01x09 - The Revenge of Astra

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ Defenders of the Earth ♪

Defenders!

[dramatic music]

♪ 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 ♪

- And this is the Emergency Override Control, Kshin.

Now what did I say it was used for?

- Uh, it's the hot water faucet?

- Would you two guys stop playing around

and pay attention?

This may save your life someday.

Or better still, mine!

Now Kshin, the Emergency Override Control

activates the auxiliary power

and gives you full control of the ship.

- Which is never necessary since I run this ship,

not glamour boy!

- Can't you just tell? She's crazy about me!

[beeping] - Emergency! Emergency!

Large unidentified mass headed this way

on a collision course!

- What do we do? - Evasive action immediately!

- You're the boss, Precious.

[beeping]

[rumbling]

[action music]

- Uh-oh!

♪ ♪

- I can't link up with Dad's ship!

The receiving antenna must be damaged.

He's in trouble!

- The main power circuit is shorted out.

Activate Emergency Override!

- I'm trying! I'm trying!

[strains]

- Dad, pull up!

♪ ♪

Whew! That was too close.

- Well, Old Girl, we did it again.

Give me a damage report.

- No major damage.

Repair procedures in progress.

- Hey, you guys, see if you can find out what hit us.

- You heard the man, Dynak.

[computer whirs]

- What's that?

- That is what crashed into Flash's ship.

- An invisible ship.

- Where did it come from?

- I don't know, but from its trajectory,

I can predict where it's going.

[beeping]

- Ice Station Earth!

[lightning crashes]

♪ ♪

[both growling]

♪ ♪

[all snarling]

[bracelet whirs]

- Don't try my patience

with mindless displays of power, Princess Astra!

You are here by my sufferance,

never forget that!

Now behold the universe!

Marvel in its majesty!

Help me destroy Flash Gordon and the Defenders

and all this will be yours!

- I'm not interested in the universe.

I've come only to avenge my mother's death,

to destroy the one responsible.

The one you call Flash Gordon.

- You give me the formula to create clay sl*ves,

and I'll give you Flash Gordon.

- Bring me enough of this blue clay

and I will create an army of sl*ves powerful enough

to destroy Monitor forever!

- Octon, where do I find this blue clay?

[machine whirs]

- There is only one source on Earth, your Majesty.
[ … ]

The Bandar Village in the deep woods of Africa.

[birds chirp]

- Garax!

- Your orders, my lord?

- Go to the Bandar village and bring back the rare blue clay.

And Garax...

- Yes, your Majesty. - Do not fail me.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[rustling]

- Dad, I was afraid you weren't going to make it!

- Are you kidding, Rick?

I wouldn't have missed this for the world.

- Did you know the ceremony of the blue clay

only takes place once every hundred years?

- Correct.

That's when the Bandar tribe renews its pledge

to keep harmony with nature.

It is only then that they can harvest the blue clay.

- I can see why the blue clay is so rare.

- Emperor Ming needs the blue clay!

Find it!

[suspenseful music]

- Warning! Warning!

- What is it, Dynak?

- My sensors have detected

a squadron of Ming's Ice Robots in your area.

Take action immediately!

- Defenders assemble!

Quickly! Everyone across!

[panther snarls]

- Lothar! Behind you!

♪ ♪

- Fools! I'm surrounded by fools!

- So that's Flash Gordon. I must destroy him!

[bracelet whirs]

- Astra, stop!

- As the old saying goes,

you may have won this battle, but you've lost the w*r!

[distant roaring]

- I feel like there's something evil near.

[panther snarls]

- That girl has more power than she realizes!

Flash Gordon!

- Queen Aura is dead, as you well know.

I am Princess Astra, daughter of Queen Aura.

- Well, Princess Astra, we welcome you.

- You don't fool me, Flash Gordon!

I'm here to destroy you!

[bracelet whirs]

You, I will deal with later

when all of you are Clay People!

- Monitor's in danger. We've got to get back.

- Nothing you can do can save Monitor

from my army of invincible clay soldiers.

- All of you go on ahead.

