a team and we *really* need you now. If only you knew.

Princess Allura:
[thinking] Keith, I read you. We *are* a team. And I'm coming. [stands]

Coran:
Princess, don't tell me you're actually thinking of going out alone to that distant planet!

Nanny:
Child, be sensible. Your - your friends are valiant, but your duty is here, on Arus.

Princess Allura:
If it weren't for them, there'd be no Voltron, no kingdom, no Planet Arus. We owe everything to them. [turns to face them] If I've ever been needed, it's now, and my friends I love morre than anything in the world.

Nanny:
I beg you, Princess, please don't go to that awful place.

Princess Allura:
I must. Coran, I entrust you to the affairs of the kingdom if I don't return. [starts to walk off, stopping only for a second] Keith, I'm on my way.

Mogor:
We must leave here at once. The whole planet is about to explode any minute. We'll all be caught in it. Master, do you hear? It's better to return home in disgrace than stay here and be blown to bits.

Prince Lotor:
[Growls] *You* don't have to face my father.

Pidge:
[everyone is in tears as Balto is about to explode] My world...

Lance:
[starts to cry again] I know what it can mean to lose your home - to lose your whole world!

Pidge:
[weeping] At least I can think of Planet Arus as my home 'til I find where my family has gone. Wish I could've seen my backyard once more!

Princess Allura:
Pidge, don't worry - *I'm* with you, we're *all* with you, and we'll be together always, I promise you that. When we get back to Arus, I'm going to make you an honorary citizen. Then, you'll have both a new home *and* a new world. OK, Pidge?

Pidge:
I'd like that.

[last lines]

Pidge:
[to the mice] Hi, fellow citizens! This is *my* country now. I could become a duke, an earl, or a baron or maybe even a knight. But give me your honest opinion: am I too short to be a prime-minister?

[laughs]

[first lines]

King Zarkon:
This is your last warning. Heed my words: I want Voltron *destroyed*! You did it once, witch, broke him up into five pieces. Now Voltron's back and more powerful than ever. I want the Voltron Force captured. I'll teach them to defy Zarkon.

[Cova's eyes glow but he only notices the following shrieking]

King Zarkon:
I don't need *your* opinion.

Lance:
People of Arus, we escaped from Zarkon's slave-dungeons, and saw your planet under attack! We can save your world, and we need your help! Zarkon's planning another invasion! He'll come back and hunt you down! He'll make you all his slaves! We're asking your help, for the sake of your Princess. Listen!

[backs away]

Lance:
Let's talk! I'll give you room! WHOA - !

[loses his footing, Keith stops him from falling over a cliff]

Lance:
Aw, I gave 'em too *much* room!

Lance:
[to the retreating people] It's your world! Don't you want to help save it?... I don't think they got the message, Keith.

Keith:
Lance, if you'd just seen your world wiped out, would *you* trust strangers who wanted you to help them fight?

Hunk:
Listen, you people - give us a beak. There's only five of us and there's a lot of you that can help. You don't have to *fight*. But we could use some support.

Pidge:
Yeah. Like maybe a delicious home-cooked meal?

Hunk:
We're not real finicky eaters. Honest.

Pidge:
Maybe if they don't want to cook here, we could all eat up at the castle.

Hunk:
An invasion could happen anytime. Too bad we can't use Voltron to attack Zarkon first.

Princess Allura:
Voltron doesn't attack anyone; he's a defender.

Coran:
Zarkon wants us all as slaves, and he'll be back soon because the slave he desires most is Princess Allura.

Keith:
If he so much as lays a hand on her, I'll...

Pidge:
Zarkon's here!

Keith:
[looking at the laser-blasted hole in a tower] He sure is.

Coran:
Hopeless. Contact Zarkon. Surrender.

Princess Allura:
Never!

Coran:
This castle is all you have left. Beg Zarkon to spare it.

Princess Allura:
My father would *never* have bowed to Zarkon. And I still have faith in Voltron. My poor people have already suffered. They have nothing. As long as this castle was standing, they could feel there was hope the planet would recover. Now *it* will be gone. If only Father could advise me. He always believed Voltron could protect us.

Sven:
[into the radio] We need help, Princess!

Princess Allura:
*I'll* fight!

Coran:
[gasps as she clasps her hands in front of her face in prayer] Oh, no!

Keith:
[seeing the structure rising from the ground] A new castle! Somebody must've worked all night!

Sven:
WHOA!

Hunk, Lance, Pidge:
Far out!

Keith:
Hey, hey, the Princess has joined the battle. Looks like the Voltron Force has a new member.

Princess Allura:
[shooting at the Robeast] This is for my father. Your turn, Voltron.

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
The people of Arus are grateful to our friends the Voltron Force, who fought bravely and stopped wicked Zarkon. Today I, Princess Allura, proudly join forces with Keith, Lance, Sven, Hunk, and Pidge, who are forever entrusted to the secret of Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

[first lines]

Princess Allura:
[grinning] I *didn't* wish for a handsome prince.

Lance:
Hey, that alarm sure messed up a beautiful dream.

Hunk:
Yeah, mine was about chocolate.

Hunk:
Look out - give me room. I don't do all that weight-lifting for nothing.

Keith, Lance:
Man, what evil eyes!

King Zarkon:
Don't scoff, my son; there's no end to Haggar's evil.

King Zarkon:
It's a joy to see your wicked mind at work.

Pidge:
[they shoot three mice] Hickory-dickory-dock.

Princess Allura:
We really fixed *their* clock.

Lance:
[Allura douses the fire] That water saved us!

Hunk:
We got a good bath, whether we needed it or not.

Keith:
[to Allura] What *was* your wish?

Nanny:
What would a lovely young girl wish for?

Lance:
[grinning knowingly] Some good-looking young prince to come along and sweep her off her feet.

Princess Allura:
Silly. You know, Lance, you think just like a mouse.

[last lines]

Pidge:
Aw, come on, fellas, just one bite? Ahh!

[everyone laughs as the mice attack him]

King Zarkon:
I've been to the arena many times to see your robotic creations. They cavort about, spew flames, and make hideous sounds. They *look* evil, but after they fight mighty Voltron, you can bring what's left home in a trash can.

Prince Lotor:
Fear is such a wonderful weapon. It makes people distrust even their friends. And soon, like little lambs, it makes them run to anyone who promises protection.

Prince Lotor:
[the Black Lion is frozen] A fitting end of a Lion: you've become your own statue.

Pidge:
[doging the Robeast's fangs] You're tryin' to bite off more than you can chew!

Hunk:
[trying to melt the lava-dust trapping Black Lion] This is gonna hurt me, a whole lot more than it hurts you!

Coran:
He used our own volcanic rock to imprison you, so it's only fair that his Robeast set you free.

King Zarkon:
Voltron isn't "luckier" than you, my son. He's *smarter* than you. Time and again he's sent you running home with your tail between your legs. I think perhaps you should take up stamp-collecting. It doesn't look like you're ever going to conquer Planet Arus.

[last lines]

Keith:
It's good to see peace again, and know the people are united behind their Princess. Men fight hardest when they're defending freedom. And throughout the galaxy wherever men wish to break free of the chains of oppression, they can always count on the help of Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

[first lines]

Pidge:
Boy, am I tired. And hungry.

Hunk:
*You're* hungry? I'm gonna eat my helmet if we don't have dinner pretty soon.

Keith:
If he hurts her, I swear...

Pidge:
Coran, how come you're so quiet?

Coran:
...I was just, remembering, that's all.

Lance:
[of the attack-transport ship] There it is! I wonder what's inside but I'm afraid to ask.

Coran:
[sinks to his knees in tears] It was so wonderful to have a son. It was like a dream. Look! Now my dream has become a nightmare.

[first lines]

King Zarkon:
Where are all my butling-aides and stupid robots?

[drops his empty goblet and jerks awake as a roar sounds]

King Zarkon:
Who dares to roar at King Zarkon?

Haggar:
[aughs, then appears near the entrance with a white animal as she speaks] It was the roar of this lion you heard, Sire.

King Zarkon:
[it roars again] Ahhhh... What is the beast doing in my castle, old witch?

Haggar:
[retrieving the goblet for him] I have created it with my powerful magic, Sire. It will destroy the mighty Voltron.

King Zarkon:
A simple lion can defeat Voltron?

Haggar:
He is not so simple.

Nanny:
Coran, do you have any idea why the Princess would run into the forest? [Coran shakes his head]

Hunk:
Hey, maybe she just went out for some exercise. A little joggin' in the early morning, you know?

[yawns mightily]

Keith:
Who jogs *this* early?

Pidge:
Rabbits?

Hunk:
Aw, I haven't had my beauty-sleep. [yawns again]

Lance:
[grins as he sees how to get him to follow] Sleep will never make *you* beautiful, Hunk.

[runs off to the elevator]

Lance:
[unnerved] Wake up. You're having a real bad nightmare.

Princess Allura:
No. It's true. Father speaks to me often when I visit his tomb. But now he's come back to *really* lead me. And, he'll advise me wisely.

Lance:
Ha! The first thing he should do is advise you against going out into the woods, in the middle of the night, in your nightgown, with a big wild lion!

Keith:
He's as big as a mountain, so we're just gonna have to do a little mountain-climbing.

[last lines]

Keith:
[at the burial-site] Your mother really rests here, and your father in the tomb under the castle.

Princess Allura:
I know that now, but I wanted so much to believe they'd return to me that I followed the lion blindly. Haggar had me completely fooled.

Lance:
[smiling and waving his hand] Haggar's a clever old witch with magic tricks, but she'll never fool the Voltron Force.

Princess Allura:
I wish the lion *had* been real. He promised to give me strength.

Keith:
In a way he did. The *battle* made you strong.

Nanny:
And that was your last battle, too! From now on, Coran and I will fly the Blue Lion.

[Coran nods]

Pidge:
Ha! You two are more dangerous to us up in the air than Zarkon!

Princess Allura:
*I* will continue to fly the Blue Lion. I think I've grown into my position of Princess of Arus today. I must make my own decisions. I must no longer wish for the help of those who are gone.

