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[theme music]

[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.

At the United States Space Center

the final countdown nears on a most-important launch

a first mission to the planet Mars.

As the two astronauts climb aboard

hundreds of thousands of spectators

gather to observe the blastoff.

Final countdown has begun.

Ignition is expected in less than two minutes.

[male 1] Uh, Mission Control to Mars 1 .

Uh, all systems are go.

We continue the countdown at, uh, minus 90 seconds

uh, 89, 88, 87, 86.

[Wendy] isn't this exciting?

Imagine, the first Earth men

to walk on the planet Mars.

It certainly is, Wendy, and soon...

[Marvin] Hey, Wendy, look at this.

Marvin, what're you doing?

Well, we're always losing games

because we don't have anyone tall enough

on our school basketball team.

Oh, Marvin, you can't play basketball on those.

Oh, no? Heh, heh. Watch.

Whoa!

[thuds]

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

I guess it isn't always easy to do things the easy way.

Wendy, Marvin. You're going to miss the blastoff.

[male 1] Forty-five, 44, 43, 42.

[narrator] But, not too many miles from the space center

someone else watches the Mars rocket countdown

with a different thought in mind.

This is it, Igor. I'm going to put my theories to the test.

[meows]

That crowd gathered at the launching site

is a perfect trial run for my machine.

Is everything ready?

[meows]

They laughed at my ideas

on how to solve the world's problems.

We'll see who laughs now.

[male 1] Six, five, four--

Wait a minute, something's wrong. What is that?

That balloon, where did it come from?

It's not supposed to be...

- The screen's gone blank. - Something's wrong.

[whimpers]

I thought the area above the pad had been completely cleared.

It was, Robin.

Superman, we've lost communications

with the space center.

As unbelievable as it sounds

everyone there seems to have disappeared.

You and the other Justice Leaguers

had better get there immediately.

Colonel Wilcox, we're on our way.

Come on, gang.

[Robin] Holy disappearing act. Where'd everybody go?

I don't know, but the place has gone haywire.

There are no people at the controls.

We'd better go into action, fast.

The tower, it's falling.

[narrator] The Amazon princess pulls on her golden lasso

to keep the launch tower from falling.

Knowing that the rocket fuel

can be dangerously explosive when it heats up.

Batman and Robin rush to shut off the fuel lines.

Superman hurries to save the astronauts.

Breaking the latches that secure the capsule

to the rocket, he carries the astronauts to safety.

Batman and Robin now struggle to disconnect

a fuel line at the side of the rocket.

The fuel, Batman. It's surrounding us.

Batman, Robin, run.

The whole thing's going to blow.

[narrator] Realizing only one course of action is now possible

the Man of Steel uses all his super-strength

to lift the gigantic rocket

and hurl it safely away from the Earth.

Just in time.

We'd better release the astronauts.

It can't be.

Fantastic.

Batman, Aquaman, you're not going to believe this

but Wonder Woman and I just discovered

thousands of tiny people.

They're only two inches high.

We believe you, Robin.

[narrator] Two astronauts, the entire space-center crew

and thousands of spectators

all reduced to a height of two inches.

The strange phenomenon boggles the imagination.

At one of the most advanced facilities in the country

a research team headed by Colonel Wilcox

looks into the problem.

- Absolutely amazing. - What is it, Dr. Curum?

Somehow, the atoms and molecules

in astronaut Ellis's body have been rearranged

and condensed causing him to shrink.

How is that possible, Dr. Curum?

I don't yet know.

It's utterly fantastic.

Astronaut Ellis, is there anything more you can tell us?

Not really, everything was green light and go

and we were just about to blast off when, zap

suddenly, we were shrunk.

Unbelievable.

[narrator] Meanwhile, not too many miles from Gotham City.

[chuckles] Igor, my machine is a fantastic success.

I knew we could do it.

[meows]

But we're not through yet.

We've got a long way to go before our mission is finished.

