01x06 - Power Play

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[commentator] Well,
the Duck fans

are arriving early
for tonight's game

and it's easy to guess why.
That's right.

It's his and hers mouth guard
give away night at the pond.

And you can almost feel
the electricity in the air.

[beeping]

[man] Oh, no, the entire
power grid is failing.

[Siege]
Lights out, Anaheim!

Dragaunus needs
your votes... dotes.

I fear this plan may have
grave consequences.

What makes you so sure?

Well... call it
a gloomy premonition.

Siphoning off energy, eh, Siege?

Don't you creeps
pay your electric bills?

Game over, lizard lips.

Don't bet on it.

[grunts]

I hate it when they do that!

Heads up, it looks like
the power's coming back on.

Yeah, but Dragaunus
still managed

to swipe 10,000 giga-volts.

What does he want
all that electricity for?

Come on, come on, bubbies!

Will you quit fooling around
those lizards?

I got reporters
waiting to interview you.

The ducks face some
stiff competition

from the Polar Bears tonight.

Especially from centers
Stanley Strazinski!

Strazinski leads the lead
in paddling from tripping him.

Slashing, high-sticking
and ooh, ref clobbering.

Watch yourselves out
there tonight.

Yeah, that guy's the worst goon
in the league.

-He's not all bad.
-Woah! Time out.

Are we talking about
Stanley Strazinski,

the hit squad on blades?

No one who plays the noble sport
of hockey can be all bad.

Ha-ha, that's all folks...

Grin's taking a permanent
residence at wacky acres.

No. For, you see,
I was once like him.

I was an angry young duck
from a hard-boiled egg.

Out of my way, you wimps!

Oh. It's Tai Quack Do.

The great hockey master.

The puck, please.

You want it, you got it!

[enlightened tone]
Your strength is great, my son.

[stammers]
How-how'd you do that?

[normal tone] Shut up, will ya?
I'm talking here!

My big scene
and he has to hug it.

[enlightened tone]
You need enlightenment

in the true path of hockey.

Come, my son,
and I will teach you.

So, young Ice-hopper...

What is the sound
of one team playing?

Uh... umm... umm...
don't tell me, uh--

[normal tone] Hey, this kid's as
sharp as a sack of door knobs.

But sugar, there ain't no sound.

How can there be a game
with only one team?

You gotta have two.
Two goalies, two centers.

Also, refs and the guy
who hogs the popcorn.

[enlightened tone] And so,
Ice-hopper, honor your opponent.

For without him,
you have no glory.

Five minutes to game time
and you're having flashbacks?

Stanley has good within him,
I know it.

What I think Grin means
is that no matter

how dirty Stanley gets
we gotta play clean.

After all,
we've been in that way before.

[commentator]
Only the Mighty Ducks

have ever succeeded
in humiliating Strazinski,

and he's never forgotten.

[Lord Dragaunus]
I must have more electricity!

By the bones
of my Saurian ancestors,

I will steal every ounce
of power I can get my claws on.

Then I'll bombard it
with charged DNA

and create a nightmare which
will crush this planet flat!

[Wraith] We escaped
the Ducks this time.

Next time we won't be so lucky.

Those meddling mallards
must be put out of the way.

But how?

[Siege]
This DNA accelerator.

What would happen
if we used it on a human?

It would mutate him
into a creature

of incredible strength.

But it would take
a very special human.

You hear me, Mighty Ducks,

Stanley Strazinski
is coming to destroy you!

You're gonna know
the true meaning of pain

you're stuffing your pate!

[Lord Dragaunus]
[laughs] I think I found my man.

Siege, teleport to the pond
bring back human here...

Now!

Hey! No--

You! Hey?

Where am I?

What happened to the rink?

[grunts]

You're not the coach.
The coach ain't no lizard.

How would you like to annihilate
the so called Mighty Ducks?

I don't know.

But I sure like to clobber 'em.

Listen to me...

I can give you strength
and abilities

undreamed-of by your species.

I can turn you into a raging
force of destruction.

Striking terror in all those
who see you.

Oh-h*, all right!

But what will you get out of it?

I want you to destroy
those wretched ducks!

You kidding, that will be fun.

You understand that this might
involve some...

physical upgrading.

