1. On an outer-space adventure
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2. They got hit by cosmic rays
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3. And the four were changed forever
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4. In some most fantastic ways
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5. No need to fear, they're here
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6. Just call the Four
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7. Fantastic Four
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8. - Don't need no more!
- That's ungrammatical!
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9. Reed Richards is elastic
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10. Sue can fade from sight
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11. Johnny is the Human Torch
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12. The Thing just loves to fight
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13. Call the Four
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14. Fantastic Four
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15. Eat napalm, fish breath.
It burns underwater.
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16. Incoming.
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17. Looks like Namor
got himself a date for the party.
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18. That means it's clobbering time!
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19. Fantastic, and I mean that in
the most respectful sense of the word.
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20. But what telethon viewers wanna know
is how you got your fantastic powers.
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21. The whole story is in our book, Dick.
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22. We wrote it for your telethon
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23. to raise money for State University,
Reed's alma mater.
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24. The intrinsic value
of college education...
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25. Education's a good cause.
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26. So you out there, get on the phones
and start buying books
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27. before I get steamed!
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28. That's a real smooth pitch, Ben.
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29. Don't get cute with me,
you walking hot foot!
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30. Guys, the origin of your powers, please.
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31. Yeah? I wanna see some bread first.
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32. Will you cool it, Ben?
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33. OK, but I better hear
a whole mess of ringy dingies.
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34. Well, Dick, our story
begins several years back in my lab
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35. when an amazing phenomena
came streaking into our galaxy.
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36. What? Are you kidding?
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37. I've seen wilder stuff
at Captain Louie's video arcade!
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38. It appears to be moving faster
than the speed of light.
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39. But that's impossible, isn't it, sis?
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40. - I must evaluate it at closer range.
- But, Reed, sweetheart, wait.
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41. Whatever this streaking phenomenon is,
it may pose a threat to the earth.
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42. You're my husband.
I can't let you go alone.
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43. Me either, brain-o, cos you're no pilot.
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44. I still don't like it.
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45. Your new doohickey
hasn't even been road-tested.
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46. And you've got no shielding
for cosmic-ray protection.
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47. Recent data indicates no negative
effects from exposure to cosmic rays.
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48. However, actinic solar rays do have
a cumulative injurious effect...
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49. Well, OK. Alright.
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50. But promise not to explain everything
when we're up there.
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51. All systems online.
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52. Brace for blastoff
on five, four, three, two...
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53. If my calculations are correct,
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54. our flight path will intersect with
the phenomenon's trajectory now!
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55. We didn't know it then
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56. but the phenomenon had disrupted
an unknown energy field.
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57. That occurrence mysteriously altered
normally harmless cosmic rays.
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58. Cosmic rays?
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59. Yeah, I tried to warn him,
but would he listen to me?
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60. - Oh, no!
- Ben, we're on television!
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61. I know. Still steams my clams!
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62. I mean,
the world's greatest scientist.
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63. He didn't know beans about cosmic...
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64. Thing! Mr Grimm, please.
I'd like to get back to your story.
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65. Yeah, whatever you say, Dick.
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66. What happened next was
incredibly frightening and amazing.
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67. Reed, Johnny's on fire!
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68. I can't let go, but it doesn't hurt.
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69. I'm coming, Johnny.
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70. Sue, darling, you've got to get out
from under before it collapses!
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71. I... I can't!
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72. You've got to try, darling!
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73. If I can just reach your hand...
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74. I can't reach that far.
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75. When I lift it,
you both run for it, OK?
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76. Alright, I'll get it. Ready, get set...
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77. We should have been finished
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78. but then, miraculously,
the autopilot kicked in.
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79. We had all survived.
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80. Oh, darling.
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81. Johnny! Ben!
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82. Yeah, we made it, but it was
just dumb luck, if you ask me.
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83. Whatever it was, we're here.
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84. We're all alive!
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85. But we would soon find out
that things would never be the same.
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86. We'll be right back
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87. after this important
and extremely commercial message.
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88. Welcome back, friends.
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89. This is Gary Owens and we just passed
the $1.5 million plateau!
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90. Truly a fantastic tribute
to the Fantastic Four.
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91. Oh, yeah, Mr Hands Over Your Ears?
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92. It ain't good enough.
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93. On the contrary. I think it's great.
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94. "I think it's great!"
Great, schmeat!
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95. Do you know what education
costs these days?
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96. Folks, get back on them phones
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97. and kick in some real dough
or we're walking!
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98. We will do no such thing.
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99. While the Fantastic Four
are having a little heart-to-heart chat,
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100. here's the world's greatest dog act,
Fritz and Cootie!
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101. A dog act?
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102. Pick it up, Reed. You were
saying how we survived the crash.