Keith:
And you don't *need* that help, Princess. You're a real member of the Voltron Force. Together we'll bring peace to this planet once more, and fend off *any* attack. We'll win, because we'll always have the support of Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Pidge:
Zarkon's testing.

Hunk:
Well, if he wants a real test-target, let 'im test *me*.

Hunk:
One secret nobody ever keeps is a secret *weapon*.

Haggar:
Against enemies, a thousand eyes and ears are not enough.

Princess Allura:
*Part* of Voltron could slip through Zarkon's screen.

Pidge:
Hey, a king-sized idea!

Hunk:
It can't be king-sized; she's a princess.

Keith:
Hey, look, you can trust us. We're the Voltron Force.

Haran:
That's all the more reason, to turn you in. And I will.

Lance:
[gripping his shoulders to stop him] What's your problem?

Haran:
[Coughs something out of his mouth] You betrayed this planet.

Lance:
[tightens his grip] You'd better explain that, mister.

Haran:
When Zarkon attacked you, we helped.

Keith:
He hit here and we tried to help *you*!

Haran:
No. You couldn't send Voltron; he was *elsewhere*. You watched Zarkon strike Moura, saw our cities destroyed, our homes wiped out. Yes, and all our people were thrown into slavery. I don't even know where my *family* is. Voltron could have helped us then, but he was *needed elsewhere*.

[struggles not to cry]

Keith:
My friend, Voltron was lightyears away, trying to defend...

Haran:
Excuses. We don't need your help now.

Lance:
[Gasps] You can't free your people without help. You *know* that. Voltron's on standby.

Keith:
Be sensible; join forces.

Haran:
I count on myself. I now control the gun. GUARDS! THE SPIES!

Lance:
[both gasp then grab Haran] You're a fool!

Keith:
Trust us!

Lance:
The gun will never free you!

[turns to hear the guards approaching and with Ketih releases Haran]

Lance:
Forget talking. If we don't get out of here, the ball-game's over.

Keith:
[they run and he stops by a pillar to turn around] Don't count on yourself alone, or on Zarkon ever. Count on Voltron.

Hunk:
Me, I always like to tackle things head-on.

Pidge:
Your face shows it.

Prince Lotor:
My father is late. Why? Because of Haggar. Why didn't the old witch just fly her broomstick here?

Haggar:
[she and Zarkon go tumbling when the Centipede Express loses control] Is this what they call a very slight turbulence?

Robot:
[opens the door] Your Majesty, the giant gun is a complete success.

King Zarkon:
You moronic machine, it's firing on *us*!

[last lines]

Keith:
Let this seal a friendship between your planet and ours. [clasps Haran's shoulders, he looks joyful] We look forward to long and harmonious cooperation with the people of Planet Moura. And you can always count on our protection in the future - just as people who suffer injustice and oppression anywhere in the galaxies, can always count on Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Keith:
We've got to eject!

Sven:
And when we do, Zarkon's got *us*.

Keith:
Zarkon's staging one of his famous tournaments. And we're all invited - to be his final contestants on the program!

Lance:
And it'll be our final *appearance*, too.

Hunk:
Ooooh... just let me at him!

Pidge:
*I'm* in no hurry.

Sven:
When the guards come to take us to the arena, we'll rush them.

Lance:
Real clever, Sven; oughta be good for a million laughs.

Keith:
[puts a hand on his shoulder] We could all use a laugh right now.

Keith:
[the five join hands] Nobody can keep us in a dingy hole like this. We're Space Explorers, and we need space!

Keith:
Can you do it, Hunk?

Hunk:
[about to bend the window-bars] Silly question.

Hunk:
Whoa! I can't look down!

Pidge:
[he clutches his shoulders] Come on, Hunk.

Hunk:
OK. I just can't stand heights.

Lance:
Imagine a Space Explorer afraid of heights!

Hunk:
[being carried by one of the vultures from the tower-ledge] Take it easy. We weren't trying to steal your bones. Honest.

Hunk:
[wrenches his eyes away from the skull-covered ground he landed on] Quit looking at me!

Pidge:
[does the same] Well, don't look at *me*!

Keith:
[the other three are deposited with yells] I hate to think of what *this* place means.

[clasps his hands in front of his face in prayer for a second]

Keith:
Come on, team, let's get out of here fast.

Hunk:
Why'd those ugly birds drop us in here anyway? This place gives me the creeps. Let's move out.

Keith:
Vultures may not be very attractive, but they gave us a hand and we should be grateful.

Sven:
I'll always think they're beautiful.

Keith:
[the doors around them seal] Closing time!

[last lines]

Pidge:
We're not falling anymore!

Keith:
Something's pulling us down. And it's got us under control, on a smooth glide straight for Planet Arus.

Sven:
Look! Our power's coming from that statue of a lion!

Pidge:
Huh. A castle. I'll bet that's the legendary Castle of Lions.

Lance:
Must be!

Hunk:
Yeah! Isn't that where the secret of Voltron is hidden?

Keith:
Sure is, Hunk. And according to the legend, Voltron was the most powerful defender of justice in the Far Universe. He was invincible! Voltron was terrific. He put those evil robots out of business for good. But Zarkon had one last trick up his sleeve. He's got this witch, Haggar, and she disguised herself as a beautiful goddess, and went up into space. When Voltron came near her, she placed a curse on him. But she couldn't destroy him completely. The old witch broke Voltron into five parts. Each part, a robot lion. If we could find the secret of the lions, we could bring those lions out of their hidden dens, They'd all attach somehow, just like the legend says: two would make the legs, two the arms and body, and one lion would become the robot's head. Then we'd have Voltron, Defender of the Universe to help us. And to help the people of Arus fight the evil Zarkon. I don't know where we're gonna land, but if we could find our way back to that palace and locate Voltron, we've got it made. Planet Arus, here we come!

Keith:
The villagers are sleeping quietly.

Coran:
[sinks into his chair and spins it to face the sofa] They feel secure with Voltron standing guard.

Lance:
Well, they should!

Keith:
*I* don't feel that secure.

Coran:
I know. With all the leaders meeting here in one place, it's a great temptation for Zarkon to strike a massive blow.

Hunk:
Why don't we hit him first?

Lance:
We're a defense-force.

Coran:
We can't resort to aggression. We'll maintain a round-the-clock vigil, until he makes a move and then we'll counter. That's the best we can do. [coughs twice] My greatest concern is the Princess. I promised her father I'd protect her with my life; it's coming to that. She insists upon being a member of the Voltron Force. I ought to take her place.

Keith:
No way, Chief!

Lance:
[stands and points to the wall-chart] We need you here in control. You can interpret what's going on out there better than anybody else in the palace.

Hunk:
And you've still got a cold. We can train a substitute.

Pidge:
Right. It shouldn't take long. And Allura will understand that being princess is a lot more important.

Coran:
[glances at him staring out the window and begins pacing] You won't see him when he attacks, Keith. He's too clever. It frightens me that he might have devised a means of destroying Voltron. [Keith glances at him] It's possible. We can deal with the known. But Zarkon is aided by the twisted magic of that witch Haggar. And her devises are unknown. To lose Voltron is to lose more than the Defender of the Universe. It's to lose freedom, hope, friends. Has it occurred to you what life would be for Allura if she fell into Lotor's hands? [looks at him] You know I could create a reason for her having to leave Arus.

Keith:
She'd see through it. We have to count on vigilance. The minute we detect Zarkon's course of action, we'll move with the total might of Voltron! He'll run. And don't worry about Allura.

Coran:
You're more concerned about her than I am, right?

Keith:
Mm-hm.

Prince Lotor:
I'd rather Arus surrender than force us to destroy Voltron. He could be of value to the empire.

King Zarkon:
You're worrying about that princess as usual.

Prince Lotor:
Ahhhh... I hope our little show today will stop her from resisting me any longer.

King Zarkon:
You have the appeal of a salamander. Your biggest handicap is that the Princess is right. You haven't got a chance.

Haggar:
Let him have a chance at it, Your Majesty. Our plans are in motion. He can't stop them.

King Zarkon:
You don't know Lotor.

Haggar:
Voltron will be sabotaged. We'll launch a Robeast to demolish Arus' controls, the palace, the heart of the Alliance. So what if Lotor attempts a final conquest?

King Zarkon:
Well, maybe. I was young once myself.

Haggar:
I thank my evil star I never was. [laughs]

Keith:
In view of what happened at the public pavilion, Princess orders us to search out and challenge the forces of Zarkon. We haven't much to go on but we'll try.

Lance:
A blind search of space doesn't sound real promising.

Princess Allura:
We won't find *anything* by just sitting here.

Lance:
[sighing] I suppose. At least we're doing *something*.

Keith:
[they share a glance] Yes, obeying orders.

Keith:
I know you're upset about what happened to the Ambassador, but the people depend on you. In view of Zarkon's direct threat to Voltron, is this wise? I mean, think! [holding out his hands then touching her shoulders] You have a larger responsibility to the people. *They* don't want you risking your life. So is being a part of Voltron all that important?

Princess Allura:
Only the most important thing in the universe to me. Do you want me?

Keith:
[grinning] We want ya. And we *need* ya.

Princess Allura:
[spins around when she hears him laughing] You! Go away!

Prince Lotor:
Now, is that the way to greet an old friend?

King Zarkon:
You had him at sword-tip and walked away?

Prince Lotor:
I thought palace guards might be coming. No matter. Now is the time to strike the final blow. Voltorn's captain lies helpless.

King Zarkon:
He returns in failure and has the nerve to offer me friendly advice.

Prince Bandor:
[runs in] Coran! Tower controls are destroyed; we can't get help!

Hunk:
[standing] All the help you need is right here, Prince. Ready?

Prince Bandor:
Let *me* go, please, it's my duty after what Zarkon did to my planet!

[turns startled to hear Keith rising]

Keith:
[standing] Your duty is to stay alive, Bandor. Voltron's back in action. Are we set?

Pidge:
Set to go, Keith.

Prince Bandor:
As a prince, I *demand* the right to go!

Keith:
You're Prince of Pollux, Bandor, but you're not Captain of Voltron.

Keith:
Form feet and legs! Form arms and body!

