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Characters from the original ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' series.

'''NOTE: Tropes related to ''Third Dimension'' and ''Voltron Force'' are below. Tropes relating specifically to ''Legendary Defender'' can be found on [[Characters/VoltronLegendaryDefender this page]].'''

'''Tropes for the original ''[=GoLion=]'' versions can be found [[Characters/GoLion here]].'''

'''For an index of the actors and actresses who have appeared on in this franchise and have pages on this wiki, see [[MediaNotes/VoltronActors here]].'''
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[[foldercontrol]]

!''Voltron: Defender of the Far Universe''
[[folder:As a whole]]
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In ''Anime/GoLion'', the Princess had many older siblings that were slain by the Galra when they exterminated her race. Here, Allura is an only child.
* AdaptationalDyeJob:
** In the original anime, Allura's eyes were blue. In ''Voltron Force'', her eyes are green.
** In the original anime, Hunk was dark-skinned and had black hair. In ''Voltron Force'' and ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'', he is pale-skinned and has light brown hair.
** In the original anime, Lance had tanned skin and dark brown hair. In ''Voltron Force'' and ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'', his skin and are hair are much lighter.
** Pidge usually has brown hair in most incarnations, but ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'' re-colours his hair black.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the original anime, Akira and Princess Fala weren't romantically paired[[note]]While Fala did have a small crush on him, it never went anywhere[[/note]]. In most Western adaptations of the show, Keith and Allura often a couple, [[spoiler: though in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', Lance ends up with Allura (albeit tragically) while Keith doesn't have any love interest]].
* AdaptationalNameChange: All of them have different names from their ''Anime/GoLion'' counterparts.
** Akira "Chief" Kogane to '''Keith'''. Though some versions re-name him "Keith Akira Kogane".
** Isamu "Moody" Kurogane to '''Lance [=McClain=]'''.
** Takeshi "Quiet" Shirogane to '''Sven Holgersson'''.
** Tsuyoshi "Hothead" Seidō to '''Hunk'''. Though some versions re-name him "Tsuyoshi Garett".
** Hiroshi "Chibi" Suzuishi to '''Pidge'''.
** Princess Fala to '''Princess Allura'''.
** Raible to '''Coran'''.
** Hys to '''Nanny'''.
** Prince Sincline to '''Prince Lotor'''.
** Emperor Daibazaal to '''King Zarkon'''.
** Honerva to '''Old Witch Haggar'''.
** Amue to '''Romelle'''.
* AdaptationalNationality: Takashi Shirogane, who was Japanese in the original anime, is Norwegian here. His name is also changed to Sven Holgersson.
* CanonForeigner: The entire cast of ''Voltron Force'', plus most side characters of ''Defenders of the Universe''.
* RaceLift:
** In the [[Anime/GoLion original anime]], they were all Japanese (though Akira was half-Chinese). In ''Voltron'', they're all given the very not-Japanese sounding names of "Lance Charles [=McClain=]", "Darrel Stoker" and "Sven Holgersson"[[note]]Explicitly confirmed to be Norwegian[[/note]]. Though some versions of Keith and Hunk retain their Japanese counterpart's names as [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]].
** In the original anime, Lance and Hunk were dark-skinned. In ''Voltron Force'', they're pale-skinned.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Whereas Takeshi died in the sixth episode of ''Anime/GoLion'' and his BackupTwin 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.
** Ryo died at the end of ''[=GoLion=]'' killing Lotor/Sincline via a TakingYouWithMe move. Sven performs the same thing in ''Voltron,'' but he and Lotor both survive their injuries.
** Nanny survived in ''Voltron'', but died in ''[=GoLion=]''.
** Lotor's counterpart Sincline dies in the ''[=GoLion=]'' finale, while he lives to continue on in villainy in the English version.
** Daibazaal is killed near the climax of ''[=GoLion=]." Zarkon on the other hand remains at large.
[[/folder]]

!!Team Voltron
[[folder:Commander Keith Akira Kogane]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross (original and ''Third Dimension''), Giles Panton (''Voltron Force'')
Leader of Team Voltron and pilot of the Black Lion.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keith_voltron_force.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keith_v3.png[[/labelnote]]]]

