Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) s03e03 Episode Script
The Education of a Superhero
1
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!
Iceman and Firastar:
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!
That's the highest score I've eurer seen.
He's terrific at that game, Flash.
Sure. What else does
little Francis Byte have to do?
He's not out quarter-backing
the football team mrery day like me.
- Coming, Louise?
- Later.
I'd like to see Francis
beat the all-time record,
unless I make you nervous watching.
No. As a matter of fact,
I think you bring me luck, Louise.
Look at ihatl
I got the Zollman Command Ship.
- Bobby.
- You were wrong, Angel.
He's not worse than anybody,
he's worse than everybody.
I'm gonna stay here
till I beat this thing.
Hm,
Wham.
For onoo I agroo M111 Flash Thompson.
Come on, Angel.
Let's go look at a WiflflBf.
Cowards.
Look at that soorol
You'ro ouror nino million, Francis.
Nothing can stop me now, Louise.
PoorFrancis.
He doesn't know how wrong he is.
Right Mead
bttalfizflm,
fifizawcafl
He's a genius.
A mad, anvil, maniacal genius
known as the Gamasman.
And he's experimenting
wiih his most dangerous,
his most fantasia invention.
Lock Hypno-Pulse
and Hypno-Sound now.
Hypno-Pulse and Hypno-Sound
ere locked.
And now we'll see exacfly
how powerful my mind control is.
Watch the old Flashero-o, girls.
Hey,
something's interfering witln the
This time I'm gonna
I'm I'm
That's more than 200,000 people
assembling in Central Park,
all under my control.
Central Park, Central
- Wow! I don't: belimre it.
- That's great!
Bobby's gotta see this.
Hey, he's gone.
Everybody 61%.
Something': weird. Leis find him.
Francis, you're incredible.
Don't: touch mo.
Now look what you made mo do.
I'm sorry, Francis. I
I Yes. Central Park.
I'm gonna do I't, Louise.
I'm gonna beat this game all tho way.
Alert. A game of Zellmen Commend
is ovedoadng.
Blocking out the Hypno-Pulse.
Recommended' strategy is
FEE completely EL
- Naturally.
Hey, whafs happening?
Can't stand losing, huh?
- Better see what that was.
- Right. I'll keep looking for Bobby.
Mus-mm.
my
This is the machine
the little guy was playing.
Francis Byte.
His name was Francis Byte.
- And you destroyed him.
- No.
I'm taking you in, whatever you are.
I sure hope this works.
No!
Wow!
OK, so webbing doesn't work.
Mull"
How did I do this? I'm in my ouvn ro-orn.
I don't: want to look like this
for the rest of my life.
I want to be me, Francis Byte.
Oh! my'
I think I'm gonna
Bobby Bobby
Bobby? Bobby
Efidhireamif? No.
Can I do I't again?
Francis Byte become
. Alida-omen .
I did 'rt. I did 'rt. Wow!
Gotta try out my power zaps.
Next time,
remember to open the window first.
HEEL
No more trifle-mannered,
meek, weak 98“: nerd.
Francis Byte is Videoman,
the world's newest superhero.
It's no use.
I canfi: find Bobby from down here.
So ifs time for a star's-eye View.
Mam.
There he is.
Hope I den'l: scorch his collar.
If I heat him up,
he'll have to become Iceman.
And if that doesn't wake him up,
nothing will.
Hot. Too hot!
Need cold!
Firestar,
you don't need super powers.
L'f you want me to melt, just leek
at me M111 your beautiful eyes.
Oh, brother! Mr Cornball slrikes again.
I saw you grab the romantic
refrigerator here and followed.
- Don't: you know threds a crowd?
- No. But 300,110, now that's a crowd.
- That's how many people are out there?
- According to TV.
How? Why'?
So that streak of light was Firestar.
And there are the rest
of the Spider-Friends.
I'll best
my mind-contolling video pulsator.
This is Gemesmen.
