List of Guardians of the Galaxy episodes

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Guardians of the Galaxy is an animated television series based on the comic book super hero team known as Guardians of the Galaxy. The series premiered on Disney XD on August 1, 2015, as part of the Marvel Universe block.

Disney XD renewed the series for a second season.[1]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
Shorts 5 August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01) August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29)
1 26 September 5, 2015 (2015-09-05) TBA

Episodes

Shorts (2015)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Star-Lord" TBA TBA August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01) N/A
A young Star-Lord meets the Ravagers led by Yondu upon being abducted by them.
2 2 "Groot" TBA TBA August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08) N/A
The story of Groot's old home planet is told where it was decimated by Ronan the Accuser.
3 3 "Rocket Racoon" TBA TBA August 15, 2015 (2015-08-15) N/A
A group of robots on Halfworld enhance a raccoon into Rocket Raccoon. It also tells how he met up with Groot.
4 4 "Drax" TBA TBA August 22, 2015 (2015-08-22) N/A
It is revealed how Drax the Destroyer ended up in Nova Corps custody after he saved some prisoners from Ronan the Accuser.
5 5 "Gamora" TBA TBA August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29) N/A
Gamora is freed from Thanos' control while on a mission with Thanos' other minions known as Nebula and Korath the Pursuer.

Season 1 (2015–16)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date [2] Prod.
code [3]
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Road to Knowhere" Leo Riley Marty Isenberg September 5, 2015 (2015-09-05) 101 0.39[4]

Star-Lord leads his fellow team members Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon and Groot into raiding an alien prison to spring Yondu. They learn from him that Korath the Pursuer has a Spartax artifact called the CryptoCube that he plans to give to Thanos. After getting the artifact from Korath the Pursuer, the Guardians of the Galaxy head to Knowhere (a colony in the severed head of a Celestial). While Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot's stick form meet Cosmo the Spacedog (who is the head of security on Knowhere), Star-Lord learns from an alien broker that he is part Spartax. When Korath the Pursuer's group and Yondu's Ravagers attack the Guardians of the Galaxy to claim the Spartax artifact, Knowhere starts to come to life and ensnare everyone.

Songs: "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede, "Funk #49" by James Gang
2 2 "Knowhere to Run" Leo Riley Marty Isenberg September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26) 102 0.51[5]

After the Cosmic Seed caused Knowhere to be briefly awakened and Groot to be overpowered by its energies, Korath the Pursuer snatches Star-Lord and Gamora in order to force Star-Lord to open the box for him by using a parasite that makes Gamora relive her sins. Following the rescue of Star-Lord and Gamora, Thanos leads his fleet into attacking Knowhere in order to claim the Star Seed's box. As Star-Lord uses the Continuum Cortex in Knowhere to fight Thanos' fleet, Groot helps Drax the Destroyer fight Thanos. Eventually, Cosmo uses Knowhere's technology to transport the Guardians of the Galaxy and Knowhere to a distant galaxy. After leaving Knowhere, Star-Lord discovers that the Cosmic Seed's box is a map to the Cosmic Seed.

Song: "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray
3 3 "One in a Million You" James Yang Steven Melching October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) 103 0.76[6]

After the Guardians of the Galaxy narrowly escape a planet that Fin Fang Foom was on, Rocket Raccoon accepts an offer to work for the Collector, while the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy look for special Pandorian Crystals needed to power the map to the Star Seed. What the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy do not know is that the Collector has plans to add Rocket Raccoon to his collection of alien creatures due to him being the last of his kind.

Song: "Walk Away" by James Gang
4 4 "Take the Milano and Run" Jeff Wamester Andrew R. Robinson October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) 104 0.37[7]

The Guardians crash land on a space station called Conjunction, which is run by Grandmaster. The Grandmaster seeks to have Drax and Gamora fight each other in the Conjunction Arena. The Guardians of the Galaxy look for Pandorian Crystals from Star-Lord's old contact named Lunatik. They must also keep themselves from being busted by Nova Corps member named Titus.

