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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Symbiote War (1): Wild World (S2E11)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Season 2 - Episode 11 – Symbiote War (1): Wild World

The Guardians discover Groot's homeworld, Planet X, has been overrun by Symbiotes who will stop at nothing to get Groot's restarted World Pod for themselves to conquer the galaxy.

Runtime (min)22
TMDB Rating5.0 (1 votes)
Air Date2017-05-06
GenresAction & Adventure, Animation, Family
Network(s)Disney XD

Storyline

In the episode 'Symbiote War (1): Wild World,' the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive at Groot's homeworld, Planet X, only to find it devastated by Symbiotes. These parasitic aliens are determined to seize Groot's World Pod, a powerful artifact that can regenerate their dying planet and enable them to conquer the galaxy. The Guardians must work together to protect Groot and thwart the Symbiote threat.

As the team navigates through the chaos of Planet X, they encounter various challenges, showcasing their unique abilities and teamwork. Groot's connection to his homeworld adds emotional depth to the story, as he discovers the extent of the Symbiote invasion and the impact on his home. The episode blends action with character development, highlighting the importance of friendship and loyalty in the face of adversity.

What parents say

This episode of 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy' introduces intense themes as the Guardians face off against the Symbiotes. Parents may appreciate the underlying messages about teamwork and the importance of protecting loved ones. The episode showcases visual excitement and action sequences, making it engaging for children while also providing opportunities for parents to discuss the consequences of greed and conquest.

The character dynamics are strong, particularly Groot’s emotional journey as he confronts the destruction of his planet. Parents can use this storyline to discuss feelings of loss and resilience with their children. Overall, the episode balances thrilling action with valuable life lessons, making it a worthwhile watch for families.

What kids learn

In this episode, kids will learn about the importance of protecting one's home and the impact of external threats. As the Guardians fight against the Symbiotes, young viewers can understand how teamwork and cooperation are essential when facing challenges. The Guardians each contribute their unique skills, emphasizing that everyone has something valuable to offer.

Children will also discover the significance of resilience through Groot's journey. Witnessing him confront the loss of his home and fight back against the Symbiotes teaches kids about facing adversity and standing up for what is right. This episode encourages viewers to be brave and support their friends in tough situations.

Parents' top 5 questions

QuestionAnswer
What are Symbiotes and why are they a threat?Symbiotes are parasitic aliens that invade and take over other beings. In this episode, they threaten Planet X by seeking Groot's World Pod, which can regenerate their dying planet. Their desire to conquer the galaxy makes them a formidable enemy for the Guardians, showcasing the need to protect one's home against destructive forces.
How does Groot feel about the destruction of his home?Groot experiences deep emotional turmoil upon discovering the devastation of Planet X. As a native of the planet, he feels a strong connection to it, and witnessing its destruction fuels his determination to fight back against the Symbiotes. This emotional journey highlights themes of loss and resilience that can resonate with young viewers.
What lessons about teamwork are presented in this episode?The episode emphasizes the power of teamwork as the Guardians unite to face the Symbiote threat. Each member contributes their unique skills, demonstrating how collaboration can lead to success in overcoming obstacles. This teaches kids the value of working together and relying on one another in challenging situations.
Are there any moments of humor in this episode?Yes, despite the intense plot, the episode includes humorous moments characteristic of the Guardians. The interactions between characters, especially Rocket's witty remarks and Drax's literal interpretations, provide comic relief that balances the action. These moments are enjoyable for children and help lighten the atmosphere amidst the chaos.
How can parents discuss the episode's themes with their kids?Parents can initiate conversations by asking their children how they would feel if their home was threatened. Discussing Groot's emotional response can lead to sharing personal stories about loss or change. Additionally, parents can explore the importance of standing up for friends and family, reinforcing the values of loyalty and bravery presented in the episode.

Cast

Will Friedle
Peter Quill / Star-Lord (voice)
Trevor Devall
Rocket Raccoon (voice)
Vanessa Marshall
Gamora (voice)
David Sobolov
Drax the Destroyer (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Rhomann Dey (voice)
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Jonathan Adams
Ronan the Accuser (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson
Groot (voice)