Princess Allura:
And I'll form the head *this* time!

Prince Lotor:
Luck - it's all pure luck. And I don't get any.

Princess Allura:
United we stand - and that's the way our galaxy will continue.

Keith:
We're happy the Alliance remains intact.

Princess Allura:
And proud to guarantee you our protection.

King Abitilhan:
We shall continue the Alliance for the good of all our people.

Pidge:
Don't run! Don't panic! That's the biggest danger of all!

Hunk:
Zarkon and Yurak - I'm gonna make those weirdos pay for this, if it's the last thing I do!

Commander Yurak:
[of the Lions] Toss 'em. See if *these* cats can land on their feet.

Pidge:
Look - it's OK to be afraid. Even I get scared sometimes. Yeah - me.

Keith:
[regains consciousness to hear the lasers' thundering around him] Oh, no, here comes *more* bad news.

Keith:
I wonder what little surprise Yurak is cooking up for us now.

Lance:
Whatever it is - I just wish he'd get *on* with it.

Hunk:
You *had* to say that!

Commander Yurak:
Space Explorers, look at these poor frightened captives. Are you willing to sacrifice an entire village because you won't give up? Have you no heart? You must surrender!

Tammy:
[grabs his arm while looking at the people around the ship] Pidge - there's my mother!

Tammy's Mother:
[weakly] You - will never make us slaves.

Tammy:
[crying in his arms] Pidge, we've got to do something. They'll hurt her!

Hunk:
I vote no. I think they're bluffin'.

Princess Allura:
But how can we take that chance with so many lives at stake?

Keith:
I've got to make this decision, and I'm making it. We have to surrender.

Hunk:
We can't do that; I'm tellin' ya they're just bluffin'. WHYOU - !

[looks up startled at the sound of firing to see a man jolt about on his feet for a second before falling]

Commander Yurak:
That was only a stun-gun. The next fool will not be so lucky.

Princess Allura:
I agree with you, Keith; we don't have a choice.

[groaning into the radio]

Princess Allura:
Coran, Coran...

Coran:
Princess.

Princess Allura:
Nanny - Coran - you both know how much I love Arus... But still, with so many lives at stake we're. forced to run up the white flag of surrender.

Nanny:
Oh, Princess!

[Coran groans]

Brox:
All hostages will be released when the five of you are safely in our hands. Come forward now, quickly.

Keith:
We don't like your terms.

Brox:
I am not programmed for rejection.

Keith:
Look, we're not fools. We'll come over one at a time. And for each one of us, you'll release a group of the hostages. Got it?

Princess Allura:
[sees Tammy is the one in Pidge's uniform] Oh, no!

Brox:
[takes his hand from his chin] My primary circuit rejects your proposal. My secondary circuit says, we accept. We have a split decision. Advance at your own risk.

Keith:
Pidge pulled it off!

Hunk:
[grinning] I taught the little guy all the tricks.

Pidge:
[laughs as he lands] Guess I proved size isn't everything. Now maybe I'll get a little respect around here. Just - a little?

Keith:
Not a little, Pidge. A whole lot.

[last lines]

Tammy:
When I get bigger, I'm going to be a Space Explorer, just like them.

Tammy's Mother:
You're only a little girl right now, but I'm sure you'll make it, if that's what you really want.

Tammy:
I don't really have to get a *lot* bigger. I fit in Pidge's spacesuit right now.

Princess Allura:
Goodbye for now.

Tammy:
Don't forget your promise. I'm counting on you. Goodbye. And thank you.

Pidge:
[chuckles wistfully] She reminds me of my kid sister back with the Space Explorers on Planet Terra. And she makes me proud to be one of the little people. Who needs to be big? Well, of course big can be good too if you're really huge and super-powerful like Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Keith:
Hey, Coran, is that techie someone you know?

Coran:
That techie, as you say, is the greatest scientist in this galaxy.

Hunk:
[sharing a grin with Pidge] I'm thrilled. Let's have lunch.

Keith:
Maybe we should meet him.

Princess Allura:
I agree.

Coran:
That's exactly what I had in mind; let's not waste any time. [heads off]

Hunk:
What about lunch?

Mary Anne:
My last robot was very special, but it was stolen by Zarkon.

Hunk:
We'll get it back!

Mary Anne:
How? With more violence and destruction?

Hunk:
[rushing forward as Coran tries to stop him and clasps his side] No. Not Voltron; he's a defender.

Mary Anne:
This is exactly what I mean.

Hunk:
Huh?

Mary Anne:
Look how angry you've become over nothing. That kind of behavior is exactly why I could never work with you. I dedicated my life to research to help people but somehow, everything I make ends up getting used for war and conquest.

Hunk:
Sorry.

Mary Anne:
It's easy to say I'm sorry and I forgive, but I could never forget what happened on this very spot. This place was not always a monument; it was a home. My home, until Zarkon came. I was only a child and didn't understand. I only knew that violence was wrong, because it left children sad, and alone. People say that I'm simple, that there are complicated reasons to fight, but I say that all fighting is wrong.

Hunk:
[grips her shoulders] But if *nobody* fought back, we'd *all* be slaves to Zarkon.

Cmdr. Cossack:
It couldn't have defeated *my* robot, but it did.

Cmdr. Cossack:
[the robot reprograms his droids] I don't believe this is happening.

Robot:
Only fools refuse to believe the truth.

Cmdr. Cossack:
It wasn't my fault, Sire; that robot came out of nowhere.

King Zarkon:
Nowhere? That's just where you'll end up if you don't bring them back.

Mary Anne:
[Keith bandages her ankle] Where did you learn that?

Keith:
Medicine is part of our training.

Mary Anne:
I didn't know that. I thought that you only knew about fighting.

Keith:
Believe it or not, Mary Anne, we try to *avoid* fights, whenever we can.

Hunk:
[running over breathlessly] Keith! They got Pidge. I got there too late. Haggar's holding him as a hostage. They said they'd let him go if we hand over Mary Anne. But I said, "Forget it." I'd rather take 'em *all* on.

Princess Allura:
How do you rate him?

Lance:
On the Robeast scale? Minus infinity.

Keith:
That's too high, Lance.

Pidge:
Let's invent a new number.

Hunk:
It still wouldn't be low enough.

Keith:
There's the all-time Robeast loser.

Princess Allura:
[it rears up] I think he took offense.

Robot:
[the mice offer him something] Yummy cake, not for rodents.

[they take off with it and he chases]

Robot:
Wait, come back. Do not steal yummy cake.

Mary Anne:
Even a scientist can't think of everything.

Princess Allura:
Neither can a princess. But I bet between the two of us we don't miss much.

[they laugh]

Robot:
King Zarkon is on the horns of a dilemma.

King Zarkon:
I heard that, tin-head. Just cut the comments and prepare my welcoming party.

Hunk:
We caught 'im by surprise.

Lance:
I don't think Zarkon's the kind of guy who likes surprises, do you?

Hunk:
I don't think Zarkon likes much of anything.

King Zarkon:
I'm tired of loaning you my ship every time you want to take some princess out on a date.

Prince Lotor:
I'm taking it to conquer Voltron. Then I'll take *your* throne. After all, in all modesty, I am a better fighter than you ever were. Much better.

Haggar:
Well, *he's* in rare form. Giving new meaning to the term "foolhardy". Reminds me of his father.

King Zarkon:
There is a certain resemblance. But he doesn't have my suave sophistication. That's why I'm gonna have to - stomp the little upstart.

Prince Lotor:
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's emotions.

King Zarkon:
I'll teach Voltron the meaning of the word Doom.

Queen Merla:
My evil powers aren't working. I don't even *feel* evil. What's happening to me?

King Zarkon:
I love the sound of mega-blasters. It's so comforting.

King Zarkon:
I never thought he'd succeed at anything. Well, I'll put a stop to that.

King Zarkon:
Well, since you like my battleship so much, I'll just take you for a little ride, Lotor.

King Zarkon:
I'll stop when I've rammed you into Voltron at full speed.

Prince Lotor:
But, Father, the crash could destroy us both.

King Zarkon:
Not a bad idea, my dear son.

Haggar:
[kneeling] No, Zarkon, please. I know Prince Lotor is a thorn in your side but, it wouldn't be the same without him around.

King Zarkon:
Would you like to join him?

Haggar:
[gets up chuckling nervously] Come to think of it, I-I never really liked Lotor very much.

King Zarkon:
Queen Merla turning good? I won't stand for it.

Prince Lotor:
What do *you* want?

Robot:
You. [the robots grab him]

Prince Lotor:
[being pulled off] I order you to stop!

Robot:
Order invalid. Don't be a drag.

Prince Lotor:
You can't treat me like this. I'm a royal prince.

Haggar:
To the world you're a prince but to the vultures you're just an afternoon snack.

Lance:
The only place I'd help him is into jail.

Queen Merla:
I thought you were sworn to help anyone in danger, no matter who it is.

Lance:
Lotor's not a who. He's a "what".

Queen Merla:
People don't become evil for no reason. They are driven to it. I should know. I was the most evil of all. But I have changed. And so can Lotor.

Lance:
It's so bizarre it might just be fun. I say let's go for it.

Hunk:
Me, too. I just want to see the look on Lotor's face.

Prince Lotor:
But why would they help me? Why?

Queen Merla:
It's called kindness, Lotor.

Queen Merla:
Lotor. You and I have been saved for a reason. We have a second chance. A chance to be good.

Prince Lotor:
Good? I wouldn't even know how. And yet - I wonder what it would feel like, to be good.

[last lines]

Narrator:
Yes, your enemies are powerful but this day is yours. Voltron, fly on. Fill the sky with your noble spirit, and spread your message of hope across the stars.

Lance:
Finding buried treasure only happens in old fairy-tales.

Pidge:
Yeah? Well, I just might find it, and if I do, I'm gonna charge *you* double to stay at my castle!

Lance:
[grips his head in mock-horror] Cancel my reservation!

Keith:
[to the others as he shoots at the skeletons] Go! I got a few bones to pick *here*!

Keith:
[the skeleton he shot down reassembles itself] Huh? That's gettin' yourself together!