Song: "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy
5 5 "Can't Fight This Seedling" James Yang David McDermott October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) 105 0.35[8]
On a planet where the next Pandorian Crystal is, the Guardians of the Galaxy find a race of aliens that are under attack by the rock-like Rexians and help to fight them off. Afterwards, the Guardians go on a journey to save Groot when he becomes infected with the same parasitic fungus that possessed the Rexians. They also try not to get into conflict with a persistent Titus.
6 6 "Undercover Angle" Jeff Wamester Marsha F. Griffin October 24, 2015 (2015-10-24) 106 TBD
Titus apprehends the Guardians of the Galaxy when they try to infiltrate the Nova Corps Headquarters on Xandar even after preventing Supergiant from escaping from her prison and preventing a spaceship from crashing. As part of a deal with Titus, the Guardians infiltrate a notorious gang of weapons dealers called the Black Order (the same group that Supergiant works for which also consists of Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, and Black Dwarf) who have been sighted on the desert planet of Eilsel 4. The Black Order plans to obtain the Universal Weapon that was previously used by Ronan the Accuser and give it to Thanos.
7 7 "The Backstabbers" James Yang Andrew R. Robinson November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07) 107 0.36[9]
Since Ronan the Accuser has been dead, Nova Prime informs the Nova Corps that there is a power vacuum left by Ronan the Accuser's death where Korath the Pursuer, Nebula, and Gamora have been competing to be Thanos' new general. The other Guardians of the Galaxy members do not know it yet, but Gamora has come up with a plan to pit Korath the Pursuer and Nebula against each other by pretending to betray the Guardians of the Galaxy.
8 8 "Hitchin' a Ride" Jeff Wamester David McDermott November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14) 108 0.34[10]

While at an abandoned mining facility on an unnamed planet, the Guardians of the Galaxy are attacked by super-evolved Symbiotes. They end up running into Yondu's Ravagers who are after the CryptoCube while trying to avoid the Symbiotes. After escaping both enemies, the Guardians of the Galaxy are unaware that one Symbiote stowed away. The Symbiote ends up possessing Groot, trapping Gamora and Drax in a cocoon, and changing the destination to Hala so that the Symbiotes can invade other planets. While Rocket Raccoon goes to great lengths to save Groot, Star-Lord must go to great lengths to protect the Cosmic Seed map even when the Ravagers catch up.

Song: "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb
9 9 "We Are Family" James Yang Steven Melching November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) 109 0.34[11]

Rocket Raccoon and Groot are abducted and taken back to his home planet Halfworld. Rocket finds that all the animal life including his family have become just as enhanced as he is. When the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive on Half World, they end up helping Rocket Raccoon to fight the evolved turtle Pyko who leads his fellow evolved creatures Ranger (who is Rocket Raccoon's brother), Blackjack O'Hare (an evolved hare), and Wal Rus (an evolved walrus) on a rebellion against the Halfworld Robots that evolved them.

Song: "Funk Funk" by Cameo
10 10 "Bad Moon Rising" Jeff Wamester Matt Wayne November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28) 110 0.30[12]

The Guardians of the Galaxy encounter a living moon called Mandala which starts to make Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot act like they were before they all met as a way for Mandala to play with them. Star-Lord must work to get them back to normal even when Nebula uses Mandala's life-giving powers and a special seed to resurrect Ronan the Accuser.

Song: "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
11 11 "Space Cowboys" James Yang Mairghread Scott February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) 111 0.34[13]
When they need to get a Repulsar Generator to get through a gravity storm, the Guardians of the Galaxy cut a deal with the Collector on Knowhere. In exchange for the Repulsar Generator, the Guardians of the Galaxy must deliver a herd of Moombas to Conjunction in two days. Drax is cautious around the Moombas. The Collector even warns them to feed them nothing but grass as anything else can make them explode. The Guardians of the Galaxy take the Moombas away from the Nova Corps group that is led by Rhomann Dey. They are soon targeted by the Ravagers who have been hired by the Grandmaster to take the explosive Moombas back to the Collector.
12 12 "Crystal Blue Persuasion" Jeff Wamester David McDermott February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) 112 0.45[14]
The Guardians of the Galaxy get caught up with the Inhumans' Royal Family at the time when they have come down with a plague. The Inhumans must protect their space-faring city of Attilan from Ronan the Accuser as well as thwart the takeover plans of Maximus and his crystallized Alpha Primitives.
13 13 "Stuck in the Metal With You" Jeff Wamester Todd Garfield March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) 114 0.52[15]

The Guardians of the Galaxy come across the Destroyer Armor on the planet Retsemaw. Rocket Raccoon activates it during an attack by the Black Order. When the Destroyer Armor is brought to Knowhere, Rocket Raccoon uses it to deal with a bar patron that insulted him until he starts to lose control. Drax goes up against the Destroyer Armor to see who is the better destroyer even when Loki shows up on Knowhere.

