The Glossary of Terms contains common words and phrases used within the series and on the Wiki. This includes objects, creatures, and locations. For a list of characters, see the characters category.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A[]
- Alien: Any creature not native to Earth.
- Altea: A planet destroyed 10,000 years ago. Home of the Alteans.
- Altean Empire: The oppressive empire created by "Allura" in an Alternate Reality.
- Alternate Reality: One of infinite possible realities to exist aside from the core reality of the Series.
- Arena: The gladiatorial ring where slaves fight for Zarkon's entertainment.
- Arus: A planet that the Castle of Lions rested on for 10,000 years. Home of the Arusians.
- Arusian: An alien species who is a native resident of Arus.
- Asosa: But take away the a's and replace o with u.
B[]
- Balmera: A massive petrified creature that has become a living planet. Home of the Balmerans.
- Barrier Crystal: Crystals used in the Castle of Lions to generate the Castle's particle barrier.[1]
- Beta Traz: A prison operated by the Galra Empire and used to hold Slav.
- Blade of Marmora: A rebel faction led by Kolivan seeking to end Zarkon's rule.
- Bluve: A planet in the Karthulian System covered in ice blizzards and blue crystals. Used for training by the Blue Paladin.
- Bridge: The command center of a large spacecraft from where it is piloted.
C[]
- Castle of Lions: A large Altean spacecraft piloted by Allura and Coran. Houses the Voltron Lions.
- Castleship: A spacecraft that acts as a support and transport ship as well as a castle.
- Central Command: The home base of the Galra Empire.
- Central Command Ship: The main spacecraft used by Zarkon to govern the Galra Empire.
- Clanmurel: An odd bear animal that Pidge encounters when trying to learn Altean.
- Core Reality: The main reality in which the Series takes place, as opposed to any of the infinite possible alternate realities.
- Cosmic Wolf: A blue canine alien that looks similar to an Earth wolf. It has the ability to teleport. The only known cosmic wolf is Kosmo.
D[]
- Deca-Phoeb: A time slice comparable to a "year";[2] how well they match up is unknown. Around ten Phoebs.
- Djalg: A name for one of the Galra Empire's fighter jet squadrons; "Fighter squadron Djalg 14", "Djalg 15", etc.[3]
- Dobosh: A time slice comparable to a "minute";[2] it is approximately 60 ticks, or 1.4 minutes (84 seconds).[4]
- Drone: Small floating robots used for patrols, attacks, and repairs. The most notable Drone is Rover.
- Druid: A member of Haggar's mysterious covenant that appears to have magical abilities.
- Duflax: A strange duck-like alien with webbed feet and a bill.
E[]
- Earth: A planet in the Milky Way galaxy. Home of the human race.
- Earthling: A native resident of Earth, most notably a human.
- Erto: A name for one of the Galra Empire's fighter jet squadrons; "Squadron Erto".[3]
- Everall: A zone in the Galra Empire's map of the universe; "Zone Everall 71".[3]
F[]
- Faunatonium: A rare, indispensable fuel source utilized by Alteans as a supplement to Balmeran crystal energy. It has the power to expand and supercharge particle energy. As well as expand atomic distance, causing organic objects to enlarge in size & scale.
- Fighter Jet: A smaller spacecraft used by the Galra Empire for patrols and battle, usually piloted by Sentries. Also known as "fighters", "patrol(s)", "patrol jet".
- Flight Pod: A small spacecraft used mainly for quick transport. May also be called an "escape pod".
- Food Goo: The green goo consumed by Alteans as food in the Castle of Lions.
- Fripping Bulgogian: A restaurant favored as a hang-out for the original Paladins of Voltron, described as "the best nullvillary in the fourteen tangents".
- Frozen Planet: A planet covered by frozen oceans. Home to the Mer aliens.
G[]
- GAC: "Galra Authorized Currency", established by the Galra Empire as the universe's official currency.
- Galaxy Garrison: An organization tasked with training Earthlings for exploring space.
- Galra Empire: The powerful Empire ruled by Zarkon over most of the known universe.
- Galra: The Galra Empire, or an individual or thing associated with the Empire.
- Galran: An alien of purple skin or fur with yellow eyes most often seen as a member of the Galra Empire.
- Gladiator: Usually spoken in reference to either:
- The training robot used in the Training Deck of the Castle of Lions. On the Wiki described as the "Gladiator robot".
- A fighter in the Galra Empire's Arena.
