- Eat lead, cowled copper.
You'll never catch ma m*rder.
[tires screech]
- Mabel mhurder aka ma m*rder, surrender.
Even elderly criminals must eventually face justice.
- Well, batman, I've got a little something for you to face first.
[snaps]
You poison-hearted pinscher.
- Let's fit batman with the cement goulashes, boys.
It's curtains for you, batman.
Nothing's gonna save you now.
Mother of pearl! A haunted t*nk driven by the ghost of jeb stuart! - Ma'am, this known aggression has forced me To do you bodily harm.
[men screaming]
[tires squeal]
- After her, general.
- That's just what I aim to do, sir.
[tires squealing]
- She may be long in the tooth, But that filly's a mighty fine driver.
For a yankee.
[ship horn honks]
- Think we'll make the jump, general?
Yee-haw! [horn playing "dixie"]
[both grunt]
- [gasps]
Aah! Uhh! - Well, batman, it looks like this old gal Isn't quite ready for the scrap yard yet.
- But this one is, Thanks to the haunted t*nk.
warner bros.
Animation [all grunting]
- With these funds, We'll tear down the charade of organized society That cages our souls.
- Ahh! [grunts]
Uhh! - You're gonna know a lot more about cages When I'm through with you.
[indistinct chatter]
[all talking at once]
- Hey, give the man some room.
- Booster gold.
The cameras should have been a dead giveaway.
- Batman is an invaluable aid In my never-ending fight against crime.
So please, let him do his job, Helping me arrest the, um [reporters shout]
- The madniks.
[grunting]
- Ahh! - [grunts]
[all screaming]
- And this is personal.
Unh! I'm settling a score for an old friend.
- I remember.
These guys fought the original blue beetle Before he d*ed.
- He was a true friend.
Uhh! And a real hero.
[electricity crackles]
- Something you wouldn't understand.
Now, let me finish this.
- Uhh! Ooh! Uhh! [reporters all talking at once]
- Wow.
That's the closest I've seen bats get to beingEmotional.
- We all miss the great ted kord, sir.
- No one more than me, skeets.
Maybe it's time we paid him a visit.
In hub city central park?
- Not quite.
- I was afraid of that, sir.
- The boostmeister.
'sup, buddy?
- Ted.
Dude, it's great to see you.
- I just saw you on Thursday.
Speaking o you got that 20 I loaned you?
- Uh, left my wallet at home.
- Dude, not cool.
[beeping]
- Uh, excuse me.
I gotta take this.
- Sir, I know what you're thinking, But we can't just travel back in time and save ted kord.
It's his fate to sacrifice himself on science island.
And if you change history-- - I know I can't change history Without screwing up the time stream.
Heh.
How dumb do you think I am?
Anyway, all I want to do is give my buddy a little closure, Help him take care of some unfinished business BeforeYou know.
Just like batman's trying to do.
- Speaking of - I've unearthed some disquieting evidence About that robotics lab, And I thought I'd drop by to discuss it.
- And I would love to do that, But now is not a good time.
- Is someone there with you?
- Uh, no one you know.
I gotta run.
I'll call you later.
[sighs]
- So, you're friends with batman?
- Uh, we work together sometimes.
So what's up, boost?
- I came to pick your brain out the madniks.
- Those maniacs.
Just once I'd like to nail them to the wall, But they always seem to slip through my fingers.
Why do you-- [alarm sounding]
- Thmadniks?
Well, that's a weird coincidence.
- Yes, yes, that's exactly what it is.
- Are we gonna stand around yakking about it, Or are we gonna go collar those clowns once and for all?
- [cackling]
- [grunting]
Ahh, here it is, The quark p*stol, the game-changer.
I'd like to see someone try and stop us now.
- Then you're in luck Since that's exactly what I'm gonna and do.
Uhh! - [both grunt]
- [laughs]
The blue beetle.
You failed to stop us many times before.
What makes you think now will be any different?
- 'cause this time he's got booster gold in his corner, pal.
- Uhh! Good-bye, champions of a corrupt society.
And I do mean "good-bye.
" - Pretty good sh*t, huh?
- Maybe too good.
- Drop it! - Uhh! [all screaming]
[both grunting]
- [groaning]
- Uh, closure, anyone?
I helped you bring down the one that got away.
- Huh.
I guess you did.
- No problemo, pal.
See, you got your positronics in a bunch over nothing.
A little trip to the past, I fulfilled a dream of my lost friend, - It appears you're right again, sir.
[crackling]
[loud thud]
[rumbling]
- Oh, boy.
- So, we might have changed a couple of things.
- Booster.
- I had nothing to do with this.
- Excuse me?
- This apocalyptic wasteland, not my fault.
- I was going to ask for help battling these energy monsters.
Wait.
