01x02 - The Creation of Monitor

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- ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders ♪

♪ Out of the sky, his rockets ignite ♪

♪ Jets into battle, flying faster than light ♪

Flash Gordon!

♪ Lord of the jungle ♪

♪ The hero who st*lks ♪

♪ The beasts call him brother ♪

♪ The ghost who walks ♪

Phantom! ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders ♪

♪ Master of magic, spells and illusion ♪

♪ Enemies crumble in fear and confusion ♪

Mandrake!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders.

♪ His strength is a legend, his skills conquer all ♪

♪ Armed with his power, we never will fall ♪

Lothar!

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪ Defenders.

♪ With our new young heroes, Proving their worth ♪

♪ Four become eight, defending the Earth ♪

♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪ Defenders

♪ Defenders of the... ♪

♪ Earth ♪

[wind whistling]

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

- The work on Ice Station Earth

is going well, O Mighty Emperor.

- But much too slowly, Octon.

My plans to conquer planet Earth cannot proceed

until the base is completed.

Order all activities accelerated.

What is this interruption?

- A fleet of ships approaching Earth, Sire.

- I do not recognize them.

Octon, break into their code and find out who they are.

- At once, Sire.

- It won't be long, now.

- You've been saying that for the last two hours.

- Give me a break, LJ.

- Certainly a few hours is not too long to wait

for the creation of Dynak X...

the most advanced computer ever seen on Earth.

- Dynak X will be the first computer

to have a human essence at its center.

- Father, I don't understand.

- It's the crystal from Ming's Inquisitor.

It contains the essence of Rick's mother.

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- Dad, it's ready.

- Son, Dynak X is your creation.

You activate her.

- Hey, maybe Dynak X can help us find

a place for our new headquarters.

- Yeah, Mandrake's mansion

is a swell place to throw a party.

- But it doesn't have what we need to defend the Earth.

- We need a real headquarters. Right, Zuffy?

- [chirps] Real...

- [sigh] I'll still miss our home

in the Dark Woods of Africa.

- Attention all personnel.

Unidentified ships are approaching Central City.

- Unidentified, but not unfriendly, I hope.

- If they're friends of Ming's, we're in big trouble.

- Sire, I have picked up transmissions

from a computer using Flash Gordon's code.

- Flash Gordon?

Determine the source of the transmissions.

If it is Gordon,

I will destroy the Earthman once and for all.

- At this time, the location of the computer is unknown.

- Find it!

- Those are Cryl ships. - Who are they?

- Old friends of mine. And they're here to help us

construct our new headquarters. Welcome to Earth, Morkon.

- We are always glad to help an old friend, Flash.

Tell me, have you chosen a name for your new base?

- We've decided to call it... Monitor!

- From which we will monitor the activities

of the tyrant, Ming.

- The perfect name for the home

of the Defenders of the Earth!

- Octon, have Garaz follow the Cryl

to the present location of these Defenders of the Earth

and destroy them all.

- Lasers! Where did they come from?

- Ming's roboships.

They followed the Cryl ships to our location.

- They've broken Dynak's code!

- She needs more shielding.

- I'm working on it now, Dad.

- Flash, we're in trouble.

- Hang on, Morkon. I'm comin' up!

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- The Cryl ships are headed for that building.
[ … ]

- We're sitting ducks down here.

Unless..

- Target sighted and--

[gasps] it's moving!

- Mandrake's Mansion Moving Company at your service.

- Roboships at :, Flash.

- Roger, Lothar. Thanks!

- Come on. Blast 'em, Flash!

Show 'em what the Defenders can do!

- Please, Kshin! We're trying to concentrate.

- Sure. Come on, Zuffy.

- Find a place where you can stay out of trouble.

Kshin! - He'll be okay, my friend.

I imagine it might be easier to deal with Ming

than to understand young people.

- Get 'em, Flash!

Look out behind you!

Wow!

- [chirping]

- We've seen enough, Zuffy.

Let's get outta here.

- Look out, Dad! Ming's roboships

are right behind you.

- This'll fake 'em out.

Closer... closer...

Now!

- [shouts]

- Good work, Morkon!

- Just like old times, Flash.

- Watch out, Zuffy!

They missed one of the roboships.

- Octon, confirm the origin

of that creature with the Earth boy.

- Yes, Sire. The creature is a...

Zufoid from Mongo.

- I knew it!

And that boy was with Flash Gordon.

Garax, I want that boy and Zuffold captured alive.

- Alive, mighty Ming?

- With the boy as my hostage, Flash Gordon will walk

right into my hands and I will crush

the Defenders of the Earth.

- [chirping]

- Ice robots!

- Ming's Ice Robots are after us!

We've gotta hide, Zuffy.

Zuffy?

Where are you?

- [frantic chirping]

- Ahh! Run for it, Zuffy!

Wow, right in our own backyard.

And we never knew it was here.

- [squeals]

[squeaks] - We're trapped!

There's nowhere to run.

[shouting]

- [squeals] - No good, Zuffy.

This wall could be miles thick.

[approaching footsteps]

Oh, no! They've found us.

We're sunk.

- [squeaking]

- We don't have to worry about them anymore.

Let's hope we can find our way out of here.

Sure is dark in here, Zuffy.

Stay close, okay?

[animal roaring] What was that?

[roaring]

- [panicked chirping]

- Kisa was right.

Somebody is in Mandrake's wine cellar.

How can you two see with the lights off?

- According to the data I am receiving,

the mountain includes a cavern

large enough for a small city.

