Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000): Season 3, Episode 3 - New Kids in Town - full transcript
From the 30th century, three members of the Legion of Super-Heroes travel back in time to stop Brainiac from killing Clark Kent in his youth.
[♪♪♪]
My name is Orion.
I fled from the fire-pits
of Apokolips to warn you.
He's coming.
SUPERMAN:
Who is?
Darkseid.
He's already provided
human agents
with Apokoliptic weaponry.
Maggie!
We're ready to begin
phase two, Mr. Mannheim.
You may use this to contact me
when you need further help.
Orion was right.
It isn't over.
HAMILTON:
We've been monitoring
the hot zone by satellite.
The explosion triggered
a meltdown
in the power plant's
central reactor.
It's burning straight through
the substrata now.
And it will get hotter
and hotter
until it reaches
the Earth's core.
What then?
As this simulation shows,
it will explode,
setting off a series
of violent eruptions
which will cover the earth
with more burn holes.
I've never seen anything
like it.
Yes, you have.
We all have.
On Apokolips.
Your plan worked, Darkseid.
Earth is ours.
Your enthusiasm is premature,
Kalibak.
Superman will still try
to resist me.
Then send me.
I'm ready.
I'll crush him this time.
Don't remind me
of your ignominious defeat.
You'll stay at my side
where I can see you.
Father, please.
No! This prey requires
a more experienced hunter.
Steppenwolf.
I look forward to adding
a new trophy to my collection.
The radioactive hole is now only
a few hundred meters deep.
But that's going to increase,
and quickly.
TURPIN:
Shouldn't you be paging
your new best friend
the buckethead?
I was just thinking
about Orion.
What's the matter?
Fried.
Must have been
the pulse from the explosion.
We're on our own now.
If the reactor melts
through the top mantle,
we'll never stop it.
[♪♪♪]
[ENERGY CRACKLES]
This will be good hunting.
You picked
the wrong time, pal.
Ah!
[CREATURES SNARLING]
Para-Demons, attack!
Argh!
[HORNS HONKING]
Jeez. We've got a meltdown
on Ayers Island,
a war
at Sinnott Air Force Base.
What next?
[GASPS]
Ah!
[SCREECHES]
Whoa.
This wasn't in the forecast.
[SCREAMS]
GIRL: Look at that, Mommy.
BOY: I know.
[GRUNTING]
GIRL:
Superman.
[GROANS]
Superman!
Now, to the kill.
[CROWD SCREAMING]
WOMAN:
Oh, my God!
No!
[GASPS]
Stop him!
[EXPLOSION]
Pull around for another shot.
This guy's about
to be an oil slick.
Looks like the big guy
could use a hand.
Giacoia, move in!
Come on.
Thanks, inspector.
Hey, don't you have a fire
to put out?
[♪♪♪]
[PANTING]
You're a magnificent opponent,
Superman.
But even you must realize
it's hopeless.
Darkseid.
I could easily
destroy you now.
And once you're gone,
the pathetic beings
of this planet
won't have the will
to resist me.
The few who survive, that is.
[GROANING]
However, if you join me
as my loyal vassal,
I could guarantee
a modicum of restraint.
Think of it, Superman.
The power you have now,
it's nothing compared
with what I'm offering you.
You know
I can't do that.
Pity.
Still,
if you won't be my knight,
you will be my pawn.
[SUPERMAN SCREAMS]
MAN:
Citizens are warned to stay
away from Metropolis Plaza,
where police are still trying
to contain the situation--
Gotta get down there.
Whoa, cowgirl,
what are you gonna do?
Hold a gun in one hand
and your IV in the other?
--forces have been mobilized
and are en route to Metropolis.
Dan.
Where's those choppers?
I need cover. Now!
[♪♪♪]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Outstanding.
[GASPS]
[HISSES]
[SNARLS]
[WHIMPERING]
Thanks, inspector.
Get back!
What do you think
you're doin', kid?
This ain't no stunt show.
I'm with the Planet.
I'm their photographer.
That a fact?
Well, get ready to shoot.
Hey, you overgrown parakeets!
Take a snort of this!
Royer, Colletta, cover me!
That's right, chief.
Turpin and his boys
are holding their own.
Maybe even more than that.
