Space Angel - The Saucer Caper
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00:00Last stop for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
00:13in the story of the Saucer Caper.
00:21Here's our turnoff.
00:30Hi, Mr. McCloud, Miss Mace.
00:40Hi, Pete.
00:41Morning, Pete.
00:42Where to today, Commander?
00:43Jupiter?
00:44Saturn?
00:45Pluto?
00:46Picnic.
00:47Picnic?
00:48Where's that?
00:49Picnic?
00:52That's right.
00:54We're going to drift through the clouds on a pleasant Sunday outing and eat fried chicken.
01:00Is that okay with you?
01:01Picnic.
01:02Jeez.
01:04I guess death-defying heroes aren't allowed to go on picnics.
01:08This hero is, and nothing's going to ruin it.
01:12ATC, this is 117 Bravo in the parking zone.
01:16Over.
01:17Bravo, this is ATC.
01:19Where away, Mr. McCloud?
01:21Jupiter?
01:22Saturn?
01:23Pluto?
01:24Picnic.
01:25Say again, Bravo?
01:27I said program me to the West Coast and return.
01:31The West Coast?
01:32Anywhere on the West Coast?
01:34Anywhere.
01:36Yes, sir.
01:37Right away, sir.
01:38Gee, what a grouch.
01:41Don't gower at me.
01:42I didn't say a thing.
01:44Your course is programmed, sir.
01:46Range 4, 200.
01:47Cruise 1, 200.
01:49Fuel four hours with reserve.
01:51Auto control on.
01:52Fuel okay.
01:53Auto control, check.
01:55Have a picnic, sir.
01:57Thanks.
01:58We will.
02:16Freedom.
02:17Peace.
02:18Solitude.
02:19I can't believe it.
02:20We're actually going on a picnic.
02:21And nothing's happened to prevent it.
02:22I don't believe it.
02:23Something's wrong.
02:24Ah, freedom, peace, solitude.
02:30I can't believe it.
02:31We're actually going on a picnic.
02:36And nothing's happened to prevent it.
02:44I don't believe it.
02:45Something's bound to happen.
02:47Well, what are you trying to do, wish it on us?
02:50Relax, Chris.
02:51Nothing's going to happen.
02:54Ah.
02:59Hey, there's a flying saucer.
03:02Where?
03:03Right there.
03:04Isn't he getting a trifle close?
03:06He will aim close.
03:08No markings.
03:09He's not an ATC flight control.
03:15Oh, where'd he go?
03:17I don't know.
03:19There, Scott.
03:22That's an impossible maneuver.
03:31ATC, this is 117 Bravo declaring an emergency.
03:35Over.
03:36Bravo, this is ATC.
03:37What is the nature of your emergency?
03:39Over.
03:40We're being hounded by an unmarked aerobatic saucer.
03:43Advise all craft in the area to institute auxiliary magnetic
03:46sensor control.
03:47This guy's nuts.
03:49Scott, he's leaving.
03:53Hello, ATC.
03:54Steer all craft clear of me.
03:56I'm going on manual and take after that bogey.
03:59Keep your advice.
04:00Bravo, watch.
04:14Can't see anything in this soup.
04:17Oh.
04:18We've lost him.
04:21We've lost him.
04:24Scott, hey, pull out.
04:26You trying to unwind the altimeter below zero?
04:29Flame out.
04:30You don't want me to stall us out, do you?
04:32I knew it.
04:33I knew something was going to happen.
04:35You wished it on us.
04:38A flame out.
04:39Can Scott restart in time to follow the strange saucer?
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04:51Remember last time, Scott and Crystal were en route to the
04:55West Coast.
04:56As they cruised lazily through the sky, a strange saucer ship
05:00with no markings buzzed them, doing almost impossible
05:04maneuvers.
05:05Scott switched his ship to manual control and gave chase.
05:09As they entered a cloud bank, their engines suddenly cut out.
05:13Scott, what are you trying to do?
05:15I'm trying to get out of here.
05:18Scott, what are you trying to do?
05:20Take a hold of China?
05:21Better pick up speed before restart.
05:35No!
05:36No!
05:38No!
05:46I'd give anything to know what kind of ship that saucer was.
05:51What kind of power.
05:53Oil pressure's still not right.
05:55Where are we, anyway?
05:57Chris?
05:58Hey!
05:59You with the dazed look.
06:01I just figured it out.
06:04You clocked Mach 1.5 when you pulled up to 3,000 feet.
06:081,100 miles per hour equals 18.3 miles per minute.