[last lines]

Hunk:
What're ya teachin' the kids, Pidge?

Pidge:
Just sharing my vast experience.

Lance:
Your vast experience consists of getting yourself trapped in an old castle, and almost getting us all hijacked. Besides, there's no such thing as buried treasure.

Boy:
That's not true. We found a real treasure in Pidge! [the other two nod and they all run to embrace him, laughing]

Coran:
We must prepare for the end. You can start by telling those right here in the castle.

Princess Allura:
No, Coran. You're too negative. We'll find the secret attack-plan again. Voltron found it before, didn't he?

Coran:
It took ten years.

Keith:
We'll just have to work quick!

Lance:
If we wanted to play it safe, we could've stayed at home.

Keith:
Maybe you're right.

Lance:
I *know* I'm right.

Prince Lotor:
With friends like you, Voltron doesn't need enemies.

Haggar:
You know, your father doesn't appreciate me as much as you do. And with Voltron out of the way, I could put you on the throne, Lotor. You could be even more powerful than Zarkon ever was. With my help.

Prince Bandor:
How can we get you guys off of there?

Keith:
Don't worry about us. You've got to save Arus. You must finish the work we started. Blow this comet off-course.

Prince Bandor:
[Gasps in shock] Do you realize what you're saying? We'd have to hit this comet with everything we've got... a whole Starfleet opening up with every laser in its arsenal. Don't you see? You'd be right in the middle of it with no protection at all. You must understand. If you survived, it'd be more than a miracle.

Keith:
We understand, and we're prepared for the sacrifice.

Lance:
I'm with ya, Keith.

Hunk:
Me, too. You've been a great bunch of guys to team up with. You too, Princess.

Princess Allura:
[choked up] Thank you, Hunk. I'll miss you all. [starts to cry]

Prince Bandor:
I can't - I can't do it.

Princess Allura:
You must, Bandor, we're counting on you.

Prince Bandor:
[stands in frustration] Why does this have to happen to good people?

Princess Allura:
Just remember us, Bandor. Someday you will tell you grandchildren about the Voltron Force who always fought for justice.

Prince Bandor:
[looks up from choking in agony and clenches a fist] I'll do it, but I swear Zarkon's gonna pay.

Pidge:
Oh, it - hurts!

Princess Allura:
[Groans] It'll be over soon, Pidge.

[last lines]

Keith:
[thinking] So this is what it feels like.

Hunk:
[thinking] I feel so peaceful. Like I'm floating.

Lance:
[thinking] Everything seems so far away.

Pidge:
[thinking] It's like a beautiful afternoon nap.

Princess Allura:
[thinking] So calm... Wait a minute. I hear something. It sounds like the, beating of my own heart. Am I still alive? Oh, but I'm so tired...

Lance:
[runs in] Well, we burned every last one of those flowers like you ordered, Coran. I sure hope that takes care of the problem, and nobody *else* gets sick. Hey, no cheers for a good job?

Keith:
Lance, don't try it; you need special equipment.

Lance:
[grinning and waving his hand] I know. And I've *got* special equipment: intelligence, charm, personality, good looks - *and* a rabbit's foot.

Keith:
You'll need every one of 'em.

Hunk:
Good luck anyway.

Prince Lotor:
You must have gold? Here's steel! [lunges with the sword]

Princess Allura:
[attacking] I hope you saved something for me.

King Zarkon:
You destroyed the Roses of Lyra? But you know their medicine is the only thing that's been prolonging my life.

Prince Lotor:
Don't worry. Of course I brought enough flowers and medicine to keep you going for a long time. And I got all of your gold back, too.

King Zarkon:
What a thoughtful gesture that was. You're a loving son. [laughs and the screen showing him goes off]

Prince Lotor:
And you're a fool.

Robot:
The Medusans have been lying dormant for a long time.

Prince Lotor:
It doesn't matter. The creature will respond to the energy-shock.

Robot:
It may respond and get out of control.

Prince Lotor:
*Nothing* gets out of *my* control.

Prince Lotor:
I believe we've awakened a very enraged red-headed female - perfect.

King Zarkon:
It's a repulsive-looking creature, Lotor. Things like that should be dismantled. Unless, of course, it can be made vicious and destructive.

Coran:
These children need foster fathers and I think that one has an eye on you, Keith.

Keith:
[awed as he takes him] You pick me out of the whole bunch? Well, if you're that smart, I don't really see how I can turn you down.

Pidge:
[thinking] I know what it's like - finding new parents and a new home.

Pidge:
[thinking] She was very good to me. But I always wished I'd had my *own* mother.

Pidge:
Sorry about the way I treated you. I always liked snakes a lot - really.

Nanny:
Poor little fella. He wouldn't even make a bite for that big monster.

Keith:
Pidge, is that you? Where are ya?

Pidge:
Just taking it easy in this big lady's hand. Her name is Anga. She's green, got kind of nice hair, and she's real friendly. You don't have to worry; she's takin' real good care of me.

Keith:
Have you lost your *mind*?

Hunk:
[grinning in amazement with the others] Hey, ask him if she's got a friend, Keith.

Haggar:
Do as I say: pick up the small one and crush him.

Pidge:
[holding back tears where he stands shielding] You don't have to take orders.

Haggar:
[to the creature she planned to corrupt] Useless!

Pidge:
You too!

[fires at her]

[last lines]

Keith:
It's good to know that wherever there is oppression or injustice throughout the galaxies, there is one thing we can always count on to right those wrongs: Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Princess Allura:
[resurfaces from the lake they fell into] Care for a wet apple?

Pidge:
I just had one.

Lance:
We better go and help Nanny, before she yells herself hoarse.

Princess Allura:
[the Black Lion struck the boulder from behind so it rolled past the three under the cliff] That Lion never looked so good.

Hunk:
Just let me get my hands on that thing.

Lance:
It's invisible.

Hunk:
You can't see it?

Pidge:
So you can't hit it. I think it's mainly after the Princess.

Hunk:
It won't get her.

Lance:
[just before Red Lion is struck with the creature's weapon] Look out! It's armed!

Keith:
It's *four*-armed. But it's only got one pointy head.

Lance:
[is released] Let's lose it.

Princess Allura:
[shooting] This is for dunking us all in the lake.

[last lines]

Coran:
I feel some royal reward is due those brave men of the Voltron Force!

Lance:
The real reward comes from knowing that the people of this planet are safe and secure once more, and that we all did our part to make it that way with the help of Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Hunk:
[awakens to the alarm] Huh? What? It must be a short circuit. Oh, well, someone make me up in the morning and remind me to fix it.

Princess Allura:
[Coran has tied her to a chair] You speak often of liberty and freedom for my people, but now you've taken *mine* away from me!

Prince Bandor:
Oh, I can't believe they're gone. There'll never be, another Voltron Force.

Prince Bandor:
The Force is gone but, no matter what, Voltron is Voltron. I'm gonna bring him back, by any means necessary.

Prince Bandor:
They were the noblest fighters I've ever known. I only regret that I never told them how much I admired them while I still had the chance.

Coran:
Send us some star-ships!

Representative:
I wish we could, but all our ships are pinned down by Zarkon.

Coran:
Then we know what we must do. Our people have always fought for the simple right to live in peace. And we will continue to fight for that right until the end.

Representative:
[gesturing with a hand] Arus, we salute you.

Angel:
You've made a long journey, Voltron. But your journey is almost over. For you have arrived at the end of the universe. Can the universe *have* an end? What lies beyond - is it real, or only in your mind and spirit? You are about to learn the answer to this ultimate mystery. If you follow me, I will take you to a new place, a world where eternal happiness awaits you.

Keith:
[thinking] I'd like to go, but - what about Arus?

[awakens with a jolt]

Angel:
I'm afraid it will perish. Because you have a pure heart, I can allow you to return to Arus, but then you will not be able to pass into the world of eternal happiness. The choice is yours.

Princess Allura:
[thinking] Eternal happiness, how wonderful. But my people need me.

[awakens]

Lance:
[thinking] Yes. How I can think of myself when others are suffering?

Hunk:
[thinking] The world beyond: I wonder what it's like. I bet you could eat anything you want. Nah, I can't let that creep Lotor take over Planet Arus.

Pidge:
[thinking] Maybe I'd see my family again. No - we've gotta go back to Arus.

Angel:
You have made a courageous and generous choice. Arise. I will heal you, Voltron.

Keith:
[thinking] We've been to the end of the universe, and experienced the edge of another world, that we could have chosen to enter forever.

Lance:
[thinking] I'll never be the same after this. I think I understand now. I know what's really important.

Princess Allura:
[thinking] I was lucky enough to be born a Princess. From now on I must prove myself worthy by my deeds and actions.

Hunk:
[thinking] Not too many guys get a shot at a second time around. I'm gonna give it everything I've got and then some.

Pidge:
[thinking] I thought I understood what life was all about. But now I know there are mysteries I never dreamed of.

Prince Bandor:
You call yourself a prince, but you have no honor.

Prince Lotor:
You and your honor - I find it to be extraordinarily boring. Victory's always much sweeter, when you cheat.

Angel:
Romelle, don't be afraid; you're not alone.

Hunk:
I've been waitin' with the rest of 'em. How come I don't have a plate?

Nanny:
Hunk, you need a diet. You're getting a nice glass of fruit-juice. [he groans in disgust]

Pidge:
I'll build 'em a spaceship, a Lion just like ours. Well - a Lion-*cub*.

Hunk:
Uh-oh - quake-time!

Keith:
[from above] The fissure's closing, Hunk. Get outta there! Full thrust! Move!

Hunk:
You don't have to tell *me*...

[takes off]

Prince Lotor:
Bless your evil heart, old witch.

Pidge:
Ew, now that we finally got a look at him I wish he'd stayed underground!

Prince Lotor:
It was really kind of a funny battle. The only injury was Haggar's cat.

King Zarkon:
Broken spells, may you ride a splintered broom, old witch!

[last lines]

Princess Allura:
Come on, Cheesy, you don't need to carry such a big stick.

Hunk:
[sees what another does] Not when you can knock somebody over with a feather!

