01x07 - The Greatest Story Never Told

[bunniefuu]

[CROWD CHATTERING]

MAN: You're safe now, folks.

This hunk of tin and transistors

couldn't cut it against
a real high-tech hero.

A hero who's 1000
percent committed

to the fight against evil.

And... And...

And you have no
idea who I am, do you?

[SNAPS FINGERS] Skeets?

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

SKEETS: Citizens of
Metropolis, behold Booster Gold.

Traveling back through
time from the year 2462 A.D.,

Booster Gold has come to
battle today's wrongdoers.

Booster Gold,

protecting his past
to ensure your future.

[CROWD MUTTERING]

MAN: Sheesh.

MAN 2: I'm out
of here. Whatever.

Can I have your autograph?

Of course you can.

I thought you were
Green Lantern.

I would like your
autograph, sir.

Shut up, Skeets.

Come on, J'onn, you gotta put me

on some higher-profile missions.

Grodd, Darkseid.

Any chance the Joker's
planning something super-nasty?

I fail to understand your
obsession with fame.

Not fame. Mega-fame.

Much more than,
like, your level of fame.

No offense, but you've got
a hard-to-pronounce name.

It doesn't stick in the mind.

Now, Booster Gold,

don't you just love saying it?

That is the attitude that
keeps you on the sidelines.

You're right. It's
not just about fame.

What'd you pull down
last year? Before taxes.

[ALARM RINGING]

[♪♪♪]

J'onn, mayday!

We need help down here. Now!

Who is that?

The dark lord Mordru.

You okay? You sound
nervous or something.

I have never sensed such
malevolent magic in one being.

Unless Mordru can be defeated,

I fear for every living
creature on the planet.

Yes!

[♪♪♪]

[BOLTS f*ring]

[GROANING]

[GRUNTS]

[ALARM RINGING]

Captain Atom here. Go ahead.

Report to Metropolis
immediately.

I've got a fire to
put out here, J'onn.

J'ONN J'ONZZ: We have an
omega-level priority situation.

CAPTAIN ATOM:
Roger that. On my way.

GREEN LANTERN: I heard, J'onn.

J'ONN J'ONZZ: You
will lead the ground forces

once they're assembled.

ETA to Metropolis: two minutes.

Lantern out.

Listen up. A second unit

will serve under Green
Lantern's command.

When I call your name,

report to the transporter.

Hawk and Dove,
Star and S.T.R.I.P.E.,

Shining Knight, Fire and Ice,

Dr. Light, Aztek,

Huntress, Vigilante,
Elongated Man.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Vibe.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[SIGHS]

Booster Gold.

Yes!

This is it, Skeets.
My big chance.

If I can take down this Mumu...

Mordru.

I take him down, and after that,

there's no stopping
me and my career.

I have every
confidence in you, sir.

Energize.

Doofus.

[SCREECHING]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Blurk! I hate that thing.

Give me a javelin any day.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[expl*si*n] Whoa.

GREEN LANTERN: Hawk,
Dove, and Vibe, you're with us.

What about me?

I was thinking maybe
I'd go out on point.

Crowd control.

Crowd control.

Who says you don't
have a sense of humor?

Crowd control.

Now, wait just a...

Got it. Crowd control.

What about me?

Plastic Man's down there.

We don't need two stretchy guys.

Well, don't just
stand there, chum.

We've got an
important job to do.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[FLATLY] This way. Remain calm.

Watch your step.

"We don't need
two stretchy guys."

This is so not fair.

I mean, I realize Plastic
Man is in the League too.

I'm not dissing the
guy's skills but come on.

I have it all over that guy.

One time, I disguised myself
as a vase for three days.

No, you didn't.

Okay. Maybe not.
Who'd want to anyway?

But I am a detective,
which means I'm like

Plastic Man and Batman
rolled into one, and...

Is there any chance you
could stop complaining

for five minutes?

Hey. The squeaky wheel
gets the grease, my friend.

But I'll tell you,

I wouldn't help
those ingrates now

if they begged me.

