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[male narrator] Banded together from remote galaxies

are 13 of the most sinister villains of all time

the Legion of Doom

dedicated to a single objective

the conquest of the universe.

Only one group dares to challenge

this intergalactic threat, the Super Friends!

[theme music]

Bam

growl

[bubbling]

The Justice League Of America versus the Legion Of Doom!

This is the "Challenge of the Super Friends."

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

[frogs croaking]

[owl hooting]

Deep within the boundaries of their treacherous swamp

the Legion of Doom is in session once again

formulating sinister plans that will threaten the entire Earth.

[Grodd] I am tired of these unimaginative plans

for wealth and power.

Have I joined the Legion of Doom

or the Legion of fools?

[bangs] Silence, Grodd, now you'll find out

just how evil this legion can be.

One of us has devised a new and deadly scheme

that will satisfy even you, ape-man. Captain Cold.

I've recently been in contact with the Fearians

an advanced civilization of beings from the Planet Venus.

I've convinced them to work with the Legion of Doom

to help solve both of our problems.

Brace yourselves, everyone, and watch this.

[Fearians] Earth-men, listen carefully.

We need your help to change the environment of your planet

making it more suitable to our life-form.

Your atmosphere must be hotter and wetter

and there must be more vegetation

like our Planet Venus.

This will enable us to invade Earth and colonize it.

Your Legion of Doom will then be given full control

over all Earth-beings.

Excellent plan, Cold, except for one small problem.

The Super Friends.

[Fearians] Captain Cold has told us of the Super Friends.

Once you have handled your end of the bargain

we will take care of them with ease.

Do not fail us!

We won't fail because the Super Friends

will be assisting us in our plan.

And because Sinestro and myself

will be ready with phase two and three of the plan.

I couldn't have expressed it better, Black Manta.

Our devastating little scheme will begin with my freeze ray.

[Captain Cold] With this giant freeze ray

I'll start the world's next Ice Age.

Without warning, Captain Cold strikes with his giant ray...

...freezing Washington D.C...

[intense music]

[whirring]

...San Francisco...

...New York.

While, at the Hall Of Justice...

[beeping]

Looks like the Justice League

TroubAlert has picked up something.

Holy icebergs! San Francisco is frozen solid!

And so is New York.

- But that's impossible. - No, it isn't, Superman.

And if I turn up the satellite magnifier

I think you'll see why. Just as I suspected.

It's my arch-enemy Captain Cold with another of his icy gadgets.

It shouldn't be too hard to defrost his plans.

Whoosh

[flash] My super speed will create a vacuum beneath his freeze ray

and suck it to the ground.

[whirring]

[thuds]

Well, look who's arrived in a flash.

I've been expecting you and waiting to give you this!

[thinking] Captain Cold's freeze ray is lowering

my temperature to absolute zero.

I've got to speed up my molecules and melt the ice.

[whirring]

I expected as much from you, Flash.

But are you prepared for this?

[creaking]

Great wings of Mercury, I've got to stop that falling building

before it shatters into a million pieces!

Within the span of a heartbeat

Flash speeds over the Brooklyn Bridge

unraveling its cable supports

and tying them to the top of the falling skyscraper.

These cables should act as a shock-absorber

and pull the building back upright.

Now to catch Captain Cold before he has a chance

to play any more of his chilling tricks.

I've got you now, Captain Cold.

That's what you think, Flash.

By the time you find the real me, I'll be home free.

[Captain Cold laughing]

Well, at least I've stopped him for the moment.

Now to defrost the cities he's frozen.

Using his hyper speed to create tremendous friction

Flash melts away the ice from the frozen cities

unaware of the great quantities of steam

that are filling the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom...

Thanks to them super-fools, our plans are succeeding

with cold and calculated precision.

Exactly, and now it's time for Black Manta

to put the next phase into operation.

Later, at the Hall of Justice...

Now that Flash has defrosted

the last of Captain Cold's frozen cities

the rest of the day should be relatively calm.

I don't think so, Superman. Look!

[Wonder Woman] It's the Pacific Ocean. And it's on fire!

That's right, Wonder Woman. And I started it.

Black Manta, I should have known you'd be responsible

for such a fiendish act.

Of course, Aquaman, and I might have known

you'd be fool enough to try to stop me. Ha-ha-ha...

And stop him is just what I'll do.

