01x26 - Terror in Time

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

[dramatic music]

♪ Out of the sky, his rockets ignite ♪

♪ Jets into battle flying faster than light ♪

Flash Gordon!

♪ Lord of the jungle, the hero who st*lks ♪

♪ The beasts call him brother, The Ghost Who Walks ♪

Phantom!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Master of magic, spells, and illusion ♪

♪ Enemies crumble in fear and confusion ♪

Mandrake!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ His strength is a legend, his skills conquer all ♪

♪ Armed with his power, we never will fall ♪

Lothar!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ With our new young heroes proving their worth ♪

♪ Four become eight defending the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

[electricity crackling]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Better move it, Phantom.

- More than enough time

to get clear of Ming's genetics lab

before it goes, Lothar.

- Providing we don't run into any obstacles.

Phantom!

The floor is giving way.

- Slide, Lothar.

- There is no time to offer my congratulations, gentlemen.

They never disappoint me, Mongor.

The Defenders of the Earth are so predictable,

they almost take the fun out of the game.

Octon!

- Lothar, take the wheel

while I conjure up a little illusion.

- No!

- Commendations on your first solo flight

in a snowcat, my friend.

- I say, Ming does tend to grate on one's nerves.

- Hurry!

- Come on, Dad.

- Get us out of here, Rick.

- Dad, the sky, it's being ripped apart.

- We've got trouble back here, Flash.

- What is it?

- Ming's homemade mutant life-form

is about to have free run of the ship.

[alarm blaring]

- We're hit!

We're not gonna make it, Dad!

- Oh, yes we are, Son.

It's clear Ming's trying to maneuver us

into that vortex.

Let's not disappoint old Ming.

- Simple minds.

So easy to manipulate.

- Dad! We're being pulled inside the vortex.

Where's it taking us?

- It's some kind of dimensional warp.

- Wherever it leads, we'd better get there soon.

The mutant life-form is spreading quickly.

- Jedda! No!

- Mandrake!

- It's a parasite that feeds on living flesh.

- Dad, what is it?

- I don't know, Son.

- Now, we have but to sit back and wait, my pet.

- There, Father, Warlock!

He's using the Eternity Stone to summon forth a dragon.

- It's more like a ship than a dragon,

with people in need of help.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[thudding]

[gags]

[coughing]

- Make for that cove!

- Flash, are you all right?

- [exhales] Yeah, I am now, thanks to the Phantom

and his new friend.

- Are you kids okay?

- Yes, Lothar.

Rick swallowed a little water,

but he's going to be fine.

- Thank you both for helping us.

Who are you?

- I am Valiant, son of King Aguar of Thule.

This is my son, Arn.

- Did he say he was Prince Valiant,

the legendary Viking Prince of the Round Table?

- Yes.
[ … ]

If that is true,

it means we have been transported back through time.

[sighs]

- We must have been caught in some kind of time warp.

- Brought back to the days of King Arthur!

Ming turned the power of nature against itself

to rip a hole in time!

When that vortex closes up,

we'll never be able to return to our own time.

- There is more to Ming's plan than that,

the mutant life-form.

- Of course, Ming wanted us to bring back this mutation

back in time to destroy all life on Earth.

- It is clear from your dress and your amazing flying ship

that you are shrouded in mysteries

we will never understand.

You are as much in need of help as we.

- How can we help you, Valiant?

- My wife, Queen Aleta, was taken prisoner

by an evil sorcerer who covets the power

of the fabled Eternity Stone!

A power Merlin himself entrusted my queen to protect.

- The Eternity Stone?

- You've heard of it, Mandrake?

- It is the very source

from which all true magic emanates.

- The Defenders of the Earth would like to join you

in your crusade against this evil Sorcerer.

- My friends, your help is most needed

and appreciated.

- No!

What went wrong?

- Legend dictates that only one of pure heart,

devoid of evil may master Merlin's orb of power.

For all others, the stone distorts reality.

- Silence!

I will show you power.

Your fabled Prince Valiant and his newfound allies

will soon witness the power of Warlock!

