All language subtitles for Super Friends S01E11 The Ultra Beam 1080p BluRay FLAC2 0 H 264-BTN_track5_[eng]

[theme music]

[male narrator] In the Great
Hall of the Justice League

there are assembled the
world's four greatest heroes

created from the cosmic
legends of the universe

Superman.

[train horn honking]

Wonder Woman.

Batman.

Aquaman.

And those three junior Superfriends

Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog.

Their mission, to fight injustice

to right that which is wrong

and to serve all mankind.

[instrumental music]

Hank, we're almost there.

I figure it's about a mile
to the gold fields, Ben.

[male narrator] The Blue Jet flies

over the richest gold-mining
country in the world.

People may not realize it but
we're doing them a favor

destroying all the gold in the world.

[Hank] Yeah, well, they
will, after a while.

On automatic.

[male narrator] Hank and Ben
turn on the blue ray extractor

which transmits a weird beam of light

down out of the Blue Jet

into the ground below.

The blue beam is penetrating, Hank.

[male narrator]
Underground, the blue beam spreads out

in thousands of circles

through the rich gold-bearing ore.

Tiny electrical particles

called quarks flow out of the gold

and stream upward through the blue beam.

The gold remaining in
the earth is turned

into a worthless residual metal

while the quarks fill
the empty cylinders

in the aircraft as Hank and Ben watch.

[Marvin] I must not talk
out of turn in class.

I must not talk.

[squeaking]

How can I write this
sentence a hundred times

if the chalk won't write?

Hmm. Huh?

What the heck's going on?

[alarm blaring]

"Skyscraper in danger of collapse."

[male narrator] The tower of a
skyscraper under construction

is in danger of collapse.

A steel girder has broken.

I'd better see if I can
help save that building.

[male narrator] Another emergency
flashes onto the SDI screen.

The underwater face of a
great dam is cracking.

Strange coincidence.

The steel girder and the dam
both breaking at the same time.

And the blackboard in my classroom too.

It just fell apart a little while ago.

That is strange.

The steel girder, the dam and
the blackboard, all at once.

Why?

[instrumental music]

- Look, it's a bird!
- It's a plane!

No, it's him! It's Superman!

[male narrator] Has Superman arrived in time

to save the building from collapse?

- Yay, Superman!
- Hooray!

He did it!

[male narrator] Removal of
the dangerous loose girder

stabilizes the structure and
prevents its collapse.

And Superman returns to
the Hall of Justice

with the defective member.

Meanwhile, Aquaman speeds to
save the dam from destruction.

Built of quarried blocks of stone

rising hundreds of feet into the air

the dam is anchored on both sides

to the walls of the canyon.

Mud, welling to the surface
from the river bottom

shows Aquaman where water
is pouring through a crack

near the river bottom.

Aquaman dives downward
through the murky water

in search of the damage.

He discovers that the
cement along the topside

of one of the stone blocks has crumbled

and is being washed out.

If this block is washed out

the tremendous water pressure

may tear away the other blocks.

The entire dam is threatened.

Only solution, Aquaman himself
must replace that block.

With no time to lose

he spots a pile of blocks left over

from the dam's construction.

With precise memory of the
defective block's size

he chooses a replacement.

This time, it's into the
upstream side of the dam.

Quickly, he again locates
the problem area.

The loosened block is about to give way.

Aquaman jockeys his burden
against the loosened block

and, like a giant tapered cork

the new piece slides into place.

[thud]

The job's partly done

and Aquaman streaks for the surface.

But he knows the cement is
crumbling at other points.

The water pressure against the
entire dam must be relieved.

[grunts]

The controls seem to be jammed.

[grunting]

I'd better get down to
the spillway itself.

[male narrator] Aquaman reaches the spillway

a huge tunnel to carry the
river around the dam

in case of emergency.

But here, too, the cement is crumbling.

The blocks around the gates have shifted

and the gates are jammed shut.

Carrying the boulder in front
of him like a battering ram

Aquaman swims against the gates.

With the spillway tunnel open

the water pressure against
the dam is relieved

and the dam is safe until
permanent repairs can be made.

The block Aquaman replaced
must be examined.

And with it, Aquaman heads back

for the Hall of the Justice League.

[Batman] Does anyone have any idea
what might make a blackboard shatter?

Hmm.
I've got it.