[meows]

Next stop, Igor, Harbor City.

When we turn on the sonic microwave reducer this time

every adult human being within five miles

of the balloon will be shrunk.

It is the beginning of my master plan

to shrink every grown-up in the world

down to an economical, convenient size.

[purrs]

Except me, of course, and you.

Animals aren't affected by my miniaturizing ray

due to the difference in metabolic rate.

When I'm through, those people who laughed at my ideas

will be forced to look up to me.

[chuckles] Get it, Igor? "Look up to me?"

[laughing]

[narrator] While Dr. Gulliver and Igor laugh

the people of Harbor City go about their daily business

unaware of the strange little turn

their lives are about to take.

Pilot to tower, pilot to tower.

Jet Cargo 847.

I'm approaching Harbor City airport.

Roger, 847. This is Harbor City Tower, go ahead.

[male 2] I should be arriving at... Hey, what's that?

You're not going to believe this

but there's this crazy balloon...

[narrator] And, at the Justice League headquarters.

[alarm wailing]

It's the TroubAlert. Quick, Marvin!

Call Superman and the others.

What is it, Wendy?

Something dreadful

has happened to Harbor City.

Great Athena. Harbor City seems to have gone berserk.

That airplane, it was supposed to land at the airport

but it's heading out to sea.

And two subway trains racing out of control under the city.

[Superman] Great Scott, they're going to collide.

That submarine is going too deep.

The pressure will destroy it.

[Superman] Let's go, Justice Leaguers.

[narrator] The Man of Steel flies at supersonic speed

to intercept the runaway jet plane.

Using every ounce of her Olympian strength...

...the Amazon princess races the speeding subway train

to avert a collision.

- She made it. Yay! - Yay, Wonder Woman! Yay!

[narrator] Aware the submarine is sinking out of control

into an ocean canyon off Harbor City

the king of the sea uses telepathy

to contact some of the stranger creatures of the deep

creatures that can provide their own light

in this watery world far removed from the sun's rays.

They locate the sub

where it rests precariously on a rocky ledge.

There is no time to waste.

Should it slip from the ledge, it may be lost forever.

Now a second telepathic call goes out

and time runs short.

Responding to Aquaman's call, huge blowfish go into action.

Thank you, my friends. We made it.

[narrator] And, at the research center...

I've flown over the entire area.

Every man and woman in Harbor City has been shrunk down

until they're two inches tall.

Leaping leprechauns.

Have you found out anything, Dr. Curum?

Very little, Superman.

We've analyzed everything at the launch site

the food, the water, even the air.

The only thing we know for sure

is that it does not affect animals or children.

- Colonel Wilcox, sir. - Yes, Smith?

You wanted me to report any unusual objects

on our radar screen.

Yes? Have you spotted something?

Well, sir, there's a large

circus-type balloon heading our way.

Colonel Wilcox, the crew of the plane I rescued

spotted a balloon passing by them

just before they were miniaturized.

A large painted balloon.

Wait a minute. Astronaut Ellis.

Wasn't there a big balloon at the launch site?

Why, yes. I didn't think much about it at the time.

I figured it was a publicity stunt or something.

Colonel Wilcox, have Private Smith track that balloon.

Quick, Robin, to the Batcopter.

There it is, Batman. Just the way they described it.

[narrator] Putting the Batcopter on autopilot

the Dynamic Duo swing into action.

Batman, you see what I see? What is that?

I don't know, Robin. But we're going to find out.

[chuckles] You'll find out sooner than you think, Batman.

Batman, we're shrinking.

I-- I can't hold on to the rope.

Jump, Robin. To the gondola.

We've got to turn this thing off, Robin.

And fast.

You must not turn my machine off.

Y-you'll ruin everything.

[Batman] Quick, Robin. We'll turn this thing off from inside.

I've got to stop them.

Quick, Igor, push the automatic-return button.

[meows]

How are we gonna stop this thing?

I don't know, but we've got to try.