%%* AcePilot: The best pilot there is.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Activate interlock! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Mega thrusters are go! LET'S GO VOLTRON FORCE! Form feet and legs! Form arms and body (later "torso")! And I’ll form the head!"
* {{Determinator}}: He gets badly injured by Lotor, putting him on the sidelines while the others are forced to fight without the aid of forming Voltron. Seeing his friends in danger, Keith forced his way into his lion to help form Voltron despite his injuries.
* TheLeader: In most incarnations of the show, Keith is the stern, no-nonsense leader of the team, while Lance is more of a goofball and Sven is more of a follower. [[LeaderFormsTheHead Keith forms the head]] of the robot.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:After giving up her position on the team to be Queen of Arus full-time, Allura starts suggesting to Keith that he pass on his position as well so he can become ''King''.]]
* RedIsHeroic: His suit in the original ''Voltron'' was red before wearing black to match his Lion.
%%* ShipTease: With Allura.
* SpacePolice: In ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'' Keith is this, which Lance loves to mock. He even gets Keith in trouble by sneaking onto his ship without his knowledge.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lance Charles [=McClain=]]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell (original and ''Third Dimension''), Andrew Francis (''Voltron Force'')
Pilot of the Red Lion and second-in-command.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lance_91.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lance_vf.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lancev3.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* TheCynic: He tends to assume the worst in people he's just met. He's often right.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lance is usually the one to quip with a smarmy remark at someone else's expense.
%%* TheGunslinger
%%* HotBlooded
* TheLancer: Lance is almost the exact opposite of Keith. Keith is virtuous, serious, and idealistic, while Lance is crude, aloof, and cynical. He also becomes the team's second-in-command after Sven gets PutOnABus.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's abrasive, cynical, and generally has a negative personality, but his heart is in the right place and he genuinely cares about his teammates.
* LivingLieDetector: When the villains insert a double agent into the castle, Lance is usually the first one to sniff them out.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'', Lance disobeys Amalgamus' orders of staying put and not using the lions because he's fought Lotor before and knows leaving him unchecked is a bad idea. Keith and the rest are forced to join him so he doesn't die.
* SwappedRoles: He used the Blue Lion in "The Deadly Flowers" because the planet where he traveled to find the cure to the title flowers' poison was a water world. Allura ended up using the Red Lion because it was the only one left when the team took on the episode's Robeast.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the ''Voltron Force'' series (mostly towards Keith), his personality was much more HotBlooded and abrasive.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sven Holgersson]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell (original), Alan Marriott (''Voltron Force'')
Original pilot of the Blue Lion.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sven_5.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sven_vf.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* ArtisticAge: He's supposed to be in his teens. Yet he looks and acts like someone in their mid twenties.
* BabiesEverAfter: Had a baby with Romelle.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns at the end of a story arc and the finale.
* CompositeCharacter: He was two twin brothers (Takashi and Ryou Shirogane) in the original Japanese version.
%%* GuileHero
* HappilyMarried: WordOfGod confirms he is this with Romelle in ''Force''.
%%* PapaWolf: Towards his baby son.
* IChooseToStay: Rather than rejoin the Voltron Force and return to Arus, he decides to stay on Planet Pollux to help protect it.
* PutOnABus: Injured by Haggar in an early episode and sent to a medical planet to recover, while Allura takes over his lion temporarily. Her takeover becomes permanent when Zarkon attacks that medical planet offscreen and recaptures Sven.
%%* TallDarkAndHandsome: Mentioned as very handsome.
%%* TheWorfEffect
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hunk (Tsuyoshi Garrett)]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Lennie Weinrib (original), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (''Third Dimension''), Ty Olsson (''Voltron Force'')
Pilot of the Yellow Lion.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hunk_47.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hunk_vf.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/v3_hunk.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* {{Acrofatic}}: While not necessarily ''fat'' fat, Hunk was a bit chubby in his original Voltron series depiction.
* BigEater: Keith once told everyone to dig into a large banquet. Hunk tries to literally dig in, with a shovel.
* TheBigGuy: He's the largest, and strongest member of the team. Notably he's fairly smart.
* EpicFlail: "Form Blazing Something!" [[spoiler:Rock Wrecking Maces]]!
%%* GadgeteerGenius
* GeniusBruiser: While not as smart as [[TheSmartGuy Pidge]], Hunk is rather intelligent, and is a mechanic.
%%* MrFixit
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pidge (Darrell Stoker)]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross (original), Creator/BillyWest (''Third Dimension''), Creator/SamuelVincent (''Voltron Force'')
Pilot of the Green Lion.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pidge_dotu.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pidge_voltron_force.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/v3pidge.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* BadassAdorable: He's a little guy, but he's just as tough and skilled as his fellow pilots.
%%* CheerfulChild
* InASingleBound: This guy's jumps are absurd! He is shown jumping up to the top of a castle gate, among other things.
* ShoutOut: His ''Voltron Force'' incarnations looks like [[WesternAnimation/BenTen Ben Tennyson]], complete with an omnitrix.
* TheSmartGuy: The smartest member of the team.
* TagalongKid: He's the youngest of the cast, but treated like an equal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Princess Allura]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard (original and ''Third Dimension''), Creator/AshleighBall (''Voltron Force'')

Allura is the princess of planet Arus. She becomes pilot of the Blue Lion after Sven is no longer able to do so.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princess_allura.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron Force]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allura_vf.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/voltron3rddimensionallura.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She is very, very pretty (capturing the hearts of Keith and Lotor), and one of the good guys.
* CreatorThumbprint: Like most female characters designed by Creator/KazuoNakamura, Allura is [[BeautyEqualsGoodness very, very pretty]], an {{Ojou}}, and has long, blonde hair. She also has blue eyes and has an innocent nature.
* CoolCrown: Her tiara, which she wears even without her other [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia regalia]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: An innocent and pure princess with blonde hair who serves as TheHeart of the team.
%%* TheHeart
* LongHairIsFeminine: Her long, blonde hair goes past her back.
* MartialPacifist: Most adverse towards the idea of killing and violence on the team. However, she will use lethal force on the Ro-Beasts.
* MsFanservice: In "It Takes Real Lions", when the gang go swimming, she wears a pink bikini.
* ModestRoyalty: Wears a jumpsuit a lot of the time instead of her SimpleYetOpulent dress.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents were killed years before (although the series doesn't say it directly).
* PrincessClassic: She is kind, diplomatic, good-hearted and strives to defend her people.
* PrincessesPreferPink: In the first series, only a few things she wears don't have some form of pink.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: The pink and feminine princess turns out to be pretty good in a Robot Lion.
* ShipTease: She has a crush on Keith. [[spoiler:They eventually end up together.]]
* SimpleYetOpulent: Her princess dress has only a few frills on it. Her jumpsuit arguably also counts, being elegantly styled yet practical enough for more informal occasions.
* SlipperySwimsuit: When she takes a high dive into the water, she loses her top which surfaces. When Pidge finds it and she realizes she lost it, she turns red and ducks under the water in embarrassment.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She is the only female member of Team Voltron/Voltron Force.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'8".
* SwappedRoles: In "The Deadly Flowers", Lance takes the Blue Lion to the water world where the antidote to the flowers' poison can be found. When Lotor attacks Arus with his latest Robeast, Allura has to pilot the Red Lion because it's the only one still in the castle.
%%* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Voltron Force''.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her outfits in later series are blue, to match her lion.
[[/folder]]