Snapping your fingers?
Uh, I don't think so, Robin.

- I mean a sharp sound.
- A sonic boom?

[groans]

[Batman] It's possible, Marvin.

Haven't you heard that a certain
frequency can shatter a glass?

Like with your voice, you mean?

Yes. Let's try it. Robin?

♪ Do ♪

♪ Mi ♪

♪ Sol ♪♪

Hmm. Nothing.

[yowling]

[yowling higher]

- Crumbling tumblers!
- Like, wow.

Nice going, Wonder Dog.

[grunts]

But Wonder Dog wasn't yowling
when the blackboard shattered.

[Batman] I realize that, Marvin.

But in what other ways could the
blackboard have been vibrated?

- Earth vibrations?
- Right.

But I didn't feel any this afternoon.

But maybe the blackboard did.
Look.

Wonder Dog's voice shattered
the drinking glass

but not the windows, right?

Exactly. A tremor of one frequency

can be felt by one
object and not another.

The blackboards could've been
broken by an earth vibration.

We'd better find out if
there were any vibrations

and if there are going to be any more.

Gee, how do we do that?

[Batman] By checking with
the Seismological Bureau.

Earth vibrations might
have cracked the dam.

- And the skyscraper.
- Let's go.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, in the air

Wonder Woman checks out
another strange occurrence.

A huge transmission cable
carrying telephone messages

from one part of the country
to another has broken.

Communications have been interrupted.

The cable must be repaired immediately.

Wonder Woman lowers a hook
from her transparent plane

to a waiting linesman
perched atop the tower.

The broken cable is attached
and drawn up into the plane.

As Wonder Woman is reeling
in the broken cable

elsewhere in the sky, the
mysterious Blue Jet

projects its blue beam into the earth

at another gold-bearing region

The curious particles flow back
up the beam into the jet plane.

Okay, Ben, we're filled up.
You can shut it off.

I think we've ruined

all the gold in this
part of the country.

Right. On to our next target.

[male narrator] Inside the
Seismographic Bureau

the director explains how the
earth tremors are recorded.

This is the getigraph.

"Geti" stands for "ground
electronic tremor indicator."

[Marvin] Hey, there's a vibration line.

[Wimple] It's called a tremor line.

There are more than
50,000 tremors a year

throughout the world.

Look at this model of the Earth's crust.

Let's pretend the rocks
at this place slip.

A tremor is produced.

It travels to the
Seismological Bureau, here

and my getigraph tells where
the tremor started from.

And this is where we are.

Would this tell us if there was a tremor

which could have broken the blackboards?

Or the steel girder in the skyscraper?

Or the dam?

It would tell whether there was
a tremor in their vicinity.

Marvin's school is here, the dam
is here, the skyscraper here.

Then all we have to do is
check out the records.

Yeah, examine the seismological
charts right here.

Good idea.
You kids get to work.

We'll get back to the Hall of Justice.

Right, Batman.

- Right.
- Yeah.

The records of past tremors are here.

I'll help you analyze them.

[male narrator] While Batman and
Robin are on their way back

to the Hall of the Justice League

Wonder Woman, with the
broken cable safely stored

now begins to lower the new cable.

Carefully, she lowers it to
the transmission tower.

There, the lineman attaches
it to the crossbar

and signals to Wonder Woman.

With a precise touch, she
eases her craft forward

paying out new cable across the towers.

In a few minutes, she
accomplishes a task

that would take a ground crew weeks.

As she reaches the last tower

another lineman completes
the connection.

The transmission line is
in service once more

and Wonder Woman heads back

for the Hall of the Justice League.

There, the Superfriends examine
the defective steel girder

the block from the crumbling dam

the frayed communications cable,
and Marvin's blackboard.

Simple inspection of this piece
of this blackboard fragment

shows it to be filled
with minute cracks.

The broken end of this girder

has thousands of little fissures in it.

If the steel in the rest of
the skyscrapers is like this

the whole downtown area
will have to be rebuilt.

The cement that held this
block, it's pulverized.

Well, look at this cable. The
metal is strangely decomposed.

Batman, do you think earth tremors
have caused this damage?

Marvin, Wendy, what about
your seismological research?

We went through all the
records for the past month.

There were no earth tremors near
the skyscraper or the dam.

- Or Marvin's school.
- Or those transmission towers.

Yet in each case, it's as though
the material was shaken apart.

