01x03 - Evil Under the Sea!

[bunniefuu]

- Pandora's box, batman.

And once I've freed the evils
from their ancient prison,

You will be the first
to suffer my wrath.

- Toying with forces you can't
possibly understand, faust--

You know how that ends,
right?

- Enough!

- [grunting]

- Malic num libere!

- [hissing]

- [speaks in foreign language]

- Nice trick,
but can you pull a rabbit
out of a hat?

- Huh?

You want a rabbit,

Yet all I see is
a sitting duck.

- I have a few tricks
of my own.

Observe--
nothing up my sleeve.

- [grunts]

- [thinking]
a crimefighter survives
by being prepared.

- You--you spoke
no incantations.

You're no sorcerer.
What, then?

[gasps]
a god?

- [thinking] to b*at
a powerful sorcerer
like felix faust

Takes years of study
in the dark arts.

- The atom?

- [thinks] or,
you could just have friends
in small places.

(munching)

(harp ♪)

(snorting)

Fruit by the foot fun.

Fruit by the foot fun.

[beeping]

- [thinking]
seismic activity

Centered 200 miles south
close to atlantis.

I'd better
check that out.

[narrating]
a visit to aquaman's kingdom

Invariably means
an adventure

Due, in no small part,
to his larger-than-life
personality.

- And thus, I turned back
the invasion of the anemonoles.

You can read more
about that adventure
in my new memoir.

Batman, narrating:
As king of atlantis,

- [both grunt]

- [groans]

- Aquaman, are you hurt?

- Yes.

I'm hurt that you didn't tell me
you were stopping by!

How are you?
- [grunting]

- Hang on.

There'sosomeone else here
who wants to say hi.

- [dolphin chatters]

[chattering and clicking]

- Fluke!

Look how excited he is.

- [thinking] fluke,
the most obnoxious dolphin
on the planet.

- Boy, did he miss you,
batman!

- Tell him
to release the suit.

- Oh, batman,
he's just a dolphin,
for neptune's sake.

- [fluke chatters]
- fetch, boy!

Happy?

- Someone wants you
out of the way.

- Happens constantly

Villains are always
coming down here

To take a potshot
at the kingfish.

- Little brother,
what happened here?

- Everything's fine.

Batman here totally saved
my seaweed.

- Orm?

- Big shock, I know.

But we're talking again--
for the first time
since I became king.

- [crowd cheering]

- After
my brother's coronation,

I admit, pride made me do
some foolish things, batman,

But age has brought wisdom

And the lesson
of the importance
of family.

- Those yes s we were apart
were hard on me, too.

- My men will look into
who's responsible
for this outrage.

- I know, I know.
You don't trust him.

- A tiger shark doesn't change
its stripes.

Hehe's family.

Anyway, to what do I owe
the pleasure of your visit,

My faithful friend?

Tell me you're joining us for
our celebration this evening.

- Actually,
I'm here to check out

Some unusual seismic activity
along the shelf.

[beeping]

- Undersea plate movement?
Happens all the time.

[rumbling]

- See? Still, where batman goes,
adventure follows.

Mind if I tag along?

[beeping]

- 18,

19,

20.

And this will be
the throne room.

What do you think
of the view, black manta?

- Too many buildings.

I prefer an unobstructed
ocean view.

- And I prefer an assassin
who can sh**t straight.

You failed me, manta.

- Only due to batman's
unexpected interference.

Worry not.

Soon, we will correct
the gross injustice

That has denied you
the throne.

- And you will reap the rewards
of the king's vast fortune.

- I will reap
more than that.

- My brother's spies
are everywhere.

We will make another attempt
for the crown

When he returns from
his adventure to the shelf.

- He went to the shelf,

Away from the city

Where there will be
no weaknesses?

I suggest that if prince orm
ever wants to be king orm,

Itit's time he stepped up.

- And that's how I recovered
the stolen statue.

I call that adventure
the mystery of
the stolen statue.

The secret of
the mechanical sea monster.

Coral reef rescue.

And the time I wore
an eye patch

To infiltrate a crew of pirates,
I call that--

- Aquaman's undercover
adventure.

- No, the time I wore
an eye patch to infiltrate
a crew of pirates.

But what you said
is good, too.

- Shark att*ck.

- No, he's fleeing,
but from what?

[groans]

- I got this.

Honestly, it's the easiest part
of the job.

[sonar beeping]

- Outrageous!

They're not listening!

Batman, narrating:
I know what you're thinking.

Belly of the whale.

It can't get much worse.

And you would be wrong.

Uhh!

Ahh!

[grunting]

- I don't know
what's gotten into you two,

But you'll have to do
better than that.

[grunting]

Uhh!

Ooh!

Uhh!

Ahoy there.

[electronic whirring]

- Uhh!

Aw, crabcakes.

[electronic whirring]

[sonar beeping]

- [belches]

- That was outrageous!

What's it like
inside a whale?

- I won't be ordering
the calamari for a while.

- The whales were
wearing these.

They claimed
they were overcome

By an irresistible urge
to att*ck.

- Orm has the same
telepathic powers you do.

He may have ordered the att*ck

And used these
to block out your telepathy,

So you couldn't call it off.

- Batman, I know you and orm
have had your issues.

- Issues?

You mean the time he used
a stolen sonar w*apon

To commandeer
a nuclear sub?

- Look, orm left atlantis
soon after I was crowned.

He drifted for years,

Lost his moorings.

But the prodigal brother
has returned,

And I'm giving him
a second chance.

Besides,
orm's no genius.

This is no doubt the work
of my archenemy black manta.

And my brother would never
team up with that psycho.

Manta wants
to destroy atlantis.

Orm loves the city
as much as I do.

- What he loves is power,

Which you would see
if you weren't blinded by guilt

Over mommy putting you first.

- Just drop it, old chum.

Now show me why
you've brought me here.

[beeps]

Ththis is the spot,

Though there's nothing here
to cause a disturbance.

- [dolphin chattering]

- Fluke!
Wow, does he like you!

- [chattering]

- We have a party
to prepare, right.

Unless there's anything else
you'd like to check out.

And may the spirit
of adventure

That led our people here
so long ago

Continue to inspire atlantians

For another 12,000 years.

[cheers and applause]

- [thinks]
deadly sea urchin toxin.
Gotcha!

- [all gasping and murmuring]

- Anything you care
to confess?

- Batman!
Release my brother at once!

- But I saw him--
- what?

Flavor my drink?

Sea urchin venom is toxic
to surface people,

Not to us.

You have to go.

I like you, batman,
but this is family.

You understand.

See that batman is escorted
safely to the coast.

People skills, batman.

It's about respect.

- Brother, w word in private,
if I may.

- Of course, orm.
Anything.

And I'm sorry about batman.

- I want your opinion,
brother.

[grunts]

Does this make me
look like a king?

- Orm?

- A king deserves a royal name.

You became aquaman.

Call me ocean master.

- [both grunting]

- How could you?

I welcomed you back
with open arms,

Even after all you did.

- I'm only taking back
what's mine, brother!

- I'm done apologizing
for mom's decision.

She loved you,
but she gave me the throne

Because she knew
you couldn't handle the power.

- Then let's see how you do.

- [groaning]

Batman was right about you...

And about me.

- Don't expect batman
to bail you out

Because right now,

Your old chum
is about to bereresh chum.

I love vanilla,

I love cocoa.

I love vanilla,
I love cocoa.

I love...
St m make up
your mind!

But I-I... I can't!

I can't!

Then choose
rice krispies cocoa.

It's made with
a hint of real cocoa!

I love cocoa!
Pop:
Hey, hey,

What about
vanilla flavour
rice krispies?

It's got the smella...

Both:
...Vanilla, oh yeah!

So what's it going to be?

Kellogg's
rice krispies
cocoa cereal

Or vanilla
flavoured rice
krispies cereal?

But I love them both!

(wet expl*si*n)

(splattering)

(vase shattering)

That's weird.

How did your gushers
get in my hand?

Gushers. Beware the...
(wet splatter)

- [grunts]

[grunting]

[water dripping]

[groaning]

- No cry to your scaly
friends will help, hero.

- Finay y I am king,

Annenever again
will I have to listen

To another one of your
inane adventure stieies.

- Black manta will betray you
at the first opportunity.

Ththis must be where you try
to turn us against each heher.

Aah!

[groans]

- I wanted to do that within
5 minutes of knowing him,

But I needed him alive
to get to you.

Now I can begin my endgame.

The tremors batman felt

Were tests on a series
of destabilizers

I set up along
the continental shelf.

Once started,
the shf f will collapse,

And I'll have the pleasure
of plundering the ruins.

[aquaman gruinin

Now excuse me, my los.S.

It'shohowte.E.

[dolphin chaerering]

[sha g gros]s]

[chaerering continues]

[c[cwdwd cererin

[crowd gasps]

- What's going on?

- - Wh's he dodog g re?

- Ladieses a gentlemen,

Cities rise,
and cities prosper,,

But atlantis is going downwn

[rumbling]

[all gasping]

[screaming and chattering]

[maniacal laughter]

- It's hopeless.

- Where's your never-say-die
attitude, brother?

Besides, who needs telepathy?

[whistles]

- Can we put our differences
aside for atlantis?

- Yes...Sire.

[creatures growling]

[rumbling]

- You're too late, batman.

Atlantis is about
to be a memory,

And aquaman along with it.

He and his brother fell for
my trap hook, line, and sinker.

- Actually, we're the fish
that got away.

En garde!

[all grunting]

[whale roars]

- Aah!

[grunting]

- You--you saved me.

- I'm the king.

It's what I do.

[rumbling]

- Yaah!

[grunting]

- Yaah!

Aah!

- Your undersea coup
is over, manta.

The next stop--
a small cell at iron heights.

- Outrageous!

I knew you had a hero inside you
looking for a way out.

- It was easy. Every time
I smashed a machine,

I just imagined
it was your face.

- Oh. Well...

Good job.

- So you decided
to give him another chance.

You could have exiled him.

- I know, but you don't
give up on family.

- [thinking]
just when I was wondering

If aquaman learned anything

From "the adventure
of the bad brother"...

- Now...Where to begin?

Of course! The beginning.

"chapter one:
A king is born."

- [thinking] I realized he knew
exactly what he was doing.

- "even a king
can begin life

"in the humblest of
circumstances.

"indeed my earliest memories
are of a lighthouse

"nestled on the shores
of mercy reef..."