Aquaman (1967–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Devil Fish/The Sea Scavengers/To Catch a Blue Bolt - full transcript

(male narrator)
Aquaman, swift and powerful
monarch of the ocean

with ability
to summon and command

all creatures of the deep.

Aquaman, with his
teenage ally, Aqualad

guards and defends all
that lives in the seas

against the forces of evil.

Aquaman,
King of the Seven Seas.

[theme music]

In the Aquacave, undersea
headquarters for Aquaman

a signal light flashes.

beep beep beep



Land communication signal,
Aquaman.

Open the secret courier's hatch,
tadpole.

Hatch open.

[barks]

Quiet, Tusky.
This is important.

Hold the fort, Aqualad.
I'll be back soon.

(Aqualad)
'Hold it, whiskers.
We heard what he said.'

[dramatic music]

[neighs]

Quiet, Storm.
Don't be impatient.

[theme music]

[chuckles]
Meet the Devil Fish, Aquaman.

I'm Mark Bartholomew,
test pilot.

I've heard of you, Mark.
Welcome.



[neighs]

Easy, Storm. Easy.

I'm sure glad
the navy got you to supervise

the secret sea trials
of the Devil Fish, Aquaman.

So am I, Mark.

We best go below
before we're spotted.

Good idea.

Calm down, boy. Let's go.

As Aquaman, unaware that he was
overheard, leaves the scene

an evil Manta Man streaks off

to report to his master,
Black Manta.

A short while later

the Devil Fish
starts her sea trial.

Leapin' lampreys! What a boat!

(Aquaman)
'It's the most advanced
experimental craft'

'ever developed, tadpole.'

'It can race all men
under the water'

'as fast as any jet in the air'

'outmaneuver a shark'

and its secret metal alloy skin

can crash through
rock and steel.

[crash]

In the nearby Manta ship

where he is secretly
observing the test

Aquaman's arch enemy
Black Manta mutters greedily.

Fantastic.
I must have that ship.

I will have it.

Wow! It's too much.

Now watch how it maneuvers
around moving obstacles.

Telepathically summoned
by Aquaman

a school of blue whales
barrels head on

toward the onrushing
Devil Fish.

Aquaman, it's gonna crash
into those whales.

(Aquaman)
'Don't you believe it.'

- How about that?
- Phew!

I'm gonna follow him, Aquaman.

Come on, Tusky.

(Black Manta)
Here it comes.

Stand ready to drop the net.

[zapping]

Mark to Aquaman.

Severe pocketing!

[swoosh]

'Now I'm caught in a steel net.'

That's not part of my test.
Go, Storm.

Manta-Men. Come on, Tusky.

bam

(Aquaman)
'Let's go, troops.'

Must drive these Manta-Men off.

bam

[dramatic music]

Attaboy, Mark.

Full power!
Make them follow us.

Keep going, Mark.
We'll get rid of Black Manta.

I'll swing around and ram him.

No, that will risk your ship.

Let's get him, team.

They come, master.
Shall I fire on them now?

No, no! Let them follow us
to our hideaway.

There we can destroy them
once and for all.

Great guppies!
Mark's chasing them.

No, Mark. No!

Holy haddock!

He followed Black Manta
into the great whirlpool.

Fool.

'Mark, Mark.'

'Mark, answer me.'

I'm going down after him,
minnow.

- Me too.
- 'Negative.'

(Aquaman)
Too dangerous. Wait here.

At this moment, the Devil Ship,
its pilot unconscious

is carried by a strong current

into the awesome silence
of an ancient civilization

far beneath
the floor of the sea.

Its crumbling ruins now
a hideaway for Black Manta.

I told you, this fabulous
Devil Ship would be mine.

What happened?
Where-where am I?

Ha, quick! Grab him!

[dramatic music]

(Aquaman)
Take off, Mark. Fast!

Destroy
that golden head meddler.

pew pew pew

Hope I can find help down here.

As Aquaman hopefully issues
a telepathic summons for help

Mark sends the Sea Devil

crashing through
the stone pedestal

sending Black Manta
and his bodyguards

toppling into the icy waters.

- Let's go, troops.
- Annihilate them!

Don't let them
get out of here alive.

[thud]

Now, Mark. Quick! Get going.

Pronto. Follow me.

Seal all four exits now!

[dramatic music]

I'm going down after.

[barks]

Aquaman!

I was afraid
we'd never see you again.

So was I, minnow.

[beeping]

(Aquaman)
'Good work, boys.'

[explosion]

(Aquaman)
'Well, the Sea Devil's safe
from Black Manta now.'

