"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!
00:57Enders!
00:58Enders!
00:59Enders!
01:00Enders!
01:01Enders!
01:02Enders!
01:03Enders!
01:04Enders!
01:05Enders!
01:06Enders!
01:07Enders!
01:08Enders!
01:09Enders!
01:10Enders!
01:11This reminds me of the swamps on Rigel 3, so keep your eyes peeled, LJ!
01:15Great!
01:16Maybe we'll run into one of your old friends and have a party or something!
01:19I wish you'd take this more seriously!
01:22Ming's robots could be anywhere!
01:23Lighten up, Jedha!
01:24This is nothing but a fantasy land!
01:27Look out!
01:28Ice robots!
01:29There's too many of them, LJ!
01:30Fall back!
01:31Hey, it's only a game!
01:33LJ!
01:34Use a Nova grenade!
01:35Hurry!
01:36Here!
01:37It's your fantasy, you throw it!
01:38LJ!
01:39Get yourself up here right away!
01:40Here we go again!
01:41What's wrong with you, LJ?
01:42These battle simulations could save your life!
01:43Or someone else's life someday!
01:45I'm terribly disappointed in you!
01:47Yeah!
01:48Well, I'm a little disappointed in you!
01:49Yeah!
01:50Well, I'm a little disappointed that you refused to notice that I'm growing up!
01:54I mean, this is just make-believe, Dad!
01:55Kid stuff!
01:56You won't think it's kid stuff if Ming ever gets his cold hands on you!
01:59Well, Ming hasn't caught me yet!
02:00What's eating LJ?
02:01Adulthood!
02:02Huh?
02:03What Lothar means, Skushim, is that LJ wants to act like a grown-up, but he's not yet clear
02:06on how it's done!
02:07I hope he figures it out soon for both our sakes!
02:10Warning!
02:11Warning!
02:12Warning!
02:13Unauthorized transmission from Ice Station Earth!
02:15Greetings, Flash Gordon!
02:16Ming!
02:17Ice Station Earth!
02:18Greetings, Flash Gordon!
02:19Ming!
02:20Ice Station Earth!
02:21Oh, what's eating LJ?
02:22What's eating LJ?
02:23Adulthood!
02:24Huh?
02:25What Lothar means, Skushim, is that LJ wants to act like a grown-up, but he's not yet clear
02:26on how it's done!
02:27I hope he figures it out soon for both our sakes!
02:30Warning!
02:31Warning!
02:32Warning!
02:33Unauthorized transmission from Ice Station Earth!
02:38Greetings, Flash Gordon!
02:43Ming!
02:44I see my spies on Mongo were right!
02:47You've brought me a gift!
02:49Morlag, the leader of the Underground Rebellion on Mongo!
02:54Once we've beaten your ice robots on Mongo, we'll track you to the ends of the universe
03:00and make you pay for your crimes!
03:02Brave words, Lizardmen!
03:05But it will take more than words to save your scaly hide now!
03:10Attention!
03:11Attention!
03:12Robo ships incoming!
03:15Now comes the fun part!
03:17This is your idea of fun?
03:20Watch this!
03:21Just like shooting ducks in a...
03:23Uh-oh!
03:24Our defense systems are gone!
03:26Are we having fun yet?
03:28We will in a minute!
03:29Hold on to your scales!
03:30There's a place down on the moon I once used for piloting practice!
03:33Corkscrew Canyon!
03:35Hope you know what you're doing, Flash!
03:36Don't worry!
03:37Trust me!
03:38Watch this!
03:39Can I look now?
03:40You're missing all the fun!
03:41We've just got one more of Ming's little playmates to shake!
03:45There's how we'll do it!
03:46The Devil's Keyhole!
03:47Tell me this isn't fun now!
03:48Are you crazy?
03:49We'll never get through!
03:50Sure we will, Morlang, old buddy!
03:51You're inches to spare!
03:52I hope we make it to monitor without having any more fun!
03:54I've had my fun quota for the week!
03:56Congratulate yourself while you can, Flash Gorn!
03:57But if I can't destroy the leader of the Lizardmen, then I will destroy what he has come to Earth for!
04:02The Sun Madam!
04:03It's the Devil's Keyhole!
04:04I'm a big fan of the Devil's Keyhole!
