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. And now, this is Gary Owens
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16. welcoming you back to Dick Clark's
College Scholarship Telethon,
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17. with Dick's special guests,
the Fantastic Four!
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18. Now let's do a quick recap of
how you got your incredible powers.
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19. OK, but remember, folks,
we're professionals.
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20. You don't wanna try
this stuff at home.
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21. You took off
in Reed's untested spaceship
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22. to investigate
a weird streaking phenomenon
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23. which somehow altered
normally harmless cosmic rays,
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24. which changed you in amazing,
no, make that fantastic, ways.
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25. Your lives would never be the same
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26. but you unselfishly pledged
to use your new powers
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27. for the good of mankind.
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28. However, few buildings
wanted you as tenants
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29. and your adventures began
the moment you found an apartment.
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30. A strange Puppet Master
was controlling human beings
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31. through dolls sculpted
in a special neuro-kinetic clay.
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32. But his lovely blind daughter, Alicia,
knew nothing of his evil schemes.
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33. Mad at Reed
for keeping him out of the lab,
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34. the Thing left the Baxter Building
under the Puppet Master's control,
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35. resulting in Sue's capture.
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36. The Puppet Master then forced Alicia,
disguised as Sue,
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37. to accompany the Thing
back to the Baxter Building,
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38. not knowing he was under orders
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39. to destroy Mr Fantastic
and the Human Torch.
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40. Thus, clearing the way for him
and his doll puppets
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41. to take over the city.
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42. Slash Curtis,
a brutish vicious criminal
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43. from the dregs of society.
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44. The courts gave you life imprisonment,
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45. but you shall serve me well.
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46. welcoming you to the new escape-proof
maximum-security state prison,
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47. built when voters approved
a construction-bond initiative.
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48. I say no break-out
till I get the guard patrols timed.
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49. Hear me, Slash Curtis!
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50. Hey, sweetheart,
got a newsflash for you.
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51. Jailbreak!
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52. They've seized the guard's weapon.
Here comes the warden!
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53. Warden Butler,
how will you control this situation?
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54. There's no cause for alarm, Diane.
That gate is state of the art.
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55. I've been waiting for you, warden.
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56. Say "cheese".
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57. I must be accurate.
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58. But once I've made
your likeness perfect,
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59. you, too, shall be my puppet slave.
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60. I don't understand
why you won't speak to me.
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61. I feel that someone, some force,
is preventing you.
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62. Just one moment, Mr Grimm.
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63. Mrs Richards. Stop!
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64. I must speak to you
about the revolting chemical smells
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65. coming from Dr Richards's laboratory.
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66. And there was a huge piece of scientific
equipment delivered yesterday.
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67. I'm speaking to you, Mrs...
Well, what cheek!
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68. Reed, can you get it?
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69. Reed?
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70. OK, OK! Fine! I'll see who's there.
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71. He might as well be on Mars
when he's in his lab.
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72. Never picks up a phone.
Never answers a doorbell. Never!
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73. Great!
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74. Reed, Sue's back
with tall, orange and gruesome!
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75. Terrific time to forget your keys.
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76. I just got out of the shower and...
What's with you, Ben?
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77. If I wasn't soaking wet, I'd flame on
and barbecue your spareribs.
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78. Ben? Is that your name?
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79. Sue?
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80. Reed! Reed, help!
The Thing's gone bananas!
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81. Ben, stop!
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82. What's wrong? What's gotten into you?
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83. Your eyes, they're glassy.
You don't know what you're doing.
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84. If you want me, come and get me!
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85. Sorry, Ben.
That was the only way to stop you.
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86. And now we'll see
if my formula works.
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87. My head!
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88. What's happening?
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89. My face!
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90. It's human!
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91. I'm Ben Grimm again.
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92. I'm me.
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93. It's the formula
I've been working on.
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94. I didn't tell you.
I didn't want to raise your hopes.
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95. What's wrong with me?
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96. I came here to clobber
my best friends.
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97. Johnny!
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98. Are you OK? I didn't mean to hurt you.
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99. You're yourself. You're Ben again.
Not that it's much of an improvement.
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100. Oh, yeah?
How would you like a knuckle casserole?
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101. Won't somebody tell me where I am?
Who you all are?
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102. The resemblance is uncanny
but she's not Sue.
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103. I remember now.
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104. She's the Puppet Master's
stepdaughter.
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105. Come here.
The poor kid's... Well, she's blind.
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106. She sure does look like sis,
but where's Sue?
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107. Who is the Puppet Master?
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108. Him? He's a weirdo
with a place in the village.
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109. Sue's his prisoner there but, well...
