[♪]
[Princess allura]Today, we'll discuss a crucial aspect of every mission.
Battle tactics?
Not tactics.
Tact.
As members of the Voltron Force, you are not only warriors,
but representatives of Voltron itself,
a symbol of peace and justice.
[Yawns]
Your actions reflect directly on Voltron and Arus,
thus, you are also ambassadors, and must, at all times, be respectful of other cultures.
Here it comes.
The "respecting other cultures" speech.
You've been trying to cram this message down my brain for years.
I wonder why?
Look, I get it that other cultures have...
Well, culture,
but how can I respect them when none of them compare to Arus?
We have the best art, the best food...
I keep telling you, you've never had pizza on Earth.
This is exactly my point.
Larmina, except for a few missions,
you've hardly been off this planet.
How can you be so sure that Arus is the best at everything?
And even if we were, you still need to be dignified with your point of view.
I am.
Really?
Let's try an exercise here.
There's a football game today, isn't there?
Arus is playing Hoyden IV.
So?
So, what if you were at the game,
and their fans say something negative about our team?
I'd show them why they were wrong.
[Crowd cheering and booing]
Arus is number one!
Ow!
Boo!
Arus, boo!
Arus, yeah, you stink!
[Blows thud, fans groan in pain]
Arus is number one! Arus is number one!
I can't hear you.
Arus is number one!
[Grumbling in defeat] Arus is number one...
Arus is number one!
Arus is number...
Well, we are.
Hey, Larmina! The football game's about to start!
Whoo!
[Both chanting] Arus is number one!
Well, us earthlings think Arus is number two,
so do we get extra credit?
[Sighs]
Class dismissed.
Evil is back.
The Drule kind Lotor has returned with a dark energy that can destroy the galaxy.
Our only hope, the Voltron Force,
a team of five heroic pilots that control five awesome robot lions!
When Lotor's monstrous Robeasts attack,
the lions come together to form Voltron, defender of the universe!
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princess Allura, there you are.
I just received a communique on the old multiphase diplomatic channel.
That's odd.
No one's used that in years.
Yes, and the message is for you!
On it.
I am Sypat, ruler of the planet Ebb.
We are no longer willing to stand for
sky Marshall Wade's tyranny over the galaxy,
and wish to form an alliance with Arus
and the outlawed Voltron Force.
However, my officers will not launch their ships for fear of Wade's armada
lurking in our local system,
so I must ask you, princess,
to come to my planet.
We will transmit a flight plan.
Please, hurry!
It's a trap.
You don't know that for sure.
Ebb and Arus haven't had any contact in years.
Now, all of a sudden,
they call and say "hi! How's it going?"
No. Trap.
Big, big trap.
That may be,
but I'll take any risk
to restore unity in the alliance
and unite them against Wade.
The people of this galaxy must have hope,
so I will meet with Sypat.
Fine.
We'll dig up an old cargo ship, fly in under the radar.
No, I will use the blue lion.
We must show everyone that Voltron is back.
The rest of the team will stay here,
in case Lotor or Wade makes trouble while I'm gone.
Aren't you going to say something?
Why? You're doing so well.
On second thought,
I will bring ambassador Coran to help me with negotiations,
and someone else
who might learn from seeing diplomacy in action.
[Larmina] So, by "diplomatic mission,"
you mean I'm your bodyguard, right?
'Cause after all, Coran's old.
[Chuckles indulgently]
Larmina, that kind of remark is the very reason I asked you to join us.
I want you to see how diplomacy works.
You might even learn something about another culture.
[Quietly] And kick butt if things get out of hand.
I beg your pardon?
Nothing.
So, what's with this exciting rock route?
[Allura]: We're following a course suggested by the Ebbians.
Staying inside this asteroid field will keep Wade from tracking our ship.
Odd.
Why aren't there any lights?
Maybe their culture has an early bedtime.
Welcome, princess.
What an honor. Oh, thank you for coming, thank you!
[Crowd murmurs excitedly]
What's up with those freak...
Right, respect the weirdos.
I bring you greetings from the people of Arus,
and I am ready to begin discussing
the terms of our alliance at once.
Ah, yes,
well, certainly, that can wait
until after the feast that we've prepared in your honor.
Please, follow me.
You see?
We're already building bonds
between our planets.
[Sarcastically] I can already taste the culture.