04:05I'm a big fan of the Devil's Keyhole!
04:06I'm a big fan of the Devil's Keyhole!
04:07I'm a big fan of the Devil's Keyhole!
04:08Tell me this isn't fun now!
04:09Are you crazy?
04:10We'll never get through!
04:11Sure we will, Morlang, old buddy!
04:12But with inches to spare!
04:13How will we make it to monitor without having any more fun?
04:14I've had my fun quota for the week!
04:15Congratulate yourself while you can, Flash Gorn!
04:17But if I can't destroy the leader of the Lizardmen,
04:20then I will destroy what he has come to Earth for!
04:24The Sun Medallions!
04:26Octon!
04:27Have you found where the Sun Medallions are being constructed?
04:30Yes, sire!
04:32In the dense Peruvian jungle!
04:35Dispatch a robo-ship equipped with my new super-laser!
04:40And Octon!
04:41See to it that everything is destroyed!
04:46Hey, LJ!
04:50Hey, LJ!
04:51What are you doing?
04:52Thinking?
04:53About being grown up?
04:55Mandrake says you haven't figured out how to be a grown up yet.
04:58I thought maybe we could figure it out together.
05:00You did, huh?
05:01If I don't know how to be a grown up, how can you help me?
05:04You know, Zuff, I always thought it was easy to be a grown up.
05:08But now I'm not so sure.
05:10Flash has told me so much about each of you.
05:18I feel we're friends already.
05:20My son Rick and the Phantom are in Peru at the Sun Medallion Factory,
05:24but where's LJ?
05:26I believe he said something about going for a walk.
05:28Perhaps I'll meet him another time.
05:30I'm anxious to pick up the Sun Medallions and return to my people.
05:35What exactly is a Sun Medallion?
05:37A source of incredible power.
05:40They were invented by Richard Gordon and the Phantom
05:42with the help of Incan priests.
05:44The Sun Medallions will keep my people warm
05:47through the long ice edge that Mongo is just entering.
05:51Without these medallions,
05:53I shudder to think what would happen to my people on Mongo.
05:57Don't worry about a thing, old buddy.
05:59Rick and the Phantom are putting the finishing touches on him
06:01even as we speak.
06:07Without your ancient Incan knowledge,
06:18these life-saving Sun Medallions would never have been possible.
06:22We are glad to do what we can.
06:24We have no love for Mig the Merciless.
06:27I'm a little worried about the crystal structure of this Sun Medallion.
06:30I have an instrument inside the pyramid
06:32that'll tell me whether or not it's all right.
06:38Look out!
06:44The Firestone!
06:46There must be something we can do.
06:54Without a Firestone, we are helpless.
06:58What's happening?
07:12A warm greeting from our friend, Ming.
07:16If we had a Sun Medallion,
07:18we could release its energy and stop the destruction.
07:21We've got a Sun Medallion,
07:23but we'll need a way to focus its energy.
07:25This lens should do the trick.
07:28All right.
07:30Now!
07:31They may have destroyed one laser ship,
07:45but I destroyed the Firestones.
07:47Sire!
07:48Additional Firestones exist off the coast of Peru,
07:53on the slopes of this underwater volcano.
07:56That is of little consequence.
08:00Once I have captured Morlag
08:02and interrogated him with the Inquisitor.
08:04All the Firestones on Earth will do them no good.
08:08But Sire!
08:09Morlag is securely guarded within Monotaur.
08:14I have prepared a small gift,
08:19which I want you to deliver to Dynak X.
08:22A virus program which you will inject
08:24into her memory banks and logic centers.
08:27The program will destroy all of Monotaur's intruder alert systems.
08:31We just received a message from Rick and the Phantom.
08:42One of Ming's laser ships attacked the Sun Medallion base.
08:46No one was hurt,
08:47but the supply of Firestones was completely destroyed.
08:50And there's only one place to get more.
08:55Tell the Phantom I'm on my way.
08:57Can Zuff and I come too, Flash?
09:00It may be dangerous, Kishin.
09:02Aw, nothing's too dangerous for a defender of the Earth.
09:05Besides, think what a good geology lesson
09:07an underwater volcano would be.
09:09Come on, then. We haven't much time.
09:16Sire!