Why? Riddle.

What do all these materials
have in common?

- They all come from the earth.
- Right, Robin.

Blackboards from a slate quarry.

The cable from a copper mine.

Cement from a limestone quarry.

Steel made from iron,
also a mined material.

Our next step is to investigate
the mines and quarries

these materials came from.

Maybe that's where the problem started.

What can Wendy and I do?

You kids go back to the
Seismological Bureau.

Monitor every earth tremor
the getigraph records.

[male narrator] Each of the
Superfriends begins his task.

Superman off to check the iron mines.

Aquaman speeds to an
island limestone quarry.

Wonder Woman wings off to
investigate the copper mines.

Batman and Robin collect samples

of raw slate from a quarry.

As Wendy and Marvin, with
the director's help

monitor the getigraph

noting every disturbance
in the Earth's crust

large or small.

The Blue Jet prepares to descend
on another gold field.

The blue beam projects into the ground

and the extraction of the quarks begins.

The area below us must really be rich.

The gold quarks are pure, pure blue.

Yes, there will be a very surprised

mine owner down there

when he finds his gold
has been disintegrated.

Mr. Wimple, look at this line.

It's wavy. It's not like the others.

Strange. Very strange, very unusual.

Strange enough to put
in a call to Batman?

Might be worth looking into.

Maybe another dam or
skyscraper is in danger.

[Wendy] Where does the tremor originate?

[Wimple] Why, due north
of here, 50 miles away.

May I use your radio, Mr. Wimple?

Please do.

I'll tune to the Bat frequency.

Hello, Batman? This is Wendy.
Acknowledge, please.

This is Batman.
Go ahead, Wendy.

[Wendy on radio] There is a
very peculiar earth tremor

coming from 50 miles north of
the Seismological Bureau.

Mr. Wimple says it's very strange.

Thank you, Wendy.
We'll investigate it.

Batman, look. A blue beam
coming down from the sky.

[Batman] It's coming from a plane.

Do you think that's causing the
earth tremor Wendy reported?

We'll find out.
Batman calling Wendy.

Go ahead, Batman.

[Batman on radio] We are at the scene.

Are you still receiving tremors?

[Wendy] Yes, Batman. The
pattern's continuing.

[Batman] Stand by.

Hello, Blue Jet. Hello,
Blue Jet. This is Batman.

Hello, Blue Jet projecting
blue beam. Come in, please.

- This is Batman.
- Don't answer.

We'd better move on, Ben.

- Blue Jet, please answer.
- Look.

- Come in, Wendy.
- Go ahead, Batman.

[Batman on radio] Are you
still recording tremor?

It is disappearing from the recorder.

Then we know what's causing it,
a blue beam from a blue jet.

[male narrator] As the Blue
Jet arrives at its home base

which serves as both a factory

and a hangar for the airplane...

...a giant panel in the roof slides back

and the Blue Jet settles to
a secret landing inside.

Immediately, from the
plane's cargo space

the cylinders of blue
particles are moved

across the hangar

and into the production laboratory.

They are placed in racks with
previously collected material.

On a fantastic machine
called the quark rectifier

the blue particles will be
transformed into any metal

iron, chromium, tin, copper, aluminum

whatever is wanted or needed.

[Hank] Wow, a few more trips

and we'll have wiped out most
of the gold in the country.

[Ben] And everybody
will be better for it.

Sure. Instead of people
wasting all their time

and energy acquiring gold

maybe they'll concern themselves

with more important things

like improving the quality of life.

[Ben] You know, Hank, I was
wondering about Batman.

He must have located us through
the Seismological Bureau.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, the
Superfriends have brought

specimens of metal ore
from the various mines

to the Earth Resources
Chemical Laboratory

to find out whether the
ore itself is defective.

The spectroscope can identify a metal

because each metal produces
colors of its own

when placed in the chamber.

When put in the spectroscope

iron should produce these colors.

Now, let's see what our
iron ore produces.

The steel in the skyscraper
came from the mine

where I got this ore sample.

Why, it hardly contains any iron at all.

No wonder that skyscraper
almost collapsed.

Let's try the copper ore.

[Wonder Woman] The copper ore has
practically no copper in it.

That explains the bad telephone cable.

And bad limestone was used to
make the cement for the dam.

And even Marvin's blackboard

made from somehow defective slate.

