01x17 - Canon of Doom

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[narrator] Spider-Man.

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[meowing]

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[growls]

[narrator] Spider-Man.

[grunting]

Enough, Boris.
You talk of the people's rights.

The people have only those rights

which I choose to give them.

And that is for their good, believe me.

I do, Doctor Doom.

I have for all our years together.

But

they disappoint me.

They must work faster, Boris.

The satellite tracking station
must be completed

before the Americans
launch their space platform.

The guidance system Goron teleported here

must be in place on time.

But the prisoner, Yohan.

[Doom] Ah, yes.

The young traitor who is trying to turn

my people against me.

Watch him carefully, Boris.

I have special plans for that one.

With but a touch of my finger,

I detonate an expl*si*n in Greenland.

And another in the jungles of Mexico.

My calculations are of course precise

and the result is exactly as I predict.

My explosions have created
a new earthquake fault.

And New York City trembles
on the brink of extinction.

Soon, Boris, it won't be a
holographic image I hold in my hand,

but the Earth itself.

Has the laser cannon
been loaded aboard my jet?

Everything has been prepared
as you ordered.

But how did you get permission
to return to New York, Master?

Through the efforts
of a pompous, misguided fool.

It's free enterprise.

And I'm not gonna let some
blasted government bureaucrat

tell me how to run my business!

But Doctor Doom...

Will be my guest on my private estate

on Long Island. He's the head of state

of an officially recognized country!

There's nothing you can do about it!

He's dangerous, Mr. Jameson.

I just hope you know what you're doing.

Don't I always?

Oh, Peter,

I'm really all right, dear.

I don't want you making such a fuss.

[sneezes]

But it's only fair, Aunt May.

You always bring me
chicken soup when I'm sick.

That's what aunts are for, dear.

Oh, I wish Cousin Bea
could come up from Florida

and help out for a few days.

I know how much school work you have.

Why don't you visit Bea
in warm sunny Florida?

Hmm-mm, It would be nice.

But, you know, we simply
can't afford it, dear.

Don't you worry, Aunt May.

I'll find a way.

[sneezes]

Now, don't worry about me, dear.

You just hurry to your class.
Don't want to be late.

Oh, Petey, don't forget
to wear your heavy coat

and galoshes.

[sneezes]

You know how fragile you are.

h*-h*-h*.

"Scientists predicts earthquake
for New York City."

Hey.

"Professor Irwin Potts

claims to have discovered

a new earthquake fault

of the coast of New York.

"Other scientist laugh at his discovery."

This will be great for my geology class.

And speaking of class,
I better swing into high gear

or I'll be late again.

That's what could happen
if a major earthquake

were to hit New York City.

Of course, there aren't any

major earthquake faults around here.

Professor Higgins, what about
today's reports about a new fault?

No real scientist

takes anything Professor Potts
says seriously.

Why, the man's a crackpot.

Always has been a real wacko.

I wonder about that.

Ah, there's Doom's jet right on time.

Why is it so cold down here?

The heat went out in the whole building.

I'll bet Jameson is warming up out there
on his Long Island estate with Doctor Doom.

Doom? Here in New York?

Yes, it was Jameson's idea.

He heard that Doctor Doom

has an amazing new machine.

Doom claims it can bore a hole
right down to the Earth's core.

Then Jameson plans on selling the heat

from the center of Earth to the city.

How long is all this gonna take, Doom?

Doctor Doom.

I would not advice you
to repeat that error.

Sure. I know what you mean.

I hate it when some people call me J. J.

J. J.

Yeah, what do you... Parker!

Mr. Robertson sent me to take pictures.

He did, huh? Well, just don't
get in the way.

[camera shutter clicking]

There goes my spider sense.

Professor Pott's earthquake fault

is right under J.J.'s estate.

Parker, quiet! We got work to do.

Go take pictures.

Uh, right, J. J.

Don't call me...

Behold.

Excellent.

Yes.

Might as well get some pictures of me

and my laughing boy together again.

If Doom's boring machine
hits the earthquake fault,

it's bye-bye, New York.

It's the wall crawler!

Yes, I've been expecting him.

[stutters] Doctor Doom,
that was my rose garden.

Somebody's got to stop you
while there's still time.

Never.

What Doctor Doom wishes,

Doctor Doom does.

[electricity crackles]

[grunting]

[groans]

And now to end your mindless
meddling once and for all.

Just as dogs and other animals

are affected by ultra-high-pitched sounds,

so are spiders.

[high-pitched rings]

[groans]

Prepare for the final chord.

What the...

Earthquake!

What in blue blazes is going on?

It's started.

The earthquakes have begun.

[ground rumbles]

[cries out]

[high-pitched ring stops]

The end of Spider-Man.

[ground rumbles]

[strains]

Can't climb.

Ground's too soft.

[ground rumbles]

I've been in tight spots before, but...

Hey. That gives me an idea.

I get the feeling
that's a shortcut to China.