Watch those tubes, Robin. They're red hot.

- We can't get past them. - This way.

Let's get to work.

[grunting]

- Batman, help. - Don't move, Robin.

Batman, watch out.

Thanks, Robin.

This way, Robin, we've got to get out of here

before the whole thing blows.

Alright, Robin. Together now.

One, two, three

push.

Now, we've got to find some way

to contact Justice League headquarters

and tell them what's happened.

Golly, Batman, where are we?

[Gulliver] You are at the castle of Dr. Hiram Gulliver.

A castle in America?

A family heirloom.

I had it shipped piece by piece

from England to the United States.

But what about the balloon?

It's mine, Batman.

Then you're the one responsible for--

That's right.

But you just can't go around shrinking people.

Can't I?

[Batman] Jump for it, Robin.

Run. This way, Robin.

There must be a telephone or a two-way radio here.

We've to let Justice League headquarters

know about Dr. Gulliver.

Batman, look. There's a telephone.

[Batman] Hurry, before he finds us.

Batman, look out.

[growling]

[whirring]

I can see, Igor, that I'm going to have trouble

with the famous Justice League of America.

But I can take care of the rest of them

just the way I took care of these two.

Open up, Gulliver.

You have ruined my big machine.

It will take days to repair.

Fortunately, I still have my handheld minimizer.

You can't keep us here, Gulliver.

Oh, yes, I can.

In fact, I'll just start a collection of bottles

and each one will be filled with a different member

of the Justice League.

But why?

Because you and your Superfriends

are all that stands between me and immortality.

- Immortality? - Yes, Batman.

With all of you out of the way

no one will be able to stop me from saving the world.

Saving the world? From what?

I, Dr. Hiram Gulliver

have solved one of the universe's biggest problems

the population explosion.

- You mean-- - Exactly.

By shrinking the people of the earth

there will be more of everything for everybody.

For instance, there will be more food to eat.

Look, for me, this is just one mouthful of peanuts

but for you two, it's enough food to live on for a month.

- But, Dr. Gulliver-- - You see this toy car?

A car this size would require only a drop of gasoline

instead of gallons. Think of it.

Parks and beaches and playgrounds

will never again be overcrowded.

The world will once again be beautiful

when all of mankind's reduced to the more economical

convenient, handy two-inch size.

And I, Dr. Gulliver, is responsible.

The world will thank me.

You expect gratitude for your arrogance?

Dr. Gulliver, the world will condemn you.

[Robin] You'll never get away with this, Dr. Gulliver.

The Justice League of America will stop you.

Ha, the Justice League of America

will be reduced to ineffectiveness.

One by one, they'll join the two of you on my trophy shelf.

Come, Igor. I have a plan to capture Superman.

[narrator] Superman, searching for the missing Batman and Robin

uses his telescopic vision

to quickly cover the area around Gotham.

The daylight Bat-Signal.

Batman and Robin must need help.

Batman and Robin must be nearby, but where?

[Batman] Superman, help.

Great Scott. No time to waste.

Batman, Robin. You alright?

What the...

These are dummies. Inflated rubber dummies.

Uh-oh. This could be a trap.

That's right, Superman. And it worked.

I'm afraid you'll find, Superman

that you're not only small in size

but my specially constructed minimizer

has also reduced your super-powers.

No use trying to escape.

Besides, I have no desire to harm you.

- Huh? What? - Where are Batman and Robin?

T-they're safe, I promise you.

- What've you done with them? - You'll find out soon enough.

You may have shrunk me, but you'll never capture me.

Now I repeat, where are Batman and Robin?

I'm beginning to get angry.

Igor and I think we can handle you.

Igor? Who's Igor?

[Gulliver] Oh, you'll meet Igor, alright.

Now, Igor.

Got you this time.

With your pitching and my catching, Igor

we could try out for the Dodgers.

[meows]

I hope you find your quarters comfortable, Superman.

You'll soon be among all your friends.

