01x02 - The Origin of the Fantastic Four pt. 2

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And now this is Gary Owens

welcoming you back

to d*ck Clark's

College Scholarship Telethon

with d*ck's special guests,

The Fantastic Four.

Now let's do a quick recap

of how you got your incredible powers.

Okay, but remember, folks,

we're professionals.

You don't wanna try this stuff at home,

huh?

You took off

in Reed's untested spaceship

to investigate a weird

streaking phenomenon

which somehow altered

normally harmless cosmic rays

which changed you in amazing

no, make that fantastic ways.

Your lives would never be the same

but you unselfishly pledged

to use your new powers

for the good of mankind.

However,

few buildings wanted you as tenants

and your adventures began

the moment you found an apartment.

A strange Puppet Master

was controlling human beings

through dolls sculpted

in a special neuro-kinetic clay.

But his lovely blind daughter, Alicia

knew nothing of his evil schemes.

Mad at Reed

for keeping him out of the lab

The Thing left the Baxter Building

under the Puppet Master's control

resulting in Sue's capture.

The Puppet Master then forced Alicia

disguised as Sue,

to accompany the entranced Thing

back to the Baxter Building,

not knowing he was under orders

to destroy Mr. Fantastic

and The Human Torch

thus clearing the way

for him and his doll puppets

to take over the city.

Aaaagh!

Slash Curtis,

a brutish, vicious criminal

from the dregs of society.

The courts gave you life imprisonment

but you shall serve me well.

Welcoming you to the new escape-proof,

maximum-security state prison

built when voters finally approved

a construction-bond initiative.

I say no breakout

till I get the guard patrols timed.

Hear me, Slash Curtis!

Hey, sweetheart!

Got a news flash for ya. Jailbreak!

They've seized the guards' weapons

and are storming the gate

Here comes the warden!

I've been waiting for you, Warden.

Say "Cheese. "

I must be accurate.

But once I've made

your likeness perfect

you too shall be my puppet sl*ve.

I don't understand

why you won't speak to me.

I feel that someone

some force is preventing you.

Just one moment,

Mr. Grimm, Mrs. Richards.

Stop! I must speak to you about

the revolting chemical smells

coming from Dr. Richards' laboratory.

And then there was that huge piece

of scientific equipment

delivered yesterday.

I'm speaking to you Well, what cheek!

Reed, can you get it?

Reed?

Okay. Okay, fine. I'll see who's there.

He might as well be on Mars

when he's in his lab.

Never picks up a phone,

never answers a doorbell. Never.

Great. Hey, Reed! Sue's back

with tall, orange, and gruesome!

Terrific time for you guys

to forget your keys!

I just got out of the shower and Hey!

What's with you, Ben?

If I wasn't soaking wet

I'd flame on

and barbecue your spareribs!

- Ben! Is that your name?

- Sue?

Reed! Reed, help!

The Thing's gone bananas!

Oh!

Ben, stop! What's wrong?

What's gotten into you?

Your eyes, they're glassy.

You don't know what you're doing.

If you want me, come and get me!

Sorry, Ben.

That was the only way to stop you.

And now we'll see if my formula works.

My head.

What's what's happening?

My My My face, it it's human!

Hey, I'm Ben Grimm again!

Hey, I'm I'm I'm me!

It's the formula I've been working on.

I didn't want to tell you.

I didn't wanna raise your hopes.

What's wrong with me?

I come here to clobber my best friends

and

Hey, Johnny!

Are you okay?

I I didn't mean to hurt ya.

Hey, you're yourself. You're Ben again.

Not that it's much of an improvement.

Oh, yeah? How'd you like

a knuckle casserole?

Won't somebody tell me where I am,

who you all are?

The resemblance is uncanny,

but she's not Sue.

I remember now. She's the

Puppet Master's stepdaughter.

Hey, come here.

The poor kid's, well, she's blind.

She sure does look like sis

but where's Sue, and who the heck

is the Puppet Master?

Him? He's a weirdo

with a place in the Village.

Sue's his prisoner there, but

Well, it ain't her fault.

Your voice.