So that blue jet and its blue
beam are at the bottom of this.

Causing high-frequency vibrations

that effect certain
minerals in the earth.

- We've got to stop them.
- We've got to find them first.

We'll patrol the country and
keep a watch for the Blue Jet.

- I'll take the western half.
- I'll take the east.

I'll patrol the seacoasts.

Robin and I'll pick up their
trail where we last saw them.

Wendy and Marvin have instructions

to call us on the Batradio, next
time a strange tremor occurs.

As soon as they give me the location

I'll let you all know and maybe
we can intercept that blue jet.

[male narrator] While Wonder
Woman, in her transparent plane

hurries to patrol the eastern
half of the country

Aquaman stations himself offshore

Superman speeds west

and Batman and Robin
begin a ground patrol

in search of the Blue Jet.

You see, Wonder Dog

these lines on the graph indicate
ordinary earth tremors.

When the blue beam causes the tremor

it makes a wavy line, kind of like this.

[whispers] You divert them while
I sabotage the seismograph.

[Ben] Hello there, friends.

- Gee.
- What's the matter?

[Marvin] I never saw a pair
of shoes like that before.

I don't know why people
are always so surprised.

When you're as short as I am

you've just got to do
something logical about it.

I guess you're right.

Is it alright if we look around?

We're--we're tourists.

Well, the director went
to get his lunchpail

but he said it was alright if we stayed.

[Wendy] So I guess it's
alright if you do too.

Say, what's that gadget?

It records and measures tremors.

You don't say.

[Wendy] The director says

there are more than 50,000
earth movements every year

throughout the world.

Most of the tremors are too
slight to be felt by people.

Hey, the director said we
mustn't touch anything.

Aw, it's just a little old souvenir.

[chuckles]

He's kind of playful.

If you're in charge, maybe
you better follow him.

[Marvin] Hey, you better
come back with that.

Uh, aren't you gonna go after him too?

No, I'm going to stay right here
till the director gets back.

[instrumental music]

[Hank humming]

That wasn't very nice of your friend.

Oh, well, he doesn't mean any harm.

He's kind of irresponsible.

[whispers] Did you get to the machine?

[whispers] No, she was watching
me. You try. I'll divert them.

Here, take the magnet.

[pants]

- I think we lost him, Wendy.
- He's a little ahead of you.

There he is.
And he put the flag back.

Hello, Wendy, Marvin.
Anything happen while I was out?

Oh, I'm glad you're back, Mr. Wimple.

You have two more visitors.
Some tourists dropped in.

Oh, sir, are you the director?

I am.

Could you explain how
this machine works?

Why, glad to.

The idea, which is
surprising to most people

is that the Earth is
really alive internally

as well as externally.
Basically, the getigraph

is an electromagnetic-type seismograph.

Using a balanced column...

Nice dog, nice dog.

Do you know how to fetch and carry?

Fetch it, doggie.

Doesn't even know enough
to fetch. Oh, boy.

[Hank] But how do you estimate distance?

[Wimple] Well, the way to tell distance

is to calculate the measurement

between these two points.

The getigraph is a very
sensitive instrument--

Hank, time to go. We don't
wish to overstay our welcome.

But I haven't explained it all.

Some other day. Ha, ha.
We couldn't impose on your time.

But I have plenty of time.

Well, we haven't. Goodbye.

Well.

[theme music]

[Hank and Ben laughing]

They'll never know what happened.

[Ben laughs]

[Hank] Next extracting site dead ahead.

[beeping]

[snoring]

[barking]

[barks]

[howling]

[gasps]

[grunting]

[Marvin] There she blows!

Wendy, Mr. Wimple! Look!

Why, it's that peculiar wavy
tremor line, to be sure.

[Marvin] Three hundred miles
from here at 85 degrees.

- Correct.
- I'd better radio Batman now.

Wendy to Batman, Wendy to Batman.

Suspicious earth tremor
coming from 300 miles

85 degrees from Seismological Bureau.

Roger. Your message received, Wendy.

Will tell Superman to search area.

[male narrator] Immediately, Superman
begins a search of the area

Wendy has reported.

But there is no sign of the Blue Jet.

But above the sea...

[beeping]

Another good job.

We've extracted all the
gold quarks here.

Yeah, well, on to another spot.

[male narrator] As the Blue Jet
moves off, a wavy tremor fades

from the getigraph.

