Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2005): Season 1, Episode 9 - Sustenance - full transcript
[Naoko] If you're so concerned,
you never should have walked
out on us in the first place.
I am being fair.
Who Shane and I take
into our home is our business.
I don't care what
you think of Peter.
It's not your decision to make.
[Peter thinking]
Here we go again.
Sometimes it seems like
no matter what I do,
I manage to make the people
around me miserable.
Maybe it's time
to do Naoko and Shane a favor
and say adios to this rock
and take my chances at home
without John Jameson.
The fact that John-boy
himself told me
where the High Evolutionary
is keeping my ship
is a pretty good sign that
he's never going to come along.
Still, who'd have thought
it would be garaged
in Atlantic city?
Step on it, Lester!
Step on it!
We're going to fry for this!
They're going to drag us
into that lab
and start poking us with--
Quiet, Freddy!
If you think I'm going
to mop floors
for the rest of my life,
you're out of your mind!
Poor fools.
Do they not know that
no one escapes this place?
[screams]
[coughing]
[screams and coughs]
[screaming]
[grunting]
Hey, no way they're taking me
back to that freak factory.
[screaming]
The High Evolutionary
will not be pleased.
[Peter thinking]
I feel like I'm sneaking out,
but how can I look Shane
in the eye and say goodbye?
The digital map Jameson found
when the rebels shut down
that power plant
will lead me straight
to my little no-frills ticket
to Earth.
Uh-oh, here comes trouble.
[male voice] Peter Parker!
[groans]
Out for some
late-night partying, Parker?
Don't you known
it's after curfew?
[screams]
[theme music playing]
Hey!
What are you doing?
Why me?
You're a looser cannon
than I am, Parker.
Undocumented, unmonitored...
It seems nobody's
even heard of you.
[Peter] So, I'm not much
on public relations.
Is there anyone you recommend?
[Green Goblin] How about
Mr. Take-a-hike?
Time for you to get out
of Dr. Yamata Jones' life,
Parker,
and stay out!
[Peter thinking]
Get out of the doc's life?
Talk about bad timing.
That's just what
I'm trying to do.
[grunts]
[laughing]
How about that?
Little dweeb is stronger
than he looks.
[Peter thinking]
Nothing like a good game
of hide-and-seek
to get the adrenaline pumping,
And it had to be a game.
Goblin could have thrown
those pumpkins a lot closer
any time he wanted to.
[door creaking]
[woman screams]
Oh, hey, uh, don't mind me.
I'm just the window inspector.
Right.
[screams]
Good. Gobi's gone.
Don't need
any more interruptions
while I put on
my traveling shoes.
[Green Goblin] Parker is
Spider-Man?
And here I thought Spidey
was one of the good guys.
I knew putting these spy eyes
around Naoko and Shane's
neighborhood was a good idea,
But this... [whistles]
I better find out
what the web-slinger's up to.
[High Evolutionary]
You dare stand before me
and admit such incompetence?
[Ursula]
The guards who allowed
the sky cycle to be stolen
have paid the price, sire,
And we did recover one escapee.
While the other
finds refuge underground.
Perhaps a sweep
through the caverns--
Will uncover nothing.
It never does.
The day will come
when I exterminate
those underground pests,
But for now...
For now my work
takes precedence.
[Peter thinking]
A perfect night for travel.
All I got to do is
keep hitching toward jersey.
Solaris 2, here I come,
ready or not.
Hey, knock off that not stuff,
Spidey. Think positive.
The ship is working.
It's got to be.
The old spider-sense
is really going to town.
Whoa! [hoots]
No wonder I keep
sensing danger.
Doesn't anybody in this burg
know how to drive?
Atlantic City.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Mary Jane, here I come.
[screams]
[grunting]
Okay, okay.
Take note, web-head.
Next time trust your instincts,
especially the spidery ones.
Earth or Counter-Earth,
according to the map,
I'm looking for a place
smack-dab in the middle
of a government installation,
but unless the new world
order's into poker chips...
Wait a minute.
One of these things is
definitely not like the others.
In the words of aunt May
at a neighborhood social,
bingo!
No windows. No doors.