[Superman] Dr. Gulliver, you'd better listen to reason.

You're making a big mistake.

Sorry, I'm busy right now.

Come, Igor, we have much work to do.

Time to put phase three into action.

The perfect plan to capture Aquaman.

[narrator] And, at the Justice League Headquarters.

What could've happened to them?

I don't know, first, shrinking people

and now disappearing superheroes.

Aren't there any clues as to who's responsible?

Not one, Wendy.

And for the first time in my life, I'm absolutely stumped.

But who would wanna go around making people two inches tall?

It doesn't make any sense.

It doesn't seem that way, Marvin.

In any case, ever since Batman and Robin

intercepted that balloon

there's been no more people shrinking.

[barks]

[alarm wailing]

The TroubAlert.

- Some action at last. - What does it say?

A large freighter has sunk in a gigantic whirlpool

in the South Atlantic.

Some survivors are stranded on a raft

on top of a 200-foot water spout.

Great galloping seahorses.

I'd better get there immediately.

Nothing like a little fresh salt air, eh, Igor?

[meows]

Coming is he, Igor?

Well, we're ready for him.

Are you all right, captain? Where is the rest of the crew?

I'm afraid there isn't any crew.

And there wasn't any freighter or giant whirlpool.

- I don't understand. - You will.

What're you doing?

That's more like it.

Where are you taking me?

To a little reunion, my fishy friend.

And I do mean "little."

[laughing]

Isn't there any way to get out of here?

We've tried, Aquaman.

But since my super-powers are reduced

I'm not even strong enough to twist off

a bottle top from inside.

I've already tried punching a hole in the glass

but it has no effect.

Perhaps, if we tipped the bottles off the shelf?

They might break on the floor.

That's an idea. Let me try.

The impact won't hurt me.

I'm sorry, Superman, I should have told you.

These bottles are unbreakable.

There you are. Back with your friends.

And now, as soon as I pay a friendly visit to Wonder Woman

all the Justice League members in America

will be out of the way.

And I will be able to proceed with my plan.

Igor, come here.

[narrator] What kind of a visit can Dr. Gulliver have in mind?

Meanwhile, at the hall of the Justice League.

"Aquaman went to help people in distress in the Sargasso Sea

and we have gone to see Colonel Wilcox.

Signed, Wendy, Martin and Wonder Dog."

Hmm. Still no word about Superman, Batman and Robin.

I just wish I...

[knocking on door]

Someone's at the door.

No one here.

[purring]

What's this?

"From a secret admirer."

Oh, I don't know how Wonder Dog will react to you

but I guess I can't refuse a gift from a secret admirer.

How would you like a bowl of milk?

[purring]

You must be hungry.

[meows]

Here you are.

Well, go ahead.

Wha-what's happening?

Oh.

[gasping]

[Gulliver] Well done, Igor.

Good afternoon, Wonder Woman.

Who are you?

Your secret admirer.

At last, Igor. Now, no one stands in my way.

As soon as I have the Vanderbulge Star Sapphire

I'll be able to carry out my ultimate plan.

[narrator] The Amazon princess, using her powers of telepathy

sends a special message to her magic

golden lasso in the other room.

Wonder Woman. He got you too.

Now what do you plan to do with us, Gulliver?

Why, nothing, just keep you out of my hair

until I can complete my task.

You see here my ultimate invention.

I only lack the final ingredient.

A star sapphire large enough

to insert in the crystal transformer.

With that, I'll be able to use all the radios

and televisions in the world

to broadcast my miniaturizing microwave beams.

Everyone on the entire Earth will be shrunk down to 2 inches.

I'll be a world-renowned hero.

[narrator] And, at Justice League headquarters.

Wendy, what could've happened to them?

Now Aquaman's missing.

I don't know. I just wish Wonder Woman would get back.

She'd know what to do.

[barking]

That's Wonder Woman's lasso.

I hope nothing happened to her.

