01x06 - The Purple Moss / Drackmore, the Despot / The Deadly Trio

[bunniefuu]

Birdman!

Birdman!

What's that?

I better call the sheriff!

What's that purple stuff?

I've got to get out of here!

Birdman.

Yes, Falcon 7?

An incredible growth,
purple in color

is creeping over the entire
upstate farm country.

It seems to be fed by a light source.

Birdman, it must be stopped.

We'll stop it, Falcon 7.

Let's go, Avenger!

Birdman!

What do you make of it, Birdman?

A strange growth that simply
suffocates everything it touches.

I've never seen
anything like it, Sheriff.

Even our flamethrowers can't stop it.

And look!

Even our most powerful
bombs are ineffectual.

There's a definite connection
between the spreading moss

and those light beams.

I've got to follow those
rays to their source.

You stay here, Avenger.

Good luck, Birdman.

We're depending on you.

Birdman!

There it is.

The source of the rays is that
weird-looking metal sphere.

Xandu, something approaches
our feeding station.

It is the famed Birdman.

I have anticipated his
interference, Zarog.

Make ready the entry port.

The sphere has no apparent entry.

No, wait!

It could be a trap, but I've
got to take that chance.

This equipment has got to be
what's causing the moss to grow.

But why?

The answer is simple, Birdman.

With that purple moss, we can
engulf and subjugate any planet.

And your objective is Earth?

Yes.

All space belongs to the strong.

We of the planet Moger
take what we want.

Not if I can stop you.

What you reached for was
only my projected image.

Now, regrettably, of course,
you will be disposed of.

I've got to destroy that
equipment and fast.

A nucleon shield.

I've got to increase my solar power.

I'm powerless against the
thrust of the centrifugal force.

By now, the Ervo mist has made
Birdman helpless, Xandu.

Yes. Disengage the rotary
elements and dispose of him.

What? What happened?

Those aliens of the purple
moss are evil beings, Avenger.

And look, they're spreading
more of their horrible moss.

It's creeping toward the city.

I've got to renew my solar energy and
destroy that sphere once and for all.

I'm going right up into
the sun's rays, Avenger.

Let's go.

I can feel my strength returning.

I don't believe it.

Birdman is returning.

Our plans will be finished if he
destroys our feeding station.

Do not worry, Zarog. Our heat
magnos will bring him down.

Prepare to fire.

Suction weights attracted
by my body heat.

They're pulling me down.

Luckily, I'm near enough to
the sun to renew my energy.

That was close, Avenger,
but not close enough.

Birdman!

They're approaching the
feeding station, Xandu.

Activate our screaming barrier.

That high decibel sound
would shatter even me.

I've got to break through it.

I've destroyed the equipment,
so the rays should be destroyed too.

Wrong, Birdman.
Those rays are locked in.

You cannot destroy it.

In that case, I'll put your evil ray
to some good use for a change.

That ought to do it.

We're locked to our own ray.

Quick, Zarog, before
we are enveloped.

Don't worry, Avenger.
They aren't getting away.

They've escaped from their ship,

but only to go into orbit where
they may remain forever.

It's justice, Avenger.

And meanwhile,
Earth is safe once again.

Birdman!

It's been several weeks since we've
heard from the eight Pioneer ships

that headed into this
unexplored Tranquility Belt.

We'd better send the Galaxy Trio
into that area to check it out.

Attention, Galaxy Trio.

Several Pioneer spaceships lost
somewhere in Tranquility Belt.

Check and report.

We're on our way. Over and out.

I've always wanted to explore
the unknown Tranquility Belt.

Let's go.

We're now in the Tranquility Belt

and heading for its
largest planet, Paradise 2.

This is the last frontier of space.

I envy the Pioneers who've
come to settle here.

Wait a minute.

It looks like we've
found the Pioneer ships.

They're docked in space just
ahead of us over Paradise 2.

Let's move up close
to them and find out

why they haven't communicated
with Intergalactic headquarters.

Can't figure it out.

Some strange force has
locked us into position.

Rockets refuse to operate.

Here's your answer.

We're being approached
by several small spaceships.

Prepare for battle.

Defense shield on.

Just in time.
We'd better retaliate.

They're still coming at us.

I have a feeling they're
responsible for our power cutoff.

We'd better let them take us

and find out what they've
done with the Pioneers.

Good idea. I'll send them
a signal that we give up.

You do well to surrender to
Drackmore, ruler of Paradise 2.

Hold fast where you are.

We are coming aboard
to take you c*ptive.

This Drackmore must have
enslaved all of the Pioneers.

You will not speak of King
Drackmore unless told to.

Silence.

Attention, sl*ves.

Here comes your king,
the great Drackmore.

All bow to King Drackmore.

How long have you been enslaved?

When we arrived at this planet,
which we thought was empty,

we were captured by
this man Drackmore

and his mechanical robots and
have been enslaved ever since.

Silence. Drackmore speaks.

I welcome the new
sl*ves to Paradise 2.