06:13In other words, another two seconds delay in that pullout.
06:17And we've had to call off our picnic.
06:20Oh!
06:21What I'd really like to know, Chris, is where are we?
06:24Recognize that city down there?
06:26Why don't I look at our position chart?
06:28It has writing on it.
06:30And the writing says Cedar Rapids.
06:34Hey, great.
06:35We can sit down at the Kendall's.
06:36You remember Johnny Kendall?
06:38The boy scientist who almost disintegrated the world with sound?
06:41Sure, I do.
06:43Well, let's go see him.
06:45We ought to make this day complete.
06:51Uh-oh!
06:52Here comes Retribution.
07:00It's Mr. McCloud's ship.
07:01It's coming down.
07:04Boy, let's get this door closed quick.
07:06I thought you said he's your friend.
07:08He is.
07:09But after what we did to him, if he sees what's in here...
07:12Oh.
07:19Hi, Mr. McCloud.
07:20Hi, Johnny.
07:21You remember Miss Mace?
07:23Sure.
07:24Hi.
07:25Hello, Johnny.
07:26This is my friend, Snuffles.
07:28Snuffles?
07:29Pleasure, Snuffles.
07:30We did be dusted.
07:32Your folks not home, Johnny?
07:34Uh, they're in town.
07:36Probably be gone all day.
07:39They might never come back.
07:41Sure are.
07:42You missed them.
07:43Well, we haven't missed them yet.
07:45If I don't find the cause of my trouble here,
07:47we're liable to be stranded here a month.
07:49Gee, maybe I can help.
07:51What's the trouble?
07:53Loss of oil pressure caused a flame-out at the altitude.
07:56Scott!
07:58Yes, what is it?
07:59In here.
08:01Look in here.
08:02Uh-oh, we're dead.
08:05In here?
08:06Well, what's in here?
08:08Just look.
08:11Oh, no.
08:12A saucer.
08:14We didn't mean any harm, sir.
08:18We was just playing.
08:20You see, I recognized you and Miss Mace in your ship.
08:24And we was just testing to see if it'll work.
08:28Yes, sir.
08:30And you see, well, we, uh...
08:32Well, it works just fine.
08:34What is it?
08:37What makes it go?
08:38It just goes.
08:41It don't have a idjide.
08:43What makes it go, Johnny?
08:45Nothing is what makes it go, sir.
08:47Uh, kinda.
08:49It's an anti-gravity machine.
08:51I...
08:52I gotta sit down.
08:54An anti-gravity machine.
08:56Well, this could revolutionize air travel.
09:00Well, just think.
09:01For centuries, man has searched for some way to harness gravity.
09:04And a couple of kids do it with a toy.
09:07Oh, man.
09:10Has Johnny Kendall really overcome gravity with his flying saucer?
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09:16Space Angels!
09:20...and Crystal were in pursuit of a flying saucer when their ship flamed out.
09:24When they landed to make repairs,
09:26they found the saucer was flown and built by Johnny Kendall.
09:29Johnny, you and I are going to have a heart-to-heart talk about air safety
09:34and the dangers of buzzing traffic.
09:37And you'll have the ATC to answer to.
09:39Yes, sir.
09:41Johnny didn't have nothing to do with it, Mr. McCloskey.
09:45Oh?
09:46Is that so?
09:48No, sir.
09:50I was the pilot in command.
09:52Aw, cut it out, Snuffles.
09:55Well, we'll hold off on the lecture for the moment.
09:58Right now, I'd like to know what makes this thing tick.
10:01Well, it's pretty complex, sir.
10:04I'm not sure you'd understand.
10:06Try me.
10:07Well, in lay terms, gravitation, you know,
10:10is the mutual attraction of bodies for one another.
10:13My theory holds that this attraction is magnetic, you see.
10:16This control then acts to bend the force of gravity in any direction wanted.
10:22And this acts as a throttle to increase or lessen the force.
10:25Hmm.
10:27What's your max velocity?
10:29Unlimited, except when gravitation is used for pull.
10:32Yeah, that's right.
10:34You'd have weight then, therefore physical limits.
10:36Sure.
10:37What you've got here will revolutionize air travel.
10:41It's fantastic.
10:43Has it been registered?
10:44Not yet, but I got the papers drawn.
10:47It has to be protected.
10:50Why don't you let me take this prototype model to the Interplanetary Space Console?
10:53Sure, that way you'd get universal protection.
10:56You can't take it today.
10:58Gene, no, not today.
