01x50 - The Prince Dethroned

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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 much longer am I to wait, Zorelda?

For years, you have been promising me release

from the ancient curse!

Kro-Tan has that which can restore my power!

How will you get Ming's molecules away

from Kro-Tan?

- Within the hour,

Kro-Tan will give them to me.

[chatters quizzically]

- Zuffy?

[chatters quizzically]

What's the matter, Zuff? Don't you recognize me?

[more chattering]

- Hey! Which one of you is the real Zuffy?

[puzzled chattering]

- I thought the zuffoids were extinct--

Wiped out!

Look at them all!

[happy chattering]

- Zuffy! It's you!

- What's that song?

It makes me feel so... so good.

Where did they all come from, Zuff?

You guys escaped from those zuffoid-hunting robots,

just like we did!

Yeah, they nearly got to us, too!

I wonder what's happened to the other Defenders?

We've got to find them, come on!

- Flash, we must find Kshin, and soon!

- You don't suppose he's...

- Don't even think about it, Jedda!

- Hold it, guys, I'm picking up something.

- It's Kshin's communicator!

[cheer]

- Where is he? Can you pinpoint his location?

- Approximately two miles away!

- You must help me, Zorelda!

- I, mighty prince?

- Yes, you must call upon all the powers you possess.

The Defenders of the Earth

must be destroyed once and for all!

- Such a deed calls for powers beyond those which I possess!

- But you must!

They must be destroyed before they destroy me!

- There is one way to call up power

great enough to destroy your enemies!

- Then do it! I don't care how, do it!

- The molecules of your father, Ming the Merciless!

They are what is needed!

- Here! Take them!

- You would give this to me willingly?

- Yes, yes, take them!

- Even though it could cost you your kingdom?

Even though it may mean your life?

[demonic laughter]

- After a thousand years!

Free! Free! Free!

My power is restored!

And thus, Zorelda, I restore you,

my beautiful thief!

- Who--What are you?

- A thousand years ago,

Mongo was ruled by an immortal overlord

of unlimited power!

But the overlord was conquered.

That great power was locked in the molecules of your father!

But now, I have reabsorbed them!

Now, I am overlord once more!

- Kshin's communicator signal is coming in stronger!

- Exterminate intruders! Exterminate intruders!

- Bring them on!

Even stereo blasters won't stop them!

There's too many of them!

- It's Kshin! With an army of his own!
[ … ]

- Zuffoids! Exterminate zuffoids!

[wobbling]

- Exterminate!

- I don't believe it!

- Let's go get them!

[cheering]

- Thank heaven you're safe, my boy!

- Where'd you find all these zuffoids?

- I thought they were extinct except for Zuffy!

- Who goes there?

- Suramong,

first and rightful ruler of all Mongo!

The legend lives!

Zorelda, are you certain that no zuffoids

remain on planet Mongo?

- Ming had them all exterminated.

- Then nothing stands in my way!

- Nothing, except the Defenders of the Earth!

I could steal them away!

- Do so.

- How good it is to have my old powers back!

- Why would Ming go to so much trouble

just to wipe out a bunch of furry little creatures?

- I don't know the answer to that, Kshin.

The important thing is that we're all back together.

- It is done, Suramong!

I have transported them to the ice dungeons

below the palace.

- Thank you, Zorelda!

I have no further use for you,

so I will dispose of you!

- Well, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this Kro-Tan?

- Kro-Tan, you weasel!

What are you up to this time?

- Flash Gordon, Suramong got you too?

- Sura-who?

- Suramong, the original ruler of Mongo.

He's back and once again in control of Mongo!

Suramong needed the ancient power

that was locked in my father's molecules

to have his full strength restored.

- That's why Zorelda told me not to destroy him--

to use the moleculizer!

- If we could get our hands on the moleculizer,

we could reverse the polarity--

- And destroy Suramong by putting Ming back together!

- Brilliant, Mandrake!

- I hate to steal your thunder, Mandrake,

but we shot the moleculizer into deep space!

- Kro-Tan, are there any ships nearby

that we could borrow?

- This ice dungeon leads

straight into the loading docks.

- By Jungle Law,

the Ghost Who Walks Calls Forth the Power of Ten Tigers!

[roaring]

- Lothar and I will try to track down the moleculizer.

- Mandrake and I will find the kids.

- And what about me?

- You realize what this means.

If we succeed, we get Ming back!

Excuse us!

Pardon me!

Excuse me!

See, if you can find an ion detector on this bucket

to track down that moleculizer.

- The Defenders--

They have escaped?

Impossible!

