The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s02e03 Episode Script

Hmm.
Oh, damn.
Oh.
Ah.
Oh, damn.
Oh, damn.
Ah!
Oh!
Not now.
Oh!
Ah!
All right, now I got to get
50 bucks to the print shop.
-Andy?
-And you gotta remind me
to give 25 to the graphic
artist--
Andy?
I told you I don't think
Superboy is going
to want to endorse
a line of t-shirts.
Okay, first of all,
these are not just a line
of t-shirts.
These glow in the dark,
and since when did you
become Superboy's
agent?
Well, I kinda know Superboy
and I sort of
have a feeling for
things he might
or might not
want to do.
Sort of.
Clark, I can't think of two
people more opposite
than you
and Superboy.
Andy's got
a point.
Maybe Superboy should
at least listen
to what he's
got to say.
Hey, I know I wouldn't mind
having a Superboy t-shirt.
And, Clark, you know, you
wouldn't look
too bad in
one yourself.
Better than these plaid shirts
you wear.
I kind of like
this shirt.
Clark, that's
the problem.
Nice and slow
Give me the money.
Come on,
get in there.
End of the line,
mister.
Your luck
just ran out.
Thanks, pal.
Thanks for nothing.
Telephone, please, Dr. Davis,
telephone, please.
Oh, where
am I?
You're a very lucky man,
Mr. Corben.
If not for Superboy,
you wouldn't be here today.
Oh, yeah, yeah, I guess
you're right, Doc.
If not for him I'd be
out free spending
the first national's dough
and living like there was
no tomorrow.
There would have been no
tomorrow for you, Mr. Corben.
Look, you suffered
a massive heart attack.
You wouldn't have
lasted the night.
Hey, look on the bright side,
they'll keep you
off your feet
in prison.
You'll get plenty of rest
and with a little bit
of luck you
just might live.
Oh, yeah, yeah,
sure, I'd be alive.
I'd be in a cage for
the rest of my life,
but face it, Doc,
I might as well be dead.
Please, Mr. Corben
Please, no one's ever
been that polite to me.
I wish I could return
the favor,
but I'm not
that kind of guy.
Yeah, I'm
a lucky guy.
This just in, Corben escaped
from city hospital
after murdering
a doctor.
Police have no leads
as to his whereabouts.
Ah!
Will you please
stand still?
I can't when you're standing
so close to me.
Knock it off,
Andy.
I second that.
Andy, would you give
a guy a break
and let me finish this story,
will ya?
You still with
the corben story, Clark?
You've been working
on that for the past two days.
What's the problem?
You've never been stuck
on a story before.
I've been reading through
these files
a hundred times and I can't
believe that he's dead.
We would have found
his body by now.
We?
Who's we, Clark?
I mean the police
and Superboy.
Look, Superboy's been
searching for what,
a week now?
If he couldn't find the guy
just write
that he couldn't
find the guy.
I just hate to admit Superboy
failed like that.
That's his problem.
Geez, let him carry the weight
of the world on his shoulders.
Yeah, Andy's right.
You've got your own problems
to worry about.
I told you I can go until
this story's wrapped up.
Fine, then it's just me
and Andy tonight.
Whoa, babe, you will
not be disappointed.
Babe?
Babe, you know, it's
a term of affection.
Oh, wow,
where am I?
Ah, you are a very lucky man,
Herr Metallo?
What, Metallo?
Ya?
What are you
talking about?
My name
is Corben.
Who the hell
are you?
Oh, is
that me?
You like?
You like?
Oh, please, no need
to thank me.
You were badly hurt
in the explosion.
Your arms, your heart
were destroyed.
I only did what I
had to do to save you.
Save me?
You made me
into a freak!
Look at me!
Oh, you're still
weak.
Yeah.
I suspected
as much.
I've done similar
experiments
on small animals
and always the strain
of trying to power my
prosthetics kills them.
But luckily for you I've
had a breakthrough.
I found this great gem in
one of my field trips
to the sewers.
I find the most interesting
things down there.
I really do.
You're crazy.
I have never seen
anything like it.
It gives off a strange
energy which never
seems to deplete.
It's better than the best
automatic battery.
Uh, what are you
gonna do to me?
Not to you,
my child, for you.
This won't
hurt a bit.
Oh
That wasn't so
bad now, was it?
Oh, that'sThat's not
bad at all but
Not so bad.
Actually II feel
I feel pretty okay.
I feelStrong.
I feelStronger.
I feel
Really strong.
This is
too wonderful.
I am
a genius.
Now, we will show
the university, you and I,
my colleagues, they will never
laugh at me again.
Come, Metallo,
we must prepare
How do you feel about
the big award?
I'm really honored the city
has chosen me to be
the first to receive
the community service award.
Thank you,
Superboy.
What's wrong?
Am I strong
enough?
Can I beat
him?
Who, who?
The one who started
this, Superboy.
I don't know.
Perhaps.
There's no time.
He'll be at
the arena soon.
Ah, well.
I already
died once.
I'll take
my chances.
Tough break.
Yeah, face it, Lana,
he's not coming.
