Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2005): Season 1, Episode 5 - Steel Cold Heart - full transcript

Base to Bravo 2.
What's your status? Over.

All clear, luv,

and so far, the scrambler's
working a trick.

No sign of them
tin soldiers anywhere.

[crash]

[yelling]

[roaring]

[Shane] Look, Peter.

That's where Spider-Man and I

saved Mom from the Symbiotes.

[Peter] Hey, Shane,
I was there, too, remember?



Oh, yeah.
You called the police.

It's okay, Peter.
You wanted to help.

Hey, you stinking humans
ain't allowed near a work site.

Parker, Daily Byte...

New York's largest
daily human newspaper.

I was thinking
about an article on you
building and safety guys,

but if you're not interested...

Hold on there, pal.

Hey, come on in.

You can even take my picture.

Hey, must be my lucky day.

Let's see what's newsworthy.

[man] Boss, you'd better
have a look at this.

The first two were headed
for the recycler,



but check out
the service number on this one.

Holy cats! X-51.

We got us an antique here.

[stuttering] What do you mean?

X-51, as in the 51st Machine Man
off the assembly line.

Been in service
over two decades.

[chuckles] I'm amazed
this fossil can run at all.

Come here, old-timer. [chuckles]

You'll be happier
as a recycled cube.

Negative. This unit
will not be destroyed.

[chuckles] Sorry, tinhead,
you don't get a vote.

Negative.
This unit still functions.

This unit has value.

Huh? I've never seen
one of them do this before.

Let's have a look
under the hood.

-No.
-[grunts]

[roars]

[roars]

[grunting] Central,
we need backup.

We got a rogue robot here.

-[yells] No!
-[roaring]

Come on, Shane,
let's get out of here.

Oh, man, I'm the worst
babysitter on the planet.

[Peter screams]

Aah.

-Aah.
-[roaring]

[beeps]

[screams]

Shane, get up! Get out of here!

[groaning]

[Theme music playing]

[roars]

[Shane] No!

-[roaring]
-Peter!

Ah!

[growls]

That Machine Man saved Shane.

But they're not programmed
to help humans.

[Machine Man] Have intercepted
cause of disturbance.

Terminating rogue Machine Man.

Not destroy. Please help me.

You might be
a glorified toaster, pal...

but that's one request
I can't turn down.

Eliminate.

[grunts] Of course,
I should have come up
with a better plan than this.

[X-51] Go, Spider-Man.

Do not put yourself in danger.

[grunts] After what you did
for Shane, no way.

I'm getting you out of here.

[Ursula] Hold your fire!

Ursula... never thought
I'd be glad to see her.

So, Spider-Man,
now you are stealing
city property.

[Spider-Man] Only when
the property asks to be stolen.

I don't think X-51
wants to be recycled
into a minivan.

Not to worry. I have orders
to bring the robot
to the lab for inspection.

Oh, and when you're done
playing mad scientist,

you'll repair him, right?

No, then it gets recycled
into a minivan.

[laughing]

Sorry, Mama bear,
but I'm not gonna
let that happen.

[laughs] Oh, Spider-Man,

how I have looked forward
to this moment.

[X-51] Stop.

This unit will surrender.

What? You can't trust
these guys.

This unit has caused
much disorder,

much pain.

This unit will no longer
endanger the innocent.

He's right.

I've already put Shane
in jeopardy once.

I can't do that again.

But with this spider tracer
on the job,

I'll be able to find you
when I've evened up the odds.

How disappointing.

We shall have to postpone
our contest.

Until the next time,
Spider-Man. [laughing]

You can count on it.

[beeping]

[Spider-Man] Looks like X-51's
inside that skyscraper.

Man, this is almost too easy.

[grunts] Whoa!

When will I learn
to stop saying that?

A 40-storey
invisible force field?

Why does everything have to be
so complicated around here?

I'm gonna need help
getting in there...

and there's only one place
to get it.