[grunts]

You're right, Wonder Dog. It's gone.

Should we report it?

Let's wait a while.
It might reappear.

- That looks like a great spot.
- Into hover attitude.

[beeping]

[Marvin] There it is. It's
back, but in another place.

One hundred and eighty degrees,
200 miles away from here.

I'm gonna report that.

Hello, Batman. This is Wendy.

The previous tremor faded out.

But there's a new tremor 200
miles from here at 180 degrees.

I will report the new location
to Aquaman for investigation.

But, Wendy, your last
bearing was in error.

Superman found nothing.
Turned out to be a false alarm.

But the getigraph is most accurate.

If the Blue Jet is causing the tremor

it should be exactly where
the graph indicates.

Here's hoping the second
report we gave Batman

wasn't another mistake.

[male narrator] Aquaman searches for the Blue Jet

in the new location reported.

But again, the Blue Jet
is nowhere to be seen.

Finding nothing, Aquaman
speeds back along the coast.

[Batman] Hello, Wendy?

Your last report was
another false alarm.

[Wendy on radio] But Mr. Wimple says
we read the getigraph correctly.

[Batman on radio] It's sending
us on wild-goose chases.

Please have Mr. Wimple find
out what's wrong with it.

Roger, Batman.

There must be something
wrong, Mr. Wimple.

If there is, I'll find it.

[male narrator] Because the getigraph
is unable to locate the Blue Jet

the Superfriends question mine owners

about the strange blue beam.

Blue beam from the sky?

Now, what kind of
nonsense is that, miss?

Then have you seen a blue jet plane?

No! The only thing I've
seen is worthless rock

coming from my gold mine.

I'm telling you that if all
the other gold mines go

as bad as mine this country
is in deep trouble.

We are doing our best to
solve the mystery, sir.

You better hurry, or it'll be too late.

Bring the light a little closer, please.

[Wonder Dog grumbles]

Very odd, very odd.

Everything seems to be in order.
Let's try it again.

[male narrator] Escaping detection completely

the Blue Jet returns to its headquarters

and additional cylinders
of quarks stack up.

[Hank] Let's test the quality
of these last cylinders.

What should we make from them?

Well, iron is one of our
most useful metals.

[Ben] Alright, iron it will be.

[buzzes]

[male narrator] And the
fantastic machine

begins transforming what
was once gold into iron.

Look, one of those very
peculiar wavy lines again.

[Wendy] Only five miles
from here at 45 degrees.

[Wimple] Why, that's
just outside of town.

Going out along Ninth
Avenue, that's northeast.

Should we call the Superfriends?

Not if it's another false alarm.

But there's absolutely nothing
wrong with the apparatus.

[Wendy] Still, it gave false reports.

Not that first one. Remember?

The first time we saw the
wavy line and told Batman

he found the Blue Jet Plane.

Then why has it been wrong ever since?

Something must have
happened between that

first true reading and the
subsequent false readings

but what?

[grunts]

- I don't know of anything.
- Neither do I.

[barks]

What, Wonder Dog?

[barking]

[Wendy] Tall? And short? The tourists!

The guy who took the desk flag.

What about them?

Could they have done
anything to the getigraph?

How could they?
They didn't even touch it.

But Wonder Dog is right.

It worked before they
came but not after.

You know, the tall one talked
to us about the getigraph

while the short one
played with Wonder Dog.

Could he have short-circuited
some wires?

No. The getigraph is wireless

and all its components
are in this cabinet.

[Marvin] Wonder Dog, did
you see what he did?

[grunts]

Were you watching him at all?

Well, kind of.

[sniffing]

He's tracking the little
man's footsteps.

[Marvin] Stay with it, Wonder Dog.

[sniffing]

[Wonder Dog grunts]

[Wimple] My lunch!

[panting]

[Wendy] Wonder Dog, don't you dare.

[whimpers]

[grunts]

[Wonder Dog growling]

Whatever you're having
for lunch, Mr. Wimple

sure doesn't wanna be eaten.

- A magnet.
- Of course, a magnet.

It's interfering with the
magnetic field of the apparatus.

Get rid of it.

[grunts]

Wendy, Mr. Wimple, look.

[Wimple] The magnet
pulled the tremor line

away from its true direction.

Then with the magnet removed

this line should be a true reading.

Five miles east on Second Avenue.