You're the strong, kindly one

who came to my stepfather's house.

But you seem different now.

No, wait. It is you!

Yes! You are the same

wonderful person!

Yeah, wonderful! Hmm.

I'm sorry the formula

wasn't permanent, Ben

but we've got to move!

I can't leave Sue

in the hands of a madman.

Flame on!

The squirt gets to fly

and we gotta go catch a cab!

I think I can do better than that.

I call it the Fantasticar.

You wait here, kid,

and I'll be back for you.

I want a 24-hour lockdown, Clancy.

You got it, Warden.

And put Slash Curtis in solitary. I

Warden Butler!

Hear me!

Hey, you okay, Warden? Warden?

Warden Butler, the man you saw put down

a prison riot only moments ago

is now acting very strangely.

Must free all prisoners.

Must free all prisoners.

Must free them Now.

But, Warden, you can't do that!

Warden! No!

He's activating the gate control!

What is happening?

The warden! Go! Go! Go!

Now seize him, prisoners! Quickly!

Take him to the main cellblock!

Yes, Slash! With him as your hostage

you can begin to negotiate

for the things I want!

A detachment of guards

has just moved in

to surround the main cellblock

but the rioting prisoners

have taken control

and, more important, they now hold

Warden Lewis G Butler in their hands.

Getting out of this chair

would be easy for Reed

but I'll have to do it

the old-fashioned way.

Phew! I'm out of here!

And Slash Curtis

has just designated himself

chief negotiator

for the rioting prisoners.

What's this?

Did the Invisible Woman think

I'd be unprepared for an escape attempt?

How foolish!

Oh!

The force of the fall

shook me into visibility.

- I must get away.

- It's useless to resist me.

You are my helpless puppet!

Sullivan Street dead ahead.

Let's pray we're not too late.

There. That's the street number

Alicia gave us.

Hurry, Ben!

It's clobberin' time!

- Sue, darling!

- Reed! I can't run away.

He's controlling me with a puppet doll.

I have one for you too, my friends!

And I've got somethin' for you,

Bug Eyes!

There's no way you'll escape.

It's you who won't escape!

Won't escape. Won't escape.

Won't escape.

He's getting away with Sue!

Won't escape.

Won't escape.

Ow!

I got him, Johnny.

Can't Hold him.

Ben!

I hear you, Stringbean!

- Say goodnight, Gracie!

- Won't escape.

Won't escape

Now, let's find Susy Q.

You're too late!

Can't get there, but have to try!

Hold it, Stretcho! Look at the kid!

Hang on, sis. I'm on the way.

She's yours.

No! Johnny, help!

Moved too fast. I'm out of gas.

You had it when it counted.

Great job, son!

I guess I wasn't too shabby at that,

was I?

Don't ever put me

through that again, sweetheart.

Well, it wasn't fun for me either,

darling.

Hey, hey, hey! Smooch later.

Look, we got work to do.

Slash Curtis has just demanded

weapons and freedom for all prisoners

or the warden will pay the price.

Let's get busy.

Fantasticar front and center.

We're going directly to jail.

Well, the cops gotta play ball with us

long as we got the warden here.

Just to make sure

that they don't get a little cute

we're gonna take us out

an insurance policy.

Bull! Skink! You know what to do!

Silly me. Forgot to thank you

for opening the gates for us.

Must free all prisoners.

Must free all prisoners.

Things have been quiet since

Slash Curtis made his demands

but What in the worid?

It's the fantastic Flying Torch,

the Stretchable Man

and that powerful, incredible Thing!

They rescued the jumper off

the 59th Street Bridge the other day!

They're traveling in some sort of

amazing flying vehicle and Oh!

Just hang loose, honey,

and you won't get hurt.

This won't be as easy as I'd hoped.

Now they've got both the warden and

that televisión reporter as hostages.

If we make the slightest mistake

it could cost them their lives.

And the total continues to grow.

Ladies and gentlemen,

your tribute to the Fantastic Four

is gonna give a lot of kids

the great education they deserve

and our country needs.

Now, let's get back

to the exciting story of

- Where's The Thing, Gary?

