Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000): Season 1, Episode 7 - To Rule Atlantis - full transcript

Mysterious underwater earthquakes are occurring, so the Avengers head to the sea kingdom of Atlantis to talk to its ruler Namor.

♪ AVENGERS ♪

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EMERGENCY CREWS ARE WORKING
'ROUND THE CLOCK, AS IT WERE,

TO REPAIR DAMAGE
DONE TO BIG BEN

BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES.

SOON, TOURISTS
WILL AGAIN BE ABLE

TO VISIT THIS POPULAR DESTI--

[ RUMBLING ]



AAAAH!

IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE!

OH, MY...

OH! OH, MY WORD!

BIG BEN IS COMING...

AAAAH! AAAAAH!

IT'S COLLAPSING --

LOOK OUT!

WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS JUST
THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SHOCKS

THAT STRUCK BRITAIN
AND WESTERN EUROPE.

[ GROANS ]

Oh, why...

DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?

HUH?



N- NO. NO.
I- I'M OKAY.

HOWEVER, NONE OF THE KNOWN
FAULT LINES IN THE REGION

SHOWS ANY QUAKE ACTIVITY.

MY SEISMIC TESTING
INDICATES

THAT THESE TREMORS
ARE NOT NATURAL,

BUT APPEAR TO BE CREATED

BY SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR
OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

Hawkeye: OR SOMEONE.
IT'S GOT TO BE NAMOR!

HOLD ON, CLINT.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE
FROM ATLANTIS IS INVOLVED.

SOMEBODY'S ATTACKING EUROPE
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

KINDA NARROWS OUR CHOICES,
DOESN'T IT?

DID YOU SAY NAMOR?
THE SUB-MARINER?

I THOUGHT OLD POINTY-EARS
WAS ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.

Wasp: WHEN IT SUITS HIM.

NAMOR CARES ABOUT HIS PEOPLE
FIRST AND LAST.

IT IS NOT WISE
TO GET IN HIS WAY.

WE HAVE REACHED
THE COORDINATES.

THANK YOU, VISION.

[ SMOOCHES ]

THIS IS WHERE
I GET OFF.

GET OFF?
SHE'S LEAVING?

Ant-Man:
JAN'S GOING TO ENGLAND

TO HELP WITH RELIEF EFFORTS
AND SEISMIC ANALYSIS

WHILE THE REST OF US
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

I'LL GIVE YOUR REGARDS
TO THE PRIME MINISTER.

I COULD GO WITH HER.

NO, TIGRA.

ONCE WE REACH
THE OCEAN FLOOR,

WE'LL NEED ALL THE HELP
WE CAN GET.

[ SIGHS ]
THAT'S JUST GREAT.

♪ AVENGERS ♪

Ant-Man: WE HAVE LOTS OF
TERRITORY TO COVER, AVENGERS,

SO KEEP YOUR COM LINKS
ON STANDBY.

Falcon: HEY, TIGRA,
SQUEEZE ME ANY HARDER

AND YOU'LL CRUSH
MY AIR TANK.

THEN LEARN
TO STEER THIS THING.

YOU'RE ALL OVER
THE PLACE.

MY STEERING'S FINE.

IT'S YOU
I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

COME ON, TIGRA,
WHAT'S THE --

OHH!

SAM, WHAT WAS --

[ GASPS ]

UGH!

WARN...THE OTHERS.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

AAAAAAH!

LET ME GO!

Vision: DR. PYM,
HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE?

IN A WAY.

THE LAST TIME
WE CAME TO ATLANTIS,

WONDER MAN WAS WITH US.

YES. OF COURSE.

[ GROWLS ]

[ GRUNTING ]

HELP!

HE-E-E-E-E-LP!

AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!

Hawkeye: ON OUR WAY.

OHH!

VISION!
IT'S AN AMBUSH!

RETURNING
THEIR FIRE NOW.

UGH!

NAMOR!

THIS BATTLE IS OVER.

