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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Destroyer (S2E18)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Season 2 - Episode 18 – Destroyer

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.

Runtime (min)22
TMDB Rating5.0 (1 votes)
Air Date2017-08-05
GenresAction & Adventure, Animation, Family
Network(s)Disney XD

Storyline

In this thrilling episode of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the team travels to Drax's home planet, eager to summon Adam Warlock. However, they quickly discover that Xeron is plotting to destroy Adam and disrupt Drax's long-awaited homecoming. This unexpected threat puts the Guardians in a precarious situation, forcing them to confront Xeron and protect their friend.

The battle unfolds as Drax grapples with his past and the significance of his roots. With teamwork and courage, the Guardians must fight not only for Drax's honor but also for the safety of their newfound family. This episode highlights themes of friendship, loyalty, and the struggle against overwhelming odds, culminating in an action-packed climax that tests their resolve.

What parents say

This episode of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy showcases important themes of friendship and loyalty, making it a great choice for family viewing. As Drax faces challenges on his home planet, children can learn about the importance of standing up for friends and the value of teamwork. The stakes are high, and the emotional moments resonate well with audiences of all ages.

Parents should be aware that while the episode contains action and conflict, it also features moments of humor and character development. The interactions between the Guardians provide valuable lessons about acceptance and understanding one’s background. The balance of excitement and meaningful messages makes it a compelling watch for kids.

What kids learn

In this episode, kids can learn about the significance of heritage and how one's background shapes their identity. Drax's journey back home allows viewers to see how understanding where you come from can empower you to confront challenges. Additionally, the Guardians' dedication to protecting their friend highlights the importance of friendship and loyalty, reinforcing that true friends stand by each other in tough times.

Through their adventures, children will also learn about the value of teamwork. The Guardians work together to face Xeron, demonstrating that combining strengths and supporting one another is crucial for overcoming obstacles. This cooperative spirit is an essential lesson for young viewers as they navigate their own friendships.

Parents' top 5 questions

QuestionAnswer
What motivates Drax to return to his home planet?Drax is motivated by a desire to reconnect with his roots and summon Adam Warlock. His journey is not just about physical return; it represents a deeper need to embrace his identity and face his past, which is crucial for his character development throughout the episode.
Who is Xeron, and what are his intentions?Xeron is the main antagonist in this episode, seeking to destroy Adam Warlock and disrupt Drax's homecoming. His motivations stem from a desire for power and revenge, which adds tension to the storyline as the Guardians must confront him to protect their friend and his heritage.
How does the episode highlight the theme of friendship?The episode emphasizes friendship through the Guardians' unwavering support for Drax. They rally together to confront the threat posed by Xeron, showcasing how true friends are willing to fight for each other. This bond illustrates the power of loyalty and camaraderie in overcoming challenges.
What lessons can kids learn about teamwork from this episode?Kids can learn that teamwork is essential when facing challenges. The Guardians demonstrate that by combining their unique strengths, they can tackle difficult situations more effectively. This message encourages children to collaborate and support their peers in their own lives.
Are there any humorous moments in this episode?Yes, the episode features several humorous moments that lighten the tension. The interactions between the Guardians often include witty banter and funny situations that provide comic relief, ensuring the episode remains entertaining while also delivering important messages about friendship and loyalty.

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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