[everyone laughs]

[first lines]

King Zarkon:
The Voltron Force escaped from slave-prison and those fool guards paid with their lives. Yurak deserves the same. Instead of capturing them, Yurak allows them to land safely on Planet Arus. And, *you*, witch, sent the Robeast to destroy them, and *he* failed.

[Cova shrieks where she pets him]

King Zarkon:
That cat has more brains than you!

[sees that his eyes are glowing]

King Zarkon:
Speak up, witch, or has the cat got your tongue?

Princess Allura:
[forcing water down his throat] You never should have gone out alone. Your friends tried to rescue you. I'm afraid they... they still have not returned.

Pidge:
They're not here? The Voltron Force can pull through anything. They *can't* be lost, they *can't* be. You'll see.

[runs to a table and fists it desperately]

Pidge:
They're just trying to worry me!

[throws his head dowon, then looks up and stares at the speaker which a nasally breathing is heard from]

Pidge:
That's Hunk, snoring! It's Hunk!

[leaps into and spins around the control-seat]

Pidge:
Hunk, I know that's you snoring! Your transwaver must be on, ya big dummy. I know you're alive *now*.

[bangs the speaker]

Pidge:
Wake up, buddy. Did you guys crash? Are you knocked our or just sleepin'? Answer me, Hunk. Please. Keith, Lance, Sven. Someone *answer*... Where *are* you guys? Please come in. Yurak's killer robots are out there and that monster's gonna attack again.

Keith:
[after awakening amazed] You OK, Pidge?

Pidge:
[crying in relief while Allura and Coran step forth in amazement] Safe and sound; Keith, it's you!

Keith:
Alive and well, no thanks to Robeast.

Sven:
Hello.

Pidge:
Hi, Sven.

Lance:
[touching his helmeted head] That monster sure packs a wallop.

Pidge:
The Voltron Force is tougher.

Hunk:
[stretching] We'll be a lot tougher when we find that missing key.

Pidge:
Then we can create Voltron. Come on back, team. Ya-hoo!

[leaps in the air and lands on his back on the floor]

Pidge:
I promise never to go out alone again, but you guys have to promise too! I'm so happy I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[removes his glasses and wipes his misting eyes]

Hunk:
[the four look around after they get back] Pidge?

Lance:
I'll bet he's hiding!

Keith:
Princess, do you know where Pidge is? Is this some kind of a joke?... Pidge has a funny sense of humor.

[Allura grins and points up where they raise their gazes to see he's jumped off the elevator-roof]

Pidge:
WOOOAAAA!

[tackles Hunk as he falls, and ends up knocking over Keith and Lance and falling on Keith, laughing]

Pidge:
I got back before you by usin' my head!

Keith:
Knock it off!

[shoves him off onto his back, causing the others and Sven to laugh]

Hunk:
[of the mice] Keith, *you're* the captain - *you* talk to 'em.

Princess Allura:
[of the mice] They said it was pretty, and they took it to their nest for a good-luck charm.

Keith:
Well, tell 'em it brought them good luck.

Sven:
Because we will let them go, if they get that key and bring it to us right away.

King Alfor:
[appearing] For what reason do you awaken my spirit, Coran? Speak, old friend, that I may help you.

Coran:
I come only to give thanks, King Alfor. We now have all five keys to Voltron. Now the Voltron Force can form the robot and defend our planet against the evil Zarkon.

King Alfor:
Go and save our world.

Commander Yurak:
Those lions again? I thought Robeast destroyed those big cats. They must have nine lives!

Pidge:
The whole planet's invited to the banquet. Hope there's enough food.

Hunk:
Hope there's enough for me.

Lance:
There's *never* enough for you.

Pidge:
For sure.

Lance:
It's a lucky coincidence Princess Allura discovered this secret storage-room of food. I think she knew about it all along but played it smart. She knew this day would come and planned for it. She loves her people dearly.

Hunk:
[nodding in agreement and holding up his hand] Promise, I won't eat too much.

Pidge:
We *all* gotta wait for the banquet, but I'd just like to look at it and *dream* a little.

[somersaults over to and presses the button to open the door]

Pidge:
I'm *dreaming*!

Hunk:
[his mouth drops open in delight] If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake up!

Keith:
It's a victory-feast! The Princess invites you all to dig in.

[Hunk instantly lunges for the food, scattering some of the table's contents]

Keith:
I didn't mean dig in like a shovel.

King Zarkon:
I'm served by fools and cowards! How can you be defeated by a planet we have already destroyed?

Hunk:
Hey, you don't have to worry anymore. We got rid of Zarkon. Come on out and celebrate. There's enough food for everybody.

Pidge:
Princess Allura wants you all to be her guests.

Hunk:
Don't you get it? There's *food*.

Pidge:
[touches his shoulder, grinning] Maybe it isn't as important to them as it is to you, Hunk.

Sven:
[turns to Haggar with his sword] Now you see *my* magic!

[last lines]

Keith:
We may be without Voltron at the moment, Princess, but the Voltron Force is still at your service. We repelled Zarkon's mightiest forces twice today. And as soon as Sven is able, we'll have Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

King Zarkon:
My horoscope advises that now is the time to be nasty.

Hunk:
What I'd like to nose into is a four-decker Star-Burger, and a Galaxy Ice-Shake, any flavor. But all I can smell is a rat - a *desert* rat.

Pidge:
My sensor picks up a strange odor, too, Hunk. I can only tell ya it's *not* somethin' to eat.

Professor Sarwa:
There are no snakes in this area.

Hunk:
Except maybe a few of Zarkon's two-legged kind.

Pidge:
I never thought *I'd* feel like a big giant.

Princess Allura:
[to the creature] Tell me, what's your name?

Hunk:
Sandy - what else?

Lance:
[of the creature] He's better-looking than Hunk!

Pidge:
[laughs] At last, I'm not the shortest guy in the universe! [the creature whose head he touches raises as the much taller one whose shoulders he stands on emerges from underground, he groans as he tumbles over in shock] Oh, wrong again!

Professor Sarwa:
See how innocent they are?

Keith:
A villain like Zarkon could capture 'em with lollipops.

[Sarwa laughs]

Prince Lotor:
I'll turn moles into mountains!

Prince Lotor:
Lions, ha! Like ostriches with their heads in the sand.

Prince Lotor:
You can't send a midget to do a giant's job.

Pidge:
[turns his gaze from the injury-victim to skyward where his enemy took off] LOTOR, GET LOST!

Hunk:
I was dreamin' about food. What gives?

Keith:
[the Green Lion's diversion attempt on the ground sees it pinned down] Pidge! [Allura gasps]

Hunk:
That does it.

Princess Allura:
Now let's get the big guy.

Pidge:
[joking] I think I was the hero today.

Hunk:
[joking] I thought *I* was the hero.

Princess Allura:
[shakes her head grinning watching the people] No, boys; *they're* the heroes. They're the ones who build the cities and towns we live in, and the things we use every day. We must never forget that.

King Zarkon:
You use your sword better than your brains.

King Zarkon:
To win a battle, my ambitious son, it not only takes strength; it takes brains.

Prince Lotor:
I have learned my lesson, Father.

King Zarkon:
Then here's another lesson: don't expect forgiveness. [raises his sword]

Haggar:
Ah, when magic is explained, it is no longer magic.

Pidge:
[of the mouse worked up after swallowing an insect on the cheese] You're just like Hunk, always ready for a fight.

Hunk:
Don't compare me to a mouse!

[slams his fists onto the table and causes PIdge's milk to splash up in his face to the mouse's amusement, but finds his hands caught in the wood and only removes them by breaking it]

Hunk:
I get carried away.

Coran:
We call it "At Ease", the Early-Advance Alarm System.

Lance:
And I'll be "at ease" when it's working.

Pidge:
[of the robot] Wow, it can't be analyzed.

Lance:
We'll learn what it can do soon enough.

Prince Lotor:
What's wrong, Lions? You don't like my new Lion-tamer?

Pidge:
[of the robot] Some imitation.

Hunk:
A bad one.

Prince Lotor:
[ordering the robot to attack] Don't wait, you brainless machine!

Keith:
I guess Voltron's magic was stronger than Haggar's.

[last lines]

Keith:
Voltron Force came very close to defeat in this day's battle, but from it we've learned much. The Blue Lion will be repaired, and the vulnerabilities redesigned, so we never have the same problem again. This'll make an even stronger Voltron, which will defeat all enemies of freedom and peace, and truly be - Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

King Zarkon:
You behave with disrespect.

Prince Lotor:
And why not? You don't respect *my* feelings in this.

King Zarkon:
Stop wining. You *have* no feelings. You're an instrument of evil just as I've *raised* you to be.

Prince Lotor:
I've used every low trick known to devils.

Keith:
[in tears howling and running from the room after Allura stopped breathing] She's gone!

Lance:
[awed by his plan] That's actually brilliant, Hunk.

Hunk:
Just off the top of my head.

Keith:
[thinking] If the Princess were *really* gone, what a lot we'd have to remember - the way her smile lit up the day for everybody. And when we first came here, she gave us permission to form Voltron, so we could defend this planet, and this galaxy, against injustice and oppression. It was a great honor to kneel before her, and the shield of her high office. Her eyes were warm and friendly. Allura became one of us, pilot of the Blue Lion, a member of the Voltron Force. And she wasn't afraid of anything, always ready for more. Allura was cautious, concerned for others. She handled defense duties and affairs of state, in a manner all of us can be proud of. Allura took everyone's problems to heart, and had a special concern for children. She would speak in defense of troubled persons, her compassion showing. Allura liked being in the thick of it. Idleness bored her like gossip, but music and dancing brought out a lighter streak, which she shared with her tiny friends. The mice knew more palace secrets than the prime-minister.

[crying]

Keith:
So we say goodbye to the beautiful princess - at least that's what we'll let *Lotor* think.

Hunk:
[thinking] I couldn't ever believe she's gone.

Lance:
[whispering after they drop flowers in the casket] We're not leaving you, Princess.

Hunk:
We know you're under a spell.

Pidge:
[choking through tears] I just wish you'd blink or wiggle your nose!

Pidge:
You'll have to get past me!