How the heck does anybody
get in or out?
There go those instincts again,
and this time I know
it isn't the traffic.
[Green Goblin]
Heads up, Spider-chump.
You've got company.
[Peter]
What's the matter, Gobi?
You losing you're eye?
This area is off-limits.
By order of Lady Ursula,
I command you to surrender!
[Green Goblin]
Lady Ursula?
Oh, I just can't bear it.
[Peter]
Tell the kind lady
we don't take orders
from pushy buffoons.
[Green Goblin]
No, no, no, not buffoons.
They're raccoons. [laughs]
[screams and gasps]
And now he's a cocooned
raccoon buffoon.
You must be why my spider-sense
has been going crazy.
How long have you been
following me?
[chuckles] Long enough
to know your deepest,
darkest secret... Parker.
What? [stammering]
How... But...
Oh, Parker, you are
the silver-tongued devil,
but you still can't hide
from the goblin.
I'm not trying to hide,
green-sleeves,
I'm trying to leave.
I don't know why
you're so obsessed
with getting Peter Parker away
from Naoko and Shane,
but it's this close
to a done deal.
What? You mean...
Huh! Look who's
Mr. Articulate now.
Spidey, my pal, bon voyage.
Don't forget to write.
I'll help you pack.
[Spider-Man]
As a matter of fact,
I could use some help.
What do you know
about that place?
[Green Goblin] Not much.
But I'll tell you this.
Every Bestial on the planet
is afraid of it.
-Why?
-Rumor is that his lordliness
the High Evolutionary
has something special
going on inside.
Entrance is by invitation only,
as in arrest.
Only not for any known crime,
and none of the guests
ever leave.
Meaning there's a lot more
involved here
than just my ship.
Ship? As in spaceship?
I suspected that Jameson
was from off-world.
So that's the link
between you two.
[alarm sounding]
[over speaker]
Attention, this area is open
to authorized personnel only.
All violators are subject
to immediate termination.
[Spider-Man] Looks like duck
and cover time.
How about if you duck
and I cover?
[Green Goblin] Ya-ha!
Hey, high roller,
What do you say
to a pumpkin surprise?
[grunts]
[grunts and laughs]
[groans]
Hey, rollerball,
ever hear the one
about the spider
who gummed up the works?
You have now.
Me and my big mouth.
Looks like its got all
the details pretty well
covered.
[both scream]
[both groaning]
Let me guess, Mr. Ed?
Sorry. Name's Lester.
Good trick, huh?
The digging's not so bad,
But closing up the holes
is murder on my nails.
Somebody call the Mets.
I bet she won't have any
trouble shagging fly balls.
Who are you guys?
Can't you tell? We're rejects.
Prima can explain it
all to you.
Welcome, gentlemen.
I assume you have
some questions.
Just one,
where is the nearest exit?
And people call me a wise guy.
Basically, I just want to know,
what is all this?
It all begins up there
through 10 yards
of earth and concrete.
The dome above us
is unwillingly populated
by many of our kind,
genetic failures who have been
wrenched from their homes
and forced to toil
in the High Evolutionary's
most secret of laboratories,
where he creates
the very building blocks
out of which new bestials
are formed.
When we grow too old
or too weak to perform,
we are brought to lab one,
the house of tears,
for recycling.
[Bestial screaming]
From time to time, some of us
managed to escape.
Using the skills of Alice
and those like her,
we have made a home down here
away from the pain
of captivity,
but close enough to help
those still in need.
Sounds like a very
un-peaceful coexistence.
I am hopeful that you
will help us change that.
Oh, first they save you,
then they use you.
Are you sure you're not human?
Very sure,
but your value to us
is that you are.
Uh-oh. When a human
uses that tone,
it usually means very bad news.
We're hoping for good.
The Goblin and Spider-Man,
the two most wanted
criminals on this Earth.
In exchange for his promise
to end the recycling,
we plan to turn you over
to the High Evolutionary.
[Spider-Man] Couldn't we take
a vote on this?
We just did.
Take them now.
Is he doing
what I think he's doing?
Reducing our brethren
to their DNA elements.