[BEEPS]
[CARS HONKING]
[RUMBLING]
What is it?
It ain't no street sweeper.
[CROWD SCREAMING]
What is that thing?
Oh, my Lord.
[WHIMPERS]
[♪♪♪]
Holy Joe.
[GROANING]
Okay, back off. I get the point.
People of Earth,
I am Darkseid,
lord of Apokolips.
Here is your savior,
cowed and broken.
I have crushed him
as easily as I have crushed
all who have dared to oppose me
throughout the cosmos.
I am power unlike
any you have known:
absolute, infinite
and unrelenting.
You have no choice
but to prepare for a long,
dark future as my subjects
and my slaves.
In a pig's eye!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
This is our world, ugly.
You won't get it
without a fight!
You hear that, Darkseid?
The people of Earth aren't like
your slaves on Apokolips.
They don't take kindly
to dictators.
If they resist, I will not
hesitate to destroy them.
You want a piece of me?
Come on! Come on, rockhead!
[CROWD CHEERING]
Jeez. Is he crazy?
Yeah.
Don't they know this is suicide?
Better a quick death in battle
than a slow one under your heel.
Darkseid, we've detected
military aircraft
heading this way.
I don't care how many crummy
planets you've conquered.
You ain't gettin' this one.
No!
[CROWD CHEERING]
That's one for the home team.
Let's finish it.
Very well.
This world dies now.
Darkseid.
High Father has decreed this
planet is under his protection.
Any further aggression
will breach the peace treaty
and be considered an act of war
against New Genesis itself.
The decision is yours, Darkseid.
It is good to see you
after all these years, my son.
I've observed your boldness
and ferocity for some time
not without undue pride.
Though you're misguided
in your loyalty,
I won't quibble
over this insignificant speck
in the universe.
I would hate to spoil
our reunion with bloodshed.
Return.
Go on, you mangy buzzards.
And don't come back.
Savor your moment of triumph,
Superman.
But remember,
victory has its price.
[SCREAMS]
Dan!
[CROWD GASPS]
[GASPS]
Murderer!
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMS]
[YELLING]
[BLOWS THUDDING]
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
♪ Amen ♪
Goodbye, old friend.
In the end, the world
didn't really need a super man,
just a brave one.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
My name is Orion.
I fled from the fire-pits
of Apokolips to warn you.
He's coming.
SUPERMAN:
Who is?
Darkseid.
He's already provided
human agents
with Apokoliptic weaponry.
Maggie!
We're ready to begin
phase two, Mr. Mannheim.
You may use this to contact me
when you need further help.
Orion was right.
It isn't over.
HAMILTON:
We've been monitoring
the hot zone by satellite.
The explosion triggered
a meltdown
in the power plant's
central reactor.
It's burning straight through
the substrata now.
And it will get hotter
and hotter
until it reaches
the Earth's core.
What then?
As this simulation shows,
it will explode,
setting off a series
of violent eruptions
which will cover the earth
with more burn holes.
I've never seen anything
like it.
Yes, you have.
We all have.
On Apokolips.
Your plan worked, Darkseid.
Earth is ours.
Your enthusiasm is premature,
Kalibak.
Superman will still try
to resist me.
Then send me.
I'm ready.
I'll crush him this time.
Don't remind me
of your ignominious defeat.
You'll stay at my side
where I can see you.
Father, please.
No! This prey requires
a more experienced hunter.
Steppenwolf.
I look forward to adding
a new trophy to my collection.
The radioactive hole is now only
a few hundred meters deep.
But that's going to increase,
and quickly.
TURPIN:
Shouldn't you be paging
your new best friend
the buckethead?
I was just thinking
about Orion.
What's the matter?
Fried.
Must have been
the pulse from the explosion.
We're on our own now.
If the reactor melts
through the top mantle,
we'll never stop it.
[♪♪♪]
[ENERGY CRACKLES]
This will be good hunting.
You picked
the wrong time, pal.
Ah!
[CREATURES SNARLING]
Para-Demons, attack!
Argh!
[HORNS HONKING]
Jeez. We've got a meltdown
on Ayers Island,
a war
at Sinnott Air Force Base.
What next?
[GASPS]
Ah!
[SCREECHES]
Whoa.
This wasn't in the forecast.
