[THUNDER]
GO HAVE SOME FUN, BOYS.
AND REMEMBER...
THE HOUR OF DARKNESS HAS ARRIVED.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THE ACMETROPOLIS SERIES-5 RADAR, BOYS.
AND NOW IT´S MINE.
WHO...WHO ARE YOU?
HA HA HA!
I´M BLACK VELVET, DARLING.
AND I´LL BE TAKING OVER NOW.
Echo: NOW...NOW...
IN THE YEAR 2772,
A METEOR STRIKES
THE CITY PLANET OF ACMETROPOLIS,
KNOCKING IT OFF ITS AXIS.
THIS COSMIC EVENT RELEASES SUPERNATURAL FORCES,
UNLEASHING A NEW KIND OF HERO--
THE LOONATICS.
[WORDLESS CHORAL SINGING]
HELLO. SUPERHERO COSTUME DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE?
I´VE BEEN TRYING TO PLACE AN ORDER. UH--
UH, HELLO?
UHH! YEAH!
[CHOMPING NOISILY]
[BURPS LOUDLY]
PLEASE, SLAM. I´M TRYING TO HEAR.
OH. THERE YOU ARE. I´D LIKE TO ORDER
THE PERFORATED SUAVE SUPERHERO´S CAPE
IN ROBIN´S-EGG BLUE.
Woman: I´LL CHECK ON YOUR ORDER, SIR. PLEASE HOLD.
JUST TRYIN´ TO JAZZ THINGS UP A BIT,
GIVE THE COSTUME A LITTLE FLAIR,
STAND OUT MORE IN FRONT OF THE BOSS LADY.
UH-HUH.
[CHOMPING LOUDLY]
[GULPS]
LIKE YOU CARE.
HE´S SO INTO THE MEDITATING THING.
EVER SINCE I SHOWED HIM
HOW TO DO IT,
HELLO? HELLO?
NOTHIN´ DISTURBS HIM.
[DIALING, BUSY SIGNAL]
THIS IS RIDICULOUS!
IT´S THE 28th CENTURY!
WE´VE GOT JET PACKS, HOVERCRAFTS,
COMPUTER-SYNCHRONIZED LATTE MAKERS,
BUT I STILL CAN´T GET A GOOD CELL SIGNAL
ON THE 134th FLOOR!
[RING]
MMM?
[RING]
DUCK, SHUT THAT RINGER OFF.
AT LEAST THE RINGER WORKS. THE REST OF IT´S JUNK.
HAVE SOME RESPECT.
I´M CLEARING MY MIND HERE.
HMMHH! PLEASE.
YOU´D NEED A HAZMAT TEAM
TO CLEAR THE JUNK OUTTA YOUR HEAD, TECH.
[RING] HELLO?
[BEEPING] HELLO?
OHHH! I´VE HAD IT!
NO MORE TECHNOLOGY FOR ME.
FROM NOW ON, I DO EVERYTHING
THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
YEAH, RIGHT. NO PHONE?
NO E-MP3 MUSIC BLASTER 5000?
AND NO HIGH-TECH WEAPONS?
WHO NEEDS ´EM?
MY BARE HANDS ARE LETHAL WEAPONS.
YOU COULDN´T GO ONE LOW-TECH WEEK
WITHOUT HIGH-TECH STUFF.
HO HO HO! REALLY?
WELL, I´M NOT YOU, MR. TECHNO GEEK.
MAKE YOU A BET.
IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH ONE WEEK,
I´LL BUY YOU THAT NEW CAPE MYSELF.
AND IF NOT, YOU BUY IT FOR ME.
I WANT THE MATCHING KNEE-HIGH BOOTS.
NO PROBLEM.
YOU´RE ON, MISTER!
BY THE WAY, I´M A 13...WIDE.
GATHER AROUND, LOONATICS.
WE HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS,
BESIDES DUCK´S NEW COSTUME REQUEST.
BEGIN THE HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING FEED.
MOMENTS AGO, SOMEONE CALLING HERSELF BLACK VELVET
STOLE THE ACME DOPPLER SERIES-5 RADAR SYSTEM.
THAT SYSTEM DIRECTS ALL AIR AND SPACE TRAFFIC
IN AND OUT OF ACMETROPOLIS.
SO MUCH FOR OUR WEEKEND GETAWAY TO ACMEPULCO.
I´M AFRAID IT GETS WORSE.
THEY´VE ALSO TAKEN THE ACME SUPERCOMPUTER.