[fire crackling]

I've got to figure out a way to put these flames out.

[droning]

It's the Manta ship.

Excellent.

I've got Aquaman right where I want him.

[whirring]

Black Manta is trying to ram me!

[dramatic music]

Now to dethrone the king of the sea!

He's gaining on me. I've gotta jump for it.

[water splashes]

Crash

I got him!

Whoo! That was too close for comfort.

But I know how to stop the Manta ship for good.

[Aquaman] This rusted anchor and chain will do the trick.

[dramatic music]

Something stopped my engines.

That's right, Black Manta. And now I'm gonna stop you.

If you say so, Aquaman.

But if you try to stop me

that poor little island will be burned to a crisp.

The choice is yours, Aquaman.

There is no choice, Manta. I'll take care of you later.

[dramatic music]

Using his aquatic telepathy

Aquaman commands hundreds of large sea creatures

to form a gigantic wave, which drenches the flaming ocean.

[waves crashing]

Great Neptune! The giant wave is headed toward the coast.

In a desperate attempt to put out the flames

Aquaman's giant wave does more than he intended

drenching dozens of coast lines and flooding inland areas.

[instrumental music]

[Toyman] Congratulations, Captain Cold

Your sinister plan is working perfectly.

It's not how you play the game, Toyman, it's how you win.

Earth-men, you have done well so far.

Soon you'll be rewarded.

But first you must finish your part of the plan

so we can turn your Earth into Venus ll

and invade!

As the evil Fearians from the Planet Venus

continue their plans for the conquest of Earth

the Super Friends are still baffled

by the sinister acts of the Legion of Doom.

That's right, Super Friends. I handled the fire

but the wave I created drenched all the coast lines

in the Western Hemisphere.

Don't worry, Aquaman, we can...

[beeping]

Holy multiple emergencies! What now?

[computer] Warning, Super Friends. Planetary emergency.

Six radioactive comets

are on a direct collision course with Earth.

Three potential disasters in one day.

There is obviously a plan behind them.

And if my hunch is right, there's a certain super-villain

behind those comets.

[whooshing]

Just as I suspected. The work of my old adversary, Sinestro.

Keep an eye out for any more of the Legion of Doom's tricks.

I'll take care of Sinestro.

I've caught up with the comets, but there's no sign of Sinestro.

That's because I'm over here, Green fool!

I was hiding in the anti-matter universe of Qward.

But now it's your turn to vanish.

I'm trapped in one of Sinestro's yellow power-ring devices.

That's right, Green Lantern, my gyroscopic transporter

will spin you right out of the universe.

[laughing]

[whirring]

I've been transported out of the physical universe

and my power ring has no effect on anything yellow.

[intense music]

Great guardians, the speed of Sinestro's gyro

changed the wavelength of the yellow light to blue.

Now my power ring can reverse the gyro and bring me back.

[music continues]

I've only got seconds to stop those comets

before they smash into the Earth.

If power ring won't work on these yellow comets

I'll have to move the Earth out of the way.

[zapping]

[music continues]

Excellent, Green Lantern.

You're playing right into our trap.

Later, at the Hall Of Justice...

Nice work, Green Lantern.

You saved the Earth just in time.

The Earth isn't saved yet, according to the computer

our efforts to stop the Legion of Doom

have greatly affected the world's environment.

Wonder Woman's right, the ice I melted

evaporated into a dense layer of steam, blanketing the Earth.

It's raising the Earth's humidity to a dangerous level.

And because of Aquaman's tidal wave

the land surfaces are damper

causing an increase in wild vegetation.

And that's not all, Green Lantern moved the Earth

a few degrees off its normal orbit

making the temperature rise still higher.

All of these combined factors are causing a chain reaction

that's making the problem multiply.

It's as if we've been responsible

for what's happening.

We've obviously been tricked

by some sort of diabolical plan

of the Legion of Doom. But why?

Perhaps the Justice League computer has the answer.

[computer] All data has been analyzed.

The changes in the Earth's environment

are all leading towards the same outcome.

The Earth is constantly becoming more like Venus.

Venus? It doesn't make sense.

There's no time to think about it, the TroubAlert

indicates that the new weather conditions

are creating worldwide problems. We've got to act fast.

[dramatic music]

[rumbling]

[water splashing]

Using their individual superpowers

the Super Friends assist the populace of the world

averting terrible disasters.

