"Defenders of the Earth" is an animated science fiction series that unites some of King Features Syndicate’s most iconic comic strip heroes into one superhero team to battle evil forces threatening Earth. The series is set in the year 2015 (a distant future at the time of release) and blends high-tech action with classic pulp comic lore.
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00:01Defenders of the Earth! Defenders!
00:05Out of the sky, his rockets ignite!
00:08He gets into battle, flying faster than light!
00:12Lord of the jungle, the hero who stalks!
00:15The beast call him brother, the go of the war!
00:19Defenders of the Earth!
00:22Master of magic, spells and illusion!
00:26Enemies crumble in fear and confusion!
00:30And drink!
00:31Defenders of the Earth!
00:32Enders!
00:35His strength is a legend, his skills conquer all!
00:38Armed with his power, we never will fall!
00:42Defenders of the Earth!
00:44Enders!
00:46With our new young heroes proving their worth!
00:49Four become eight, defending the Earth!
00:52Defenders of the Earth!
00:54Enders!
00:55Defenders of the Earth!
00:57I love Jamaica, Zuff!
01:10There are so many interesting things to see here!
01:13All you have to do is look around and you'll find some neat old relics!
01:16They're everywhere!
01:19Jamaica is full of old legends! History!
01:22History. Zuff, what did I tell you? Look at that old pirate ship out there.
01:27Old pirate ship? Zuffy, look!
01:33East to Portland!
01:35It's a ghost ship, Zuff. A real ghost ship.
01:44Boy, this is great. Come on, Zuff. We've got to tell the others.
01:52Here it is, Zuffy. This is what we saw. Ghost ship of Hispaniola?
01:58Mandrake will believe us now. We'll show him this picture.
02:03Looks like your ghost ship has disappeared twice. Once on the sea, and now in your book.
02:09But it was here, Mandrake. Honest, it was.
02:12This is a magic book, Kushin.
02:16I'm sure your ghost ship will turn up again if it truly exists.
02:19But it does exist. We saw it. Zuff saw it, too.
02:25I'm sure there's a logical explanation.
02:28Probably something to do with light reflecting through the fog, Kushin.
02:31Tell you what, Kushin.
02:33Mandrake, Dad, Lothar. We've picked up two of Ming's robo-ships on radar.
02:37We'd better take a look.
02:39And you, young man, had best be getting ready for bed.
02:42Come on, Zuffy. We've got better things to do.
02:44Two blips over the southern reef.
02:48What would Ming's robo-ships be doing here?
02:51Looking for a bit of R&R, I suspect.
02:53I doubt rest and recreation is what Ming is after.
02:56There's another one.
02:58Keep a sharp eye, our kids. Keep us posted.
03:01It's rather light, Ming, to spoil our holiday, isn't it?
03:04I'm scared, too, Zuff.
03:11But we're going to find that ghost ship if it's the last thing we do.
03:20Now, what would the knight want with two young boys?
03:25Or whatever you are.
03:27Who? Who? Who are you?
03:30Who? Who?
03:31Are you a boy or an owl, lad?
03:34Come here. I won't harm you.
03:37What's that with you?
03:39It's surely the strangest dog I ever did see.
03:46He's not a dog. He's my friend.
03:49And what brings you and your friend down here tonight?
03:53We're looking for the ghost ship of Hispaniola.
03:56I might have known you'd be after something like that.
03:58Sit and I'll tell you stories of other days.
04:00Across the harbor used to be a place called Port Royal.
04:04Now, close your eyes, and I'll tell you about your ghost ship.
04:10Port Royal was a pirate haven,
04:12and old Morgan was king of the pirates.
04:15Then, sudden-like, a great earthquake struck.
04:27The whole evil place vanished, sinking forever beneath the waves.
04:32Every hundred years, the ghost ship comes back to these waters,
04:40but only for a few days, to sail in silence.
04:43Where is the best place to see the ghost ship?
04:46Out yonder by the old lighthouse.
04:49You might catch sight of her there.
04:50Thanks.
04:52Thanks very much.
04:53Come on, Zoff.
04:54Shivers me timbers, it does.
04:58You won't be thankin' me, lad.
05:00That's for sure.
05:02Have you located the ghost ship?
05:05Negative.
05:06Still searching.
05:08We must find Morgan's compass, Octon.
05:12The only way to find Morgan's compass, sire.
05:15Is to find the ghost ship.
05:18It alone holds the key.
