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. Fantastic Four
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16. Let me tell you what happened in
the first two parts of Dr Doom's story,
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17. in case you foolishly missed them.
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18. Doom kidnapped Sue
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19. and then after trapping
Reed, Johnny and the Thing,
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20. he carried them off to his castle,
deep in the Black Forest.
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21. Reed now knows that their captor
is the same Victor von Doom
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22. who had been
his classmate in college.
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23. He was an evil scientific genius
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24. who had survived
a dangerous experiment
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25. to menace the world years later
as the dreaded Dr Doom.
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26. Doom captured the Fantastic Four
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27. to force them to carry out
a deadly, mysterious mission.
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28. Sue tried to keep him talking
long enough
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29. to give Reed, Johnny and Ben
enough time to escape.
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30. Luckily, the power-mad tyrant
was willing to tell her his life story.
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31. It was a story he had kept locked
within him all those tortured years.
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32. With the tale concluded at last,
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33. Doom tricked our heroes
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34. into entering the room
where Sue was held captive.
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35. A room that grew smaller
with each passing minute.
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36. They only had 48 hours
to travel to ancient Greece,
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37. in Dr Doom's time machine,
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38. to bring him back
the mysterious Coffin of Argos.
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39. And now, let the wonderment begin!
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40. Your room grows smaller, my dear.
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41. If your husband and his friends
are not successful,
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42. you have less than 47 hours
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43. before you are
considerably smaller as well.
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44. Reed will return, Dr Doom,
and when he does...
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45. He will make me more powerful
than you could imagine. Look!
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46. The Coffin of Argos is more
than an archaeological trinket.
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47. It holds an alien power generator
of incalculable force.
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48. The ancients feared it
and with good reason.
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49. I shall use it to dominate the earth!
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50. Reed will never put such power
in your hands!
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51. Of course he will to save
the woman he loves.
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52. Discussion is pointless.
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53. He may soon be lost
in the mists of time,
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54. in which case I will be rid of him,
your fiery brother
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55. and that grotesque orange brute
forever!
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56. Either way, I win!
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57. Amazing!
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58. Doom's device penetrated
the space-time continuum
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59. by accessing
a fourth-dimensional wormhole.
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60. Yeah, Doom's just the kind of worm
who'd do junk like that.
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61. The time machine, it's gone!
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62. Yeah. How the Sam Hill
are we gonna get back now?
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63. We don't need
to worry about that, Ben.
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64. Oh, yeah? How come?
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65. Because they'll probably kill us first.
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66. It's a Persian invasion force.
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67. I don't wanna jump to conclusions,
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68. but it looks like
they ain't too crazy about us.
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69. We don't want to affect
the course of history,
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70. but the Persians
were merciless tyrants,
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71. while the Greeks gave birth
to the ideals of democracy so...
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72. So?
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73. So we'd better punt.
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74. Stick around! I'm just warming up!
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75. Good work, Johnny, Ben.
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76. Now we can start searching
for the Coffin of Argos.
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77. What did he say?
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78. A salutation
in ancient Greek, naturally.
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79. Luckily, I still have
those translingual patches
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80. we used in fighting the Skrull invaders.
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81. Greetings, men of Athens.
We come in peace.
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82. By all the gods, stranger,
we owe you our lives.
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83. Ask what you will
and it shall be yours.
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84. I, Xanthus, swear it.
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85. OK. We're looking
for the Coffin of Argos.
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86. What? Not the coffin!
You can't be serious?
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87. Do we look like we're kidding?
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88. Come on! We've got things to do.
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89. The Coffin of Argos is cursed.
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90. Our legends tell us great Zeus
himself cast it into the underworld
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91. when it brought
dissension to the gods.
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92. To seek it is to seek death!
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93. So we got a lousy hobby.
Where is it?
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94. Yes, we must find it.
No matter the risk.
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95. Then you must look there
on the slopes of Mount Olympus,
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96. home of the gods.
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97. The Temple of the Oracle.
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98. If anyone knows its whereabouts,
it will be she.
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99. But the road is dangerous.
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100. I wish I could do more to help you.
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101. But we must go to warn the countryside.
The Persians will return!
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102. And if we must die
to preserve our freedom,
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103. we shall do so willingly!
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104. Farewell!
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105. Wait! There is something you can do.
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106. We may have less trouble
if we don't look quite so foreign.
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107. Can you give us something
more appropriate to wear?