Look at the video screen,
end do my bidding.
Spider-Men, Iceman and Firestar
are your enemies.
They are among you. Destroy them.
The Spider-Friends.
There they are.
300,000 against three!
Yeah. I guess we better split up,
and each take a 100,000?
Look. It's the Gamesman.
Destroy them. Destroy them.
That's Louise.
I yelled at her and she ran away
from me. What's she doing there?
I'm going up there to black out
the Gemesmefls video screen.
Don't: worry. I won't look at I't.
And I'll whip up a blizzard
thafll send mreryb-o-dy heme.
And I'll get the heck out of here.
They've left Spider-Man alone.
Spider- Man.
Spider- Man [75
Destroy Spider-Man
I canfi: hurl: the kids.
They don't: know what they're doing.
But I've got to save Spidey.
This'll hold the kids back.
Great. Wilh friends like them,
who needs enemies?
This is a job for the newest
superhero of them all, Videomanl
Forgot to change first.
Francis Byte become Vida-omen.
That's better.
Central Park, here I come.
Attack Spider-Man. Destroy him!
I could web maybe the first 40 of them,
but what do I do
Wifl"! the other 299,960?
THEE
- And I't just got worse.
- Don't: do that.
Louise, I'll get you out of here. You're
interfering M111 a rescue operation.
Can't you tell a superhero
when you see one?
Incredible. I must get
that video creature to work for me.
Who? Who are you? Where am I?
I'm Francis, Louise. And I just
You've just been rescued by Vida-omen.
You're safe here. I have to go back
and save everybody else now.
That's what we superheroes do.
I'l:'s our mission in life.
Francis?
So she's the key to the video creature.
No need for the pulsator screen now.
I've proved my point.
- What's going on?
- Where am I?
Look. They've snapped out of I't.
Stop. I'm on your side. Watch.
I'll save you from the crowd.
- No. It's OK new.
- No. They're fine.
Sea, I saved you.
Now watch me knock do-uvn
the Gamesmafls helicopter.
No. Stop.
WIEEE [=3 helicopter!
Now what? No!
Francis!
Will you stop?
Yup.
Oh, yeah? I saved Louise.
Louise?
He's got Louise!
I'll save you. I'll
What do I do? How do I do?
Louise. I'll be thoro. I'll
"III GI, II.
And that's it.
Now I've gotta save Louise.
: 55:.
Listen, Francis.
You're a nice guy. We like you.
!
mm.
Being a superhero
isn't as easy as I't sounds.
Man
mam
Don't: try and rescue Louise.
Don't: try and find the Gamesman.
- Leave I't to the pres.
- Sure. When do they get here?
- Francis!
- Francis!
Alright, I won't do anything.
I sew the video creature
save you, my dear.
He's not a creature, he's a men.
He's Videemen.
Whatever. He's sure to try
and rescue you again,
and we'll strike a bargain
that will make me the most powerful man
on Earth. This will bring him.
Look at Bobby's eyes.
He's in a trance again.
From the video screen.
Stand back, Peter.
I'll snap him out of I't.
No heat. Stop.
I I was being told to go
to the nearest police station,
and to take I't over.
Everybody
mam
- the p-oliee stations will be mrerrun.
- There'll be chaos.
Iceman!
Mam.
- Peter?
- I'm staying.
The Gamesmafls
sending out mesa pulses.
L'f I can irace them back,
we'll find his HQ.
Good luck.
He's doing I't again, but this time
Vida-omen will irace 111050 pulses
fight back to the Gamesman
and Louise.
I've got to try.
Francis Byte become Videoman.
Almost at the speed of light,
Videomen steaks
through the maze of wires,
following the powerful pulses
right beck to their source.
The Gamesman. Louise.
What 1110?
Your rays won't penetrate
my high-frequency energy beams,
Videemen.
He was sure you'd come afber me.
I'm I'm sorry.
Touching, but business calls.