Song: "Gotta Get Back" by Kirby Krackle
14 14 "Don't Stop Believin'" James Yang Steven Melching March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13) 115 0.27[16]

While on Spartax, Star-Lord goes missing when he was translating the readings of the CryptoCube. Meanwhile, the others dodge the Spartax security force when the statue of Emperor J'son is accidentally damaged where they have an encounter with Mantis. Even when Star-Lord reunites with the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy, they have an encounter with Emperor J'son and end up learning his connection with Star-Lord.

Song: "It's A Wonderful Day" by Kirby Krackle
15 15 "Accidents Will Happen" Jeff Wamester David McDermott March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20) 116 0.32[17]
As J'son meets with the Galactic Council members Thor, Irani Rael, the Grand Commissioner of Rigel, and the Supreme Intelligence, Star-Lord meets his half-sister Captain Victoria as they are sent on a diplomatic mission to have one of Spartax's asteroid refineries given to the Kree Empire. Meanwhile, the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy stumble upon a plan by Ronan the Accuser and Nebula to blow up the Supreme Intelligence's ship with the asteroid refinery rigged to explode.
16 16 "We Are the World Tree" James Yang Mairghread Scott March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) 117 0.30[18]
During an unveiling ceremony during J'son's meeting with Thor, Drax the Destroyer gets into a fight with Thor over who's the real "destroyer" which causes the latest statue of J'son to be destroyed. As a result, J'son bans Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot from his palace while telling Star-Lord to give up on finding the Cosmic Seed. Upon reactiving the transportation device at Knowhere upon reclaiming the CryptoCube and finding some devices to help them, Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy suddenly find themselves in Asgard. While trying to figure out the origins of the Cosmic Seed, they must outwit Thor and Angela who have been tricked by Loki into thinking that they are invading on behalf of Spartax.
17 17 "Come and Gut Your Love" Jeff Wamester Eric Karten April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) 118 0.29[19]

Following a falling out with his father, Star-Lord finds a ship containing the A.I. Rora as he takes it off of Spartax with Drax the Destroyer and Groot providing a diversion for the Spartax Royal Guards. Afterwards, the Guardians of the Galaxy have to deal with Lucy and Supergiant who are jilted that Star-Lord is the Prince of Spartax.

Song: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
18 18 "Asgard War Part One: Lightnin' Strikes" James Yang Marsha Griffin April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) 119 0.33[20]
Asgard has declared war on Spartax. After Captain Victoria secretly frees the Guardians of the Galaxy, they must fight their way past J'son's robots and get to Thor in order to obtain proof that Loki stole the Cosmic Seed from J'son. To make matters worse, Loki takes control of the Destroyer Armor in order to attack both sides.
19 19 "Asgard War Part Two: Rescue Me" Jeff Wamester Steven Melching April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) 120 0.42[21]

Upon J'son signaling him to Spartax, Thanos arrives where he makes off with Star-Lord so that he can operate the CryptoCube. The Guardians of the Galaxy must work together with Thor, Angela, and the Destroyer Armor to rescue Star-Lord before Thanos can use the CryptoCube's powers to find the Cosmic Seed. In the end, Quill had a dream which revealed where the Cosmic Seed is located: Earth.

Song: "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh
20 20 "Fox on the Run"[2] TBA TBA June 26, 2016 (2016-06-26) 113 N/A
Gamora attempts to make amends for her past misdeeds only to find herself in a deadly trap set by Nebula, Ronan the Accuser, and Grandmaster.

References

  1. NYCC 2015: Disney XD Renews "Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy"
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