"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!
00:57Enders!
00:58Enders!
00:59Enders!
01:00Enders!
01:02Enders!
01:08Enders!
01:10No sign of Ming's robo ships yet!
01:13Guess I spoke too soon!
01:15Enders!
01:16Enders!
01:17Enders!
01:18Enders!
01:19Enders!
01:21Enders!
01:22Enders!
01:23Enders!
01:24I always wanted to see the desert
01:32I hope it's not a one-way ticket
01:34That's odd
01:44There aren't supposed to be any pyramids around here
01:48I'd better check this out
01:54Looks like this place hasn't been open for thousands of years
01:58Whatever this is, it really is beautiful
02:04I've... I've never seen anything like this before
02:17What could it mean?
02:24Flash Gordon, calling monitor, over
02:26This is Rick Dad, where are you?
02:28In the North African desert
02:29Are you okay?
02:31My ship is down, Rick
02:32I think I'm gonna need a ride home
02:33Those worthless robo-ships failed to find the ancient obelisk
02:39There is only a 98% probability that the obelisk exists, sire
02:44I know it does exist, Doctor
02:47And I must have it before I locate the time drive
02:50Sire, I have prepared new data on the time drive
02:55The ancients who once visited Mongo also visited planet Earth
03:00These ancients used time drives for all their craft
03:06The time drive moves the craft four times faster than the speed of light
03:11One must be able to see the future so as not to collide with objects that will be in the way
03:19The ancients used their time sense to navigate
03:22Forgive me, sire, but you do not possess such time sense
03:27That is why I must have the last obelisk
03:31It will show the future, and with it, I will control the time drive
03:36And then, no one, no one can stop me from conquering the Earth
03:44What do you think it is that flash filed in the desert?
03:53I'm not sure, Lothar, but if it's what I think it is
03:56Look what Zuffy and I found
03:59It's a very old and valuable book, Gushin
04:03Do be careful with it
04:05I'm sorry
04:06But look
04:07It says here, the sacred obelisk was believed to foretell the future
04:11The obelisk vanished after the reign of Karnak
04:14Mandrake, the reign of Karnak was over 3,000 years ago
04:19I will not ask you again, Scavenger
04:38What else did you find in the desert besides these useless triggers?
04:42I swear it, I am telling you the truth
04:45I can make things very unpleasant for you
04:48Very unpleasant
04:50Tell me, where is the obelisk?
04:54I know of no obelisk, only what legends tell us
04:58What is it?
05:01Sire, defenders approach, distance 40 miles
05:05Prepare for them, the defenders must not know we are here
05:09Scavenger, we shall continue our little talk
05:16Later
05:17Dad, we can run tests on it, but I don't know what we are going to find
05:32Me neither, son
05:33That obelisk, it worries me
05:36First thing in the morning, I will do a bit of research on it, Flash
05:39The obelisk will be well protected by my new energy shield
05:43Nobody will be able to get near it
05:45I have a sneaking suspicion Ming might be after our little treasure
05:49Don't worry, Dad
05:50I'll set up the force field first thing tomorrow morning
05:53This will do as my temporary command post
06:03It once belonged to a great Sheik
06:06Now it belongs to me
06:08And you are most welcome here, oh mighty Ming
06:11Hold your tongue, Scavenger
06:13Or would you prefer to deal with Garax again?
06:16What did you learn from our most gracious host, Garax?
06:20Nothing, sire
06:21He says he knows nothing of the obelisk
06:24Nonsense
06:25I will make you a bargain, Scavenger
06:29Guide me to the obelisk
06:30Once I have it and the time drive I seek
06:33I will become Emperor of the Earth
06:36Then I will make you Prince of the Desert
06:40I know nothing of obelisks and time drives
06:45Remove him, Garax
06:46Scavenger, consider my offer well
06:49It is my last
06:52Shh, come with me, Zoff
07:09I've got to see the obelisks
07:13It's okay, come on
07:17Don't be afraid
07:19Zoff, this is no place to be caught in a cave
07:28Wow, it looks just like it does in the book
07:32That stairway was in the vision
07:45And it, it, it
07:47Zoffy
07:58Zoffy, you're safe
08:02Oh, don't be scared, Zoff
08:03Mandrake will find us before we run out of air
08:06Mandrake?
