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‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA BE ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ UH-HUH ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA BE ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫!STATIC SHOCK

‫[[SCHOOL BELL RINGS

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GOTTA BE, BE ♪

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‫♪ THE STREETS ARE FULL ‫OF JOY AND THE HOLIDAYS ♪

‫♪ ARE NEAR ♪

‫♪ OOH OOH ♪

‫♪ I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR ♪

‫♪ THE STREETS ARE ‫FULL OF JOY AND... ♪

‫,3 APARTMENT FIRES ‫,2 TRAIN WRECKS

‫.AND A CAT STUCK UP IN A TREE

‫.SOME HOLIDAY

‫I'M GONNA BE SO LATE, FRIEDA'LL ‫!NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN

‫[[POLICE SIREN

‫!OH, NO

‫BECAUSE THE LAMP STAYED LIT

‫.NOT FOR ONE DAY BUT FOR 8 DAYS

‫THIS IS WHY WE ‫,OBSERVE HANUKKAH

‫TO MARK OUR VICTORY ‫.OVER THE INVADERS

‫[SOFTLY] ANYONE ‫?NOTICE I WAS LATE

‫.OH, YEAH

‫AND TO CELEBRATE ‫THE REDEDICATION

‫OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM

‫.THAT'S YOUR CUE, FRIEDALA

‫.UH, SORRY, GRANDPA

‫.HEY! HAPPY HANUKKAH

‫!MAZEL TOV

‫.OH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS

‫.HAPPY HOLIDAYS

‫!LET'S EAT

‫!VIRGIL

‫FRIEDA, I WANT YOU ‫.TO MEET MY SON

‫.HERSHEL, COME HERE

‫.HI

‫SO... HOW DID YOUR ‫?PATROL GO TONIGHT

‫GOOD. I'VE ACCOUNTED FOR ‫.ALMOST EVERY METAHUMAN IN TOWN

‫.MAYBE THINGS'LL STAY QUIET

‫THEY'D BETTER. I'VE BEEN ‫,INVITED TO A LOT OF PARTIES

‫.AND I'M NOT GONNA MISS 'EM

‫DAISY'S HAVING AN ‫,EARLY KWANZAA THING

‫.OMAR'S DOING A RAMADAN FEAST

‫,THEN THERE'S ‫CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S

‫?WHAT'S THIS

‫HEY, ARTHUR, PAY THE ‫?LIGHT BILL, WILL YOU

‫[[LAUGHTER

‫.HEY

‫.THE WHOLE BLOCK'S GONE DARK

‫.I'VE GOT A FUNNY FEELING

‫RICHIE, IT'S JUST ‫.A POWER FAILURE

‫.COME ON. LET'S HIT THE BUFFET

‫?HOW CAN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD

‫THIS COULD BE SOME ‫.KIND OF CRISIS

‫?YOU KNOW WHAT'S A CRISIS

‫WE'RE STANDING HERE TALKING

‫.WHILE SOMEBODY ELSE IS ‫EATING MRS .GOREN'S LATKES

‫WELL, YOU COULD STILL CHECK ‫.IT OUT, MR. RADIO WAVE

‫Announcer: REPORTS ‫.FROM DAKOTA HILLS

‫WHERE AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION LIES ‫.BURIED UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF ICE