Or, rather,
a game called Let's Make A Bet.
You fiavel the wiring systems,
as you just did,
directly
Satellite mm.
You will link
the world communications satellite
into my tans-mission unit.
Yes, my dear.
Then I will be able to broadcast
my mind-corrhol pulsations
to mrery television set in the world.
Everyone on Earth will be my slave.
And if I do, you'll let Louise go?
Oh, yes. I'll let her go.
- I'll do it.
- You have exacfly one hour.
No. No, you can't. I'm not worth that.
You are to me.
One hour. And the final game is mine.
Look at them.
Thousands of hypnofised teenagers
controlled by the gemesman,
WWW flqfiinst
“'9 CITY': police mum;.
Bu! Firsstar and Iceman
ere also on the move.
Poor SPidQY-
He can'! find e way
to trace the Gamesman': signals,
when sudd9flW---
Oh, no. Vida-omen.
We told him to stay out of this.
Gotta get him here,
and here he comes.
This isn"t the communications
satellite centre.
And what are you
gonna do there, Francis?
Don't: try and stop me, Spider-Man.
I made a deal Wifl1 the Gamesman
to save Louise.
Francis, the first thing
you learn as a superhero
is neurer deal M111 a crook.
He'll double-cross you eurery lime.
I'll do anything to save Louise.
OK, 'rfwe can rescue her
and prove to you she's safe,
will you promise
not to mmre from here?
OK, but youfire got less than one hour,
or I do what he wants.
At least the police stations
are safe for the time being.
But if Vida-omen mrer puts the Gamesmafls
mind control on worldwide
Stay cool, Webb-o, my man.
We're gonna save the day.
L'l: said so in my horoscope.
There I't is, just where Francis said.
- Think he mews we're coming?
- Ne, no chance. Come an.
And new the endgame begins.
Spider-Friends.
Go for I't.
- Put out that light. He'll see us.
- This isn't a light, you nincomp-o-op.
It's my Spidey sense,
and he's already seen us.
Ma:
Leis see
'fi they can make the fight moves.
Hey, this is getting hot. Very hot!
Too hot!
Ilnaanfihfiiw. [Pm suddenly.
Mam.
What's going on?
A game, and you're losing.
I don't: even wanna play.
I don't: like this game.
Very well. We'll change I't.
How about Ele-chonic Piranha?
What? More holograms?
They don't: scare me.
Mummy
I canfi: wail: any more.
Mm»
mmm mm.
Zooming at me lightning speed
of computer blips.
Videoman reaches the communications
satellite centre in microseconds.
Wefire just losl: control
of the communications satellite.
I did I't. You can link
the satellite into your system.
Oh, no. You didn'l:.
You can put the entire world
in a fiance, 'rfyou like,
but, first, let Louise go.
Yes, yes. Of course.
All in good time.
You pathetic fool.
We made a deal.
He flicked you, Francis, but you
can still save Spider-Man. Look.
You were right, Spider-Men.
I should neurer have trusted him.
Blast this flo-or open. Hil: my buddies
M111 a hot and cold ray.
- I don't: have a hot and cold ray.
- Ever tried?
- I wonder what else I can do.
- We'll send you to school later.
Repair the satellite before
the Gamesman has a chance to use I't.
We'll take care of Louise.
There's time enough for the
Spider-Friends and the video idiot.
Link up the Hypno-Pulse
wifl'! the satellite.
Stand by to fink.
Well? Hurry.
[Emma
mm
But he isn't.
But we are.
Wave got I't back.
The satellitds working again.
Louise.
Louise, I'm sorry. Are you alright'?
Vida-omen, are you some kisser?
You're not so bad yourself, Francis.
Both Iceman and I graduated
from this school, Louise.
Francis will be the newest of the X-Men.
And Professor X will teach him
how to use his new powers.
Just don't: tamper
M111 any of his old ones.
Thanks, Spidey.
You're my inspiration, my role model.