- Which is perfect, Dynak X,

because that's exactly what it's gonna be.

I don't think we'll ever find a better place for Monitor

than the one Kshin and Zuffy found.

- Kshin has the makings of a real defender,

if only he can learn to follow orders.

- There is one piece of data which may alter

the plan to locate Monitor inside

this particular mountain.

The mountain is a volcano

and it is not entirely extinct.

- Even we Cryl would have difficulty building a structure

to withstand a volcanic eruption.

- We can cap the active shaft

and harness the geo-thermal energy for power.

- Leave it to Jedda to think of

an organic solution to our energy problem.

- Jedda is correct. - Right, Phantom.

We'll have an endless supply of energy.

- Once the crown is finished, it will rise on the shafts

through an opening in the crater...

the final stage of construction.

- Something is wrong, Jedda.

Are you not happy with our new home?

- Oh, Father. I have no desire to live here.
[ … ]

Our home is with the jungle beasts of Africa.

- But we must stay here with the others

to help defend the Earth.

I can't allow you to return to Africa alone.

I am only concerned for your welfare.

- I know that, Father.

That's what makes it so difficult.

- Garax, you fool.

Not only have you lost a fleet of roboships,

a phalanx of Ice Robots,

but you lost the boy as well.

- Sire, I detect massive amounts of power being used

in approximately the same location,

but inside the mountain.

- It must be the Defenders' base.

O Mighty Ming, let me send a small party

of Ice Robots into their base,

and destroy it from within.

- Very well, Garax. You may do so.

And this time I will not tolerate failure.

- It was a good idea to store our ships

inside the mountain, Morkon.

- It's much safer, my friend.

- If Ming attacks, our ships won't be so vulnerable.

- Flash, look out!

- Sound Red Alert!

We've got to stop those Ice Robots.

A landslide! Our ships are trapped inside.

If Ming attacks now, we're helpless.

[lasers firing]

- We've got to stop those Ice Robots

before they destroy Monitor!

A Cryl machine that can cut rock can also

cut those Ice Robots down to size.

- There's no way to hit those Ice Robots!

- They move too fast.

- Perhaps their strengths can be turned to our advantage.

By Jungle Law, the Ghost Who Walks

calls forth the power of ten tigers.

- Great going, Phantom! Lead 'em into my range.

A little concrete should turn those Ice Robots

into blockheads.

- What a mess.

- You're a handy man to have around, Mandrake.

- Garax, your robots follow

your example with great fidelity.

They are totally incompetent!

Octon, I want the Defenders' base to end up

like Garax's worthless Ice Robots.

Let this be a foretaste of what I have in store

for all who oppose me!

- Damage to Monitor is not critical.

Alert!

A fleet of roboships approaching.

- With the mountain sealed off,

there's no way to defend ourselves.

- I have an idea. Dynak X, broadcast a strong

SOS signal originating from the top of the volcano.

- But that would be nothing more than

a homing signal for Ming.

- Exactly.

- Attention all roboships. I am picking up an SOS signal.

We will respond by putting them out of their misery.

TargetMountaintop.

- They fell for it! They opened the crater for us.

- Perfect!

Now we can raise the crown and take off.

- Yeah, looks good.

I'm filling the camouflage lake now.

- Launch bay doors clear.

- That's our cue. Let's go get 'em.

- Wait for me!

[alarm beeping]

- Warning! We are losing

geo-thermal pressure. Emergency power limited.

- There's the problem. A break in the geo-thermal cap.

- Warning! We are losing

geo-thermal pressure.

- We've got to stop it, Morkon!

- Emergency power limited.

- I'm trying to find the pressure point

in the geo-systems.

There it is! Report, Dynak X.

- According to my calculations,

an expl*si*n at this point could relieve

pressure on the system.

- This megabomb has enough blasting power

to do the trick.

- I'll plant the device.

- None of us can do it, Phantom.

The proper location is at the end of a long,

slanting shaft barely big enough for a child.

- Or a cat...

That's it, Kisa, that's it. Just a little further.

Good, Kisa, good.

Now put the expl*sive down gently.

Gently, Kisa.

Now come, Kisa! Come, fast!

- Yes! A volcanic eruption.

The battle is won!
[ … ]

The Defenders' base is destroyed.

Nothing can stop me now.

- Hurry, Kisa, hurry!

Good girl, Kisa. Good girl!

Kisa was terrified. We don't belong here, Father.

- We've made a commitment to our friends, Jedda.

- Monitor submerging.

Release construction debris, Dynak X.

- Releasing debris.

- Well, Ming should be very pleased when

he sees that debris. A nice trick,

if I say so myself, Lothar...very nice indeed.

[laughs menacingly]

Octon, recall the fleet!

I have won!

- Sire, I still detect a great deal of energy use.

- It is merely residual energy from the eruption.

- But, Sire, it cannot be.

- Silence.

- Where are you taking us, Morkon?

- While investigating the damage done by the eruption,

I discovered the creation of this new cavern.

- Wow, it's enormous!

- The natural steam escaping from the active part

of the volcano keeps it humid,

and at a constant degrees Fahrenheit.

- Father, it's like the climate of our home in Africa.

- It will make a perfect location

for a second Skull Cave.

- Sire, a fleet of ships is departing Earth.

- The Cryl ships are retreating.

- With an escort from Flash Gordon, Sire.

- No, it cannot be!

- The Defenders of the Earth are still alive, Sire.

- But not for long.

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