01x29 - The Gods Awake

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- ♪ 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 ♪

- Om Shanti Om!

Maha Takshaka Om!

[gasp]

- This cannot be!

Takshaka lives!

- We passed two video arcades driving here.

And three good movies!

- Thank you, my dear.

- How come we never do the things I like to do?

- Because, Kshin, this is part of your education.

And, as your guardian,

I must prepare you to take your place in society.

And this is society!

- Boring!

Mandrake,

don't you think I'm a little too young

for all this?

- You are never too young

to learn proper etiquette, Kshin.

Theron!

- When's Mandrake gonna teach me some magic,

that's what I wanna know.

- Theron, my teacher!

Is it really you?

- Mandrake, what's wrong?

- Hurry, Kshin!

We must leave immediately!

- I've got you now, Jedda Walker!

- We'll see about that, Rick Gordon!

- I'll stand pat.

- A Venusian flush!

- I don't believe it!

How did she know I was holding Cybernauts?

- Kisa!

- What's the matter, Rick?

Cat got your tongue?

[snickers]

- Flash, Lothar,

Dynac reports strange energy readings

coming from the Himalayas!

- I say we check it out. - Okay, let's go!

- Good!

Head down the hall and turn right at the library!

You three have finals tomorrow,

and lots of studying to do tonight.

[collective groan]

- Should we wait for Mandrake?

- We don't have time to wait for anything, old friend!

- What's going on?

You don't even know where we're--

- I know exactly where we are going, Flash,

the Himalayas, east of Tibet!

- Okay, so what's this all about?

- Kali Yuga!

- Okay, Mandrake,

I've got only one question for you...

- I know, what is Kali Yuga?

- No...

- What is that?

- It's Manu, the Hindu fish god.

- Of course.

I should have guessed.

Man the g*ns!

Circle around.

Let me get a bead on him!

Our lasers aren't stopping it!

- Manu is the least of our worries.

- What's going on?

- Oh, nothing,

we're just being attacked by a giant dragon fish!

- Wow! A dragon fish?

- We're going down fast!

Strap yourselves in!

That's the first time a fish ever landed me.
[ … ]

- This one's going to take some fixing.

- How long will it take, Lothar?

We can't survive long in this cold!

- Mandrake, wait for me!

- Mandrake! Where are you going?

- Keep at it, Lothar, we'll be back.

All right, Mandrake!

I'm not taking another step

until you tell me where you're going!

- There is our destination!

The College of Magic!

Theron, my great teacher, I came at your summons.

- Welcome back, Mandrake.

- Mandrake has told us of this place.

- Yeah, this is where he learned his magic.

- Really?

- Tell me, Theron, has the Kali Yuga truly come?

- Alas, it appears to be true.

The ancient gods live in another plane of existence

called Bodhidarma,

the Dimension of Miracles.

The gods themselves are entering our world

and coming to life

by occupying the bodies of their statues.

- But how?

- Someone has pierced a dimensional hole

into Bodhidarma.

Someone at the Lingham Temple,

the crossroads of the spiritual world!

- And I'll bet that someone is Ming!

- Not even Ming the Merciless could have done this alone!

Defenders,

I will tele-transport you to the temple.

Someone else is with him, aiding him,

someone even more evil than Ming himself!

- Yes, my beloved Takshaka!

Find that which I seek.

- Fool!

Is that why I went to all this trouble?

Just to destroy a few temples?

I intend nothing less than the utter domination

of this world!

- Soon the earth and the heavens shall be ours!

- At least you've set your career goals high!

- Ah, Flash Gordon and the Defenders!

I was hoping you would come!

- Kali!

Beloved minion!

Goddess of Misfortune!

Awake, mighty Kali!

Awake and destroy!

- I believe reinforcements are in order!

- Wretched mortal!

Do you think your parlor tricks

can deceive Kali, the Goddess of Misfortune?

[battle scream]

- This is one monster with a real attitude problem.

[struggling]

- Can't move!

- Easy, Flash.

It is an ancient mind-trick.

[sigh of relief]

- Come on, let's get out of here quickly!

- But...

- We cannot fight that thing!

- What we need now is Terry!

- What we need now is a miracle!

