02x04 - Witch Woman/Micro Menace

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR: Blasting off on adesperate mission to save Earth

from the evil plottings ofthe tyrannical space lord Ming

the merciless, Dr. Hans
Zarkov and Dale Arden

have joined me, Flash
Gordon, on a fantastic

journey into worlds whereperil and adventure await us.

[roaring]

It's too bad Aura
can't be here tonight.

She really wanted to
see Gremlin's new trick.

She can see it later.

Right now, we'll
be the audience.

OK, my little pink friend.

Let's see your stuff.

Hey, the kid has talent.

Atchoo.

Oh, I'm sorry, Gremlin, dear.

Phew.

I wonder if Aura's evening isturning out half as exciting

as ours.

h* there, guards.

Queen Aura, what brings youto the fields at this hour?

It's not safe here with
the Lobos on the prowl.

With my husband, Baron,
on a diplomatic mission,

it's up to me to check onplanet security, especially

now that a menace as greatas the Lobos threatens Mongo.

[growling]

The Lobos prowls
these fields tonight.

Now, before it charges!

To cover, hurry!

It's incredible.

I've never seen one creaturecause so much destruction.

Where did this Lobos
thing come from, Aura?

It started as a projectdevised by my father, Ming.

He had developed a way
of transmuting animals

into creatures of
pure nuclear energy.

But the experiment wentwrong, and soon the Lobos

grew too dangerous for
even Ming to handle.

Then, one night, the monsterbroke out of its cage

and escaped.

But after all these years,the Lobos has returned.

Well, g*ng, it looks likewe're in for a monster hunt.

DALE: We're right on cours forMing's abandoned radium mines.

If Dr. Zarkov's
theory is right,

the Lobos spends most of theday sleeping in the mines,

recharging its battery.

With luck, we'll be able
to surprise the monster

and drain off its power withDoc's radium transformer.

We're over the mines now.

Good.

Take her down, Dale.

It sure is a
creepy looking place.

I don't think Gremlin
likes it either.

Thun, do you have the
radium transformer?

Right here, Flash.

OK.

[beeping] Let's go everyone.

What's the matter, little one?

You're not frightened, are you?

Surely a brave,
handsome dragon like you

isn't scared of some
glowing hobgoblin, hm?

Hey, slow down, pal.

Slow down.

The cavern splits here.

Which way now?

I'm getting a
life form reading,

but it's not the Lobos.

It's lizard-women!

[roaring]

I have an idea.

Follow my lead.

So, Aura, um, this was
your plan all along, uh,

leading your father's
worst enemies

into the mines, where we
could be, uh, captured

by the lizard-people!

Huh?

Shh.

Play along, Thun.

I think I know what
Flash has in mind.

Is this true?

You dare question thedaughter of Ming the Merciless?

These rebels are traitors
against my father.

Do what you will with them.

My pet and I shall leave you.

I hope you know what
you're doing, Flash.

Don't worry.

Everything's under
control, I hope.

That statue, it's the Lobos.

The lizard-people worshipthe beast like a god.

Years ago, I hunted
in these caves.

I know all the
secret passageways

and lizard-folk use.

I hated to leave our
friends, but now we

can double back and free them.

But wait.

What is this?

The Lobos.

We've stumbled on its den.

That creature's huge and deadly.

But if we don't work
fast, the lizard-people

will sacrifice Flash andhis friends to that monster.

[growling]

Head back to the
lizard-folk's lair.

The Lobos will follow,
and we can rescue

our friends in the confusion!

That is, if we can escapefrom the beast ourselves.

What's going to happen?

I don't know, but I don'tthink we're gonna like it.

Surface-dwellers, I am Lysa,Queen of the Lizard-people.

We know you have come
seeking the Lobos,

our protector and god.

The Lobos is a
destructive monster.

It has to be captured forthe good of the planet.

Silence.

You came to rob us of our god.

Flash, look.

It's Aura and Gremlin.

Flash, Dale, over here!

Stop them!

This way!

Hey, pretty lady.

What took you so long?

Hurry, my friends.

The Lobos is right behind us!

[hissing]

We have angered our god.

Flee, before his
wrath destroys us all.

We're trapped.

The monster has cut us
off from the cave door.

The radium transformer,
it can drain its power.

Don't try it.

The monster's too close.

It's gonna get closer,
unless we stop it.

Help Flash, Gremlin.

Made it.

Now to save my little pal.

Look, the Lobos is changingback to its original form.

So ends the mighty Lobos.

[howling]

You know, I think
with a little training,

this mighty beast
could become the new

mascot of my witch-women.

What do you think, Gremlin?

[barking]

[laughter]

[rumbling]

What is it, my Lord Vulcan?

It is but the wind.

Do not worry!

[rumbling]

It is not the wind,
but what can it be?

Send for the
minister of science!

Well, what causes this shaking?

Milord, one of those reversermodules in our anti-gravity

generators has gone out.
VULCAN: What?