Let's just keep that
between the twvo of us, OK?
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!
Iceman and Firastar:
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!
That's the highest score I've eurer seen.
He's terrific at that game, Flash.
Sure. What else does
little Francis Byte have to do?
He's not out quarter-backing
the football team mrery day like me.
- Coming, Louise?
- Later.
I'd like to see Francis
beat the all-time record,
unless I make you nervous watching.
No. As a matter of fact,
I think you bring me luck, Louise.
Look at ihatl
I got the Zollman Command Ship.
- Bobby.
- You were wrong, Angel.
He's not worse than anybody,
he's worse than everybody.
I'm gonna stay here
till I beat this thing.
Hm,
Wham.
For onoo I agroo M111 Flash Thompson.
Come on, Angel.
Let's go look at a WiflflBf.
Cowards.
Look at that soorol
You'ro ouror nino million, Francis.
Nothing can stop me now, Louise.
PoorFrancis.
He doesn't know how wrong he is.
Right Mead
bttalfizflm,
fifizawcafl
He's a genius.
A mad, anvil, maniacal genius
known as the Gamasman.
And he's experimenting
wiih his most dangerous,
his most fantasia invention.
Lock Hypno-Pulse
and Hypno-Sound now.
Hypno-Pulse and Hypno-Sound
ere locked.
And now we'll see exacfly
how powerful my mind control is.
Watch the old Flashero-o, girls.
Hey,
something's interfering witln the
This time I'm gonna
I'm I'm
That's more than 200,000 people
assembling in Central Park,
all under my control.
Central Park, Central
- Wow! I don't: belimre it.
- That's great!
Bobby's gotta see this.
Hey, he's gone.
Everybody 61%.
Something': weird. Leis find him.
Francis, you're incredible.
Don't: touch mo.
Now look what you made mo do.
I'm sorry, Francis. I
I Yes. Central Park.
I'm gonna do I't, Louise.
I'm gonna beat this game all tho way.
Alert. A game of Zellmen Commend
is ovedoadng.
Blocking out the Hypno-Pulse.
Recommended' strategy is
FEE completely EL
- Naturally.
Hey, whafs happening?
Can't stand losing, huh?
- Better see what that was.
- Right. I'll keep looking for Bobby.
Mus-mm.
my
This is the machine
the little guy was playing.
Francis Byte.
His name was Francis Byte.
- And you destroyed him.
- No.
I'm taking you in, whatever you are.
I sure hope this works.
No!
Wow!
OK, so webbing doesn't work.
Mull"
How did I do this? I'm in my ouvn ro-orn.
I don't: want to look like this
for the rest of my life.
I want to be me, Francis Byte.
Oh! my'
I think I'm gonna
Bobby Bobby
Bobby? Bobby
Efidhireamif? No.
Can I do I't again?
Francis Byte become
. Alida-omen .
I did 'rt. I did 'rt. Wow!
Gotta try out my power zaps.
Next time,
remember to open the window first.
HEEL
No more trifle-mannered,
meek, weak 98“: nerd.
Francis Byte is Videoman,
the world's newest superhero.
It's no use.
I canfi: find Bobby from down here.
So ifs time for a star's-eye View.
Mam.
There he is.
Hope I den'l: scorch his collar.
If I heat him up,
he'll have to become Iceman.
And if that doesn't wake him up,
nothing will.
Hot. Too hot!
Need cold!
Firestar,
you don't need super powers.
L'f you want me to melt, just leek
at me M111 your beautiful eyes.
Oh, brother! Mr Cornball slrikes again.
I saw you grab the romantic
refrigerator here and followed.
- Don't: you know threds a crowd?
- No. But 300,110, now that's a crowd.
- That's how many people are out there?
- According to TV.
How? Why'?
So that streak of light was Firestar.
And there are the rest
of the Spider-Friends.
I'll best
my mind-contolling video pulsator.
This is Gemesmen.
Look at the video screen,
end do my bidding.