[cries]

- Either these engines are going to fly,

or they are going to blow up!

Please hold together!

Up!

Up! Up!

- Without the sacred Borje in my hand,

my powers are incomplete!

- Mystic, I grow impatient

waiting for your so-called gods to find this thing!

- You speak unwisely, mighty Ming!

Would you face the wrath of my gods as well?

- Look, the Borje temple, surely!

- No!

I myself have searched that place time and again!

- But, the prophecy said

that it would take the powers of the gods to find it!

- The temple must have been built

above the Borje's final resting-place!

Manu, Takshaka!

Go to the Borje temple!

Destroy it!

Unearth the sacred Borje!

[angry cry]

- Who dares such sacrilege?

- If that Borje whatchamacallit is as powerful as you say,

they'll rule the world!

- No, Flash. It is worse than that.

Ming is in way over his head!

He does not know who or what he is dealing with!

[screaming]

- They have found the Borje!

We must go back!
[ … ]

- At last, the sacred Borje!

- Ming, do not let him have it!

- Have you lost your senses, conjurer?

- He is not who he seems!

He wants to destroy everything!

- Is this true?

- All true, and more.

- Then perhaps I should withhold this from you.

- Impudent mortal,

do you think you can keep that which is mine by destiny?

Give it to me.

Give it to me!

- No!

- Give it to me!

- Ages ago I was banished from Bodhidarma

to this miserable world!

But now the time has come for revenge!

For I am Shiva, the Destroyer!

Let the time of destruction begin!

- Not so fast, Shiva!

- The Borje, it's burning up...

- Not at all, you just thought it was!

Blasphemy!

Destroy these mortals!

While I retrieve the sacred Borje--

in Bodhidarma!

- No one shares control of the Earth

with Ming the Merciless!

- Ming, you fool!

- You've trapped these creatures in our world!

- Your petty problems are of no concern to me,

Earthling!

- Well, that's one less demon to deal with!

[battle cry]

[struggling, choking]

- Run, Kshin!

Get clear of here!

- Mandrake's trapped in that other dimension

and the only one who can help him is Theron!

- Get those creatures out of here

before any more equipment is damaged!

No!

Keep away!

This pile of junk is Mandrake's only ticket back

into our world!

- Foolish magician!

You should have stayed in your own world!

For here in Bodhidarma, I am absolute master!

- [straining, swallows]

- There's no escape, in Bodhidarma,

the very stones of the earth obey me!

[breathing hard, groan]

- Theron!

[groan, out of breath]

- My lad, what brings you here?

- Mandrake's trapped,

in that other dimension with Shiva!

You gotta help him!

- Mandrake did well to make you his apprentice, my lad.

Fear not.

I will help him

with a special piece of knowledge!

- Give me the Borje,

I will destroy every atom of your being!

- [struggling]

Never!

- Mandrake...!

- Theron!

- This is the dimension of illusions!

Your powers are real here!

Use them!

Use what I taught you!

- Shiva, two can play at this game!

- c*m grano salis!

Be you rubble!

- A God against a sorcerer,

we'll see who's the stronger.

Destroy.

My powers here are immortal!

But yours will soon weaken!

- Do not count on it, Shiva!

- I grow weary of these games!

Give me the Borje!

- There!

Now I can open the dimensional portal.

- Good work!

- For about sixty seconds.

Then all this gear will blow up!

- Do it!

It's the only way to get Mandrake back.

- Give it to me!

- Never!

- You fool, don't you know

I can rip apart every fiber of your being

with my bare hands!?

- Not without the Borje!

[incants]

Cav canum!

- What?

No!
[ … ]

- Mandrake!

I thought we'd lost you!

- Nonsense, Lothar,

lose an old escape artist like me?

You just need to have the right key!

Here is the Borje, Theron!

- I have taught you well, Mandrake.

I only hope you will do as well with your apprentice!

He's a fine boy, and worthy!

- You hear that, Mandrake?

Theron,

could Mandrake ever have real supernatural powers,

like he did in that other place?

- No, my boy.

The power to control and transform matter

is simply unknown on this plane of existence.

Farewell, Defenders!

Supernatural powers!

[chuckling to self]

[theme music playing]