11:00Stuffles has to race it in the coaster derby.
11:02What?
11:03Coaster derby?
11:04Coaster derby.
11:06This thing?
11:07In a kid's coaster derby?
11:09Why not?
11:10It meets all the requirements.
11:12But this is no coaster, Johnny.
11:14It won't even be a race.
11:16It'll be a massacre.
11:18I don't understand.
11:19Not any of the kids like me.
11:21Only Johnny.
11:22I gotta win that race.
11:24I gotta have status.
11:26I promised Snuffles he could.
11:28That's why I built the thing.
11:30Yeah, you promised.
11:32Well, Snuffles, old man, after today's race, you'll have status, all right.
11:38With every promoter, spy, and agent in the solar system.
11:42I think you'd better stick around, Scott.
11:44Hey, great.
11:47We'll have a real picnic.
11:59All entries to the starting line.
12:01The race is about to begin.
12:03I put a governor on the throttle to hold her down, Snuffles.
12:07And remember, keep your wire skids scraping on the street.
12:11If you lift her off, they'll disqualify you.
12:14Gotcha, chief.
12:17The starter is ready, and they're off.
12:23It looks like Snuffles in Ladybug is having trouble.
12:26Snuffles, what's the matter with you?
12:28Get going.
12:30I had to blow by dough.
12:36Snuffles is off, but way behind the pack.
12:38Too bad.
12:47Look at that boy go.
12:49He's getting on the field.
12:59Snuffles is moving on in front.
13:03Snuffles is the winner.
13:06Snuffles is the winner.
13:20Now their grace is a boy with status.
13:26All right, how's that for a billion clam deal?
13:30I read the papers, Mr. Natty, but I don't get the connection.
13:34That's a revolutionary machine.
13:36It says so right here.
13:38We heist that thing, we can make a deal anywhere.
13:40For billions.
13:42Do it, Fink.
13:44Make the syndicate happy, hmm?
13:46All right, you mugs, make me happy.
13:48I want that machine.
13:52Just as Scott had predicted, a gang of crooks is out to steal Johnny's flying saucer.
13:56Can Scott stop them?
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14:03Snuffles had entered Johnny's flying saucer in the coaster derby and won the race with ease.
14:08The newspaper accounts of the race prompted a gang of crooks to attempt to steal the saucer.
14:17All right, now here's the setup.
14:19As soon as we get into town, we get ourselves a big truck, see?
14:23Then we ride out to where they got this, uh, machine parked.
14:27Do a little fast talking, load her aboard, and ride off.
14:32Simple, huh?
14:33Yeah, Fink.
14:34That's simple, all right.
14:36Gotta hand it to you, Fink.
14:38You sure come up with a simple setup.
14:40I don't know.
14:42I don't think we should attempt something so dangerous.
14:45What do you mean, you don't think?
14:47Who asked you to think?
14:49I was only thinking that...
14:51You don't think, get me?
14:53If there's any thinking to be done, I do it.
14:55I am the thinker.
14:57Sure, Fink, we get you.
14:59Sure, we do.
15:02I said you were a real thinker, Fink.
15:04Thanks, Dillmuster.
15:06All right, you mugs want to know how we do it?
15:08I'll tell you.
15:10We're gonna be agents for the ISC.
15:13Hey, the ISC!
15:15The I-S-C!
15:17Great idea!
15:19The I-S-C?
15:21That's right, Creepy.
15:23The I-S-C.
15:25The I-O-S Sanitation Commission?
15:27Right!
15:29You miserable bombers.
15:31What do we want with the I-O-S Sanitation Commission?
15:34We're gonna be special agents for the Interplanetary Space Council.
15:51Great job of painting those I-S-C signs on the doors, Creepy.
15:56Yeah, great, Creepy.
15:59This was nothing, really.
16:01You see, I once took a very expensive correspondence course in artistic painting.
16:06Yeah, you should have finished it.
16:08The sign's supposed to say I-S-C, not I-C-S.
16:11Okay, slow down.
16:13We're coming to the Kendall place.
16:25You'll have to move along, mister.
16:28Glad to see you're on the ball, soldier.
16:30But you can let us pass.
16:32We're special agents for I-S-C.
16:34Come to pick up the saucer.
16:36Well, you'll have to check inside, sir.
16:38Evening, folks.
16:40Special agents from the Interplanetary Space Council.
16:43Scott, you know these men?
16:45I-S-C, you say?
16:47Then you gents should know your codename for blue flesh.