He uses it to create
nutritional enhancements
for the next generation
of Bestials.
A sip a day
keeps the doctor away.
This has got to be stopped.
[grunts]
You really think
a guy who would do
what the High Evolutionary
is doing would barter with you?
We have no other options.
Sure you do.
You've got
Mr. Green-jeans and me,
Just not in the way
Prima was thinking.
I knew I couldn't trust you.
Now what are you
volunteering us for?
Get us to the center
of the dome,
and I promise you we'll destroy
this lab ourselves.
[making stuttering sounds]
Did I just hear you say "we"?
Get real, Greeny,
there's a reason
the High Evolutionary's
after both of us.
He's afraid.
I wish we were back with Prima.
She's so much wiser.
Spider-Man had the chance
to run away just now, Alice,
and he didn't.
that must count for something.
Follow me.
[Green Goblin] Wait! Hello?
Aren't you going to get me
out of this thing?
Spider-Man's the one
who's earned our trust.
Well, I guess
some of us have got it
and some of us don't.
Wait! Hello?
[growls]
[beeping indistinctly]
Excuse me, your highness.
Sensors in lab one sector
are active.
We have intruders.
My dear Ursula, I am engaged
in a delicate operation here.
Bad chromosomes
must be discarded,
good ones bonded together.
My humble apologies, but--
See where these intruders
are headed
and destroy them,
lest I start wondering
about the fitness of your DNA.
[grunts]
[screaming]
[yells]
[Spider-Man thinking]
Ah, love that
High Evolutionary efficiency.
The major repairs
are all taken care of.
Oh, got to learn to stop
counting those chicks
before they get out of the egg.
Somebody definitely forgot
to take a trip
to the hardware store.
Nah. I'm going to need
an expert for this.
Hey, get me out of these!
I'm no use to anybody
like this.
Laughing boy's right.
I need his help with the wiring
in the cockpit.
You heard the man,
cut me loose.
I've got to make sure
he takes his ride home.
-Release him.
-[alarm buzzing]
You better make it quick.
[chuckles] Much obliged,
horse-face.
Here's a little
thank-you present.
Hey, thank you.
[laughs]
Hey! [grunts]
[Ursula] Look out!
[laughs] Smart thinking,
web-head,
pretending you want
to help those poor saps,
but I know better.
Piece of cake
for a genius like me.
I'll have you out of here
in no time.
[Ursula] Spider-Man
and the goblin, stop them!
Don't look now,
but guess whose
favorite she-bear
is getting a little too close?
[groans]
I hate these forced landings.
Hey, any time you're ready,
arachnid.
Not just yet, Goblin. [yells]
This ship is the property
of the High Evolutionary.
More machine-men?
Can't I ever catch a break?
-[Ursula grunts]
-[engines power-up]
[laughing]
Oh, no, not without me
you don't.
[groans, thinking] I know
they say persistence pays off,
but this is ridiculous.
[grunts] Got to get to
the cockpit before we leave
the atmosphere.
[grunts]
Only chance is
to abort the flight.
This ship's a goner,
and I may be too,
but maybe it doesn't have
to be a total loss.
Sire, I am sorry
to interrupt you again,
but we must evacuate.
Oh, what I wouldn't give
for an air bag right now.
[grunts]
[groans]
I'm sorry, MJ
Looks like I'm not coming home
tonight after all.
You were true
to your word, Spider-Man.
The High Evolutionary
and his forces have fled,
leaving his reject workers
free and alive.
What are you going to do now?
We have decided
to remain here, underground,
and build our own society
rather than risk a world
and its master
that consider us
freaks of nature.
Uh, speaking of freaks,
you didn't happen to notice
a goblin around anywhere,
-did you?
-Lost in the rocket vapors.
Nobody's seen
your friend since.
Wow.
I don't know
that he was my friend,
but I think he could have been.
There's plenty of room here,
Spider-Man.
Perhaps you'd like to join us.
No. I've got some friends
who need me
to take better care of them
than I have.
Stay out of trouble, you hear?
The goblin was wrong
when he said I didn't really
want to help those folks,
but I wonder, if I could have
gotten to the cockpit
and piloted the ship,
what would I really have done?
