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Asskicking Equals Authority has been renamed.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How the Kral Zera works. Every contender for the throne comes to the temple, and whoever can reach the summit and light the flame while simultaneously fighting off all rivals is crowned emperor.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: How the Kral Zera works. Every contender for the throne comes to the temple, and whoever can reach the summit and light the flame while simultaneously fighting off all rivals is crowned emperor.

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-->'''Haggar:''' "The Empire has fallen."

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-->'''Haggar:''' "The The Empire has fallen."fallen.
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* DiscretionShot: Sendak drops Janka off a mountain, and declares that he will take his fleet.



* KilledOffscreen: Sendak drops Janka off a mountain, and declares that he will take his fleet.
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* IdiotBall: The Blades and team Voltron, despite being in each other's contact and both knowing about the upcoming Kral Zera, they do not even engage with each other on whether or not to attack or stay out of it and wait for the eventual slaughter.

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* IdiotBall: The Blades and team Voltron, despite Voltron. Despite being in each other's contact and both knowing about the upcoming Kral Zera, they do not don't even engage with each other on whether or not to attack or attack, stay out of it and wait for the eventual slaughter.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The one Galra general who attempted to grab a torch before getting killed of by Ranveg.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The one Galra general who attempted to grab a torch before getting killed of off by Ranveg.
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* IdiotBall: The Blades and team Voltron, despite being in each other's contact and both knowing about the upcoming Kral Zera, they do not even engage with each other on whether or not to attack or stay out of it and wait for the eventual slaughter.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Once Keith realizes that Shiro was at the Kral Zera he immediately goes back to disable as many bombs as he can. His Blade teammates leave him behind without a second thought and Keith realizes almost too late that there were too many bombs he couldn't unset by himself.


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** Keith saving Lotor, although he could have been paying him back for saving his life in the previous season.

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* BadassBoast: Lotor this whole episode, especially with his duel between Sendak.



* BrainsAndBrawn: Janka tries to persuade Sendak into an alliance with this.



* CoolGuysDon'tLookAtExplosions: As Lotor ascends the steps to light his torch, he doesn't even flinch at the explosions happening around the Kral Zera.


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* UnflinchingWalk: As Lotor ascends the steps to light his torch, he doesn't even flinch at the explosions happening around the Kral Zera.
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* CoolGuysDontLookAtExplosions: As Lotor ascends the steps to light his torch, he doesn't even flinch at the explosions happening around the Kral Zera.

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* CoolGuysDontLookAtExplosions: CoolGuysDon'tLookAtExplosions: As Lotor ascends the steps to light his torch, he doesn't even flinch at the explosions happening around the Kral Zera.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Lotor arriving with the Black Lion and declaring that he was the only one to deliver it back to the Galra Empire.



* BodyguardingABadass: The generals serve this role to Haggar.
* CallBack: A BrickJoke of Keith suggesting to the Marmorans that they sneak in by squeezing themselves into storage boxes, which was how Allura snuck Shiro into the Galra base back in season one.
** Pidge brings up color-coding again when talking about Janka.
* CoolGuysDontLookAtExplosions: As Lotor ascends the steps to light his torch, he doesn't even flinch at the explosions happening around the Kral Zera.



* TheMole: Not a hugely significant character, but the main reason the Blades could get as far as they did was because a disguised Blade member was stationed there.



* VillainousRescue: Acxa shoot Gnov's sword out of her hand so Keith could kick her.

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* VillainousRescue: Acxa shoot Gnov's sword out of her hand so Keith could kick her. The two give each other a HeldGaze before Acxa runs back to her comrades side.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Things would have gone a lot smoother if the Blade of Marmora had told the Paladins of their plans to bomb the Kral Zera or Shirou and Lotor had told the Blade of their plans to have Lotor undergo the Kral Zera.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Things would have gone a lot smoother if the Blade of Marmora had told the Paladins of their plans to bomb the Kral Zera or Shirou Shiro and Lotor had told the Blade of their plans to have Lotor undergo the Kral Zera.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The one Galra general who attempted to grab a torch before getting killed of by Ranveque.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The one Galra general who attempted to grab a torch before getting killed of by Ranveque.Ranveg.
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* KilledOffscreen: Sendak drops Janka off a mountain, and declares that he will take his fleet.


