01x08 - The Prison Plot

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Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!

Iceman and Firestar.

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!

Wardens and police chiefs of America,

welcome to our annual convention.

This year we're holding it

in the right place, prison.

Why are we wearing a button

with a picture of a gopher?

Cos that's what they're paying us to be.

- Gophers?

- Sure. You know.

Go for coffee, go for doughnuts,

go for

And right now it's our turn to go for

the lemonade and go for the pretzels.

Hope we gophers make enough

for Aunt May's birthday present.

And I hope we get out of here on time.

- Hot date?

- Maybe.

- Yeah'?

- Maybe.

- Who with?

- Guess.

How about Charlie Reynolds?

- Too short.

- Bobby, come on.

And now for our next performer.

The man who claims he can escape from

any known jail or restraining device.

Ladies and gentlemen, Proton the Great.

POLICE

Great act. But why does that guy

make my Spidey sense tingle?

There's only one man

who can pull a stunt like that.

Magneto,

the most dangerous mutant of all.

Got to know for sure.

For my next feat,

the escape from the sands of time.

I, Proton the Great,

shall enter the shatterproof upper bell

of this hourglass.

A motor will turn it over.

A half-ton of the rumbling sands

from the tombs of the Pharaohs

will bury me alive unless I escape.

To prove

that this is not cheap stage magic,

I ask for a volunteer from the audience

to be a witness behind the curtain.

One very suspicious witness coming up.

- It's Spider-Man.

- Look! It's the wall-crawler.

Well, if it isn't

the celebrated Spider-Man.

As I figured. Magneto.

On the wanted list

of every police chief in that audience.

They want me, they've got me.

And if you are smart

you will join forces with me.

Not a chance, magnet-mouth.

I'm turning you in.

Sorry, I have other plans,

meddling insect.

My magnetic attraction

works on the iron traces in your blood,

and alley-oop!

You've bumbled your way

into my greatest caper, Spider-Man.

Silence, fools!

I, Magneto,

absolute monarch of magnetism,

now place all of you under arrest.

- Magneto!

- Arrest him.

- Come on!

- Let's get him.

My magnetic power makes you powerless.

What's going?

Perhaps you didn't hear me.

It is I who am arresting you.

Now, silence, and hear my demands.

Each warden here has a mutant,

a super-gifted associate of mine,

in one of his prisons,

shielded from my powers

in anti-magnetic lead-lined cells.

Among those imprisoned mutants are,

the massive, immovable Blob,

the obedient and super-agile Toad

Mastermind, the maestro of illusion.

You have one hour to release

my brotherhood of evil mutants.

- It's all a big bluff.

- Yeah. No deal.

I suspected you'd doubt my powers.

I shall have to prove them.

Behold, fools, when I utilise

the earth's own magnetic field

to rise above you ordinary mortals.

Watch the TV screen.

Observe as I magnetise

these unmanned trains.

No food will be moving

in or out of this yard.

I can starve entire cities.

Andi will, and worse.

I want nothing less than total freedom

for the brotherhood of evil mutants

with whom I shall soon rule the earth.

I'll stop up the sand with web fluid.

Oh, no. The sand's clogged them up.

Let's get out of here!

Firestar!

Iceman!

Wait a minute. I know.

Your date is with Bob Cassidy, right?

Wrong. Now let's get out of here.

You forgot my lemonade.

- Be right back.

- I'm just kidding.

Let me try to melt the glass.

The magnetic field,

it's causing sonic waves.

Maybe I can quick-freeze the shield.

Say, look. I don't think the magnetic

shield goes under the hourglass.

Thanks, guys.

If you tell us who you're dating tonight

we can start taking care of Magneto.

Magneto comes first.

The nation's police chiefs are being

held prisoner at Niagara Prison

by the notorious Magneto.

But that's where the children

went to work today.

Oh, dear. Ms Lion, you and I

had better see what we can do.

There. Web-sh**ter's back to normal.

We've got to defuse this creep,

but fast.

And find his extra energy source.

So the human insect

has been freed from his trap.

- Spider-Friends

- Go for it!

- Look out!

- Watch it.

We can't endanger the police.

Let's spread out.

Hail, hail, Magneto.

The g*ng's all here.

Hail against a magnetic force field?

Cute, but hardly effective.

Neither cute nor effective.

A clue.

Practising stunt landings?

You have one hour to release

my brotherhood of evil mutants.

I spotted something.

When he uses his power,

the electricity here goes down.

That means he's getting his extra power

from the Niagara Falls generators.

And if we can shut down

those generators

then he'll lose most of his power.

We'll draw straws webbing.

Short web stays here

and keeps Magneto busy.

Guess that settles that.

OK, hot stuff, you keep the hearth warm.

And we'll try and get you out of here

in time for your date.

Honest.

These heating ducts

should lead to the boiler room.

What are we doing in the infirmary?

I know you're heartsick about Angelica,

but

That's truer than you think.

There. Lead-lined suits.

You really like her a lot, don't you?

So do I,

but fire and ice don't exactly mix.

Why don't you tell her?

If she said no, bye-bye, Spider-Friends.

Help me with the helmet.

This suit should get me

through the magnetic shield.