- Griezian Sur: A planet in the Karthulian System covered in gigantic rain forests and home to the Muldoks. Used for training by the Green Paladin.
- Guardian of Krell: A monstrous creature protecting the inhabitants of Krell who is mistakenly killed by Voltron.
- Guns of Gamara: A rebel group in an Alternate Reality that fights against the Altean Empire, seemingly a parallel to the Blade of Marmora, but this never seems to be confirmed.
H[]
- Heximite: A chemical component which will explode when put under too much pressure; found on Naxzela.
- Hyper Drive: A method of travel that allows spacecraft to travel faster than light speed in bursts across vast distances, usually used by the Galra Empire.
- Hoktril: A device created by the Altean Empire that saps beings of their free will.
I[]
- IGF-Atlas: A giant warship constructed to fight the galra that can transform into a bigger fighter like Voltron can.
J[]
- Javeeno Star System: A star system where Arus and Balmera X-95-Vox are located, within the sector that Sendak oversees.[1][6]
K[]
- Karthulian System: The training grounds of the original Paladins of Voltron.
- Krell: A planet visited by the Paladins as they searched for a Yalex to harvest a Yalexian Pearl. It is protected by the Guardian of Krell and home to the Krellians.
L[]
- Lion: One of the robotic Lions of Voltron.
- Luxite: A mineral from a planet destroyed "deca-phoebs" ago; it is used to craft the blades used by the Blade of Marmora.
M[]
- Mer: A native resident of the Frozen Planet.
- Monsters & Mana: An Altean game in which the players each create a character, choosing from different "classes". A player chooses the action they want to do, before rolling the 20-sided die to see if they will have a big enough number to complete the task.
- Movement: A time slice comparable to a week.[2] How well they match up is unknown.
- Muldok: A native species of Griezian Sur, a planet in the Karthulian System used for training by the Green Paladin.
N[]
- Naxzela: A planet terraformed by Altean technology and occupied by the Galra Empire.
- Niloofar: A planet in the Karthulian System covered in sandy wind storms. Used for training by the Yellow Paladin.
- Non-cog: A slave of the Altean Empire that has had their free will erased by a hoktril device.
- Nunvill: A drink enjoyed by Alteans, described as "the nectar of the gods" that tastes like "hot dog water and feet". It can be used as a hair tonic to make hair flourish.[7]It can also be fermented into a flammable explosive comparable to a Molotov cocktail on Earth.
O[]
- Olkarion: A planet occupied by the Galra Empire. Home of the Olkari.
P[]
- Paladin: One who pilots a Lion of Voltron.
- Palan-bol: the enlightning pain, a phrase used by Dayak when she teaches Hunk about the Galra.
- Phoeb: A time slice comparable to a month.[2] How well they match up is unknown.
- Planetoid: A small planet, not necessarily spherical in shape. "Another term for asteroids, which are also called minor planets".
- Pod: Usually spoken in reference to either:
- Flight Pod: A small spacecraft used mainly for quick transport.
- Sleep Pod: A small device used for stasis sleep and healing.
- Power Crystal: A Crystal produced by Balmera with enough energy to power spacecrafts. The largest and rarest are known as "Battleship-class" Crystals.[8]
- Puig: A planet freed by Team Voltron and briefly overtaken by Lotor.
Q[]
- Quadrant: A large area of the mapped known universe, presumably a fourth of the map each, consisting of smaller zones.
- Quantum Abyss : A star system region that's part of a galaxy where time and space are severely warped due to a large number of neutron and dark stars.
- Quintant: A time slice comparable to a "day";[2] it is 20 vargas, or approximately 1.167 days (28 hours).[9][4]
- Quintessence: A mysterious substance that appears to act as a "life force" for living things.
- Quiznak: An expletive used by Coran and adopted by the Paladins. According to Rhys Darby, it literally means "dang it".[10] If true, then Lance tells Keith to "Shut your dang it".[1] Conversely in the episodes, it can be also used as an adjective, as in "quiznaking Galra", so Rhys' translation appears inaccurate.[11]
R[]
- Reality Rift: A hole created from a Trans-Reality Comet in space-time that connects two alternate realities. Also known as a trans-reality rift or rift.
- Rebulon: A zone in the Galra Empire's map of the universe; "Zone Rebulon 55", at least consisting of 69 zones total, and possibly an entire quadrant.[3]
- Red Syntian Nitrate: A volatile gas that reacts to amplified emissions of light by combusting and causing a dangerous explosion; found on Thayserix.