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110. It ain't her fault.
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111. Your voice.
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112. You're the strong kindly one
who came to my stepfather's house.
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113. But you seem different now.
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114. No, wait... It is you!
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115. Yes, you are
the same wonderful person.
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116. Yeah, wonderful.
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117. The formula wasn't permanent then
but we've got to move.
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118. I can't leave Sue
in the hands of a madman!
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119. Flame on!
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120. The squirt gets to fly
and we gotta go catch a cab!
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121. I think I can do better than that.
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122. I call it the Fantasticar.
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123. You wait here, kid.
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124. I'll be back for you.
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125. I want a 24-hour lockdown, Clancy.
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126. You got it, warden.
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127. And put Slash Curtis in solitary.
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128. Warden Butler! Hear me!
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129. You OK, warden?
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130. Warden?
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131. Warden Butler, the man you saw
put down a prison riot moments ago
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132. is now acting very strangely.
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133. Must free all prisoners.
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134. Must free all prisoners.
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135. Must free them now.
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136. You can't do that! Warden, no!
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137. He's activating the gate control.
What is happening?
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138. The warden! Go, go, go!
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139. Now seize him, prisoners.
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140. Quickly!
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141. Take him to the main cell block!
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142. Yes, Slash!
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143. With him as your hostage,
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144. you can begin to negotiate
for the things I want.
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145. A detachment of guards has moved in
to surround the main cell block
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146. but the rioting prisoners
have taken control.
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147. More importantly, they now hold
warden Lewis G Butler in their hands.
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148. Getting out of this chair
would be easy for Reed,
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149. but I'll have to do it
the old-fashioned way.
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150. I'm out of here!
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151. And Slash Curtis has just designated
himself chief negotiator
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152. for the rioting prisoners.
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153. What's this?
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154. Did the Invisible Woman think I'd be
unprepared for an escape attempt?
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155. How foolish!
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156. The force of the fall
shook me into visibility.
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157. I must get away.
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158. It's useless to resist me.
You are my helpless puppet.
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159. Sullivan Street dead ahead.
Let's pray we're not too late.
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160. There. That's the street number
Alicia gave us.
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161. Hurry, Ben!
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162. It's clobbering time!
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163. Sue! Darling!
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164. Reed, I can't run away!
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165. He's controlling me
with a puppet doll.
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166. I have one for you, too, my friends.
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167. And I've got something for you,
bug eyes!
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168. - There's no way you'll escape!
- It's you who won't escape!
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169. Won't escape!
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170. He's getting away with Sue.
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171. Won't escape!
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172. I got him, Johnny.
Can't hold him... Ben!
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173. I hear you, stringbean!
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174. Say good night, Gracie!
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175. Won't escape.
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176. Now let's find Susie Q.
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177. You're too late!
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178. Can't get there, but have to try!
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179. Hold it, stretcho. Look at the kid!
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180. Hang on, sis. I'm on the way.
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181. She's yours!
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182. No! Johnny, help!
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183. I moved too fast. I'm out of gas.
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184. You had it when it counted.
Great job, son.
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185. I guess I wasn't too shabby at that,
was I?
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186. Don't ever put me
through that again, sweetheart.
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187. Well, it wasn't fun
for me either, darling.
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188. Smooch later.
Look, we've got work to do.
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189. Slash Curtis has just demanded
weapons and freedom for all prisoners
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190. or the warden will pay the price.
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191. Let's get busy!
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192. Fantasticar, front and centre.
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193. We're going directly to jail.
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194. Well, the cops
gotta play ball with us,
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195. long as we got the warden here.
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196. Just to make sure that
they don't get a little cute,
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197. we're gonna take out
an insurance policy.
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198. Bull, Skink, you know what to do!
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199. Silly me, forgot to thank you
for opening the gates for us.
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200. Must free all prisoners.
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201. Things have been quiet since
Slash Curtis made his demands but...
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202. What in the world?
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203. It's the fantastic flying torch,
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204. the stretchable man
and that powerful, incredible thing.
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205. They rescued the jumper off
the 59th Street Bridge the other day.
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206. They're travelling in
some sort of amazing flying vehicle.
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207. Just hang loose, honey,
and you won't get hurt.
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208. This won't be as easy as I'd hoped.
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209. Now they've got both the warden and
that television reporter as hostages.
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210. If we make the slightest mistake,
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211. it could cost them their lives.
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212. And the total continues to grow.
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213. Your tribute to the Fantastic Four
is gonna give a lot of kids
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214. the great education they deserve
and our country needs.
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215. Now let's get back
to the exciting story of...
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216. Where's the Thing, Gary?
