01x49 - The Prince's Royal Hunt

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- ♪ 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 ♪

- How is the reconstruction coming, Throck?

- Work is proceeding on schedule, Prince Kro-Tan!

Your Majesty's throne room is our first priority!

- Your priority, Throck,

is to find those accursed Defenders of the Earth!

Find them, or you will share their fate!

- Even now, troops of Ice Robots

are searching the entire planet!

- Find them!

Find them.

- If only we knew where on Mongo

the teleporter sent the Defenders.

- My gift from Beta Two may be gone

but at least I have a use for the vehicle it came in!

If my minions don't find the Defenders,

this will bring them running!

- Mongo isn't the nicest place to be, is it?

- It certainly is not the Riviera!

- Can we rest, Father?

- We'd better keep moving

if we don't want the cold to get us!

- I knew I should've brought my winter tux.

[roar]

- Tell me I didn't hear what I just heard.

- A colony of snowbeasts!

[roaring]

- It doesn't look as though they have any intentions

of letting us pass!

- I'm freezing, Dad!

- It is at times like these

that I wonder why we left the Caribbean!

- There's not a sign of life for a miles!

It's like we are the last two people left!

I'm scared, dad!

- Don't worry, Son!

We must keep moving.

I know we'll find the others.

We must find the others.

- I grow tired of waiting, Zorelda!

- Be patient a short while longer,

mighty Suramong!

- I grow weaker by the minute!

I must have Ming's molecules

before I waste away altogether!

The ancient curse which binds you

also binds me, Suramong!

It is forbidden for me to take the molecules

from Prince Kro-Tan!

I can only guide events

so that Kro-Tan will give them to me.

At the moment,

he plans to launch a m*ssile

to force the Defenders of the Earth into surrendering!

- We've got to find the others and tell them!

- There's no time, Son!

We must get back to the Imperial City

and stop Kro-Tan!

- If Kro-Tan succeeds,

we may never get Ming's molecules.

- My second sight tells me he will fail utterly!

And by tomorrow,

he will bring the molecules to me!

- Zorelda--

There's just one thing that worries me...

Zuffoids!

- Fear not!

We can thank Ming for one thing,

he wiped the Zuffoids

off the face of the planet Mongo!

When the Defenders drive Kro-Tan to his knees,

no one will be left to oppose you,

mighty Suramong.

[laughs]

- If we don't find shelter soon,
[ … ]

I'm gonna turn into a Frost Person

without Ming's help!

[worried chirping]

- What is it, Zuff?

[frightened chatter]

- What's the matter?

- Alert.

Zuffoid sighted.

- Zuffy! They're looking for you!

We've gotta get out of here, Zuff!

- Zuffoids!

Exterminate!

- My head!

- You had to ask that guy for directions, didn't you?

- Gimme a break, Dad!

How was I to know he was a Frost Person?

- So much for blending quietly into the crowd!

- Here they come!

- And here we go!

- I think we lost them!

- Yeah, we should be safe in here, so long as--

- I hope this crate is stamped 'Handle With Care'

- Uh-oh--

I've got a feeling

this is gonna be one of those days!

- The tree has crystallized!

- I'll distract them!

You two make a run for it!

- I may be able to throw them off- guard long enough for you

to mind-link with them, Jedda!

- Hurry, Mandrake! Hurry!

- Hear me, Snow Beasts!

We are friends!

We need your help!

- I think you got through to them!

What is this metal thing we're packed in against?

- I hate to say it,

but it looks like a cobalt b*mb!

- Those things are capable of destroying whole planets!

- I wonder what its destination is?

- Here's your answer, Dad!

- Get in!

- Give me a hand, Son!

- Where do you think we are?

- A cargo hold in some kind of spaceship.

Why do I get the feeling I've been here before?

- We've got to stop Kro-Tan from launching that m*ssile!

- If we can find it!

How do you hide a foot m*ssile?

- First we have to get past those guards!

- What do you suggest, Dad?

- Maybe we can sneak over the wall unnoticed.

- I'll go first!

It's got me paralyzed!

- Locked!

- Allow me!

- Your new throne room is complete, Prince Kro-Tan!

- I would have preferred

to have you bring me the Defenders.

But soon the m*ssile will be ready,

then the Defenders of the Earth will be mine!

- How so, my lord?

- They will come crawling to me

when they learn I am about to destroy

their precious Earth!

You see, Father,

my schemes are far more brilliantly evil

than yours ever were!

- Indeed they are, Prince Kro-Tan!

I must warn the Defenders somehow!

They are Mongo's only hope of ridding this land

of Kro-Tan!

- It must be a storage compartment!

- Of course, I remember now!

This is the Beta-Two transport ship!

- The what?

- The ship that brought the giant robot here

from Beta-Two!

I've been in this ship!

I know how it works!

- Then what're we waiting for?

Let's go!

- L.J., head for the area of the wall

where I shut down the power!

- Where was it?

- There!

- Now what?

- Down!

[massive roars]

- Attack them!