That's just outside of town.

Should we alert the Superfriends?

But suppose it's another false alarm.

Wendy, why don't we check
it out ourselves?

- It's not far.
- Alright, Marvin.

Mr. Wimple, if we're not back
in 20 minutes, call Batman.

I'll do that. But you take
this indicator with you.

It'll direct you right to
the source of the tremor.

It's controlled by the
getigraph, follow the pointer.

- Fantastic, Mr. Wimple.
- Come on, Wendy.

Good luck.

How far have we gone, Marvin?

Almost five miles, the pointer
still says straight ahead.

Somewhere around that building
up ahead will be five miles.

[Wendy] Look, Marvin. The needle
points straight to the door.

[Marvin] Well, let's check it out.

Marvin, look.

[Marvin] The Blue Jet.

The indicator points through
that doorway. Let's go.

[Marvin] Look, it's the blue beam.

I wonder who could be behind all this.

[Hank] Hello there.

[Wendy] You were the ones who came
to the Seismological Bureau.

Right.

[laughs]

And you planted that magnet.

[Hank] Right again. Ha, ha.

if you've traced us here,
you must have found it.

- He found it.
- That mutt?

Why, he didn't even know
enough to fetch and carry.

He knew enough to find
your scent on the flag

and trace it right to the magnet.

Why did you plant that
magnet under the getigraph?

We didn't want anyone to find us.

[Wendy] Why?

People wouldn't understand

that we're really helping
them with our process.

- What process?
- Quarks.

- Quarks?
- Quarks. Those are quarks.

Quarks are parts of atoms.

An elementary particle of matter.

What are you gonna do with them?

The quark rectifier can
arrange the quarks

in any structure to form
any element we want.

Copper or iron, for example.

[beeping]

[Marvin] What happened?

[Ben] We're having a
trial run to make iron.

There it is, pure iron.

Do you use the Blue Jet
to gather the quarks?

[whispers] We better stop talking.

Those kids are getting too nosy.

[Ben] Why don't we entertain them

while we have the operation
moved to some other place?

Invite them to come for a
flight on the Blue Jet.

[Ben clears throat]

Say, how would you kids

like to see us extract quarks?

We're going to get them at a
very special place today

a fine supply.

[whispers] if we go, we can find a way

to let the Superfriends
catch the Blue Jet.

[whispers] It's chancy,
but okay, let's try it.

[in normal voice] Okay. Sounds like fun.

Oh, fine. Let's get aboard.

- Gosh.
- Wow.

[barks]

Sir, do you know what the
country runs on? Wheels.

Do you know what makes
them turn? Engines.

Do you know that engines can't
operate without lubrication?

Oil. Oil provides lubrication.

But look what's coming out of my
well. Looks like orange juice.

You can't run engines on that.

We're doing everything we can
to get to the bottom of this.

- Well, can I help?
- Perhaps.

We're looking for a
mysterious blue jet plane.

If you see or hear anything of
it, contact us immediately.

Good luck, Aquaman.

You know that when you extract
the quarks from the earth

the minerals in nearby mines are ruined?

We've seen the evidence.

Weak steel, lousy copper cable,
even crummy blackboard slate.

Oh, yeah, we know that.

You see, when we extract
the quarks from gold

the blue beam's power radiates

in all directions for miles.

It's just mighty unfortunate
for those mine owners.

Besides, there's really no
loss of natural resources.

By rearranging the gold quarks
in our quark rectifier

we can make other more
useful metals than gold.

But it's not your gold.

What difference does that make?

It makes a lot of difference.

[Ben] You just don't understand.

[male narrator] As Marvin and Wendy
fly on with these odd gentlemen

Batman and Robin receive
a call on the Batradio.

[Wimple on radio] Hello, Batman.

This is Mr. Wimple at the
Seismological Bureau.

Go ahead, Mr. Wimple.

I'm worried about Wendy and Marvin.

They left to investigate a tremor and--

What was the location of the tremor?

[Wimple] Exactly five miles from
my building at 135 degrees.

It's just outside of town.

[Batman on radio] How long ago?

About an hour ago, on bicycles.

They should have returned
or called by now.

[Wimple] They haven't.
I'm a bit concerned.

[Batman] Thank you.
We'll go look for them.

What I don't understand is why
ruin the iron ore in the mines?

Oh, our way is more efficient.