I'll stay here

just in case Astra and Ming decide to return.

- Let's just hope the rest of us can get back to Monitor

before it's too late!

I wonder why Ming wants to convince Astra

that I was responsible for her mother's death.

- But you weren't, Flash.

In fact, Ming himself was responsible

for Queen Aura's death.

- I just don't understand Ming's plan.

- I don't understand what Clay People are.

- The Clay People were created by Astra's mother.

She had the power to turn all of her enemies

into mindless clay creatures

with the ability to do almost anything.

- They can walk through walls

and it's almost impossible to stop them!

- Yes, they're the perfect soldiers from Ming!

- The blue clay, my lord!

- Astra, you disobeyed me!

You were not to confront Flash Gordon.

- No one tells the daughter of Queen Aura what to do!

Not even the great Ming!

- Flash Gordon destroyed your mother!

You must avenge her death!

[creatures grunt]

But first, here, Astra, take the clay.

Perform your magic, great princess.

- Ah, Rama! Ah, Nikto!

Ah, Gama! Ah, Guren!

Ah, Nakto! Ah, Ramen!

[bubbles, sizzles]

Bring me your subjects and witness my power!

- Turn them into Clay People.

- Mordor! Tav Salu.

[screaming]

- Wonderful!

Clay People: What is your command,

oh great and glorious Ming?

- I command you to walk through the wall

and return from the other side.

- You see the power, Ming.

With enough blue clay,

I can turn all Earthlings into Clay sl*ves!
[ … ]

- With them, I will destroy Monitor.

Nothing will stop me.

Astra, my dear,

allow me to hold onto the pouch of blue clay

for safe keeping!

[snorting]

- As you can see,

my pouch of blue clay is perfectly safe with me.

- Garax, return with your men to the Bandar Village

and get me all the blue clay you can!

And this time don't fail!

- I'll see to it that they won't fail.

I am going with your men.

- Ming alert!

Ming Alert!

A ship just left Ice Station Earth

and is heading toward the Bandar Village.

- They must be after more blue clay!

Rick, we've got to warn my father!

- Rick Gordon calling the Phantom.

Do you read me?

- Yes, Rick. What is it?

- One of Ming's ships is heading toward

the Bandar Village.

Probably after more of the sacred blue clay.

- Thanks for the warning.

The Bandar and I will take care of it.

Phantom out!

I have a plan to fool Ming's men.

[elephants trumpeting]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Destroy all who stand in our way!

[g*ns zap]

Freeze them!

- Stop! No yet, fools!

They're not the ones we want!

Phantom! A bargain!

Your friends' freedom is exchange for you!

Now freeze them!

- Okay, here's the situation.

Ming's and Princess Astra are--

- Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

- Flash Gordon, I have something I want to show you!

- Flash, don't listen to her.

Save yourselves.

- It is time for my mother to be avenged.

- Astra, Ming destroyed your mother, not me!

- You can't trick me.

Surrender or your friend, the Phantom,

will become the first of Ming's clay army!

- Astra, please listen to me! Please.

- You have minutes in which to surrender.

The coordinates are already in your computer.

- Looks like Ming's plan may work after all.

- But Dad...

- Stay here and protect Monitor!

- Nonsense, my friend!

Lothar and I insist on accompanying you.

Besides...

you'll hardly even know we're here!

[somber music]

♪ ♪

- Rick, I wanna try the holographic projection pen!

- No, Kshin!

That's my new laser pen!

- We've got to follow Flash.

- You're right, Jedda. - Oh, boy!

- I'm afraid that doesn't include you and Zuffy.

This mission's too dangerous!

- If Ming send his Clay Soldiers against Monitor,

they're safer with us than here alone, Rick.

- She's right. - Okay, come on.

[panther roars]

[helicopter whirs]

- This is it.

- You just do what the lady tells you.

Lothar and I will take care of everything!

- Now, Flash Gordon, you are my prisoner.

- Release the Phantom.

- Flash Gordon!

By order of Ming the Merciless,

I take you prisoner!