You've been meddling in the past, haven't you?
- Little bit, yeah.
- Initiating time warp, sir.
Here we are, sir, hub city, 2 years ago, Just after our last visit.
If we want to fix the future, Why didn't we travel to just before I showed up before, Then tell me not to visit ted?
- That would just create another dangerous time paradox.
- Or, better yet, Go back to just before I left to come here to stop me then.
- That's not how time travel works.
- Wait a minute.
What about visiting my mother before I was born?
- Look, I'm not going to explain the intricacies of time travel To a man without a library card.
[beeping]
- Booster?
Hey, bro.
Aah! Together.
Wow.
Well, this is great.
This is just awesome.
- You never said you and booster were friends.
- It never came up.
- A consummate professional like you friends with a dilettante like booster?
- You're both my friends, ok.
You're more of a work friend, And booster is more of a fun friend.
- What's more fun than fighting crime?
- Ooh, he's got you there.
- Beetle, the reason we're here Is because of something that happened on booster's last visit.
- Funny you should mention that.
I've been analyzing the quark p*stol that he blew up.
- Seems the madniks were exposed to the subatomic strength That powered this device.
- Yes.
Their dna may have been affected.
- I think we should pay a visit To the madniks at hub island penitentiary.
- Road trip! I call shotgun.
- You're lucky we're even letting you tag along.
- Think you could lighten up for just one second, mr.
Mcgrumpy pants?
- Do I have to remind you that you're the reason we're in this mess?
- You know, this is why I never mention Hanging out with you guys to each other.
I knew you wouldn't get along.
- We're coming up on hub island penitentiary.
I hope we're not too late.
[alarm sounding]
- Come on, we're almost past the fence.
[electricity crackles]
- [screams]
[muttering]
Aah! [electricity crackles, both scream]
- [grunts]
[growling]
[engine powers down]
- Losing power.
- It's them.
The madniks are draining the bug's battery somehow.
- Brace for impact.
- [growling]
- Incredible.
Exposure to the quark p*stol Has mutated them into power-draining monsters.
- Hey, maybe these guys actually turn into those giant monsters You were fighting when I - Batman's way ahead of you, sir.
- [growling]
- Booster, no! - These creatures consume energy And turn it into mass.
Your blasts only strengthen them.
Beetle, booster, are you ok?
- [groans]
Do anything at all.
And when the water hits those cables, We'll be crispy crime fighters.
- Ted, remember that death trap we escaped in athens?
Maybe we should try the same tactic.
- No, this is like the time Ted and I almost bought it in bloodhaven.
- Uh, I think that we should try a new escape.
Booster, from here, it looks like you're close enough To reach batman's utility belt.
- [grunts]
- Open the left rear compartment And pull the tab.
- [grunts]
[hissing]
[all grunting]
- Guys, look.
- They're headed in a specific northwest direction.
- Are you two thinking what I'm thinking?
- Yes.
But why don't you tell me just to make sure.
- Their thirst for energy is instinctively leading them To the largest power source available.
- The hub city nuclear reactor.
- Yep, just what I was thinking.
- They're siphoning off tremendous amounts of power, Constantly growing.
At this rate-- Destroying city after city To feed their insatiable appetite.
[electricity crackles]
- If I can adjust the radiation signature Of the bb g*n's pile, it might reverse the mutation.
Just one problem.
- The creatures will have to ingest the energy.
- Well, fellas, wish me luck.
- No way, booster.
This is a job that has to be done right.
- I can do this.
Look, I know I screwed up coming back here to see ted.
I just had a hard time letting go.
He was my best friend.
- He was my friend, too.
We should do this together.
- That's the only way you can do it.
We'll need to broadcast that signal Through booster's force field generator.
- What about you?
- Hey! Energy hog! - [growls]
- Let's do this, booster.
[g*n whirs]
- Congratulations, sir.
You did it again.
- Now, this is what I call a satisfying night's work.
- Bringing down the madniks once and for all?
- Seeing my 2 best friends getting along.
[beeping]
- Well, I guess this is good-bye.
- Batman, that was a message from you.
You said my uncle jarvis is up to no good with that scarab I lent him.
- Didn't want it to slip my mind.
- Well, then I better get the spare bug up and running.
- Bye, old friend.
- It was an honor working with you, ted, As always.
- Uh, right back at you, bats.
- Beetle.
Did you get my message?
- The mission appears to have been a success, sirs.
- Bats, I'm sorry about, well, everything.
- Actually, booster, I'm grateful.
It gave me the chance to say good-bye.
[alarm sounds]
[engine starts]
- Well, back to work.
I'm totally ok with you being ted's second best friend.
- Why don't you stick around?
I could use your help taking care of these thugs.
02x18 - Menace of the Madniks!
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