THAT´S THE MOST ADVANCED SYSTEM
ON THE PLANET.
I SHOULD KNOW. I BUILT IT FOR THEM.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU RELY ON TECHNOLOGY?
UTTER CHAOS!
I AM SO GOING TO WIN THIS BET.
DUCK...PAY ATTENTION!
Duck: YES´M.
I´M UPLOADING SECURITY FOOTAGE NOW.
Ace: GET US A CLOSER SHOT OF THOSE RAIDERS, TECH.
Tech: DONE. HMM. MOST FASCINATING.
HUBBA-HUBBA! HOO-HOO-HOO-BA!
SHE´S NOT THAT PRETTY.
NAW, HE´S RIGHT. SHE´S HOT.
KEEP YOUR EYEBALLS IN YOUR HEAD.
ATTRACTIVE OR NOT, SHE´S BAD TO THE BONE,
AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE´S UP TO.
GOOD LUCK, LOONATICS.
ZODAVIA OUT.
ALL RIGHTY, GANG. LET´S JET.
UM...ACE?
AREN´T WE GOING THE WRONG WAY?
THE SPACE PORT IS EAST.
YEAH, BUT WE´RE GOIN´
WHERE THE ACTION IS. CHECK OUT THE SKYLINE.
JUST LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THE FOIST ATTACK.
THAT´S RIGHT OVER THE ACME TECH UNIVERSITY.
WHICH IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND
OF GEEKS, DWEEBS, AND BRAINIAC NERDS.
I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE.
THERE´S A SHOCKER.
DOES THIS PUPPY HAVE A HYPERDRIVE?
I´LL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
MOMMY! SOMEONE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS!
UHHH...
FAILED AGAIN BY TECHNOLOGY.
TECH. ANY THOUGHTS? ANY SUGGESTIONS?
RIGHT NOW, REV´S GOTTA BE OUR EYES.
NO PROBLEM, TECH.
WITH MY BUILT-IN GPS, I GOT A LOCK ON ´EM.
WATCH OUT, MY TEAM! YOU´RE SURROUNDED!
BACK OFF, BOYS.
CONTACTS VARY 45 DEGREES, 46 DEGREES,
47 DEGREES, 48 DEGREES...
UHH! UHH!
SLAM, THEY´RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YA!
SPIN STRAIGHT AHEAD!
NO, NO! SLAM! WATCH OUT!
Black Velvet: THE LIGHT WAVE ELIMINATOR.
MY PLAN IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
TAKE IT AWAY, BOYS.
I CAN´T SEE ´EM, BUT I CAN SMELL ´EM!
HYAH!
HYAH SOMEWHERE ELSE, DUCK.
SORRY.
WE HAVE WHAT WE CAME FOR.
CLUSTER. CLUSTER.
I SEE DARK DAYS AHEAD, LOONATICS.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
[RUMBLING]
[STAMMERING]
LOONATICS, LET´S JET!
DUCK! OH, NO!
DIG HIM OUT!
COME ON, COME ON.
LITTLE HELP HERE!
GO! GO! GO!
WHOO-HOO! MISSED ME.
Black Velvet: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, LOONATICS.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
COME ON!
WE CAN´T LOSE ´EM NOW!
TIME TO POP THIS BALLOON.
PICKIN´ UP ANYTHING, TECH?
THEY MUST´VE EMPLOYED SOME SORT OF CLOAKING DEVICE.
ANYTHING, REV?
NO TRACE, NO SIGN, NO MARK, NO TRAIL,
NO HEAT, NO SCRAP, NO LICK, NO SPECK,
NO PARTICLE, NO NOTHIN´.
I HATE BEIN´ LEFT IN THE DARK.
Duck: WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?
[INDISTINCT SHOUT]
HUH.
WHERE DID TECH GO?
[GASPS] LOOK.
Velvet: HA HA HA HA HA!
ALL RIGHT, LOONATICS...
SHE´S GOT SOMETHIN´ TO LEARN.
YOU TAKE ONE... YOU TAKE US ALL.
Rev: ACE, I´M PICKIN´ SOMETHING UP STRAIGHT AHEAD.
I SEE ´EM!
3 BOGIES AT 12 O´CLOCK. TAKE EVASIVE ACTION.
WELCOME TO MY CITY IN THE CLOUDS.
ISN´T IT GORGEOUS?
I BUILT IT FOR MYSELF AND ALL MY SHADOW BOYS
SO WE COULD LIVE HIGH IN THE SKY.