!!Allies
[[folder:Coran]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PeterCullen (original), Creator/MichaelBell (''Third Dimension''), Ron Halder (''Voltron Force'')
Coran is Allura's royal advisor, and is in charge of the Castle Control. He also advises the Voltron Force when need be.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: Defenders of the Universe]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coran.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coranv3.png[[/labelnote]]]]

%%* CoolOldGuy
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A flashback in "Return of Coran's Son" shows what he was doing during Zarkon's initial attack. While he stayed behind to help defend the castle, he tried to send his wife and newborn son to safety. He spent years not knowing what became of them and fearing the absolute worst, though he kept this to himself.
* MissionControl: While the Voltron Force is in the field, Coran is often monitoring their efforts and providing vital intel.
* PapaWolf: While not her actual father, Coran will not stand idly by if Allura is in danger or being threatened.
%%* TeamDad
* YankTheDogsChain: He's made to think his son survived and has returned to Arus, but it's really a clone saboteur working for Lotor and Haggar. Coran is completely devastated.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nanny]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
Allura's overprotective nanny. Like Coran, Nanny fusses over Allura's safety and is bent on keeping her away from danger.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's only known as Nanny.
%%* TheMedic
%%* NoNameGiven
* OutOfFocus: She appears in the fewest number of episodes and disappeared almost completely near the end. And she doesn't appear in any of the sequel series, despite being...

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Space Mice]]
The Space Mice are pastel-colored mice who are Princess Allura's friends. They are often mischievous, but also helpful.
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* ArchEnemy: Haggar's cat, Cova, as to be expected. The cat never misses an opportunity to try to eat them, and they appear to delight in always getting the better of it.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: A bunch of cartoony, and colorful mice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Princess Romelle]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
Princess Romelle is Allura's cousin from the Planet Pollux. Unlike her royal family and most of the people of Pollux, she's not a warmonger and hopes her home world and Arus can live together in peace.
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* ActionSurvivor: A peaceful princess put into horrible circumstances. She will use whatever weapon she can get her hands on to fight her oppressors. This includes a knife, guns, or her bare hands.
* BabiesEverAfter: According to the showrunners of ''Voltron Force'', she is the mother of Sven's son but she did not have the chance to appear in the series.
* BetaCouple: Is this with Sven, whereas Keith and Allura are the main couple of the series.
* BreakTheCutie: While serving as Lotor's prisoner and journeying with Sven.
* CoolBigSis: To her little brother Bandor.
* CreatorThumbprint: Creator/KazuoNakamura has a thing for pretty, blue-eyed, blonde ladies that are hyperfeminine and wear a lot of pink. Romelle is no exception.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: She goes through hell and back but finally finds happiness with Sven [[spoiler:and starts a [[BabiesEverAfter family with him]] in ''Voltron Force''.]]
* FallenPrincess: She is captured, her younger brother is missing, her older brother becomes a Robeast, her father is murdered, and her planet is conquered by the Drule.
* {{Foil}}: Serves as a mature and DarkerAndEdgier counterpart to Allura. Romelle speaks in a deeper voice to emphasize this.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears her iconic MinidressOfPower near the end of the series which is even fancier than her regular blue dress.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Is the dark feminine to Allura's light feminine. While Allura is young, innocent and naive; Romelle is older, wiser, and endures incredible hardship.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Romelle has long hair styled in OjouRinglets.
* MadeASlave: Enslaved by Lotor as part of his conquest.
* MartialPacifist: She's a princess who hates fighting but is always forced to.
* OjouRinglets: As expected of a Princess, Romelle has fancy, curly ringlets.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Romelle is ''both'' of these to Allura. She starts off as more refined and feminine than Allura but becomes much tougher and daring when [[spoiler:she leads a rebellion against the Drule herself.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: After escaping from slavery with Sven's help, she eventually becomes a RebelLeader leading a band of freed ex-slaves on Planet Doom. While she still hates war, Romelle now fights to free as many slaves as she can and sabotage the schemes of Planet Doom.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The Voltron force, Bandor and Lotor noticed her uncanny resemblance to Allura.
* TheUnfavorite: Being the [[MiddleChildSyndrome middle child]], a [[WhiteSheep pacifist who mistrusted the Drule]], and [[HeirClubForMen only daughter]] of the Polluxian royal family all together lead her parents to favor her brothers, to put it mildly.
* TheWisePrincess: She can immediately tell Lotor is bad news - advice which the rest of her family ignores. This leads to their demise.
* WarriorPrincess: A highly intelligent and compassionate princess who escaped slavery and fights a war against the Drule to reclaim her lost kingdom.
* WhiteSheep: Polluxians are warmongers and love violence; Romelle despises it.
[[/folder]]

