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The Best Episodes of Voltron: Defender of the Universe

Every episode of Voltron: Defender of the Universe ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Voltron: Defender of the Universe!

Five lion robots and their pilots defend the planet Arus and the galaxy from evil King Zarkon.
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyKids
Network:Syndication

Top Episode Ratings Summary

"Voltron vs. Voltron" is the best rated episode of "Voltron: Defender of the Universe". It scored 8.2/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/9/1984. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Deadly Flowers".

  • Voltron vs. Voltron
    8.2/1030 votes
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    #1 - Voltron vs. Voltron

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/9/1984

    A remote planet named Yadil has thrown off the bounds of Zarkon's oppression. They decide to join the Alliance, and invite Voltron to a celebration in honor of this great event. However, Voltron shows up strangely early, and with him a strike force of Doom Soldiers. They take over Yadil and set a trap for when Keith and the rest of the team arrive with the real Voltron.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadly Flowers
    7.8/1030 votes
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    #2 - The Deadly Flowers

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/9/1984

    Seedlings flutter down from the sky to Arus, leaving beautiful and fragrant blooms. Arusians frolick in the fields of flowers and even Allura dances about with some blossoms the space mice brought her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Attack of the Fierce Frogs
    7.7/1028 votes
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    #3 - Attack of the Fierce Frogs

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 11/8/1984

    Pidge naively helps some local kids collect tadpoles, so they can take them home and watch them grow. However, these tadpoles grow up to be horrible Robeast frogs surprising the kids at home and other innocents all over Planet Arus! The Voltron force splits up in a desperate scramble to save the populace from the deadly frogs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Birthday Party
    7.6/1035 votes
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    #4 - Bad Birthday Party

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/8/1984

    Escaping from Planet Nemon, Jai seeks out Princes Allura and the Voltron Force to help save his home. Nemon is under the thumb of Tabor, a nephew of King Zarkon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sincerest Form of Flattery
    7.6/1024 votes
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    #5 - The Sincerest Form of Flattery

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/31/1984

    Unable to contain his ambition, Lotor challenges Zarkon to a duel in the arena. The winner takes the throne of Planet Doom. Witch Haggar takes the opportunity to steal the spotlight and field her anti-Voltron robot, programmed to steal the spotlight and exploit Voltron's weaknesses. Concentrating all its fire on Blue Lion, the robot successfully hands Voltron his first defeat!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Voltron Frees the Slaves
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #6 - Voltron Frees the Slaves

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/12/1984

    Lotor once again is up to no good. First he conquers a new planet and dubs it Zarkonia. The people of Zarkonia are promptly enslaved and treated poorly, which Lotor hopes will draw Voltron...for he and Haggar have a little trap for their loathed arch enemy when he arrives.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zarkon Becomes a Robeast
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #7 - Zarkon Becomes a Robeast

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 11/23/1984

    Lotor fails to capture Planet Arus and allows the Voltron Force to capture the Pulsar Cannon. For his incompetence, King Zarkon has his son imprisoned! Princess Allura and her alliance of local planets see their chance to launch a counterattack on Planet Doom itself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Missing Key
    7.4/1048 votes
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    #8 - The Missing Key

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1984

    Keith and the team uncover the key to the Black Lion, just as King Zarkon's Robeast is about to rain havoc on Planet Arus.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Princess Joins Up
    7.4/1042 votes
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    #9 - Princess Joins Up

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/1984

    Keith, Sven, Pidge, Hunk and Lance scour the surface of Planet Arus, looking for brave citizens willing to help them fight Zarkon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stolen Lion
    7.4/1039 votes
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    #10 - The Stolen Lion

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/26/1984

    The mysterious Prince Bocar appears and saves Princess Allura. He seems to be the perfect replacement for Sven as a new pilot for the Blue Lion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Yurak Gets His Pink Slip
    7.4/1031 votes
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    #11 - Yurak Gets His Pink Slip

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/2/1984

    The Voltron Force successfully ground Yurak's fleet for the last time. King Zarkon is ready to banish Yurak, but then his son, Prince Lotor, returns from his journey of conquest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sleeping Princess
    7.4/1031 votes
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    #12 - The Sleeping Princess

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/18/1984

    Zarkon has decided it's time for Lotor to take a suitor and presents him with Princess Koral from Demos. He kisses her (a taste test?), and while she's attractive enough, Lotor just can't shake his dream of having Allura all to himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Doom Boycotts the Space Olympics
    7.4/1027 votes
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    #13 - Doom Boycotts the Space Olympics

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/29/1984

    To celebrate the rebirth of Planet Arus, Princess Allura decides to host the Space Olympics. Hunk and the rest of the Voltron Force mobilize an enormous construction machine to build the Grand Stadium in time. Lotor manages to take control of it, but Voltron can't fight back, because three local kids are trapped inside.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Give Me Your Princess
    7.3/1034 votes
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    #14 - Give Me Your Princess