BEATS THE ROCK YOU CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER.
IN CASE YOU HAVEN´T NOTICED, I´M NO COMMON THIEF.
I´M NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
THANKS TO THE METEOR THAT HIT EARTH,
MY EYES HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SCARRED.
Echo: SCARRED.
AND YOUR BRAIN´S BEEN PERMANENTLY SCRAMBLED.
I CAN NO LONGER TOLERATE ANY LIGHT.
I´VE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE HIDDEN HERE FOR FAR TOO LONG,
WHICH IS WHY I NEED A SCIENTIST
OF YOUR GENIUS TO HELP ME.
NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
I KNOW WHAT YOU´RE UP TO.
OH, REALLY? ENLIGHTEN ME.
YOU´LL USE THE DOPPLER RADAR
TO PROJECT A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS
POWERED BY PULSES
FROM THE LIGHT WAVE ELIMINATOR,
WHICH WILL BLOCK OUT OUR SUN
AND PLUNGE ACMETROPOLIS INTO PERMANENT DARKNESS.
I CALL IT THE SHROUD-CASTER...
AND SOON EVERYONE WILL SUFFER AS I HAVE.
BUT YOU´VE FORGOTTEN THE PART
WHERE THE INDUSTRIOUS COYOTE BUILDS IT FOR ME.
YOU´RE DREAMIN´, HOT STUFF.
NOT MANY DOGS CAN RESIST MY CHARMS, TECH...
´SPECIALLY AN OVERWORKED INVENTOR
WHO DOESN´T GET OUT MUCH. HA!
WH-WHA--WH-- NOT THE FACE!
DON´T RESIST MY SHADOW FORCE, BABY,
AS IT REACHES INTO YOUR MIND,
GIVING ME COMPLETE CONTROL.
Echo: CONTROL...CONTROL...
UHH...OHHH...
NOW...HOW ABOUT YOU GET TO WORK?
ALL RIGHT, BABY?
[HYPNOTIZED] AS YOU WISH.
CAN´T YOU SHAKE THESE THINGS?
Duck: WE´RE DOOMED. DOOMED!
ALL RIGHT, SLAM.
THEY LEAVE US NO OTHER CHOICE.
PREPARE FOR MANEUVER 180.
NOW, SLAM! FIRE!
Lexi: THE ATTACK LEADERS ARE GOING BACK TO THE ZEPPELIN!
Ace: NOW THE ZEPPELIN´S THE TARGET.
BUT TECH´S UP THERE.
OOPS.
THEN WE´VE GOTTA STOP THOSE MISSILES...NOW!
WE GOTTA STOP THOSE MISSILES
BEFORE THEY BLOW THE ZEPPELIN
AND TECH OUT OF THE SKY!
CAN YOU BRAIN-BLAST ´EM, LEX?
NOT FROM HERE.
FOIST ONE´S YOURS, REV.
I AM COMING!
HERE´S MY CHANCE TO RIP ON TECHNOLOGY!
THE NEXT ONE´S MINE.
Ace: YOU GOT IT, DUCK.
LITTLE BIT CLOSER. A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
ALL RIGHT. LET´S SEE.
NO, THAT´S NOT IT. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?
NO, THAT´S NOT IT, EITHER.
MAYBE THIS ONE? NO! THIS ONE? UH...
HE´S UNFLABBABLE, UNSTOPPABLE, UNBELIEVABLE!
HE´S SHOOTS!
HE SCORES! BACK TO YOU, CHARLIE.
NICE, REV.
HIT THE SHOWERS.
HEY, UH--[CHUCKLES]--
LOOKS LIKE WE´RE RUNNING OUT OF SKY HERE, LEX.
ON THE COUNT OF 3.
1...2...2 1/2...3!
Ace: BULL´S-EYE, LEX!
Both: WHOA!
ALL RIGHT, LEXI!
YOU KNOCKED OUT THEIR CLOAKING.
NOW WHERE´S DUCK?
HMM. HMM.
INSERT TAB B INTO FLAP C,
THEN CUT WIRE D...
GRAB THE WHEEL, LEX.
OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!
INSERT TAB B INTO--
OH, WHERE IS THE MANUAL?
HEY! I WAS JUST FIGURING OUT
HOW TO FLY THAT THING.
A FEW MORE SECONDS, AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN--
ROASTED DUCK?
UGH.
CHECK THE COMPARTMENTS.
I´M SURE TECH PACKED US SOMETHING JUST IN CASE.