16:50Ah, what's this codename, Jazz?
16:53You want credentials, we got credentials.
16:56Show them, Creepy.
16:57Freeze, mister.
16:59How's that for credentials, wise guy?
17:01All right, who else we got in the house here?
17:03Only the two.
17:05No, we're alone.
17:07Check that out, Creepy.
17:09And get the boys in here with some rope.
17:11All right, folks.
17:13Down on the floor on their tummies, huh?
17:15Come on.
17:17Hey, Snuffles, you awake?
17:19Yeah.
17:21What's happening?
17:23Shh.
17:25No, don't make a sound.
17:27Easy does it.
17:29A little more.
17:30That's it.
17:32Hey, this buffer is light.
17:34Well, my corner ain't.
17:36Come on, get it into the truck.
17:38That does it.
17:39Lock her up and let's hit the road.
17:43Sit tight, people.
17:45I've got my ropes loosened.
17:46Oh, what a relief.
17:48Mr. McCloud, the boys.
17:50Where are Johnny and Snuffles?
17:52I'll check on that in a minute.
17:53Where could they be?
17:54They went to bed in Johnny's room,
17:56but those hoods didn't find them there.
18:02They're not there.
18:04There are blankets missing from the bed.
18:06Blankets?
18:08The saucer.
18:09They...
18:10They sneaked out to sleep in the...
18:12Oh, no.
18:21Oh, no.
18:22They have stolen the saucer with the boys inside.
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18:27Space Angel.
18:29Natty and his gang had tied up Scott, Chris, and the Kendals
18:33and stolen the flying saucer,
18:35not knowing that the boys were asleep inside the saucer.
18:42Where does this road lead to, Mr. Natty?
18:45Ah, what do you care?
18:46Every other road, they've got blocks set up.
18:49Hey, look there up ahead.
18:51Old deserted brewery.
18:53That's where the feds caught up with the great Greg Grandin
18:56back in the old Prohibition days, centuries ago.
18:59We'll be safe there.
19:11Hey, not bad, Fink.
19:13Ah, forget it.
19:14Let's take a look at that saucer.
19:16Hey, what's this?
19:18A couple of punk kids.
19:19Those are the kids that built this thing.
19:21Well, now, ain't that just dandy?
19:24That's what I call a real piece of luck.
19:43Oh, Scott.
19:44We've been searching for hours and hours
19:46and hours, and we're still not sure what we're looking for.
19:49It has to be a truck of some kind, Chris.
19:52Probably with ISC markings.
19:55And it has to be in the area.
19:56Nothing's gotten past the roadblocks.
20:06All right.
20:07Now you boys are going to show us how this machine works, see?
20:11And there ain't going to be no trouble.
20:14I don't like you.
20:16You shouldn't talk like that to your elders, kid.
20:19That's impertinent.
20:21I don't like you, too.
20:24Let me fix this kid, Fink.
20:26He's just my size.
20:28Well, boys, you going to show us how it flies?
20:31I guess I better show you.
20:33Ah, that's the spirit.
20:37Hey, how about that?
20:39It flies.
20:45Hang on, Sniffles.
20:47Here we go.
20:48Look out!
20:53Don't let that thing get away!
20:56Don't let them get away!
21:01Don't shoot the truck!
21:04Don't shoot the truck!
21:07Don't shoot the truck!
21:10Don't shoot the truck!
21:13Don't shoot the truck!
21:15You stupid fathead!
21:17Oh, oh.
21:19I'm sorry, boss.
21:21There he goes!
21:23That ship.
21:24Look out!
21:25Towers!
21:26Look out!
21:29Get after that flying saucer!
21:31I think the machine's been damaged.
21:33She won't lift up.
21:35Uh-oh.
21:43There they go.
21:44Let them have it, now!
21:46Hey, I've been leaded on the control.
21:58Stop!
21:59I see them.
22:00Climb on the radio, Chris.
22:08Shoot her!
22:09Let them have it again, now!
22:11What are you waiting for?
22:12Shoot, you faggots!
22:27The Maddy Gang, at last.
22:29Thanks to those clever boys and Scott McCloud.
22:34More, more, more morning, officers.
22:37Thanks, Mr. McCloud.
22:39You bad fellas.
22:41Your little ship really performed.
22:44Yes, sir.
22:45It's a real doozy.
22:48Here we go again.
22:51I see what you mean.
22:54So ends the story of The Saucer Caper.
22:58Don't miss the next exciting adventure with Scott McCloud, Space Angel.