[vehicles honking]

[music continues]

[dramatic music]

While, far away, at the Hall of Doom...

You have done well, Earthlings.

Your planet's atmosphere is now capable of supporting

our Fearian life-forms.

We will now commence with our invasion plans.

Later, at the Hall of Justice...

This problem with the Earth's atmosphere

is getting out of hand.

We've got to figure out once and for all

where the Legion of Doom is hiding

and find out what they're up to.

[Fearians] I can answer your questions, Super Earth-beings.

Your so-called Legion of Doom

offered to change the atmosphere

so we could make your Earth a Fearian colony.

In return, they asked only

that we allow them to rule all Earthlings

and that we put an end to you, the Super Friends.

I'm afraid the Legion of Doom didn't tell you

just how tough that's going to be.

[dramatic music]

[crackling]

Our force field is quite remarkable, Superman

nothing can penetrate it

which is why we're giving it to you as a gift.

You'll be entombed in the Hall of Justice forever!

Holy impenetrability, we'll never get out of here.

Meanwhile, in Washington D.C...

Congratulations, my fellow villains.

We've finally succeeded.

The Super Friends are as good as gone.

And with the help of my android copies of the presidents

and generals of the world's largest countries

we'll soon be ruling the world.

[dramatic music]

Nothing we have tried has had any effect on the force field.

The Fearian was right. It's impossible to escape.

[computer] Warning, Super Friends, this is a global emergency alert.

Further analysis indicates that unless the change

in the Earth's atmosphere is reversed within 15 minutes

the damage will be irreversible

and the Earth will become like Venus forever.

It looks like the Earth is in as bad a predicament as we are.

Maybe not, Wonder Woman.

I've got an idea that might get us out of here

and stop the Fearians at the same time.

My power ring may not be able to penetrate

this Fearian force field, but it will work inside of it.

[beeping]

[Superman] Green Lantern used his power ring to turn us all invisible.

[green Lantern] Exactly, Superman, now all we have to do

is tell the Justice League computer

to the send the Fearian leader a tricky little message.

Now to radio Venus Space-1

and begin colonization.

I'm picking up some sort of transmission.

[computer] Justice League computer to Super Friends.

I have found a flaw in the Fearian force field.

Flaw? That's impossible!

They've escaped.

There must have been a miscalculation

in the power structure.

I won't make the same mistake next time.

[Superman] There isn't going to be any next time.

Now it's time we took care of our three-headed invader.

My neutron eraser will stop you.

[zapping]

[crackling]

Now to send you back to Venus, where you came from.

Whoosh

We've got to hurry. There's only minutes left to save the Earth.

[dramatic music]

While the Legion of Doom

is accomplishing their sinister plans

the Super Friends try desperately

to escape the Fearian force field.

With lightning speed, the Super Friends span the globe

correcting the damage caused by the Legion of Doom

returning the Earth to its normal, healthy environment.

Those meddling Super Friends are changing the weather conditions

back to normal.

It looks like our Fearian fools

must have bungled their jobs.

It doesn't matter. We can handle it from here on.

My androids are now taking control.

- That's what ya think Brainiac. - Super Friends.

[Superman] Your androids are permanently out of order.

But we just saw you on the view screen, changing the weather.

We transmitted a video-taped replay of ourselves.

For the last hour we've been putting an end

to your android doubles.

And now we're going to put an end to you.

Solomon Grundy stop you!

Solomon Grundy stronger than Super Friends!

I've got you, Superman.

[laughs]

But not for long, you overgrown swamp rat.

[thuds]

That should keep you two for a while.

You won't stop this so easily, super-freaks.

[dramatic music]

[growling]

He's yellow, Wonder Woman.

My power ring has no effect on it.

It's not immune to my magic lasso.

Now to toss the other end down to Sinestro.

[music continues]

Looks like Sinestro is caught in his own trap.

Now to take care of Captain Cold in a fraction of a second.

That's what you think, Flash.

My super cold ray will freeze you into oblivion.

You ought to aim better, Captain Cold.

You just zapped yourself.

Well, that about takes care of the Legion of Doom.

Not yet, Superman, I've always got

another ingenious plan up my sleeve.

[whirring]

You'll never catch the Legion of Doom.

Maybe for now, Luthor, but we will catch you.

You'll never escape justice as long as there are Super Friends.

[theme music]

[music continues]