[theme music playing]
you never should have walked
out on us in the first place.
I am being fair.
Who Shane and I take
into our home is our business.
I don't care what
you think of Peter.
It's not your decision to make.
[Peter thinking]
Here we go again.
Sometimes it seems like
no matter what I do,
I manage to make the people
around me miserable.
Maybe it's time
to do Naoko and Shane a favor
and say adios to this rock
and take my chances at home
without John Jameson.
The fact that John-boy
himself told me
where the High Evolutionary
is keeping my ship
is a pretty good sign that
he's never going to come along.
Still, who'd have thought
it would be garaged
in Atlantic city?
Step on it, Lester!
Step on it!
We're going to fry for this!
They're going to drag us
into that lab
and start poking us with--
Quiet, Freddy!
If you think I'm going
to mop floors
for the rest of my life,
you're out of your mind!
Poor fools.
Do they not know that
no one escapes this place?
[screams]
[coughing]
[screams and coughs]
[screaming]
[grunting]
Hey, no way they're taking me
back to that freak factory.
[screaming]
The High Evolutionary
will not be pleased.
[Peter thinking]
I feel like I'm sneaking out,
but how can I look Shane
in the eye and say goodbye?
The digital map Jameson found
when the rebels shut down
that power plant
will lead me straight
to my little no-frills ticket
to Earth.
Uh-oh, here comes trouble.
[male voice] Peter Parker!
[groans]
Out for some
late-night partying, Parker?
Don't you known
it's after curfew?
[screams]
[theme music playing]
Hey!
What are you doing?
Why me?
You're a looser cannon
than I am, Parker.
Undocumented, unmonitored...
It seems nobody's
even heard of you.
[Peter] So, I'm not much
on public relations.
Is there anyone you recommend?
[Green Goblin] How about
Mr. Take-a-hike?
Time for you to get out
of Dr. Yamata Jones' life,
Parker,
and stay out!
[Peter thinking]
Get out of the doc's life?
Talk about bad timing.
That's just what
I'm trying to do.
[grunts]
[laughing]
How about that?
Little dweeb is stronger
than he looks.
[Peter thinking]
Nothing like a good game
of hide-and-seek
to get the adrenaline pumping,
And it had to be a game.
Goblin could have thrown
those pumpkins a lot closer
any time he wanted to.
[door creaking]
[woman screams]
Oh, hey, uh, don't mind me.
I'm just the window inspector.
Right.
[screams]
Good. Gobi's gone.
Don't need
any more interruptions
while I put on
my traveling shoes.
[Green Goblin] Parker is
Spider-Man?
And here I thought Spidey
was one of the good guys.
I knew putting these spy eyes
around Naoko and Shane's
neighborhood was a good idea,
But this... [whistles]
I better find out
what the web-slinger's up to.
[High Evolutionary]
You dare stand before me
and admit such incompetence?
[Ursula]
The guards who allowed
the sky cycle to be stolen
have paid the price, sire,
And we did recover one escapee.
While the other
finds refuge underground.
Perhaps a sweep
through the caverns--
Will uncover nothing.
It never does.
The day will come
when I exterminate
those underground pests,
But for now...
For now my work
takes precedence.
[Peter thinking]
A perfect night for travel.
All I got to do is
keep hitching toward jersey.
Solaris 2, here I come,
ready or not.
Hey, knock off that not stuff,
Spidey. Think positive.
The ship is working.
It's got to be.
The old spider-sense
is really going to town.
Whoa! [hoots]
No wonder I keep
sensing danger.
Doesn't anybody in this burg
know how to drive?
Atlantic City.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Mary Jane, here I come.
[screams]
[grunting]
Okay, okay.
Take note, web-head.
Next time trust your instincts,
especially the spidery ones.
Earth or Counter-Earth,
according to the map,
I'm looking for a place
smack-dab in the middle
of a government installation,
but unless the new world
order's into poker chips...
Wait a minute.
One of these things is
definitely not like the others.
In the words of aunt May
at a neighborhood social,
bingo!
No windows. No doors.
How the heck does anybody
get in or out?