- Royal Warship: A large spacecraft used as a base of operations by Lotor and his generals.
S[]
- Senfama: A planet where one of the Zaiforge Cannons is stationed.
- Sentry: A bi-pedal robot used by the Galra Empire. Sentries act as guards, army units, pilots, and general workers; they are capable of speech and communicating with each other.
- Scaultrite: A valuable material produced by a Weblum. It is used for various things, but most notably to convert Altean energy to power Teludav devices used to create wormholes.
- Sincline: A giant robot comprised of three ships made by Lotor from the second Trans-Reality Comet.[12]
- Sleep Chamber: The chamber in the Castle of Lions containing sleep pods. Also known as the "Infirmary".
- Sleep Pod: A pod notably seen in the Castle of Lions for putting someone into a stasis sleep and healing their wounds. Also known as a "Cryo-Replenisher".
- Swap Moon: An underground black market location used by Unilu in the past. No weapons or communication devices were allowed.[13]
T[]
- Talwar Six: A planet in the Karthulian System filled with enormous, labyrinthine caves created by giant space wombeasts. Used for training by the Black Paladin.
- Team Voltron: The heroic force piloting Voltron and the Castle of Lions.
- Teludav: A device built with scaultrite disks and powered by Altean energy to create wormholes for traveling through space.
- Teludav lenses: The lenses required inside of the teludav to make it work.
- Teq: A planet where one of the Zaiforge Cannons orbits above.
- Thaldycon System: A solar system used to hide a communications base for the Blade of Marmora.[11]
- Thayserix: A planet of dense, volatile gases and unusual magnetic poles.
- Training Deck: The area of the Castle of Lions where Paladins train.
- Trans-Reality Comet: A comet of unique ore that can create a rift to an Alternate Reality and allow passage between these rifts.
U[]
- Unilu: An alien race once known for space piracy and dealing in black market goods on Swap Moons.
V[]
- Vrepit sa: A galra term meaning onward or can be used as a salute. According to Lotor's nanny, it literally translates to "killing thrust."
- Varga: A time slice comparable to an "hour";[2] it is approximately 1.4 hours, or 60 doboshes (84 minutes).[4]
- Voltron: The most powerful robot in the universe comprised of five robotic Lions.
- Voltron Lions: The five Lions that form Voltron.
- Voltron Alliance: Planets that have formed an alliance of protection with Team Voltron.[7]
- Voltron Coalition: A collective military consisting of Team Voltron, the Blade of Marmora, the Galaxy Garrison, and rebel fighters that seek to defeat the Galra Empire.
W[]
- Warship: A large spacecraft used by the Galra Empire and owned by Galra Commanders. Also known as a "battleship" or "cruiser".
- Weblum: An enormous worm that travels through space and consumes dead planets. It produces a valuable material called scaultrite.
- Wormhole: A hole in space-time used to instantaneously transport people and things from one area in the universe to another.
X[]
- Xanthorium: A highly explosive mineral high in nitrate salts.[11]
Y[]
- Yalmor: A creature described to travel as a pack by Coran, and that might feed each other of its kind.[15] It is compared to the Paladins of 10,000 years ago to exemplify the strong bond they shared.
- Yalex: A species of gigantic creatures known for a rare item called a Yalexian Pearl.
- Yendailian: A planet in the Karthulian System constantly exploding with volcanic blasts. Used for training by the Red Paladin.
Z[]
- Zaiforge Cannons: Defensive weapon cannons used by the Galra Empire near Naxzela.
- Zorlar Astroid Belt: An asteroid belt located near Arus and Balmera X-95-Vox, well known by Rolo.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Season One: Episode 1, "The Rise of Voltron"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Guidebook: "The Paladin's Handbook"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Season Four: Episode 6, "A New Defender"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 VLD Space Time
- ↑ Comic: Vol. 1 Issue #1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Season One: Episode 6, "Taking Flight"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Season One: Episode 4, "The Fall of the Castle of Lions"
- ↑ Season One: Episode 5, "Tears of the Balmera"
- ↑ Season Two: Episode 8, "The Blade of Marmora"
- ↑ #AskRhys on Twitter
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Season Two: Episode 3, "Shiro's Escape"
- ↑ Season Four: Episode 3, "Black Site"
- ↑ Season Two: Episode 7, "Space Mall"
- ↑ Let's Voltron
- ↑ Season One: Episode 2, "Some Assembly Required"