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  • 6/4/2025
"Defenders of the Earth" is an animated science fiction series that unites some of King Features Syndicate’s most iconic comic strip heroes into one superhero team to battle evil forces threatening Earth. The series is set in the year 2015 (a distant future at the time of release) and blends high-tech action with classic pulp comic lore.

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00:01Defenders of the Earth! Defenders!
00:05Out of the sky, his rockets ignite!
00:08He gets into battle, flying faster than light!
00:12Lord of the jungle, the hero who stalks!
00:15The beast call him brother, the go of the war!
00:19Defenders of the Earth!
00:22Master of magic, spells and illusion!
00:26Enemies crumble in fear and confusion!
00:30And drink!
00:31Defenders of the Earth!
00:32Enders!
00:35His strength is a legend, his skills conquer all!
00:38Armed with his power, we never will fall!
00:42Defenders of the Earth!
00:44Enders!
00:46With our new young heroes proving their worth!
00:49Four become eight, defending the Earth!
00:52Defenders of the Earth!
00:54Enders!
00:55Defenders of the Earth!
00:57Defenders of the Earth!
01:04Look at the size of that line, LJ!
01:09We'll be lucky to get into the store before midnight!
01:11Hey, the cashier over there!
01:28How do you know this is what I want?
01:30Because that's all everybody wants!
01:31The household helper robot!
01:32I can't keep enough of them in stock!
01:33Do you want it or not?
01:34I've got a hundred other people waiting!
01:35I'll take it!
01:36I'll take it!
01:37Talk about pushy!
01:38Wow!
01:39The inventor of these robots must be making a fortune!
01:40Oh!
01:41Oh!
01:42Oh!
01:43Oh!
01:44Oh!
01:45Oh!
01:46Oh, oh!
01:47Oh!
01:48Oh!
01:49Oh!
01:50Oh!
01:51Oh!
01:53Oh!
01:54I don't know.
02:24Your household helper robots are in over a million homes worldwide, sire.
02:41Excellent.
02:42Within 24 hours, my robots will enslave every one of their owners by hypno-beam.
02:48Even the defenders of the Earth will not be able to stop me this time.
03:01You don't think this toy will really work, do you?
03:04Give it a chance, Jedha.
03:07I am your new household helper.
03:11Calm down, Zuffy. It's only a robot.
03:20That's funny. I've never seen Zuffy act this way before.
03:25It must be something about the robot.
03:26We must step up production.
03:34We are operating at peak capacity, sire.
03:38It's not fast enough.
03:40If we work any faster, sire, the power surge could alert the defenders of our activities.
03:46If the defenders of the Earth are foolish enough to try to interfere,
03:50I have a few surprises that will make them sorry they did.
03:55Let's do it.
04:12If we work any faster, do we may move to the Flood Cranes?
04:22Hi, guys.
04:42Welcome back.
04:43Notice anything different?
04:45The place never looks so clean.
04:48Well, chores are a responsibility I take seriously.
04:50Very surprising. Considering your usual aversion to household work, I'm proud of all of you.
04:57Then you'll be extra proud of the new robot response. It's been dusting and cleaning all day.
05:03Way to go, Kashin. Well, we did have a little help.
05:07Who or whatever did it? It looks marvelous. Every house should have one of these little guys.
05:14Well, I, for one, don't like it.
05:16Why do you say that, Jedha?
05:17I can't explain it, Father, but there's something about this robot that just doesn't feel right.
05:22Well, if it'll make you feel any better, I'll run the robot through instrument examination.
05:28I sure would like to meet the genius who designed this thing.
05:33Do not alter circuits. Do not alter circuits. Do not alter circuits.
05:39Don't worry, little fella. I won't hurt you. I promise.
05:42Final warning. Do not alter circuits.
05:45I'm just looking.
05:48Hey, look at this. It's a long-range, ultra-high-frequency receiver.
05:53What's it doing in robot?
05:55I don't know. Unless...
05:59Rick! Rick, what's the matter?
06:02I await the orders of the Emperor Ming.
06:05That beam has put Rick in a hypnotic trance.
06:11Jedha, we gotta do something fast.
06:13Wait, LJ. That reflector gives me an idea.
06:16I know what you're thinking. And I'm one step ahead of ya.
06:21Or should I say...
06:22One leap...
06:24...ahead of ya.
06:25LJ, look out!
06:26Systems overload! Systems overload!
06:32Shut down! Shut down!
06:36Rick! Rick! Are you alright?
06:39What's going on?
06:41What happened?
06:42Meme happened.
06:43What...
06:44What are you talking about?
06:45Your innocent household robot is a soldier of Ming.
06:48Luckily, LJ was able to overload it.
06:51Hey, it was nothing.
06:53Thousands of these robots have already been sold.
06:56We've got to alert all the other robot owners.
06:58Dynak, how is Ming controlling the robots?
07:01He is transmitting his orders by satellite.
07:04Dynak, compute coordinates for Ming's satellite.
07:07We've got to blow it out of the sky.
07:09Coordinates computing.
07:10I'm on my way.
07:11You will reach Ming's satellite in exactly 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
07:28Gotcha, Dynak.
07:38This is almost too easy.
07:42Sire.
07:44What is it?
07:45The satellite, sire.
07:47It is in jeopardy.
07:49As planned, Octon.
07:51That fool Flash Gordon has fallen into my trap.
07:55Activate the tractor beam.
