List of Guardians of the Galaxy episodes

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	August 29, 2015
	1	26		September 5, 2015	December 17, 2016

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	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	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	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	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	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	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 and "Funk#49" by James Gang
2	2	"Knowhere to Run"	Leo Riley	Marty Isenberg	September 26, 2015	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	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	104	0.37[7]
The Guardians of the Galaxy 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 a 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	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	106	N/A
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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. As he strongly resents anyone else being labeled a "destroyer", Drax goes up against the Destroyer Armor to see who is the better "destroyer" even when Loki shows up on Knowhere.
14	14	"Don't Stop Believin'"	James Yang	Steven Melching	March 13, 2016	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	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	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	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	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	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, J'son is arrested and removed from his position as Emperor of Spartax, as the CryptoCube was destroyed, 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"	Jeff Wamester	Mairghread Scott	June 26, 2016	122	0.29[22]
Gamora attempts to make amends for her past misdeeds starting with returning the Gravity Matrix that Ronan the Accuser made her steal from the planet Soonevh. Upon arrival and confronting the planet's inhabitants, she is attacked by Nebula and brought to Ronan the Accuser on Conjunction so that Grandmaster can broadcast her trials across the galaxy. Her first opponent is Wraith whose father jumped into a black hole with his invention upon being brought to Ronan the Accuser. Then she fights Jarhead who Gamora reduced to a brain in a jar. Her final opponent is an Elemental Beast where the species used to be numerous across the galaxy. Now the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy must rescue her and reclaim the Gravity Matrix. Song: "Fox On The Run" by Sweet Note: At the end of the credits, there was a message that said "Marvel acknowledges the assistance of The New Zealand Government's Screen Production Grant."
21	21	"Inhuman Touch"	James Yang	David McDermott	July 3, 2016	123	0.32[23]
The Guardians visit the Inhumans on Attilan where Star-Lord has gotten approval of Black Bolt to interrogate Maximus about what he knows about the Cosmic Seed. Upon Maximus tricking Star-Lord, he breaks free where he plots to take over the minds of the other Inhumans and using a Terrigen cannon on the closest planet. Now the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Inhuman Royal Family must work to thwart Maximus' plans and re-imprison him. Song:
22	22	"Welcome Back"	Jeff Wamester	Marsha Griffin	July 10, 2016	TBA	0.27[24]
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.
23	23	"I've Been Searching So Long"	James Yang	Steven Melching	July 17, 2016	TBA	0.28[25]
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, included Gamora to recover their memories. 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. Song: "So You Are A Star" by Hudson Brothers
24	24	"I Feel the Earth Move"	Jeff Wamester	Marty Isenberg	July 24, 2016	TBA	0.37[26]
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. Song: "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
25	25	"Won't Get Fooled Again"	James Yang	Henry Gilroy	October 2, 2016	121	0.39[27]
The Guardians of the Galaxy discover that Yondu and four of his Ravagers have been impersonating them in order to con the unsuspecting victims of Floodworld where they unleash a hydrated Groom for them to fight and then dehydrate it while robbing their houses. When it comes to the latest heist, the rampaging Groom swallows Star-Lord and Yondu. While Star-Lord and Yondu work to get out of the Groom, the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Ravagers must work to subdue the Groom. Song: "Gotta Get Back" by Kirby Krackle
26	26	"Jingle Bell Rock"[2]	TBA	TBA	December 17, 2016	TBA	TBD

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