- I hope we all are.
- So do I, tadpole.

Come on, let's head for home.

[theme music]

In just a moment, we'll return

with another exciting adventure
featuring a guest star

from the galaxy
of super superheroes.

(male narrator)
A scarlet costume
ejects from his ring

and in a blur of motion,
police scientist Barry Allen

becomes the Flash,
world's fastest human.

The Flash
whose speed enables him

to drive right through
solid walls

and conquer the barriers
of time and space

in the pursuit of evildoers.

The Flash,
Scarlet Speedster for justice.

A pencil thin ray
of intense blue light

stabs through the dark abyss
of space

in arched order.

And when the beam
strikes the ground

just outside Central City, USA

a sleek alien being appears.

Earth again,
where I have super speed

and this time
I'll get revenge on the Flash

by creating havoc
all over his helpless world.

[laughter]

In his lab,
police scientist Barry Allen

alias the Flash, and his
team sidekick, Wally West

otherwise known as Kid Flash,
pick up alarming signals.

[theme music]

It's Blue Bolt alright, Wally.

He's back on Earth
and you know what that means.

Time for us to get
into our speed gear, kid.

Instantly, they each
trigger secret switches

on identical rings
releasing a crimson costume

of the world's fastest human.

[crackling]

The Flash and Kid Flash.

Now let's join the jet set.

According to the
hypervelocity detector

Blue Bolt's
heading for Europe.

Let's get him.

Within seconds, the super duo
race across the Atlantic

on cushions of air
created by there super speed.

Far ahead,
Blue Bolt nears the dikes

and windmills of Holland.

Like a bolt of blue lighting

the alien being bursts
through the main dike wall

again and again and again

permitting the surging seas
to flood the lowlands.

That ought to hold the Flash
for a while.

[laughing]

Look, Blue Bolt's dirty work.

We've got to work fast
before the sea

covers the Netherlands.
Come on.

Almost faster
than the eye can follow

Flash piles rock after rock
to Kid Flash

who with matching speed
fills the holes in the dike.

Then with the rushing waters
checked...

(Kid Flash)
'No wind. How are the windmills
gonna pump this water out?'

I'll show you how, junior.

Why didn't I think of that?

As the Scarlet Speedsters
make the windmills

spin at fantastic speed.

First these pumps
are set to operating

and soon the land
is once more dry.

That's that.

Now let's try to catch Blue Bolt
before he creates more havoc.

Now miles ahead
in Paris, France.

Ah! This ought
to be great fun.

[laughs]

As the lightning swift
Blue Bolt

streaks around
the Eiffel Tower

a bolt of energy
leaps skyward through space

until it reaches
a giant solar flare

erupting from the surface
of the sun.

Now, hit the tower.

[laughing]

That solar energy
will destroy that tower

before you can say

the Flash!

There he goes.
Come on, we can catch him.

Wait. We've got to something
fast before this tower explodes.

Ah! A telephone cable truck.

Grab one these wires, Kid.
Let's go.

Hurry. Loop the wire around you.
Now, follow me.

Go, Kid! Go!

(Kid)
Ow! This is hot now.

Enough. Get away, fast!

(Kid Flash)
'Holy smokes!'

'Dig those crazy fireworks!'

(Flash)
'Turning the tower
into a repeller of solar energy'

'sure cooled this scene.'

Yeah. Now, let's see
if we can cool Blue Bolt.

First, we've got to catch him.
Come on!

At this moment,
Blue Bolt reaches

the pyramids of Egypt.

Ah-ha! The sphinx.

It's got a secret.

But so have I.

I'm going to rock
this ancient beauty

until it turns to dust.

[laughing]

Flash, look. It's Blue Bolt.

Uh-oh! Better hit the road.

- Now, we've got him.
- Yes.

He can't make any detours
out here.

(Kid Flash)
He's created a sandstorm.

'Yow! Can't see him anymore.'

(Flash)
'Keep going straight ahead.'

There he goes.

Come on. Let's put an end
to this world tour.

Now the two Flashes exert

their super human speed
to the utmost.

Catching up to,
then passing the Blue Bolt.

Suddenly...

(Flash)
Slam on your breaks!

[screeching]

Now what?

We've got to send him
out of this world.

But how?
At the speed he's going...

There's how.

Let's roll her.
Fast to that sand dune.

- Here he comes.
- Hold it right here.

Oh! I can't stop.

- Lift. Fast.
- No! No!

[crackling]

(Kid)
'Whoo!'

Like shot out of a cannon.

Minutes later
in Central City, USA

back at Barry Allen's lab..