- Well, we're not sure, d*ck.

He went backstage

during the commercial break and

No sweat, Jack.

Ol' Blue Eyes is back!

I figure if we're gonna raise

a ton of money for education

we gotta sell the most

educational stuff of all.

Namely, the adventures of yours truly

and my three assistants.

So cough up some cash

'cause I don't like d*adbeats.

The audience

has already been very generous

but if you'll sit down,

I'll buy those books.

You You will? Hey, great!

By the way, I got plenty more

where these came from.

How nice.

All right, now back to the story

of the Puppet Master.

By the time we arrived,

the situation at the prison

had reached the boiling point.

We've gotta do something

but can't risk a direct as*ault.

All right, Brain-O,

you got smarts. Now use 'em.

Hmm. We've got to make

a two-pronged attack.

Sue and I will go high

while you and Ben go low.

Okay. What's a prong?

Start the low-prong phase now!

Come on, Matchstick.

Let's make like heroes.

That crazy plane! I can't see it no more

and Aagh!

Let 'em have it!

You rang?

There's nothin' like

recyclin' scrap metal

to keep the garbage in.

Now that Slash is out of it,

I'm takin' charge.

Oh, yeah? Who says? I'm the

- Ooh!

- Naughty, naughty.

- Get her!

- Reed, now!

Excuse me, gentlemen.

What's the hurry?

I'd say this wraps things up,

in every sense of the word.

I don't know how to thank you.

I must have been temporarily insane.

You were simply another victim

of the Puppet Master, Warden Butler.

We'll bring him to justice.

Didn't know you was a sculptor.

Reed helped me move all your stuff

from your stepfather's house

and Huh?

Finding a home for me

was your idea, wasn't it, Ben?

Nah. We all decided.

I mean, hey, you know

Reed's got some bucks

from his inventions and, well

Yeah, I guess it was.

I've never met any man as kind

and as beautiful as you.

Yeah, well, you're kind of nice too.

Hey, look, I gotta go.

I gotta find that Puppet Master

and Like that.

I gotta go.

You take it easy, though, okay?

Dear Ben.

Dear, dear Ben.

I neutralized the last of the

Puppet Master's neuro-kinetic clay.

He can never use it again

to control innocent people.

Great, but what if he's still out there,

maybe cooking up another batch?

Yeah. I mean,

as long as that little creep's around

Alicia could have a problem.

Alicia! Of course. We've got to hurry.

- Where?

- Why?

To Alicia's new apartment.

If he set clay aside for emergencies,

she's the first one he'll head for!

- Flame on!

- That poor girl.

We've gotta save her

from that evil geek.

Ben, is that you?

No, dear girl.

It's I, your beloved stepfather.

You have something

which belongs to me:

the most powerful puppet of them all.

I wish you could see it, Alicia.

It's a small figure of me

not as I am now, a hunted man.

No. It is I as the true Puppet Master

ruler of all the worid.

Now that I have tested my power

and know that it works,

I can do anything I wish.

Once I have subjected

the entire worid to my puppet

kings, presidents, and armies

will do my bidding.

My first official act will be

to tear down the United Nations

the White House, the Pentagon!

All power will reside only in me.

I will be supreme!

For that fantastic foursome

who have defied me

they shall be my sl*ves

and their humiliation will be

my sweetest victory!

You're mad! Sick!

- Careful, you little fool!

- No!

Let me have it! Give it to me!

I and my royal puppet are one.

No!

Aaghhh!

Stepfather!

It's all right, kid. I'm here.

You're safe now.

Oh, Ben. He went out the window.

I heard the glass breaking. Oh!

There's no sign of him outside.

It's as if he vanished

from the face of the earth.

- Perhaps it's better that way.

- What happened, Reed?

What made the Puppet Master fall?

Perhaps a power greater than ours.

That's the story of the Fantastic Four.

Thank you so much for

your generous contributions.

Remember, every dollar

spent on a college education

brings more than

you could ever count. Gary?

d*ck and I would like

to thank you very much.

You four were great guests and

There's only three of you.

What a fantastic salesman.

Tell me about it, oh, rich one.