All language subtitles for Adventures of Superman - 04x05 - Topsy Turvy

NARRATOR:
The Adventures of Superman.

Faster than a speeding bullet.

More powerful
than a locomotive.

Able to leap tall buildings
at a single bound.

MAN: Look! Up in the sky!
MAN 2: It's a bird!

WOMAN: It's a plane!
MAN 3: It's Superman!

NARRATOR:
Yes, it's Superman,

strange visitor
from another planet

who came to Earth
with powers and abilities

far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can change
the course of mighty rivers,

bend steel in his bare hands,

and who,
disguised as Clark Kent,

mild-mannered reporter for
a great metropolitan newspaper,

fights a never-ending battle

for truth, justice
and the American way.

[���]

Look in the file case, Jim.

All he usually keeps
in there is his lunch.

[SHUFFLING PAPERS]

Honestly, you'd think
he'd file his coffee

before he went chasing off
someplace.

[RINGS]

Hello?

No, this is Lois.

I don't know where Clark is.

Okay, just a minute.

Go ahead.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Miss Lane, do you
feel all right?

Oh, fine.

Except this is
the craziest thing yet.

Then let's forget about it.

We'd get into enough trouble
under normal circumstances.

Oh, this couldn't get us
into any trouble.

That's what I've said
a lot of times,

and then 10 minutes later,
Superman has to snatch me

from in front of a truck.

But this might lead
to a story.

You know that flagpole sitter
up on top of the Acme building?

Sure. He's been there 103 days.

Well, it's evidently
affecting his mind.

He keeps screaming
that he's hanging upside-down.

JIMMY:
This I have to see.

I hope we get there
before he falls.

He can't really
be upside-down.

Can he?

[���]

Help! Help!

I'm falling!

Get me a parachute!
I'm falling.

Ah! Oh!

Here, here, take it easy.

Get ahold of yourself, man,
you're all right.

[STAMMERS]

Not to you. Everything
is all right to you.

You're Superman.
You could hang in any direction,

you won't mind.

Would you mind telling me
what you're talking about?

Look-a! Down there.
Everything's upside-down.

I'm upside-down.
I'm falling!

Oh, wait, wait. Look, I'll prove
to you you're all right.

Let go.

Let go?

That's right, let go.

I'm here to catch you
if anything should go wrong.

Ah, well.
We all have to go sometime.

One, two,

two and a half, three!

There we go.

Oh! Everything
is all right.

Everything is all--
Everything's right side up.

Oh.

If I were you, I'd climb down
and abandon this whole project.

Oh, no, no. I couldn't do that.
I'm gonna break the record.

I'm gonna stay here.

Well, I can't force you.

Good luck.

[���]

Hey, Clark,
you missed it.

I did? What?

The flagpole sitter
on top of the Acme building

thought he was upside-down,
and Superman--

I know, I know, Jim.
As a matter of fact,

here's the completed story
for you, right there.

But you weren't
even in the office

when I got the call.

That's right, Lois, I wasn't.

I wasn't even in the building.

That's why I happened
to be in the vicinity

when Superman landed
atop that flagpole.

I don't know how he does it.

One of these days, Mr. Kent.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Come in.

Well, Professor Pepperwinkle.

How nice to see you, sir.

Well, I'm certainly glad
you remember me.

Why, you're everybody's
favorite professor.

Uh, would you help me--
Put this--

Oh, sure, sure.
On the desk...

Jeepers, you're not in the
traveling salesman business,

are you?

No, Jimmy, it looks to me

like our professor
has been inventing again.

I'm afraid so, Mr. Kent.

And I need the advice
of a friend.

Oh, you do? Well, let's see,

last time it was a swimming pool
without water

for people who couldn't swim.

Now, what is it this time?

I call it the anti-magneto
gravitational register.

I've experimented on myself
with great success.

But, um, what does it do?

Actually, it produces waves
which have a strange effect

on the human inner ear.

Oh, you mean
the balancing mechanism,

like the semicircular canals?

Exactly.

It took me three years
to invent this,

and I don't have the slightest
idea what it's good for.

Oh, maybe if you, uh,
gave us a demonstration,

we might come up
with a suggestion.

Oh, yes, that would be nice.

Uh, I'll show you how it works.

Now, you see that marble?

Jeepers, a science fiction
pinball machine.

Oh, not, uh, not quite, uh,
Jimmy. That marble

has secret
chemical properties.

Now I'll show you how it works.