09:17What is it, Octon?
09:20Flash Gordon is headed for the underwater Firestone Mine.
09:24Excellent.
09:26I have a little surprise waiting for him.
09:29Prepare to load my virus program into Dynak X.
09:32It is done, Sire.
09:34Dynak X has received the program.
09:38Hmm.
09:40In a matter of hours,
09:42Morlag and the Defenders will be mine.
09:46LJ, LJ!
09:49Are you in there?
09:50Yes.
09:51Can I help you?
09:52Look, son.
09:53Morlag is our guest.
09:54And he hasn't even met you yet.
09:56Hiding in your room is not very polite.
09:59And you always do what's right.
10:00No matter what.
10:01First the battle practice,
10:03now this attitude of yours.
10:05What's the problem, LJ?
10:06Let me help.
10:07I don't know.
10:08I have to think.
10:10I wonder if a caterpillar has this kind of trouble,
10:16learning to be a butterfly.
10:26I found him!
10:27I found him!
10:28I found the Firestones all by myself!
10:30Good going, Kashin.
10:32Tell you what.
10:33You found him.
10:34You mine him.
10:35The controls are all yours.
10:37Really?
10:38Uh-oh!
10:39Oh, yeah, Zuff.
10:41Watch this!
10:42That's it, Kashin.
10:44Now, ease her in.
10:46What's that?
11:00Sharkmen!
11:01I thought they were just on Mongo!
11:04They were until Ming transported them to Earth
11:07when Mongo's oceans began to freeze.
11:09I know one trick that never fails.
11:13I've electrically charged the hull of the ship.
11:18All right!
11:19You did it!
11:21Look at those sharkmen!
11:22Go!
11:28I have no idea what's wrong with Dynak's defense systems.
11:32Jedha, why don't you and LJ show more like the battle simulation room?
11:40Lothar and I will continue working on Dynak.
11:42Here, my friend.
11:43Perhaps this will be of some help.
11:46Very funny.
11:55Momotor is mine!
12:01This is the battle simulation room.
12:03Sounds like the fun and games have already started.
12:05But that's not part of it.
12:06LJ!
12:07Give us a hand!
12:08Nice touch, Jedha.
12:09You ought to do this for a living.
12:11Hey, Jedha!
12:12We get the point.
12:13Don't you think you're carrying the simulation a little too far?
12:14LJ!
12:15We're under attack!
12:16Where are Jedha and Morla?
12:17You mean...
12:18You mean that was real?
12:19LJ!
12:20What have you done?
12:21Ming has Jedha and Morla.
12:22And it's all my fault!
12:23As evil places.
12:24What do you think?
12:25See me?
12:26What do you think?
12:27Let me go!
12:28Look!
12:29Let's go!
12:30I'll go!
12:31Let me go!
12:32Leaming!
12:33Or what do you think you're carrying the simulation a little too far?
12:34We're under attack. Where are Jedha and Morlag?
12:37You mean... you mean that was real?
12:39LJ, what have you done?
12:44Ming has Jedha and Morlag, and it's all my fault.
12:52When the robot came into the battle simulation room,
12:55I thought it was just an illusion.
12:57Part of a battle program.
12:59I didn't try to help Morlag and Jedha until it was too late.
13:03Jedha and Morlag have paid for your mistakes, LJ.
13:06I hope the lesson has been worth the price.
13:11Dad was right all along.
13:13I don't know what's wrong with me.
13:15I don't deserve to be a defender of the Earth.
13:18We all make mistakes, LJ.
13:20And people judge us by how we handle those mistakes.
13:23But first things first, we must rescue Jedha and Morlag from Ming.
13:27Not we, Mandrake. Me!
13:30Come back, LJ!
13:32Don't do anything foolish!
13:37There it is!
13:38Male's Ice Station Earth, now on screen.
13:41Okay, Pop.
13:43This is one of your battle strategies.
13:45I hope it works.
13:47An intruder, my lord.
13:50A defender's ship.
13:54Raise the barrier, Octon.
13:56And put it on the screen.
13:58So our friends can witness what happens to those who oppose me.
14:03Raising the barrier.
14:05Now, my lord.
14:10You'll pay for this, Ming!
14:12So help me, you'll pay!
