1. That's it. I've done it.
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2. I've harvested an entirely new element
from a totally unknown dimension.
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3. Let's see. Historical precedents
dictate that I name it...
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4. How's this? Reedium?
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5. - It's a joke, darling.
- Try "goop", Mr Wizard.
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6. Right now, you're going to the movies
with Johnny and me.
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7. It'll be good for Johnny.
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8. All he does is mope around
since he lost his girl, Crystal.
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9. - Sitting this one out, Ben?
- Yeah.
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10. Alicia's on her way over.
We're gonna march to my tune.
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11. Eating munchies
and watching The Three Stooges.
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12. Don't let anything
disturb my new discovery.
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13. Reed.
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14. I got lots better uses
for stretcho's gizmo
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15. than making purple Jell-O.
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16. Namely corn popping.
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17. This is ten times faster
than Susie's microwave
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18. and it pops all the kernels.
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19. Man... I am getting hungry.
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20. No. Please, no.
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21. No.
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22. No, please. Go away.
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23. What's wrong with me?
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24. I'm shaking
like a snowbound sunbather.
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25. - Don't hurt me.
- That's right, creature.
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26. Tremble. Quiver in terror.
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27. Such is the power of Psycho-Man.
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28. The beast that you shrink from
is but an illusion.
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29. No more than the symbol
of your own deepest fear,
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30. fear of losing control
over your beastly, inhuman strength.
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31. And as your fear grows, so grows the...
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32. - Where is the element?
- Ben? Who's that?
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33. What's going on?
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34. Alicia. No.
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35. Deal with it, Grimm.
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36. Remarkable. I've never seen anyone
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37. whose courage
was a match for my fear ray.
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38. It's OK, sweetie.
Hey, Benjy's right here.
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39. Hey, rock-pile, this guy must've been
one heavy-duty bogeyman.
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40. You better sleep
with your night-light on.
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41. Yeah? Well, scaring Alicia ain't funny.
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42. What is funny
is you in a full body cast.
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43. Let me show you how a pro does it.
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44. Fascinating. My scan
of the armour's molecular structure
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45. reveals that this Psycho-Man
came from another dimension.
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46. The same one my new element came from.
Are you following any of this, darling?
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47. Gee, afraid not, darling.
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48. Poor Reed. It must be trying to explain
everything to your backward wife.
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49. Really, such sarcasm
is hardly called for,
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50. especially from a girl who moves
her lips when reading the time.
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51. Lay off of Sue,
you egomaniacal egghead.
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52. She's much smarter than you ever
seem to give her credit for.
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53. What's the matter, you blue-eyed baby?
That orange hide turning yellow?
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54. Come down here and say that,
you glorified gas log.
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55. Stop it, you two. I can't stand
when you act like spoiled children.
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56. Susan, now you're the one acting like...
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57. Hey. What the ding-dong am I doing?
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58. - More like what are we doing?
- It's this element.
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59. It must have some radioactive effect
on the molecular structure of the brain.
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60. - It affects our thinking?
- And emotions.
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61. In the wrong hands, it would give
someone the power to manipulate people.
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62. My head's spinning. I need some air.
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63. Me, too. Come on. Let's go get
a nice cup of coffee down at the café.
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64. And I want to store this, as Ben calls
it, goop in my negative-field ioniser,
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65. where no one
but the Fantastic Four can get at it.
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66. No one but the Fantastic Four?
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67. Well, then, I shall have to activate
my membership.
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68. - Ben hates trying on clothes.
- Really?
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69. He's impossible to fit.
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70. The popping buttons
have put five salesmen on disability.
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71. You think he's hard to fit?
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72. Try buying a sports coat
that'll stretch 500 feet.
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73. Reed, hi. That was quick, darling.
Where's Johnny and Ben?
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74. Something's come up. No time to explain.
We're needed immediately.
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75. OK, sure, Reed. But Alicia's here...
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76. I'm fine, Sue. I'll take a cab home.
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77. Hey, Alicia. Ben stayed to guard the...
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78. - Hey, wait a minute. Where's Sue?
- Sue? Why, she went with you.