If you do my bidding
as these others have,

you will find me a
just and fair ruler.

But do not try to escape, or you
shall be destroyed by my drones.

I don't know about you,
but I've had enough of this.

It's time we made our move.

That goes for me too.

Let's show these drones
we're not here to play games.

Here come the guards now. Let's go.

You're going to be free if
you have the will to fight.

Are you with us?

We're with you all the way.

We came here to be free
and to rule ourselves,

not to be ruled by machines.

That's all I wanted to know.

Here come more guards.

I'll take away their weapons
and make the fight more equal.

I'll take care of the machinery that
has locked those rocket ships above.

And I'll take care of this machine
that controls the drones.

Good work, Meteor Man.

And here's the head villain himself.

I'll handle him.

Stop! You're destroying my kingdom!

Your ruling days are over.

You can't enslave free people.

They'll rule themselves.

Rule yourselves wisely.

We welcome you as a new
planet to the free universe.

We leave Drackmore to be dealt with
by the Intergalactic Court of Justice.

Farewell.

We'll have to come back to
Paradise 2 sometime in the future.

Meanwhile, there's more work
for us somewhere out there.

Birdman!

Welcome, Zardo and Quint.

At long last we meet.

Your message made sense, Dr. Killy.

That's why I came and
urged Dr. Quint to join us.

Yes, we must face facts.

The three of us have one
mission we must fulfill.

Destroy Birdman.

Dr. Quint is right.

We have discovered that
fighting Birdman alone,

we are no match for him.

Ah yes, but together,

together we possess the
greatest powers in the world.

Yes, together we can
crush him once and for all.

It is well you sent your
special machinery here.

This will be our base of operation.

We will make an invincible team.

We now have my apparatus

that can throw up invisible
force walls at any angle.

And my apparatus that can break down
molecular and solid construction,

thus making things disappear,
moving them where we want.

And don't forget my machine
that can scramble any signals

and nullify any type
of moving machinery.

By working together,
Birdman is doomed.

It's the most diabolical plot we've
ever encountered, Birdman.

And we suspect a conspiracy
that involves more than one.

That's obvious, Falcon 7.

The city blackout,

the bank disappearance,

and looting of the art museum.

It all spells big trouble.

It's up to you, Birdman,
to stop this wild plot.

I remember tangling with
a Dr. Killy some years ago,

who used a force wall.

If you know where to
find him, get going.

We're depending on you, Birdman.

He's in the mountains somewhere,
and that's my first stop.

Birdman!

Plan number one went smooth as silk.

Here he comes, like a homing pigeon.

And now he's going to be all ours.

Watch me make some
familiar landmarks disappear.

That ought to confuse Birdman.

That's strange, Avenger.

I thought a huge radio antenna
used to be down there.

Can it be I've lost my bearings?

There's supposed to
be a dam just below us.

Up, Avenger.

I want to replenish my strength

and get another perspective
on our bearings.

Hurry, Dr. Killy.

Send up a force wall between
Birdman and the sun.

Right. Watch this.

That's strange.

Something seems to be
between the sun's rays and...

Hit something.
Some invisible wall.

Sun, cut off.
My strength failing.

Need help from Falcon 7.

Calling Falcon 7.

Come in, Falcon 7.

He's calling for help.

Hurry, Quint.
Scramble his communicator.

No sooner said than done.

Come in, Falcon 7. Come in.

I... I can't read you.

He's our prisoner now.

Let's get him.

They're coming for me, Avenger.

And I'm helpless to stop them.

Don't let them get you.

So we meet again, Birdman.

But things are different this time.

I should have guessed
the evil trio was involved.

You have met more than
your match, Birdman.

There was a time when
you could handle one of us.

But together, we're invincible.

Together, we'll dominate the world.

Away from the sun,
there's little I can do to stop them.

Avenger.

Good boy. You followed us.

No, Avenger.
You can't rip those bars.

They're too strong.

My only chance is
using their invisible ray.

That's it, Avenger.

The invisible ray machine.

It's focused right on my jail cell.

When I signal, throw that switch.

It should make the
jail bars disappear.

Wait till I get out of range.

Now.

That did it.

Quick. Let's get out of
here before they return.

I need some sun. And fast.

The jail door. It's missing.

Birdman has escaped.

It must have been his eagle, Avenger.

There he is. Heading for the sun.

Turn on the force
wall and cut it off.

I feel my strength and
powers returning, Avenger.

But as soon as they
discover I've escaped,

they'll try to cut off the sun's rays.

But this time, I'll be ready
for them with my solar shield.

Give it all you can, Killy.

I have. But it's no use.

My force wall can't penetrate some
kind of sun barrier he's thrown up.

Out of the way.

My invisible force ray
will take him apart.

They're throwing everything
they have up at us, Avenger.

Let's throw some solar beams at them.

I think we can write off
that laboratory, Avenger.

But I'm afraid that someday
that evil trio will return.

And when they do,
they'll have to contend with

Birdman!

Birdman!