Prince Lotor:
[raises his laser-sword] I'll go *through* you!

Pidge:
[takes out a grenade to force Lotor and Haggar to leave Allura] Her life means more than yours or mine or anybody's!

Lance:
[picks up his laser-rifle] This is *my* magic, old witch! Yours has run out!

Haggar:
The fates decree we lose today. There is always a darker tomorrow.

Pidge:
[charging at Haggar and Lotor with the grenade] You wanna see witchcraft?

Prince Lotor:
[retreating] There are other ways, as you will soon learn.

Keith:
Blast off!

Pidge:
[closes his eyes and puckers up after Allura kisses his cheek] A real one? [Nanny scowls and he chuckles] I'm greedy. [Allura laughs for him]

Lance:
You've got to move faster.

Princess Allura:
[annoyed] Why don't you show me how, *Coach*?

Lance:
Why don't you use your eyes? I don't think you could hit me if I... just sit here in midair!

Prince Bokar:
Everything's under control. You won't be needed. Thank you for your help, such as it was.

Hunk:
I don't think he's doing too good.

Pidge:
Just wait. It takes Lance a while to warm up.

Princess Allura:
Can't somebody stop them, please!

Nanny:
I wish two young men were fighting over *me*.

Lance:
Still wanna fight?

Prince Bokar:
I never quit when I'm winning.

Lance:
This guy fights like a space-pilot. I'll never trust him.

Lance:
OK, I tried to tell all of you: Prince Bokar is a snake. And he brought along all his friends!

Prince Bokar:
[runs in] I heard yelling. What is it?

Keith:
Not much. Just a few cobras!

King Alfor:
[Bokar clasps his hands over his ears at the blaring that sounds when the dial he touches seems to activate the Blue Lion] All that you do, you do in vain. For the Power of Voltron, you shall not gain.

Princess Allura:
My father's voice. He's with us here. Even though you are dead, Father, you have always watched over me. Look out for me now...!

Prince Bokar:
Your dead father? What kind of a fool do you take me for, Princess Allura?

[attempts to work the controls again but fails]

Prince Bokar:
You've got to start this thing for me.

Princess Allura:
What kind of a fool do you think *I* am?

Prince Bokar:
We'll see.

[last lines]

Lance:
It's a good thing that *some* of us aren't taken in by a handsome face, like Nanny here.

Princess Allura:
[Nanny looks annoyed and Coran tenses, she laughs] Yes, you're as bad as I am, Nanny. We're too of a kind. Watch me carefully so that it never happens again. Unless I want it to.

King Zarkon:
You made me look like a fool!

Haggar:
*That's* not hard.

King Zarkon:
Sneaking around again. Eavesdropping on our conversation.

Cmdr. Cossack:
[bowing] No, Sire.

King Zarkon:
Don't contradict me, or I'll send you back to the toad-pond you crawled out of.

King Zarkon:
Now why don't you make yourself useful, and help Haggar get me some lazon.

Cmdr. Cossack:
[bowing] If you wish, Sire.

King Zarkon:
What do you mean "If" I wish? I just told you that's what I wish. Now go!

Lance:
There's something out there, just a spot on my scanner. I'm gonna bring it in closer.

Keith:
Hey, Lance, you sure you didn't put on one of your video-games by mistake?

Pidge:
It's one of those slave-ships from Planet Doom!

Hunk:
You ever noticed how ugly those things are?

Lance:
Sure, they're number one in the Space Ugly Hit Parade.

Pidge:
[sarcastically] Gee, I thought they were kinda cute.

Princess Allura:
Yeah, cute like a rattlesnake.

Keith:
Rattlesnakes are nice compared to the guys who run *those* things.

Keith:
According to my sensors, those slave-ships landed on Planet Zaal. It's a desert planet, located in the Azure Quadrant. There hasn't been any life there for a millennium. Some of the early space-explorers claimed there was a race of people still living there, underneath the surface of the planet. But I'm sure that's just a legend.

Joran:
No one stops Zarkon.

Omnia:
We must. He destroyed my world once before. I won't let him do it again.

Joran:
[looks at her] What happened?

Omnia:
They used scorch-rays.

[Joran gasps]

Omnia:
The attack was terrible. We had to run for our lives. It was Prince Lotor's first command. He was still only a boy, but he was already as ruthless as Zarkon himself. Some of us managed to escape, but I had to leave my family behind. We dedicated this city to them.

Joran:
[Starts to cry] It's all so unfair! I lost my family too.

Princess Allura:
We always thought the stories about this underground world were, just a legend.

Lance:
Which'd make her a dream.

Friend:
Tell them about the slave.

Omnia:
Yes, we have a slave who escaped from the camp.

Joran:
I escaped from them but not myself.

Princess Allura:
You're a very courageous woman.

Pidge:
And pretty, too.

Joran:
I'm a traitor.

[the Voltron Force gasps]

Joran:
That's right. I... was a soldier for Zarkon.

Keith:
That's in the past; it's old news. People cam change, you know, and that's what we're giving you: a chance to change.

Joran:
Enough of greedy leaders who want more and more what they already have too much of.

Joran:
[after she saves him] Why did you do that?

Omnia:
Why? Because I care about you, even if you don't care about yourself.

Keith:
That's the nerve-center.

Joran:
Yes, Keith, but it's heavily guarded.

Keith:
Not heavily enough.

Keith:
Oh, hi. Of all these robots you caught me first. [Joran elbows it down from behind] We caught you last!

Pidge:
Ah, Keith, what does your watch say?

Keith:
[pretends to check it] Time to form Voltron.

Pidge:
Smart watch!

Haggar:
When Zarkon hears there wasn't enough lazon... things are going to get ugly.

Cmdr. Cossack:
They always do when *you* show up.

Prince Lotor:
I'm feeling my best, which means I'm ready to do my worst.

King Zarkon:
I fear you are a dawdler and a dimwit, my son.

Hunk:
OK, muscles, don't embarrass me.

Robot:
We're here with orders from Prince Lotor to retrieve the treasure from this ship. You're not considered treasure.

Prince Lotor:
[holds up his laser-sword] Now, my masked friend, let's see who you really are.

Keith:
[leaping atop the chest and removing his helmet] YAAAAA! HA! Masked or not, I'm no friend of *yours*, Lotor.

Prince Lotor:
What's our next amusement, Count Zeta? Do we torture our captives, or eat the birthday cake?

Count Zeta:
Let us torture the captives by eating the cake in front of them.

Haggar:
[the cake explodes and she tries not to be hit by icing] Angel-food!

Prince Lotor:
[to Zeta] Why didn't you order *devil's* food cake?

Haggar:
Did my lasers destroy them?

Prince Lotor:
Hardly. Your cat could shoot straighter.

Prince Lotor:
[flying out] Sorry, Zeta, but this ship only has room for two. But you're welcome to the rest of my birthday cake.

Princess Allura:
Lotor may have been one year older today, but I think I saw him age *ten* years! [everyone laughs]

Haggar:
Lovely queen upon the floor, I'll look like you forevermore!

Pidge:
[laughing with Hunk after Nanny collapses from the witch's ice-cold touch on Orla's disguise] After all this time, Nanny hasn't learned how to curtsey to a queen!

Hunk:
Where's that cat?

[Cova jumps down from the shelf over him, clawing his face on the way down]

Hunk:
AHH! OK, now I know!

Lance:
We gotta use psychology. What would attract a blue cat?

Pidge:
That's easy. A blue mouse.

Hunk:
Waxing the floor is a good idea. Whoa - ! [slips and lands on his back]

Lance:
Just hope it works that good for the *cat*. [laughs]

Hunk:
Well, now at least we know it works. [winces]

Haggar:
[Cova attacks Hunk's face when he releases him] A nice farewell touch, Pussycat!

Haggar:
[laughing] Nothing can conquer my magic!

King Alfor:
[the statue of him glows and lights up the darkened room] You are wrong, Haggar. I, King Alfor, have the power.

Sven:
[pushes back the two boulders he parted to get into the cave] Now you're safe, so why don't you get out of here!

Princess Romelle:
What do you mean get out of here?

Sven:
Just what I said: go away! Get out of my sight!

Princess Romelle:
What's the matter with you?

Sven:
What do you think? I'm crazy, can't you tell? [Romelle starts] Yeah, you got it. I'm a wild man. I live in these tunnels eating roots and mushrooms. I'm crazy. I could do anything!

Princess Romelle:
[Gasps] No. I *knew* I recognized your face. You look different, but...

Sven:
But what? I was an unknown slave before I ran away to these caves. So if you think you know me, well - you must have mistaken me...

[puts the candle down, lowers his voice]

Sven:
...for somebody else.

Princess Romelle:
No, I didn't. You used to be the best navigator in the Alliance. Then you joined the Voltron Force.

Sven:
What are you saying? With a crazy brain like I have, do you think they'd let me join the Voltron Force? Now go away!

Princess Romelle:
[nudges his pointing hand down and crosses her arms] No. You try to act mean, but you're kind; you're not crazy or you wouldn't have saved me. I know you *now*.

[points]

Princess Romelle:
You're Sven, the Blue Lion.

Sven:
How dare you! Who do you think you are, coming here and talking about Sven? There *is* no Sven!

Princess Romelle:
Why are you saying that?

Sven:
Because the Sven you speak of is gone. He was nothing but a failure. A *failure*.

Princess Romelle:
No, that's not true. Sven was no failure.

Princess Romelle:
If it wasn't for Sven, the Planet Arus would have been lost.

Sven:
But he lost. He was beaten. [starts to cry and throws his head back to howl in anguish before sinking to the ground] Do you know what that's like? I couldn't move. I could hardly breathe.

Princess Romelle:
[nods] Yes. But, Sven, it wasn't your fault.

Sven:
So? I still failed. While I was in the hospital Zarkon's fleet attacked. It was a small planet and they couldn't defend themselves. And I couldn't help them. I was brought with the others to be a slave - on Planet Doom. But when they saw I couldn't work, they left me without food or water. I lay there, remembering, dreaming. Sometimes I imagined that I saw myself as I used to be.

