Aquaman (1967–…): Season 1, Episode 17 - The Stickman of Stygia/Three Wishes to Trouble/The Vanishing World - full transcript

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

With ability
to summon and command

all creatures of the deep.

Aquaman, who 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]

(male narrator)
To play a practical joke
on Aquaman

Aqualad and Mera
using parts of sunken ships

have build a weird
undersea craft.



[laughs]

It looks real,
doesn't it, Aqualad?

Sure does, Mera.
Now, watch what happens.

[instrumental music]

Remember, Tusky,
you make the sound effect.

Swell.

(Aqualad)
'Aquaman, help!'

'Strange sub attacking
Mera and me'

'using powerful
reverse force ray.'

'Can't hold on much longer.'

'Hurry.'

Hang on, Tadpole.
I'm on my way.

(male narrator)
Unknown to
the young pranksters

a huge electronic eye
has discovered their presence.



Through the giant eye

Stickmen
from the Planet Stygia

observe the depths
of Earth's oceans.

Their mission,
to capture Aquaman

and bring him back
to Stygia as a water slave.

All hands standby for action.

Remember, Aquaman
must be taken alive.

Aqualad, Mera, check in.

They must be in real trouble.

[neighs]

Here he comes.

Now.
Make the sound effect, Tusky.

[Tusky burbling]

(Aquaman)
'That's just a flashlight beam.'

And this must be
a practical joke.

Some joke.

Well, two can play it.

Great waves!
The joke backfired.

That rock's heading
for the fake sub.

Mera, watch out.

Aquaman, are you alright?

I guess it was
a pretty stupid joke.

Sorry, Aquaman.

- I just thought--
- No, you didn't think.

Remember the boy
who cried wolf?

Aquaman is in range.

Hit him
with the immobilizer at once.

I'll go fetch Storm.

gurgle

zap

- Aqualad.
- Stay back, Mera.

(Stickman #1)
'We hit wrong one.'

Now, Aquaman is in the clear.
Get him. Quick!

- 'Got him, sir.'
- Quickly.

Have the magnetic force beam
pull him into the ship.

Hurry, hurry.

Ha ha. Good.
We've got him now.

Our mission is accomplished.

(male narrator)
Although immobilized,
the Sea King's active brain

transmits a telepathic call
for help to his fish allies.

Something struck the eye.

Aquaman is free.

Stabilize it at once.

We must not let him
get away on pain of death.

Come on, Tadpole.
Help me tie this down.

The screen, it's blank.

They've destroyed our eye.
Blast off.

We must repair it.

That'll hold 'em.

whoosh

splash

thud

We're on the bottom.

All hands,
man the torpopedo guns.

Prepare for attack.

'Fire torpopedos.
All barrels.'

pew pew pew

Holy hackfish! Look!

Clear out, Aqualad. Jump.

[dramatic music]

Careful, everyone.

Those bubbles
contain torper gas.

Destroy the guns.

pew pew pew

clang clang

pew

Tadpole, get Mera
out of here. Quickly!

Mera.

clang clang

(Stickman #2)
'All our guns destroyed,
commander.'

Everyone, into the water.

Destroy the Earth creatures
with your force guns.

pew pew pew

(Stickman #3)
'Aquaman, must be taken alive.'

Leapin' lionfish.
Force rays.

Stand back.

pew pew

Get the girl.

pew pew

This will teach you
not to horse around.

Look, Aquaman.
They're regrouping.

Heavens! What do we do now?

We'll fool them with
your phony reverse force ray.

Take your positions. Hurry.

Hold it! Don't fire.

(Stickman #3)
'You are wise
to surrender, Aquaman.'

'Go quietly with my men.'

'They will not attack you
with their force rays.'

No. It is you
who must go quietly.

Or we will destroy your ship
with our reverse force ray.

[laughing]

(Stickman #3)
'Ridiculous.'

'You are bluffing, Aquaman.'

I am? Just watch.

creak

bam bam

Stickmen, Stickmen, hear this.

'Return to ship at once.'

'We must blast off'

'before the ship
is pebbled to a pulp.'