It-- it must be replacedimmediately, or we will

crash to a Mongo's surface.

Contact Arboria at once.

A replacement module
must be delivered

before it is too late!

Gremlin, what on
earth are you doing?

Your meal must have beenstolen by the mouse-folk.

Better leave them be.

Just because they're smalldoesn't mean they're helpless.

[laughter]

Poor Gremlin.

He thought he was hot stuff.

But not as hot
as that mustard.

[beeping]

Flash, Dale, meet me atthe rocket port immediately.

There's not a moment to waste.

Vulcan's sky city is falling.

Time's a-wasting, Gremlin.

Let's get going.

If the Mongo sky
falls, we're gonna

need an awfully large net.

Zarkov gave us
this reverser module.

It will reverse
the gravity flow.

Great.

Let's just hope
things are still up

in the air when we get there.

We can save time by cuttingacross the magnetic mountains.

That's Ming's territory.

Still, if we go low enoughto avoid his scanners--

Let's give it a try.

We're almost clear.

What's happening?

We're caught in themountain's magnetic field.

It's Ming's tractor beam.

It's pulling us down.

Ming's personality
may not be magnetic,

but his hideout sure is.

[cackling]

So you find my sizedisconcerting, Flash Gordon.

You and your friends willsoon be even more upset by it,

I guarantee you.

We haven't got time to
play your games, Ming.

Be big about this and let us go.

Oh, I shall be big
about it, Flash Gordon.

That I assure you.

[cackling]

I think he's trying
to sell us something.

So are they.

I think I get the message.

Me too, loud and clear.

I have a bad
feeling about this.

It is quite obliging
of you to volunteer

as subjects for my latestexperiment, my shrinking ray.

One blast and the
shrinking process begin.

[cackling]

Soon, you'll be the size
of mice, then insects,

and finally dust in the wind.

[cackling]

Great.

Maybe when we're dust wecan get stuck in Ming's eye.

[cackling]

Come, my little rodents,before you disappear

into subatomic particles.

Away, you annoying little--

what?

Run, my mighty mites.

You won't get far.

My scavenger robots
will see to that!

What happened to Gremlin?

He didn't make it through.

I hope Ming didn't get him.

We've got to get
back to normal size.

Outside of my Aunt
Evelyn's cooking,

I don't know any way
to get big quickly.

Wait a minute.

The reverser module!

Of course.

We can readjust its settingto reverse the ray's effect.

But how can we use it?

It's in the ship.

And this ship is
miles away to us now.

And just to make things
really interesting,

look what's coming!

THUN: What are those?

They look like
vicious vacuum cleaners.

They'll take us thecleaners unless we move it.

Run!

Overeating can be bad for you.

So long, suckers.

I always wanted to
ride in a robot rodeo.

Not bad, buckaroo.

But not good enough.

Here comes the posse.

They've vanished, but where?

They're probably
right under my nose.

Yes, master?

Find them, Tobor, even if youhave to tear this place apart.

I obey.

Here is one of them, master.

So he was right under my nosn.

Excellent, Tobor.

Now find the rest of them.

I want the pleasure ofwatching Flash Gordon vanish

into microscopic infinity.

Do not worry, little one.

You will soon have company.

A little exercise will
keep you occupied.

And just to make itinteresting, you may share

the maze with a power rat.

This place needs an
interior decorator.

It also needs an exterminator.

It's a shadow spider.

Run.

Well, well, what have we here?

This is most passing strange.

Humans and lion-men
smaller than mouse-folk?

What will Ming think of next?

Nothing, I hope.

We're trying to reach our shipso we can reverse the effect

of his shrinking ray.

Well, though we
live within his walls,

we've no love for Ming.

We'll help you.

Come along.

Thanks.

We can sure use a guide.

I wonder where we are now.

Though it galls
me to admit it, this

lion-man is completely lost.

Not to worry, my friends.

Everything is going
exactly as planned.

Well, the best laid
plans of mice and men.

Of course.

The magnetic tractor beamthat pulled our ship in here.

Come on, Thun.

Push.

Or that robot's
gonna make mincemeat

out of the mouse-folk.

It takes a magnet to
catch a metal man.

Let's hope the reverser
lives up to its name.

It worked.

Thanks again, Dr. Zarkov.

Over here, Dale.

My, how you've grown.

Now it's your turn.

Good work, my friends.

Thanks, Rodon.

May your cheese
never grow stale.

It's not over yet.

We still have to find Gremlin.

Let's go.

You are right, lion-man.

It is not over yet.

I can deactivate the
tractor beam from here,

and then my metal men
will take care of you.

Now, Flash Gordon, I
will win in the end.

Yie!

Gremlin, you're safe.

Let's go.

We can use the reverser
on him in the ship.

You arrived in the nick oftime with the reverser module,

my friends.

I thank you for your aid.

We never shrink from
aiding friends, Vulcan.

Well, almost never.

I think Gremlin smelled a rat.

[laughter]

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