While you go over the wall,

I'll be going under it

and we'll both be too busy

to think about her stupid date.

I will await word

of the release of the mutants here.

And to spur things along a bit faster,

I shall now return your north-eastern

coast to the Dark Ages.

Factories all along the north-eastern

coast are shutting down.

The entire region

may soon suffer a mass blackout,

but thus far we have been unable

to determine the cause of

This is Magneto speaking.

I have shut down your power.

Meet my demands. Free the mutants.

Now to warm up Mr Magnetic Personality.

So Firestar thinks she can smoke me out.

This negative magnetic blast should

cool her off, perhaps permanently.

He's neutralised my power.

If only those children hadn't insisted

on working to buy me a birthday gift,

they'd never be inside that prison.

This is as close as we can get with

that magnetic shield over the prison.

No one can get in or out.

Oh, no! Come back!

You can't help them.

Ms Lion! Catch this. Here, girl. Here.

Help! Help!

I'll try to save her, ma'am.

Can't see a thing.

The poor dear. She's gone.

There's got to be some way out of here

that will lead me

under metal-head's magnetic shield.

I don't believe this. Ms Lion!

I can get out of here

the way you got in.

Yes, Angelica's here.

You find our pretty angel

and let me know who her date is.

My frigid fool, you inadvertently

gave me a wonderful idea.

How to dispose

of your web-spinning friend.

If I can only make the leap

in this clumsy costume

Like I said, if.

Obviously, bug-brain,

you need some assistance.

What's wrong, wall-crawler?

Does that lead suit

restrict your superhuman strength?

Then perhaps I should give you

another helping hand.

Tell me, Spider-Man, did you ever

want to see Niagara Falls up close?

Ms Lion? I must be dreaming.

Don't worry, Ms Lion.

I will get out of here.

Yes. This could just work.

I've got to concentrate,

muster up all the heat I can.

Come on, Firestar. Come on.

Yes.

Nothing like a nice steam bath

to make a woman feel like herself.

OK, girl, take cover.

We're about to have a heatwave.

As they say in the movies, I think

you're trying to tell me something.

And now into the river

and over the falls.

Now the world shall see

the awesome power of Magneto.

I will make Niagara Falls flow upward.

Miniscule iron filings will lift

your act to new heights, Spider-Man.

Now.

Look. Niagara Falls flowing upward.

And now with you, Spider-Man,

at the very top,

I'll cut off my power

and you will drop onto the rocks below.

Farewell!

Forever.

What the?

Where am I?

Sorry I asked.

Spidey?

- Look what you did.

- Yeah. I didn't know I had it in me.

You think Aunt May might like

a trip to Niagara Falls?

Sure. And it wouldn't

cost us a single

- Just kidding, right?

- Right.

Come on. To the power plant.

You have seen

what I did to the railroad yard,

to the north-eastern coast

and to the super-powered Spider-Man.

I've lost my patience.

Release my mutant army now!

Or I shall use my magnetic powers

to cr*pple

the United States defence system

and launch every nuclear m*ssile

in this country's arsenal.

Now. Do my bidding!

- He really means it.

- He can't do it.

We have no choice. He's got us.

Magneto's beaten us.

We must do as he says.

With an army of evil mutants

to obey him,

nobody“ ever stop Magneto.

So that's the way.

Under the magnetic shield, eh'?

My work isn't quite finished here yet.

You did admirably, gentlemen.

Now, if you will excuse me, I will

take command of my mutant army.

You and what army, Mag-nutso?

What?

You!

You're not exactly a great ad-libber,

are you?

My power speaks for me.

You won't be laughing

after Spider-Man and Iceman

shut down the Niagara power plant.

What? Then I can waste no more time

here with you.

I don't believe it, Firestar.

You betrayed your friends to Magneto.

Did I?

Don't believe everything you hear.

We've got to get Magneto

in between these two generators.

How? By sending him an invitation?

Yep. And I think

it was already delivered.

NIAGARA POWER

Both of you. How convenient.

What?

You're gonna get a big charge

out of this.

Got to get Niagara going again.

Fools.

You're not decreasing my magnetic

attraction, you're increasing it.

Correct. Give that man a prize.

You blunderheads.

You've made me all-powerful.

Would you believe, too powerful?

No!

I'm overloading.

I can't control my magnetic attraction.

Not so fast, fellas.

That overload should keep Magneto

short-circuited for a long time.

OK, this case is wrapped.

- Now tell us. Is it Charlie Miller?

- No.

I know. Dave Vernon.

You guys are always wondering

about my dates.

Well, let me tell you something.

Of all the men I've ever met,

Magneto is by far the most attractive.

Happy birthday, Aunt May.

- From all of us.

- And how!

A round-trip ticket

to visit Cousin Bea in Florida.

Oh, my! Thank you.

And what you all went through

to get this for me.

I'm going to add something extra to it.

You're going to keep my date tonight,

with Pierre.

- Pierre?

- Pierre the hairstylist.

I won a complete hairdo by Pierre

in a campus lottery.

And I'm giving it to Aunt May

so she'll look absolutely smashing

for her trip to Florida.

Oh, my!

But why didn't you tell us?

Because you were giving me

such interesting new names.

And besides, sometimes it's fun for

a girl to make her best guys jealous.