You will have one chance to live.

Find them!

I warn you, Kro-Tan,

if you fail, or try to escape Mongo,

I will track you down and destroy you!

- That's it!

That's where the ion traces are coming from.

The Rigellian Pleasure Dome!

- Oh, no!

- The moleculizer is in there!

- The Bash-O-Matic Palace.

I've got a very bad feeling about this.

- There!

Flash, that creature's got the moleculizer!

- It's the Gorp,

I don't think I can go through this again!

- What are you talking about?

- When Kro-Tan made his first move on the Earth,

I had to run out on a fight with that same Gorp!

- Maybe I'd better handle this.

- You know that silicon daiquiris rot my hydraulics!

No Gorp would ever eat that junk!

- Excuse me.

I believe you have a moleculizer with you?

- What's it to you?

- I wonder if I might convince you to part with it.

- Your one of the Defenders of the Earth

and a pal of that no-good rat Flash Gordon!

Where is he?

Tell me where he is and I'll...

- Hi, guy!
[ … ]

- Still a yellowbellied coward, eh, Gordon?

- Listen, Gorp, I'm not afraid of you

or anyone else.

- It sure looks like you are.

But since I'm a sporting kind of guy,

I tell you what?

I won't give you the moleculizer,

but I will fight you for it.

- Look, Gordon,

see what I've done with your moleculizer.

I had it reduced and put in this handy dandy p*stol mount.

But the only way you'll ever get it from me

is to fight me for it.

- I don't want to fight you--

but if it's the only way to get the Moleculizer!

Hey! Aren't you supposed to at least wait for the bell?

- Get up and take what's coming to you, Gordon!

- No fair!

I don't have any weapons!

- Isn't that just too bad, pretty boy!

- Finally, the city gate.

[roars and growls]

- What are they?

- The snowbeasts.

Hello, good friends.

Rick, I think you should stay here

with Kshin and the zuffoids.

- What?

- It seems somebody wants these creatures extinct.

Rick, who else can protect them.

- Flash is going to get m*rder*d.

I've got to help him somehow.

There you go, buddy, a silicon daiquiri.

- You know that silicon daiquiris rot my hydraulics!

- May I borrow this? Thank you.

Flash! Give it to Gorp!

- Ya-ha-ha!

Now you'll know you've been in a fight, Gordon!

- This has gone far enough!

- I'll get you for that...

A silicon daiquiri!

No!

Gordon, you cheater!

- Winner take all, Gorp!

- Come back and fight, Gordon!

Come back and take what's coming to you!

Come back and--

Is there a mechanic in the house?

- Father! Mandrake!

- Where are Kshin and Rick?

- Waiting outside the city for us.

- Then we haven't a moment to waste!

- Jedda!

Suramong's coming, Jedda!

- Kro-Tan!

After all you've done to me and to my friends?

Put him on ice!

- Suramong knows where we are, and he's coming for us!

- I do believe he's found us.

- The mighty Defenders of the Earth

are mine at last!

What Kro-Tan and Ming the Merciless

could not destroy, I will destroy!

- You'll not harm them, Suramong!

- Your theatrics cannot deceive me, magician!

- But this is no illusion!

- Ah, real magic!

But can your powers match mine?

I am the original evil force of Mongo!

My power is limitless!

[chattering angrily]

- You said it, Zuff! How long can we wait, Rick?

- We've waited long enough!

- Come on, everybody!

- Run! Run!

There is no escaping me!

[evil laugh]

- We'll see who's gonna do the running now!

- Fools!

Well, well. What have we here?

I'll just finish you all off at once!

What?

It can't be!

[trilling song approaches]

- Their singing seems to be affecting him!

- C'mon, guys! Sing louder!

- Zuffoids!

I thought the zuffoids were all destroyed!

And that infernal noise!

- So that's why they tried to destroy all the zuffoids!

- Flash, let's do something!

- He's about to drop the moleculizer!

- That sound.

What treachery is this?

What has happened to my kingdom?

Kro-Tan, I should just leave you like this!

- Father! You're back! Then I'm safe from Suramong!

- You'll soon wish you were dealing

with him instead of me!

- That noise!
[ … ]

The pain!

Just you wait, you ungrateful whelp!

- The snowbeasts will protect you from now on.

The zuffoids need never fear Ming again!

- Gee, Zuff,

now that you've found your friends again,

I guess you'll want to stay with them

and find your family.

Well, good bye, Zuff, I'll miss you!

[chattering]

- Zuffy!

[happy chattering]

- Kshin, I think Zuffy has already found his family!

[exciting music]

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