We need you.

It's about time.

Not you. Him.

Squeaky wheel.

Maybe they needed a vase.

[CROWD YELLING, SCREAMING]

[DINGS]

[DINGS]

[CROWD QUIETS]

[ALL SCREAMING]

Maybe I illuminated the
colors in the wrong order.

It doesn't matter
what we do here.

The battle is over there.

We're not helping.

This is untrue.

"They also serve who only
stand and wait." John Milton.

Oh, yeah? I got one for ya.

"This stinks."

Booster Gold.

Fame and fortune
don't come your way

when you're on crowd control.

I disagree.

Crowd control can be a
very rewarding experience, sir.

You'll see.

[expl*si*n]

Superman.

Are you okay?

[IN WONDER WOMAN'S
VOICE] I'm fine.

Get back to crowd control.

Maybe that's not
such a bad idea.

[CROWD YELLING]

Mister.

Mister, my aunts
are still in the building.

This is it, Skeets.

Hang tight. I'll
save your family.

[♪♪♪]

Hello. Ladies, can you hear me?

[COUGHING]

You can come out now.

Booster Gold is...

Here are your ants.

[GASPS]

Thank you, Green Lantern.

I'm not Green Lantern.
I'm Booster Gold.

If I were Green Lantern,
my costume would be green,

now, wouldn't it!

I have officially
hit rock bottom.

Sir, you saved
those insects. Yay!

Don't you feel
good about yourself?

It's never gonna
happen for me, Skeets.

Maybe I just don't deserve it.

Nonsense, sir.

You will get a chance
to prove your valor.

I believe adventure is
right around the corner.

Well, if I'm reading this right,

I guess you take
the 7 to the B line,

and that'll get
you out of the city.

[RUMBLING]

Oh!

[ALL YELLING]

Is there anyone
left in the building?

[COUGHS]

I think Dr. Simmons
is still in lab four.

[COUGHS]

Skeets.

Dr. Simmons, are you here?

Dr. Simmons!

She is still alive.

She's beautiful and in distress.

My favorite kind of damsel. Heh.

Maybe today wasn't
such a waste after all.

[MOANS]

We're all gonna die.

Hey. I'm not dressed
for Halloween.

Booster Gold is a
bona fide superhero.

You can't help.

My boss and I, we've been
experimenting in the lab

with an alternative energy
source to fossil fuels.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

The source isn't entirely stable

and requires a tremendous
amount of power

to maintain equilibrium.

The fire damaged
the containment field.

Dr. Brown got caught
in the expl*si*n.

The source is loose now.

It could destroy
the world. All worlds.

This is so up my
alley. I got this for ya.

So where is this source?

[♪♪♪]

Supergirl, use your heat vision

to lay down suppression fire.

Aztek, Huntress, fall
back to second position.

[BEEPING]

Watchtower. Go ahead.

Uh, J'onn, you got a
second? What is it?

We kind of got an
emergency down here.

I know. Mordru's powers
appear to be growing.

No. Something else, something
terrible. Something that...

Now is not the time to rail
against your given assignment.

I'm not!

I've got a major situation...

Watchtower out.

Okay, J'onn. If you think

I can handle it
on my own, I will.

Tell Superman I got
this one, but he owes me.

[CHUCKLES]

Booster Gold out.

He said I can handle
this on my own.

I hope you're right.

So you're the
beautiful scientist.

How do we turn your
artificial black hole off?

With this, I hope.
It's a gravity inhibitor.

We need to get
this around his neck.

It should collapse
the black hole

and hopefully
save Daniel as well.

Daniel, huh?

Is he your boyfriend? Husband?

No. Just friends.
We better hurry.

[WHISPERS] Yes!

[SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE]

Can your little friend there
detect gravitic anomalies?

No need.

[♪♪♪]

Oh, my. You afraid of heights?

No. Why?

Go find a shady spot.

[♪♪♪]

Lantern!

[GRUNTS]

Oh, man. We are so lucky.

All I have to do is pop this
collar on Mr. Black Hole,

save the world and then it's
champagne and strawberries

for me and the hot doctor.

[GRUNTS]

Sorry.

[GRUNTS]

I thought they didn't
have flying cars

in this time period.

[HORN HONKING]

[GRUNTING]

Oh, blurk.

[GRUNTS]

WOMAN: Ahh! MAN: Sorry, sorry.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[WOMAN CRYING]

Uh-oh.

[GROANING, PANTING]

Maybe you should handle this.

Why me?

You're a doctor.

I'm a physicist.

Yeah?

Give me the collar.

I'll... I'll take care of this.

So, uh, how are you feeling?

[SCREAMS]

How many fingers
am I holding up?

Do something useful!

I'm here to help, sir.

Am I glad to see you.

I need any data you
have on childbirth. Now.

Scanning.

According to my
files, first we boil water

then tear up
several clean sheets,

preferably ones we no
longer wish to use for bedding.

[♪♪♪]

[BABY CRYING]

[GROANS]

WOMAN: Thank you, Green Lantern!

[♪♪♪]

Tracy, where are you?

[♪♪♪]

This is all my fault, Skeets.

I never should have
put her in harm's way.

I mean, Superman
wouldn't have done that.

He would have figured
this all out by now.

Thataway, sir.

TRACY: Help me!

Oh, no!

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

He's in the subway,
sir. He's in the subway.

I know.

[♪♪♪]

[TRAIN HORN HONKING]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

They were right.

Some superhero
I turned out to be.

If anyone knew the truth.

If she knew the truth...

I've got nothing.

Did you find him?

According to my sensors,

Dr. Brown is
nearing critical mass.

[expl*si*n]

Come on.

TRACY: Daniel!

Tracy, keep back!
I can't control it!

Just stay where you are.

[TRACY SCREAMS]

[GROWLING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GROWLING]

[TRACY SCREAMS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

Booster!

BOOSTER GOLD: Skeets!

No!

[SCREAMING]

[GRUNTS]

Ohh.

I blew it.

It's not too late.

I can't do it.

Yes, you can. You have to.

Tracy, I'm a fraud.

Do you know why I
came back to the past?

It wasn't to fight for justice.

It was to get rich, be famous.

I was a failure in the
future, just like I am here.

I'm not a superhero.

Everything is about to
be destroyed forever,

and where are the
other superheroes?

Not here. You are!

You're the only
one who can do this,

so do it!

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

I'm sorry!

[YELLING]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

You're alive.

Tracy?

You're all right,
Daniel. Just take it slow.

I don't feel so good.

[BELCHING NOISE]

[♪♪♪]

Skeets!

My gosh. It was full of stars.

[BELCHES]

Sorry.

You okay?

Yeah. You?

I am now.

That was pretty
super-heroic of you.

Hey. All in a
judgment day's work.

Well, see ya.

Sir, according to my
thermal sensor readings

of Dr. Simmons, you just missed

a prime opportunity to...

Well, I believe the
phrase is "kiss the girl."

Kissing girls is
for heroes, Skeets.

Nice work, Elongated Man.

That was just about the
slickest move I've ever seen.

Hey, it was a team effort.

I'm just glad I stretched

in the right place
at the right time.

[LAUGHTER]

Back to normal, huh?

Mordru's magic was nullified
when he lost consciousness.

I thought I told you to
stay on crowd control.

I know, but there was this...

I mean, you wouldn't believe it.

It almost...

Ah, forget it.

You and I are gonna
have a little chat later.

Looking forward to that.

TRACY: Excuse me. Green Lantern?

For the last time, I
am not Green Lantern!

My name is...

[CHUCKLES]

Just kidding.

I know who Booster Gold is.

So now that I'm not in distress,

I was wondering if maybe I
was still your kind of damsel.

Because maybe
we could have dinner

if you're not busy
doing cleanup.

Me? No.

I only do crowd control.

Squeaky wheel, buddy.

Squeaky wheel.

[♪♪♪]

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