Ant-Man:
NAMOR, AFTER ALL THE TIMES
WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER --

AND THE TIMES
WE HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER.

WHY SHOULD I
TRUST YOU NOW?

HEY. WHY SHOULD WE
TRUST YOU?

WE CAME DOWN HERE TO DEAL WITH
SOME SUSPICIOUS EARTHQUAKES.

MAYBE YOU'RE BEHIND THEM.

YOUR EYESIGHT IS AS FLAWED
AS YOUR HEARING, HAWKEYE.

DID YOU NOT SEE THE DAMAGE
SUFFERED BY MY KINGDOM?

NO. I WAS TOO BUSY GETTING
ATTACKED BY HALF YOUR ARMY.

OH, IT IS NOTHING COMPARED
TO THE PAIN YOU WILL ENDURE

IF I SO ORDER IT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, NAMOR --
AFRAID TO DO THE JOB YOURSELF?

A TEMPTING SUGGESTION.

NAMOR, PLEASE.

WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.

ALSO A TEMPTING
SUGGESTION.

WHY DOES HE SPEAK TO HER
IN THAT MANNER?

EASY, PAL.
YOU SOUND JEALOUS.

PRINCE NAMOR, EVERY DAY,
THE GROUND BENEATH US CRACKS.

OUR HOPES CRUMBLE.
HUNDREDS ARE INJURED.

NOW THESE
SURFACE-DWELLERS APPEAR.

WHAT IF THERE IS
A CONNECTION?

YES. YES.

WHAT IF THEY ARE THE FIRST WAVE
OF -- OF SOME SORT OF INVASION?

IF THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THESE TREMORS,

THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

IF THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE.

YOUR HIGHNESS, I REALIZE
THAT YOU HAVE DIVIDED LOYALTIES.

AFTER ALL,
YOU ARE HALF HUMAN.

HOWEVER, YOUR SUBJECTS
MAY BE LESS SYMPATHETIC.

THERE IS MUCH UNREST.

STIRRED UP
BY THAT BARBARIAN ATTUMA!

BUT THE PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE
WHO WILL TAKE ACTION.

ENOUGH!

I SHALL DEAL
WITH THE HUMANS

IN MY OWN WAY...
IN MY OWN TIME.

GUARDS, LOCK THEM UP.

IF THEY MAKE A MOVE TO ESCAPE,
DESTROY THEM.

THE REST OF YOU, LEAVE ME.

I WISH TO BE ALONE.

Dara: YOUR QUAKES HAVE DAMAGED
MUCH OF THE CITY.

THE PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL.

GOOD.

NAMOR'S FOLLOWERS
WILL RISE UP

AND RID THEMSELVES
OF THAT PATHETIC PRINCE.

THEY WILL BEG
FOR SOMEONE TO SAVE THEM --

SOMEONE LIKE ME!

SIR, THE DYNAMO
IS FULLY RECHARGED.

EXCELLENT!

I SHALL TOPPLE CITIES,
MOUNTAINS --

ANYTHING
THAT STANDS IN MY WAY.

THE THRONE OF ATLANTIS
SHALL BE MINE!

THEN THE SURFACE WORLD!

Ant-Man:
CAREFUL, VISION.

I- I'D LIKE TO BE ALL THERE
WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

VISION,
WHAT'S WRONG?

THE LACK OF SUNLIGHT --
ITS POWER RECHARGES ME.

EXTENDED TIME AWAY FROM THE SUN
DRAINS MY ENERGY RESERVE.

ALL RIGHT, TIGRA,

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN THE ATLANTEANS ATTACKED?

YOU PANICKED.
THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU.

BETWEEN YOU AND ME,

EVER SINCE I WAS
TRANSFORMED INTO TIGRA,

I'VE HAD THIS -- THIS
UNCONTROLLABLE FEAR OF WATER.

I- I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM,

BUT NOW HERE I AM --

TRAPPED ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

I'M READY
TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN!

WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL SOMEONE?

WELL, I THOUGHT IF THE AVENGERS
KNEW ABOUT MY WEAKNESS,

THEY'D NEVER
LET ME JOIN.

THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE,
GREER.

THEY BELIEVE IN YOU.

YOU OUGHT TO TRY
TRUSTING THEM.

[ LAUGHS ]

WELL, IT'S A LITTLE LATE
NOW, HUH?

[ RUMBLING ]

Hawkeye:
HERE COMES ANOTHER SHAKER.

EVERYONE, GRAB YOUR HELMETS!
PRESSURIZE YOUR SUITS NOW!

[ GASPING ]

WATER!

I HAVE TO GET OUT!

EVERYBODY, OUT!

WAIT! WHERE ARE FALCON
AND TIGRA?!

[ COUGHING, SPUTTERING ]

[ GASPS ]

TIGRA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
PUT ON YOUR HELMET.

I- I DON'T MATTER.

NO, YOU DO MATTER --
TO THE TEAM...AND TO ME.

FALCON! TIGRA!
OVER HERE!

WHAT KEPT YOU TWO?

WE WERE TRAPPED
BY A PIECE OF WALL.

VISION IS...
GETTING WORSE.

WE MUST...HURRY.

Ant-Man: FOLLOW ME IN
THROUGH THE ROOF.

WHERE'S NAMOR?!

MAN. THIS GUY'S REMODELING BILL
IS GONNA BE HUGE.

AAAAAH!

UGH!

NAMOR, WE'VE COME TO --

WHAT ARE YOU SURFACE-DWELLERS
DOING TO MY KINGDOM?

NOTHING.

WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?

IF WE WISHED YOU HARM,

WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE QUAKES
DESTROYED YOUR DEFENSES,

THEN ATTACK...

AS YOU WOULD.

PRINCE NAMOR, YOU KNOW
THAT IF YOU KILL ANT-MAN,

YOU MUST KILL ME,
AS WELL.

WHOA! THAT WAS A 6.4
ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

NAMOR, WE HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER

TO FIND THE SOURCE
OF THOSE QUAKES,

OR MILLIONS WILL DIE --
ABOVE AND BELOW THE SURFACE.

I'M NOT SURE
THAT I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU.

BUT I FEAR ATLANTIS WILL NOT
SURVIVE MUCH MORE OF THIS.

I ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSAL,
AVENGER.

I KNOW EVERY INCH OF THIS
OCEAN FLOOR

TELL ME WHAT
YOUR INSTRUMENTS HAVE LEARNED.

OKAY, TO START WITH --
CURRENT SONAR IMAGING SHOWS

MUCH GREATER CRUST DAMAGE
IN THIS SECTOR

AND THE HEIGHTENING
OF THIS RIDGE.

THE BURNING FIELDS.

THEIR BRITTLE OCEAN FLOOR
ROLLS WITH MISERY AND DEATH.

IT IS NO PLACE TO LIVE, BUT
PERHAPS A CLEVER PLACE TO HIDE.

Hawkeye:
CUTE LITTLE PLAYGROUND.

I DON'T SEE ANY BAD GUYS
MAKING EARTHQUAKES.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO LOOK
MORE CAREFULLY.

A BARBARIAN DAGGER.

I SENSE THE EVIL OF ATTUMA
IN THIS PLACE.

[ SONAR PINGING ]

Vision: UNIDENTIFIED MARINE LIFE
APPROACHING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

BARBARIAN SEA SLUGS!

Ant-Man:
TIGRA, STAY WITH THE SHIP.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT
RESTARTED.

BUT YOU NEED ME
OUT THERE.

NO, I NEED YOU IN HERE -- DRY
AND WITH YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.

YOU CAN DO IT, TIGRA.

I TRUST YOU.

CAN YOU MAKE IT,
VISION?

I...SHALL DO
WHAT I CAN.

I HAVE YOU NOW,
PUNY HUMAN.