Thanks for helping me
get to that Machine Man.

This is more like
the John Jameson
I knew back on Earth.

I'm not doing this
out of the goodness
of my heart, web-slinger.

If we can snatch this X-51
away from the Knights,

we're hoping to exchange him
back for Bromley.

-Bromley?
-Machine Men grabbed him
two nights ago.

His tag scrambler failed.

If they break him,

there's a lot he can tell 'em
about our operations...

and they'll break him.

[grunts and yells]

-[grunts]
-[Machine Man] Proceed.

[grunts]

No one can stand up
to the High Evolutionary
and his Knights... no one.

Is he always this much fun?
Or did I just catch him
on a good night?

[John] The only way
to get past that force field

is to come up beneath it
through the sewers.

[Spider-Man] The tracer says
that-a-way.

[Sir Ram]
There is a modicum of damage.

Also some unusual
internal configurations.

[alarm ringing]

Intruders!

Seal the building!

[yelling]

[Spider-Man]
Hi. We're here to see X-51.

Oh, are visiting hours
over already?

Spider-Man!

I grow weary
of your constant interference.

This time I shall make you pay.

Yeah? Well, keep it cheap, huh?

This suit only has room
for pocket change.

-[grunts]
-Human scum!

And proud of it, sister.

Leave the little man for me.

[Sri Ram] The High Evolutionary
may be blind

to your true nature, Spider-Man,

but I am not.

I shall show you no quarter!

Okay. How about
two dimes and a nickel?

Whoa. I am sensing
hostility here.

Leave this place while
you still can, wall-crawler.

The robot is
none of your concern!

I know why I want X-51.
The question is, why do you?

[Sri Ram grunts]

He-- It is an anomaly,

a scientific curiosity.

It must be studied, analyzed...

[Spider-Man] And destroyed
in the process.

[chuckles]
You're some scientist,
sir wool-for-brains.

Aah!

[grunts]

[Karen screams]

Try this, tough guy!

No, you try this!

[grunts]

-[both straining]
-[Spider-Man grunts]

[grunting]

Aah.

[both straining and grunting]

[screams]

This ends now, arachnid!

Aah!

For once, sir lamb chop,

I agree with you completely.

[yells, grunts]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[Spider-Man]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Language, language.

Now let's get rusty here
off the table. [grunts]

The slab is magnetized,
Spider-Man.

I knew that.

Thank you, Spider-Man...

all of you.

Let's not congratulate
ourselves yet.

We're still sealed in here
by those steel doors
and the force field.

This unit
will provide assistance.

[Spider-Man] Well...

it pays to have friends
in high places.

Good. Now we need to take
this bucket of bolts
somewhere safe

and set up the exchange
for Bromley.

Hey, Ground Control
to Major John.

X-51 is not a thing.
He's a person.

We'll find some other way
to rescue Bromley,

but nobody
is trading in anybody.

Sorry, Spider-Man,
but we need him.

He's our ticket to getting back
one of our top men.

I won't let you take X-51.

All right, John,
you do what you have to do,

and I'll do what I have to do.

John, you know
you can't shoot him.

Despite your differences,
he's still your friend.

Is he? Is he really?

What about Bromley?
Isn't he a friend?

[sighs] I'm glad you know
who our friends are.

I just can't tell anymore.

-[siren blaring]
-[dog barking]

[Shane] Spider-Man!

Mom's on an emergency call,

and Peter's not home right now.

Wow! Is that the Machine Man
who saved me?

He looks smaller.

Hello, young human.

It is...
good that you are uninjured.

I ran into Peter,

and he said our friend
could stay here for a while.

[Shane] Is he gonna be okay?

Self-diagnostics indicate

gyroscopic stabilizer
is misaligned by seven degrees,

optical chip is malfunctioning,

and neural net capacitor
requires recharging.

He needs our help.