[BEEPING]

[WHIRRING]

Now, watch what happens when
I send the marble on its way.

Help! I'm upside-down!

Everything's upside-down!

I'm falling, but I'm not
landing anywhere...

Of course, it's merely
a psychological effect

induced through
the nervous system.

Professor, I think you'd better
turn us around again.

Well, that's one
of the problems.

I haven't quite perfected
the reverse mechanism.

JIMMY & LOIS:
What?!

Oh, it-- It works eventually,
all right.

Now, let's see...

Kent, I wa--

Ah! Ah!

Hey, Rube.

Hey, Rube!

Don't get so excited.
You'll get used to it.

There, that should do it.

[WHIRRING]

You can let go now,
old boy.

Wh-what happened?

Well, my friend,
Professor Pepperwinkle,

was just demonstrating
his latest invention.

Professor Pepperwinkle.

But I was standi''
on my head.

I mean, my feet.

Only my head was where
my feet shoulda been.

CLARK:
Yes, it did seem
like that, didn't it?

Uh, now, what did you want
to see me about?

Nothin'.
Nothin' at all.

Just me l-- Just lemme
get outta this crazy place.

Well, now,
did you get any ideas?

What do you think
I should do with it?

There's a fire axe down
the hall. I'll go and get it.

Now, wait a minute, Jimmy.

You can't just smash up

three years' work like that.

Professor, what ever possessed
you to spend all that time

inventing a machine
to turn people upside-down?

Oh, I wanted to be the first.

Professor, were you
experimenting

anywhere in the vicinity
of the Acme building today?

Why, yes, I was.

I directed the machine
straight up, uh,

where no one would be affected.

Clark, the flagpole sitter.

I don't understand.

Oh, never mind, professor.

I suggest you take your gadget
home, and don't use it again,

until you let us
think about it again.

Well, all right, Mr. Kent.

[BEEPING STOPS]

Well, I-I hope I haven't
troubled you nice people.

Professor, we enjoyed every
nerve-racking moment of it.

[���]

Hey, Carny, what's the matter?

You look like you been through
a spook house,

and the spooks was real.

Yeah, I feel worse than I look.

We was upside-down,
all of us.

Hangin' there by our toes.

What are you talkin' about?
Are you crazy or something?

Yeah, I'm crazy.
I've been to a nut house.

The Daily Planet.

What? The newspaper?

Yeah.
You know them articles

they been writing
about crooked carnivals?

And I went there to
warn 'em to lay off.

What do they expect us to do,
run legitimate?

We gotta leave that to
the honest carnival operators.

Anyway, the minute I walked
in the door,

there I was, walki''
on the ceiling.

Maybe you been out in the sun
too long, huh, Carny?

All right, wise guy,
it should happen to you, once.

But, boss, it ain't possible.

It ain't, huh? This guy's
got a machine, see.

It works with a marble!

Marbles, huh? Are you sure
you got all of yours?

I tell you, it's the truth.

Hey, just think, if there
really was a gimmick like that,

what we could do with it.

Like what?
Like what?!

Like, for instance, we been
trying to plan a bank job

for a long time, right?

Yeah.

So we walk into a bank,
police, people, everything.

And bingo, we flip
the joint upside-down.

In the panic, we steal
everything and beat it.

Yoyo, ya got it.

I'm surprised my own brain
didn't think of that.

Yeah, I think your brain is
suffering from acute attusions,

because there ain't
no such machine.

There ain't, huh?

What was it now...

Prof-- Professor Pepperwinkle.

That's it!

You wait here.
I gotta make a phone call.

Hello?

Uh, Professor Pepperwinkle,
this is Cornelius J. Oliver.

Uh, never mind that.

I know about that machine
of yours.

Oh, sure, but I know
a way to use it.

Oh, n-not on the telephone.

I tell you what.

You bring all your junk
to the carnival at 6th and Elm.

Ask for me, and I'll lay it
all out for ya then.

Swell, uh, but, professor,
kinda keep it quiet

till we make a deal, okay?

Eh.

Oh, Clark, I just talked
to the professor on the phone.

He's got some wonderful news.

Hm. Not another invention,
I hope.

Same invention, but somebody
wants to buy it from him.

What in the world for?

Well, he doesn't know yet,
but he will by tomorrow morning.

I said Jimmy and I would stop by
to see what it's all about.

Why can't the professor
invent something practical,

like the better mousetrap,
or something?

[LAUGHS]
Not him.

