01x62 - The Drowning World

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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 ♪

[thunder echoes]

[ominous music]

- [chuckles]

The destruction of Earth's civilization begins here,

in the desolation of the Sea of Japan.

I will construct a dam at the bottom of the ocean

to divert the Japan Current!

Warm water will enter the Bering Sea,

melting the polar ice cap,

causing great flooding and destruction!

Is this not my most brilliant stratagem, Octon?

- Yes, sire!

- Begin Phase One!

- Roboships launched, sire.

[dramatic music]

[engines roaring]

♪ ♪

- Return to Ice Station Earth!

- Mmm!

It's so hot, I think I'm gonna melt.

I really wish this ice cream cone were an iceberg.

- This summer has got to be the hottest since--

Jedda--what were you saying about icebergs?

[ice rumbling]

- It is an iceberg, and that sucker's gonna nail us cold!

- Dynak, Dynak! This is Jedda!

We need help!

- Monitoring situation.

Will notify Defenders immediately.

[dramatic music]

[screaming and panic]

[wood splintering]

- Did Dynak say iceberg?

- Yes, and there it is!

- Let's see if we can re-route this baby!

Time to haul ice!

- The pier's tilting! Hold on, guys!

[engine roars]

- This is the first time I've ever had a vacation ruined

by the world's biggest ice cube.

- What's an iceberg doing this far south,

and in the middle of summer?

- Evidence indicates the polar ice cap is melting.

- Which means?

- That would raise the levels of the world's oceans!

A rise of only a few meters

will flood all of the world's major ports!

Water will inundate the lowlands,

valleys will become lakes!

- Florida would completely disappear,

as would Texas, and most of the Eastern Seaboard.

- Essentially, the United States

would become nothing more than an assemblage of islands!

- But that is just the United States.

Think of what will happen to the rest of the world!

- You take charge here, Phantom.

[engine roars]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[wind howling]

That glacier is moving like it's on roller skates.

What do you make of it, Phantom?

- The glacier is falling apart.

It's melting.

- No wonder, it's degrees above freezing outside.

- Case projections are correct. The ice caps are melting.

- Let's go in for a closer look.

- The Defenders!

- Octon!

Prepare to jam their transmissions

on all frequencies!

Launch the attack immediately!

[energetic music]

♪ ♪
[ … ]

- Even the pack ice is breaking up!

- It appears to be drifting south.

- Flash, Central City River is backing up!

They're reporting the highest tides in history

at the river's mouth.

I've dispatched the young Defenders to--

[static]

Dynak, we've lost them!

What happened?

- All transmissions from Terry are jammed.

- What's going on? Dynak, this is Flash, over!

[engines roaring]

[dramatic music]

- Roboships, moving in fast!

♪ ♪

[lasers blast]

- They've locked on my tail! I can't shake 'em!

[explosions]

Mayday, mayday!

We're going down!

Arctic Sector Five Niner Bravo!

Mayday!

No good! Ming's still jamming us!

Hang on, guys!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- I don't think this is gonna be one of my better landings!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Ooh... I sure bent Terry a little.

- Phew!

It'll take at least a couple of days

to get Terry back to flying again.

- [sighs] The clock is against us.

We do not have the time.

- Break out the Gripjaw.

We'll be coming back for Terry later.

- According to the charts, the nearest inhabited island

is about three days' travel away.

- Lead on, my friend!

- You mean the Defenders are still alive?

Your pilots did not strafe the wreckage?

Garax, I am starting to suspect you of humanistic tendencies!

- Your pardon, sire!

- I do not want apologies!

I want you to return to the crash,

and make sure all the Defenders have been destroyed!

- As soon as Dynak reported the ice caps were melting,

we should have seen Ming's fine hand behind it.

- [splashing and growling]

[growls]

[growls]

- [roars]

- [frightened squeal]

- [pants]

I don't understand it.

Sea leopards do not usually attack human beings!

- Nope--they usually prefer penguins for breakfast.

- Are you implying...

- Come on, let's get Gripjaw loaded.

- Transmission jamming has stopped.

The jamming pattern indicates origin was Ice Station Earth.

Unable to raise Terry.

- What's the situation at the river?

- Not good.

- I think I'd better head north.

Flash and the others

are going to need more than Air Sea Rescue.

[rotors whirring]

- The dam is gonna break through!

- More sandbags, more sandbags!

- It's not gonna hold for long!

[energetic rock music]

♪ ♪

- How are we gonna get through?

- Watch!

♪ ♪

[hydraulics whirring]

See?

There isn't any problem that can't be solved

if you really sink your teeth into it!

[expl*si*n]

- Ice robots!

- Full throttle!

[engine revs]

[lasers blast]

Come on! Don't give out on me now!

- I don't want to alarm you, Lothar,

but they appear to be gaining on us!