Oh, yeah! Do make it snappy.

I gotta game to catch.

Siege, fire the DNA accelerator.

[groans]

[Stanley]
Oooh... oh, yeah!

[commentator] Wow,
it looks like the Polar Bears

will need to put in
a last minute replacement

for Stanley Strazinski.

-[growling]
-Hey, hey, hey,

what is going on here?

He picks me up,
he shoots, he scores! Ooh.

All right, ducky-wuckeys.

I'm coming to get ya!

Uh... is that Stanley?

I can't help feeling
his true inner self

will emerge tonight.

[grunts]

Yep! His true inner self
has emerged, all right.

[chuckles]

And we are in deep trouble!

[growls]

This guy's huge!

[crowd screaming]

What the feathers happened
to Stanley?

All right, Ducks,

I'm gonna high stick you
into next week!

Ladies and gentlemen,

something horrible has happened
to Stanley Strazinski.

[growling]

[crowd screaming]

Time for a quick change.

All right, Stanley,

you got some penalty
time coming.

And you got
hospital time coming.

That's the first time
the board's ever checked me.

Stanley is literally
tearing the place apart.

-[Stanley growling]
-Hello, hello,

Minimal Insurance?

I'm just checking to see
if my premium's paid up?

No, no, no. No special reason.

We must get through to him.

Stanley, just know--

[commentator]
Stanley puts Grin on a board.

No! Through the boards!

OK, Ducks, let's put him on ice.

Hasta-la-vista, duckies!

Ahh!

Incoming!

[Stanley laughs]

Uff... That guy might wanna
switch to decaf.

Has anyone wondered just what
made him freak out like this?

What, are you kidding?

He's got Dragaunus'
fingerprints all over him.

Oh, come on,
we gotta follow him... Oh.

[Mallory]
Ugh! Now what?

Seige and Wraith must be
up to their old tricks.

[hatch opens]

You beak brains want me?
Come, get me!

No problemo, jerk-weed!

How are we gonna stop
that king-size creep?

Duke, you and Tanya find
the source for the blackouts.

The rest of us,
we're going after Stanley.

[Stanley growls and laughs]

Rawwwrrr...

I know there's good inside him.

We gotta make contact with it.

Get a grip on
your synapses, bud.

The only thing we're
gonna make contact with

is the end of his fist.

How much good
has fighting him done?

Grin's got a point, little bro.

Our usual stuff is not working,
Stanley's too strong.

Look out!

The fans always cheer you,
stinking ducks!

And they always boo me.

But they ain't gonna
cheer for you any longer.

Ahh!

Huh!

Grrr...!

You ducks, you're always
the heroes, aren't you?

But now...

I got the power to put you
on the bench for keeps!

[grunts]

[all screams]

Ugh... hang on!

Hey, Grin,
thanks for the wedgie.

I must remember
what my master taught me.

Yo, Grin, this is no time
for a flashback!

[young Grin]
Master Tai Quack Do,

If my defense has been checked
and I have the puck

how shall I fight
the other team?

[enlightened tone]
Sometimes, young Ice-hopper...

The only way to win
is not to fight.

Then how shall I score?

[normal tone] Aye!
Six months you've been here

and still you never listen.

[enlightened tone] Don't let
the defense men distract you.

Skate for the pure white
light of the goal.

Go forward with your strategy.

Now, Ice-hopper,
your training is complete.

Carry the true hockey way

to those who skate against you.

[normal tone] And get a good
meal now and then.

A nice piece of fruit,

maybe a bagel
and a schmear cream cheese.

-I know what I must do.
-Ow!

Ow!

Grin, no!

[Grin]
"Go forward with your strategy."

[roars]

So... you wanna mix it up, huh?

No, I won't fight you.

Very well,

you seek enlightenment
the hard way.

[Tanya] Look at that!

Oh, Seige must
have energy siphons

at dozens of power plants.

Yeah, they're all aimed
to the same direction,

that old oil refinery.

That central tank has been
converted into a massive

electrical capacitor.

-A what?
-A really big battery.

But what's he gonna do with it?

[Wraith]
Excellent question.

Pity, you won't live
to learn the answer.

[groans]

Your racking up some seriously
bad karma, Stanley.

It's not too late to turn back.

