Little Buddies

Little Buddies

Again, we expand the Voltron universe and show them bonding with more people on different planets.  And get some backstory on Hunk.  Such as it is.

The lions are on their way home after adventures on Zahl and Mira, so Prime tells us.  Woah, continuity.  Hunk recognizes a nebula where he saved some kids.  And they make fun of Pidge's and Hunk's sizeses.  Then they send Hunk off to go visit his buddies on the planet.  He takes off, and then Lance picks up some Doom ships.  The team decides to remain in the area. 

On Doom, Cossack is a-knockin' at Zarkon's door.  Then Lotor comes up behind him and confronts him.  Then Lotor just pushes the door open and has Cossack peek at him sleeping in his chair.  Ah, old people are so funny.  But Lotor never sleeps because he's plotting.  Cossack goes for the talky-feely sensitive man for the 80s approach, but Haggar mocks him, and then offers him a task.

Hunk is approaching the planet, reminiscing about how he was sent there by the space academy.  The planet had just been invaded by Doom, and the planet was in ruins.  He stands around and looks at the wreckage, and then gets his suitcase stolen by a kid.  He shares his stolen spoils--including sandwiches--with other children.  Then Hunk finds them and the kid threatens Hunk with karate.  Oh, but the kid doesn't really know karate.  That's how you make friends--humiliate them!  And he shanghais the kids into a chain gang to rebuild the town.  He gets all misty-eyed thinking about it.

Galaxy Garrison radar personnel pick up a Doom transport in the Azure quadrant.  They call the Voltron Force.  Hunk answers and says he's on vacation.  They try to warn him about the Doom transport, but he doesn't listen. 

Haggar gloats because she and Cossack has snuck by using the transport as a ploy.  They're sneaking up on yellow lion.  Cossack and Haggar act all gross.

Hunk gets off of yellow lion and sings.  Which is even grosser than Cossack and Haggar.  He thinks back to when he helped them build their house.  They're nt home, so he sits down on the stoop to wait for them.  Then they sneak up on them and a reunion is had. 

Cossack and Haggar land nearby and two kids see them while fishing.  They head home.  Cossack climbs into yellow lion and tries to start it, but he doesn't have the key.  Haggar says they don't have to fly it.  They just have to dismantle it.  The kids sneak back and see Cossack arranging his guards outside the lion.  The kids go back to tell Hunk, but they kick their bucket of fish and the guards hear them and pursue.

Hunk and the kids prepare to face Cossack, though Hunk warns them to be careful.  They sneak up on yellow lion (awful lot of sneakin' in this episode).  The kids stage a diversion so Hunk can run for yellow lion.  He gets to his lion, but Cossack has the kids hostage.

The team is wondering why they haven't heard from Hunk, so they decide to go see what's happening.

Cossack uses the kids to bargain for the key from Hunk.  The girl is on the lion with him, and Hunk passes her the key. 

Pidge gets a scrambled code from yellow lion.  They decide to go investigate.

The girl inadverdantly launches the lion and knocks Cossack over.  Haggar, meanwhile, is in her spce coffin and summons a flamethrowing robeast spider--that vaporizes some robots.

The lions come upon the girl piloting yellow lion and put the flames out.  Haggar is annoyed.  Hunk and the girl switch places.  They form Voltron.

They start fighting.  And.  It's animated rather, um, confusingly.  There's a lot of flamethrowing involved.  And then ice beams.  And then they form the blazing sword and forntuately the horrible AKOM-esque animation is over.  Haggar flies her space coffin to the command ship.  The kids celebrate.  Voltron waves.  Hunk thanks his little buddies.  Then Voltron takes off. 

Back on planet Doom, Zarkon is upset that Haggar and Cossack have failed.  Guess Cossack was no improvement over Lotor.  Lotor is lounging in the throne room, behind a pillar.  Optimus Prime tells us that evil was foiled and kids can play in the sun, thanks to Voltron.