He'd try to invent
the better mouse first.

Mm.

What could it possibly
be used for?

[���]

What are all these
little gizmos for, pop?

Well, you said
to bring everything.

Those are remote control units.

[MUMBLING]
Remote control--

You mean you can put these
little ones somewhere far away

and make them work
from this big one?

Yes. A stroke of genius,
if I do say so myself.

Remote control, yet.

I think you're both nuts.

Uh, my partner here's one
of them skepticable characters.

You got to prove
to him it works.

Listen, if this thing
can turn me upside-down,

I'll eat my hat.

Yep.
Uh, naturally.

Uh, are you ready?

Go ahead.

[BEEPING]

[WHIRRING]

[BOTH GASP]

You were right, Yoyo,
it don't work.

What do ya mean, it don't work?
I'm inverted.

Relax, relax, take it easy.

[CHUCKLES]
Look, no hands.

Hey, how about this?

Okay, pop, let us down, now.

[WHIRRING]

There you are.

You see?
Don't bother you at all,

once you get used to it.

Yeah, but if you're
not used to it...

That's the whole idea.

Pardon me, but, uh, what exactly
is the whole idea?

Well, the idea, pop,
is to make people happy.

That's why me and Yoyo
run this carnival.

Not to make money,
just to make people happy.

Sure, money is the last thing
we ever think about,

just before we go to sleep.

[LAUGHS]

Uh, always makin'
with the jokes.

You see, pop, we got six
or seven carnivals

running right around this town.

Of course, I see.

You think people
would actually enjoy

being turned upside-down.
Like those loop-the-loops.

You got it, pop.

We could put one of these
gizmos in each carny,

and you could run the whole
setup from right in here.

Nothing I like better
than making people happy.

Well, pop, you made Carny and me
very happy already.

Yeah. Now you better
run along, pop,

but be sure and be back
at 9 tomorrow morning.

We oughta have everything set up
then for a test run.

It's been a great pleasure
meeting both of you,

and I'm sure our association
will be rewarding.

No doubt about it, pop,
no doubt about it.

[LAUGHS]

Well, uh, see you
in the morning, huh?

Yeah, bright and early,
bright and early.

Uh, good night.
Good night, pop.

I've seen a lot of squares,

but this one takes the cake.

Hey, Carny, what was
all that chatter

about them remote control boxes?

My brain is makin' up
for lost time.

Now, the whole thing
depends on timing.

Here we are.

There's the bank, see.

Inside, there's no trouble.

But makin' the getaway,
that's another problem.

Yeah, well, gettin' away
is always a problem.

This time it's a cinch.

We figure the escape route,
time it to the second,

then plant these little boxes
along the way.

Ah, I get it.

And anybody followin' you
gets flipped upside-down, right?

That's usin' the old head, huh?

Eh, boss, you're
a dyed-in-the-wool genius.

Mmm. I gotta admit it,
I'm a genius.

[���]

Five blocks from the bank.

This oughta be a good spot
to plant the first one.

You know, Carny, this is gonna
be like stealin' candy

from the First National Bank.

Yeah. Eh, right there.

Yeah, okay.

Mmm.

Eh, we got six more to plant.

Then we gotta time the route.

Well, figuring you enter
the bank at exactly 10:30.

Yeah, 10:30.

Just make sure the box goes off

exactly two minutes later.
10:32.

It'll go off, don't worry.

Okay, let's go.

Oh, I can hardly wait
to start the machine!

[LAUGHS]

Oh, I do hope
the people enjoy it.

Don't worry, pop,
they won't know what him 'em.

But what I don't understand
is why the first one has to go

at exactly 10:32.

Look, pop, I been in the carny
business all my life.

I know what I'm doin', okay?

Oh, of course, Mr. Yoyo,
anything you say.

Oh, I just hope it's a success.

Don't worry,
it's going to be a success.

Don't worry about it.

Kent?

Yes, chief, what is it?

Where's Lois and that
boy wonder of journalism?

I want them immediately.

Oh, they stopped by to see
the professor, chief.

I'll call them up
and try to get them to hustle.

Do that, and ask them
if they'd mind squeezing in

a little work
between visiting hours.

[LINE RINGING]

I don't get it, chief.
I called the professor

No one's there.
No one answered the phone.

Well, call him right back
and ask why he's not at home.

Yeah.

Get on your mark, pop.

Three minutes to go.

[BEEPING]

Whenever you give
the signal, Mr. Yoyo.