Spider-Men, Iceman and Firestar
are your enemies.
They are among you. Destroy them.
The Spider-Friends.
There they are.
300,000 against three!
Yeah. I guess we better split up,
and each take a 100,000?
Look. It's the Gamesman.
Destroy them. Destroy them.
That's Louise.
I yelled at her and she ran away
from me. What's she doing there?
I'm going up there to black out
the Gemesmefls video screen.
Don't: worry. I won't look at I't.
And I'll whip up a blizzard
thafll send mreryb-o-dy heme.
And I'll get the heck out of here.
They've left Spider-Man alone.
Spider- Man.
Spider- Man [75
Destroy Spider-Man
I canfi: hurl: the kids.
They don't: know what they're doing.
But I've got to save Spidey.
This'll hold the kids back.
Great. Wilh friends like them,
who needs enemies?
This is a job for the newest
superhero of them all, Videomanl
Forgot to change first.
Francis Byte become Vida-omen.
That's better.
Central Park, here I come.
Attack Spider-Man. Destroy him!
I could web maybe the first 40 of them,
but what do I do
Wifl"! the other 299,960?
THEE
- And I't just got worse.
- Don't: do that.
Louise, I'll get you out of here. You're
interfering M111 a rescue operation.
Can't you tell a superhero
when you see one?
Incredible. I must get
that video creature to work for me.
Who? Who are you? Where am I?
I'm Francis, Louise. And I just
You've just been rescued by Vida-omen.
You're safe here. I have to go back
and save everybody else now.
That's what we superheroes do.
I'l:'s our mission in life.
Francis?
So she's the key to the video creature.
No need for the pulsator screen now.
I've proved my point.
- What's going on?
- Where am I?
Look. They've snapped out of I't.
Stop. I'm on your side. Watch.
I'll save you from the crowd.
- No. It's OK new.
- No. They're fine.
Sea, I saved you.
Now watch me knock do-uvn
the Gamesmafls helicopter.
No. Stop.
WIEEE [=3 helicopter!
Now what? No!
Francis!
Will you stop?
Yup.
Oh, yeah? I saved Louise.
Louise?
He's got Louise!
I'll save you. I'll
What do I do? How do I do?
Louise. I'll be thoro. I'll
"III GI, II.
And that's it.
Now I've gotta save Louise.
: 55:.
Listen, Francis.
You're a nice guy. We like you.
!
mm.
Being a superhero
isn't as easy as I't sounds.
Man
mam
Don't: try and rescue Louise.
Don't: try and find the Gamesman.
- Leave I't to the pres.
- Sure. When do they get here?
- Francis!
- Francis!
Alright, I won't do anything.
I sew the video creature
save you, my dear.
He's not a creature, he's a men.
He's Videemen.
Whatever. He's sure to try
and rescue you again,
and we'll strike a bargain
that will make me the most powerful man
on Earth. This will bring him.
Look at Bobby's eyes.
He's in a trance again.
From the video screen.
Stand back, Peter.
I'll snap him out of I't.
No heat. Stop.
I I was being told to go
to the nearest police station,
and to take I't over.
Everybody
mam
- the p-oliee stations will be mrerrun.
- There'll be chaos.
Iceman!
Mam.
- Peter?
- I'm staying.
The Gamesmafls
sending out mesa pulses.
L'f I can irace them back,
we'll find his HQ.
Good luck.
He's doing I't again, but this time
Vida-omen will irace 111050 pulses
fight back to the Gamesman
and Louise.
I've got to try.
Francis Byte become Videoman.
Almost at the speed of light,
Videomen steaks
through the maze of wires,
following the powerful pulses
right beck to their source.
The Gamesman. Louise.
What 1110?
Your rays won't penetrate
my high-frequency energy beams,
Videemen.
He was sure you'd come afber me.
I'm I'm sorry.
Touching, but business calls.
Or, rather,
a game called Let's Make A Bet.