Zonkers. She wouldn't have gone off without it.

What's happening to it?

Marvin, the lasso's trying to tell us something.

Wonder Woman must've programmed

a message into it by telepathy.

You mean, she left us a message?

Yes. Watch closely.

"Vanderbulge Star Sapphire."

- Now, what does all that mean? - I don't know.

But I bet it has something to do with this shrinking business.

Then let's go. Come on, Wonder Dog.

[narrator] Later, at the Vanderbulge mansion...

[Marvin] Look at all these art treasures.

I wonder why he doesn't have guards in here.

Well, he has the most advanced

electronic burglar alarm system in the world.

Hidden TV cameras and everything.

No one could get in or out without being seen.

[Marvin] Look. There's the Vanderbulge Star Sapphire.

The most valuable sapphire in the world.

[Vanderbulge] Don't go too close.

We turn on the special burglar protection devices after dark.

Just in case. I designed them myself.

[Gulliver] Good evening, Mr. Vanderbulge.

Good evening, uh...

Excuse me. I don't believe we've met.

Sorry. My name is Dr. Hiram Gulliver.

- May I help you? - No. That's alright.

I'll just help myself.

I came to borrow your Star Sapphire.

[Vanderbulge] Borrow my sapphire?

[laughs] Oh, that's a good one.

[whispers] Marvin, maybe he has something to do

with what Wonder Woman was trying to tell us.

- What do we do? - Follow him, I guess.

You see, it would be rather difficult to remove

my valuable star sapphire without my permission.

Perhaps.

[Vanderbulge] That glass is bulletproof

heat-proof and drill-proof.

I know. Hmm.

Now.

[whines]

Very clever. But you will never get away.

Mr. Vanderbulge, inventors don't know

the meaning of the word never.

Guards. Don't let him get away.

I advise you to stay back.

I told you.

Quick, Wendy. Hide.

But you can't do this to me.

I'm a big man in this city.

Why, I'll, I'll...

You can't do this.

I'm a very big man in this town.

Very big!

Ah, have you looked in the mirror lately, Mr. Vanderbulge?

- Should we follow him? - No.

Oh, am I glad you said that.

But we'd better get to Colonel Wilcox right away.

This is it. The final link in my great plan.

When I pull this lever, the worries of the world'll be over.

If you think being small is so great

why don't you shrink yourself?

Because the one who runs things

has to be big enough to run them.

And since I'm the one who came up with the idea

I'm the one who's going to remain in control.

I hope Colonel Wilcox can find out who this Dr. Gulliver is

before he does anything else.

Like shrinking more people.

Why do you suppose he's doing it?

He can't be after money.

There were a lot of valuable things

at the Vanderbulge mansion he didn't even touch.

I sure don't know what he's doing.

I don't even know what we're gonna do.

Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman

Batman and Robin, all missing.

Marvin, let's get help from some of the other Justice Leaguers.

We can't. They're all away on a space mission.

Too far away for us to call.

Wait a minute, Marvin. Not all of them.

There's still one Justice Leaguer we can reach.

- You're right. The Green Arrow. - The Green Arrow.

[barks]

[narrator] At game warden headquarters in Bornego

an SOS message has been received

claiming that giant ants are threatening

a team of animal photographers in the jungle.

Rushing through the jungles of Bornego

to the scene of danger

the world's greatest archer

staunch member of the Justice League of America

the Green Arrow.

I hope the game warden knows what he's talking about.

Giant ants, eh?

[James] Green Arrow, over here. Green Arrow.

By Robin Hood's bow, where are you?

[James] On the other side of the chasm. Hurry.

Giant ants that can't be seen.

Voices talking to me from nowhere.

Hmm. Wonder what kind of a scene I'm getting into.

- Hurry, Green Arrow. - Where are you?

[Julia] Down here.

Great flaming arrows.

There. There they are.

So those are the giant ants.

[Julia] Don't just stand there, Green Arrow. Do something.