14:14Gerax, check to see if there were any survivors.
14:20Now, perhaps you will answer my questions voluntarily, my dear.
14:26We'll never cooperate.
14:28It's of no matter.
14:31The Inquisitor will take everything I need from your mind.
14:35And leave you a walking zombie.
14:39So far, so good.
14:41As long as Ming thinks I was killed in the explosion.
14:44Okay, Gashin, that should do it.
14:50We've got enough Fire Stones to keep Morlag's people safe for generations.
14:54Just one more, please!
15:01Oh, I'm sorry.
15:02I didn't mean to, really.
15:03I'll fix it.
15:04Mistakes can happen to anyone, Gashin.
15:06Just relax and back us straight out of here.
15:09Oh, gotcha.
15:11I did it!
15:14I did it!
15:18You did it, all right.
15:19Now, how about taking us to Peru so we can get these stones delivered on time?
15:26Now, to see if my dad's old strategy works.
15:33Lower barrier!
15:39No survivors!
15:41Gerax, report to the Hall of Inquisition immediately!
15:48Yes, sire!
15:52Time for a little follow the leader.
15:54I hope this new masking device we created will make us invisible to Ming's radar.
16:00And able to reach LJ before Ming discovers him.
16:03You worry too much, old friend.
16:06We'll be arriving at Ice Station Earth shortly.
16:08Then is when you should start worrying.
16:10I'm sorry.
16:11For the last time, lizard man.
16:14Where are your rebel troops hiding on Mongo?
16:17And how many of you are there?
16:20Freak!
16:21Do what you want with me.
16:25I'll never betray my friends.
16:27Never!
16:29Sire!
16:29It seems our visitors don't wish to talk.
16:35Engage the power supply to the Inquisitor.
16:38It seems a shame to destroy a mind with so much potential.
16:44Janna!
16:46More lag!
16:47Cover your eyes!
16:51Gerax!
16:52Gerax!
16:53Gerax!
16:54Stop them!
16:55My photo sensors have been overloaded, my lord!
16:59No excuses!
17:03I'll have you melted down!
17:06LJ!
17:07I never been so glad to see anyone in my life!
17:11I too am grateful beyond words.
17:13But the blinding effect of that noble grenade won't last long, I'm afraid.
17:17Seize them!
17:19See them!
17:27How'd you get in here?
17:30More to the point.
17:31How are we to get out?
17:34Ming's hangar deck will escape in one of his own ships.
17:37Come on!
17:38Right.
17:39This time, it's not a drill.
17:41Ice robots!
17:43Quick, into the hangar!
17:47Come on, LJ!
17:49Our escape will be a lot smoother with a little oil in the works.
17:59Pretty slick, LJ.
18:01Now what?
18:03Now to build some ice.
18:09Okay, so we made it as far as ice station Earth.
18:13How do we get in?
18:14Observe.
18:18Mandrake, sometimes you amaze me.
18:21I had nothing to do with that, I assure you.
18:25Mandrake, Dad!
18:26Come on, let's get out of here.
18:40Take us home, son.
18:41You bet, Dad.
18:43You haven't won yet, Defenders.
18:46Ming's refilling the tunnel exit with ice.
18:50Dad?
18:51You can do it, son.
18:52I've got faith in you.
18:53I hope this works.
18:55I've been practicing this move for months in the Battle Simulation Room.
19:01It cannot be!
19:04You fools allowed them to escape!
19:09Flash, I can't thank you and the other Defenders enough.
19:14Thanks to the Sun Medallions, the rebellion here on Mongo is going well.
19:18Keep up the fight, old friend.
19:20Flash, Gordon, and the Defenders out.
19:22I'd say we all did a wonderful job.
19:25And we deserve a little reward.
19:27You're quite right, my friend.
19:29Perhaps a spot of ice cream is in order.
19:31The only problem is, who's gonna pay for it?
19:34Someone who's all grown up, I think.
19:37Right, son?
19:39Okay, okay.
19:40I know I've been a pain to live with for the last few weeks.
19:43I deserve it.
19:45It's my treat.
19:46Dad, can I talk to you for a minute?
19:53What is it, son?
19:55I'm a little short on money.
19:58How about a loan?
20:01No matter how old they get, they always need their dad.
20:16What is it, son?