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103. While we failed to unlock the secret
of the streaking phenomenon,
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104. at least we were all still there
to talk about it and then...
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105. Just as I was saying.
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106. We still don't know if there'll be
after effects from the flight.
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107. I... I feel so strange.
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108. What?
You're not gonna throw up, are you?
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109. - Sue?
- Sis?
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110. She's fading away.
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111. What is it? What's wrong?
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112. Reed! Reed!
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113. Sue, speak to us.
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114. Reed, what happened to me?
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115. The streaking phenomena must
have destabilised the cosmic rays
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116. and they altered your
atomic structure, making you invis...
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117. Invisible.
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118. Sweetheart, no!
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119. How long will I be this way?
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120. I... There's no way of knowing.
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121. But what if
she never gets visible again?
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122. No! Look! Look, everybody!
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123. She's coming back!
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124. I did it myself
just by thinking about it.
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125. Thank heavens you're alright.
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126. Alright? How do you know
she won't turn invisible again?
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127. How do you know
that something even more rotten
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128. ain't gonna happen
to the rest of us?
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129. I don't. No one does.
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130. Scientific exploration is dangerous.
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131. Stop trying
to talk your way out of this.
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132. You were too pig-headed
to try and listen when I warned you.
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133. It's time you learned a lesson!
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134. - He's turned into a thing!
- Batter up!
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135. No, Ben! Stop and think!
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136. You've got to think about it!
Think, Ben!
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137. OK. I think you need clobbering!
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138. What's with this stretcho jazz?
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139. What's going on?
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140. What's happened to us all?
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141. Those cosmic rays
turned you into monsters.
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142. This is making me crazy. I mean...
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143. No wonder
I've been feeling warm and funny.
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144. I've changed, too.
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145. I can fly!
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146. Oh, man, that was fantastic!
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147. You can say that again, Mr Blowtorch.
You better chill out.
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148. Together we have more powers
than four beings have ever possessed.
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149. Come on. Stand back, folks.
Here it comes.
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150. I suppose you're gonna give us
some sheep dip
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151. about using our powers
for the good of mankind, right?
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152. Right, Ben. Absolutely right.
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153. I'm gonna call myself
the Human Torch.
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154. And I'll be with you
as the Invisible Woman.
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155. And maybe you should
call yourself Mr Fantastic.
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156. Well, rather presumptuous,
but it does have a ring to it.
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157. Mr Fantastic it is!
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158. One of us is missing. Ben...
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159. I'm in, but I ain't Ben no more.
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160. Look, like Sue said,
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161. now I'm just a muscle-bound thing.
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162. But things weren't easy for us, Dick.
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163. Wait till I get my violin
before I start sobbing.
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164. When we started off, not many
New York apartment buildings
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165. were eager to have us as tenants.
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166. It'll be the four of you,
Professor Richards.
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167. You, your wife,
your brother-in-law, John M Storm...
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168. That's just Johnny.
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169. And Benjamin J Grimm.
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170. What is your relation to the others,
may I ask?
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171. None of your business,
I may answer.
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172. Yes, of course.
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173. Now, then,
about your experiments, Professor.
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174. They won't be dangerous,
noisy or smelly, will they?
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175. I'm dangerous, noisy and smelly.
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176. You don't like it,
what am I supposed to do?
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177. Sleep in the park?
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178. For the rent you're charging us,
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179. you shouldn't care
if we're breeding hogs in here.
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180. You're rude. Very rude!
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181. Yeah? You're a dingbat!
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182. The rent is high, Ben,
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183. but you must admit
that we're rather unusual tenants.
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184. Now we have some shopping
to do and...
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185. - What are you doing?
- Making a grilled-cheese sandwich.
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186. We do our cooking in the kitchen.
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187. Darling, did I hear you say shopping?
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188. And so we went out,
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189. little dreaming we were heading
into our very first strange adventure
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190. as the Fantastic Four.
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191. - Was ist das, Harold?
- You got me, Morris.
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192. - Guys, look.
- Oh, no! Somebody has to save him.
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193. The police can't get close enough.
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194. Witnesses report the young man
seemed to be in some sort of trance.
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195. No one knows his identity...
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196. Identity, indeed! He is nothing.
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197. A mere nobody I observed
on the subway one day.
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198. But now that I have crafted
his likeness
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199. in my special neuro-kinetic clay,
he is mine to control.
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200. Can't reach.
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201. It's just too far.
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202. No, it can't be!
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203. Someone whose power
is greater than mine!
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204. This may burn,
but it's better than going splat.
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205. Stop! Only I control the destiny
of my living puppets!
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206. The flames!
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207. Father, I heard you cry out in pain.
How did you burn yourself?
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208. No. Don't call me Father!
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209. How many times must I remind you?