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/3/1984

    Princess Allura puts the whole team in jeopardy when she tries to pilot the Black Lion without permission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One Princess to Another
    7.3/1025 votes
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    #15 - One Princess to Another

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/20/1984

    Sick of his son's failures, King Zarkon himself steps in and puts all his resources behind a huge plan to wipe out Planet Arus. Using the power of a hidden Lazon satellite, Zarkon plans to turn all 500 of his remaining gladiators into an army of Super Robeasts! But Sven gets wind of the plan, and infiltrates the armies of Planet Doom at great personal risk. Sven must find the satellite's location so Voltron can destroy it before it's too late!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Coran's Son Runs Amuck
    7.3/1025 votes
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    #16 - Coran's Son Runs Amuck

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 11/2/1984

    Garrett betrays the Voltron Force, allowing Lotor to fly an enormous Pulsar Cannon within range of the castle. Voltron rushes to stop it, but is attacked by a Robeast. As the two giants grapple, Lotor mercilessly blasts them both! Voltron is split into five parts, each one crashing down to Arus. If the Voltron Force can't get back together by sunrise, the Pulsar Cannon will recharge and vaporize the castle!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Space Explorers Captured
    7.2/1065 votes
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    #17 - Space Explorers Captured

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1984

    A crack team of pilots is selected by the Galaxy Alliance to travel to Planet Arus and uncover the secret of a weapon from ancient times, Voltron!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Ghost and Four Keys
    7.2/1052 votes
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    #18 - A Ghost and Four Keys

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/1984

    Keith, Lance, Sven, Hunk and Pidge ask for help from the Princess Allura to find Voltron.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Right Arm of Voltron
    7.2/1039 votes
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    #19 - The Right Arm of Voltron

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/1984

    Yurak's attack fleet is soundly defeated by Voltron. Hagar comes up with an evil plan to get Voltron out of King Zarkon's hair for good.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Pretty Spy
    7.2/1041 votes
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    #20 - A Pretty Spy

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/1984

    Yurak's fleet shoots down a space ship over planet Aurs. Hunk manages to rescue the pilot, a pretty young slave who escaped from Planet Doom.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bridge on the River Chozzerai
    7.2/1030 votes
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    #21 - Bridge on the River Chozzerai

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/4/1984

    There is a fairy tale on planet Arus of star-crossed lovers who united their kingdoms when they met on a bridge between the two lands. As the Princess of Arus, Allura takes part in a ceremony where the famous meeting must be recreated.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Buried Castle
    7.2/1027 votes
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    #22 - The Buried Castle

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/16/1984

    An ancient castle appears from the mists on Planet Arus. Pidge and some of the local kids go exploring, but it turns out to be Haggar's trap!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It Takes Real Lions
    7.2/1028 votes
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    #23 - It Takes Real Lions

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/1/1984

    As Lotor prepares to for another attack on Arus, Allura is forced to work harder on the things she'll be expected to do as a ruler instead of spending leisure-time with the friends she trains with. Trouble occurs when the others in the castle put her safety over her role as a Voltron Force member, and send the other four out without her. They are captured and it is forgotten that her door was locked, so Lotor has nothing to fight against when he attacks her through the window.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Treasure of Planet Tyrus
    7.2/1024 votes
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    #24 - Treasure of Planet Tyrus

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/30/1984

    To celebrate his birthday, Lotor takes a trip to planet Tyrus. While getting a massage from scantly clad servants, Zarkon informs Lotor that he sent a ship with a present for Lotor ( a big gold statue of the Prince, to be exact). However, the ship ran into some trouble on its way to Tyrus and as luck would have it, the Voltron Force picked up the S.O.S.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Captive Comet
    7.2/1026 votes
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    #25 - The Captive Comet

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/22/1984

    Haggar locates and takes control of the Omega Comet, a legendary black-hole-like structure which crushes and destroys anything in its path, and sends it for Arus. Though Voltron redirected it once after a decade of trying, the Voltron Force are forced to race against time to move it themselves after they get Romelle's warning. Seeing Allura's cousin's loyalty to them, Lotor mentions that a certain control-function will help them in front of Romelle, and she relays the information to them. But it was a trap Lotor had her lure them into, and they crash-land and are stranded upon the comet without power. The Galaxy Alliance can send no reinforcements thanks to Zarkon's fighting. But Bandor goes against orders to stop guarding the power-supply he was posted in front of to repay his comrades. The Voltron Force cannot escape, and conclude that Bandor must use his arsenal to strike the comet away from Arus - though they know it means self-sacrifice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A