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108. Yeah.
They lost our bags at the airport.
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109. Man, I look like the keyboards guy
in a heavy-metal retro band!
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110. Nonetheless, these clothes
should enable us to move about
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111. without attracting undue attention.
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112. Look at big brain.
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113. Guess you're gonna need
a head transplant, huh?
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114. We've got to reach the Oracle.
The clock is ticking.
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115. Hurry! Sue's life depends
on us fulfilling this mission.
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116. Steady, Hauptmann.
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117. Begin the fusion process carefully.
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118. The energy demands of a time machine
strain even my resources,
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119. but I must maintain its effectiveness
until Richards returns with my prize.
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120. Come on, Susan!
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121. You can't power yourself out of this
but you can still think!
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122. Johnny would melt himself free.
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123. Reed would thin down and slip out.
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124. And Ben, well, he would just flex
his muscles and pop these.
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125. Wait. I can flex the capsule
of my invisible shield.
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126. Now get going, girl!
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127. Maintain constant quark flow.
What?
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128. I'll be seeing you, Doctor,
but you won't be seeing me.
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129. I cannot leave
the energising process to pursue her.
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130. Send the creeper!
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131. At once, Excellency!
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132. Search and recover.
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133. Temple of the Oracle.
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134. I've read about it, of course,
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135. but I never dreamed
I'd actually see it as it was.
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136. Who seeks the Oracle this day?
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137. Speak or be gone.
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138. Strangers from another land.
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139. Smells like rotten eggs.
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140. Didn't these Grecians
never hear about air fresheners?
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141. That's hydrogen sulphide from the
mineral spring in the crevice.
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142. The ancients believed
such things had magical powers.
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143. This is no place for non-believers.
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144. But we need to find
the Coffin of Argos.
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145. You lie!
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146. Only fools and conjurers
seek that which does not exist.
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147. But you, you're neither.
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148. You're young.
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149. You are, too.
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150. And incredibly gorgeous.
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151. I am Oracle.
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152. My destiny is to sit before
a crack in the world
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153. and look into the dark face
of the unknown.
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154. It is for you to question me.
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155. More than that is not to be.
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156. My name is Johnny.
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157. I know all.
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158. You must go to the River Styx.
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159. If the Coffin of Argos truly exists,
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160. would it not have come to rest
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161. when mighty Zeus
cast it down from Olympus?
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162. Look to the River of Death.
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163. Farewell, Johnny.
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164. She's gone.
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165. And a fat lot of good she done us.
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166. All that gobbledygook
about some dumb river
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167. ain't gonna do us diddly-squat.
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168. That waterfall.
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169. If the Coffin of Argos travelled down
from this mountain into a river,
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170. this stream could have carried it.
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171. But the Oracle said that the god Zeus
threw it into the underworld.
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172. You see, Johnny,
Greek myths, like all legends,
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173. are often based on actual events
poetically retold.
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174. Let's just hope
that's true in this instance.
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175. Now get on board.
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176. Easy!
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177. Hang on!
We're gonna shoot the rapids!
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178. Jeez, Louise!
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179. Look out, Reed!
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180. The myth was right.
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181. Over the centuries, treasures
have washed down Mount Olympus,
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182. and accumulated
in this natural grotto
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183. which was converted
into a shrine to the gods.
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184. Look!
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185. The Whatchamacallit of Whosis!
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186. Let's see what's inside.
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187. No! If Dr Doom wants it so badly,
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188. the contents are undoubtedly powerful
and dangerous.
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189. But we've found what he sent us for.
We've gotta get back.
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190. Back, before Sue...
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191. gets squished.
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192. I can't keep my baby blues open.
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193. The brazier.
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194. It emits a form of sleep gas
when it's lit.
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195. Can't lose the coffin now!
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196. The invincible threesome who drove
our ground forces off yesterday
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197. defeated by a simple ancient trap
set to thwart thieves.
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198. Haul them on board.
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199. I'll use them as galley slaves
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200. when we attack the Greek fleet
at Salamis tomorrow.
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201. And should they survive the battle,
I'll hang them!
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202. Heave! Heave!
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203. Stroke! Stroke! Faster!
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204. Our invasion fleet awaits!
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205. My head!
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206. Auntie Em!
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207. Feels like a weasel died in my mouth.
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208. We've been out for hours
and now we're at sea.
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209. And that promontory coastline
looks strangely familiar.