!!Enemies
[[folder:Prince/King Lotor]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Lennie Weinrib (original), Creator/TimCurry (''Third Dimension''), Music/MarkHildreth (''Voltron Force'')
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.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lotorv3d.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: His feelings for Allura could be from lust to love, but they are never reciprocated. Being the son of the monster who ruined her life doesn't exactly endear him to her. When he tried to kiss her unconscious body, she woke up in time to slap him and say she hates him.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Lotor might be a massive jerk and a threatening villain still, but he's nowhere near the irredeemably evil bastard that his ''[=GoLion=]'' counterpart, Prince Sincline, was. To make a point, where Lotor shows some genuine care for Allura besides a lust for her, even hesitating to have his forces harm her. Also his more depraved moments with his harem are removed, as is his implied rape of Amue/Romelle.
* ArchEnemy: Lotor sees himself as one to Keith as he views him as an obstacle to claiming Allura for himself.
* BadBoss: Tends to get angry at his subordinates, when Mogor tried to remove him from the throne, Lotor killed him.
* CombatPragmatist: He cares nothing for fair play or honor, only victory. In his first duel with Keith, Lotor was disarmed but he knocked Keith unconscious with a sneak attack using a rock. When Bandor once tried to goad Lotor into a one-on-one duel, Lotor simply [[HostageSituation threatened to slay Romelle, whom he had as a prisoner]]. Feeling he had no choice, Bandor surrendered despite his sister's pleas for him to [[KillHimAlready keep fighting]]. At the final battle on Planet Doom, a furious Haggar taunted Lotor with the prospect of fighting Voltron in fair fight. A shocked, speechless Lotor shivered visibly for a tense moment until, in a burst of bravado, he declared that he didn't need Haggar and tried to rally the remnants of the Doom army to fight Voltron.
* ConqueringAlienPrince: His most consistent trait in all his incarnations; he is an AlienPrince that serves the Drule and helps them expand into other nations, hence why Team Voltron opposes him.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:In Voltron Force. We are initially led to believe Lotor is the main antagonist, as his resurrection pretty much led to Voltron's return, but he's taken out in the penultimate episode and his Dragon Maahox usurps him as the Final Boss of the series.]]
* TheDragon: Zarkon's second-in-command.
* DragonAscendant: Early in the series, he took over as commander of the Doom forces following Yurak's demotion and later death. %%Once he [[spoiler:takes the throne and becomes King he is the central threat]].
* EvilGloating: He cruelly taunts his enemies whenever he has them at his mercy. Unfortunately for Lotor, this often [[NiceJobFixingItVillain buys a precious few seconds for the heroes to turn the tables on him]].
%%* EvilLaugh: Has quite a big one.
* EvilIsPetty: In the end, there is almost nothing remotely likeable about Lotor as he is a cruel warlord who forces his feelings on Allura whether she wants them or not.
** [[HopeCrusher He threatened and harmed others just to watch them sink into utter despair and helplessness]].
** [[ILied He never keeps his word and mocks those who counted on his promises]].
** [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty He treated Allura and Romelle as]] [[LustObject lust objects]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty to do with as he pleased]].
* HostageSituation: His favorite method of putting his enemies at his mercy and he has [[ILied no intention of honoring his end of any bargains made, if any]]. Despite this, Lotor's enemies surrender, or play along, more often than not because of his willingness to murder the hostages immediately if refused.
* LargeHam: All versions of Lotor are hammy, shouting their lines and making grand declarations, but the degree to which it is played up varies. For instance, Creator/TimCurry leaned far more into the ham than Music/MarkHildreth did, the former chewing the scenery whenever Lotor was on screen.
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* NeverMyFault: Whenever something went wrong with his plans, he usually muttered loudly about his father's lack of aid and/or outdated beliefs, Haggar's subpar Robeasts, his soldiers' incompetence or simple bad luck. Not ''once'' does he entertain the idea that [[VillainBall his arrogance, his bad temper]], his BadBoss tendencies and his obsession with Allura just might be the reasons for his failures.
* SmugSnake: While he is dangerous and feared, Lotor isn't as competent as he thinks he is. He is disdainful of friend and foe alike, including his father Zarkon and his closest confidant Haggar. Whenever he thinks he's got the upper hand, Lotor tends to [[VillainBall get arrogant and careless]]. When things don't work out as he anticipated, he becomes furious and quickly resorts to violence, usually with a Robeast. Lotor also [[VillainExitStageLeft quickly flees]] whenever his own life is in danger.
* TheStarscream: To his father, with the aid of the Drule Empire. Although, Zarkon mostly brought it on himself by mistreating Lotor.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Subverted. Lotor not only looks very little like his father Zarkon, he doesn't even look like he's part of the same species. It's strongly implied throughout ''Lion Force Voltron'' that his mother was human/Arusian. It's interesting to note, though, that Lotor has a personal guard composed of men who share his appearance (white hair, blue/lavender skin, pointed ears and cat's eyes).
* VillainExitStageLeft: Bails out a lot without directly fighting Voltron.
* VillainousCrush: For Allura. His goal is to make Allura his wife.
%%* VillainousBreakdown
* VillainousRescue: In one of the US episodes, he prevented Allura from being poisoned, even warning Keith.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His white hair is rather pretty but he himself rather evil.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Zarkon]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel (original), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (''Third Dimension'')
King Zarkon of the Planet Doom, originally the main villain of ''Voltron''.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Voltron: The Third Dimension]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/voltron3rddimensionzarkon.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* AbusiveParents: He's verbally abusive towards Lotor due to his inability to defeat the Voltron Force.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Though he spares much of it on his throne, when he gets off, he can even beat Lotor.
* BadBoss: Must run in the family. He mistreats subordinates who fail him, and kills them when he's done putting up with them.
* BecomingTheMask: During ''The Third Dimension'', when he's pretending to reform, he starts to ''actually'' reform and like it. [[spoiler:It doesn't last, mind.]]
* BigBad: Early on, he was the main villain but eventually his son Lotor took the job.
* DuelToTheDeath: Said to have killed Alfor in in combat.
%%* DiscOneFinalBoss
* TheEmperor: He's the leader of the Doom Empire.
* GoodFeelsGood: During ''The Third Dimension'', when he pretends to reform in order to turn the Galaxy Alliance against Voltron, he comes to [[LostInCharacter relish his role]] as a benevolent space king so much that it starts pissing his followers off. [[spoiler:When he gets found out, though, [[SubvertedTrope he finally breaks character and admits that it ''also'' feels good to be back to his old self]].]]
* ItsPersonal: In the original series, Zarkon's interest in conquering Arus has a lot to do with pride rather than generic warmongering. Getting beat back by Voltron was a major embarrassment, as were the next several encounters, due to Planet Doom having substantially greater resources than a world in sour condition. In his first appearance, Lotor tells Zarkon that word has spread throughout the galaxy of the Voltron Force's string of victories and that it's emboldening Planet Doom's other enemies. Zarkon believes crushing Arus would put to rest any questions about his fearsome reputation.
%%* LargeHam
* PragmaticVillainy: While evil, Zarkon is a smart and wise ruler, knowing that taking the VillainBall would hurt his plans in the long run. Unlike his son, he never underestimates his enemies and never lets his temper get the better of him. Zarkon is also fairly successful at diplomacy, given that Planet Doom had a few planets allied with it. Such alliances are usually [[NiceJobFixingItVillain ruined by Lotor]], [[EvilCannotComprehendGood who sees little use for diplomacy when conquest will allow them to take everything anyway]].
* TheStarscream: Technically an agent of the Drule empire who took power for himself, and is almost an independent entity.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He doesn't take his troops' failures well. After one too many losses, he was fully prepared to exile Yurak and was unmoved by his later death in battle. He is constantly threatening to punish Lotor for always failing, and he does try to make good on it at the end of Season 1. Ironically, by the time Lotor is detained and awaiting punishment, the Drule council comes to believe that the repeated losses against Voltron are actually Zarkon's fault. Drule agents free Lotor so that he can stage a MilitaryCoup, and he is only too happy to turn the tables on his father.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Witch Haggar]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard (original and ''[[WesternAnimation/VoltronTheThirdDimension Third Dimension]]'')
The witch Haggar is the one responsible for creating all of the Ro-Beasts Zarkon uses. She is notorious for using her dark magic to cast hypnotizing spells over people. Haggar has a pet blue cat named Cova.
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[[quoteright:903:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haggar_2.png]]
* TheDragon: She is the primary advisor and enforcer for Zarkon and [[spoiler:eventually Lotor.]] She is also Co-Dragons with Lotor.
%%* EvilLaugh
* EvilSorcerer: A witch who hypnotizes people and creates the Ro-Beasts. She also manages to create a Voltron replica in one episode.
* IWasQuiteALooker: She was young and beautiful until she turned evil.
%%* PetTheDog: Toward her pet cat, Cova.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She can't stand the Space Mice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Commander Yurak]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel

Zarkon's original enforcer against the Voltron Force.
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%%* TheDragon: The original one to Zarkon. Eventually is killed and replaced by Lotor for the rest of the original series.
* EyepatchOfPower: His cybernetic eye can considered a futuristic variant of it.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Eventually finds himself on the receiving end of one of Voltron's sword slashes. He promptly explodes.
* HonorBeforeReason: Chose becoming a {{Robeast}} over being exiled from the empire. to live in disgrace.
* HollywoodCyborg: His arm and eye is robotic. As a Robeast, both his arms are robotic.
* KilledOffForReal: He becomes a Ro-Beast in the first episode to feature Lotor, and is killed by Voltron at the end of it; he's one of the few characters to die in both the Japanese and American dubs.
* MeaningfulName: Yurak may be a reference to Yorick, the dead jester from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', referencing his nature as one of the few main characters to die.
* {{Robeast}}: Was turned into one to redeem his honor, and pitted against Voltron.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Like Lotor, he bails out when things start going against him until Lotor shows up; a death threat from Zarkon bars him from doing this in his final appearance as a Ro-Beast himself.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After failing too many times, Zarkon prepares to exile him, but Lotor's arrival convinces him to give Yurak one final chance. Yurak dies at the end of it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mogor]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel
Yurak's replacement, and Lotor's assistant.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Dies in one, likely the reason why WEP allowed it to slip by.
* TheDogBitesBack: After being used as Lotor's punching bag several times, and Lotor's failure as King, Mogor tries to remove Lotor from power with support from the Drule council. Unfortunately for Mogor, Lotor kills him in a BloodlessCarnage.
* TheGenericGuy: Mogor sticks out the least compared to Yurak, and Cossack. Basically being a standard military man.
* KilledOffForReal: Lotor jumps on top of him with a LaserBlade. Notably he was replaced in the US exclusive episodes.
* MilitaryCoup: leads one to rescue Lotor, and overthrow Voltron with the approval of the Drule council. Later when the Drule council finds Lotor [[YouHaveFailedMe ineffective]], Mogor leads the military to force Lotor to step down from the throne. It ends poorly for Mogor.
* MookLieutenant: He leads Lotor armies.
* TheRival: He viewed a hotshot alien pilot known as Karp as this.
* YesMan: To Lotor, who at one point literally steps on Mogor in frustration.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Commander Cossack]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel
The third captain of Doom's armies, a wisecracker with a sense of humor.
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* ButtMonkey: Probably the biggest one in the series.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in the US episodes.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Always liked to crack jokes.
* HornyVikings: His helmet gives him the look of a Space Viking.
* VillainousFriendship: Tended to joke around with Haggar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Queen Merla]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/TressMacNeille
Another Drule conqueror who allies with Doom.
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[[quoteright:719:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merla_3.jpg]]
%%* ArchEnemy: Considers herself one to Allura.
* CanonForeigner: Was invented for the US PostScriptSeason.
* {{Fembot}}: Her MechaMooks are female.
* LadyLand: Apparently her empire is mostly female.
%%* {{Telepathy}}: Has this as a super power.
* UnholyMatrimony: Was briefly married to Lotor on Zarkon's orders. Needless to say, it doesn't work out.
[[/folder]]

!!Other
[[folder:Voltron]]
A giant sentient robot composed of five robot lions (Black, Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow) joined together.
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* AnimalMecha: Again, five lions.
%%* CombiningMecha
* DubNameChange: When Creator/AlSharqAlAdnaaStudios dubbed Voltron, it's name became ''Foltron (فولترون )'', because the letter "v" is near-unpronouncable in Arabic.
* EmpathicWeapon: The Black Lion (at least) appears, at least superficially, able of judging the worthiness of it's pilot.
* EpicFlail: Yellow Center's Wrecking Maces.
* GunsAkimbo: Red Center's Magma Pistols.
* HumongousMecha: The five robot lions form the giant robot Voltron.
* LaserBlade: "Form Blazing Sword!"
* LeaderFormsTheHead: As Keith says, this is the leader's job.
* PantheraAwesome: Voltron is composed of five robot lions. Each with their own array of powers.
* RocketPunch: The Lion Head Attack, which launches the lion heads the make up its hands and feet at the enemy.
* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: Green Center's Boomerang Shield.
* TransformationSequence: "Form, feet and legs! Form, arms and body[[note]]sometimes "torso", depending on the episode[[/note]]! ...and I'll form ... the head!"
* WhipSword: Black Center gains one [[spoiler:when Sky Commander Wade hijacks it.]]
[[/folder]]