- And cheaper.
- Quicker too.

It meets the needs of industry better.

Oh, for example, if there's
a shortage of copper

quarks can be structured
to manufacture copper.

Can you really do that?

You saw the quarks turn
to iron in our factory.

- It seems impossible.
- Why?

You've heard of nuclear fission?
Splitting atoms?

Everybody's heard of that.

[Ben] That's what our blue beam does

when it extracts quarks from the ground.

And have you heard of nuclear fusion?

Sure.

We learned that in science class.

It's joining two
something-or-others to form...

- I forget.
- Yeah, well, almost, Wendy.

A deuteron and a triton to form helium.

Our process is just more complicated.

[Ben] A few minutes more and
we'll be at our next location.

We'll show you how we work.

Exactly five miles from the
Seismological Bureau.

[Batman] Blue Jet, blue building.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but we're closed.

The plant is being moved today.

Sorry, the door was open.

- Who are the owners?
- That's top-secret.

- Where are the owners?
- That's top-secret.

[Batman] We're looking
for two young people.

- Were they here today?
- That's top-secret.

I'm sorry, but you can't look in there.

Why? ls the Blue Jet top-secret too?

- Even though it's gone?
- Yes, sir.

[whispers] Robin, the kids'
bikes are in the hangar.

[whispers] Then they're in the Blue Jet.

Uh, let's get back to the
Seismological Bureau.

Thanks for everything, miss.

I'm sorry everything was top-secret.

What's our plan, Batman?

The getigraph is working properly now

so when it locates the Blue Jet

we'll have one of the
Superfriends intercept it.

[Ben] Beautiful, beautiful.

[Marvin] And the blue
beam ruins the gold?

[Hank] Oh, yeah. Beautiful, isn't it?

[Wendy] It's not beautiful, it's wrong.

Wrong, Wendy, it's right.

You know the old proverb "money
is the root of all evil?"

We're doing the world a
favor by destroying gold.

[Hank] And we're not gonna stop

until we've destroyed all
the gold in the world.

- Did you find Wendy and Marvin?
- They're on the Blue Jet.

If we find it, we've found the kids.

Then I've found them for you.

Fifty miles southeast of
the Pluto uranium mines.

Good. That's not far from where
Wonder Woman is patrolling.

She'll intercept the Blue Jet

and send for the other
Superfriends to help her.

[male narrator] Wonder Woman,
speeding through the air

in search of the Blue Jet

turns toward the Pluto uranium mine.

[Marvin] With the blue beam working,
there has to be an earth tremor.

[Wendy] Mr. Wimple will
see it on the getigraph

and tell Batman, I'm sure.

[alarm blaring]

[Hank] The warning alarm.

[beeping]

[Ben] Aircraft approaching from
the south, coming this way.

[male narrator] The Blue Jet
zooms off to avoid being seen.

It's probably one of the
Superfriends coming after us.

You can't get away from them.

[Hank] Oh, just you watch, young man.

Hello, Blue Jet, this is Wonder
Woman. Come in, please.

Hello, Blue Jet, come in, please.

I hate to say this, but I told you so.

What's your message, Wonder Woman?

[Wonder Woman on radio]
I am ordering you to land.

By whose authority?

By authority of Colonel Wilcox
of the Earth Resources Board.

I don't believe we know him.

Your Superfriends seem to
be making the mistakes.

[Wonder Woman] Please land at once.

Sorry, Wonder Woman, we have
a previous engagement. Out.

Where are we going now?

[Hank] Because our operation
has been discovered

we're going to destroy
the last remaining

big hoard of gold in the world.

- You mean Fort Knox?
- Not exactly.

We've intercepted and decoded
some government messages.

They've moved that gold to
the underwater caverns

off the coast.

Heading 222 degrees.

To all Superfriends

The Blue Jet is on a
heading of 222 degrees.

I am following them.

She's found it, Batman.

Advise the Superfriends, Robin.

But tell them to proceed with caution.

Wendy and Marvin are
aboard that blue jet.

[male narrator] Alerted to
the Blue Jet's objective

Superman speeds to help Wonder Woman

make the interception.

Aquaman also sets a new course

for a rendezvous with the Superfriends

at the underwater caverns.

And you're going to
destroy all the gold?

You're very quick, son.

But Wonder Woman is following
you. You'll be caught.

I suppose so, but not until
after we've done our work.