You fiavel the wiring systems,
as you just did,
directly
Satellite mm.
You will link
the world communications satellite
into my tans-mission unit.
Yes, my dear.
Then I will be able to broadcast
my mind-corrhol pulsations
to mrery television set in the world.
Everyone on Earth will be my slave.
And if I do, you'll let Louise go?
Oh, yes. I'll let her go.
- I'll do it.
- You have exacfly one hour.
No. No, you can't. I'm not worth that.
You are to me.
One hour. And the final game is mine.
Look at them.
Thousands of hypnofised teenagers
controlled by the gemesman,
WWW flqfiinst
“'9 CITY': police mum;.
Bu! Firsstar and Iceman
ere also on the move.
Poor SPidQY-
He can'! find e way
to trace the Gamesman': signals,
when sudd9flW---
Oh, no. Vida-omen.
We told him to stay out of this.
Gotta get him here,
and here he comes.
This isn"t the communications
satellite centre.
And what are you
gonna do there, Francis?
Don't: try and stop me, Spider-Man.
I made a deal Wifl1 the Gamesman
to save Louise.
Francis, the first thing
you learn as a superhero
is neurer deal M111 a crook.
He'll double-cross you eurery lime.
I'll do anything to save Louise.
OK, 'rfwe can rescue her
and prove to you she's safe,
will you promise
not to mmre from here?
OK, but youfire got less than one hour,
or I do what he wants.
At least the police stations
are safe for the time being.
But if Vida-omen mrer puts the Gamesmafls
mind control on worldwide
Stay cool, Webb-o, my man.
We're gonna save the day.
L'l: said so in my horoscope.
There I't is, just where Francis said.
- Think he mews we're coming?
- Ne, no chance. Come an.
And new the endgame begins.
Spider-Friends.
Go for I't.
- Put out that light. He'll see us.
- This isn't a light, you nincomp-o-op.
It's my Spidey sense,
and he's already seen us.
Ma:
Leis see
'fi they can make the fight moves.
Hey, this is getting hot. Very hot!
Too hot!
Ilnaanfihfiiw. [Pm suddenly.
Mam.
What's going on?
A game, and you're losing.
I don't: even wanna play.
I don't: like this game.
Very well. We'll change I't.
How about Ele-chonic Piranha?
What? More holograms?
They don't: scare me.
Mummy
I canfi: wail: any more.
Mm»
mmm mm.
Zooming at me lightning speed
of computer blips.
Videoman reaches the communications
satellite centre in microseconds.
Wefire just losl: control
of the communications satellite.
I did I't. You can link
the satellite into your system.
Oh, no. You didn'l:.
You can put the entire world
in a fiance, 'rfyou like,
but, first, let Louise go.
Yes, yes. Of course.
All in good time.
You pathetic fool.
We made a deal.
He flicked you, Francis, but you
can still save Spider-Man. Look.
You were right, Spider-Men.
I should neurer have trusted him.
Blast this flo-or open. Hil: my buddies
M111 a hot and cold ray.
- I don't: have a hot and cold ray.
- Ever tried?
- I wonder what else I can do.
- We'll send you to school later.
Repair the satellite before
the Gamesman has a chance to use I't.
We'll take care of Louise.
There's time enough for the
Spider-Friends and the video idiot.
Link up the Hypno-Pulse
wifl'! the satellite.
Stand by to fink.
Well? Hurry.
[Emma
mm
But he isn't.
But we are.
Wave got I't back.
The satellitds working again.
Louise.
Louise, I'm sorry. Are you alright'?
Vida-omen, are you some kisser?
You're not so bad yourself, Francis.
Both Iceman and I graduated
from this school, Louise.
Francis will be the newest of the X-Men.
And Professor X will teach him
how to use his new powers.
Just don't: tamper
M111 any of his old ones.
Thanks, Spidey.
You're my inspiration, my role model.
Let's just keep that
between the twvo of us, OK?