Shane, you stay with our friend

while I see what parts
I can scrounge up.

-You don't need to do that.
-I don't?

Nah. Check this out!

[chuckles] Crazy Shane's
electronic emporium.

Who'd have thunk it?

A positronic power pack,
a heuristic enhancer,

these are sophisticated items.

Humans are forbidden
to possess such technology.

This was all my dad's stuff.

He was kind of an inventor.

Still is, I guess...

but he doesn't
live here anymore.

This is sadness.

You wish for your father
to return.

You... miss him.

Yeah, sometimes.

Well, we have to get you
fixed up.

[Karen] We've contacted
the Knights.

Lord Tyger is amenable
to an exchange...

at Grand Central Station,
6:00 p.m.

That gives us six hours
to find X-51.

John, something's rotten here,
and you know it.

Why would they trade Bromley
for a robot

they're just going to
scrap anyway?

It has to be a trap.

Doesn't matter.

We're never gonna get
this close to Bromley again.

When they spring their trap,
we'll be ready for them.

This unit-- I have read
all these books

in an effort to understand
what has happened to me...

but there seems to be
no clear explanation.

Well, you're the oldest
functioning Machine Man
on the force.

Maybe you finally absorbed
enough information
to make the leap.

Improbable.

It seems that there should be
more to it than that.

I can think.
I'm beginning to... to feel.

There must be some cause,

some purpose
to what I have become.

[chuckles] You mean,
the meaning of life?

Well, rusty,
men have spent centuries
trying to figure that one out.

And what is the answer,
Spider-Man?

Well... I guess every man,
every person...

has to figure that out
for themselves.

Then I, too, will figure it out.

What is it? What's wrong, X-51?

My spider sense--

What in--

Aah!

Spider-Man, are you okay?

[grunts] Guess he didn't like
being called rusty.

[grunts] You stay here, Shane.

What are you gonna do?

I wish I knew.

Got him!

Wait, John! It's a trap!

There they are.

Sir Ram, reactivate
the remote manual override.

With pleasure, my Lord.

-[beeps]
-[grunts]

It's a double-cross!

My apologies.

I have no choice in this matter.

You must surrender
to the Knights of Wundagore.

-[Karen grunts]
-This is it, people!

Let Bromley go... now.

I don't think so, Jameson.

Surrender, and you have my word
you will not be harmed.

The word of a stinking Bestial?
[sarcastically] Yeah!

Resistance is pointless.

Didn't your mother
ever teach you
it's impolite to point?

[grunting]

Ah!

Ah!

The Solaris I?

My spacecraft.

Aah!

Take Bromley and Jameson.

We will retire from the field
with those two.

Come. You shall be guests
at Wundagore Castle. [laughs]

Destroy the others, X-51,

while we leave with our prizes.

-I... must... obey.
-[beeping]

-[both grunt]
-X-51, listen to me.

You don't have to obey
that device inside you.

You're more than a machine.

No, I will not!

I am more than machine!

[grunts]

Aah!

Let's get out of here.
We got what we came for.

But what about your ship?

We may never get
another chance to--

In another 30 seconds,

they'll call in
twice as many Machine Men.

We leave now.

Just let me hit that puppy
with a spider tracer and...

If only I'd gotten a tracer
on your ship,

then we'd know
where it's being taken.

Probably back
to Wundagore castle.

Don't worry, web-slinger.

Working together,
we can find it.

Speaking of working together...

I was wrong before.

I owe you an apology,
Spider-Man.

It's not me you should be
apologizing to, John.

It's X-51.

Spidey's right. I'm sorry, X-51.

You're a good man...

one I'd be proud
to have on my team.

You could be a great help
to our cause, X-51.

I wish to find
my own path in life,

but the Knights of Wundagore
will not give up their pursuit.

I, too, am a rebel, a refugee.

Until there is freedom
for all sentient beings...

perhaps my path
does lie with you.

[theme music playing]