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217. Well, we're not sure, Dick.
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218. He went backstage
during the commercial break and...
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219. No sweat, Jack.
Old blue eyes is back!
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220. I figure if we're gonna raise
a ton of money for education,
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221. we gotta sell
the most educational stuff of all.
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222. Namely, the adventures of yours truly
and my three assistants.
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223. So cough up some cash
cos I don't like deadbeats.
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224. The audience
has already been very generous
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225. but if you sit down,
I'll buy those books.
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226. You will? Great!
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227. And, by the way, I got plenty more
where these came from.
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228. How nice!
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229. Now back to the story
of the Puppet Master.
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230. When we arrived, the situation at
the prison had reached boiling point.
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231. We've got to do something
but we can't risk a direct assault.
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232. Alright, brain-o,
you've got smarts. Now use 'em.
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233. We've got to make
a two-pronged attack.
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234. Sue and I will go high
while you and Ben go low.
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235. OK. What's a prong?
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236. Start the low-prong phase now!
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237. Come on, matchstick!
Let's make like heroes!
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238. That crazy plane!
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239. I can't see it no more!
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240. Let 'em have it!
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241. You rang?
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242. There's nothing like
recycling scrap metal...
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243. to keep the garbage in!
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244. Now that Slash is out of it,
I'm taking charge!
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245. Oh, yeah? Who says? I'm...
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246. Naughty, naughty!
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247. - Get her!
- Reed, now!
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248. Excuse me, gentlemen.
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249. What's the hurry?
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250. I'd say this wraps things up,
in every sense of the word.
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251. I don't know how to thank you.
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252. I must have been temporarily insane.
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253. You were simply another victim
of the Puppet Master.
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254. We'll bring him to justice!
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255. Didn't know you was a sculptor.
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256. Reed helped me move all your stuff
from your stepfather's house.
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257. Finding a home for me
was your idea, wasn't it, Ben?
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258. Nah. We all decided.
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259. I mean, you know, Reed's got
some bucks from his inventions...
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260. Well, yeah, I guess it was.
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261. I've never met any man
as kind and as beautiful as you.
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262. Yeah, well, you're kind of nice, too.
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263. Look, I gotta go.
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264. I gotta find that Puppet Master
and like that... I gotta go.
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265. You take it easy, though, OK?
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266. Dear Ben. Dear, dear Ben.
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267. I neutralised the last of the
Puppet Master's neuro-kinetic clay.
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268. He can never use it again
to control innocent people.
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269. Great. But what if he's out there
maybe cooking up another batch?
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270. As long as that little creep's around,
Alicia could have a problem.
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271. Alicia? Of course!
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272. We've got to hurry!
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273. - Where?
- To Alicia's new apartment.
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274. If the Puppet Master set clay aside
for emergencies, he'll head there.
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275. - Flame on!
- That poor girl!
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276. We've gotta save her
from that evil geek.
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277. Ben, is that you?
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278. No, dear girl, it's I,
your beloved stepfather.
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279. You have something
which belongs to me.
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280. The most powerful puppet of them all.
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281. I wish you could see it, Alicia.
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282. It's a small figure of me.
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283. Not as I am now, a hunted man, no.
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284. It is I, as the true Puppet Master,
ruler of all the world.
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285. Now that I have tested my power
and know that it works,
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286. I can do anything I wish!
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287. Once I have subjected
the entire world to my puppet,
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288. kings, presidents and armies
will do my bidding.
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289. My first official act will be
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290. to tear down the United Nations,
the White House, the Pentagon.
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291. All power will reside only in me!
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292. I will be supreme!
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293. And as for that fantastic foursome
who have defied me,
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294. they shall be my slaves
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295. and their humiliation
will be my sweetest victory!
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296. You're mad, sick!
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297. Careful, you little fool!
Give me that!
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298. Let me have it! Give it to me!
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299. I and my royal puppet are one!
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300. No!
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301. Stepfather!
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302. It's alright, kid, I'm here.
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303. You're safe now.
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304. Ben, he went out the window!
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305. I heard the glass breaking!
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306. There's no sign of him outside.
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307. It's as if he vanished
from the face of the earth.
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308. Perhaps it's better that way.
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309. What happened, Reed?
What made the Puppet Master fall?
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310. Perhaps a power greater than ours.
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311. That's the story
of the Fantastic Four
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312. and thank you so much
for your generous contributions.
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313. Remember, every dollar
spent on a college education
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314. brings more than you
could ever count. Gary?
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315. Dick and I thank you very much.
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316. You four were great guests and...
There's only three of you.
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317. What a fantastic salesman!
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318. Tell me about it, O rich one.
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