07:57Immediately, my lord, me.
08:06Dynak, what's happening?
08:08I need maximum power.
08:09You are engulfed in a tractor beam.
08:12Break me loose from it.
08:13Impossible.
08:14The tractor beam is too powerful.
08:20I've got to do something.
08:22The tractor beam is pulling me towards Earth.
08:24I'm trapped.
08:25Flash's ship is being drawn toward Ice Station Earth.
08:38There's got to be some way to break Ming's tractor beam.
08:41Overriding the tractor beam will cause the ship to explode.
08:45But there's got to be something we can do.
08:48Lothar, Phantom and I will assist Flash.
08:50The rest of you find a way to neutralize Ming's helpful robots before it's too late.
08:54I feel responsible for this mess.
09:02It's all my fault we ever got mixed up with Ming's robots.
09:06It's not your fault, Rick.
09:07You didn't know any of this was going to happen.
09:10LJ's right, Rick.
09:11If you hadn't brought the robot home, we never would have discovered Ming's plan.
09:14I know you're right, but it doesn't help my dad.
09:33According to Sinset,
09:35there should be an air shaft
09:41leading straight into Ice Station Earth.
09:45Lothar, my friend,
09:47you never cease to amaze me.
09:53I think it's best we split up.
09:56Mandric and I will find Ming's control room
09:58and stop his tractor beam.
10:00And I will find out where Ming manufactures his household helpers.
10:11That must be their final inspection line.
10:13Yes.
10:14It appears they're programming the household robots
10:17to tidy up whatever needs tidying.
10:19To reach Ming, we must get past those ice robots.
10:23That will be dirty work.
10:25Indeed.
10:27Dirtier than you think.
10:28Dirtier than you think.
10:58I would say this one is all washed up.
11:21Quite.
11:22But the other chap is still in a bit of a lather.
11:25Within minutes, Flash Gordon will be my slave.
11:47Welcome, Mandric and Lothar.
11:57Underestimating my defenses
11:59is the last mistake you will ever make.
12:03That should slow things down a bit.
12:29security alert, security alert, security alert, security alert, security alert.
12:42There, there, my pet.
12:45As always, I have everything well in hand.
12:48What's this?
12:49The phantom!
12:51The phantom!
12:52Octav!
12:53Find the phantom and destroy him!
13:08Something wrong, Ming?
13:10Are you worried?
13:11Are you worried?
13:13It is you who should worry, magician.
13:40If I could just reach that little crane.
13:47If I could just reach that little crane.
13:49Ow!
13:50I will tolerate no more delays.
14:12The Phantom must be found.
14:15Now it is time to welcome Flash Gordon.
14:20Nice of Ming to send his welcoming committee.
14:50Flash Gordon, how nice to see you.
14:57The feeling is not mutual, Ming.
14:59Save your breath, Earthling.
15:03The battle is over.
15:05As long as there's a breath left in my body, I'll never give up the fight.
15:10There's got to be something I've overlooked.
15:12You have raised every known frequency.
15:15None will disable the robot.
15:17Ming is preparing to activate HypnoBeam.
15:20Zero in on that frequency, Dynaq.
15:22Program it into the frequency inhibitor.
15:24That's just what we've been waiting for.
15:27It seems the Phantom poses no further threat to me.
15:41Within minutes, my HypnoBeam will give me complete control of Earth.
15:47Octom.
15:48Yes, sire.
15:50Activate the HypnoBeam.
15:55You know, this household helper robot is the best thing we ever bought.
16:07Emperor Ming is my master.
16:14We obey Ming the Merciless.
16:17Ming is our master.
16:27We will serve Ming the Merciless.
16:30Ming is our master.
16:32I await the orders of Emperor Ming.
16:35Detective
16:37Victor
16:38Wright
16:41Rick, look, it's moving.
16:43It's now or never.
16:45Dynaq, activate the frequency inhibitor.
16:48Warning. System overload. Shut down.
16:57You stopped it.
17:02Now Dynaq, send the frequency inhibitor to my son's now.
17:04inhibitor through Ming's own satellite. Frequency inhibitor activated. I hope this works.
17:23What happened? I don't know.
17:34What is it? What's wrong? The hypno-beam activator has been altered. The robots have been short-circuited.
17:45Sigh. Ming, you have been beaten. Silence!
17:50Ming's playmates are closing in. By jungle law, the ghost who walks calls forth the power of ten tigers.
17:59Sigh. The main power generator. If I can get the ice robots to overload it with enough laser blasts, the intense heat will start a chain reaction and blow up the whole plant.
18:18Sigh. The generator is dangerously overloading.
18:22Octon, shut down all systems in Robolab.
18:26It's too late, sire.
18:34Mandrake, now's our chance to kill the power in this force field.
18:38Good thinking, Logar.
18:40I just hope my power of telekinesis is strong enough.
18:49More, Mandrake. Come on, you can do it.
18:52Let's go.
19:11Sire, the defenders of the Earth have escaped.
19:17Initiate emergency evacuation procedures.
19:20Keep moving.
19:26The Robolab's about to blow.
19:38Well, I'll be.
19:40Ming has more lives than a cat.
19:43And there goes the Robolab.
19:44That's the prettiest fireworks display I've ever seen.
19:52Nice work, Phantom, old buddy.
19:59I don't believe it.
20:01What happened to all of your labor-saving devices?
20:04Well, sometimes getting out of work takes more effort than the work itself.

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