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79. I love those mouthy meeces.
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80. - Talk to me.
- Ben.
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81. Reed needs you to bring
Element F to him right away.
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82. - Bring what?
- The goop.
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83. We're at the Avengers Mansion.
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84. Goodbye to you, too, Susie.
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85. I wonder why Susie
wants this stuff, anyhow.
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86. - Taxi.
- Give me that container.
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87. Or you will meet your ultimate defeat
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88. at the hands
of Malice, Mistress of Hate.
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89. Forget it, lady.
I ain't giving nobody nothing.
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90. And Ben Grimm
sure ain't fighting no lady.
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91. You know, after some ruminating,
I've decided you ain't no lady.
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92. No air.
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93. - I can't breathe.
- Poor little Thingy out of breath?
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94. Take a hike, toots.
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95. That's a good little superhero.
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96. Reed Richards. You will die.
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97. Yes. As I promised,
Reed Richards will become your prey.
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98. But first, we return to my world
to set a little trap.
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99. For the rest of my family.
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100. So the next thing I know
is I wake up in the alley alone.
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101. - Johnny, any sign of Sue?
- Sorry, brother-in-law.
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102. No luck.
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103. Hey, we'll find her, Stretch.
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104. She couldn't have just vanished
off the face of the earth.
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105. - Did you get the images?
- Sure. Right here.
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106. Ben, you said Sue told you
to bring her Element F, right?
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107. Yeah. So what?
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108. Well, the trouble is,
I never named the new element.
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109. In fact, there's only one being
who might know its name.
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110. This heat-image tracer
can replay pictures of recent events
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111. by capturing the residual heat images
that remain behind.
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112. Right. They just had a clearance sale
on those at Bloomie's.
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113. Hey, that's the dame, alright.
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114. Spiked collar, red cape.
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115. Reminds me,
Mother's Day is coming up soon.
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116. - Look, it's sis.
- Now, if the coordinates match...
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117. Malice, Mistress of Hate, is Sue.
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118. - Oh, man.
- Mamma mia!
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119. You mean I was going toe-to-toe
with Susie?
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120. Hey, slow down, Reed.
Where are we going?
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121. To get Sue back. If Psycho-Man's
hurt her in any way at all...
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122. But why the Reducto-Craft?
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123. Psycho-Man's armour revealed
he came from a subatomic dimension
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124. that can only be reached
by shrinking to microscopic size,
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125. then passing through
a dimensional portal.
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126. Figures. Why can't the bad guys
ever live in Waikiki?
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127. We're now in a place
no human's ever been.
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128. A world within worlds, the Microverse.
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129. Because of our Reducto-Craft's
limited charge,
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130. we've only got a half-hour
to find Sue and get her back.
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131. After that, the portal closes up again,
trapping us here for ever.
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132. Get real. How do we find them
in a half-hour?
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133. It's my guess Psycho-Man will find us.
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134. We're hit. Something's jammed
the micro-gyro. Johnny, take over.
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135. Hey, speed racer.
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136. Slow this rust bucket down
or you're gonna be wearing my breakfast.
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137. Look, over there. Flame on.
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138. What? Nothing. I could've sworn I...
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139. No. It's just a barren wasteland.
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140. Actually, just the opposite. Look at the
shape of those crystalline structures.
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141. - Notice their grid-like placement.
- What are you guys talking about?
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142. Hey, yeah,
almost like buildings or something.
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143. Exactly like buildings, Ben.
We've landed in the middle of a city.
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144. Hey.
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145. What's going on?
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146. No.
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147. Flame on. Help. Flame on.
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148. No.
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149. Lay off the kid, you creep.
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150. Ain't it enough you kidnapped Susie
and swiped stretcho's goop?
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151. Actually, Ben,
I'm afraid we're the thieves.
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152. - Say what?
- If my theory is correct,
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153. the element I took from this dimension
belonged to Psycho-Man.
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154. It's the fuel for his psycho-weapons,
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155. which he obviously uses to enslave
the inhabitants of this world with fear.
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156. A charming necessity, I assure you.