There.

[ground rumbles]

It's a long shot,

but it's my only chance
to get out of here.

[strains]

In exactly 30 minutes,

my laser cannon will melt
through the earthquake fault.

When that happens,

all of New York will begin to crumble

and slowly slip into the sea.

[ground rumbles]

My house! Turn it off!

You're ruining my house!

Get the President
of the United States on the phone.

He fixes houses?

[beeps]

[men straining]

[strains]

Please, food.

We need food.

[panting]

Wait! Bring him to me.

[door locks]

[strains]

[grunts]

[strains]

Wait.

I've come to help.

Listen to me.

You help me?

[laughs]

Please. In my pocket, a note.

It's from my father.

He says, "You've saved a worker
from the guard's whip."

Is this a trick?

Why would I resort to trickery?

You're already a prisoner.

What do I gain by deceiving you?

You can't blame me for being suspicious.

No. But come. We must hurry.

Wait! If you're really with us, prove it.

Let me hear you say it.

Tell me that Doctor Doom is a tyrant

and must be overthrown.

I... I spent my life serving Latveria.

Say it!

You have spent you life

serving a tyrant.

[footsteps approach]

Come quickly.

You're wrong about Doctor Doom.

He too is a freedom fighter
just as you are.

In those days, Latveria
was ruled by a different tyrant.

The Baron.

Why? Why must we always run, Father?

We can fight them.

Always ready to fight nor matter the odds

just like your poor mother.

She would be alive today if not for...

[grunts]

[panting]

[wolves howling]

I found Victor Von Doom
and his father the next morning

nearly frozen to death.

[sobbing]

They have m*rder*d my mother.

And now they have k*lled my father.

They will pay.

All of mankind shall pay for this.

Even then I had
the uneasy feeling it wasn't

young Victor Von Doom

who would need my protection.

The gypsy's medicine cured my headache.

But my hair. My hair!

Gypsy!

He sold me dust, not gold.

Get him!

Victor Von Doom, you are accused of...

[laughs]

Fool, did you really think Victor Von Doom

could be captured so easily.

[gags]

It's a life-sized doll.

A... A robot.

And so the legend
of the strange young gypsy grew.

Until...

Victor, a stranger to see you.

Hello. I'm Dean Stockton

of Eastern State University in America.

And I'm prepared to offer you

a full science scholarship.

[Boris] Victor used the college,

used its modern scientific equipment

to conduct strange forbidden experiments.

Hey, Vic, I've been going over
some of your notes,

and I'm afraid you're a couple
of decimal points off

on some of your figures.

Out!

I have no time for you.

OK, find out for yourself.

At last.

[Boris] His experiments ended

abruptly.

[screams]

What have I done to myself?

My face, it is hideous.

[narrator] And so,
Victor Von Doom hid from the world.

Taking refuge with
the mysterious order of monks.

Here he became Doctor Doom.

A fascinating story,
but it changes nothing.

Doom must be stopped.

I fear you're right, my friend.

Here, this is the address
of friends in New York.

They'll help.

[Jameson] The President
of the United States is on the phone.

Mr. President,

in less than 10 minutes,
a massive earthquake

will strike New York City

unless you're prepared to meet my terms.

[President] It is time you learned

once and for all, Doctor Doom,

the United States
does not barter with t*rrorists.

[buzzes]

Well, Mr. Secretary,

our intelligence reports were correct.

Doom's cannon on the Jameson estate

must be destroyed.

Now, there is no turning back.

[ground rumbles]

I'm back!
Don't know how it happened, but...

Hey!

Now see here, Doctor Doom. I think it's...

Silence!

Your usefulness has ended.

[groans]

If I can cover these panels in web fluid,

the laser canon will shut down.

Tracking indicates target dead ahead.

Uh-Oh. Here comes the cavalry.

If Doom doesn't get me,
the good guys will.

Only one thing left to do.

Attack head on before
the jets fire their rockets.

No.

[Pilot] Fire all rockets in 10 seconds.

Nine, eight, seven...

Three, two, one...

Wait, hold fire!

Hold fire! That cannon's destroyed!

My mansion.

My beautiful mansion.

If it weren't for Spider-Man,

none of this would've happened.

I don't believe what I just heard.

Oh, brother.

Fortunately, the cannon can be repaired.

It's vital that we ship it
to the Space Center

in Florida at once.

It must be on the new space platform

when it is launched next month.

It's time for hot chocolate.

With double chocolate,
just like you wanted.

Well, Parker, I want you to know

it's swell of you to let me stay here

while my mansion's being repaired.

My pleasure, J. J.

After all, if you hadn't
bought those pictures

I took of Spidey fighting Doctor Doom,

have gone to Florida Aunt May
couldn't to visit her cousin.

Don't mention the name
of Spider-Man to me ever again.

And where's the tiny marshmallows, Parker?

You said there would be tiny marshmallows.

[laughs]

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