05:24Brought you some hot cocoa, son.
05:25Thanks, Dad.
05:26You'd better take a look at this.
05:28What is it, son?
05:29Those robo-ships have flown over almost every island in this area.
05:33There's no doubt in my mind, Dad.
05:34They're looking for something.
05:36We've got to get close enough to take pictures, Zoff.
05:39What?
05:48Did you see it, Zoff?
05:50Did you see the ghost ship?
05:52Robo not stormin' back, Captain.
05:54I make her.
05:56I'll to Starboard, Mr. Leapson.
05:59Bring him alongside.
06:03I heard it.
06:04They're coming after us.
06:09I am, Zoff.
06:11I am.
06:13Ahoy, robos.
06:15Prepare to be boarded.
06:22Belay the rowan lad.
06:27Well done, Smith.
06:35We chase legends and find only empty oceans.
06:39Find me facts, Octon.
06:41Not legends.
06:43Sire, this particular legend
06:45leaves a faint trail of trace energy.
06:49That means I can follow that accursed ghost ship
06:52right to Morgan's compass.
06:55And with Morgan's compass in my possession,
06:58I will make the ghost pirates
07:00my unconquerable slaves.
07:03But I don't understand, Captain, sir.
07:14Why you need this compass?
07:16Only the compass of that sea dog, Morgan,
07:19can free us from this doom
07:20of sailing the oceans forever.
07:23We know where it should be,
07:25but it lies many fathoms down
07:28with the rest of Port Royal.
07:30I think I can help, Captain, sir.
07:35There's a good joke, lad.
07:38My friend Rick has a device called a sonic probe.
07:42A sonic what?
07:43It's a device that can search underwater.
07:46Where is this sonic device, lad?
07:49It's back in Kingston, sir.
07:50Leech, take the lad here
07:53and his pet into Kingston.
07:56Fetch this device back here.
07:58We haven't much time.
08:00Hurry!
08:01I can find the way myself.
08:03No doubt, boy.
08:05But to get honor off this ship,
08:07one of us must be with you.
08:09Oh, I see.
08:11You're a bright boy, lad.
08:12We've spotted three more robo-ships
08:19in your vicinity, dad.
08:20I hear you, son.
08:25Here they come.
08:27Right on cue.
08:27So, you mechanical marvels,
08:49you want to play that way, do you?
08:50Okay, let's have some fun.
08:58Piece of cake.
09:03Flash to ring.
09:04Get the other defenders together.
09:06We're going after Ming.
09:12This is another Kingston I remember.
09:14How long has it been
09:16since you've been back here, Mr. Leech?
09:18Over 300 years, laddie.
09:20There must be some kind of celebration going on.
09:27This is it, Mr. Leech.
09:37You and Zuffy better stay here.
09:39I'll be right back.
09:40The locals are out at their carnival.
09:42Rick and Flash and everybody else
09:44get to fly around looking for Ming.
09:46And I get to stay here and talk to myself.
09:48At least I can watch somebody having fun.
09:54You some kind of cat?
09:57I got it, Mr. Leech.
10:02Let's go.
10:20Zombies.
10:21They're coming after me, lad.
10:23They're asking me about Morgan's compass.
10:26Zombies?
10:27Are you sure?
10:29Zombies.
10:31And now a ghost.
10:38Frost people.
10:42What do we do now?
10:50Take us to Morgan's compass.
10:53Stay put, laddie.
10:54I'll lead him a merry chase.
10:58If it's Morgan's compass you want,
11:00follow me, if you can keep up.
11:04You are a strange earthling.
11:06We will follow.
11:13Are you with me, you scurvy dogs?
11:16What are scurvy dogs?
11:18Be late.
11:19It's Morgan's compass you want.
11:20It's Morgan's compass you want.
11:20There she be.
11:30Follow me.
11:32We cannot enter the flames.
11:32If you want your bloody compass, you'll come and get it.
11:36If you want your bloody compass, you'll come and get it.
11:51You're the sorriest lot of zombies I ever seen.
11:57But you're the one who told us the story.
11:59Why are you so frightened now?
12:01Stories, lad? Just stories.
12:04They're not supposed to be real, but your Mr. Leech is a real ghost.
12:10I'm sorry, lad, but count me out.
12:13What happened to the zombies?
12:15They couldn't take the heat.
12:17And now that we know there's someone else looking for Morgan's compass,
12:21we must hurry back to the ship.