There go those instincts again,
and this time I know
it isn't the traffic.
[Green Goblin]
Heads up, Spider-chump.
You've got company.
[Peter]
What's the matter, Gobi?
You losing you're eye?
This area is off-limits.
By order of Lady Ursula,
I command you to surrender!
[Green Goblin]
Lady Ursula?
Oh, I just can't bear it.
[Peter]
Tell the kind lady
we don't take orders
from pushy buffoons.
[Green Goblin]
No, no, no, not buffoons.
They're raccoons. [laughs]
[screams and gasps]
And now he's a cocooned
raccoon buffoon.
You must be why my spider-sense
has been going crazy.
How long have you been
following me?
[chuckles] Long enough
to know your deepest,
darkest secret... Parker.
What? [stammering]
How... But...
Oh, Parker, you are
the silver-tongued devil,
but you still can't hide
from the goblin.
I'm not trying to hide,
green-sleeves,
I'm trying to leave.
I don't know why
you're so obsessed
with getting Peter Parker away
from Naoko and Shane,
but it's this close
to a done deal.
What? You mean...
Huh! Look who's
Mr. Articulate now.
Spidey, my pal, bon voyage.
Don't forget to write.
I'll help you pack.
[Spider-Man]
As a matter of fact,
I could use some help.
What do you know
about that place?
[Green Goblin] Not much.
But I'll tell you this.
Every Bestial on the planet
is afraid of it.
-Why?
-Rumor is that his lordliness
the High Evolutionary
has something special
going on inside.
Entrance is by invitation only,
as in arrest.
Only not for any known crime,
and none of the guests
ever leave.
Meaning there's a lot more
involved here
than just my ship.
Ship? As in spaceship?
I suspected that Jameson
was from off-world.
So that's the link
between you two.
[alarm sounding]
[over speaker]
Attention, this area is open
to authorized personnel only.
All violators are subject
to immediate termination.
[Spider-Man] Looks like duck
and cover time.
How about if you duck
and I cover?
[Green Goblin] Ya-ha!
Hey, high roller,
What do you say
to a pumpkin surprise?
[grunts]
[grunts and laughs]
[groans]
Hey, rollerball,
ever hear the one
about the spider
who gummed up the works?
You have now.
Me and my big mouth.
Looks like its got all
the details pretty well
covered.
[both scream]
[both groaning]
Let me guess, Mr. Ed?
Sorry. Name's Lester.
Good trick, huh?
The digging's not so bad,
But closing up the holes
is murder on my nails.
Somebody call the Mets.
I bet she won't have any
trouble shagging fly balls.
Who are you guys?
Can't you tell? We're rejects.
Prima can explain it
all to you.
Welcome, gentlemen.
I assume you have
some questions.
Just one,
where is the nearest exit?
And people call me a wise guy.
Basically, I just want to know,
what is all this?
It all begins up there
through 10 yards
of earth and concrete.
The dome above us
is unwillingly populated
by many of our kind,
genetic failures who have been
wrenched from their homes
and forced to toil
in the High Evolutionary's
most secret of laboratories,
where he creates
the very building blocks
out of which new bestials
are formed.
When we grow too old
or too weak to perform,
we are brought to lab one,
the house of tears,
for recycling.
[Bestial screaming]
From time to time, some of us
managed to escape.
Using the skills of Alice
and those like her,
we have made a home down here
away from the pain
of captivity,
but close enough to help
those still in need.
Sounds like a very
un-peaceful coexistence.
I am hopeful that you
will help us change that.
Oh, first they save you,
then they use you.
Are you sure you're not human?
Very sure,
but your value to us
is that you are.
Uh-oh. When a human
uses that tone,
it usually means very bad news.
We're hoping for good.
The Goblin and Spider-Man,
the two most wanted
criminals on this Earth.
In exchange for his promise
to end the recycling,
we plan to turn you over
to the High Evolutionary.
[Spider-Man] Couldn't we take
a vote on this?
We just did.
Take them now.
Is he doing
what I think he's doing?
Reducing our brethren
to their DNA elements.
He uses it to create
nutritional enhancements
for the next generation
of Bestials.