[James] Green Arrow, what in the world's happened to us?

We were just sitting in camp

looking at some of the photos we'd taken

and listening to our transistor radio

when suddenly, we shrank.

[James] We started out for help, but were cut off by those ants.

What's caused us to shrink like this?

I don't know.

I've heard some reports of people shrinking

all over the world. But I'll get you out of here.

[narrator] And, back at Justice League headquarters.

Calling Green Arrow, calling Green Arrow.

Come in, Green Arrow. He doesn't answer.

Wendy, do you think maybe something's happened to him too?

Oh, I hope not. Keep trying.

Uh-oh, my flasher's working.

Someone's been trying to contact me.

I'd better check with Justice League headquarters.

Justice League headquarters, this is Green Arrow. Come in.

[Marvin] Wow. Thank goodness you're there, Green Arrow.

[James] Green Arrow, watch out.

By Nottingham's ghost. Now it's happening to me.

[Marvin] Green Arrow? Green Arrow?

Are you still there? What's happening?

Green Arrow. Look.

Uh-oh. Gotta move fast.

Use your brain, archer.

Must be something in here to fight off those ants.

Hmm, looks like a garage sale.

If George Washington could throw a silver dollar.

[James] Green Arrow, they're still coming.

Hurry, in my quiver there. The arrow.

[Julia] But what good will that do? You could hardly lift it.

Can't explain now. Just hurry.

[Marvin] Calling Green Arrow.

Green Arrow, please come in.

[grunting]

Green Arrow, look out.

[Julia] Behind you. Don't they ever give up?

[green Arrow] They're probably thinking the same about us.

[narrator] Bending a needle into a boomerang

and fitting it to his paperclip bow

Green Arrow lassos the top of the jeep's radio antenna

with a line of thread.

Quick. The arrow. We haven't much time.

Hurry. Climb on. Here goes nothing.

Hold on tight.

[narrator] Once airborne,

the great archer's

hover arrow unfolds.

And soon, high over the jungles of Bornego

Green Arrow is transporting his passengers to safety.

Meanwhile, at Dr. Gulliver's laboratory.

Igor, we've done it.

Now everybody on Earth is shrinking.

I think it's time to go write the speech

I will deliver to United Nations.

Just a few thoughts I have on how the world should be run.

Come, Igor.

- We've got to stop him. - But how?

The shrinking process has weakened our super-powers

so we can't even break out of these bottles.

I may not be able to break out of this bottle, Aquaman

but I still have a trick up my sleeve.

What's your idea, Superman?

Gulliver's machine is going to help us

send a message to Colonel Wilcox.

[narrator] Summoning all his remaining strength

the Man of Steel focuses his x-ray vision

on Dr. Gulliver's shrinking machine.

In a very special way

he causes the electronic transmitter

to be intermittently shorted out.

Meanwhile, Green Arrow having deposited

two animal photographers at their home base

arrives at Justice League headquarters.

Now even Green Arrow is missing.

Who in the world can we call on for help?

[knocking on door]

Someone's at the door.

- No one's here. - Down here. Here I am.

[sniffs]

Hello, Wonder Dog. Don't you recognize me?

[Marvin] Green Arrow. You're back.

[Wendy] What happened?

I guess I was never properly pre-shrunk.

What in the name of Robin Hood is going on, anyway?

Oh, are we happy you're here.

Come on in. We'll bring you up to date.

And, one by one

all the Justice League members have just disappeared.

[green Arrow] Wendy, we'll find them.

[Marvin] The SDI screen. It must be Colonel Wilcox.

[Wilcoz] Green Arrow. Am I glad to see you.

I wish I could say the same, Colonel Wilcox.

Where are you?

Here. I must see you as soon as possible.

People in every nation on the face of the Earth

have now been reduced to two inches high.

I'll be there right away.

Wonder Dog, how about a lift?

[barks]

Hey, wait for us.

[narrator] At the research laboratory...

