"Black Vortex" is a four-part episode, comprising of the fourteenth to seventeenth episode of the third season of Disney XD's Guardians of the Galaxy and the sixty-fifth to sixty-eighth episode of the series overall. The first two parts aired on May 5, 2019, while the third and fourth part aired on May 12, 2019.
Synopsis[]
- Part One: 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.
- Part Two: While caught in a CG sinister packing factory, Rocket must search for his best friend Groot and escape.
- Part Three: Quill finds himself in a claymation world where the Milano is flying into the sun, threatening to melt him. Meanwhile, Rocket and Drax must fight Ronan in a Golden Age world.
- Part Four: Gamora and Quill battle their way through an 8-bit Super Marvel World.
Trivia[]
- In the fairy tale cottage, there are seven coat hangers with initials. These are the initials of the seven dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.[1]
- Gamora's fairy tale world has the same animation style as Tangled: The Series.
- Though it's revealed that Mercury Filmworks has worked on Gamora's fairy tale sequence to resemble the style of Tangled: The Series.
- Drax's comic book world pays homage to older Marvel Comics, notably Spider-Man. J'son's appearance in this world is based on J. Jonah Jameson.
- Conversely, Drax and his alter-ego as Drax-Man is based on Superman and his alter-ego Clark Kent. The use of onomatopoeia while fighting Printing-press Paul is based on the 1960's Batman TV series.
- Rocket's CG world takes influence from the airport sequence from Toy Story 2.
- Groot's CG world resembles Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
- Groot's sequence is the first time that he speaks full sentences beyond his usual "I am Groot".
- Quill's duel with his arm is based on Evil Dead 2, where Ash's hand is possessed by a Deadite and attempts to kill him, before Ash cuts it off with a chainsaw.
- Quill's comment referring to his arm as a "wise guy" is a reference to the Three Stooges. Quill imitates Moe's inflection when he says his line.
- Rocket's appearance in the black and white world resembles Mickey Mouse while the Groot branches behave similar to Pluto.
- Rocket's meeting with Drax is accompanied by music resembling Night on Bald Mountain.
- Quill loses his coins in the 8-bit dimension simiilar to Sonic the Hedgehog losing his rings.
Gallery[]
Gamora in a children's fairy tale
Drax in a comic book
Rockey in a classic cartoon
References[]
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