- He is mine! How dare you take him from me!

- A direct order of Emperor Ming!

- Ming will pay dearly for this!

- They're taking off.

I can guess where their next stop is.

all: Ice Station Earth!

- How dare you take Flash Gordon from me.

- No one questions Ming!

Obey my command!

Turn him into one of the Clay People!

[bracelet whirs]

Your magic is useless against my powers.

Now do as I say!

- Astra, don't listen to this mad man.

He lies!

- Silence! Do as I say!

Your mother must be avenged!
[ … ]

- Mortori Tay Salu.

[cloud whirs]

- [growls]

- Hope you don't mind, Ming, old boy,

but blue clay just isn't in this season.

[bracelet whirs]

I do believe we've overstayed our welcome.

[snarling]

You really should put those things on a leash.

[snarling]

- How will we get in?

- No time like the present to try out my laser torch.

[laser buzzes]

There you are! One custom size tunnel.

- I sense the Phantom's presence.

This way. Follow me.

Innkeeper!

Do you have lodgings for two more guests?

Uh, don't trouble yourself, my dear fellow.

We'll show ourselves around.

- Don't worry, pal, I'll have you out of there in a jiffy.

- Allow me!

[strains]

- Not very subtle, my friend, but I must say, effective.

- I'm glad to see all of you,

but right now, we'd better get out of this place!

- You said it, Pal!

[action music]

- This way!

♪ ♪

- [squeals]

- Looks like the end of the line.

- I still got the holographic projection pen.

[pen whirs]

- Find Monitor and destroy it.

[panther roars]

- My father is near. I can feel his presence.

This way!

- Isn't this exciting, Zuffy?

- [whines]

- I want the Defenders to be my Clay sl*ves.

Don't fail me again!

- I was unprepared for Mandrake's illusion.

It won't happen this time.

Take your clay! It is done!

- Not quite, Princess Astra!

- Moratori Tay Salu.

- No, it's not going to work, Astra.

The Phantom and his friends switched clay on you.

What you're holding is ordinary garden dirt.

- I still have enough clay of my own

to turn all of you into sl*ves.

There'll be plenty of time later to get more.

- It is too late. The ceremony is over.

The sacred clay will not return for years.

- There are other ways to make a mindless sl*ve.

[bracelet whirs]

- If you value the life of Flash Gordon,

none of you will move.

- Astra, I order you to stop!

- I felt your power the first time I saw you.

Someday you could be a danger,

but for now, you are just an annoyance!

- The clay!

Ah!

[growls]

- Pendant of Mystery, give me your power!

Zuffy, the bracelet! - Uh-huh!

- My bracelet! No!

With its power, that child could defeat us.

[grunting, snarling]

- [squeals]

[grunting, snarling]

- I don't think you'll be needing this any longer!

- You haven't won yet, Flash Gordon!

- There's no time to argue now, Astra,

but I did not harm your mother.

You must believe that.

Come on! Let's go!

- [squeals]

- That's handy little trinket!

[alarm blares]

- Unauthorized entry!

Defensive measures activated!

- You are finished.

Even now, my Clay People are entering Monitor!

You have no choice! Surrender!

[blasters firing]

[beeping]

- You'll never escape me, Flash Gordon!

You may have won this time, but I'll be back!

- I'm afraid her hatred is too strong to listen to reason.

- You're right, but right now we've got bigger problems

like getting those hangar doors open!

Thanks, Jedda.

I can't imagine what we have done without you.

♪ ♪

[beeping]

- I must get my bracelet back!

- Emergency!
[ … ]

Clay sl*ves have entered Monitor!

Extreme danger!

- Jedda, use the bracelet!

[bracelet beeps] Astra's powers are great.

She's trying to get the bracelet.

- Fight back, Jedda! Fight her!

- The fate of Monitor depends on it!

- No!

My bracelet! It's gone!

She's beaten me!

[beeping]

- Well done, Jedda.

- They may have escaped for the moment,

but I will never rest until I have destroyed Flash Gordon

and all those he holds dear.

[rock music]

♪ ♪