History WesternAnimation / GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015

** Gamora ends up stuck in a Disney Princess styled world with very round character designs, looking close to Mercury Filmwork's work on ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

** Gamora ends up stuck in a Disney Princess styled world with very round character designs, looking close to ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Peter Quill is the HeroicBastard child of J'Son and Meredith Quill. This is a major plot point. Due to Standards and Practices, the circumstances around his actual conception can not be said or heavily implied on screen. Which leads to stuff like J'son's statement of OneThingLedToAnother (while Peter squicks out), Peter finding out about a sister, J'Son keying something to a fusion of his and Meredith's DNA, and another character doing a LastSecondWordSwap to "Homewrecker" when referring to Meredith. They try to backtrack this later when Peter claims that Meredith was J'Son's wife, which J'Son doesn't contradict (though that could be due to other things going on at the same time).
** After breaking J'Son's control over [[spoiler:Adam/Magus in "Beyond Gold Eyes", an enraged Peter Quill ''almost knifes his now fearful dad with a crystal''.]]

* BlobMonster: The alien version of [[TheSymbiote symbiotes]] show up in Episode 8, existing in the same setting as the artificially-created Venom and Carnage symbiotes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}''.

** But played straight in the cases of the Collector, Grandmaster, The Supreme Intelligence and Ronan the Accuser who like the Guardians have extremely different personalities and appearances than they in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and ''Hulk and the Agents of SMASH'', which is especially jarring when the former and this show go back to back and feature both versions of the characters, not to mention that the season finale of the latter featured the redesigned Guardians ''and'' the original version of Ronan.

** Let's start with the fact that every episode title is either a pun or a direct reference to classic songs from the 70's-80's.

* CanonDiscontinuity: This show's depiction of Franchise/SpiderMan being more akin to ''WEsternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' suggests that ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' is longer canon--despite ''Ultimate'' being the first show in this universe and hence starting it in the first place.

** Played with. The Guardians are very different in both personality and appearance than how they've previously been seen in the Ultimate Spider-Man and the first season of Avengers Assemble as they're being based more on their movie counterparts but more recent episodes of ''Avengers Assemble'' and ''Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' have featured the updated Guardians.

** Thanos can't be permanently killed either, due to his appearance in ''Avengers Assemble''. The Guardians hold no illusions that Thanos is gone for good, and they explicitly state that Thanos is still digging his way out since the Season 1 finale.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The robots on Halfworld who experimented on Rocket realized the horrific results of their experiments, as making them too intelligent led the animals to rebel against them. They decide to cure them and afterwards, promise to protect the animals]].

* TermsOfEndangerment: Star-Lord and his ArchnemesisDad J'son still call each other "son" and "dad" respectively as insults to highlight the fact that no such connection exists between them.

''Guardians of the Galaxy'' is an animated series created for ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse Marvel]] on Creator/DisneyXD''. Described as a loose sequel to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy the film]], but set in the same Main/SharedUniverse as its [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan fellow]] [[WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble animated]] [[WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH series]], the show follows ComicBook/StarLord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot as they fight the forces of Thanos.

** Though, as it's set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', and ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'', the Nova helmets (via Sam Alexander) and the Element gun (via the Guardians' earlier appearances) are a case of GrandfatherClause. In addition, Ronan's design is based off of his movie counterpart, as opposed to how he was designed in ''Agents of SMASH''.

* BlobMonster: The alien version of [[TheSymbiote symbiotes]] show up in Episode 8, existing in the same setting as the artificially-created Venom and Carnage symbiotes from ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''.

** In "Undercover Angle", [[spoiler:Titus ends up betraying the Guardians and Nova Corps. That was the betrayal the Guardians referred to during their second appearance in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman'', where they face Titus]].

** If this is set before ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' (as the presence of the Nova Corps suggests) then it's hard to explain what an adult Triton is doing in the Inhumans episode, since he appears as a teenager in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and ''Hulk and The Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' Of course, even ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' made the same mistake too.

* DiscontinuityNod: The Avengers line up shown in the season 2 premiere (Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, and Thor is mentioned) [[ContinuitySnarl seems odd if you've seen the show,]] but matches a potential line up from ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', which ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' was originally going to be a sequel to before being retooled to be in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman''

** In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman'', Sam Alexander states all he's that's left of the Corps. Since this series takes place long before ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', it's more or less guaranteed that Nova Corps will either not survive past the series' end or will get wiped out during the time gap between the two series.

* {{Prequel}}: This series is one to ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman'', ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', and ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'', especially since this is during the time Nova Corps are still around. As such the series showcases the Guardians' early career before they met the heroes of the aforementioned series, their first time on Earth, and the backstory of how Loki betrayed Thor.

** Just as in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman'', the Collector and the Grandmaster are brothers.

* SharedUniverse: It's more or less confirmed this series takes place in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', and ''HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'', but before the events of those series occurred.

** In "Mr. Roboto", Quill asks if the sentry robots can turn into things, [[Franchise/TheTransformers like trucks and planes]]. Rocket says it's [[TakeThat the stupidest idea]] he's ever heard, but [=JaKyee=] likes it. Later, Rocket rigs 5 robots to [[CombiningMecha combine]] into one big robot, similar to WesternAnimation/TransformersGenerationOne.

** After breaking J'Son's control over [[spoiler:Adam/Magus in "Beyond Gold Eyes", an enraged Peter Quill very nearly ''knifes his now fearful dad with a crystal''.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Peter Quill is the HeroicBastard child of J'Son and Meredith Quill. This is a major plot point. Due to Standards and Practices, the circumstances around his actual conception can not be said or heavily implied on screen. Which leads to stuff like J'son's statement of OneThingLedToAnother (while Peter squicks out), Peter finding out about a sister, J'Son keying something to a fusion of his and Meredith's DNA, and another character doing a LastSecondWordSwap to "Homewrecker" when referring to Meredith. They try to backtrack this later when Peter claims that Meredith was J'Son's wife, which J'Son doesn't contradict (though that could be due to other things going on at the same time).

* MythologyGag: In "Accidents will Happen", Rocket is forced to turn out his pockets and dump every weapon on his person, which for some reason includes the prosthetic leg from the movie.

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->''"What are we, heroes or outlaws?"''\\
''"Why not both?"''
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** As of the film, Ronan the Accuser and Yondu end up contrasting their comic conterparts, though the former was almost always portrayed as a villain in ''Agents of S.M.A.S.H.''. In this series, they verge on the territory of [[CardCarryingVillain card carrying villainy]].

* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler:Although the Black Order (sans Supergiant) appear to have perished at the might of Magus towards the end of season two, they still have to [[BackFromTheDead come back from the dead]] somehow and begin working for Thanos by the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' season two.

* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler:Although the Black Order (sans Supergiant) appear to have perished at the might of Magus towards the end of season two, they still have to [[BackFromTheDead come back from the dead]] somehow and begin working for Thanos by the end of [[''WesternAnimation/{{AvengersAssemble}} Avengers Assemble's second season.]]

** Mantis is portrayed as a zealous leader of an antagonistic cult, which is a clear departure from her comics characterization.

* NoEndorHolocaust: Peter Quill got a ban from Xandar effective on the [[AprilFoolsDay Day of the Feast of the Three Moons]], because it used to be in honor of ''four'' moons, and he [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorld accidentally blew up one]] in a prank attempt. No mention is made of the ecological damage a planet losing a moon's gravity would entail, nor of the debris.

* RealityEnsues: When Asgard declares war on Spartax, Spartax promptly scrambles its entire armada to meet the Asgardians over Spartax. Asgard's attack force consists of (as Victoria puts it) "one open ship and a handful of warriors". Those warriors are Hogun, Fandral, Heimdall, Angela, Thor, and ''the Destroyer''; Victoria is incredulous, and even tries to take Thor on one-on-one. Three guesses who wins.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Just as in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman'', the Collector and the Grandmaster are brothers.

* TheWorfEffect: Want to know how dangerous Thanos is? The Mad Titan makes short work of The Destroyer and Ronan, both of whom are established to be really tough and powerful.

* TheWorfEffect: One of the first people we see Thanos [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping (with one hand!)]] is [[MightyGlacier Groot.]]