[SCREAMS]
GIRL: Look at that, Mommy.
BOY: I know.
[GRUNTING]
GIRL:
Superman.
[GROANS]
Superman!
Now, to the kill.
[CROWD SCREAMING]
WOMAN:
Oh, my God!
No!
[GASPS]
Stop him!
[EXPLOSION]
Pull around for another shot.
This guy's about
to be an oil slick.
Looks like the big guy
could use a hand.
Giacoia, move in!
Come on.
Thanks, inspector.
Hey, don't you have a fire
to put out?
[♪♪♪]
[PANTING]
You're a magnificent opponent,
Superman.
But even you must realize
it's hopeless.
Darkseid.
I could easily
destroy you now.
And once you're gone,
the pathetic beings
of this planet
won't have the will
to resist me.
The few who survive, that is.
[GROANING]
However, if you join me
as my loyal vassal,
I could guarantee
a modicum of restraint.
Think of it, Superman.
The power you have now,
it's nothing compared
with what I'm offering you.
You know
I can't do that.
Pity.
Still,
if you won't be my knight,
you will be my pawn.
[SUPERMAN SCREAMS]
MAN:
Citizens are warned to stay
away from Metropolis Plaza,
where police are still trying
to contain the situation--
Gotta get down there.
Whoa, cowgirl,
what are you gonna do?
Hold a gun in one hand
and your IV in the other?
--forces have been mobilized
and are en route to Metropolis.
Dan.
Where's those choppers?
I need cover. Now!
[♪♪♪]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
Outstanding.
[GASPS]
[HISSES]
[SNARLS]
[WHIMPERING]
Thanks, inspector.
Get back!
What do you think
you're doin', kid?
This ain't no stunt show.
I'm with the Planet.
I'm their photographer.
That a fact?
Well, get ready to shoot.
Hey, you overgrown parakeets!
Take a snort of this!
Royer, Colletta, cover me!
That's right, chief.
Turpin and his boys
are holding their own.
Maybe even more than that.
[BEEPS]
[CARS HONKING]
[RUMBLING]
What is it?
It ain't no street sweeper.
[CROWD SCREAMING]
What is that thing?
Oh, my Lord.
[WHIMPERS]
[♪♪♪]
Holy Joe.
[GROANING]
Okay, back off. I get the point.
People of Earth,
I am Darkseid,
lord of Apokolips.
Here is your savior,
cowed and broken.
I have crushed him
as easily as I have crushed
all who have dared to oppose me
throughout the cosmos.
I am power unlike
any you have known:
absolute, infinite
and unrelenting.
You have no choice
but to prepare for a long,
dark future as my subjects
and my slaves.
In a pig's eye!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
This is our world, ugly.
You won't get it
without a fight!
You hear that, Darkseid?
The people of Earth aren't like
your slaves on Apokolips.
They don't take kindly
to dictators.
If they resist, I will not
hesitate to destroy them.
You want a piece of me?
Come on! Come on, rockhead!
[CROWD CHEERING]
Jeez. Is he crazy?
Yeah.
Don't they know this is suicide?
Better a quick death in battle
than a slow one under your heel.
Darkseid, we've detected
military aircraft
heading this way.
I don't care how many crummy
planets you've conquered.
You ain't gettin' this one.
No!
[CROWD CHEERING]
That's one for the home team.
Let's finish it.
Very well.
This world dies now.
Darkseid.
High Father has decreed this
planet is under his protection.
Any further aggression
will breach the peace treaty
and be considered an act of war
against New Genesis itself.
The decision is yours, Darkseid.
It is good to see you
after all these years, my son.
I've observed your boldness
and ferocity for some time
not without undue pride.
Though you're misguided
in your loyalty,
I won't quibble
over this insignificant speck
in the universe.
I would hate to spoil
our reunion with bloodshed.
Return.
Go on, you mangy buzzards.
And don't come back.
Savor your moment of triumph,
Superman.
But remember,
victory has its price.
[SCREAMS]
Dan!
[CROWD GASPS]
[GASPS]
Murderer!
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMS]
[YELLING]
[BLOWS THUDDING]
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
♪ Amen ♪
Goodbye, old friend.
In the end, the world
didn't really need a super man,
just a brave one.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]