Writing

Directing

Season
Season #Episode #Episode Name
11
The newly-christened Guardians of the Galaxy come into possession of a dangerous artifact that has Thanos’ new lieutenant, Korath, after them.
12
The Guardians struggle to subdue the suddenly-sprung-to-life Celestial head that is the Knowhere space colony, as well as storm Korath’s ship to rescue Quill, Gamora and the mysterious CryptoCube that holds the Cosmic Seed.
13
Feeling underappreciated, Rocket accepts an offer to work for The Collector, only to realize his “job” is working as another prisoner in The Collector’s collection.
14
The Guardians crash land on a space station run by the Grandmaster, who schemes to get Drax back in the gladiatorial arena to battle his ultimate opponent: Gamora.
15
When Groot is infected by a parasitic fungus, the Guardians must embark on a perilous journey in order to save him.
16
Caught red-handed by Titus, the Guardians are coerced into infiltrating a notorious gang of weapons dealers known as the Black Order.
17
Quill gets mixed up in a game of deceit when Gamora tries to pit her siblings, Nebula and Korath, against each other.
18
Peter Quill is Star-Lord, the brash adventurer who, to save the universe from its greatest threats, joins forces with a quartet of disparate misfits — fan-favorite Rocket Raccoon, a tree-like humanoid named Groot, the enigmatic, expert fighter Gamora and the rough edged warrior Drax the Destroyer.
19
Rocket is abducted and taken back to his home planet, Half World.
110
The Guardians encounter a living planet that's fallen under the control of a revived Ronan.
111
The Guardians get caught up in a rivalry between The Collector and The Grandmaster.
112
The Guardians must help save the City of Attilan from Ronan.
113
The Guardians find the Asgardian Destroyer Armor that leads to an epic battle pitting the Detroyer Armor against Drax the Destroyer.
114
Quill goes missing while following the Cryptocube's readings.
115
The Guardians must stop Ronan's plan to blow up the Kree Supreme Intelligence.
116
In search of the Cosmic Seed, the Guardians unexpectedly find themselves in Asgard where they must outwit Thor and Angela in order to discover the seed's origins.
117
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 the 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 Sparta.
118
When Asgard attacks Spartax, Quill and the Guardians become caught in the middle trying to expose the deception behind the conflict.
119
The Guardians and Asgardians team up to rescue Quill from Thanos.
120
Gamora attempts to make amends for her past misdeeds only to find herself in a deadly trap set by Nebula, Ronan and the Grandmaster.
121
The Guardians pay the Inhumans a visit to learn more about the Cosmic Seed.
122
The Guardians discover that the Cosmic Seed is back on Earth. In the company of Cosmo, Star-Lord returns to his hometown where he runs into his childhood bully Michael Coogan who is now the sheriff. Now Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy must find the Cosmic Seed before Korath the Pursuer does.
123
When the Guardians of the Galaxy's search for the Cosmic Seed continues on Earth, Star-Lord contacts Gorgon where he gets the location of the former site of Attilan. While checking out the area, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer have visions of the Cosmic Seed energy helping them out like Rocket Raccoon's family being re-evolved, Groot being able to restore the Flora colossi, and Drax the Destroyer being able to see his family again. Even after fighting their way past the Cosmic Seed-enhanced worms and spiders, the Guardians of the Galaxy must keep Ronan the Accuser and Nebula from getting the box containing the Cosmic Seed.
124
Now that Thanos has the Cosmic Seed, he takes control of the Earth and molds it into his personal planetary weapon of mass destruction. The Guardians of the Galaxy must work to reclaim the Cosmic Seed from Thanos even when Ronan the Accuser and Nebula plan to dispose of Thanos with plans of having the Earth be destroyed alongside him.
125
The Guardians discover that Yondu has been impersonating them in order to con unsuspecting victims.
126
The team stages a Christmas Carol inspired con-job in order to frighten a despot out of his ill-gotten riches and free his enslaved people.
Season #Episode #Episode Name
21
While trying to dispose of Thanos' asteroid, the Guardians discover it has been taken to a secure facility that belongs to the Avengers.
22
The Guardians and the Avengers team up to find out what powerful secrets lie inside Thanos' asteroid.
23
When Rocket and Drax wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before, the Guardians must piece together their adventures.
24
While the Guardians search for the missing sarcophagus, Groot finds a mysterious egg and does everything in his power to protect it.
25
When the Guardians are charged with escorting the young and rebellious Rigellian Princess Tana back home, Drax's hardened heart melts as he is reminded of his own daughter.
26
After being infused with incredible power from a Nova Helmet, Gamora leads the Guardians and her sister Nebula on a mission to infiltrate the Believer flagship.
27
Quill and Gamora battle the High Evolutionary, his minion hybrids and a teleport-hijacking Nebula.
28
Cosmo goes undercover on the Believer Flagship but loses his powers when his cover is blown.
29
When the Believer Flagship embeds itself in Knowhere's brain, it causes a planetoid-wide telekinetic zombie outbreak.
210
When the cocoon opens and reveals a baby warlock inside, the Guardians have to step in to be a positive guiding force to keep his powers in check.
211
The Guardians discover Groot's homeworld, Planet X, has been overrun by Symbiotes who will stop at nothing to get Groot's restarted World Pod for themselves to conquer the galaxy.
