Gigantor (1964): Season 1, Episode 26 - Monster from the Deep - full transcript

There's a mystery on Mystery Island: where'd everybody go? Someone has created a huge seaweed monster and Jimmy and Gigantor have to find the man before he makes more.

(fizzling)

(beeping)

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor the space-age robot

♪ He is at your command

♪ Gigantor the space-age robot

♪ His power is

♪ In your hand

♪ Bigger than big



♪ Taller than tall

♪ Quicker than quick

♪ Stronger than strong

♪ Ready to fight for right

♪ Against wrong

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

- [Voiceover] Monster
from the Deep!

(foreboding music)

In the year 2000,

Gigantor escorts Dick
Strong, Bob Brilliant

and Jimmy Sparks

as they return from
a strange adventure.



- Dr. Brilliant, we
were gone so long

it's good to be home
once again, isn't it?

- What's wrong, Bob?

You haven't stopped
frowning since

this plane first
departed for home.

- Dick, I have a peculiar
kind of premonition of evil.

- Premonition?

- A feeling, Jim, that along
time before we get home

something unexpected will
occur to this airplane.

- Gosh, Bob, what in
the world could occur?

(foreboding music)

(gasping)

(beeping)

- Hey Joe, a whole squadron
of unidentified airplanes.

- What?

(foreboding music)

- What do you make of it?

- Who knows.

- Those guys are
flying much too close.

- Sparky, I think that you
should energize Gigantor.

- Right, Dick.

(fizzling)

(zooming)

(exciting music)

(gun firing)

(booming)

(booming)

Good work, Gigantor.

(fizzling)

(exciting music)

(somber music)

- And these strange planes
began shooting at you

for no good reason?

- Mhmm. Mhmm.

That's the size of
it, Inspector Blooper.

- Let them have it.

- Yikes! Now cut that out!

Quick, get down!

(gun firing)

(exciting music)

(growling)

Take that.

(foreboding music)

- [Voiceover] Later, at
Bob Brilliant's house.

- Dick, Dr. Brilliant is
experimenting with a new poison

called Crackacine.

Comes from the Himalayas.

- Oh yes, that's the one
causing all the trouble.

- I'm switching
to the news cast.

You care to watch?

- [Dick] Thanks, Lotus.

- And so it appears, tonight,
ladies and gentlemen,

that Mystery Island
is dead not because

a volcano erupted
or a bomb exploded.

The mysterious death of Mystery
Island remains, tonight,

a mystery.

Fisherman claim the water
surrounding the island

sometimes grow
black and menacing.

They refuse to approach
the island in any way.

Now the problem of Mystery
Island is being argued

by All Nations.

- Time for All Nations to argue!

- Don't you think it's time we
investigated Mystery Island?

- I think we should set up
headquarters in Hawaii, fast!

- Those in favor?

- [Crowd] Aye!

- Closed and carried.

- Well, Bob, how
are you coming along

with your examination
of Crackacine?

- Doctor, you have
been spending much time

in the laboratory.

I am concerned that
you do not eat.

- I am all finished
with work on Crackacine.

Now, All Nations headquarters
is asking me and all of us

to go to Hawaii.

- Oh, Jimmy Sparks is
going to be so happy.

- So will I.

I'm so tired I need
a Hawaiian vacation.

(laughing)

(Hawaiian music)

(Hawaiian chanting)

- Now this is what I would
call a real Hawaiian welcome,

wouldn't you?

- Yes, even Gigantor would.

(pleasant music)

(laughing)

- This is a lot of fun, but
there is a problem to be solved.

Tomorrow we push on
to Mystery Island,

so you two fellas better
get a good rest today.

- Right.

(foreboding music)

We should be getting to
the island anytime now.

- Yes, I think the crew
is ready to put her down.

- [Voiceover] The investigating
team from All Nations

lands at Mystery Island airport

only to find it deserted.

(foreboding music)

- Well, will you look at this.

The birdcage is locked,
but there's no bird in it.

- Here's something.

A dog's collar.

- Must have been
a pretty big dog.

- Now it appears that the
animals have disappeared

from Mystery Island.

- This was the science
laboratory, gentlemen.

Some top secret experiments
were being carried out here,

don't you know?

- Do you gentlemen smell that?

(sniffing)

- It smells like
seaweed, I'd say.

Sea kelp.

(sniffing)

- We came to investigate, men.

Not to sniff.

Let's move in.

(foreboding music)

- Dr. Brilliant, what's that?

- It seems like a kind of diary.

- That diary could
contain a clue.