[Gobbling ravenously]
What is this stuff?
Some local delicacy, I assume.
The courteous thing to do is eat it.
Ugh!
[Spits]
Okay, case closed.
Arusian food is way better.
I won't be eating any Ebbian food, thank you.
[Groans in frustration]
Larmina is actually more correct than she knows.
This is not traditional Ebbian cuisine.
To serve this at a state dinner is quite peculiar.
As is the fact that the Ebbians are eating
as if they've never seen food before.
Is this where I mention
how I noticed that the guards locked the doors
after we sat down?
Hmm.
Was that to keep others out, or to keep us in?
Something stinks here, besides this.
Get back to the blue lion and signal the rest of the force.
I'll cover for you.
Oh, no, if there's going to be a fight, I want in!
Larmina, do as I say.
[Groans melodramatically]
Oh, yeah, that's diplomatic.
Sypat, our ambassador has taken ill.
We must get him back to the ship...
Aw, but if you leave now, you'll miss dessert!
[Snarling]
[Smash]
[Ebbians shout in panic]
[Smashing and crashing]
Stop them!
I've got this.
This way!
Or perhaps not.
No. We're good.
Proceed.
Man, are these things breeding somewhere?
Quickly! In here!
[Smoke bomb blasts]
[Groaning]
Well done, Sypat.
Well done...
Where's my Voltcom?
There, behind that force field.
Can you believe what Sypat did?
If that's what diplomacy gets you, forget it!
Thank the stars,
you're all right.
Which is more than you're gonna be!
[Shouts]
Feel better?
[Groan]
No.
And by the way,
this whole Ebbian experience
isn't doing wonders for my appreciation of other cultures.
Don't be so quick to judge, Larmina.
I've known Sypat for years,
and he is a good man at heart.
At least wait until we know all of the facts.
Oh, I am truly sorry,
but what could I do?
Ebb depends entirely on trade with other planets.
Wade put us under a blockade.
We had no fuel, no supplies.
We've been starving for months!
That explains why the other guests were so ravenous.
Wade promised to lift the blockade,
but only if I helped lure the princess here.
I am truly ashamed for my actions,
but the people of Ebb rely on me.
I would do anything for their sake and the sake of this great planet.
Indeed,
even if it meant he had to betray the lovely princess.
You see, I knew how to make Sypat cooperate.
And I knew that our princess would be naive enough
to fly here in the blue lion,
to show that she and the Voltron force are not afraid of me.
Which continues to be the case.
Your fight isn't with these people.
Leave them in peace.
Thank you, ambassador,
but I'll decide when to lift the blockade,
or...
I may simply choose not to.
But first, I have plans for the three of you.
I hope those plans include
my foot and your butt!
[Laughing]
Well, aren't you the brave one?
[Laughing wickedly]
Is this some kind of arena?
[Hydraulics clank and lock]
Rather quiet in here.
And yet, I don't think we're alone.
You are correct, princess.
In fact, I've arranged for a very sizable audience.
[Droids buzz]
Are those cameras?
Fellow citizens of the galaxy alliance,
I welcome you
to this very special live transmission.
As you can see,
I have captured princess Allura of Arus,
a vaunted member of the outlawed Voltron Force...
The princess is in trouble!
[Alarms blare]
Scramble to the lions.
[Lions roaring]
Boy, I hate it when I'm right.
No, you don't.
And to show the futility of resistance to my authority...
He sure loves to hear himself talk.
[Sypat coughs awkwardly]
[Snarling]
As I was saying...
I shall now meet princess Allura and her famous blue lion on the field of battle
and eradicate them.
In a fair fight, of course.
[Alarms wail]
[Drills whine]
[Gasps in fright]
Oh, yeah, that's totally fair.
[Chuckles wickedly]
Now, that's why I chose you to be up here instead of Coran.
I needed one of you beside me to deter the idea of flying away in your blue lion.
Wow, hiding behind a girl.
Did you learn that at tyrant school?
Your insolent sass
will quite add to the entertainment factor
as we watch your princess get destroyed before the galaxy.
[Robots firing]
[Lasers blasting]
[Coran grunts in pain]
I've got you.
[Snarling]
[Sighs in frustration]
Are you all right?
I've been better.
[Charging weapons]
[Drill whines]
Let's make a run to the blue lion.
Open wide, blue.
Well, at least he left us the keys.
Hang on.