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210. Watch it! You could hurt somebody.
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211. I could and I will, slave!
Now put your back into your oars.
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212. Today, mighty Persia
shall bring Greece to her knees!
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213. Who are you calling slave, sleazeball?
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214. Let's 86 these chains.
Bondage makes me nervous!
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215. Put them to the lash!
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216. Catch!
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217. I guess them sailor guys
forgot to eat their spinach!
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218. Now I know
why I recognise that coastline.
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219. I studied it in college.
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220. We're about to enter
the Battle of Salamis.
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221. Look!
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222. In 480 BC, the Persian king, Xerxes,
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223. assembled the largest invasion armada
in the history of the ancient world.
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224. The Greeks could muster
only a small defence force.
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225. - Where's the Coffin of Argos?
- Here, but it's shrunk.
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226. Must be
a weird molecular compression.
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227. This is one time we must make sure
that history comes out right.
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228. One of the strangers
who saved us yesterday!
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229. Ben, Johnny, hurry!
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230. Attack!
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231. Again, you find us in unequal battle
to defend our freedom.
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232. When I lower my sword,
ram the Persian flagship!
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233. Now!
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234. Wait! There's a better way.
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235. The gooey substance
you burn for torchlight.
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236. What is it?
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237. A foul-smelling gift from the sea
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238. which washes up
on our beaches in globules.
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239. Once lit, water cannot put it out.
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240. By any chance
is it called Greek fire?
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241. Yes, but I do not understand.
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242. This gunk is crude petroleum.
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243. Precisely. It washes ashore
from a suboceanic oilfield.
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244. Oil, schmoil!
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245. We're gonna be suboceanic
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246. if you don't stop gassing
about torch fire water don't put out...
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247. Them Persian ships are made of...
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248. Wood!
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249. - What's he doing?
- Stop him!
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250. He's incredible!
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251. Batter up!
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252. Water will not extinguish the flames!
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253. It is Greek fire! Abandon ship!
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254. My invisible shield!
It's my only chance.
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255. Prisoner recovered.
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256. Bring her to me.
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257. Again have you rescued us
and preserved our democracy.
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258. Stay and be our honoured brothers!
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259. Thank you, Xanthus,
but we must return to our time at once.
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260. My wife's life depends on it.
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261. - We're waiting, Ben.
- I ain't going.
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262. - What?
- You have to!
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263. Well, I ain't a freak here.
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264. They like me just the way I am.
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265. - But we'll never see you again.
- There's no time to reason with him.
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266. Goodbye, Ben. We'll miss you.
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267. I'll never forget you, big guy.
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268. Yeah, well, I'll miss you, too.
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269. Jeez, the wind must have got
into my eyeballs or something.
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270. What's happening?
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271. Waterspout!
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272. Look out, Reed!
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273. The Coffin of Argos!
Lts contents are lost!
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274. - Johnny?
- I'm OK, Reed.
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275. But the waterspout
sank all the ships.
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276. That means that Ben...
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277. Yes, Ben.
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278. Doom's time machine! We must go!
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279. No, not without Ben.
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280. Sue wouldn't want us to leave him behind
even if he drowned.
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281. Your friend survived, Johnny.
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282. Wait for me!
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283. Thank you, Oracle.
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284. Remember me.
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285. So I made a mistake. Sue me!
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286. What?
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287. Reed, darling! Johnny! Ben!
Are you alright?
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288. Yes, sweetheart. We're fine.
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289. I never lost hope
I'd see you again, darling.
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290. I knew you'd come back. You had to!
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291. Your touching reunion must wait.
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292. You found it!
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293. The Coffin of Argos
in exchange for Sue
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294. or I'll have Ben squash it.
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295. You heard him, fenderface!
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296. Release her.
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297. The Coffin of Argos! Fools!
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298. The power this contains
will enable me to dominate the earth!
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299. You and all mankind
shall be helpless to resist me!
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300. - Greek fire! You tricked me!
- Not at all.
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301. You asked for the Coffin of Argos
and we delivered it,
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302. just as I intend to deliver you
to the proper authorities.
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303. I used the energy
in your own time machine
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304. to summon the Fantasticar.
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305. Grab him, Ben!
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306. I hope you like stripes, creepo.
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307. I'm afraid I have
a previous engagement.
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308. But never fear. We shall meet again!
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309. And when we do, we'll be ready!
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