The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s01e16 Episode Script

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(T.J.) Hey-hey. Thanks
for coming, Superboy.
Looks very old.
Oh, it's extremely old,
Superboy. Yes, yes.
But we seem to have
the proverbial
immovable object here.
And you need
an irresistible force.
Precisely. Alright, everyone,
please backup.
[grunting]
[grunting continues]
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I don't believe it. Even
Superboy can't lift it.
[Superboy grunting]
Hiya, folks.
Mxyzptlk is the name.
Dimension hoppin' is the game.
Superboy, I'm so glad
you could come to see me.
It saves me
having to come see you.
[zaps]
# I come from afar
to make you a star #
Okay. That does it. No more
chili dogs before bedtime.
Look. I know these
losers are your people.
And I love you, for you're
loyal to them.
Really.
But we got things to discuss.
So what say, we make a meet
on top of the biology building
in say, oh, um,
28 seconds.
We are dreaming,
aren't we?
Uh-uh, it's too silly
to be a dream.
- It was no dream.
- It's not a hallucination.
That totem was real.
Now it's gone.
Well, where did he come from?
Perhaps the inscription on the
totem can give us the answer.
Young man, how long
will it take you
to have that film developed?
Uh, one hour, doc.
From my lab to yours.
- Get a load of us.
- Absolutely amazing.
Instantaneous
matter transference.
Seems our little friend
is, uh, short on patience.
Oh, what do we do now?
I'd take the side streets
if I were you.
[chuckling]
[swooshing]
Supey baby.
I'm so glad
you could make it.
Uh, I gotta apologize
for the surroundings.
You know, it ain't much,
but we like to call it home.
Looks like a rooftop to me.
You hurt me, Supey.
You wound me, you know that?
What? The ventilation's
sensational, huh?
Who are you?
Oh, naughty, naughty, Supster.
You're not paying attention.
My name is Mxyzptlk.
M-X-Y-Z-P-T-L-K.
But don't try
to say that fast.
Or you'll get your tongue
wrapped around your eye teeth.
I won't be able to see
what I'm saying.
Don't ever do that.
Don't you ever, ever
steal my line again.
What do you want from me?
Where I come from,
we all get a lotta yaks
that you human beings, you know,
messing up all the time.
I'm glad we
entertain you. Really.
But I'll tell you
what's really entertaining
is you know, when you're
two people like that
when you're Clark
and Superboy.
[laughs]
Now, listen. Superboy,
your secret's safe with me.
I wouldn't tell anybody,
you know.
If the whole world
knows about it, it's a spoil.
But here's the deal.
You know, in the fifth dimension
we got our eye on you, you know.
And you got what we want.
And we always get what we want.
Whoa, whoa. Back up, back up.
There's a fifth dimension?
You're a good-looking kid.
Got a lotta style.
You know, but in the
smart's department
you ain't exactly
world-class.
You dummy!
The fifth dimension
is anotheruniverse.
There's a parallel universe.
But it's nothing like this.
What does that have
to do with me?
It's the powers. It's
the super-duper powers.
You know, anybody could do
magic in a fifth dimension.
But that's all like a door
is magic, you know.
So, we've been watching
you, you know.
We'll get you over there, you
know, look you over, you know.
Maybe you could show us, then
we could all become super too.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not interested.
Not even a little.
Please, Supey.
Maybe I can change your mind.
Turn on those
super-duper powers
and you see that lady
down there?
Over there.
And the building next to it.
[static]
Yay, Sup!
(female #1) Oh, Superboy.
You saved my life.
Ask yourself this, Supster.
Can I be everywhere at once?
What if stuff like this was
happening all over town?
- Is that a threat?
- That's a prediction.
Where I come from,
we settle things with wagers.
Uhare you a betting man?
- Will you get to the point?
- You know that Lana chick?
She's not too hard on the eyes,
for a human that is.
The bet is, I can make her fall
in love with me within 24 hours.
- I loose, I cut out.
- And if you win, what happens?
