Voltron/Characters
These are the characters from the original Voltron series.
NOTE: Tropes related to Voltron Force are below.
Team Voltron
Keith
Leader of team Voltron and pilot of the Black Lion.
Tropes associated with Keith:
- Ace Pilot
- Badass Normal
- By the Power of Grayskull: "Activate interlock! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Mega thrusters are go! LET'S GO VOLTRON FORCE!"
- The Hero
- Ship Tease: With Allura
- Space Police
Lance
Pilot of the Red Lion and second-in-command.
Tropes associated with Lance:
- Deadpan Snarker
- The Gunslinger
- Hot-Blooded
- The Lancer
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In the Voltron Force series (mostly towards Keith).
Sven
Pilot of the Blue Lion.
Tropes associated with Sven:
- Artistic Age: He's supposed to be in his teens. Yet he looks (and acts) like someone in their mid twenties.
- Bishonen
- Guile Hero
- Put on a Bus
- Spared by the Adaptation: Whereas Takeshi died in the sixth episode of GoLion and his Backup Twin Ryo appeared late in the series, Voltron simply had the brothers merged so that Sven was injured, sent off to recuperate, and came back later.
- Tall, Dark and Handsome
- The Worf Effect
Hunk
Pilot of the Yellow Lion. The Big Guy.
Tropes associated with Hunk:
- Big Eater
- The Big Guy
- Epic Flail: "Form Blazing Something!" Rock Wrecking Maces!
- Gadgeteer Genius
- Genius Bruiser
- Mr. Fixit
Pidge
Pilot of the Green Lion. The Kid Hero.
Tropes associated with Pidge:
Princess Allura
Allura is the princess of planet Arus. She becomes pilot of the Blue Lion after Sven is no longer able to do so.
Tropes associated with Allura:
- Badass Princess: She has some moments.
- The Chick
- Faux Action Girl: In some scenes.
- The Heart
- Hair of Gold
- Parental Abandonment: Her parents were killed years before (although the series doesn't say it directly).
- Pimped-Out Dress: Her main dress.
- Princess Classic
- Princesses Prefer Pink: In the first series, only a few things she wears don't have some form of pink.
- The Smurfette Principle
- Technical Pacifist: Most adverse towards the idea of killing and violance on the team. However, she will use lethal force on the Ro-Beasts.
- True-Blue Femininity: Her outfits in later series are blue, to match her lion.
ALLIES
Coran
Coran is Allura's royal advisor, and is in charge of the Castle Control. He also advises the Voltron Force when need be.
Tropes associated with Coran:
Nanny
Nanny is Allura's over-protective... well, nanny. Like Coran, Nanny fusses over Allura's safety and is bent on keeping her away from danger.
Tropes associated with Nanny:
- The Chick: Even more than Allura.
- The Medic
- Out of Focus: She appears in the fewest number of episodes and disappeared almost completely near the end.
The Space Mice
The Space Mice are pastel-colored mice who are Princess Allura's friends. They are often mischievous, but also helpful.
Tropes associated with the Space Mice:
ENEMIES
Prince/King Lotor
Lotor is the son of Zarkon and prince of Planet Doom, he often plots to rule in his place with Princess Allura by his side.
Tropes associated with Lotor:
- Bad Boss
- Big Bad: Once he takes the throne and becomes King.
- Evil Laugh
- Ham and Cheese: Very very hammy.
- Let's You and Him Fight: Invokes this a lot.
- Villain Exit Stage Left
- Villainous Breakdown
King Zarkon
King Zarkon of the Planet Doom, was originaly the main villain of Voltron.
Tropes associated with Zarkon:
- Bad Boss: Must run in the family.
- Big Bad: Early on, he was the Big Bad. Eventually his son Lotor took the job.
- Large Ham
Haggar
The witch is the one responsible for creating all of the Robeasts Zarkon uses. She is notorious for using her dark magic to cast hypnotizing spells over people. Haggar has a pet cat named Cova.
Tropes associated with Haggar:
- Evil Laugh
- Evil Sorcerer
- Pet The Cat: Toward her pet cat, Cova.