[mysterious music]

Powers of darkness, Shadows of night,

fly forth to quell the minions of right!

Power, my lady, in its purest form.

- Mandrake, that cliff's too steep,

let me help you!

- Lothar, I'll go ahead and meet you inside the castle.

- This mutagen is draining all my strength.

- Are you ready?

- Yes, yes!

- [echoing] You will be safe here until we return.

[pain sounds]

- Hold on, my friend.

[shrieking]

- Valiant!

[both grunting]

- What the... Who's there?

- Do you believe in ghosts who walk?

- [whimpering]

A g-ghost! Ah!

- If you so much as harm them, Warlock.

- What will you do?

- I will make you pay more dearly

than you can ever imagine.

- [evil laugh]

- [strains]

And now for you, Warlock!

- Hang on, Mandrake. We're almost there.

[cry of pain]

- Mandrake! Are you all right?

- Lothar! Look out!

[shrieking] - [screaming]

[snarling]

- [straining] Give me your hand!

It's coming back to finish us.

- No, Lothar,

we're going to finish it!

- Mandrake! Where did it go?

- It was never here, old friend.

It was only an illusion created by the Warlock.

- [whistles]

[snarling]

- Like fighting a ghost!

- It's an illusion, it's not real.

[straining] All in our minds.

[gasping for breath] Close your eyes.

It doesn't exist.

[snarling, roaring in anger]

- Jedda! Rick!

- It's Ming's mutation.

- Look at the size of that thing.

Don't let it touch you.

- It's the creature that attacked Mandrake!

- It has us trapped. - Jedda!

Use your telepathic powers.

Try to get it to back off, hurry!

- Rick, I can't stop it!

Its purpose is to destroy all life on Earth.

- Yeah, and it's going to start with us.

- Look out! It's going to attack!

[muffled growling noises]
[ … ]

- Jump, quickly!

- [grunts]

- Hold on!

It's coming up the cliff.

- It's climbing toward the castle.

- I must warn my father.

- Hurry, this is where Warlock holds Aleta.

- He and his friends are almost here, stop them.

They must not reach this tower!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Too late, Warlock, we're' already here.

- [screaming] Look out!

[screaming] - Aleta!

- Valiant!

- No one will keep Valiant from his Queen!

[all grunting]

- [screams]

- They look peaceful.

- I've reserved the grand finale for you and Lothar.

- [grunts]

- No! - Phantom!

- [straining] Valiant! Help me!

I knew you'd come.

- By Jungle Law, the Ghost Who Walks,

calls forth the power of ten tigers!

- Illusions are all you're capable of,

aren't they, little man?

- With Merlin's Eternal Stone,

I'll summon magic

that will bring you all to your knees!

- The little man wants magic, Phantom,

I say we give him magic.

- [struggling] No!

You, you don't know what you're doing.

You're toying with powers beyond control!

- Maybe, but it sure is fun.

- Father, Mandrake, listen!

You've got to get out of the castle.

- What's going on?

- Ming's mutant, it's scaling the castle walls.

- Perhaps something a bit more substantial

will convince you to forego your ambitions

for the Eternity Stone!

- [gasps]

No.

No!

[terrified, muffled gasps]

[muffled scream]

- This way, hurry!

- Mandrake!

The vortex is gone!

There's no way back!

- Flash! Mandrake! It's the kids!

- Mandrake, do something!

- Powers of darkness, shadows of night,

be stilled before Merlin's orb of light!

- It's working.

The Eternity Stone is restoring everything

to its natural order.

- All right! - Magnificent!

- We're glad we could help you rescue Aleta

and recover Merlin's stone of power,

but it looks as though our days

of defending the Earth are effectively over.

- Dad, behind you!

[orb humming]

It's the shuttle!

[triumphant music]

♪ ♪

- Father, look!

- The time warp has reopened.

- Watch out, Ming! We're coming home.

- You always knew we could go back, didn't you?

- Can you blame a man for not wanting

to lose his newfound friends?

- I'll miss you, friend.

- Remember me, my Viking Prince.

- Good-bye, and thank you.

- A greater honor than sitting at King Arthur's Table!

[theme music playing]