‫DOZENS OF HOMES ARE IN ‫,DARKNESS AND WITHOUT HEAT

‫ON THIS, THE COLDEST

‫?WELL

‫.SAVE ME A PLATE

‫.TOLD YA

‫?WHAT'S UP, GUYS

‫CAN'T TURN OFF THE ‫?SNOW CONE MACHINE

‫YEAH, CRAZY, HUH? IT ‫.JUST SPROUTED UP... BANG

‫AND UNLESS WE GET US ‫,A SUDDEN HEAT WAVE

‫IT'S GONNA TAKE US A WEEK ‫.TO HACK THROUGH THAT THING

‫.STAND CLEAR

‫!GIVE HIM ROOM, BOYS

‫[[GRUNTS

‫LOOK AT THAT. HE ‫.MELTED ALL THE ICE

‫!ALL RIGHT

‫!I DON'T BELIEVE IT

‫!WAY TO GO, KID

‫.STICK A FORK IN ME. I AM DONE

‫WHAT THE

‫!RUN FOR IT

‫.GOTTA RECHARGE SOMEHOW

‫!AHA

‫COME ON

‫.OK, WHOEVER YOU ARE

‫!COME OUT WHERE I CAN SEE YOU

‫!HUH? Girl: HEY

‫?GOT ANY CHANGE

‫,W-UH, LOOK, I'D LIKE TO HELP

‫?BUT NOW'S NOT A GOOD TIME, OK

‫.NOT A GOOD TIME. NO ‫.NEVER A GOOD TIME

‫.NO. NO. NO

‫!OW

‫?SNOWBALL FIGHT, ANYONE

‫ASK ME WHEN I'M AWAKE .IN JUNE

‫WELL, AREN'T WE A CRANKY LITTLE ‫?CRIMEFIGHTER THIS MORNING

‫.MAYBE THIS'LL PERK YA UP

‫"STATIC HAS AGREED TO ‫LIGHT THE 50-FOOT-TALL TREE

‫AT THE DAKOTA ‫".CITY MEDIA PLAZA"

‫.SOUNDS COOL

‫?HOLD ON. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

‫.BECAUSE I SET IT UP

‫?HELLO, COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE

‫THIS IS STATIC'S ‫.PUBLICIST CALLING

‫?PUBLICIST

‫.V, GET WITH THE TIMES

‫YOU HAVE TO PROMOTE ‫,YOURSELF, MEET 'N' GREET

‫.PRESS THE FLESH

‫WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ‫.CHRISTMAS EVE HERE, RICHIE

