Nope, in the first ep. he gets paralyzed, or goes into a coma, i forget which. Obviously he can’t pilot the tiger, so the princess does. They pretty much ignored him after that episode.
And also, Beast Wars essentially killed of Tigertron and Airrazor. They are taken by the alien intelligence, and fused together to make Tigerhawk, who has a new mind/personality that isn’t really either of the two’s, so they in essense are dead. (And I just wanted to say that they way the original Dinobot died was great…so heroic and befitting for his character…“I died…with honor…” Man, that show had some great writing.)
Q. What happened to Sven? Why doesn’t he fly the Blue Lion anymore?
A. Sven was injured by Haggar and was sent to planet Ebb for healing. While he was gone, Allura decided to help the Voltron Force by flying the Lion. Later, Zarkon attacked Ebb and brought Sven to planet Doom, where he meets Rommelle in the Pit of Skulls.
I really don’t remember all that, but I could’ve sworn it was heavily implied he was dead, and it was supposed to be a big surprise when he showed up again later.
According to this episode guide: http://www.arus.org/voltron/lioneps.html
“The princess joins up” in episode 5 of season one, and the “return of Sven” is episode 11 of season 2. Funny it sure seemed like there were a lot more than 3 seasons (2 lion, 1 vehicle). I guess maybe my memory was just as foggy then as it is now. “If you can’t remember it, it’s new to you!”
Well, at BotCon 2001 (the annual Transformers convention), the convention-exclusive goodies included a new Tigatron figure, and a Hasbro-sanctioned comic book that included the resurrection of Tigatron. So he’s no longer in the “D” column, kids.
In the (IMHO) extremely entertaining short-lived sci-fi animated series on WB, Invasion America several main characters are killed off. Most notably, Leonard Nimoy’s character rams straight into the side of a mountain in a stealth bomber. Ouch!
Since Sven is mentioned, we rented a Voltron from the video store a couple of years ago. We didn’t remember Sven, but his voice made us giggle uncontrollably every time he spoke. We didn’t know from the episode we saw how Sven left and the Princess came, but we theorized that Sven went back to the frozen northern lands from whence he came to form SVENTRON!
Sven, Olga, Bjorn, Smilla and Jurgen!