Mighty Max (1993) s01e02 Episode Script

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- The Brain Suckers Cometh! -
(Rock guitar solo is playing)
Communication unit sighted.
Prepare remason for decars.
The other portlets.
initiate despite surprise is it?
Oh, man.
Maybe I should have read the
chapter on programming first, huh?
Or maybe at least
the introduction.
If you had, you would have
known that you do not form
any hard drive with
a ball-paint hammer.
Looks like you blow out
the VTR and SCSII
with a little extra juice
in the gooey, Maxi-Waxi.
(Laughing)
Heh, yeah, thanks
for the advice, Ernie.
Oh, no problem, Maxi-Waxi.
That's what study
partners are for.
So you ready to get started on
our next mind-blowing challenge
in the wonderful world
of computers? Huh? Huh?
I was thinking, perhaps we could
write a program that both answers
the telephone, adult
statistical correlation
between rain drops
and fractal design.
Or, if you like, we could
design an optical read-write drive
that stores over 200 gigabytes
and is smaller than a pack of cards.
Or, if you're feeling adventurous,
we might roll up our sleeves
and dive right into some
artificial neural nets.
He, he, he. I get goosebumps.
Why we're in here?
Look, Ernie.
Ernie, I know we were
assigned to study partners okay?
but, uhm, it's just
not working out.
I don't feel bad, Maxi-Waxi.
Everybody blows up the
computer now and then,
and they call me a dofus.
Uh, Ernie, I think from now on
we should work separately.
You do not want to be
my partner anymore?
No, no, it's just that, uhm,
you already know all this stuff,
and I don't want to hold you back.
Do you understand?
- Yeah, sure, I understand.
I just thought that
maybe we could be pals.
Er, I think you
hurt his feelings.
I didn't mean to.
It's not personal.
I just can't stand him.
What did it say?
That says, "Virg' wants
to see me right away."
Guess I have to
miss the computer lab.
What a shame.
Two-o-four, two-o-five, two-o-six.
Bingo, here it is.
Whoa!
Something tells me I'm
not in Kansas anymore.
Actually, you are.
Max, the world's in crisis.
Hostile aliens have passed Mars
and will land in just three hours.
Hhr, thanks for
the warning, Virg'
So, where should we hide? Hmm?
I hear Jupiter is
nice this time of year.
Max, my boy.
You are Earth's only hope.
You know, I knew you
were going to say that.
Come on, man. What about
the Air Force or the U.N.
or Arnold Schwarzenegger?
I mean, we don't want to
hog all the glory for ourselves.
I'm afraid the alienships
are invisible to radar,
and your military is just no
match for their superior firepower.
Oh, and I am?
How about Normie? I have a
really good feeling about him.
I eat aliens for breakfast.
Ah! You see? They're
even on his diet.
Max, remember, you
are the Mighty One.
Thanks a lot. I almost forgot.
Only you have the ability to get to
the spaceship in time to save the planet.
Will you do it?
Hmm. Well, I sure would
hate to do my homework,
only to discover the world's
being destroyed anyway.
Okay, okay, I'll save the world.
But let's not make
this a habit, okay?
Good. There's no time to lose.
We must leave at once.
Ah, I can do without this part.
Hey, you guys, did I ever
mention I can motion sickness?
He he, Watch your first
step as a lawsuit city.
Coolness!
All those comic
books I read were right!
Hear that?
I hope one of us has on a paper.
We could be in big trouble.
Look for a light switch.
That's my nose.
- Oops, sorry.
I believe I have
my bearings now.
Follow me and we'll be
at our goal in no time at all.
Uhm, Perhaps we turned left
when we should have turned right.
Duh!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Hey, Virg'? How can you can't fly?
I learned to read instead.
Is it me, or are these aliens
kind of on the weird side?
Whoa!
Whoa!
Hmm, this must be
the think tank, huh?
Help, help, I can't swim!
You can't fly, you can't swim.
You okay?
I may have
swallowed a little water,
and perhaps a brain.
Hey, cool threads.
Not exactly this false
fashions, but they'll do.
Well, how do I look?
Like a chicken in
an alien costume.
Let's go.
under planet almost barraged.
All systems are go.
Exert beta containing
the final steps of invasion.
Now!
We gotta get that disc!
Norman?
You just live for that sort
of thing, don't you, Norm'?
Something tells me this is
the key to stopping the aliens.
You are right.
If you can disrupt the aliens'
computers, they cannot invade.
That disc is Earth's only hope.
Mankind's fate is again
in your hands, Mighty Max.
No matter what happens,
don't lose that disc.
Whatever the obstacles, the
danger, the enormous odds,
persevere, just when
it seems darkest.
Virg', maybe you could
lighten up on the pressure.
Just a little Huh?!
Ah, It's okay, we
work here. Swing shift.
Hey, didn't we meet at the
company picnic last year?
Intruders!
Way to go, Virg'.
If I get my brain sucked
out, it'll be on your head.
So which way to the portal?
I'm not sure there's
one on board this ship,
for another oh, 32 minutes.
Great! What kind of a
wise chicken are you?
Didn't you think to call ahead?
Hey, wait.
Why not take the bus?
Nothing like hands on training.
Ugh!
Unhand me, or you'll hear from my toaster.
50 to 2. Oh, this seems fair.
I'll fight with my eyes closed.
Virgil! Norman!
Mankind's fate Mighty One.
No matter what happens,
don't lose that disc.
No, one of these things
got to do something.
Well, I hope someone
remembered to fill a tank.
Because I don't think we'll be passing
a gas station for the next 50 zillion miles.
At least they didn't run
into any rush hour traffic.
Oh, just a few
logarithmic adjustments.
And I will have invented the
greatest video game since
the last video game I invented.
(Laughing)
Ernie! Ernie, let me
in! I need your help!
Did I hear a voice?
Someone tried to talk to me?
No! Who would
want to talk to me?
Who would need my help?
Come on, Ernie!
Oh, how humiliating
having to suck up to a nerd.
It's your old pal Maxi-Waxi!
Real nice room you got, Ernie.
Cool, microchip bedspread.
Look, Ernie, this
is an emergency!
Gosh! I was only one
computation away!
You erased my legacy!
I'm sorry, Ernie, but the world as we
know it is on the verge of being destroyed!
Brain-sucking
aliens with an attitude
are on their way to turn earth
into a giant smorges-board!
Man, I barely escaped with
a shuttle-craft that I ditched by!
You're the only one who
can help me stop them earn'!
Oh, yeah, no.
Like, you expect me
to fall for that old one.
Traveling at the speed of light.
It will take 4.3 years to reach
the earth from the nearest star.
That is a long trip just
for dinner and no show.
Ah, oh, oh, Ernie!
You caught me!
I was fooling, but I couldn't
trick you, you smarty pants.
Actually, I just got a great new computer
game that's about an alien invasion.
And I thought
- New game about alien invasion?!
Give it to me!
Ernie, I never even
heard of this one.
It's pretty cool, huh?
So what do you think?
Well, I've never
seen anything like it.
It doesn't even
seem to be a game.
Where did you say you got that?
Eww! Gross!
Hey, if you are hungry, there
is something in the fridge.
There really isn't
any game. Is there?
This is one of those
real aliens, right?
No, it's my grandma.
Run for it!
Hey, my mom always
told me to check further.
Just come on!
See, what happens when
you do not look both ways?
Okay, look, Ernie. The earth
and my friends are in trouble.
I need your help, man.
Why should I help?
You wouldn't even
be my study partner
just because the other
kids think I am a nerd.
I almost have my
brain sucked out,
because they are appetite.
Yeah, I know, I'm sorry.
And maybe if I had
to do it all over again,
I'd take you as my partner.
But we don't have
time right now.
Okay.
I will help just as long
as you take me with you.
Oh, no, no, no, you
wouldn't like it Ernie,
it's long flight and the food
stinks and nothing but brains.
But I am your partner!
Look, I'm tired of being a nerd.
I want to do
something important.
Besides, you have no choice.
You cannot save
the world without me.
Okay, okay, you can go.
Man, I never realized saving the
earth would come at such a high price.
The aliens won't
know what hit them.
I reprogrammed the
disc on my laptop.
All they ever got to do is pop it into
their computer and in 15, KA-BOOM!
You sure it'll work?
- does a motor running,
at 57,600 bits per second,
need hardware compression?!
(Laughing)
I'll tell you Maxi-Waxi, you came to
the right expert in computer science.
Let me tell you how I get it.
And it was so simple. Just a
matter of understanding brains
and risks and technology
coupled with the creative hacking.
I think I'm already read
book opposite of that.
Ernie, look, Ernie.
It must be their
coffee break. Come on!
Wow! It is so incribable!
Wow! This computer
system is really something!
I have died and gone to heaven.
Shh! If you don't keep it
down, you make it your wish.
That's it, Maxi-Waxi. In 15 minutes
the big bag theory becomes reality!
Thanks to yours, truly.
Boy, jeez!
Yeah, good job. Now, let's
go look for Virgil and Norman.
You know, I really
outdid myself this time.
How you asked did I
do it? Let me explain.
Later, or someone
or thing is coming.
You know, they named a
planet after me or a solar system.
Or maybe a whole
galaxy! The galaxy, Ernie!
Have a nice ring
to it, doesn't it?
If we don't get out of here, they'll
be naming an Entrée after you.
Have you ever considered
a vow of silence?
Phew. I wonder why they
put us somewhere so cold.
Perhaps our alien host,
Duke, wishes to spoil.
Well, hey, the joke's on them.
In 12 minutes, we'll all
be blown to smithereens.
Nothing ever goes right in my life.
First no one likes me
because I am smart.
And now I'm about to
wind up as space debris!
A guy just cannot win.
People don't dislike you
because you're smart.
They dislike you
because you're obnoxious.
All you do is talk, talk, talk!
I only talk a lot because
I want to make friends.
So, have you made any friends?
Well, no!
Then get a clue!
If you want me to be quiet,
just stay so, I can take a hint.
I am not one of those people who just
talks on endlessly boarding everyone.
Rambling on and on and on
who speaking nothing but
his own voice constantly.
Shut up!
10 minutes left.
Before the final curtain.
I can't see how things
can get any worse.
You know, I had a
dream I'd go like this
only I was wearing a dress.
Perhaps it's not as
painful as it appears.
I welcome pain.
Yeah, pain is
Norman's middle name.
If I had just a little
time, I could program.
I'd set the routine to
override the system
and terminate the primary
command sequence.
Option I do not.
Cool! That was pretty
quick thinking, Ern'.
Hey, I may be a nerd.
But I am not a dweeb!
We must hurry Might One.
The ship will pass
another portal in minutes.
It's the only way back.
Come on! I think I know a shortcut!
Oh, I don't believe
it! It's locked!
Doesn't anyone trust
anyone anymore?
I've got an idea!
I wanted to do that
since I got here.
This is the spot.
So where's the portal, Virg'?
And how come the
cap didn't light up?
Oh my! The disc must have
altered the spacecraft's coordinates.
The portal's outside the ship!
We're almost out of time.
We'll have to use the spaceship
to get back to the portal.
I wonder what the penalty
is for Grand Theft Mother-ship.
Whoa!
Wow, Maxi-Waxi, it looks
just like in a video arcade's.
Ernie, take over the lasers.
I bet you're a natural.
Oh, I give up thinking
it's quite this time.
I'm sure the aliens play the
more sophisticated video games.
I know you can do it, dude!
You're not a nerd!
I'm not sure. Most of the evidence
seems to indicate otherwise.
Okay, you want to be a hero?
Well, here's your
chance. Partner!
Come on, pretty cool!
Keep your eyes on the screen,
Ernie! They're coming back!
We only have 15
seconds left, Might One.
Well, looks like we'll have to try
flying the mother-ship through the portal.
Hey, Virgil, can I ship
this size, make it through?
I believe we're about to
find out in three seconds.
Whoa!
(Everybody grunts)
I do not believe it! We
actually saved the world!
Oh, this is so cool!
- Ah, ah!
We sure did!
Thanks to you, buddy.
You know, for a computer
nerd, you're okay.
And I'm happy to be your friend.
Put her there, partner.
We do make it pretty
good team, do we not?
Thanks Max.
(Tribe dance and songs)
I cannot wait until I'll tell
everyone about our trip!
Uhm, I don't think
that's really a good idea.
You remember about
keeping your mouth shut?
Those guys are canni
Hey everybody! You will
not believe what happened
I was in outer space,
I saved the universe!
From brain sucking aliens!
Ough!
Cannibals? Well, I tried.
Okay, come on,
let's go save him.
He may be a so-so dweeb, but everyone
seems to want him over for dinner.
(Cannibals sings)
This week, we made quick work
on those pesky brain-suckin' aliens.
And to do that, we
had to go deep into space.
Hey, I bet you didn't know that
space-time is actually curved,
and that scientists are
moving toward a theory
that unifies quantum
mechanics and general relativity
in a quantum
theory of gravitation.
Tune in next week and
I'll tell you what that means.
See you then!