!''Voltron: Defender of the Near Universe''
!!Team Voltron Air Team
[[folder:Jeff]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross
Jeff is the leader of both Vehicle Voltron's Air Team and the entire Voltron team itself. While headstrong and reckless, he is also committed to the ideals of peace and justice.
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[[quoteright:730:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeff_78.png]]
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Jeff is the protagonist of Vehicle Voltron and serves as Voltron's leader.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Jeff has a bad tendency to leap into the action without considering the ramifications of his actions.
* HeroProtagonist: He's the one the team rallies around and serves as the driving force of the narrative on humanity's side.
* HotBlooded: He's very aggressive and temperamental.
* TheMccoy: Of the three Voltron commanders, he's easily the most emotional.
* ShipTease: It's heavily implied that he and Lisa have a mutual crush.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rocky]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Lennie Weinrib
A member of the Air Team, a New York native with a temper to match.
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[[quoteright:331:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rocky_8.png]]
* BigEater: Rocky is almost always eating.
* BrooklynRage: He has a heavy Brooklyn accent and has a hot temper to match.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wolo]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
A member of the Air Team and... that's about it, really.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: The only thing we know about his past is that his older brother died (though not in the English dub) saving his life.
* OutOfFocus: Wolo only gets any character focus in one episode.
* TokenNonHuman: He's the only alien in the Air Team.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chip Stoker]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross (original), Gabe Khouth (''Voltron Force'')
Chip is the twin brother of Pidge and a pilot in the Air Team.
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* TheCutie: He comes across as the youngest and most vulnerable member of the Air Team.
* TheSmartGuy: He's the brains of Air Team.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ginger]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
A pilot in the Air Team who is kind, compassionate, and nurturing.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her entire family died when an Astro Ship with her entire family on board suddenly exploded.
* GirlyBruiser: She may be the girliest member of the Voltron Force, but she's still one of the best pilots in the Galaxy Alliance.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ginger is easily the most kind and gentle member of the Vehicle Voltron Force, and her blonde hair matches it.
[[/folder]]

!!Team Voltron Sea Team
[[folder:Krik]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
An alien pilot and leader of the Sea Team of the Vehicle Voltron Force.
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* FunetikAksent: He has a very thick Indian accent despite being well, an alien.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Krik has a sixth sense that allows him to detect danger or when other people are in trouble.
* TheSpock: He's much more level-headed and practical than Jeff and Cliff.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lisa]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
A member of the Voltron Force's Sea Team who is well-versed in history.
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[[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lisa_6.png]]
* TheHeart: Lisa has a big heart and is usually the one to get her team members to open up about their problems.
* ShipTease: It's heavily applied that she and Jeff share a mutual crush.
* TheSmartGirl: She knows a great deal about ancient cultures and languages.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shannon]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
A member of the Voltron Force's Sea Team who has a burning hatred of the Drule Empire for kidnapping and enslaving his brother.
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* FantasticRacism: He despises the Drule species for enslaving his brother. He does grow out of it after becoming friends with one, though.
* FightingIrish: He has a thick Irish accent and is always ready for a fight.
* TragicBigot: He's got good reasons to hate the Drules for what they've done to his family.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tagor]]
A member of the Voltron Force's Sea Team.
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* LivingProp: He's essentially a background character.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zandee]]
A member of the Voltron Force's Sea Team.
----
* OutOFFocus: He has lines and definitely has more to do than Wolo and Tagor, but his character never actually develops.
[[/folder]]

!!Team Voltron Land Team
[[folder:Cliff]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Lennie Weinrib
The leader of Voltron Force's Land Team. Charismatic and witty, Cliff is beloved by his squadmates and serves as a more-than-adequate second-in-command to Jeff.
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* AwesomeAussie: Has a thick Australian Accent and is one of the best pilots in his squad.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cliff frequently has a witty remark ready no matter the situation.
* TheKirk: He's more calm and patient than Jeff, but more emotional and open than Krik.
* TheLancer: He's a lot more level-headed than Jeff and usually plays Devil's Advocate whenever Jeff is planning to do something crazy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cinda]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
An alien member of the Voltron Land Team who grew up on the same planet as Krik. She has a deep fascination with nature.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Well, her skin is blue, but her squad does agree that she has an exotic beauty to her.
* NatureLover: She's the most likely member of the team to go TheWorldIsJustAwesome.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Modok]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
A member of the Voltron Land Team.
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* GentleGiant: He's big, but he's also a softy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marvin]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
A member of the Voltron Land Team who is close friends with fellow squadmate Hutch.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Marvin usually brings in the slapstick humor.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He's the Wise Guy to Hutch's Straight Man.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He's always seen with his best friend Hutch.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hutch]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PeterCullen
A member of the Voltron Land Team who is close friends with fellow squadmate Marvin.
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* BoisterousBruiser: He's always looking for a good fight.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Straight Man to Marvin's Wise Guy.
* ThoseTwoGuys:He's always seen with his best friend Marvin.
[[/folder]]