- "Proceeding with
work on the poison

"that comes from the Himalayas,

"small doses were tried
on a variety of species

"of tiny plant
life on the island

"and there is no
doubt in our minds

"that Crackacine is
the most deadly venom

"in the whole world."

- Crackacine?

- It's that the one you
were testing, doctor?

The one derived of
a certain flower

that shows its face just
once every ten years?

- Same one.

- The flower is one that comes
from the Himalayan mountains.

- The writing becomes
hard to make out

starting at this point.

He says that strange
things began to happen

during the experiment.

Everything around him
started to wither,

but inside the fish tank-

- [Mustache Man] Yes, go on.

- There, he was
interrupted, it would seem.

- [Mustache Man] He mentions
the inside of the fish tank?

- It's as though
he were cut off.

- Right.

- Look, now there's
nothing to see

inside the old fish tank at all.

- It's empty.

(ominous music)

- It's so quiet
and peaceful here,

it's hard to understand
the name Mystery Island.

- A place without animals is
good mysterious in my book,

to tell you the truth, Richard.

I think this is spooky.

- Well, I can't
find anything scary

about a place where all
you hear is the sound

of the wind and the waves.

(eerie music)

- Did you hear that?

(splashing)

(gasping)

(banging)

- Egad.

- We heard gunshots.

Great Scott!

Gentlemen, we better
get out of here, fast!

- Gigantor, find out
what that thing is.

Go Gigantor!

(fizzling)

(yelling)

(exciting music)

(rumbling)

(yelling)

- Wait for me!

No!

- Inspector, get up!

(groaning)

(yelling)

(exciting music)

- [Bob Voiceover]
It hates ice.

(ominous music)

(sniffing)

- Doctor, the Inspector's clothes
have the same funny smell

we smelled after we
first arrived here.

- You're right, Jim.

It's a little like
the odor of seaweed

or it could be sea kelp.

- That sea monster, too,
smells the same way.

- It does, Inspector,
because it's also seaweed.

- Doctor, you mean to
say that the sea monster

just consists of seaweed?

- That's just what it is, Jim.

Now I'm able to understand
what that book meant.

- [Jim] The diary?

- When deadly Crackacine
was added to the water

in the fish tank it had a
strange affect upon the seaweed.

(ominous music)

The seaweed grew
bigger and bigger,

turning the
surrounding sea dark.

You see, the Crackacine they
got from the far Himalayas

is what has changed
this island paradise.

- Look at it, Crackacine.

Who's bring it in, Bob?

- [Bob] Wish I knew.

(upbeat music)

- You know, all the
Hawaiians are wondering

whether Gigantor can go surfing.

- Of course he can go surfing.

Of course he can.

- The Hawaiians are saying

that Gigantor may be big and
strong and able to do anything,

but can not go riding
on a surfboard.

- If I tell you that
Gigantor can go surfing,

he can go surfing.

- All right, if you say so.

But you agree, it's incredible.

- Yes, I agree it's incredible.

- [Jim] Gee, I think he can.

- Good, it would
hurt to have to admit

there was one thing
he couldn't do.

- Actually, I never
tried him on a surfboard.

I don't know if he
can do it or not.

Think they have one big enough?

- Jim, that's an awfully
interesting question.

- Hey Jim, isn't this nice?

These good people have just
made a gigantic surfboard

for Gigantor.

- That's fabulous.

Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much.

- The iron man is
very popular here.

We want to help him have fun.

- Thank you, sir.

Perhaps you don't know it,

but you just turned me
into an honest officer.

(upbeat music)

(fizzling)

(cheering)

(booming)

- What happened to him?

(chattering)

(fizzling)

(splashing)

(cheering)

- I am going to
get you, Gigantor,

or my name is not Fezz.

(chuckling)

(Hawaiian chanting)

- Say.

(laughing)

- Hey, that's Fezz.

- Yes, this is your
old friend, Fezz,

and I think all of
you had better listen

to what I have to say.

I discovered Crackacine
and I am now feeding it

to all the seaweed
surrounding Mystery Island.

With my giant
seaweed, gentlemen,

I am going to take
over the world.

Anyone attempting to interfere

will have to recon with them.

Do I make it clear enough?

(laughing)

- It was Fezz who
just trapped Gigantor

and now plans an attempt
to seize the world's power.

- Look here, chaps,
this is serious.

We just received a
report that the seaweed

ringing the island is moving.

- Yes and they say a
ship has been attacked

by giant seaweeds.

Look here, the ship was
attacked near this large island.

- Here is Mystery Island

and here's Hawaii.

On the map they look far apart,

yet it doesn't pay
to take chances.