SORRY.
DID YOU SAY "PUNY"?

[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]

WINDS OF DESTINY,
CHANGE!

AAAAH!

AAAAAAAAH!

[ GROANS ]

THAKOS, DARA --

YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME
TO ATTUMA.

ATTUMA IS OUR FUTURE.

YOU...HALF HUMAN.

YOU WERE NEVER
ONE OF US.

FAREWELL, DEAR PRINCE.

UGH!

UGH!

WHAT DO YOU KNOW,
NAMOR.

THAT ROTTEN SMELL
WASN'T YOU, AFTER ALL.

NOW...
WHERE IS ATTUMA?!

OHH...

AAAAAAH!

Namor: ATTUMA!

LOOK UPON YOUR DEATH,
NAMOR.

MY DYNAMO
CAN SPLIT THE EARTH.

I WILL GO
TO YOUR PRECIOUS ATLANTIS

AND BLAME THE AIR-BREATHERS
FOR THE DAMAGE.

YOUR SUBJECTS WILL BEG ME

TO LEAD AN INVASION
OF THE SURFACE WORLD!

NOT WHILE I HAVE
BREATH LEFT IN ME!

YOUR AGE BETRAYS YOU,
NAMOR.

I AM FASTER.

I AM STRONGER.

I AM...

FINISHED!

OHHHHHH!

[ GRUNTS ]

[ AIR RAID SIREN WAILING ]

HENRY, I JUST RECEIVED
A SEISMIC REPORT.

THERE'S ANOTHER QUAKE BUILDING,
AND IT'S THE BIGGEST ONE YET.

I KNOW, JAN.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

Ant-Man: THERE MUST BE A WAY
TO SHUT IT DOWN!

I SHALL NOT ALLOW IT
TO DESTROY ATLANTIS!

[ METAL CREAKING ]

[ GRUNTING ]

LET'S DO THIS
TOGETHER.

[ Strained ]
HELP ME ATOP THE MACHINE.

ARE YOU...SURE
YOU CAN DO THIS?

I...MUST...TRY.

INCREASING DENSITY.

IT IS MOVING,
BUT NOT ENOUGH.

Tigra:
MAYBE I CAN HELP.

[ GRUNTS LOUDLY ]

HEY, HAWKEYE, YOU STILL
WANT TO TUSSLE WITH NAMOR?

BAD IDEA.

FISH FACE?

GET HIM OUT OF WATER,
AND I CAN TAKE HIM.

[ LAUGHS ]
IN YOUR DREAMS, PAL.

Wasp: CLEANUP OPERATIONS HERE
AND IN THE REST OF EUROPE ARE GOING NICELY.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE COULD USE MORE HELP.

CARE TO...JOIN US,
NAMOR?

MY DUTIES ARE BELOW,
WITH MY SUBJECTS.

I HAVE A CITY
TO REBUILD.

BESIDES...

I'M NOT VERY WELCOME
IN YOUR WORLD.

NEVERTHELESS,
PERHAPS SOMEDAY,

YOU AND I CAN ARRANGE
A LITTLE...SOCIAL CALL.

Scarlet Witch: NAMOR,
I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

EXTRAORDINARY FELLOW,
THAT NAMOR.

YEAH? WELL,
I STILL DON'T TRUST HIM.

YOU JUST GOT TO
GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

A LITTLE FAITH IN SOMEONE
CAN -- CAN MEAN A LOT.

VISION,
HOW'S THE RECHARGE COMING?

Falcon: IF HE'S NOT
STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT YET,

[ Laughing ] AT LEAST
HE'S GONNA HAVE A GREAT TAN.

[ HAWKEYE LAUGHS ]

IS SOMETHING FUNNY?

[ LAUGHS ]

[ LAUGHTER ]

Ultron: THE EARTH TREMBLED.

THE SEAS CHURNED.

YET THE AVENGERS LIVE.

I MUST STOP LEAVING THEIR FATE
IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS!