02x07 - Runaway

[bunniefuu]

Darling,
look at my knees.

What do
you think?

I think I've
seen your knees,
dear.

Well, you need
to look again

And look very
closely this time.

One of them
is shaved.

Do you like
the shiny smooth one

Or the hairy
jungle one?

I...don't know.

Honey, what is
all that money

Doing on
the table?

Oh, I took out
a $30,000 loan

To buy a new
stereo for my den.

$30,000
For a stereo?

Are you
out of your mind?

With joy, I am.

This baby is
the latest in

Slamming digital
surround sound...sound.

Well, this is not
going to happen.

You're taking
that money back.

[Softly]
how about if
I take you back

To your parents
in a box?

What did you say?

I said let's
sleep on it.

Hey fellas,
how's it
hanging?

Whoa! Hold the
phone, jackson.

Dad, what's
with the knees?

They're freakin'
me out, man--

With the short pants
and the knees.

Why, what's
wrong with them?

Oh-oh, nothing.

It just looks
like I walked into

The knobby-knee
circus.

Dad: what?

♪ Step right up,
please ♪

♪ And behold
the knobby knees ♪

♪ Of the king of
the knee bones ♪

♪ Better stand
back 20 feet ♪

♪ Or these
knobby knees will
eat you up ♪

That's enough!

♪ One is bald and
one is hairy ♪

♪ Hide your children
it's too scary! ♪

Brak!

What?

I've heard quite enough
from your opinions.

How dare you walk into
this kitchen

And ridicule the knees
of your father.

You have hurt me
and my feelings.

Ah, I was just
funning you, dad.

I actually think
your knees are
pretty cool.

Too late! You made
the knees cry.

I can feel their tears
rolling down my shins

And filling my shoes.

Your knees
are not crying, dear.

No, they probably
are, mom.

I was pretty hard
on the old boy's
knobbers.

Too late
for remorse.

Go to your room
for one year.

Brak: what?

Did you say what?

I guess you want
to make it two years.

Now, go.

But what
about school?

Did you just
say what again?


All right,
I'm in my room.

Can I come out now?

Dad: no!

Can I have something
to eat, like a sandwich?

Brak: perhaps
a bologna sandwich?

Oh, of course.
In 3 years!

Oh, man.
You're k*lling me, man.

Honey, I think
you really
over-reacted there.

In what way?
What did I do?

Well, let's see...

You just sent
brak to his room
for 3 years.

Uh, I know.

Not even the most
famous doctors of

Military science
can explain it.

Uh...right.

Do you want
to let him
come back down?

No, let him spend
the night up there.

That's where
he usually sleeps.

Then tomorrow morning,
if he hasn't done
something foolish,

Like stolen my stereo
money and used it
to buy materials

To build a rocket ship
to run away from home,

We'll let him out
of his room

And roll him
in pancakes.

Narrator: later that night
when everyone else was asleep.

The following sounds were heard:

[Hammering]

[Sawing]

Ah, mother,
of all the nights
I have slept,

Last night was
the best of them all.

Aah! My son
has run away
in a rocket ship.

Uh, I didn't
see that coming.

[Doorbell]

♪ Come in!

Greetings.
I am space ghost,

Heroic warrior
of justice.

Ok, that's
fine with me.

I've come to arrest
your son, brak.

Well, you just
missed him.

He ran away
from home in
a rocket ship.

Hmm. That's
disappointing.

My plan was to
arrest him and then
go run some errands.

Can I have some of
your food?

Wait a minute.
Why were you going
to arrest brak?

Because he is
a criminal.

He's committed
many crimes

In the future,
where I come from.

Even though the show
took place in 1966.

What show?

My action-
adventure show.

It was wildly
popular in the past
where it took place,

Even though it was
set in the future.

Heh. Of course
in 1994 I also

Had a talk show
in the future,

And brak was
my friend.

Well, not really
my friend--

More of
an associate,

Unlike 1966, when
he was a criminal
in the past.

Do you understand
the words that
I have said to you?

Ah, yes.

But, mostly no.

I still don't
understand why

You want to
arrest our son.

I'll tell you what.

I'll go get
my tapes.

They're in
the phantom cruiser.

That's what
I ride around in.

I believe you.

Thank you.

I'll go get
the tapes.

I bet that little man
didn't think I could

Build a rocket ship
and survive in outer space.

But I did,
and I have

For 3 glorious
minutes now.

♪ A-boom-boom-pish
boom-boom-ba-pish ♪

♪ A-boom-boom-pish
boom-boom-ba-- ♪

♪ Outer space,
space, space ♪

♪ I'm not afraid of
space, space, space ♪

♪ Even when it's in
my face, face, face ♪

♪ I didn't get
off your space ♪

Hey, there's zorak.

Hey, zorak,
you like my
new rocket ship?

You want to go
for a ride?

No.

Come on, I'll
let you drive.

That's right,
you will.

All right, let's
see what this
tank will do.

Zorak: ha ha ha!

Brak: aah!

You see, what
you're watching now

Occurred in
the distant past.


No, no. That was
the talk show,

Which is also
in the future.

So it hasn't
happened yet?

No, it happened,
but after what
you're seeing here.

This is my action-
adventure show.

Mom: oh, look.
There's brak.

Yes, that is
your criminal son.

She must disappear
without a trace

So that space ghost
will never find her.

Oh, dear,
what's wrong
with his voice?

Does he have a cold?

No, ma'am,
that's his
criminal voice.

Plus, remember,
even though
this show

Is in the past,
it's set in
the future.

Colds have
been eliminated.

Listen,
mr. Space ghost.

The way I see it,
from what you've
told us,

Brak is not actually
a criminal.

Of course he is.

But what you've
shown us here is

Just a television
show, right?

And a very
successful one,
I might add.

In the past.

Exactly.

But set in
the future.

Colds have
been eliminated.

But if it's
a television show,

Isn't brak just
an actor playing
a part?

The part of
a devious criminal.

Yes, but it's
still acting,
isn't it?

It's not real.

Impossible.

Madam, I am
a heroic warrior.

I think, perhaps,
if we watch

Several episodes
of the talk show...

Why, what's the point?

It's just more
make believe.

Yes, but it's
set in the future.

Oh, that
doesn't matter.

If it didn't matter,
would I be able to
do this?

Mother, look
what you've done.

You chased away
the best friend
I've ever had.

Oh, look,
he's coming back.

Welcome back,
space ghost.

I was just
telling my wife

You're the best friend
I've ever had in
my entire life.

Really?
That's funny.

I was just in
the future telling

My associate,
moltar, the same
thing about you.

Really?

Yep.
Then I fired him.

Ah, ha ha ha!

I said, "get out!"

Ah, ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Zorak: hey, look at that
bucket-head down there.

Let's pick him up
and rob him.

I don't want
to rob him.

What if
he's nice?

Right, we'll just
beat him up, then.

You got a hammer
in this tub?

Get in.

Um, ok.

Welcome aboard,
stranger.

What's your name?

Moltar.

What kind of
name is that?

[Mumbles]

Never thought
about it.

Well, we're going
to call you calvin.

What do you think
of that, calvin?

I want to call
him buddy.

Hey, buddy!

Who are
you guys?

I'm marvin,
and that's
shackleford.

We're famous
ice skaters.

Maybe you
heard of us.

Yeah, I
heard of you.

You did?

Enough of
this b.s.

We're going to
beat you up. Right now!

You could do that,
or we could

Go down there to
the statue planet.

There's statues
everywhere, man.

Yeah, let's go
tip them all over.

Hey, that's
a great idea!

Ah! I can't
believe what
I just said.

We can't do that.
It would be a crime.

You hear that,
calvin?

It'd be a crime.

Yeah, right.

To crime! Ha ha!

Crime rocks!

Crime rocks!

Oh, no.

[Zorak and moltar laughing]

So I said,

"I don't care what
you presume, sir.

These teeth
are brushed."

Had you
brushed them?

Of course not.

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Oh, man.

Speaking of heat,
let me tell you

A story about
a fish I once caught

In a 37,000
degree lake.

You've never
been fishing.

Sure he has.

How would
you know?

I went with him.
It was in the future.

Your husband and I caught
several large fish.

I'm sure we did.

Or should I say,
I'm sure we will.

It was one of
the best times
I've ever had,

Until somebody
suggested we
go swimming.

Oh, that sounds
like fun.

Yes, great fun.

Jumping into
a 37,000 degree
lake armed with

Nothing but tiny
futuristic underwater
fish-grenades.

It was my idea.

Well, what happens?

Luckily,
the extreme heat

Causes the lake
to evaporate,

And we fall onto
a soft cushion of

Beautiful mermaids
who kiss us very,
very much.

End of story,

Or is it?

That is the most
ridiculous thing

I've heard in
my entire life.

I want you to leave,

And I want you
to find our son.

Yes, I have to go.

I can see that
you're good parents

And will do
a fine job
raising brak.

Just remember--
it won't work.

He still becomes
a criminal.

[Beeping]

Hold on,
I have a call.

Space ghost here.

What? Ice skaters?

On the statue planet?

Oh, no.

Uh, look,
I have to go.

Yes, you do.

Will I ever
see you again,
space ghost?

No.

What about
the fishing?

Oh...uh, right.

I'll see you then.

[Whispering]
in the future.

Whew!
I thought he'd
never leave.

Why did you
let him in?

That man was insane.

Well, then,
why did you

Keep laughing
at his stupid jokes?

For god's sake,
you even invited
him to live here.

I thought he was
going to k*ll us.

Did you see
his eyes--
the emptiness?

Those were
the empty eyes
of death, mother.

I was trying to
save your life.

Thank you for
not noticing.

Man, you guys
are not going to

Believe what
just happened.

I was on the
statue planet

With marvin
and calvin,

And this man
in a yellow cape
shows up and says,

"Hey, you criminals,
stop or I'll sh**t,"
right?

So we stopped,
and he started

sh**ting
and blowing up

Statues and saying
stuff like,

"This is fun!
This is great!"

Until the statue
police came
and took him away.

Well, we're both
just happy to have
you back, honey.

Ah, yes, we are.
Now, go to your room!

Space ghost: do you
understand the words
I've said to you so far?

Do you understand the words
that I have said to you?

[Echoing]
that's disappointing.

Hmm. That's disappointing.