JIMMY:
Professor?
Professor Periwinkle?

Whatever you're selling,
we don't want any.

Oh, we're not
selling anything, sir.

We're-- We're looking
for the professor.

Just in time!
Okay,

you might as well sit down
and watch.

You, get back to the gizmo.

Yes, yes,
of course, of course.

LOIS:
We got your note

you were coming here.

Okay, pop, 90 seconds to go,
get ready.

What's all this about, sir?

Oh! A delightful idea.

Mr. Yoyo and his friends
have planted

my remote control boxes at
six different carnivals in town.

They have-- They have
upside-down rooms,

and that sort of thing.

Okay, pop, now, cut the gab,
will you?

You got 60 seconds.

Wait a minute, professor.

Mr. Kent is writing
some carnival articles.

And this is the only one
in town.

But Mr. Yoyo said
that they owned--

Don't interfere, lady, will ya?

We'll interfere
if we feel like it.

Of course,
we don't feel like it.

You don't waste
much time, do you?

Got no time to waste.

All right you two, sit down
where I can keep an eye on you.

This is outrageous.

I-I refuse to cooperate until
you tell me the meaning of this.

You'll cooperate, professor,

unless you want your little
friends here to get hurt.

Jeepers, why do we have to live
in the age of invention?

I'm afraid there's
an evil purpose

for even the best
of inventions.

Okay, pop, 10:32. Hit it!

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

Okay, pop, get set
to hit number two.

At least you could tell us
what's happening.

Lady, if nothing went wrong,
we just stole a million bucks.

[TRUCK RUMBLING]

Okay, pop, 10:40.
Hit number two.

That was the last one.

You can shut
the machine off now, pop.

Carny oughta be here
in a couple of minutes.

Tell him we're sorry,
but we couldn't wait.

Let's face it. You're the only
ones who can identify us.

You can't afford
to let us go, right?

That's it, lady.

It's my fault.

I got you into this.

We're not blaming you,
professor.

Jeepers, if someone only
knew we were here.

I'm afraid even Superman
couldn't find us.

Not a chance, lady,
not a chance.

Okay, go back
and sit down, now.

Go on.

If it hadn't actually
happened to me,

I'd say you were all crazy.

All right, thank you very much.

I've got your statements.
Go on home.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Kent, my head's
still spinning.

Have you ever driven
a car down the street

and suddenly found
yourself upside-down?

No, Bill,
I can't say as I have,

but I had much the same
experience in my own office.

Obviously
the professor's machine

is at the bottom
of all this.

Now, it doesn't seem possible

that dopey little man
could be crooked.

I don't believe he is, either.

I think somebody's
just using him.

And that somebody's
making an absolute fool

of the entire police department.

I know,
but the important thing

is that these people
are dangerous.

Now, we know
they have the professor.

The odds are 2-1 they've got
Jimmy and Lois too.

Yeah, and there's nothing
we can do about it.

Oh, there must be
some connection.

Wait a minute, you remember
I told you about that fellow

that burst in the office?

So all we have to do
is locate a man

who could be anybody, anyplace.

Isn't there something
you can remember about him?

Now, things were a little
confused at that point.

We were upside-down,
remember?

Well, wait a minute,
there was one thing.

The first thing he yelled
was, "Hey, Rube."

Hey, Kent, that could
be the answer.

Whenever there's trouble
around a carnival or circus,

that's the signal for help.

That's right, and there's
a carnival playing the town.

Well, come on.
It's worth a try.

You go ahead, Bill. I-I'd like
to hold the paper, if I may.

All right, I'll see you later.

Right.

[���]

South America, here we come.

Yeah, after
we get rid of them.

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

What'd you say?

Oh, let 'em talk,
they ain't got much time left.

[���]

[COUGHING]

Kid musta swallowed
his tongue.

Yeah.

[WHIRRING]

All right, get in line.

JIMMY:
Superman!

[MEN GROAN]

Are you all right?

Fine.
Yeah.

Ah, good.

Well, it's nice to have things
back to normal.

If there ever was
a nick of time,

Superman, that was it.

That gives me an idea...

a machine to make time
stand absolutely still for--

Now, just a moment,
professor,

no more machines, please.

You know, this calls
for a celebration.

I'd want to invite
all of you and Mr. Kent

to my house for dinner.

Mom's cooking something special
for dessert.

Sounds good, Jim, what is it?

Pineapple upside-down cake.

[���]

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Superman is based on
the original character

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