- That's the last of them!

Let's move!

- Thank you, Snowbeasts!

- I don't understand,

what happened to all the controls?

There's only that thing!

- Maybe we're in the wrong part of the ship.

- Something's changed I tell you,

Rick, I flew this heap!

It just doesn't make sense!
[ … ]

- Proceed with the m*ssile launching!

- Throck!

What are you doing here?

- No time to explain!

Kro-Tan's about to launch a--

Oh, no!

- What's that?

- We're too late!

- We're lifting off!

- I know, but to where?

- Attention Defenders,

wherever you are!

The m*ssile you see flying over your heads right now

has a cobalt warhead in it,

and is controlled solely by my own thoughts.

Its destinationPlanet Earth.

If you don't want to see your precious planet

blown to bits,

you'll surrender to me! Now!

- Kro-Tan does not give us much of a choice!

- If we could get us closer to him,

we might be able to find a way

to stop that m*ssile!

- I'll do everything in my power to help you!

- So that's it?

We're surrendering?

- And we don't even know where Flash and Rick are!

- Welcome, Defenders!

I have a stimulating diversion planned for you!

Find your way through this maze!

At the end of it is a button,

press it,

and it will detonate my m*ssile's warhead.

If you're fast enough,

the m*ssile will explode harmlessly

in space,

before it reaches the Earth!

You have twenty minutes left.

- Great odds!

- Find that button!

- Of course, you won't be alone in there!

[snarling & growling]

- I've invited some of my pets

to make it more interesting!

- It's not possible.

It can't be done.

I don't have a clue as to how that thing works.

- There's nothing mechanical about it.

- I feel certain that crystal is running this ship.

We've got to find out what makes it operate!

- How very clever of you, Flash Gordon!

I assumed you had stowed aboard my m*ssile transport!

- Kro-Tan!

It's a pity you're not here with us

to enjoy this little ride.

- Thanks for the invitation,

but I am having too much fun down here.

The other Defenders are in my maze.

They're trying to get to the button

which detonates this ship

and you two with it!

Oh, don't worry.

They won't make it there alive.

You see, my robodogs are in there with them!

- You'll never pull this one off, either, Kro-Tan!

- Who's to stop me?

You're prisoners on a ship controlled by my thoughts.

Soon you'll be seeing your precious planet Earth--

but not for long!

- You slime!

- Farewell, Flash!

- You should never have told me

that this ship was thought-controlled!

You figured your plan was foolproof,

didn't you, Kro-Tan?

- I'll see what I can do to dismantle

the cobalt warhead.

- I'll simply re-tune this thing--

and we'll fly by my thoughts,

Dad!

- If Flash Gordon tries to tamper

with the m*ssile's controls--

that monitoring device

will automatically detonate the warhead.

Watch that monitor for me, Throck,

notify me of any change!

- Yes, your Majesty.

I certainly will!

- Oh, how careless of me!

- That should do it.

[distant barking]

- The robodogs are coming closer!

- We've got to keep moving.

[barking furiously]

- Come on, we've got to find that detonator!

- L.J.

I'm worried about Kshin.

Where could he be?

- Just be glad he's not here!

- Kshin, where are you?
[ … ]

[chattering]

- We're trapped!

I can't mind-link with robots!

- And I can't hypnotize them!

- But we can fight on their level!

- By Jungle Law,

the Ghost Who Walks Calls

Forth the Power of Ten Tigers!

[roaring]

- Lothar! Keep them back!

- With pleasure!

- Father! The detonator button!

- Wait, L.J.!

This could be another of Kro-Tan's tricks!

- On the other hand,

he went to a lot of trouble to make sure

we couldn't reach the detonator!

- But who knows what might blow up

if we push it?

- We saw the m*ssile!

This is our only chance to save the Earth!

- Push it, L.J.!

- Yes, push it.

The m*ssile should have reached the Earth by now

and either way, Flash Gordon will be destroyed!

- Wrong again, Kro-Tan!

- That's Flash's voice!

- He's cut into Kro-Tan's frequency!

- How could you have escaped?

- I'm a Defender!

The target's not Earth, it's Kro-Tan!

- You wouldn't dare! You wouldn't!

- To stop you, there's nothing I wouldn't do, Kro-Tan!

Impact in one minute!

- Please, Flash! I'll do anything!

- Release the others and the Terry!

- It's done, Flash! They're free!

Now pull up! Pull up!

The warhead!

- Time to leave this heap, Son.

Eject!

- My throne room!

Not again!

Guards! Get them! Get them!

They must not escape!

Did you hear me?

Obey!

Defenders!

You've humiliated me for the last time!

I'll destroy you

even if it costs me my kingdom!

I will destroy you all!

- Let's fish them out!

- Well, team, we're homeward bound!

- No, we're not!

You may not have noticed in all this excitement, Flash,

but Kshin and Zuffy are still missing!

- Where are they?

- I don't know.

But we've got to find them before Kro-Tan does!

[exciting music]

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