[clapping]

It worked. It worked.

Yeah. There they go.

whoosh

- Think they'll ever come back?
- No.

Not while we possess this,
uh, fearsome weapon of ours.

(Aqualad)
'The reverse force ray.'

[all laughing]

slam

[instrumental music]

(male narrator)
In just a moment,
we will return

with another exciting
adventure.

Featuring a guest star
from the galaxy

of super superhero.

[instrumental music]

By authority of the mystic
Guardians of the Universe

on the far distant Planet Oa

Hal Jordan, test pilot
becomes the Green Lantern.

A cosmic crusader
whose magical power-ring

and his bidding accomplishes
the impossible.

In his continuing fight
against interplanetary evil.

Green Lantern,
Guardian of the Galaxies.

(male narrator)
Rocketing a highly advanced
jet craft

through trial maneuvers,
test pilot Hal Jordan

secretly the Green Lantern,
is in radio contact

with his Venutian friend
and mechanic Kairo

at ground control.

All tests affirmative, Kairo.

Cutting in to landing
pattern now.

Check, boss.

Runway four is clear
for landing.

Meet you there.

Hey! What..

[dramatic music]

Kairo.

It's not like him to disappear
without a word.

(male narrator) Far out in space,
Green Lantern's young companion

is now a prisoner..

...of Orc, a fugitive
interplanetary raider.

Look, buster, you gonna tell me
why you're holding me?

Silence. There it comes now.

What's that?

It is an asteroid
from a parallel dimension

'which once a year appears
in this dimension'

'for precisely one hour'

'and on which
the Guardians of the Universe'

'confine for life
the worst criminals'

'in the cosmos.'

- Why are you going to do it?
- To free those criminals.

Who will then work for me.

But, but what about..

You, little man,
are my insurance

against the Green Lantern.

[laughs]

(male narrator)
Now, after a fruitless search
for the missing Kairo

an anxious Hal Jordan returns
to his dormitory quarters.

[beeping]

Power Lantern's signal

from the Guardians
of the Universe.

[dramatic music]

Make haste, Green Lantern.

You must stop
the criminal Orc from raiding

the interdimensional
prison asteroid.

Great meteors!

Could that have something to do
with Kairo's disappearance?

Let those who worship evil's
might, beware my power

Green Lantern's light!

[dramatic music]

Hurry, time is slipping away.

Have you taken care
of the boy Kairo?

I have left him
in Creature Valley, sir.

Excellent.

By the time Green Lantern
arrives to rescue him

'this world will vanish
back into limbo'

'together with them.'

Blast off.

(male narrator)
Arriving over the dark side
of the asteroid

Green Lantern's searching
for Kairo

illuminates the terrain
with his power beam.

Must find Kairo fast.

Only a short time left
before this world dissolves

back into its own dimension.

Boss, boss. Here I am.

[dramatic music]

Am I ever glad
you made the scene

before this place goes poof.

Only minutes left to bring
those criminals back.

[growling]

slam

Kairo.

[growling]

Great comets!
Now it's coming for me.

Got to try something else.

Only two or three minutes
still remain, Orc.

[laughs]

At this rate, Green lantern

will never get off the asteroid

before it vanishes.

Great Guardians!

[zapping]

Must get away.

Squeezing breath out of me.

Jumpin' jumpin' jackals!
Green Lantern!

[dramatic music]

bam

Nice work, Kairo.
Hop aboard.

Any moment now
this asteroid is due to vanish.

Yikes!

Look out, boss.

Behind you.

This calls for...a beam tunnel.

[zapping]

[growling]

It's begun.

The return of this world
to its own dimension.

Green Lantern, help!

Have you free in a second,
Kairo.

Nice shot, boss.

[dramatic music]

Gee, boss. Those criminals
still on the loose.

Yes, and in about one minute,
that prison asteroid

will be gone.

This capsule will protect you.

I'll pick up the jet trail
from their exhaust.

Look, Orc!
Green Lantern coming at us.

Blast him. Destroy him.

This oughta knock out
his canon fast.

[dramatic music]

Only a split second
remains now.

Okay, Kairo.

Not a second too soon
for me, boss.

Green Lantern reporting
to Guardians.

Mission accomplished.

Well done, Hal Jordan.

Once again you have earned
the sacred trust

we bestowed upon you

'in the powers
of the Green Lantern.'

(male narrator)
Coming up next..

More action
packed adventures

with Aquaman,
King of the Seven Seas.

Featuring Aqualad
and Tusky the Walrus.

[neighs]

(male narrator)
In the seas beyond Atlantis

Aqualad and his pet
walrus Tusky

pass some ancient
mysterious wrecks.

[laughing]

bam

rumble

[gasps]

What's up, Tusky?

Relax, Tusky.
It's only an old, crusty jug.

Let's see what's inside it.

whoosh

Holy houndfish.
Who-who are you?

I, young master,
am Snork the Great.

'An undersea genie.'

[theme music]

A genie? What do you do?

Why, I grant to whoever
releases me from the jug

three fantastic wishes.

Command me, master.
I am your servant.

Well, let's see.

I, uh, I wish for a robot.

A powerful robot
that'll do anything I want.

boom

Leaping lionfish!
It's real.

Aye, master. Command him.

Okay.

Those wrecks

'clean them up at once.'

[rumbling]

Wow!

Hey, take it easy, robot.

Where's Imp?

Imp? Aqualad must be in trouble.

Let's go, Storm.

Snork, Snork?
Where is that genie?

Snork, where are you?

[dramatic music]

Stop.

I don't want
that coral destroyed.

bam

[yelps]

Great waves! Aqualad's trapped
under all that debris.

Easy now.

Careful.

Watch him, Tusky, I've gotta
take care of that robot.

Mumbling mantis.
What happened?

Where in the Seven Seas
that thing came from?

[beeping]

bam bam

splat splat splat

You, genie, make
the robot disappear.

I'm sorry, master.

I can only make them appear.

Oh, but you have two more
wishes, sire.

Okay.

I wish for a powerful
robot smasher.

Now, hurry.

boing

poof

clang clang clang

Tell me, Aqualad,
have you any idea

where that robot came from?

Well, uh..

It's this way, Aquaman.

I, uh, made a wish granted me
by a genie I released

'from an old jug.'

A genie, huh?

Well, I want you
to find this genie

and put him back in the jug
where he belongs, at once.

Okay, Snork, the game's over.

Back into the jug. Come on.

But, master, you still have

one more magnificent wish.

No, thanks. Those wishes
brought me nothing but trouble.

Hmph! Is it my fault you had
to ask for a crazy robot

nobody could control?

Control? Hmm. Yeah.

If only, just once,
I had the power to control fish

like Aquaman does.

Your wish is my command.

[rumbling]

Murmurin' moonfish!

I've got the power
to command fish.

(male narrator)
Now, his telepathic waves
from Aqualad's brain

radiate down a dark stringent
hole in the sea floor.

They call from its depths

a horde of huge
mutant creatures.

Yikes! Those weird creatures.

I didn't want them.
Go back. Go back!

I command you.

Snork, my power.
My telepathic power.

It's gone.

Of course, master.

You only asked to have it
once and once only.

What do I do?

Aquaman! Am I in trouble?

There, those weird fish.

Mutants, Tadpole.

Long ago placed
into the Dungeon Depth

for safekeeping.

Now, we need help to put
them back there again.

(male narrator) At once, normal fighting fish,
come and answer

to Aquaman's royal summons.

And barrel into
the ugly mutants.

Keep shoving them back, troops.

Alright,
they're safely back now.

It's all my fault, Aquaman.

I let that genie talk me into
making a third wish and--

Okay, Aqualad.
I saw it all happen.

But I'm glad you confessed.

Now, I'll fix that genie
once and for all.

(male narrator)
Now a giant puffer fish
answers Aquaman's commands.

Hey, hey. No, wait.

[genie mumbling]

Leapin' lampreys!

Well, guess that's the last
of that mischievous genie.

Now, let's head
for home, Tadpole.

Your wish is my command, master.

[dramatic music]

[theme music]

[music continues]