But it's too late for you!

[grunts]

[Stanley screams]

[exclaims]

[growling]

I must get through
to him somehow.

[normal tone] What is this,
you still hanging around?

You finished your training,

get out of here,
scram, goodbye!

But master,

what if I face an opponent
who insists on fighting?

[enlightened tone] Then you must
teach him by example.

And set his blades
on the true path of hockey.

Now go, Ice-hopper.

[normal tone]
And drop me a line now and then.

20,000 players I've taught,
not one of 'em writes.

What, you can't
pick up a pencil?

Relax, my friend.

You! You saved my life.

-But why?
-It is my way,

I can never hurt
a fellow hockey player.

-[collapses]
-Oops!

But hockey players are suppose
to clobber each other.

No, you have forgotten that
hockey is about skill and honor.

See what it's done to you?

[gasps]

I'm a monster!

It's a reflection
of what's inside you.

You must return
to the true way...

of hockey

No! No, it's too late for me.

I've been a goon all my life.

I'm not fit to carry a stick!

[beep]

[Tanya] Ambush.

Old Petroyle refinery.

Hurry--

They've got Tanya and Duke.
Let's move it!

[engine revving]

Turbines to speed.

[Lord Dragaunus]
I hope you two are comfortable.

I wouldn't want you
to miss the show.

Behold... my DNA accelerator.

It's the same device
which turned your friend

Stanley into a raging monster.

Now it will create
an even bigger nightmare.

Commence the procedure.

[Wildwing] Keep your eyes peeled
for anything unusual.

[growling]

That, uh, unusual enough
for you?

[growling]

What is that thing?

One mega ripping light show.

Not only will
this creature provide

a limitless power source.

It will be my first weapon
in the conquest of Earth!

[grunts]

Dragaunus, you stinking freak!

You turned with into a monster!

Ahh... gah!

Hey, no fair cheating.

Grrr...

You think that thing
has any good, Grinster?

-No.
-How can you be sure?

It doesn't play hockey.

[roaring]

[roars]

How'd you guys get free?

He did it.

What do you know,
Grin was right all along.

Oh, man, what's the matter?
You get tired of pounding us?

Yeah, Stanley,
what changed your mind?

Your friend here.

He's the only one of you bird
brains that makes any sense.

[roars]

Huh, with Stanley on our side,
we got him.

[Stanley] Leave him alone,
you overgrown night light!

You see, sometimes the lotus
blooms in unexpected ways.

[roaring]

[groans]

I'm guessing,
the bloom is off the lotus.

Oh, no, it's heading straight
for those oil tanks.

I hate to say this, guys,

but if it sets
the rest of those tanks off

the resulting expl*si*n
could chop royal Anaheim.

So, you think San Diego
can use a hockey team?

It's up to us, guys.

But how do we stop that thing?

It's electric. What should never
be combined with electricity?

Water! If we can lure it
to that water tower--

Get ready for a major
power play.

[laser fires]

Yo, sparky, over here!

[chuckles]
That ought to trip him up.

You want a piece of me,
you big lava lamp?

Bring it on, boy--

Hey, lighten up!
Can't you take a joke?

[roars]

Now, Grin!

[strains] Ooh...

[roaring]

I'd say that guy's all
washed up.

And Stanley's
his old self again.

For better or worse.

Uh... hey, look, uh...

I guess I owe you birds
an apology.

No apology necessary, Stanley.

Just clean up your
hockey game from now on.

No, no, no, Grin was right.

Hockey's a noble sport.

And I ain't fit to play it.

Ugh... that guy is goofier
than you, Grin.

I'd say a little bit of Grin
rubs off on him.

[commentator] Whoa...
Jock Le Crash is becoming

the new goon in the league.

[whistle blows]

Oooh... a tie knot is called

while the replacement referee
is brought in.

So, Grin, you think
this sleaze bag has good karma?

Perhaps not.

But I suspect,
he'll soon be enlightened.

[commentator]
Here comes the substitute ref.

[cheering]

-Oh?
-I run a clean game.

There is no place for g*ons
like you in it.

You are...

out of here!

[commentator] Le Crash is
ejected by a referee...

Strazinski!

Stanley's--

Hockey works in mysterious ways.

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