212
As a comet covered in Symbiotes hurls toward Spartax, the Guardians must team up with Quill's sister to save the planet.
213
When the Symbiotes escape to Asgard and venomize Thor, Odin and the other Asgardians, it is up to the Guardians to save them, the World Tree and all of existence.
214
The Guardians meet Sam Alexander, an Earth teen experimenting with his father’s Nova helmet, but the Guardians aren’t the only ones who know of the helmet’s power.
215
The Guardians chase after J’son and Mantis as they try to manipulate Sam to do their bidding by promising him clues to the location of his missing father.
216
When the Nova Corps catch up with the Guardians and Sam, the fight reaches Sam’s hometown.
217
Searching for a weapon strong enough to match J’son, the Guardians seek out master boom-maker Ja Kyee.
218
When the guardians travel to Drax's home planet in hopes of summoning Warlock, they discover Xeron seeks to destroy Adam and Drax's homecoming, which becomes a fight to protect his friends.
219
Rocket and Warlock travel to Halfworld to try and re-evolve Rocket's family.
220
Gamora trains Warlock to be a strong and powerful warrior like herself. But when Gamora’s lessons become too intense, Warlock clams up and gets kidnapped by the Collector.
221
When Quill and Warlock are hunted by J'son and the Black Order, Quill teaches Warlock the importance of never letting himself slip into the path of evil.
222
During the Xandrian Feast of the Three Grinning Moons, the Guardians must pull a reverse heist by planting a dangerous weapon inside a Nova Corps vault.
223
Warlock has gone dark! By absorbing J’son into his gem, Warlock has become Dark Warlock (Magus) with his sights set on conquering the galaxy, starting with Spartax.
224
The Guardians and Nova battle Dark Warlock (Magus) and J’son on Planet Y. Can our heroes save their friend Warlock and the universe before it’s too late?
225
In order to save the Guardians from the ruthless asteroid Korvac, Quill must bust J'Son out of prison on Spartax and in the process he sees a new side of his father.
Season #Episode #Episode Name
31
The Guardians must work together to escape the elaborate prisons created for them by The Collector.
32
The Guardians meet up with Spider-Man in New York City to defeat Thanos’ super-powered symbiote.
33
The Guardians team up with Spider-Man to battle Thanos, who has harnessed the power of the Carnage Symbiote to become the ultimate weapon.
34
The Guardians have captured Thanos, but it's no easy task transporting the most wanted criminal in the galaxy.
35
The Guardians chase Thanos and Sam Alexander (Nova) to Thanos’ home planet of Titan, where they discover a gladiatorial arena featuring Jesse Alexander - Nova’s father!
36
The Guardians now have everything they ever dreamed of, but money can’t solve their problems.
37
Gamora decides to use her new riches to repay all of the people she has wronged throughout the years. When Nebula shows up, Gamora tries to teach her the value of doing good.
38
Drax decides he no longer wants to be a Destroyer and looks into new occupations.
39
Quill starts his own talk show after beating Thanos! But to his dismay, everyone seems to hate it, especially the Grandmaster who is rigging the segments to destroy Quill.
310
The Guardians squander their riches and take on a simple transport job. It turns out that they are stealing from the Kree, and Phyla the Accuser will do anything to get it back!
311
The Guardians find themselves in prison for stealing a mysterious package from the Kree - but it was all a set up by Howard the Duck.
312
The Guardians track down Howard the Duck to find out who set them up and why, but they don’t get far before Phyla the Accuser catches up to them to deliver some Kree justice.
313
Phyla-Vell reluctantly teams up with the Guardians to bring The Collector to justice for destroying her home planet.
314
When the Guardians become separated in the Black Vortex, Gamora wakes up in a children’s fairy tale, while Drax is trapped in a comic book.
315
While caught in a CG sinister packing factory, Rocket must search for his best friend Groot and escape.
316
Quill finds himself in a claymation world where the Milano is flying into the sun, threatening to melt him. Meanwhile, Groot and Drax must fight Ronan in a Golden Age world.
317
Gamora and Quill battle their way through an 8-bit Super Marvel World.
318
The Guardians finally make it out of the Black Vortex, only to find that the galaxy has been taken over by sinister robots called the Darkhawks, who are disguised as their friends.
319
The Guardians don’t know who to trust as the Darkhawks seem to have duplicated everyone, including Quill.
320
The Guardians finally make it out of the Black Vortex, only to find that the galaxy has been taken over by sinister robots called the Darkhawks, who are disguised as their friends.
321
The Guardians don't know who to trust as the Darkhawks seem to have duplicated everyone, including Quill.
322
The Guardians have to team up with Loki in Asgard when The Serpent infects the World Tree and threatens to destroy the universe.
323
As the Guardians prepare to take the fight to The Serpent, they Bifrost around the galaxy to gather reinforcements.
324
The Guardians and their friends search for the fragments of Dragonfang, a legendary weapon that will finally be able to defeat The Serpent forever.
325
The Guardians, Loki and Iron Man travel to the castle of the evil Hela to ask her help in fighting The Serpent.
326
With the Nova Corps defeated and the fate of the entire universe in jeopardy, the Guardians must turn to an unlikely ally to stop The Serpent.

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