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Voltron: Defender of the Universe: Lion Force: Part 2

20 episodes Premiered Oct 21, 1985 Updated Oct 2, 2026
Previously on Voltron: Defender of the Universe

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Voltron: Defender of the Universe Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

Dinner and a Show

Oct 21, 1985 · 22 min

With Zarkon and Lotor recovering from their big defeat against Planet Arus, local Drule warlord Cossack makes his move for glory. He assaults Planet Pollux, and manages to corner B

S2·E2 Core

Envoy from Galaxy Garrison

Oct 22, 1985 · 22 min

With the recent lull in the war, Galaxy Garrison finally has enough manpower to send a General down to Planet Arus to serve as a commanding officer for the Voltron Force. He demand

S2·E3 Core

Mousemania

Oct 23, 1985 · 22 min

On Doom, Lotor has enlisted slaves to build his super power base with which he hopes to overthrow his father, King Zarkon. Work is over when a Robeast bursts on the scene and destr

S2·E4 Core

The Shell Game

Oct 24, 1985 · 22 min

Zarkon is annoyed at all the happiness on Arus, so in the dead of night, he sends out a Robeast to start destroying Arusian cities. The Castle's alert sirens go off and it isn't lo

S2·E5 Core

The Traitor

Oct 25, 1985 · 22 min

One of Zarkon's captains is imprisoned after he takes pity on some slaves. Now he's a slave alongside those he once oppressed. As they work on an alien planet, he is saved by a rac

S2·E6 Core

Voltron Meets Jungle Woman

Oct 28, 1985 · 22 min

A ship of young pilots from Galaxy Garrison crash lands on one of Zarkon's slave planets. All are enslaved except for Lt. Lorn, who is saved by a tribal girl with a grudge against

S2·E7 Core

Little Buddies

Oct 29, 1985 · 22 min

On the way home from their latest mission, Hunk spots a planet that is home to some friends of his. He had met these kids on one of his first missions right out of the Space Explor

S2·E8 Core

Who Was That Masked Man?

Oct 30, 1985 · 22 min

A spaceship crash lands on Planet Pollux appearing to be filled with slaves trying to escape from Planet Doom. Sven and Bandor take them back to the castle for medical treatment. R

S2·E9 Core

Take a Robot to Lunch

Nov 1, 1985 · 22 min

The Voltron Force meet Mary Ann, who Coran said was the greatest robotics scientist in the universe. Zarkon's forces have taken one of her robots and turned it into a weapon for ev

S2·E10 Core

War and Peace ... and Doom!

Nov 4, 1985 · 22 min

The Galaxy Alliance contacts the Voltron Force when it learns that one of its members, Planet Oron, intends to leave. Oron has a new leader, General Kruger, who has built up a stoc

S2·E11 Core

Who's Flyin' Blue Lion?

Nov 5, 1985 · 22 min

The evil Rogue Galaxy barbarians have started an all out war against the Alliance. Princess Allura, Keith, Sven, and the rest come to speak at Galaxy Garrison's intergalactic counc

S2·E12 Core

Enter Merla: Queen of Darkness

Nov 6, 1985 · 22 min

Zarkon enlists the aide of Stride, a legendary Tiger fighter, in his battle against Voltron. Stride wants no part of Zarkon's personal grudges, so Zarkon falsely claims that Planet

S2·E13 Core

A Ghost of a Chance

Nov 7, 1985 · 22 min

Merla uses her telepathic powers to make Zarkon place her in charge of the next mission to attack Planet Arus. Meanwhile on Arus, word has been spreading that King Alfor is prepari

S2·E14 Mytharc

To Soothe the Savage Robeast

Nov 8, 1985 · 22 min

Zarkon oversees the wedding of Lotor and Merla. He sees the wedding as the way to unite their two evil kingdoms. Meanwhile on Planet Arus, a young woman named Taryn pines away for

S2·E15 Core

Doom Girls on the Prowl!

Nov 11, 1985 · 22 min

On Arus, a parade is going on complete with floats containing statues of all the important people like a dead king, a princess and an advisor...but no statues of the voltron force

S2·E16 Core

With Friends Like You

Nov 12, 1985 · 22 min

Coran is showing the Voltron Force space images of the planet Philos - an oddity in that it's a planet that orbits and acts like a comet. Ineterrupting their space lesson is a skul

S2·E17 Core

Lotor, My Hero?

Nov 13, 1985 · 22 min

To cure a sick townswoman, Allura searches for a flower that only blooms once every one thousand years. Haggar steals it to load Voltron into a trap, but Sven takes things into his

S2·E18 Core

No Muse Is Good Muse

Nov 14, 1985 · 22 min

The Muses of Norn escape from Merla and reach Galaxy Garrison safely. Not only that, but they've managed to bring Merla herself as a prisoner. They'll only turn her over to a high

S2·E19 Mytharc

The Alliance Strikes Back!

Nov 15, 1985 · 22 min

All at once, Zarkon's countless slave planets begin revolting at the same time. The evil King's armies are spread thin, and the Alliance stages a major offensive. Princess Allura a

S2·E20 Mytharc

Breakin' Up Is Hard to Doom

Nov 18, 1985 · 22 min

Voltron continues the attack on Planet Doom with Merla's help. This time, Lotor is by her side, ready to take on his father and lead Voltron though Haggar's traps.

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