A sip a day
keeps the doctor away.
This has got to be stopped.
[grunts]
You really think
a guy who would do
what the High Evolutionary
is doing would barter with you?
We have no other options.
Sure you do.
You've got
Mr. Green-jeans and me,
Just not in the way
Prima was thinking.
I knew I couldn't trust you.
Now what are you
volunteering us for?
Get us to the center
of the dome,
and I promise you we'll destroy
this lab ourselves.
[making stuttering sounds]
Did I just hear you say "we"?
Get real, Greeny,
there's a reason
the High Evolutionary's
after both of us.
He's afraid.
I wish we were back with Prima.
She's so much wiser.
Spider-Man had the chance
to run away just now, Alice,
and he didn't.
that must count for something.
Follow me.
[Green Goblin] Wait! Hello?
Aren't you going to get me
out of this thing?
Spider-Man's the one
who's earned our trust.
Well, I guess
some of us have got it
and some of us don't.
Wait! Hello?
[growls]
[beeping indistinctly]
Excuse me, your highness.
Sensors in lab one sector
are active.
We have intruders.
My dear Ursula, I am engaged
in a delicate operation here.
Bad chromosomes
must be discarded,
good ones bonded together.
My humble apologies, but--
See where these intruders
are headed
and destroy them,
lest I start wondering
about the fitness of your DNA.
[grunts]
[screaming]
[yells]
[Spider-Man thinking]
Ah, love that
High Evolutionary efficiency.
The major repairs
are all taken care of.
Oh, got to learn to stop
counting those chicks
before they get out of the egg.
Somebody definitely forgot
to take a trip
to the hardware store.
Nah. I'm going to need
an expert for this.
Hey, get me out of these!
I'm no use to anybody
like this.
Laughing boy's right.
I need his help with the wiring
in the cockpit.
You heard the man,
cut me loose.
I've got to make sure
he takes his ride home.
-Release him.
-[alarm buzzing]
You better make it quick.
[chuckles] Much obliged,
horse-face.
Here's a little
thank-you present.
Hey, thank you.
[laughs]
Hey! [grunts]
[Ursula] Look out!
[laughs] Smart thinking,
web-head,
pretending you want
to help those poor saps,
but I know better.
Piece of cake
for a genius like me.
I'll have you out of here
in no time.
[Ursula] Spider-Man
and the goblin, stop them!
Don't look now,
but guess whose
favorite she-bear
is getting a little too close?
[groans]
I hate these forced landings.
Hey, any time you're ready,
arachnid.
Not just yet, Goblin. [yells]
This ship is the property
of the High Evolutionary.
More machine-men?
Can't I ever catch a break?
-[Ursula grunts]
-[engines power-up]
[laughing]
Oh, no, not without me
you don't.
[groans, thinking] I know
they say persistence pays off,
but this is ridiculous.
[grunts] Got to get to
the cockpit before we leave
the atmosphere.
[grunts]
Only chance is
to abort the flight.
This ship's a goner,
and I may be too,
but maybe it doesn't have
to be a total loss.
Sire, I am sorry
to interrupt you again,
but we must evacuate.
Oh, what I wouldn't give
for an air bag right now.
[grunts]
[groans]
I'm sorry, MJ
Looks like I'm not coming home
tonight after all.
You were true
to your word, Spider-Man.
The High Evolutionary
and his forces have fled,
leaving his reject workers
free and alive.
What are you going to do now?
We have decided
to remain here, underground,
and build our own society
rather than risk a world
and its master
that consider us
freaks of nature.
Uh, speaking of freaks,
you didn't happen to notice
a goblin around anywhere,
-did you?
-Lost in the rocket vapors.
Nobody's seen
your friend since.
Wow.
I don't know
that he was my friend,
but I think he could have been.
There's plenty of room here,
Spider-Man.
Perhaps you'd like to join us.
No. I've got some friends
who need me
to take better care of them
than I have.
Stay out of trouble, you hear?
The goblin was wrong
when he said I didn't really
want to help those folks,
but I wonder, if I could have
gotten to the cockpit
and piloted the ship,
what would I really have done?
[theme music playing]