42. Season One, Episode Forty Two - “The Sand People”

Doom Log File Title:  “Sand Planet Occupation”

Summary:  Doom has set up a base on the sand planet in order to transform its skittish little sand people into vicious robeasts through Haggar’s evil magic.  Somehow the Voltron Force hears about this and they show up in their lions.  They meet Professor Sarwa, who helps them escape our defenses.  When they’re introduced to the sand people, Allura befriends one and gives it a bracelet.  Lotor breaks up their party by deploying tanks to attack them, and in the ensuing battle a bunch of sand people are captured and the lions are temporarily buried in a sand slide.  Lotor then turns the bracelet-wearing sand creature into a robeast.  Mogor (Cossack’s Note: Who seems to have laryngitis on the footage we have archived) spots the lions making their comeback a little late, and they bust in.  The robeast is set loose on them, and Allura recognizes the bracelet as her friend “Sandy” (Cossack’s Note: Originality isn’t Pinky’s strong suit, is it?) and tries to talk him out of attacking.  It doesn’t work, and they form Voltron and attack him anyway.  They rip the “S” control center off of him and he shrinks back into his natural form, in a “deep sleep.”  The "S" stands for "stupidest robeast ever."

Notable Doom Highlights:  When King Zarkon originally hears about this plan he isn’t impressed, but Lotor assures him that Haggar is “no braggart” and has it all under control.   Giant armadillos that wear Devo hats...scary, but not in a "war machine" kind of way.  Hence my not giving a crap.  After considering that his horoscope told him that it was a good day to be nasty, he decides to have a little faith in the plans of his subordinates.   It actually said, "You got to have Faith."  Apparently any crappy human lyric can end up in an astrologer's handbook.  Pidge’s whiny, “Lotor get lost!” scream at the conclusion of the footage was pretty funny too.

Notes:  Deep sleep, death, I guess it’s all relative to the GA censors.  Maybe that’s what the so-called good guys have to tell themselves and the rest of the universe to feel better about killing off one of their pals.

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