‫.I GOT PLANS

‫THAT'S THE PRICE ‫.YOU PAY FOR FAME

‫NOW, ANY IDEA WHAT ‫?TO GET YOUR SISTER

‫MMM. LET'S CHECK ‫.OUT THE PET STORE

‫MAYBE THEY HAVE A ‫.SALE ON MUZZLES

‫.MMM

‫!OH

‫.LOOK AT THAT

‫!SHE'S SO YOUNG

‫?YEAH. REALLY SAD, ISN'T IT

‫.HOW... WAIT

‫.THAT GIRL

‫AH! JUST REMBERED .I GOTTA JET

‫?WHERE ARE YOU GOING

‫.THE... BATHROOM

‫ALL THAT HOT CHOCOLATE ‫JUST !YOU KNOW... WHOO HOO

‫!WELL, GOTTA GO! BYE

‫THAT'S MORE THAN ‫!I WANTED TO KNOW

‫.WHOA! TRIPPY

‫.PLEASE DON'T TOUCH

‫.IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

‫.IT CERTAINLY IS

‫NOW RUN ALONG. I DON'T ‫.THINK YOU BELONG IN HERE

‫!AAH

‫![GASPS] OH

‫.NO. NO

‫NO, I DON'T... DON'T ‫.DON'T BELONG

‫!I DON'T BELONG ANYWHERE

‫!AH

‫!AH

‫?HELLO AGAIN. LOIS, ISN'T IT

‫.NO. DAISY

‫.AH. MY MISTAKE

‫!YOU'LL BE SAFER... WHOA

‫!AAH! AAH

‫!DON'T TEAR THE GEAR

‫!MICROWAVE MODE

‫!I WON'T GO! I CAN'T

‫!I WON'T

‫?MOMMY

‫?WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

‫.WE'LL BE OK, HONEY

‫.I WON'T LET ANYTHING HURT YOU

‫[[GIGGLING

‫!OH

‫HEE HEE

‫[[COUGHING

‫[[AMBULANCE RADIO CHATTER

‫[MA! [SOBS

‫.I'M WITH CHILD SERVICES

‫.YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME NOW

‫!NOOOO

‫!NOOOO

‫[[SOBBING

‫,FIRST FLOOR, DATED FASHIONS

‫.OVERPRICED JEWELRY

‫.EVERYBODY OUT

‫.NO SIGN OF THAT BANG BABY

‫[SIGHS] NEXT TIME, I'M ‫.DOING MY SHOPPING ON-LINE

‫SO WHAT DID OLD ‫?BLUE CHEEKS TAKE

‫.THAT'S THE WEIRD PART ‫.SHE DIDN'T TAKE A THING

‫JUST FREAKED OUT, TRASHED ‫.THE MALL, AND TOOK OFF

‫[[BOTH GRUNT

‫YOU KNOW, THE LIFTING ‫WOULD GO FASTER

‫.WITH A LITTLE MAGNETIC BOOST

‫RICH, WE'RE IN A ‫.GYMNASIUM FULL OF PEOPLE

‫.SOMEBODY MIGHT NOTICE

‫NO SWEAT. I'LL CREATE A ‫.DISTRACTION WHEN MY ARMS FALL OFF

‫?HEY, I'M TIRED, TOO, OK

‫THIS HOLIDAY IS A TOTAL DRAG

‫BETWEEN THE SHOPPING ‫,AND THE FAMILY STUFF

‫NOT TO MENTION ‫.THE ICE PRINCESS

‫.V, YOU'RE A SUPERHERO

‫.YOU WORK 24-7, NOT 9:00-5:00

‫,YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT ‫.TIRELESS, DEDICATED

‫.[GROANS] YOU'RE RIGHT

‫,AND ON THAT NOTE ‫.I'M OUTTA HERE

‫WHAT HAPPENED TO ‫?TIRELESS AND DEDICATED

‫.I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT ME

‫I'M GLAD THE CHURCH ‫AND COMMUNITY CENTER

‫COULD GET TOGETHER ON ‫.THIS HOMELESS PROJECT

‫WELL, SINCE THE ‫POLITICIANS HAVE DECIDED

‫,IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM ‫.I GUESS IT'S UP TO US

‫.HELLO, VIRGIL

‫.HI, REVEREND ANDERSON

‫?POPS, CAN I GO HOME NOW

‫.I SUPPOSE SO

‫THANKS. I'M GETTING POOPED ‫.FROM MOVING ALL THIS STUFF

‫VIRGIL, THIS "STUFF" IS THE ‫ONLY WAY SOME POOR FAMILIES

‫.CAN GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

‫THAT'S RIGHT. THE ‫GOVERNMENT SAYS

‫THERE ARE MORE THAN 7 MILLION ‫.HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

‫AND MAYBE A HALF ‫A MILLION OF THEM

‫,ARE KIDS YOUR AGE OR YOUNGER

‫,OUT ON THE STREET ‫.TOTALLY ALONE

‫?HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN

‫ANY ONE OF A THOUSAND WAYS

‫LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT, A MARRIAGE ‫.GONE BAD, A RUNAWAY CHILD

‫.MAN, THAT'S HARD-CORE

‫.YES, IT IS

‫IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN TALK ‫.MORE ABOUT IT SOME TIME