[green Arrow] Well, why couldn't you warn the people?

We did, we broadcast a warning

on every radio and television set in the world.

And while people were listening to our warning

they were shrunk.

Little did we realize at the time

that the microwave miniaturization beams

were being transmitted over radio and TV.

What about that Dr. Gulliver, Colonel Wilcox?

Have you located him yet?

We haven't been able to get a bearing on him yet, Wendy.

But it's only a matter of time.

Green Arrow, the reason I asked you to come here

was to listen to the mysterious microwave beam

on our frequency filter.

There. Do you hear that interference?

[static buzzing]

Hmm, yes.

Our best decoders can't figure it out.

It's definitely not Morse code.

You're right, Colonel Wilcox, it's not Morse code.

It's the secret signal code of the Justice League.

This is a message from Superman.

- Superman? - Right.

- What does it say? - L-O-N.

Longitude. He's giving us his location.

Longitude 87, latitude 33.

You can depend on Superman.

I knew he wouldn't let us down.

Let's see, latitude 33. There it is.

And here is longitude 87.

Say, that's not too far from the Mars launch site

where the first people were shrunk.

And, I'll bet, Colonel Wilcox that's where

we'll find this mysterious Dr. Gulliver.

And that's where we'll find the Superfriends too.

Well, we'd better get there immediately.

[barks]

I'm sorry, kids, but it may be dangerous.

Well, what can we do? We've got to help our friends.

I've got it. Wonder Woman's invisible plane.

It'll take us right to her.

But we don't even know how to fly--

Come on.

[barks]

[narrator] And, deep inside Dr. Gulliver's castle laboratory

Superman continues using his x-ray vision.

Do you think anyone received your message, Superman?

[Superman] I hope so.

Superman, Gulliver's coming back.

I have just had a brilliant idea.

Not another one. I'm not sure I can stand it.

If shrinking everyone down to two inches is a good idea

then shrinking them to half that size

or even smaller, must be a better idea.

But people don't wanna be two inches tall or one inch

or whatever you've decided to make them.

Well, there's nothing they can do about it.

[narrator] But there's one person

who might disagree with Dr. Gulliver

Green Arrow, the great archer

after quickly fashioning a miniature bow

and a set of arrows has arrived at the moat

surrounding Dr. Gulliver's castle.

But he finds that the moat, as compared to his size now

has assumed the dimensions of a small ocean.

Looks like this is going to take a little brain power.

I've got it.

[narrator] Folding the discarded newspaper into a paper boat

Green Arrow makes his way across the water

to Dr. Gulliver's castle.

With a special grapple arrow from his miniature quiver

he takes careful aim...

And during this time we find Wonder Woman's

invisible plane poised on the ramp.

[Marvin] But how do we get it to fly?

Wonder Woman does it with mental telepathy.

- So? - Use your head.

Oh.

Holy Tom Thumb.

I had enough trouble adjusting to two inches.

I don't want to be one inch tall or less.

No one does, Robin, that's why--

- Look. - What is it, Wonder Woman?

There. It's Green Arrow.

[Batman] Finally. Some help.

But can he get up here without Dr. Gulliver

or that cat seeing him?

Now I'm ready, Igor.

Let's close the windows and turn off the lights

and see how this special light ray works.

We've got to do something quick before he shuts that window.

Everyone, now, yell for Gulliver.

- Dr. Gulliver. - Dr. Gulliver.

- Quick. Hurry. Hurry. - Dr. Gulliver. Dr. Gulliver.

- What is it? What is it? - Come here, quick.

What do you want? I've got some work to do.

- Your shoelace is untied. - My shoes don't have shoelaces.

Well, then, your watch has stopped.

Are you trying to be funny? What's going on here?

Gang, am I glad to see you.

Not as glad as we are to see you I bet.

I've got to get you out of there.

You're no help to me bottled up like a bunch of pickles.

- Can we unscrew the tops? - No luck.

We've tried but they're too tight.