IN CASE OF WHAT?
THE USUAL. MUTANT VIKINGS, GIANT FUZZ BALLS.
THE NINGIZER 500.
AND NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES, TOO!
SLAM, TIME TO DO YOUR THING.
Lexi: WHOA. WE´RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.
ACTIVATE NIGHT-VISION OPTICALS.
ACTIVATED. ACTIVATED.
LET´S GO CRUSH SOME VELVET.
PIECE OF CAKE.
[CHUCKLES]
[GROWLS]
RIGHT BEHIND YOU, SLAM.
[GROWLS]
HEY, UH, TECH, OLD PAL.
LET´S MAKE LIKE AN ATOM AND SPLIT.
UH, TECH?
HE´S NOT ANSWERING.
TECH ONLY ANSWERS TO ME NOW.
YOU BOYS ARE JUST IN TIME
TO WATCH US USHER IN THE DARK AGES.
AH-AH. NOT TONIGHT, LOONATICS.
UHH!
DUCK, MAYBE YOU CAN DEAL WITH HER FRIENDS.
RIGHTY-O, ACE.
[GRUNTS]
STRIKE!
GUYS, TELL ME YOU´RE READY.
I NEED ANOTHER MINUTE.
HYAH!
UHH-HYAH!
TAKE 2 ASPIRIN AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING.
MISS VELVET,
YOUR SHROUD-CASTER IS READY.
WHY THANK YOU, BABY.
Ace: TECH! NO!
HA HA!
UHH! UHH!
ACTIVATE THE SHROUD-CASTER...NOW!
TECH! COME ON, BUDDY BOY! WAKE UP!
UHH...HYAH!
WAIT. I CAN WAKE HIM.
[BEEP, PHONE ALARM RINGING]
UGH! THAT ANNOYING PHONE!
I NEED A LITTLE HELP HERE, TECH.
ACTIVATING NIGHT VISION.
HA! TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
DARKNESS WAS MY CURSE.
NOW IT WILL BE YOURS, LOONATICS.
[GASPS]
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIGHT?
I DON´T KNOW.
THERE´S BEEN BLACKOUTS ALL OVER THE CITY.
LEXI, HAVE YOU REVERSED THE POLARITY?
NOT YET, ACE!
Lexi: GOT IT!
[SLAM GROWLS]
MY CITY OF DARKNESS!
NO!
Ace: I THINK IT´S TIME FOR US TO GET OUT OF DODGE.
REV RUNNER FIGHTS FOR THE SAUCER...
BUT REV BEATS HIM TO IT.
HE LAYS IT INTO THE CORNER...
BUT PICKED UP BY REV RUNNER!
ANOTHER TRICKY SHOT...
BUT NOT QUITE TRICKY ENOUGH!
REV SHOOTS. SAVED BY REV RUNNER!
LOOKS LIKE REV REALLY CAME TO PLAY.
HE SHOOTS. HE SCORES! AND THE FANS GO WILD!
[MUMBLES, CHEERS]
HAS ANYBODY SEEN TECH?
I THINK HE HAS SOMETHING
HE MIGHT WANT TO SAY TO ME.
THANKS.
I WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED THEM.
NICE, HUH?
THEY´RE SENDING YOU THE BILL.
BUT--BUT THOSE ARE MINE!
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BUY THOSE FOR ME!
UH, YOU USED YOUR PHONE, DUCK. WE ALL SAW YA.
BUT I--I ONLY USED THE PHONE TO SAVE HIM!
IF NOT FOR ME, HE´D STILL BE WALKING AROUND,
"WHATEVER YOU SAY, O VELVETY ONE."
A BET´S A BET.
GOOD WORK, LOONATICS.
DESPITE BLACK VELVET´S DISAPPEARING ACT,
THE SHROUD-CASTER HAS BEEN DISMANTLED
AND ALL THE PARTS HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
OH, MY, TECH. DON´T YOU LOOK HEROIC.
WHY, THANK YOU, ZODAVIA.
Zodavia: VERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED.
BUT--BUT--BUT...
ZODAVIA OUT.
WAIT! COME BACK!
I PICKED OUT THE CAPE AND THE MATCHING BOOTS!
I´M THE HEROIC-LOOKING ONE!
BE IMPRESSED WITH ME!
MAYBE YOU CAN CALL HER BACK ON YOUR CELL PHONE.
IF YOU CAN GET A SIGNAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU´RE ALL DESPICABLE.