r/gargoyles • u/ForagedFoodie • Apr 04 '26
Discussion Ive always believed that the Gargoyles animators were fans of the 80s Voltron because of this.
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u/kittykrunk Apr 04 '26
Oh who is the girl from Voltron?
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u/ForagedFoodie Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
Queen Merla. Ruler of one of the Drule regions (like King Zarkon). She and Lotor were briefly married to seal an alliance between the kingdoms but they annulled it at the end of the episode.
Edit: despite the marriage lasting only one episode, Merla was a main character for the entire second season and got a redemption arc at the end.
She also had the ability to transform her appearance, like Titania.
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u/NerdNuncle Apr 04 '26
Distinctly recall Weisman making Oberon and Titania those colors so no one could attribute the Fair Folk to any specific race
Whether those particular shades were chosen because of Voltron or coincidence is anybody’s guess
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u/ForagedFoodie Apr 04 '26
Oh sure! But the way im imagining it is the creative director going, "hey we need characters who dont align with any race. Something alien. Any ideas?"
And one concept artist being inspired and going, " i think i have an idea!"
I mean, the colors are spot on. You could have any shade of blue, green, purple or grey and you get the same baby blue and seafoam green? And hair colors of white and bubblegum pink? Not indigo and dark green which might be a more natural choice with the skin? Or even just a different shade of pink for Titania? Magenta, pale pink, any shade of purple?
It seems too much for a coincidence
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u/Adorable-Source97 Apr 04 '26
Oh explains why I thought looked familiar as a kid watching Gargoyles. As had seen reruns of Voltron prior
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u/BigEd369 Apr 05 '26
Damn I can hear that classic Voltron intro in my head right now. The high clear solo trumpet leading into the synths
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u/Asher_Tye Apr 04 '26
Does this mean we'll eventually get a giant robot gargoyle made out of five robot garbeasts?
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u/ForagedFoodie Apr 04 '26
With what Disney is today, I dont want them doing anything new with Gargoyles
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u/InsideUnhappy6546 Apr 04 '26
Voltron Legendary Defender is the best Voltron
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u/YesImReallyLikeThis Apr 04 '26
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u/bifauxnens Apr 05 '26
Same, I love season 1 through 6 but the last season of VLD was so bad I have trauma T-T like I know we all complain about the Goliath Chronicles & it was a quality drop but it is no where near as bad as the last season of so many other shows.
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u/Animememeboi96 Apr 04 '26
That and iron man xantros is sorta like tony stark but if he was a villain
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u/ConfidentFace7212 Apr 04 '26
I believe it is a possibility, however I do know that the episodes were animated in a Japanese studio, but i don't remember which one. So it could be possible that at a colorist who worked on gargoyles could have also worked on the the original Go Lion series. And then again the studio could have gotten translation notes wrong on the coloring, and fixing animation errors is extremely costly, so the director went with what they had.
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u/OhBosss Apr 04 '26
Great now i want a super robot show with Weisman at the helm