It's a great responsibility

knowing what's best for everyone.

[male narrator] As the Blue Jet zooms
seaward toward the underwater caverns

Aquaman arrives at the buoys

that mark the caverns' location.

Not far behind, Wonder
Woman and Superman.

We're at the gold caverns.
I'll start the blue beam.

[male narrator] Aquaman sends
out telepathic instructions.

His friends in the deep are to stand by.

Should their assistance be needed

they will proceed on Aquaman's signal

to the underwater caverns

where millions in pure gold bars

are threatened by the blue beam.

Each of the large fish
will carry one gold bar

to an already determined
new secret location.

As Aquaman's reserve stands ready

in the sky above, the Blue Jet
comes into position and.

Blue Jet, I am about to block
your beam with a heat barrier.

[male narrator] Wonder Woman's transparent plane

emits a shield of super heat.

Wonder Woman's interfering
with the beam.

[Ben] Shine it on her.

- What will it do to her?
- It destroys only gold.

It'll merely make her a little dizzy.

You guys are sure asking for trouble.

[male narrator] As the
beam is turned upon her

she loses control of her
plane and is unable

to block the blue beam.

Now Superman speeds to block the danger

and its power works on him.

But in moments, he clears his head

and suddenly, he knows how
the problem can be solved.

He streaks toward shore.

[Superman] With your
kind permission, sir

I'd like to borrow something
for a little while.

Of course, Superman. Anything
to help out the Superfriends.

[male narrator] Superman borrows the
huge 200-inch reflecting mirror

from the Mount Palomar
Astronomical Observatory

and speeds on his way
to help Wonder Woman.

Near the underwater caverns

Aquaman and friends are ready to act

if Wonder Woman and Superman fail.

That'll keep her groggy, and
Superman's nowhere to be seen.

Let's beam in on that gold.

[male narrator] As time runs
out, the Man of Steel returns.

Using the curved surface
of the huge mirror

to reflect the blue
beam away from himself

Superman is able to approach the plane

and shut off the powerful ray.

The gold in the undersea
caverns is saved.

The emergency is over

and Aquaman thanks his many
friends and swims for shore.

Wonder Woman takes the Blue Jet in tow

and heads for its home base.

Superman speeds back to
the Palomar Observatory

to return the huge mirror.

[instrumental music]

- Batman!
- Robin! Are we glad to see you.

Are you kids alright?

Of course they are. Anything
else you wanna interfere in?

As a matter of fact, yes.

You gentlemen are going
to have to stop ruining

all the useful minerals in the earth.

They just wanted to
destroy all the gold.

That's because gold is
the root of all evil.

How people use gold is what
makes it good or bad.

But people don't know how to use it.

They say that's why they were
trying to destroy all the gold.

Their intentions are good, Batman.

But their view is very narrow, Wendy.

An idealist is a wonderful human being.

As long as he doesn't let his
idealism cloud his judgment.

See, fellas, that's what you did.

You were so anxious to do
what you thought was right

you couldn't see that what
you were doing was wrong.

And incidentally, your iron seems
to be undergoing a change.

[Wendy] It's turning back to gold.

I told you the quarks
might prove unstable

and revert to their original form.

Yeah, well, I guess we should
have experimented more.

[Robin] It's all turned back to gold.

[Batman] How fortunate for Hank and Ben.

Now they can return the gold
to the rightful owners.

And the government is going
to make Hank and Ben

use the profits from their laboratory

to pay for all the damage they caused.

[Marvin] Looking for something, sir?

[Wimple] My lunch. I had
it here somewhere.

If it's in this room,
Wonder Dog will find it.

Fetch, Wonder Dog.

[Wimple] Remember what happened last
time Wonder Dog found my lunch?

Yes, we tracked down the Blue Jet
and got in a lot of trouble.

[Marvin] See? Nothing to worry about.

He found your lunch and
nothing's happened.

[rumbling]

Earthquake!

- Volcano!
- Tornado!

[yelps]

Ha, sorry. I guess I just landed
on the roof a little too hard.

Time for lunch, kids.

We're going to have lunch

but the director is going to go hungry.

How do you figure that, Marvin?

Look. Wonder Dog forgot
to leave the lunch pail.

[groans]

[Superman] Hold tight.

Now, Wonder Dog.

Thanks, Wonder Dog.

[Wimple laughing]