I'm your stepfather.
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210. You're no child of mine.
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211. I want to help you
if you've been hurt.
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212. You're blocking my view.
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213. You may be blind,
but I can see perfectly.
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214. - What are you doing?
- Detour, buddy.
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215. I got a friend coming in
for a landing.
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216. No one must steal my power, my glory!
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217. Almost three million and climbing!
Let's hear it!
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218. OK, Dick, we're doing better
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219. but now I'm gonna put us
over the top.
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220. Alright, you gonzos, I'm gonna give
the first 100 of you couch potatoes
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221. that pledge 1,000 bucks or more
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222. my personal body-building lessons
absolutely free.
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223. One, two, five, six.
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224. No bully's gonna kick sand
in your face,
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225. not when yours truly gets done
putting biceps on your triceps
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226. in only ten quick steps!
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227. Kill camera two. Camera four on Reed.
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228. Now, Reed, you were telling us
about the Puppet Master.
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229. We had no idea what a cunning and
desperate adversary he proved to be.
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230. His grasp of strange science
was as startling as it was dangerous.
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231. Careful.
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232. Mustn't overfill the matrix.
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233. Yes!
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234. Whoever and whatever you are,
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235. you shall be the first to serve me.
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236. And through you,
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237. I shall conquer and control
your powerful friends.
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238. There.
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239. Now no force on earth can prevent you
from coming to me,
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240. your new master.
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241. Come, my puppet. Come.
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242. Come on, let me in, Reed.
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243. I wanna see
what you're working on.
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244. Come to me now.
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245. I'm not ready to show this particular
experiment to visitors, Ben.
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246. Who's a visitor?
I'm one of the Fantastic Four, ain't I?
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247. Come!
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248. Well, there's no need to be offended.
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249. I better keep an eye on him.
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250. If he saw you or Johnny trailing him,
he'd be furious.
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251. Be careful, Sue. Sue, darling?
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252. She's gone, Reed.
At least I think she is.
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253. It's tough to tell
when your sister's invisible.
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254. How many times have I told you?
Don't play with fire in the house!
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255. Well, excuse me!
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256. He's heading into a house
on Sullivan Street.
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257. I don't wanna lose him.
I'll be in touch.
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258. I've been expecting you.
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259. Come to me.
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260. What is it, Stepfather?
Do we have guests?
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261. Only one guest, Alicia.
Do make him comfortable.
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262. Good afternoon. I'm Alicia Masters
and your name is?
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263. That's not important!
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264. What a strong gentleman you are,
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265. with a strange sadness
I can feel in my heart. Hello.
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266. Your other guest
has arrived, Stepfather.
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267. You're imagining things.
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268. No, I'm not. I can sense her presence.
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269. Yes, her. I feel sure it's a woman.
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270. You're indoors too much, Alicia.
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271. Your mind is playing tricks.
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272. I long ago learned
to trust your instincts.
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273. If we do have an uninvited guest,
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274. this sleep gas will deal with her.
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275. There is someone after all.
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276. - Good work, Alicia!
- I don't understand.
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277. Why are you using sleep gas
to greet someone?
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278. OK, I...
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279. I must try to stay awake now.
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280. Let me see. Call Reed. Johnny.
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281. That woman was on television
with our other guest earlier today.
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282. What a delightful development!
I could not have planned it better.
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283. You're scaring me, Stepfather.
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284. What's happening?
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285. Stop your prattling, girl!
I'm trying to think!
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286. Yes, the resemblance is uncanny.
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287. It shall be no problem
for the Puppet Master.
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288. Come! I have work for you!
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289. There, my child.
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290. You will at last pay your debt to me
for caring for you
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291. when your mother ran away from me
in fear and loathing,
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292. too terrified to even return for you.
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293. Excellent. Only two things more.
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294. Your eyes, girl. Open your eyes.
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295. The contact lenses are perfect.
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296. Now put on her clothes, Alicia.
Quickly!
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297. My stepdaughter's presence
at your side
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298. will convince the flaming torch
and the man who stretches
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299. that their friends have returned.
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300. When they let you in, destroy them!
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301. I'm ready, Stepfather,
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302. but I don't understand
the purpose of this masquerade.
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303. It's a friendly joke, child!
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304. You said you could sense
my guest's goodness.
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305. Would he ever engage in wrongdoing?
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306. No, of course not.
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307. Then, go!
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308. And now my great work begins!
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309. Once my obedient puppet
has destroyed his powerful friends,
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310. I will activate my criminal army
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311. and quickly terrorise
and dominate the city.
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312. I shall be master!
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313. Master! Anyone I wish!
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314. telecast for the rest of the story
of the origin of the Fantastic Four.
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315. To be continued.
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316. And keep them calls coming in or else!
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