Excuse me.
It's just that Clark needs
to get out more,
but every time I try he's
got some stupid excuse.
Do you think we're
maybe too hard on him?
Like about his
clothes and things?
I mean, he can be
really sensitive.
I don't know, he's just
shy about everything.
Probably couldn't
take this crowd.
Just face it,
that's the guy I am.
No kidding.
Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you for your patience,
ladies
and gentlemen.
Now, I'd like to introduce
you to tonight's
guest of honor,
Superboy.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I like to think of myself
as a man of action,
not of words so
I'll keep this brief.
I
You!
Corben!
That two-bit punk,
corben, is dead, pal.
You can call me,
Metallo.
I don't care what
you call yourself.
You're a murderer
and I'm taking you in.
Take your best shot,
pal.
I always do.
This some kind
of a joke?
You're really hurting,
aren't ya, pal?
Yeah, you're
hurting bad.
The rock, it's got to be this
green rock inside my chest.
Hey, you running
away, pal?
After these nice folks went to
all this trouble
to throw this
bash for you?
You can run, Superboy,
but you can't hide.
Oh, share, you've
got to share.
Here, some
for you.
Oh, oh, ah,
this is perfect.
Driver, driver,
stop the limo.
You two girls,
you wait here
and I'm going to be back with
something the two
of you can
fight over.
Oo.
Hi, guys.
I'd like a sample of your gold
and platinum bars.
Freeze
or I'll shoot.
Sorry, I was
never any good
at following orders.
My suit, look what
you did to my suit.
I brought you girls
some trinkets.
One for you and
one for you.
Yeah, I know,
not bad, huh?
I'm doing big things from now
on, big things.
You know, there's never
a Superboy around when
you need one.
And it seemed like such a great
idea at the time.
Andy, people are still gonna
want to buy your t-shirts.
I don't know.
Everybody's talking about how
humiliated
Superboy was
at the awards.
I mean,
it was embarrassing.
It's a good thing you weren't
there, Clark.
It was
a dark day.
I'm sure Superboy must have
some sort of plan.
He's not gonna lay low
and let Metallo get
away with, with
all these robberies.
Why does everyone think that
Superboy is just
gonna give up?
Oh, my sensitive.
I tell you what, we're just
gonna leave you alone
for a while,
okay?
The strange green substance
seems
to have a similar molecule
structure
of a planet that
astronomers have named Krypton.
Prolonged exposure to this space
rock that I will
call Kryptonite can be lethal to
Superboy.
Lead shielding seems to
neutralize the effect.
Yeah.
I'm a lucky man.
I, uhCertainly
have come a long way,
huh, girls?
Oh, look,
this one's bent.
You can
have it.
There's plenty more
where that came from.
Oh, look, I got
another bent one.
Metallo!
It's him.
Metallo!
It's Superboy.
It's time,
Metallo.
It's time
to prove yourself.
Where the hell
is he?
I'll be at the scrap yard
in 30 minutes.
Then you can prove to
the world how strong
you really are.
You'd better be
there, tin man.
Unless there isn't enough man
left inside of you
to beat
my challenge.
I'll be there, creep,
over your dead body.
Sorry, we have orders from
Superboy to keep
everyone away.
Excuse me, excuse me,
excuse me.
Pardon me, officer,
we're special friends
of Superboy and we'd
like to go through.
I'm sorry, we have
orders that no one is
to get through.
Uh, Officer, I'm not sure you
realize exactly who I am.
The name's McAlister,
Andy McAlister.
Oh, yes, we do have you down on
the list.
Yeah, there was a special note
concerning you.
Superboy told us you might try
extra hard
to get through.
But
What'd I tell ya,
girls?
Looks like Superboy's
a no-show.
No such luck,
Metallo.
Superboy?
You still hiding
from me?
Afraid you're
gonna faint again?
I'm not afraid
of you, Metallo.
Most snakes
are harmless.
You gotta be
kidding me?
Look at me, Superboy,
I'm big-time now.
No more
little guy.
People respect me.
You think that suit of armor's
gonna protect
you from me?
It's not you that the armor is
protecting me from.
Aren't you feeling
a little woozy?
You've lost
your advantage.
This suit guarantees
us a fair fight.
Oh,
is that so?
In that case, I'm gonna have to
get rid of it.
All right, Superboy,
the kid gloves are off.
Now, I'm gonna peel
you like a banana.
Hah!
Any questions,
Superboy?
Oh, yeah.
Thank you,
thank you.
Look.
Oh, no.
You don't know when you're beat,
do ya?
Not yet, never.
Wrong.
This is the end
of the line, pal.
Your luck
just ran out.
Aah!
Aah!
No, no!
No.
Be still.
Your heart'll hold you till help
arrives.
Yeah, I guess I'm
just a lucky guy.
Superboy, I'm so
glad you're okay.
Yeah, hey,
me too.
While I got you here without
that Clark Kent,
you know he throws such a damper
on everything.
Um, I thought we might have this
little two minute
pow-wow on this business
proposition
that I was
thinking of.
This isn't about
your t-shirts, is it?
Captioned by Grant Brown