!!S.S. Explorer Crew
[[folder:Commander James Hawkins]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PeterCullen
The direct commanding officer of the Voltron Force and a constant force for peace throughout the Galaxy.
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* BigGood: He may not be the highest ranking character, but he's the most valuable person available if the Galaxy Alliance wishes to have peace.
* TheCaptain: Despite being a commander, he is still the leader of the mission and his authority is unquestioned, even by those who outrank him.
* ReluctantWarrior: He hates war and violence, but he won't hesitate to use it if it's the only way to resolve a problem.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Newley]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Lennie Weinrib
The captain of the S.S. Explorer.
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* TheBusCameBack: He rejoins the Explorer crew toward the end, though.
* NumberTwo: Despite outranking him, Newley defers to Hawkins' judgement.
* PutOnABus: He's forced to leave the Explorer about halfway through the series to serve on the Military Council.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Page]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel
The head botanist, terraforming expert, and medic of the Explorer.
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* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He's a botanist and medic, and knows how to perform terraforming.
* TheStoic: He's the most logical and goal-oriented member of the main cast.
[[/folder]]

!!Drule Empire
[[folder:Chief Commander Hazar]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel
A high-ranking Drule soldier. Initially as ruthless and bloodthirsty as his contemporaries, he slowly develops a moral compass and strives to peacefully find a way for his people to find a new world.
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* AntiVillain: Becomes one pretty early in the series. He wants to find his people a new world, but doesn't want to fight the Galaxy Alliance, instead wanting them to be allies. However, he still loyally served an oppressive and aggressively expansionist regime.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With his sister, Dorma, who acts as his chief advisor.
* ButtMonkey: He's constantly being hounded by superiors forcing him into conflicts he doesn't want, subordinates betraying him, imprisonment, and slavery.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He's the second most important character in Vehicle Voltron.
* HeelFaceTurn: Toward the end of the series, after one too many humiliations, he finally turns on the Empire and takes over to lead the people in a more peaceful direction.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Hazar is a good man at heart, but he still faithfully serves an Empire that seeks to conquer the whole galaxy. At first.
* WorthyOpponent: He and Hawkins share a mutual warrior's respect for each other.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emperor Zeppo]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
The ruler of the Drule Empire.
----
* AffablyEvil: He's polite, cordial, and reasonable. He also happens to be a tyrant.
* BigBad: As the ruler of the Drule Empire, he's this by default.
* TheEmperor: He's the ruler of the Drule Empire.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When he realizes he can't beat both Voltron and Hazar, he surrenders and takes his supporters to leave the galaxy peacefully.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: About as reasonable as a tyrant can get, but he's still fair to Hazar and always wants to hear opinions that differ from his own.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Viceroy Throk]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PeterCullen
Zeppo's chief supporter and a representative of the worst aspects of the Drule Empire. Warmongering, treacherous, and cruel, Throk will do anything to destroy Voltron and Hazar.
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee that instantly marks him as "bad guy."
* TheDragon: He's Zeppo's top operative.
* TheSociopath: He never once demonstrates any kind of care for others.
* SmugSnake: He's arrogant and cruel, but woefully outmatched by Hazar and Hawkins.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Mongo]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Jack Angel
Hazar's best friend and subordinate and one of the few Drule officers to be a good man from the get go.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Mongo is a decent and reasonable guy despite working for the mostly evil Drule Empire.
* PunchClockVillain: He's loyal to the Empire, but sees no reason to be as cruel and ruthless as his fellow officers.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's a genuinely good man serving a tyrannical regime.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Nerok]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
Hazar's other subordinate and Mongo's exact opposite. Treacherous and aggressive, Nerok hates Hazar and wants to supplant him.
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* FatBastard: He's heavyset and represents some of the worst elements of Drule culture.
* HateSink: Of all the Drules, Nerok is the most detestable. He's treacherous, ruthless, and cruel, but he has none of the competence or style of Throk and Borgam.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marshall Keezor]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelBell
A high-ranking Drule officer who replaces Hazar when the Empire believes him to be too soft.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He puts up a polite front, but he's just as conniving and scheming as most of the other Drule commanders.
* ISurrenderSuckers: A favorite tactic of his is pretending to surrender only to ambush the Voltron Force once they lower their guard.
* SmugSnake: His encounters with the Explorer demonstrate a shocking degree of incompetence and arrogance on his part.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Commander Borgam]]
A Drule Commander who is implanted within Hazar's officers by Throk as a double agent.
----
* MilitaryMaverick: He constantly disobeys Hazar's orders and triggers a conflict where Hazar wanted a peaceful outcome.
* TheMole: He's a subordinate of Hazar's, but he really answers to Throk.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: He acts like a loyal supporter of Hazar whenever he's being watched, but the second Hazar turns off the vidcom, he's belaying orders.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dorma]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BJWard
Hazar's sister and advisor.
----
* ActionGirl: After joining the URF, she co-leads the battle against the Empire.
* BrotherSisterTeam: She's Hazar's closest ally and chief counsel.
* TokenGoodTeammate: She was already opposing the Empire's militaristic ways before Hazar had his change of heart.
* WomenAreWiser: The reason Hazar values her counsel so much is because she often sees what he misses.
[[/folder]]

!''Voltron: The Third Dimension''
!!Allies and Civilians
[[folder:Amalgamus]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Neil Ross
The computer leader of the Galaxy Alliance in ''Voltron: The Third Dimension''.
----
[[quoteright:731:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amalgamus.png]]
%%* {{Expy}}: Probably unintentional, but he has a resemblance to [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robby the Robot]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He trusts King Zarkon more than he does the Voltron Force. [[spoiler:It was the result of his reprogramming by Zarkon.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards the Voltron Force, especially Lance. [[spoiler:Only because Zarkon reprogrammed him to distrust and condemn them.]]
* LordErrorProne: He's more talk than action for most of ''The Third Dimension''. [[spoiler:Once restored to his original programming, he quickly throws this off.]]
* MeaningfulName: His circuits are connected to the leaders of all 900 planets of the Galaxy Alliance. His decisions reflect their amalgamated views.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:After the Voltron Force restored him to his original Voltron-allied programming, he is more willing to support than instead of blind obstruction.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Ariella]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/TressMacNeille
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[[quoteright:546:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ariella.png]]
Princess Allura's earliest ancestor, she immigrated to Arus (possibly from Earth) and was the one who built the Castle of Lions after befriending the lion-like creatures that would go on to become the Voltron Lions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Judge Armistice]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BillyWest
A diminutive yet well-respected justice, and the Azure Quadrant's representative in the Galaxy Alliance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ueep Ueep Cheramoya]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BillyWest
The slightly obnoxious main reporter for Galactic Action News.
[[/folder]]