‫.TIME? OH, BOY ‫!DAISY'S KWANZAA PARTY

‫!I'M GONNA BE... LATER

‫!COMIN' THROUGH

‫.NO

‫.NO

‫[[SNIFF SNIFF

‫.DEFINITELY NO

‫[[CELL PHONE RINGS

‫!I KNOW, RICHIE. I'M LATE

‫SAME HERE. MY FOLKS WERE ‫,DRIVING ME TO DAISY'S PARTY

‫WHEN, BAM, THIS BIG ‫.HONKING SNOWSTORM HITS

‫.I DON'T SEE A STORM

‫,MAYBE NOT WHERE YOU ARE

‫BUT LITTLE MISS FROSTY PANTS

‫HAS SNOWED IN THE ‫!TURNPIKE FOR MILES

‫THAT GIRL IS SERIOUSLY ‫!CUTTING INTO MY PERSONAL TIME

‫!WHOA! WHOA

‫!UNH

‫.NOT MY FAULT, NO

‫.NO, NOT MY FAULT

‫?OK, UH, YOU GOT A NAME

‫,THE VOICES IN THE DARK ‫.THEY CALL ME SOMETHING

‫.P-PERMAFROST

‫.RIGHT, PERMAFROST

‫I DON'T KNOW WHAT ‫.YOUR PROBLEM IS

‫WHAT YOU'RE DOING ‫.HAS GOT TO STOP

‫.YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME NOW

‫.YOU HAVE TO COME WITH ME NOW

‫[[GASPS

‫!NO

‫!UHH

‫!WAIT

‫[[TIRES SCREECH

‫!NO

‫[[GASPS

‫[[GASPS

‫!AAH! AAH! AAH

‫.S-SOME WEATHER WE'RE HAVING

‫.HMM

‫.SHE WAS HEADING DOWN THERE

‫"DAKOTA CITY CABLE CAR ‫".COMPANY REPAIR DEPOT

‫THIS PLACE HAS ‫.SEEN BETTER DAYS

‫!UHH

‫!GO AWAY

‫!LEAVE ME ALONE

‫.IT'S ALL RIGHT, MAN ‫.I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOU

‫.I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY

‫EVERYBODY HERE ‫.KEEPS TO HIMSELF

‫:Man: YEAH. Woman ‫.LEAVE US ALONE

‫.GET OUT

‫.Second man: CAN'T TRUST NOBODY

‫Third man: DON'T ‫.WANT ANY TROUBLE

‫RELAX. I'M TRYING ‫.TO FIND A GIRL

‫.SHE CALLS HERSELF PERMAFROST

‫,ABOUT THIS TALL ‫?LIGHT BLUE SKIN

‫COME ON, IT'S NOT THE KIND ‫.OF THING YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE

‫.I KNOW HER

‫.FOLLOW ME

‫.SHE'S NOT BAD, YOU KNOW

‫.SHE JUST HAS PROBLEMS

‫.UP HERE

‫.OH, MY GOSH

‫!UHH

‫.I KNOW THIS FACE ‫.MAUREEN CONNER

‫SHE USED TO COME TO ‫,THE CHURCH FOR MEALS

‫BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN HER ‫.IN MORE THAN A YEAR

‫RIGHT AFTER THE ‫.BIG BANG HAPPENED

‫?WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER

‫HER MOTHER DIED ‫.A FEW YEARS AGO

‫HER STEPFATHER WANTED ‫.NOTHING TO DO WITH HER

‫BEFORE LONG, SHE ENDED ‫.UP ON THE STREET

‫THAT'S GOTTA MESS ‫.WITH YOUR HEAD

‫,I'M AFRAID IT HAS

‫,AND SORRY TO SAY ‫.SHE'S FAIRLY TYPICAL

‫NEARLY HALF OF ALL ‫HOMELESS PEOPLE

‫SUFFER FROM SOME TYPE ‫.OF MENTAL ILLNESS

‫.I'M NOT A SOCIAL WORKER

‫HOW CAN I HELP ‫?SOMEONE LIKE THAT

‫,WHEN YOU FIND HER ‫:TRY TO REMBER THIS

‫SHE'S NOT SOME FACELESS ‫".CATEGORY," THE HOMELESS

‫.SHE'S A PERSON LIKE YOU AND ME

‫.A PERSON IN PAIN

‫NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ‫ME, I HAVE TO GET BACK

‫.TO PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

‫WE'RE HAVING AN INTERFAITH ‫.SERVICE THIS YEAR

‫.YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US

‫HEY, I WOULDN'T ‫MISS IT FOR THE

‫AW, I FORGOT. I HAVE ‫.THIS OTHER THING

‫.A TREE-LIGHTING CEREMONY

‫.CHURCH SERVICE

‫POPS WILL SLAUGHTER ‫.ME IF I DON'T SHOW UP

‫[[SIGHS

‫YOU EVER HAVE ‫?ONE OF THOSE DAYS

‫.RIGHT, OF COURSE YOU HAVE

‫PARTICULARLY IN ‫THIS FESTIVE SEASON

‫,WHICH IS SO FILLED WITH PROMISE ‫.LAUGHTER, JOY, AND HOPE

‫Councilman: A SEASON FOR ‫.FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER

‫OH, IT'S GONNA BE NEW YEAR'S BY ‫.THE TIME THIS GUY STOPS TALKING

‫NOW IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE

‫TO INTRODUCE ONE OF DAKOTA'S ‫MOST ILLUSTRIOUS CITIZENS

‫.UHH! HI! THANKS, COUNCILMAN

‫WELL, LET'S LIGHT ‫?THIS BABY, HUH

‫?CARE TO SAY A FEW WORDS

‫ACTUALLY, I'M IN ‫.KIND OF A RUSH

‫?SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY, IS IT

‫YEAH, I'M GONNA BE GROUNDED ‫.TILL I'M 90 IF I DON'T HURRY

‫.OK, HERE GOES

‫!AAH

‫!AAH

‫!UNH

‫!AHH

‫LOOK, CAN WE JUST ‫?TALK FOR A SEC

‫!NO

‫!GIVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE

‫!?GIVE WHAT BACK

‫UNH! WAIT, IS THIS ‫?ABOUT THAT PHOTO

‫.HEY, YOU CAN HAVE IT BACK

‫,OOF! COME ON ‫!MAUREEN, CHILL OUT

‫?YOU... YOU KNOW MY NAME

‫,I FOUND OUT FROM SOME PEOPLE

‫.PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT YOU

‫!NOBODY CARES ABOUT ME

‫!WHOA! COME ON, SLOW DOWN

‫!I CARE, AND I WANT TO HELP YOU

‫I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE ‫.GONE THROUGH

‫?HOW COULD YOU KNOW

‫BECAUSE

‫.I LOST MY MOM, TOO

‫.I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS

‫HOW THE PAIN NEVER ‫.REALLY GOES AWAY

‫IS THAT WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID ‫?AT THE MALL AND THE POWER STATION

‫,THOSE FAMILIES

‫ALL HAPPY AND WARM ‫.IN THEIR HOMES

‫THEY HAVE NO IDEA ‫.HOW IT IS OUT HERE

‫,WHEN YOU'RE HOMELESS

‫.PEOPLE LOOK RIGHT THROUGH YOU

‫IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ‫.NOT EVEN THERE

‫.YEAH, I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THAT

‫,I FELT WHEN I GOT THESE POWERS

‫.THINGS WOULD GET BETTER FOR ME

‫.THEY DIDN'T

‫[[SOBS

‫!I'M MORE ALONE NOW THAN EVER

‫[[SOBBING

‫I'M GLAD TO SEE ‫.YOU AGAIN, MAUREEN

‫.I KNOW THIS PLACE

‫.IT FEELS SAFE

‫.IT IS SAFE

‫.NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY, MAUREEN

‫,WE WANT TO HELP

‫BUT WE CAN'T MAKE YOU DO ‫.ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO

‫.YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE

‫.I WANT TO GET BETTER

‫.WE WANT THAT, TOO

‫NOW, JOANNA HERE RUNS ‫.OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM

‫SHE'LL GET YOU ‫.SOME WARM CLOTHES

‫IT'S BEEN PRETTY ‫.COLD OUT THERE

‫.YES, IT HAS

‫.THANK YOU

‫?WILL SHE BE ALL RIGHT

‫,I DON'T KNOW

‫,BUT AS WE SAY IN MY BUSINESS

‫"." YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH

‫Chorus: ♪ LIFT YOUR ‫EYES TO HEAVEN ♪

‫I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY ‫FAMILIAR FACES TONIGHT

‫AND EVEN HAPPIER TO SEE ‫.LOTS OF NEW FACES, TOO

‫NOW MAYBE SOME OF YOU

‫HAVEN'T BEEN TO ‫.OUR CHURCH BEFORE

‫.YOU BELONG TO OTHER FAITHS

‫BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ‫,DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES

‫WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON ‫.CERTAIN BASIC BELIEFS

‫WHETHER YOU ARE A ‫,DISCIPLE OF MOHAMMED

‫,A CHILD OF ABRAHAM

‫OR A MEMBER OF THE ‫,BODY OF CHRIST

‫YOU KNOW THAT YOU ‫ARE CALLED UPON

‫TO CARE FOR THE ‫.NEEDY AND THE POOR

‫.AMEN. YES. THAT'S RIGHT

‫.ABSOLUTELY. YES, LORD

‫THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF ‫,OURS IS SO VERY BLESSED

‫YET FOR SOME, THE ‫.BLESSINGS ARE OUT OF REACH

‫THEREFORE, IT IS OUR DUTY ‫TO OFFER THESE PEOPLE

‫SAFE CONDUCT THROUGH ‫,LIFE'S DIFFICULT JOURNEY

‫TO BE THEIR AMBASSADORS ‫.OF COMPASSION

‫.MM-HMM. AMEN

‫.HALLELUJAH. ‫HALLELUJAH .HALLELUJAH

‫YOU, UH, GET ‫?SOMETHING IN YOUR EYE

‫NO. I'M JUST STARTING TO SEE

‫WHAT THE HOLIDAYS ‫.ARE REALLY ABOUT

‫.MERRY CHRISTMAS, V

‫.BACK AT YOU, BRO

‫Chorus: ♪ ‫WHOO-OOH-OOH-OOH-YAH ♪

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‫,♪ BE, BE GOTTA BE, BE ‫GOTTA BE SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE GOTTA BE ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE ‫GOTTA BE SUPERHERO ♪

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‫!STATIC SHOCK! STATIC SHOCK

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE GOTTA ‫BE A SUPERHERO ♪

‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE A HERO ♪

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