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157. Once I saw your amazing powers,
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158. I realised you could be
enormously useful
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159. in controlling my subjects,
as my fear police.
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160. So, with your lovely wife as bait,
I lured you to my dimension
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161. and reduced you even more
to your present puny size.
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162. And to force us
to carry out your sick orders,
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163. you're brainwashing us
with your psychological torture.
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164. Call it a hobby. And now to continue.
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165. No!
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166. Let me at him.
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167. Interesting. If I reduce
my molecular cohesion to a minimum...
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168. Alright. It's Dr Blob.
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169. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
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170. Oh, yeah. Stand back.
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171. It's clobbering time.
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172. Flame on. Back off, Ben. He's mine.
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173. Hey, what the? He shrunk.
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174. No, Ben, he was never any bigger
than what you see.
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175. The rest was just an illusion.
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176. Well, maybe now he'll stick to charades.
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177. Let's move. Only five minutes till
the dimensional portal closes forever,
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178. and I'm not leaving without Susan.
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179. - Looking for me, dear?
- Susan.
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180. Correction. Malice.
Susan Richards was a pathetic creature.
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181. Someone to be ignored at worst,
patronised at best.
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182. Someone you stifled
and frustrated at every turn.
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183. Wait a minute. Hold on, Susie.
Long-winded as he can be...
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184. - Keep out of this.
- Hey!
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185. Why are you doing this
to the ones who love you?
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186. Liar.
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187. And now, my dear, devoted husband.
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188. Susan.
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189. It's all over, darling,
and now you are going to die.
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190. That's right, Reed. It's
a force-field bubble inside your body.
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191. Growing, expanding, pressing outwards.
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192. - Sue, for pity's sake, stop.
- Silence.
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193. Or I will crush you too, baby brother.
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194. I'm getting real intimate here
with my spleen.
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195. You got any brainstorms, Doc?
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196. Just one.
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197. Susan, stop this nonsense at once.
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198. I'm in no mood
to put up with your silly drivel.
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199. What? You dare speak to me like that?
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200. Susan, I'm ordering you to be quiet.
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201. I've indulged your tantrums for years.
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202. But now is not the time for such games.
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203. What? Games?
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204. Yes, games. I'm sick of coddling you.
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205. Face it. You never could
carry your weight in this group.
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206. - We all know that.
- That's a lie.
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207. Susan, I said shut up.
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208. - I hate you.
- Yes, go ahead. Hate me.
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209. You weak, silly, spineless...
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210. Very clever, Richards.
But completely wasted.
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211. Pity. You'd have made
such exemplary fear police.
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212. But I'm afraid you're dangerously
overqualified for the position.
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213. Malice, release them.
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214. As you say, Master.
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215. My aching everything.
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216. I take it now you'll dispose of us?
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217. With a little assist
from my hate cannon.
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218. A hundred times more potent
than my previous psycho-ray.
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219. Shall we test it?
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220. Master, permit me to pull the trigger.
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221. As you wish, my dear.
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222. You know, what we need here
is the world's best marriage counsellor.
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223. This one's for you, you monster.
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224. What? No.
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225. - You!
- Yeah, sis.
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226. We got her back.
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227. Thank heavens it worked.
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228. I forced Sue's hatred
beyond her means to hold it inside.
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229. The psychic explosion freed her
from Psycho-Man's control.
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230. You stupid, ugly, demented,
loathsome weakling.
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231. You failed. You're a miserable failure.
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232. I'll destroy you.
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233. Extraordinary.
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234. He's consumed with total self-hatred.
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235. Let him write Dear Abby.
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236. Meanwhile, we got one minute to boogie.
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237. No sweat. One boogie buggy coming up.
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238. Well, that's it for Psycho-Man
and his fear weapons.
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239. Maybe now the inhabitants of this world
will get a little taste of freedom.
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240. Ben, Johnny, Reed.
I'm so sorry about what happened.
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241. I know, darling.
It's just good to have you back.
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242. Although you do look fetching in black.
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243. - Johnny, take the controls.
- I'm all over it. Cool.
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244. Oh, no. Don't let the kid drive.
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245. I think I'm gonna flash my head.
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