!!Enemies
[[folder:Black Draco]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross
The most fearsome and powerful member of the Dragons, a race of techno-organic beings from the same universe as the Hunters.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:I.G.O.R.]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ClancyBrown
A ruthless battle cyborg constructed by King Zarkon to co-lead the Fleet of Doom with Prince Lotor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kolak]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Neil Ross
A smug member of the Hunters, a techno-organic race from another dimension that created Black Draco.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Queequeg and Lafitte]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/TressMacNeille (Lafitte) and Creator/BillyWest (Queequeg)
A pair of thuggish space pirates hired for grunt work by Prince Lotor.
[[/folder]]

!''Voltron Force''
!!Team Voltron
[[folder:As a whole]]
* TokenTrio: Daniel is Asian, Vince is black, and Larmina is an alien that passes as a Caucasian girl.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Daniel]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/VincentTong
Daniel is one of three new cadets for the Voltron Force. Him and Vince were once cadets for the Galaxy Alliance until they became the "cadets".
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[[quoteright:483:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daniel_lee.png]]
* AscendedFanboy: He's ''always'' been a fan of Voltron.
* AllThereInTheManual:
** According to the script for New School Defenders, Daniel's last name is Lee.
** The same script states that Daniel is 14. This is in direct contradiction to the Voltron 30th anniversary book, which lists him as 16.
* TheCorruption: [[spoiler: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 BloodKnight. The end of season one suggests it may have become a case of ComesGreatInsanity]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Okay, so Daniel is touted as the PluckyComicRelief 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 SuperSpeed boost, not to mention taking out an entire space-station of robot-{{mooks}} with minimal back-up.
%%* IJustWantToBeSpecial
%%* JumpedAtTheCall
* RookieRedRanger: [[spoiler: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]].
%%* ShipTease: With Larmina.
* SuperSpeed: Thanks to his Voltcom, he can now run super fast.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vince.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vince]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Doron Bell Jr.
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.
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[[quoteright:484:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vince_8.png]]
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* MindOverManners: [[spoiler: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]].
* ElectricBlackGuy: Vince is a black teenager capable of manipulating electrical energy with his fingertips.
* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: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]].
%%* {{Technopath}}
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Daniel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Larmina]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShannonChanKent
Larmina is one of three new cadets for the Voltron Force. She is Allura's niece and ''way'' more gung-ho than her aunt.
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[[quoteright:481:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/larmina.png]]
* ActionGirl: ''The'' best female fighter in the series. She's shown to be a BloodKnight and the first thing we are shown about her is her fighting skills.
* AttackAttackAttack: Like Daniel, subtlety isn't one of her strong suits.
%%* BoisterousBruiser
%%* CuteBruiser
* LeeroyJenkins: She's quite capable of formulating and following plans when absolutely necessary, but she prefers to simply smack the badguys with her staff.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Her title is ''Lady'' Larmina and she is the niece of Princess Allura.
[[/folder]]

!!Allies
[[folder:Manset]]
An alien smuggler and friend of Keith's.
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%%* FriendInTheBlackMarket
%%* LovableRogue
[[/folder]]

!!Enemies
[[folder:Sky Marshall Wade]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': [[Creator/GaryChalk Garry Chalk]]
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.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Despite Lotor being the franchise's traditional Big Bad, Wade proved to be equally dangerous, if not more so due to his control over the Galaxy Alliance's military. Even after Lotor's resurrection, Wade remains the chief enemy of the Voltron Force [[spoiler:for the first half of Season 1.]]
* BigBadWannabe: Zigzagged. At first, he seems to be the new Big Bad. Having successfully outlawed Voltron and even successfully launches a [[TheCoup military coup]] against the Galaxy Alliance. Then Lotor is revived, and the first confrontation between their forces results in Wade getting his brain fried and publicly humiliated. But after that, Wade continues to be a major threat and still controls the Galaxy Alliance as a military dictatorship. [[spoiler:He later intended to take over Voltron itself... and fails]].
* EvilIsPetty: Wade initially devoted his life to becoming a Voltron pilot. When the Black Lion found him unworthy, he responded by sabotaging the Lions during a parade and spending his remaining career trying to destroy everything Voltron stood for.
%%* EvilOldFolks
* ManipulativeBastard: He successfully turned public opinion against Voltron and consistently lured the team into various traps.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Was rejected by the Black Lion as a young man which led to his hatred of the Voltron Force. Considering what he became like later, it was probably a good call on Black's part]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He loves these, especially if it's towards Voltron.
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[[folder:Maahox]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Ron Halder
A scientist with knowledge of the occult and genetic manipulation before being sent into exile. Maahox revived Lotor and became his right hand man.
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* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:Manipulates Lotor throughout the entire season to further his own goals.]]
%%* BastardUnderstudy
%%* EvilGenius
%%* TheDragon
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Manipulates Lotor into gathering all the Haggarium in the galaxy so he can use it to turn Castle Doom into a giant Robeat. His first act as the BigBad is to ''permanently'' kill Lotor.]]
* FinalBoss: He is the last threat Team Voltron faces in the season due to the show getting cancelled.
%%* MadScientist
%%* ManBehindTheMan
%%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:To King Lotor. Once enough Haggarium has been obtained, he reveals that he's only interested in chaos and uses his new Robeast to kill Lotor.]]
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