Voltron Force
Daniel
Daniel is one of three new cadets for the Voltron Force. Of Asian descent, he and Vince were once cadets for the Galaxy Alliance until they became the "cadets".
Tropes associated with Daniel:
- Ascended Fanboy: He's always been a fan of Voltron.
- The Corruption: Becomes infected with Haggarium while in control of Voltron and swears the other cadets to silence. He uses it to good effect to increase his fighting skills and read the thoughts of the Spider/Wade Robeast in the battle that earned him the Black Lion seat, but it also causes him to become a raging Blood Knight. The end of season one suggests it may have become a case of Comes Great Insanity.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Okay, so Daniel is touted as the Plucky Comic Relief of the cadets, he's always rushing into a fight when even he knows he shouldn't, and is frequently taken down by bad guys with one hit. Digested all that? Well, here's what this same guy is capable of doing when he quits fooling around: Giving Volton a Super Speed boost, not to mention taking out an entire space-station of robot-Mooks with minimal back-up.
- I Just Want to Be Special
- Jumped At the Call
- Rookie Red Ranger: Gain the role of Black Lion pilot after Keith retires. He loses the position after his inability to work with the others nearly costs them the battle against Maahox. Despite this Keith still believes he will earn the right to lead the team again
- Super Speed: Thanks to his Voltcom, he can now run super fast.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Vince.
Vince
Vince is one of three new cadets for the Voltron Force. He and Daniel were once cadets for the Galaxy Alliance until recruited by the Voltron Force.
Tropes associated with Vince:
- Adorkable
- Beware the Nice Ones
- Mind Over Manners: He and Daniel develop a mind-link, where they can both hear each others current thoughts. It take them a while to lay out a set of ground rules to avoid confusion in the future.
- Mysterious Past: He has some kind of power that links him to Voltron, the reason why is currently unknown. Vince's power acts as a "Key" in enabling Voltron to reconfigure each lion to form the main body and give it new powers.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Daniel.
Larmina
Larmina is one of three new cadets for the Voltron Force. She is Allura's niece.
Tropes associated with Larmina:
- Action Girl: Way more gung-ho than her aunt.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: Like Daniel, subtlety isn't one of her strong suits.
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Cute Bruiser
- Leeroy Jenkins: She's quite capable of formulating and following plans when absolutely necessary, but she prefers to simply smack the badguys with her staff.
ENEMIES
Sky Marshall Wade
Wade is a dangerous, corrupt official. Originally a Galaxy Alliance cadet, Wade tried to become a Voltron pilot, but he was rejected because the Black Lion found him unworthy.
Tropes associated with Wade:
- Big Bad Wannabe: Intended to take over Voltron itself and take over the Gallaxy Alliance... he fails.
- Complete Monster: Willing to starve an entire plant full of people to get at the Voltron Froce.
- Evil Old Folks
- Manipulative Bastard
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He loves these.
Maahox
A scientist with knowledge of the occult and genetic manipulation before being sent into exile. Maahox revivied Lotor, and became his right hand man.
Tropes associated with Maahox:
- Bastard Understudy
- Big Bad: Manipulates Lotor throughout the entire season to further his own goals.
- Evil Genius
- The Dragon
- Dragon with an Agenda --> Dragon Ascendant: Manipulates Lotor into gathering all the Haggarium in the galazy so he can use it to turn Castle Doom into a giant Robeat. His first act as the Big Bad to permanently kill Lotor.
- Mad Scientist
- Man Behind the Man
- Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
ALLIES
Manset
Manset is an alien smuggler and friend of Keith's.
Tropes associated with Manset:
Voltron
Voltron is a giant sentient robot composed of five robot lions (Black, Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow) joined together.
- Animal Mecha: Again, five lions.
- Combining Mecha
- Empathic Weapon: The Black Lion (at least) appears, at least superficially, able of judging the worthiness of it's pilot.
- Humongous Mecha: The five robot lions form the giant robot Voltron
- Laser Blade: "Form Blazing Sword!"
- Leader Forms the Head
- Panthera Awesome
- Rocket Punch: The Lion Head Attack, which launches the lion heads the make up its hands and feet at the enemy.
- Transformation Sequence: "Form, feet and legs! Form, arms and body! ...and I'll form ... the head!"