- How could the seaweed
travel that far?

- Sorry, Jim, but
there are no seaweeds

I can turn to for the
answer to that question.

- I say this is balderdash.

There's no reason we
can't defeat the seaweed.

Use modern weapons.

- But General, balderdash,
these are not military targets,

but giant seaweed.

- Is there any reason we
can't make a peace treaty

with this man named Fezz?

- Peace treaty you say?

Balderdash, I say we
should give the bloke

everything we've got.

Bring the beggar to his knees.

- We are whistling in the dark.

(whistling)

- Gentlemen of All Nations, I
propose we take a firm stand

against Mr. Fezz by having
our ships and our planes

proceed, full speed,
toward Mystery Island.

(military music)

- Robot ships
leading a dark wave.

No, it isn't a dark wave.

It's collum of giant
seaweed under water.

- So they want to attack?
We'll show them.

(intense music)

(booming)

(splashing)

Fire! Fire!

(intense music)

- Scram!

- Nothing's working.

Everything we do makes
the seaweed grow stronger.

Try a flame.
(intense music)

(crackling)

- We have no choice.

We must now retreat, gentlemen.

(ominous music)

- Doctor, what's that?

Seaweed, huh?

- Yes, Sparky, seaweed.

I believe a laboratory test of
this will prove interesting.

(somber music)

Those big weeds were all
controlled by robot ships

using dead Crackacine as bait.

- So?

- You look hot and thirsty.

How about some water?

- [Bob Voiceover] Ice.

(somber music)

It hates ice.

- Is there something wrong
with those ice cubes, sir?

- No, Jim, there's
nothing wrong.

I remembered something just now.

(gasping)

This mutated seaweed,
like other tropical life,

can not withstand
the bitter cold.

- In other words, we win
if we make enough ice.

- Yes, but even if we
had 10 tons of ice,

it wouldn't be enough to
check the sea monster.

Come to think of it, it
might delay it awhile.

- Let's get going to
where we met it yesterday.

- Wait.

A refrigerator uses Freon
gas to make everything cold.

Why don't we try the same
thing on a bigger scale

in the ocean, doctor?

- Maybe it'll work, Jimmy!

It's worth a try.

(somber music)

- [Jim] We must be
getting near the spot now.

- Look, Jim, I still don't
see how you're gonna use

the Freon gas.

- It's easy, Inspector.

We're going to empty
the Freon in a cable,

then lower the cable
into the ocean.

(fizzling)

(foreboding music)

- Curses, they're sending
Gigantor down here now.

Well, let him come.

Guard, order the ships to set
up an electromagnetic ring

around Gigantor.

Right away.

(intense music)

(fizzling)

- Oh?

(foreboding music)

Something's wrong with Gigantor.

They must have set up
an electronic ring.

- Oh?

Then we'll have to
move in close to him

in order to operate tiny
remote control unit.

- Not we, Dr. Brilliant.

Me.

(foreboding music)

(fizzling)

(exciting music)

- Order the robot ships
to supply more Crackacine

to the seaweed.

If those seaweeds
decide not to cooperate,

we will all be in big trouble.

- Yes, Fezz.

- Who would have dreamed
just a few short years ago

that I, Fezz, would
have discovered the way

to control seaweed.

Well?

- Mr. Fezz, the
electronic ring is broken.

- It's broken?

(exciting music)

That's Jim Sparks.

(fizzling)

(exciting music)

- All right.

Cable ready.

- Hooray! It worked.

The submarine.

(fizzling)

(cheering)

- My poor seaweed.

Listen, I'm going to attract
Gigantor's attention.

While I am doing that,
you take this box

and swim back to Mystery Island.

If you make it, the
world will be ours yet.

- Yes, Mr. Fezz, sir.

- That is not little
red riding hood.

And these are not
cookies for grandma.

Dr. Brilliant, this box
contains all the Crackacine

that Fezz controlled
in the world.

- Wonderful.

Put that awful venom
in our control,

peace is now restored
thanks to you, Jim.

(applauding)

- Look at Gigantor.

He caught the submarine.

- Goodbye Fezz!

- That'll teach you to
mess around with Gigantor.

Yahoo!

- See that?

(laughing)

(upbeat music)

- [Voiceover] And Gigantor flies

to his next exciting adventure!

(upbeat music)

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor the space-age robot

♪ He is at your command

♪ Gigantor the space-age robot

♪ His power is

♪ In your hand

♪ Bigger than big

♪ Taller than tall

♪ Quicker than Quick

♪ Stronger than strong

♪ Ready to fight for right

♪ Against wrong

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor