Macross 7 (1994) s01e30 Episode Script

The Formula For A Love Triangle

1
[song playing]
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic highway ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[narrator] In the year 2009, the human
race made first contact with aliens.
The aliens were a race of
giants called the Zentradi,
and this encounter started a brutal war.
But the war ended quickly,
and Zentradi who wished
to become human sized
MICLONIZATION
were able to do so
through Miclone technology.
CITY 7
Milia, the mayor of City 7
CITY 7 MAYOR, MILIA F. JENIUS
is a Zentradi who went through
the Miclonization process.
MAXIMILIAN JENIUS
And since Maximilian,
the captain of Battle 7, is a human,
their daughter Mylene has
a mixed heritage,
belonging to both races.
MYLENE F. JENIUS
On a side note,
Fire Bomber's drummer Veffidas
FIRE BOMBER
is a full-blooded Zentradi.
VEFFIDAS FEAZE
And Exsedol, who acts as
an adviser for U.N. Spacy
BATTLE 7 BRIDGE
hasn't been miclonized.
EXSEDOL FOLMO
It is all up to the individual's
own personal choice.
Furthermore, there are fleets
like Macross 5
MACROSS 5 FLEE
where all civilians
and military personnel are Zentradi.
MACROSS 5 CAPTAIN
Unfortunately though, Macross 5
was destroyed by the Protodeviln.
[snoring]
He's out for the time being.
I can't believe they could impair
Glavil's beauty so.
Anima Spiritia,
what fearsomely radical beauty.
-[Gepelnitchi] Gavil.
-[grunts]
-Come.
-My lord!
New servants.
[Gavil] What's left of the samples you
destroyed on Planet GGT
Is their mind control complete?
An unexpected ray of light has
interfered with my dream.
We cannot afford to be
awakened for naught.
Gavil, time waits for no one.
Understood. I will use these servants
as pawns for my strategic beauty.
And just in time as well. For I have
found a fatal weakness in the enemy.
[waves lapping]
FORMULA FOR A LOVE TRIANGLE
Basara! If you're in there,
answer the door!
He's never in when I come over!
This sucks! [grunts]
Ow!
Jeez!
[sighs]
What in the world is he up to?
[grunts]
Michael? Come here a sec.
What? You want me to follow Basara?
[shushes]
Not so loud.
[stammers] Sorry. But why?
He's been acting weird lately.
Then it must be you-know-what.
What?
You're so dense, Miss Mylene.
What?
He must be visiting a woman.
A woman? Who?
Rex of course.
That biker girl, remember?
Rex?
[Michael] When a man starts acting weird,
there's only one explanation.
And that's a woman.
A woman?
[guitar playing]
[squealing]
[squealing]
[string breaking]
-[sighs] Jeez!
-[phone ringing]
-How'd it go?
-I just found Basara.
[Mylene] Well, make sure you find out
where he goes.
Leave it to me. I'm a pro
when it comes to tailing people.
[grunting]
Michael, you okay?
Don't just stand there! Go!
-Don't lose him!
-Yes, sir!
[grunt]
[panting]
[gasp]
What happened?
Sorry, we seem to have lost him.
-What?
-[grunts]
I told you not to lose sight of him!
Can you tell which direction he went?
Sorry, sir. No idea.
Hey there! Have you seen a guy with
glasses and something weird on his back?
[grunts]
[gasps]
[Mylene] How long have you been doing
this job?
And you call yourself a pro? What a klutz!
-I'm so sorry. I have no excuse.
-[helicopter whirring]
-If I'd known, I would've gone myself.
-Yes, miss. Yes, miss.
-[Mylene] You're so useless!
-[Michael] My apologies, miss.
You know, she's just like the mayor
when she's angry.
Guess it's in her blood.
[guitar playing]
[rock music playing]
Today's the day I'm gonna wake you.
"When will I be able
To finally meet you?" ♪
[waves lapping]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting]
-[Morry] Commander.
-[grunts]
There's someone here to see you.
[stammers] Miss Mylene?
Basara?
-Yes, he's been acting weird lately.
-[music on radio]
And sometimes when we sing, his mind's
not there. Something's gotta be up.
Well, I don't know what's going on.
But I don't think Basara's the kind of guy
to get distracted over something trivial.
[gasps] Why do you say that?
[stammers] Well,
call it intuition between pilots.
Between pilots?
Yes. Basara's a pretty great pilot.
And flying while playing at the same time?
It's incredible.
Really?
He might even be better
than Captain Maximilian,
who's been called a piloting genius.
-Really? So he's better than Mom?
-[grunts]
[Gamlin stammers] You didn't hear it
from me.
-But that's what you mean, right?
-[grunts]
Well
Yes?
They say you can tell one's personality
by the way they pilot a Valkyrie.
I just don't think
someone who's that good a pilot
would waste time on something unimportant.
I want to see you ♪
So I can share this loneliness ♪
I keep calling out to you ♪
At the top of my voice ♪
-In my dreams I saw ♪
-[grunts]
I believe I'm just as good a pilot
as Basara is.
Well, you're a darn good pilot, Gamlin.
But there's always been one thing
that I never was able to pull off.
[gasps]
QM69.
QM?
It's a high-mobility maneuver.
It's basically
a series of high-speed spins.
[gasps]
I'm unable to execute this QM69.
Theoretically it can be done
even with a VF-17,
but it's physically demanding.
Yet Basara can do it
without a second thought.
He is frighteningly talented.
His ability to focus must be astounding.
[Basara] As time goes by ♪
I once read about ♪
A crystal-clear sea ♪
On a distant planet ♪
I'll take you there someday ♪
We pilots, we just understand each other.
-Say, Gamlin.
-Yes?
I thought you hated Basara.
[gasps]
[stammers] No, I don't hate him.
You really don't?
[stammers] That's right.
-I mean, really?
-Right.
You're saying you really don't hate him?
[stammers] Like I said, I
I did think he was a bit of a nuisance
but I don't hate him.
[gasps] Really?
[giggling]
What is it? What's so funny?
It's nothing.
It's his piloting skills I am in awe of.
His music I don't understand at all.
[alarm blaring]
An enemy attack?
Enemy fighters approaching
from high altitude en masse.
[controller] They've entered
the atmosphere.
[laughs]
I'm going to exploit your weakness.
Thorough beauty!
[rock music playing]
I want to see you ♪
So I can share this loneliness ♪
I keep calling out to you ♪
At the top of my voice ♪
[alarm blaring]
Damn it! Just when it's getting good!
See you next time then!
[grunts, gasps]
[laughs] You lowly samples.
Behold the ultimate mechanism!
Bandit silhouette is different.
No data available.
A new fighter?
[Miho] Estimated arrival at 1345.
-Deploy Emerald Force.
-[Miho] Yes, sir.
-We're counting on you, Gamlin.
-Roger!
Basara, where were you?
Some place little kids aren't welcome.
Sound Boosters, launch!
[rock music playing]
Let's get this show on the road!
LET'S GO straight on through ♪
-To the daybreak we dreamt of ♪
-[grunts]
Waves of the Anima Spiritia.
But even this stimulus can be stopped!
Sound wave reverse cancellation!
[music stops]
And here's your second weakness!
-[rock music playing]
-[Basara] It's so easy ♪
To intertwine our two hearts ♪
-Loveheart racing across the night sky ♪
-[gasps]
-[grunts]
-[screams]
[screams]
Your sound waves can't stop
my exploding beauty.
The solution was so simple!
[Basara] Meet your destiny head-on ♪
Charge ahead for billions
Of light-years ♪
TOTSUGEKI LOVEHEART ♪
[stammers] What?
Sound Force's sound beam has no effect.
Captain, it would seem that the sound beam
is powerless against conventional weapons.
Damn! I can't believe
the enemy realized that before us!
No, you don't!
[laughs]
A pandemonium of beauty!
[screams]
Ray, you okay?
My engine's shot.
Can't maintain power.
I'm gonna try to land!
[sighs] Basara, you're still trying to
sing? The sound beams don't seem to work!
That doesn't matter!
LET'S GO straight on through ♪
Basara! Basara!
[Basara] It's still far away, but ♪
MAYBE things will turn out fine ♪
Listen! We have to protect Sound Force
at all costs!
[gasps] Miss Mylene! Watch out!
[Basara] If you listen to my song ♪
It's so easy ♪
To intertwine our two hearts ♪
Captain! We have a distress signal
coming from a bandit crash site.
What?
ID code confirmed.
It belongs to Macross 5.
Then the pilot of that enemy fighter
must be a Zentradi from Macross 5.
Oh, my God.
Attention, Macross 5 fighter pilots.
This is Captain Maximilian Jenius
of Macross 7.
Evacuate the combat zone immediately.
It seems they're under enemy mind control.
Hailing them is of no avail.
[grunts]
Then we're fighting our own allies?
Can be stretched out ♪
They're Zentradi.
-[TV beeps]
-What do we do, Madam Mayor?
Do we continue to attack?
Madam Mayor! Do you read me?
Yes, I can hear you. You're to to
-continue attacking!
-Ma'am, I'll try not to kill the pilots.
Capt. Gamlin.
[TV beeps]
[Basara] Paint a crimson streak ♪
You hear that?
Avoid hitting their missile launchers
and cockpits.
[Morry] I can't.
I don't have that kind of precision.
We're Diamond Force!
We do the best we can!
-Roger!
-Roger that.
[pilot] What do we do, Commander?
You kiddin' me? Keep attacking!
[Basara] TOTSUGEKI LOVEHEART ♪
Docker, the pilots are friendlies!
This is life and death here!
Ain't no pullin' punches!
They're attacking us right now!
Yeah, and a real pilot knows how to dodge!
What are you talking about?
They'll take down Macross 7
if we give them the chance.
They're not fighting
of their own free will!
They're being manipulated.
[Gamlin] They've even been stripped
of their honor as pilots.
What's the point
in attacking people like that?
Stop your men
from shooting to kill right now!
[Docker] See? They got under you
'cause you were distracted by this thing.
[Morry] Capt. Gamlin, on your 12:00!
We're friendlies! Friendlies!
Gamlin!
Loveheart racing through tomorrow
Paint a crimson streak ♪
And spread elation and joy ♪
-There's a loveheart in all of us ♪
-[grunts]
[stammers] Why didn't he shoot?
[Basara] Telepathy
Overwhelming passion ♪
I What was I doing?
This is Fire Bomber's
"Totsugeki Love Heart".
Why?
Where am I? What am I doing?
This is Captain Maximilian Jenius
of Macross 7.
This is Mathew Langley
of the Macross 5 defense force.
What am I doing here?
You'll be briefed later.
-Evacuate the combat zone immediately.
-[Mathew] Roger.
Basara's song energy
has broken the enemy's mind control!
It would seem so.
Just like that?
Well, he's packing
the booster that I made.
Basara, train your song energy beam
on those soldiers.
Leave it to me!
Okay, let's get started
SATURDAY NIGHT ♪
How you feelin'? ♪
LET'S STAND UP
Can you feel the beat? ♪
Wake up, everyone!
We don't need to be fighting.
NOW HURRY UP
Let's get it back ♪
Basara, let those Zentradi hear you sing.
[Basara] Before everything fades away ♪
Harder! Sing harder!
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
Attention, all Macross 5 pilots.
Evacuate the combat zone immediately.
This is Captain Maximilian Jenius
of Macross 7.
-Evacuate the combat zone immediately.
-Roger.
Mind control.
Maybe that's what Basara is singing for?
You're not welcome here ♪
Damn, it seems 578 intervals
was too short a time
to achieve full mind control,
even for Lord Gepelnitchi.
But without obtaining the Anima Spiritia,
Lord Gepelnitchi's dream cannot
attain the beauty of realization!
NO MORE WASTIN' LOVE
Don't you waste love ♪
Basara, you okay?
That's the head of the snake!
[grunts]
[Basara] HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
[inhales deeply]
[screams]
[grunts]
QM69!
My sense of beauty, disrupted.
I don't understand. Retreat!
I pulled it off.
[helicopter whirring]
[grunts] Ray! You okay?
More or less.
And now she decides to show up.
Basara, I hear you've been pulling
a vanishing act lately.
-[grunts]
-Miss Mylene is worried about you.
Not my problem.
Your piloting skills have improved though.
-[chuckles] No, not at all.
-[chuckles]
I'd like to take the time
to listen to you sing one of these days.
What are you talking about? Mylene's
the one you want to listen to, right?
[grunts, chuckles]
Sheesh.
-[rock music playing]
-[Basara] If you listen to my song ♪
-It's so easy ♪
-[laughing]
-To intertwine our two hearts ♪
-[grunts]
[song playing]
[Mylene] As if in love ♪
Our voices intermingle in a KISS ♪
My HEART is here ♪
Forever always ♪
But, OH! What are those
Sparkling eyes of yours ♪
Still searching for? ♪
OH! MY FRIENDS ♪
I run with you ♪
Towards a world
Where our dream goes on ♪
If we look into each other's eyes
See? ♪
Everything will come true ♪
NEXT EPISODE
[Mylene] Basara, they're reporting rumors
about you in the tabloids and on TV!
-Stop making a fuss, man.
-[gasps]
There's a lot of your secrets
in the article!
-Are these true?
-[Basara] Bomber!
[Mylene] Next episode: Scandal of Passion.
[Basara] Listen to my song!
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