08:11What is it?
08:12What's wrong?
08:13Kishin and Zoffy are gone
08:14I know they're in danger
08:16And I think I know where they have gone
08:18Kishin?
08:23Zoffy?
08:23Kishin, can you hear us?
08:27Yes, yes, we're in here
08:29You're doing it, Lothar
08:33The rock is moving
08:35Are you all right, Kishin?
08:40Yeah, we're okay
08:41Thank you for getting us out
08:43Well, young man
08:47What do you have to say for yourself?
08:50I touched it
08:51And I got pictures
08:52And I saw the cave in
08:54And then it caved in
08:55And, well, it told me the future
08:58Looks like the obelisk really works
09:00Except that, well, Zoffy didn't
09:02Thank you for the information, Kishin
09:04But next time
09:06I know, I know
09:07Don't do it again
09:08But it was so exciting
09:10And, and, well, I couldn't wait
09:13Remember, Kishin
09:14It was Curiosity that killed the cat
09:16What do you say we all get back to sleep?
09:19I got the energy shield controls hooked up and working now, Dad
09:22Good son
09:25Now nobody can get at the obelisk
09:28Unless they're wearing one of these neutralizer belts
09:31The energy shield won't prevent any more cave ins
09:33Good work
09:34And good night, all
09:37I have detected an energy shield
09:41Surrounding a half-buried pyramid
09:43Sire
09:44Obviously
09:47The obelisk is inside that pyramid
09:49And the defenders found it before you did, Octon
09:53Yes, sire
09:55The defenders have set up near the pyramid
09:57Octon
09:59Break that energy shield
10:01I will break the defenders
10:04Rick
10:08What do you think this obelisk thing will tell us?
10:11If we knew that, L.J., we wouldn't need the obelisk
10:13I hear you
10:15What do you wish?
10:34Wish of me, Master Rick
10:36Go on, L.J., try it, tell me what you see
10:42You've beaten me, I surrender
10:57I destroyed Octon
11:03That's weird
11:04I reprogrammed Octon to do whatever I want
11:07How could both futures be right?
11:10Who cares?
11:11It's obvious we're the ones
11:12Who will finally destroy Ming?
11:15Let's go for it
11:16Now where do you think they're going?
11:36Wherever it is
11:37They're in an awful hurry
11:39There's something I've got to tell you all about the obelisk
11:42When I first discovered the obelisk, I touched it
11:45I saw a vision of Rick and L.J. flying the Terry
11:48And I saw them crash in the desert
11:50What's going on?
11:52I heard the Terry take off
11:53We got you now, Ming
12:00You said it, partner
12:02Calling Terry
12:03Return to camp immediately
12:05Do you copy?
12:06Over
12:06What do we do now?
12:08Let me handle this
12:09All is okay
12:11Just on a little security recon
12:14We'll be back in time for breakfast
12:15Pretty smooth
12:17Look at this
12:18There's something down here
12:20Let's check it out
12:22Weapons armed
12:27Armed and ready
12:28Where in space are those two going?
12:39Flash, look
12:40Rick and L.J. have disappeared
12:42It's just as the obelisk predicted
12:44They crashed
12:46What hit us?
12:50I don't know
12:51But we're going down
12:52Two young captives
13:11They must have friends nearby
13:13At last
13:19I have the defenders
13:20Where I want them
13:21The defenders' neutralizer belts
13:24Will allow access to the pyramid
13:26Sire
13:27And to the obelisk
13:29My gaming
13:30The scavenger has escaped
13:32Let him go
13:33He was of no use to me anyway
13:35Send ice robots
13:37To bring me the obelisk
13:38This man has come from Ming
13:52Who are you?
13:54I am scavenger
13:56Ming has used me to find the obelisk
13:59What do you know about the obelisk?
14:03Ming has the sacred obelisk
14:05And your two young friends
14:07Rick and L.J.?
14:08They're alive!
14:10But I saw them crash
14:11I knew it
14:12That's what Ming was after
14:14But why?
14:15I don't understand
14:16What else can you tell us?
14:19Ming spoke of a time drive
14:22I know nothing of it
14:23I know only that he is an evil man
14:26Can you take us to him?