Yeah. If I win, you know,
didn't think of that one.
I win, we go back
to the fifth dimension
and we, you know, make it
a happening place.
There's also
a third possibility here.
That I stuff you right now.
Huh, ah!
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Oh! Superboy.
Oh!
Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
[birds chirping]
Hi, sweetie-honey.
Ouch! You again?
Ah! How do you pop
in and out like that?
Practice. Listen, I got
a joke for you.
[panting]
Okay.
- Knock knock.
- Who's there?
- Jimmy.
- Jimmy who?
- Jimmy a kiss.
- Ah!
Ugh!
- Great, huh? Sensational?
- That was disgusting.
Now I know what it's like
to be kissed by a toad. Ugh!
Think I need a little more
work on this.
(Lana)
I don't know.
I suppose I went a little too
far by calling the guy a toad.
(Clark) For all we know,
where he comes from
calling him a toad
is a compliment.
(Lana) I'll admit the
guy is a little unusual.
(Clark)
A little unusual?
(Lana) Okay, he's the weirdest
thing to ever hit Shuster.
But I don't see what,
uhSuperboy and Dr. Royer
are so concerned about?
And even if they're right
and Mr. Mxyzptlk turns out
to be from out of this world
he doesn't seem
all that dangerous.
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Hey, where did
the guards go?
You mean, where did we go?
[gun cocking]
[laughing]
- We need a hostage?
- We do?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. We need a hostage.
[convicts chuckling]
Get the babe.
Yeah, alright.
Yeah, get the babe.
What you gonna do, huh?
Gonna do something, eh?
Alright, somebody's
gonna get dead.
I'll save you, sweetie-honey.
Don't try to thank me,
sweetie-honey.
Yo. Sweetie.
Ooh.
[bell donging]
[indistinct chattering]
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Oh! But you know it's
not my birthday.
Lana, from now on,
every day is your birthday.
Oh, Clark.
Clark?
- I just love this.
- Me too. He he.
- Ain't it a trip?
- Uh-huh.
(Lana)
It's funny.
You think you know
someone all your life
until one day, you find yourself
looking at that person
in a brand new light.
Yeah. Ain't it the truth?
So, sweeuh, Lana,
let's, uh, have some lunch.
And you know, we can, uh,
we can play some Putt-Putt
and then we could
swing by the zoo
and tease the monkeys
for an hour or two--
Clark Kent, I can't decide
if you're the strangest guy
I've ever known
or just the most romantic.
Maybe I'll just keep you
guessing for a while.
Uh, Clark. Don't get me wrong,
it's not that I'm complaining.
Today's been heaven.
But it's, um..
I just can't help wondering
why you're so..
I don't know,
so, uh, different?
Maybe love does it to people
sometimes, you know.
Makes them different.
- Yeah.
- Maybe.
That does happen sometimes.
[chuckles]
Maybe it could happen to me
m-maybe it could happen to you.
Maybe.
[birds chirping]
Oh! I just don't know
how you feel anymore.
All I know isI can't
stop thinking about you.
- About us.
- Now you're talking.
- That's enough.
- Superboy, um..
Hey, Supey baby,
glad you could make it.
Lana.
- That's not Clark.
- What?
It's not the Clark you know.
You can say that again. He's
been full of surprises all day.
Come with me. I need
to explain something to you.
I'll take you somewhere safe.
This is all so sudden. I, uh,
I-I don't know what to say.
It's okay, Lana.
It's okay, really.
I understand.
It's okay. If you wanna
go off with him, I understand.
What girl in her right mind
would wanna go off with
with Clark Kent when she can go
off with Superboy, y-you know?
It's okay.
I'm-I'm sorry, Superboy.
II can't leave Clark.
Not like this.
The answer's gotta be in there
somewhere, professor.
I have a lot of questions
to which I'm trying
to find the answers.
Well, there's just one
I'm interested in.
How to send that imp back
to the fifth dimension?
Hey, Superboy, lighten up.
That's not like you.
(T.J.) Granted he's
a pain in the butt.
Butwhat's the big deal?
He's no real threat, is he?
He is to Lana.
Have you seen them?
He's hitting on her
and I don't think she minds.
- No way!
- Yes.
Wait. How would
she have time?
I mean, Clark and her
have really found each other.
Ha, surprise to me.
Don't underestimate
Clark, okay?
He might seem laid-back on
the outside, but underneath--
(T.J.)
A seething volcano?
[chuckles]
Look, Superboy, I love the guy,
but hot lava, he ain't.
Ah. Something. Something.
According to this
spirit creatures
appeared quite often.
(Royer) Until the tribe
shaman devised this totem
to block the gate
from their world to ours.
Does it tell us
how to get rid of them?
No. Not clearly. But these
pictographs give a hint.
You see, I-I'm guessing here,
I-I'm doing a lot of guessing
butmy interpretation
is that they are
they are a warning
and a solution.
You see, these creatures
can be benevolent
and then suddenly
turn quite vicious.
With the bottom line,
professor.
Well, this is,
I'm-I'm not sure.
But I think it has
to do with reflection
and the name of the creature.
That's it?
Well, in time of course
I-I hope to get more
information, but..
Well..
Time's the one thing we're
running out of, professor.
Oh, yeah.
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Clark.
What are you doing?
Why did you
turn on the lights?
Because we're going to study.
Well, you know
we studied each other
enough to know we're in love.
Clark.
Clark!
[indistinct]
You said you like the new Clark.
I mean, that's who I am.
The way you're acting,
I'll take the old Clark any day.
No!
I want you to leave, now.
I don't wanna go.
You can't make me go.
What is going on?
Get out of here, you toad.
Say I love you, toad.
"I love you, toad."
I wanna go back to the
fifth dimension with you.
"I wanna go back to the
fifth dimension with you."
Morning, Supster.
You don't look too happy.
[laughs]
You know, I am though.
I'm telling you.
You know why?
Because the bet's off, I'm
not interested in you no more.
- It's all cancelled.
- What's the catch?
I'm smitten.
I like your girlfriend.
[chuckles]
Well, that's it.
She's ready to go.
She's packed.
She's not going
anywhere with you.
You wanna bet
your cake, Supey?
She's going.
She's all ready to go.
She's down there packing now.
You know, you can meet us
at the excavation site.
[clears throat]
And, uh, don't bring
no flowers or music.
Just, uh, tears for, uh, the
happy couple that is going away.
Mxyzptlk.
Kltpzyxm.
Sure hope this plan
of yours works.
You hope it works.
Lana, um, listen,
uh, Superboy filled me in.
With you leaving
so soon and all, I figured
you wouldn't have a chance to
say goodbye to your father.
What's the deal with the note?
You're taking Lana away from us
away from everything and
everyone she's ever known.
The least that we can do
is have something
that she can leave behind
for her family and friends
to remember her by.
It's the decent thing to do.
Never let it be said
that Mxyzptlk is indecent.
Go ahead, read the note. I give
you permission, sweetie-honey.
"Dear Father, dear friends.
"It is with great sadness
and regret that I say
a fond farewell
and a heartfelt
Kltpzy. Kltp.."
Let me help you with that.
No. Superboy, you are
through helping her.
I'll read it.
"Dear Father, dear friends.
"It is with great sadness
and regret that I say
a fond farewell
and a heartfelt Kltpzyxm."
[laughing]
That's not fair.
You tricked me.
[buzzing]
Goodbye, Mxyzptlk.
And good riddance.
And once Superboy
figured out the secret
of getting him to say
his name backwards
he came up with the idea
of my farewell letter.
And as fast as you
can say Kltpzyxm
no more Mr. Mxyzptlk.
- Mark.
- Ah, Mark.
You know, Lana, you haven't
said much about mydouble.
What was the other
Clark like anyway?
Oh, the less said,
the better.
Believe me, one Clark in a
girl's life is more than enough.
What does that mean?
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Captioned by Grant Brown