Whew! These round-the-world
tours can be tiring.

Well, think of how tired
Blue Bolt must be.

He's got a lot farther
to travel.

Right, but he...

[beeping]
Uh-oh!
The hypervelocity detector.

That jagged blue line.

Can that be..
Blue Bolt! He's back.

Wait. What's that?

It came from behind there.

(Kid Flash)
'Holy smokes!'

Here's your Blue Bolt,
Kid Flash.

A kitten. Phew!

Glad we didn't have
to run any further.

Ouch.
That was perfectly terrible.

Coming up next

more action-packed adventures
with Aquaman

King of the Seven Seas.

Featuring Aqualad
and Tusky the Walrus.

[neighing]

(male narrator)
On a Texas tower, an offshore
oil drilling platform

Aquaman and Aqualad read
a sinister threatening message

received a few hours ago
by the crew foreman.

"Remove your tower
from this area at once.

"If removal
doesn't start by noon

I shall destroy it.
Signed, The Sea Scavenger."

Holy haddock!
It's almost noon now.

Yeah, and with my crew
scared off, I'm alone.

At this moment, Tusky
and the seahorses go panicky

at the approach
of the Submarobot

a monstrous steel robot

controlled from within
by Scavo and his Scavengers

scourge of the sea.

I warned them to remove this rig
from our hideout area.

Now I will destroy it.

[rumbling]

Shivering shellfish.
Is it an earthquake?

Help!

Into the drink, tadpole.

[theme music]

Oh, no!

[laughs]
We really liquidated that thing.

- Let's go.
- Where to, Scavo?

Our underwater hideout.

Jumpin' jellyfish!

Must be 100 feet tall.

What do we do, Aquaman?

I'm calling for some smashers.

Using his telepathic powers,
the Sea King

transmits a battle call
to giant creatures of the sea.

The porpoise will take you
to the mainland.

Thanks, Aquaman.

Now, let's join the troops.

[beep]

Scavo, look.
We're being followed.

Quick! About face, robot.

(Scavenger #1)
'They've got an army of fish.'

(Scavo)
'Our razor sharp pinwheels

'will make chowder
out of those fish.'

'Attack!'

(Aqualad)
'Jumpin' jellyfish! Look!'

[gasping]

Scatter, fast!

'Aqualad, on your left.'

Close shave.

(Aquaman)
'Thanks, old buddy.'

[thud]

Gotta watch it, Tusky.

No score.
Raise the left hand.

'Fire torpedoes!'

(Aquaman)
'Uh-oh. Tin fish.'

'Mow 'em down gang!'

(Aqualad)
'Nice going, Aquaman.'

[crash]

(Aquaman)
'Let's go, troops.'

[thud]

(Aqualad)
'Okay, Tusky.
You gave them an earful.'

Standby, controls.
Fire more pinwheels!

'Slice 'em up.'

Great whales! More pinwheels.

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[explosion]

With his Submarobot destroyed

Scavo leads an attack with guns

that fire compressed
air bubbles hard as steel.

Stay here.
I'll take care of them.

(Scavo)
'Here comes Aquaman.'

Let's give him a bubble bath.

[gunshots]

[thud]

[laughing]

That takes care of him.

They got Aquaman.
Let's get them.

[grunting]

[groaning]

[thud]

Ah. The team's in trouble.

I'll attack from the rear.

[dramatic music]

Let's see that cheek, minnow.

Hmm, you took a rough beating
from those hard bubbles.

Forget it.
Gotta get the Scavengers.

Let 'em go, tadpole.

'Probably won't stop running
till they're 1000 miles away.'

Come on! Follow me!

Okay. Now let's turn on the heat
with the thermal gun.

(Scavo)
'Now they'll really be
in the soup.'

'And I mean hot soup.'

(Aqualad)
Leapin' lobsters!

Let's get out of here
before we get boiled.

Get going, minnow.
I'm calling for more marlins.

'They're accustomed
to very warm waters.'

Okay, marlins.

Let's wash 'em away
with a tidal wave.

Scavo, look!

(Scavo)
'A tidal wave?
Quick! The tunnel!'

Look, Aquaman.
I win the scavenger hunt.

Good. Here comes
the first prize.

- Yow!
- Get the point, Scavo?

Now you and your pirates will
have a new hideout in prison.

(Aqualad)
'A pinwheel. Watch out.'

Just an ordinary starfish.

Somebody's idea of a joke.

(Aqualad)
'Hmm, I wonder who?'

Come on. Let's take these jokers
to the mainland.

[theme music]