14:28Yes
14:28And now, obelisk
14:30Make the future mine
14:32I have seen the time drive
14:46And the future
14:48Quickly, Galax
14:49The time drive vehicle is near
14:51We must find it
14:53I can only guess
14:55That this time drive
14:56Is some sort of engine
14:57That can go faster
14:58Than the speed of light
14:59You'd have to know the future
15:01To navigate it
15:02And Ming thinks
15:04That the obelisk
15:05Can tell him the future
15:06He doesn't know
15:07How wrong he is
15:09Mandric
15:10What do you mean?
15:11It should flash the future
15:12Kishen saw the future too
15:14The obelisk shows only
15:16What the future is
15:17In the person's mind
15:18What you fear
15:19Or desire for the future
15:20Is what the obelisk
15:22Will show you
15:22That's why Rick and L.J.
15:24They didn't crash land
15:25After all
15:26I was just afraid
15:28They might
15:28And that's what
15:29The obelisk showed me
15:30Exactly
15:32But Mandric
15:33I saw the cave
15:34And before it happened
15:35And I didn't want it to happen
15:37Were you frightened
15:38That there might be
15:39A cave in, Kishen?
15:40Yes, I was
15:41The obelisk merely
15:42Gave you back
15:43Your thoughts
15:43That's right
15:45Suffy wasn't hurting
15:46The cave in
15:47Like I saw
15:48Enough talk
15:49What do we do next?
15:50We must anticipate
15:52Ming's next move
15:53The time drive
15:54There it is
16:00The vehicle equipped
16:02With the time drive
16:03Garax
16:06Stop the chronometer
16:08You arrived before you departed
16:30Sire
16:30Three orbits of the planet
16:33In minus thirty seconds
16:34The earth is truly mine
16:38Garax
16:39Take the vehicle
16:40To the palace
16:41As you wish
16:42Mighty me
16:43I have set the time drive controls
16:50As you have instructed
16:52Sire
16:53Excellent, Octon
16:58First to the ice palace
17:00Forfeit weapons
17:00Then to monitor
17:02Where the defenders
17:04Will die
17:05And never even see
17:07Their assailants
17:08I'm ready, Mandrake
17:15Fine, scavenger
17:16Remember our plan
17:17Keep Ming occupied
17:19As long as possible
17:20And I will take care
17:21Of the ice robots
17:23Go
17:25Halt
17:29Release me
17:34You
17:34Foul creature
17:36You escaped once
17:39It will not happen again
17:41So
17:44You have returned
17:45This is my homing
17:47You have no right
17:49How dare you tell me
17:51What rights I have
17:52I beg you to go
17:53I have nothing here
17:54I am a poor scavenger
17:56I have nothing
17:57Silence
17:58You useless desert fighter
18:00Why did you not tell me
18:01Of the obelisk immediately
18:03Please
18:06Please listen to me
18:07The obelisk
18:08Has destroyed all of us
18:10Its force is a deceptive one
18:12It lies
18:13You lie
18:19Not the obelisk
18:21Others have used the obelisk
18:23In just these few days
18:24Disturbing its great power
18:26Your lies are transparent
18:28I can see right through them
18:30The obelisk cannot be trusted
18:33Garax
18:33Place the obelisk
18:35In a time drive vehicle
18:36Immediately
18:38Get me
18:38There
18:44Now I have created
18:46New control settings
18:47The time drive
18:49Will now self destruct
18:50Garax
18:53Report
18:54We are under attack
18:56From the defenders
18:57Of the earth
18:58Let it go
19:02I will attack monitor itself
19:04Before the defenders
19:05Can fire another shot
19:06Quickly
19:07Octon
19:08Garax
19:08Return my flying throne room
19:11To ice station
19:11Earth
19:12Something has gone wrong
19:31With the time drive
19:32The vehicle is going to crash
19:34I must
19:36I must
19:36In jack
19:37Garax
19:50Home to ice station
19:52Earth
19:53I kind of wish
19:55We hadn't had to destroy
19:56That time drive
19:57And the obelisk
19:59At least it is where it belongs
20:01Beyond the reach
20:02Of mortal men
20:04Mandrake
20:05That obelisk
20:06Sure taught me a lesson
20:07When I start thinking
20:08About the future
20:09It better be positive
20:10Positively
20:14We'll see you next time