There's only one thing to do.

Gulliver has a machine that will do the trick.

- Where is it? - Down there on his workbench.

Aah! What's going on?

Three guesses, Dr. Gulliver.

[grunting]

[narrator] Realizing they may not be able to hold Dr. Gulliver

Wonder Woman uses mental telepathy

to summon her invisible plane.

It may be needed to escape the misguided inventor's grasp.

- Marvin, are you concentrating? - Yes.

Take us to Wonder Woman, take us to Wonder Woman, take us to--

[mumbling]

[jet engine whining]

What's happening?

Marvin, we did it. The plane's moving.

Yeah, we did it. We're on our way.

Plane, take us to Wonder Woman. Take us to Wonder.

Batman, look. Aquaman's in trouble.

[Batman] Let's go.

Uh-oh.

- Wonder Woman, the radio. - Right.

- Green Arrow. - Right.

[Gulliver] Thought you could get the best of Dr. Gulliver, did you?

Oh, no. Not me.

[growls]

[meows]

Batman, where are the others?

In there. And they may need our help.

Then let's go.

Well, Dr. Gulliver, now that you've been shrunk

like everyone else you must see things

in a little different perspective.

I don't like it, I must admit.

But that makes no difference.

That doesn't change the fact that the Earth

is still over populated

and that my concept solves the problem.

Dr. Gulliver, no person, even if he means well

has the right to impose his will on everyone else.

You're gonna have to return everyone in the world

to normal size.

No. I won't do it.

Besides, I don't know how.

- You don't know how? - Holy permanent press.

- You must have an antidote. - No. No, I don't.

I never thought it would be necessary to undo my great work.

We've got to do something.

None of us wants to stay this size all of his life.

Yes, I don't think I could get used

to Superfriends who are smaller than I am.

It just doesn't seem right.

Zonkers, it's kind of like looking at you

through the wrong end of a telescope.

Say, that's a great idea.

If I reverse the telescope, then you'll look normal sized again.

Wait a minute, Marvin. That is a great idea.

- It is? - Yes.

if I can switch a few of the wires

in that machine around

and get it to run backwards

it may reverse the shrinking process.

[Batman] It's certainly worth a try.

There. I think this time it'll work.

Let's give it a try.

Superman, you're making a big mistake.

Think of all the overcrowded cities all over the world.

I'm sorry, Dr. Gulliver

but there's got to be a better way than shrinking people.

[Superman] Wendy, Marvin, reverse the controls.

[green Arrow] Hey, fantastic. It works.

The world will return to...

Wait a minute. Something's wrong.

Holy Jack and the Beanstalk. We're getting too big.

Wendy, Marvin, pull the lever back a little.

Well, now that you're back to normal, I hope you're satisfied.

Not quite, Dr. Gulliver.

Your little invention has caused a lot of damage.

You're gonna have to see

that everything's returned to normal.

Well, I'll put my mind to it and see what I can do.

I'm afraid, Dr. Gulliver, that the court

will decide what it is you'll do.

Well, now that everything and everyone is back to normal

I'll be heading back to Bornego to finish my assignment there.

There is one thing that puzzles me, Green Arrow.

Dr. Gulliver's hand-held minimizer is still missing.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

Colonel Wilcox and his men couldn't find it anywhere.

That could be serious, someone could go around

shrinking people all over again.

[Batman] Or if the machine were put in reverse

it could cause them to grow.

Batman, the minimizer's not lost. Here it is.

Hmm, Marvin, did I just hear you say that your basketball team

has won five games in a row?

That's right.

And you used to lose all the time

because you were too short?

But now you're taller than all the other teams?

- Uh, that's right. - Well, now.

How did all that happen so suddenly?

Well, I, uh... That is, we, uh...

How did your team get to be

taller than all its opponents, Marvin?

Uh, you really don't wanna know, do you?

Yes, Marvin, we do want to know.

Well, um, now we only play girls' teams.

[laughing]

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