- Hang on for a second, friend.

I'm gonna go chip some ice.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[expl*si*n]

- That ought to give 'em something to think about!

♪ ♪

Oh, I forgot-- ice robots don't think.

♪ ♪

[lasers blasting]

♪ ♪
[ … ]

- Run, Jedda! It's gonna go!

Run!

♪ ♪

- [screams]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[ice crunches]

- Guess it's our turn now!

- No way!

- Emperor, we need reinforcements!

- Help, help!

- Grab on!

both[grunting]

- I didn't know you could surf that that, Jedda!

- [pants] Neither did I!

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

[lasers blasting]

[flat tire flaps]

- Gentlemen, I think they have the better of us!

- Somebody think of something, fast!

[rotors whirring]

[targeting computer beeps]

[laser blasts]

[expl*si*n]

[m*ssile hisses]

[expl*si*n]

- Retreat, retreat!

♪ ♪

- You gentlemen call for a taxi?

- Phantom, I can't believe you said that!

In another or years,

you might develop a sense of humor!

- The meter's running!

♪ ♪

- Whew! Sure glad the river went down.

I was starting to feel like a duck!

You better be ready to get your feathers wet again.

The tide will be back in hours,

and this time it'll be higher!

- You let the Defenders escape again!

Why am I surrounded by such incompetence?

Prepare for Phase Two!

- The icebergs are in position as ordered, sire.

- Then we shall begin

the systematic destruction of Earth's cities!

[ship's horn blows]

- Skipper, icebergs! Three points off the port beam!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- Helm, hard to starboard!

Engines, full speed!

- The force beams are activated.

- Excellent! [chuckles]

Now, destroy that ship!

[ship's horn blows]

[shouting]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Abandon ship, abandon ship!

[shouting]

- Every man for himself!

- Excellent, Octon!

Now, on in to San Francisco!

[ominous music]

- Flooding is now reported worldwide.

River Seine in Paris-- backed up.

The Zuider Zee dikes in Holland have ruptured.

Yellow River plain in China is underwater.

- We still don't know what's causing the ice caps to melt.

- Possible explanation... stand by.

This is a polar map of the Arctic,

and these are the currents around it.

- Looks like something's been stirring up the sea bottom.

- Great currents flow, like rivers, through oceans,

such as the warm Japan Current.

It appears this current has been diverted.

- I'll bet anything Ming is behind this.

- I know Ming's got moves,

but how can anybody change a current

in the middle of the ocean?

- Ming has constructed a dam--

at the bottom of the sea.

- Only one thing to do: We blow up the underwater dam!

- The problem is, how?

- Terry's repaired, so that can be the launch vehicle.

- Launch what?

- The X-!

- We haven't test-fired the X- yet!

- Well, we don't have time to test it now.

- Come on, let's get that rocket mounted on Terry!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- All force beam operators report

the icebergs are under full control.

- Excellent!

♪ ♪

- Easy...easy...okay!

[hydraulics whir and hiss]
[ … ]

- Attention, attention!

Six icebergs have entered San Francisco Bay!

- Rick, you guys will have to take charge

of blowing up the underwater dam!

- With pleasure!

- Let's move!

[energetic music]

♪ ♪

[engine roars]

[rotors whir]

[screaming and panic]

- What are you waiting for, Octon?

Sink that ship!

[wood splintering]

Excellent! [chuckles]

Excellent.

[ship's whistle blows]

[panic and screaming]

- This looks like it could be the dam!

- Sure does, LJ!

- Let's take her down, guys!

♪ ♪

There, just to starboard!

- Ready to launch m*ssile.

- Hang on!

My calculations show there's a good chance

we'll be inside the blast radius

when the m*ssile goes off.

- What other choice do we have?

- None.

Here we go--full power!

- I've got my fingers crossed. - Include your toes, too!

♪ ♪

[expl*si*n]

[water splashes]

We did it! - Let's get out of here!

- Fast!

[engine roars]

- Target: One oversized ice cube.

[lasers blast]

[expl*si*n]

- Now to get these back to the Arctic,

where they belong!

[cheers and applause]

[lasers blast]

- You look a little pale, old buddy!

- [sighs] Any wonder?

[suspenseful music]

- The Defenders again!

Deploy all icebergs!

♪ ♪

- Flash, my friend,

remembering my somewhat delicate stomach,

would you make a low pass by that third berg?

- Piece o' cake!

- Sire, we have lost visual contact with our icebergs.

- What?

I should have known better than to listen to you, Octon!

Launch the throne room!

We are returning to Ice Station Earth!

[engine roars]

- After three months, the Arctic is returning to normal.

The only bad news

is that the tides will still be higher than average.

- I think I finally got your ice machine working.

- More ice?

Young man, are you sure you're not in Ming's employ?

- Mandrake, that was really cold!

- [moans] Oh, no.