Sven:
[in a flashback his former self appears hovering over him causing him to gasp] You must escape from Planet Doom. Remember, you're part of the Voltron Force.

Sven:
[to the fading image of his self] How can I escape? Tell me - please!

Sven:
[repeating the two words he said aloud at the time] But then I realized it was just - a dream. That's when I escaped to the caves. I'll never be the man I used to be.

Princess Romelle:
Yes you will, Sven.

Princess Romelle:
Let's call the Voltron Force.

Sven:
I told you I won't call them; I *can't* call them, don't you understand? I let them down. [turns away in shame]

Princess Romelle:
[horrified at the way Lotor attacks the slaves to find her] I can't allow this. I must show myself to them.

Sven:
[gripping her wrist then shoulders] No! You are needed on your planet. You are the only one that knows the key - the key that can save millions of your people. You must get back to them.

Sven:
[covering with his laser-rifle] Run for the ship!

Princess Romelle:
I can't leave them, I can't!

Sven:
They're doing their part; do yours!

Princess Romelle:
Someday we'll come back, and we'll free *all* the slaves on Planet Doom!

Sven:
[into the radio] Keith, my friend, it's so good to hear your voice again!

Keith:
Same here, Sven; we've missed ya!

Sven:
[hears her adjusting the controls] What are you doing?

Princess Romelle:
I'm going to save Voltron with your help. You will be my navigator.

Sven:
No!

Princess Romelle:
You must keep my on target. Just call out the space-coordinates.

Sven:
All right, I'll try it. It's been so long... Here it goes. Coming in at X-37 14-V and leveling. Add 91 and 40 to Atom 4. Sink to cool level at Onik 7 and increase velocity at Code E to 11.

Keith:
He's comin'.

Sven:
103 - 102 - 101...

Princess Allura:
Good luck.

Sven:
And we're on-target.

Princess Romelle:
[fires] You've got it, Sven. I knew you could still do it.

[last lines]

Keith:
[clasping his hands] My friend.

Sven:
Keith, I'm going to stay here with Romelle.

Princess Romelle:
[Allura approaches her and Bandor] Cousin.

Princess Allura:
Romelle!

Prince Bandor:
Princesses together!

Sven:
[turns back to Keith] She gave me back to life.

Keith:
I'm glad, Sven. And remember, you'll always be a part of the Voltron Force. So if you ever need us back here on Planet Pollux, just call us. We'll be waitin' for ya.

Roe:
I'm still afraid.

Roe:
Roe, we're on Arus now, where people are good. We don't do mean things to each other here. Not like where you've been.

Robot:
Humans are nothing. Stones are everything.

Prince Lotor:
Father, I am ready to marry Queen Merla, as you have ordered.

Queen Merla:
You're a real sport, Lotor.

King Zarkon:
Well, what are you waiting for, Lotor? Go ahead and kiss the bride. You're not afraid, are you?

Prince Lotor:
Your lips are cold. As cold as ice.

Queen Merla:
Just like your heart, Prince Lotor.

[first lines]

Narrator:
Planet Arus. Green hills to play on. Trees to climb. Flowers to pick. Yet it was not long ago, that Arus had ben the scene invasion by King Zarkon. A terrible invasion, that had left behind it a trail of sadness.

Roe:
Tyren, please don't hate me for what I've done.

Tyren:
I could never hate you, Roe.

Lance:
You noticed how the princess is mooning over there? She hasn't said a single word.

Hunk:
All *I* noticed is that there's food on the table. And I wanna eat some.

King Zarkon:
Lotor, you are my son, may I be forgiven, and someday you will be king, may the evil gods help the planet.

Treil:
We almost had you, Lotor.

Prince Lotor:
Almost doesn't count in this game!

Prince Lotor:
How do you like being bait for a big fish like Voltron?

Trel:
Voltron knows how to take care of a worm like you.

Haggar:
Remember, this is a special Robeast that has been equipped with an anti-gravitational magnetic device. So, don't worry.

Prince Lotor:
If it doesn't work, *you* better worry!

[last lines]

Trel's father:
There are no words I can say to express my thanks.

Keith:
It was your children's bravery that made this possible.

Trel's father:
Our children's greatest hope is that when they grow up, they can become members of the Voltron Force.

Keith:
Hm. Someday, they probably will.

Princess Allura:
Incidentally, we never did find out the name of your planet.

Trel:
It's Bravora, Princess. An ancient word meaning "brave ones".

Keith:
Well, you certainly proved that to be true today.

Princess Allura:
You're right, Keith. And we couldn't have done it without them.

Trel's father:
And our belief in bravery for the sake of peace has been renewed, by Voltorn, Defender of the Universe!

Space Marshal Graham:
There's a transport-ship in peril.

Coran:
What is its cargo?

Space Marshal Graham:
It's the most precious cargo there is: human beings.

Coran:
What are you waiting for?

Hunk:
[sticking his hands casually behind his head] Oh, I thought I'd take a little nap first.

Keith:
Me, too.

Coran:
A nap? Have you gone mad? Weren't you listening to Marshal Graham? This is an emergency.

Princess Allura:
[grinning] Oh, they're only kidding you, Coran. You know it takes a minute to power up the turbos.

Keith:
Better hurry. I'd hate to leave you guys behind.

Lance:
*Nobody* leaves *me* behind.

Hunk:
That goes double for me.

Pidge:
*Everything* goes double for *you*.

Lance:
Hi, guys. Got that tangled-up feeling? Dr. Lance has got the answer. [slices through the branch-cords tying the other Lions with his claw attack knife]

Pidge:
Nice work, Doc.

Hunk:
I feel better already.

Lance:
[the fish-man collapses after the attack] I think I'm mad now.

Keith:
[grinning] Don't get mad. Let's get even.

Lance:
[to the reptilian Robeast] See ya later, alligator!

[last lines]

Keith:
Your ship's ready. I guess you guys'll be takin' off pretty soon, huh?

Captain:
*We* will. But the Lieutenant won't. He's staying behind, and who wouldn't want to stay on this beautiful planet? Flowers will bloom again... And long after we'll be gone, the sunsets will be deep and radiant and the peoples will continue to live in the jungles in peace. Pilots, superheroes, primitive man... are we really so different? We all feel sorrow and joy, all seek happiness and peace, and we all have a special friend in Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Pidge:
[to the mice after watching the tape] Why do you guys always want a travelogue? [thinking while nodding off] Well, that's the show. No Zarkon or Lotor - no excitement.

Prince Lotor:
All these people lying stunned. When they come to, they'll be much better slaves.

Haggar:
He's lovely, even if he does look like Voltron.

Haggar:
Next time I'll produce the five Lions, too.

Prince Lotor:
If you're still around!

[last lines]

Keith:
We honor those brave ones who fight for independence. And people everywhere know the one they can always count on to ensure that right: Voltorn, Defender of the Universe!

Cmdr. Cossack:
They've got jets galore, nuclear energy, and more missiles than Haggar's got warts.

Keith:
Sounds like a tough challenge, sir. And that's just the way we like it.

Hunk:
Nice planet.

Pidge:
Looks like it's got everything.

Lance:
Sure, but can you find a place to park?

: You used to be kind, helpful people. But now you push and grab as if the spirit of these weapons had gotten inside of you.

Roland:
You used to be kind, helpful people. But now you push and grab as if the spirit of these weapons had gotten inside of you.

Roland:
Get off it, Roland; you're just afraid to fight, that's all.

Man:
I *have* fought. I know what war is like. Those of you who don't, I hope you never have to find out.

Pidge:
What did we ever do to them?

Lance:
Oh, they're just naturally friendly.

Keith:
Listen! You may not believe this now, but you *need* us. Just like *we* need all of *you*.What's the point of all these guided missiles if you've got *mis*guided leaders? We don't claim to have *all* of the answers. But if we stick together we can *find* them.

Princess Allura:
You were really magnificent, Keith!

Keith:
[looking at the baby he saved] I was? Hey, look at this little guy's smile.

Keith:
[the people lament their mistrust of Cossack] Well, I've been wrong once or twice myself.

Lance:
[grinning] You, Keith? I find that hard to believe.

Princess Allura:
How 'bout the time he accidentally got into my Lion?

Hunk:
You two were pretty cozy, but you can't form Voltron with only four Lions.

Pidge:
He said he got lost in the dark.

Keith:
Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.

Pidge:
Nothin' like a little game of Dodge-the-Rocket, huh?

Keith:
[as Voltron flings the Spinning Laserblades at the approaching missiles] I've got a better game. Kind of like ring-toss, but a little more dramatic.

Haggar:
Their goodness is their Achilles heel.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Achilles? Is he a spy?

Prince Bandor:
There's been a crash-landing.

Princess Romelle:
Who crashed?

Prince Bandor:
[surprised] Space gremlins.

Princess Romelle:
I asked you a question. Was it Sven? I couldn't bear it if he was hurt. Tell me, Bandor.

Prince Bandor:
[amused] If you're so worried about him, how come you never tell him how you feel? I just happen to be signaling him right now. He's such a humble guy, still living in that little cottage even though he could be here in the castle.

Princess Romelle:
I wonder if, he ever thinks of me.

Sven:
[on his porch] Romelle, I long to share my dreams with you. [sighs as he looks through his binoculars] But I am only a pilot. At least from here I can watch over you and protect you.

Sven:
You couldn't break me before. You will not do it now.

Haggar:
And you're going to help me, Sven.

Sven:
I'm going to stop you!

Keith:
[as they split up going for the elevators] I've got door number one!

Lance:
I've got number two!

Pidge:
Mine's the big one!

Princess Allura:
Guess nobody wants the box.

Haggar:
Please, just don't hurt Romelle.

Sven:
[to Cova amused] His Cute One is upset.

Haggar:
[to Sven] When the Lions arrive I'll simply trap them in front of the dam. Then they'll be engulfed by billions of tons of water. What a perfect irony that you built the dam that will destroy them.

Lance:
[of Lotor] Wasn't he voted Mega-Jerk of the Year, or was that last year?

Haggar:
I have a gift for you: five hot-headed heroes, and two delectable princesses.