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* VillainousRescue: Acxa shoot Gnov's sword out of her hand so Keith could kick her.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The one Galra general who attempted to grab a torch before getting killed of by Ranveque.
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The Paladins debate whether or not to help Lotor infiltrate the Kral Zera

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The Paladins debate whether or not to help Lotor infiltrate the Kral ZeraZera - the coronation ceremony of the Galran Emperors. Meanwhile, the Blade of Marmora plots to bomb the ceremony, wiping out all major candidates for Zarkon's successor in one go.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Things would have gone a lot smoother if the Blade of Marmora had told the Paladins of their plans to bomb the Kral Vera or Shirou and Lotor had told the Blade of their plans to have Lotor undergo the Kral Vera.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Things would have gone a lot smoother if the Blade of Marmora had told the Paladins of their plans to bomb the Kral Vera Zera or Shirou and Lotor had told the Blade of their plans to have Lotor undergo the Kral Vera.Zera.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Things would have gone a lot smoother if the Blade of Marmora had told the Paladins of their plans to bomb the Kral Vera or Shirou and Lotor had told the Blade of their plans to have Lotor undergo the Kral Vera.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Keith has clearly not been informed about what the Kral Zera is and why the Blade of Marmora bombing it is important.
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* ShipTease: Very lightly of Pidge/Hunk, as Sam compares the way that Pidge and Hunk debate to the way he met her mother (as they met debating the exact same theme).

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* TheBusCameBack: Sendak returns for the first time since Season 1.


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* TheQuietOne: Sendak surprisingly says very little during the episode, supporting Galran high command's opinion of him as Haggar's puppet.

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* EnemyCivilWar: The Blade of Marmora interrupting the Kral Zera causes the empire to fracture.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Keith saving Lotor from Sendak shatters the cohesion of the empire and different factions begin openly fighting for supremacy. Lampshaded by Lotor himself.
* PuppetKing: The Galra commanders present for the Kral Zera are convinced that Sendak is one for Haggar.

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* EnemyCivilWar: The Blade of Marmora interrupting BittersweetEnding: Lotor has taken the Kral Zera causes throne, but it is a hollow victory, as the empire to fracture.has now fractured.
* TheBusCameBack: Sendak returns for the first time since Season 1.
* EnemyCivilWar: The Blade of Marmora interrupting the Kral Zera causes the empire to fracture.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Keith saving Lotor from Sendak shatters the cohesion of the empire and different factions begin openly fighting for supremacy. Lampshaded by Lotor himself.himself lampshades this.
* PuppetKing: The Galra commanders present for the Kral Zera are convinced that Sendak is one for Haggar.Haggar.
* PyrrhicVictory: Lotor takes the throne of the empire, but the Blade of Marmora's failed attack on the Kral Zera results in the empire splintering into several different factions.
* WhamEpisode: Lotor takes the throne, and the empire splinters into multiple factions.
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The Paladins debate whether or not to help Lotor infiltrate the Kral Zera
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How the Kral Zera works. Every contender for the throne comes to the temple, and whoever can reach the summit and light the flame while simultaneously fighting off all rivals is crowned emperor.
* EnemyCivilWar: The Blade of Marmora interrupting the Kral Zera causes the empire to fracture.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Keith saving Lotor from Sendak shatters the cohesion of the empire and different factions begin openly fighting for supremacy. Lampshaded by Lotor himself.
* PuppetKing: The Galra commanders present for the Kral Zera are convinced that Sendak is one for Haggar.

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