12:23This is where I say farewell, lad.
12:26Nice meeting you.
12:27May I remind the young sir that there's still work ahead of us.
12:31Right. Let's get to it, Mr. Leech.
12:34Phew.
12:40I don't think Ming knows we're here yet.
12:42That might give us an edge.
12:44If we keep up all these recon flights, he's bound to spot us sooner or later.
12:48LJ is right, but we have no choice.
12:50We must continue the patrols.
12:52We don't want any of Ming's little surprises.
12:55I must see if Kashin has gone to bed before we depart.
12:58Kashin?
12:59He's not here. Hasn't even been to bed.
13:05Both the pirate ghost and the boy have slipped through my fingers.
13:18Gerax, the ghost ship can't be far if one of the pirate ghosts appeared in Kingston.
13:23There is another development, sire.
13:27A standard electron beam generator will freeze the ghosts in one location,
13:32allowing for their temporary capture.
13:35Gerax, take an electron beam generator with you.
13:39I think I've got something, Zuff.
13:55There's something shaped like a chest.
13:58Captain!
13:59Captain!
14:00I think I've spotted something!
14:06What have you got, lad?
14:08I think it's a sea chest of some kind.
14:12Morgan's compass was in such a chest.
14:15But we have no way to bring it up.
14:18I think I know a way.
14:20That barrel could be a diving bell.
14:23Another one of your devices.
14:25Rick showed me how to trap air so you can breathe inside of it.
14:29I'll go down and open the chest.
14:31And we'll have Morgan's compass.
14:34Here by the Jolly Roger.
14:36You're a smart lad.
14:39I know.
14:40If I can remember how to rig up the diving bell.
14:44Bury 201!
14:50Electron beam generator ready.
14:55Proceed with plan two.
14:59Look out!
15:00Robo ships!
15:01Robo watch!
15:08Maintain laser fire!
15:17How fast!
15:18What magic is this?
15:21Captain!
15:22What's happening to us?
15:23It's some kind of spell to keep us where we are.
15:27So I'll give him a taste of lead.
15:30Hey, mates!
15:31Man the guns!
15:33What's happening?
15:38Let's go of the more damage!
15:49Hey!
15:54No!
15:55I've got something to add. Laser fire with some strange energy readings.
16:01No G to Flash. Come here. I think I've located Kishin.
16:04That's great, LJ.
16:05The homing signal I'm getting from the sonic probe Kishin must have taken
16:08is in the same exact location as those laser and energy readings Rick has detected.
16:13Let's check it out.
16:18What the...
16:22I don't believe my eyes.
16:23That ship doesn't look real.
16:26Those robo-ships look real enough. Lasers ready.
16:46Defenders, attack them!
16:48Are you sure about this lad?
16:51Don't question him now, Leech.
16:53Just hoist the divin' bell over the side.
16:59Get me over the side! Quick!
17:05Away the bell, me hearty!
17:07Here we go!
17:25Here we go!
17:31Here we go!
17:47What is that?
17:55Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, come on!
17:57I've got it. I've got Morgan's compass.
18:27One robo-ship left. I'll take it out.
18:38May well defeat you yet, Flash Gordon.
18:45I winged him, but he got away.
18:50I found it. I found Morgan's compass.
18:52It be Morgan's compass, that old sea snake.
19:07We would have sailed these seas forever if it hadn't been for your finding it.
19:12This once belonged to the Spanish Queen.
19:15Here. Don't think she'll be needing them.
19:19You saved us, boy.
19:26Captain!
19:27You freed us, boy!
19:29Captain!
19:40If you ever feel a little tap on your shoulder, matey, it's just old Leech here, watching over you.
19:46Goodbye! And thanks!
19:54You know what, Geshin?
19:55I think we're all gonna listen a little more carefully the next time you find something out of that book of yours.
20:00Yeah! There's a lot more to the Book of Enigmas than meets the eye.
20:07Okay.
20:08Cheers!
20:09It's a good idea of hanging out.
20:10I know!
20:11You'll be here to see you in the next navigator.
20:13I will see you.
20:14And you're all going to see you later.
20:15You're going to be here, should you like?
20:16We're in the next one?!
20:17It's just a long time!
20:18A you can't talk to me.
20:19I'm going to see you later.
20:20He's going to be here.
20:21Where does this team go?
20:22You are always going to be.
20:25You're coming to be here.
20:27You're going to be here...
20:28You're going to be!
20:29I'll see you next time.