Prince Lotor:
You can gift-wrap the heroes; I'll take the princesses now.

Hunk:
You must wear that wigged helmet to cover up your furry brain!

Princess Romelle:
Keith, stop worrying about us; you've got to stop this Robeast, no matter what.

Sven:
[running toward where it has her and Bandor] No! Romelle!

Princess Romelle:
Sven, listen. I know how you feel about me, and I feel the same way about you. But the safety of our planet is more important.

Princess Allura:
You're lucky you found each other.

Sven:
Yes.

[last lines]

Narrator:
Yes, that day Voltron saved Planet Pollux. But how many other worlds still lay under the terrible shadow of Doom? Fly on, mighty warrior. Your destiny calls. Fate has written your name across the stars and sent it echoing down the infinite corridors of space, time. We know you, great guardian. You are spirit. You are hope. You are Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

First observor:
Look at all those space-cruisers.

Second observor:
Which one would you go for?

First observor:
Give you a hint: they're the only ones that *roar*.

Coran:
Why don't we go and help them?

Space Marshal Graham:
We've already sent three battalions, Coran, but we need more than just fire-power.

Coran:
You mean we need vision, and united action.

Space Marshal Graham:
Exactly. It won't be easy. But remember, we have right on our side. These are our homes; we must protect them.

Sven:
Which means we must fight.

Keith:
All right, listen. They're strong. The Rogue Region *is* a hundred times larger than ours. Not to mention Zander and *his* thugs. Okay. So we're outnumbered. We're outmanned. But *we're not outclassed*! And we'll come outta this in one piece *if* we hang tough. Guys like Largo have a big bark, but when ya stand up to 'em and stand fast, they get *real* nervous. I say we go toe-to-toe with him.

Keith:
You touch her, and you're dust!

Princess Allura:
Keith, it's just no use. [he hangs his head groaning]

Princess Allura:
Don't hurt Coran. Please.

Cmdr. Cossack:
I'm gonna blast him.

Princess Allura:
No!

Prince Lotor:
All right. Put away your stun-gun.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Why should I?

Prince Lotor:
Because the lovely lady doesn't want you to hurt her friend.

Cmdr. Cossack:
Since when do you care what a girl wants?

Prince Lotor:
Cossack, you really don't understand anything, do you?

Cmdr. Cossack:
Commander Keith. Get out of that jalopy and make it quick.

Cmdr. Cossack:
[he jumps onto the front of the Black Lion by using the hatch door as a vault] You're quite the gymnast, Keith. But then again, who cares?

[laughs]

Sven:
It's me. I'm back.

Keith:
Wow, Sven, I forgot how good you are. Nice goin'.

Hunk:
Yeah, Sven, you really gave it to 'em.

Sven:
No problem. It feels good to be back.

Sven:
I hope you don't mind that I'm in Blue Lion.

Princess Allura:
Of course, not, Sven; we're all on the same side.

Captain:
It's him. The Guardian Protector.

[last lines]

Narrator:
Yes, the Alliance was outnumbered. But they were fighting for something they believed in. And they had a little help from Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Pidge:
[of the Philosian] He looks mean.

Lance:
You were expecting Santa Claus?

Prince Lotor:
Just as my new comet rushes toward your planet for their celestial meeting in the cosmos, so will you and I meet here in the temple of Allura, my love. [laughs]

King Zarkon:
Lotor, I've been thinking of selling you in the next Robeast auction.

Hunk:
It works like a giant food-processor.

Pidge:
Really, Hunk, does everything remind you of food?

Commander:
All right, you space-worms, take this!

Queen Merla:
Now, let's play hit-and-run.

Keith:
How's the damage?

Commander:
She may limp but she'll make it.

Zane:
[to Zarkon] But you promised! You even called me pal!

Haggar:
Listen well, Voltron: I've got your number and it's up. Bye-bye, big guy!

Haggar:
All right, Voltron, that does it!

Haggar:
Not again!

[last lines]

Prince Lotor:
He won again. Why?

Keith:
Why? Because we're fighting for something we believe in, Lotor. Even though Count Zane fooled us today, we'd rather believe in people too much than not believe in them enough. That's just how it is when you're on the team with Voltron, Defender of the Universe.

Keith:
Be ready to give 'em a big greeting - a Lions' welcome!

Hunk:
[waving his fists] Run to Zarkon, Yurak!

[laughs]

Lance:
No points for Yurak today!

Princess Allura:
Just come here again, and we'll send you home piece by piece! Oh, dear - did *I* say that?

[bursts out laughing]

Haggar:
Yurak, you're a born loser. And you know how violently ill it makes King Zarkon to lose.

Commander Yurak:
You can't mean this, Master. I've always served you faithfully.

King Zarkon:
Faithfully, yes. But also stupidly.

Pidge:
[to the hand-walking mice] There you go, very good, just like I taught ya. OK, that's enough of the easy stuff. Now try a double-reverse backward flip-flop. Hup! Hup!

Hunk:
[comes in] Neat trick.

Pidge:
I'm gonna be their agent. I can get 'em to work all over the galaxy.

Lance:
[comes in] What, testing mousetraps?

Pidge:
[the mice take off with their parents] Hey! Hey, come back! Don't pay any attention to him! He was only kidding!

Hunk, Lance:
[they make a face and shoot into the wall-holes] Huh?

Prince Lotor:
I am Crown Prince Lotor, son of King Zarkon, the ruler of Planet Doom. I come to tell you your planet has only one chance for escape: destruction.

[stops when he sees Allura exit to the window after the other four]

Prince Lotor:
And who are you, my pretty?

Princess Allura:
I am Princess Allura, and I order you to leave Planet Arus.

Prince Lotor:
What? She gives *me* orders? Well, pretty or not, no one tells me what to do. I have an offer to stop all fighting - to establish peace and cooperation between our planets.

Lance:
I don't trust him.

Prince Lotor:
I ask that one of the Voltron Force fight me, man-to-man.

Pidge:
All you gotta do is come down here, and we'll see who's toughest!

Prince Lotor:
If your man can prove his strength over me, King Zarkon will allow you to live in peace forever. Believe me, Princess, on my oath as a crown prince, I speak the truth.

Lance:
[whispering to Keith] It's got to be a dirty trick.

[to Lotor]

Lance:
Go home!

Prince Lotor:
Are the Voltron Force all cowards? Isn't there a brave one among you?

Keith:
[steps forward] OK. I'll take your offer!

Lance:
No!

Keith:
We'll see who's a coward!

Princess Allura:
Keith, it's some kind of a trap!

Hunk:
Yeah, it's gotta be.

Lance:
He's Zarkon's son!

Keith:
I know. But I think it's worth the risk; if there's any chance of making permanent peace, I have to try, no matter what.

King Zarkon:
My son has gone to Planet Arus alone. I don't understand. What does he hope to accomplish there all by himself? He's told me of the many planets he's conquered throughout the galaxy. Can I believe his boasting? I gave him Yurak and he was going to consult with you, old witch. What are they up to?

[missing the fact that Cova's eyes glowed before he yowls]

King Zarkon:
I didn't ask for *your* opinion.

Haggar:
Prince Lotor has a plan, to separate the space-explorers, so they cannot form Voltron. Then, he will release Yurak, to destroy the planet.

King Zarkon:
[proudly] That's truly evil - *my* son!

Prince Lotor:
[secretly picks up a rock while standing after Keith knocked away his sword] Well, we would appear to be evenly-matched.

Keith:
[extending his sword] Oh, yeah?

Prince Lotor:
Except when it comes to brains. [knocks him on the head with the rock and over the cliff]

Hunk:
[of the giant] Have my eyes gone bad, or is that Yurak?

Lance:
He's become an ugly monster!

Pidge:
He always *was* ugly.

[last lines]

Prince Lotor:
You have won this battle, Voltron Force, but I, Lotor, son of Zarkon, vow that I will return to destroy Voltron, and all of Arus. [flies out]

Keith:
Lotor, your evil forces will never defeat us. Because the Voltron Force fights on the side of justice and freedom!

Hunk:
Who'd've thought we'd been living in a mobile space-home!

King Zarkon:
[laughs at the Voltron Force] Your puny Lions have no claws and no fangs!

Haggar:
Then what's biting us?

Prince Lotor:
Father, if Voltron attacks and you defeat him, the Drule Empire will forgive you. If Voltron destroys you, then that is your fate!

Coran:
Good hunting, Voltron.

[last lines]

Keith:
This is it, team. We're goin' on in now and it won't be easy. But just remember: with the ammunition-duct destroyed, our galaxy can once more be easy. Oh, there's always gonna be evil men like Lotor, but we can always rely on Voltron, Defender of the Universe!

Zandra:
I've brewed this deadly potion with eye of newt and toe of frog, horn of bat and tail of dog, adder's fork and blind worm's sting, lizard's leg and Hamlet's ring.

Prince Lotor:
You must rest.

King Zarkon:
[Groans in pain] I can't conquer the universe *that* way.

Lance:
Hey, we're gonna have the new school finished for the kids in no time.

Hunk:
When it's finished, I'm gonna be in charge of the football team.

Pidge:
[grinning] Good thing you won't be in charge of the food. They'd all starve.

Prince Lotor:
[of the girls] Look at the lovely wild creatures we've cornered. And they picked baskets of berries just for me.

Princess Allura:
[disgusted] Just like your father!

Prince Lotor:
Thank you. I hope to be much worse someday.

Pidge:
[his ray strikes one of the tree-beasts, forcing it to fall back] Timber!

Prince Lotor:
[laughing as his creations' flowered branches shoot rays upon Green Lion] A bouquet of roses for you!

Lance:
[of the creatures] They're only a bunch of trees. I think I'll start a forest-fire!

[last lines]

King Zarkon:
Ahh, wonderful, just what I needed, a magic potion. I feel strong, ready to take the throne again. And by the way, Lotor, if your medicine had happened to be poison - which of course it wasn't - it wouldn't work. Long ago Haggar cast a spell on me to protect me from all such dastardly attempts on my life! Ha ha ha ha! So you see, my ambitious son, you'll just have to be patient. Zarkon will be on the throne for a long, long time!

[laughs over and over]