[Roaring]
[Allura]: Is that all you've got, Wade?
[Roaring]
Are those still under warranty?
I must applaud your excellent communication skills.
When the blue lion is destroyed, you'll have to visit Earth as a diplomat...
And prisoner.
Just what I need,
another planet's hospitality.
Psst!
[Snarling]
Freeze tail!
[Shouts in frustration]
[Lion snarls]
If we only had Larmina, we could blast through that dome and get away!
I know, Coran, and I also know that Larmina is quite capable
of getting herself out of trouble.
I'm just biding my time...
[Drill whines]
[Grunting with effort]
Assuming we have time.
[Voltcom surges]
[Blows crashing]
Arus is number one!
[Blows raspberry]
[Crowd shouting and cheering]
[Cheering]
Atta girl.
This broadcast is over.
[Cheering and applause]
[Thumping] I said "over"!
Why won't it shut off?
[Crowd laughing and jeering]
[Camera zooms]
[Allura]: Sypat's jamming the signal!
Let's get out of here.
[Smash]
You know, I'm starting to like this diplomacy stuff.
[Lance]: Hang on, Allura, we're almost there.
[Energy crackles]
That's an Umberon force field!
Which is how Wade kept Ebb under blockade.
He must have shut it off when we arrived.
So we just punch through it, right?
Wrong. It's too powerful.
No ship can get through one of those and survive!
Lance, everyone, reverse engines!
Do not approach!
Repeat, do not approach!
[Energy crackling]
Come in, Voltron Force.
Do you read me?
Vince? Keith? Anyone?
We're okay, Allura,
but we have to reboot our systems.
How long can you hold out?
Interesting question.
[Scanner beeps]
So, Wade upgraded to flying tanks.
I think his upgrade was a little bigger.
[Power droning]
Larmina, hang on.
Pidge?
Systems are back online,
but we need more power to break through that blockade shield.
Time to form Voltron.
With only four lions? Can we do that?
Pidge?
It would be a first,
but I think if Hunk compensates on his mega thruster by...
I got it, buddy.
I am a professional giant robot pilot.
Then we're gonna try this.
Activate interlock!
Dynotherms connected!
Infracells up!
Megathrusters are go!
[Together]: Let's go, Voltron Force!
Form feet and legs!
Uh, leg!
Right.
Form arms and body!
And I'll form the head!
[Lions roaring]
Form blazing sword!
[Power surging]
It doesn't seem to be cuttin' it.
The blazing sword isn't as powerful without all five lions.
We need to try something else.
Something that will...
[Larmina]: Come on, guys, we're getting hammered!
Yeah!
Hey, Keith!
I'm already on it.
Form yellow center!
Rock wrecking maces!
[Blows smash]
Bam! Bam!
We're draining it!
But not enough to break through.
I have an idea.
Hunk, arms out.
Everyone else, hold on to your lunch.
[Coran, struggling]: We can't... Keep this up much longer.
The ship can't take it, and, frankly, neither can I!
Their wrecking maces might not be able to get through the field,
but I know something else that can!
[Crash]
And I'll form a leg!
[Smash]
Yeah! Our foot, your butt!
[Power draining]
That's what I call a fair fight!
[Debris whines overhead]
[Allura]: I think Wade's show is canceled.
[Crash]
[Roars]
My thoughts exactly.
[Allura]: I'm glad Manset could help us with the food supply to Ebb.
[All chatting happily]
Do you like the gah-nah-dosh?
It's the best I've ever had.
[Quietly] 'Cause it's the only I've ever had.
Bet we'd make this better on Arus.
[Laughing]
Dear friends, Ebb is free once more.
[Everyone cheers]
Sky Marshall Wade's broadcast did not go as he'd planned,
thanks to princess Allura and the Voltron Force.
I am grateful for their bravery and heroism,
just as I am ashamed of my failure
to stand up to Wade's demands.
But you were there for us when we needed you most, your highness.
And now that your supply routes are open,
you may rest assured
that Wade will not threaten you again.
Care to add anything?
Me?
Yes.
After all, this is a perfect example
of diplomacy in action.
The only thing I have to add is...
Diplomacy Voltron Force-style kicks butt!
Whoo-hoo!
[Cheering and applause]
The young lady has great potential.
I can only hope.
So, it's understood that Wade crossed a line today.
Yes.
This ends now.