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[tires screeching]

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[tires screeching]

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[wind howling]

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[engine revving]

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[creaking]

(T.J.) Hey-hey. Thanks for coming, Superboy.

Looks very old.

Oh, it's extremely old, Superboy. Yes, yes.

But we seem to have the proverbial

immovable object here.

And you need an irresistible force.

Precisely. Alright, everyone, please backup.

[grunting]

[grunting continues]

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I don't believe it. Even Superboy can't lift it.

[Superboy grunting]

Hiya, folks. Mxyzptlk is the name.

Dimension hoppin' is the game.

Superboy, I'm so glad you could come to see me.

It saves me having to come see you.

[zaps]

# I come from afar to make you a star #

Okay. That does it. No more chili dogs before bedtime.

Look. I know these losers are your people.

And I love you, for you're loyal to them.

Really.

But we got things to discuss.

So what say, we make a meet on top of the biology building

in say, oh, um, 28 seconds.

We are dreaming, aren't we?

Uh-uh, it's too silly to be a dream.

- It was no dream. - It's not a hallucination.

That totem was real. Now it's gone.

Well, where did he come from?

Perhaps the inscription on the totem can give us the answer.

Young man, how long will it take you

to have that film developed?

Uh, one hour, doc. From my lab to yours.

- Get a load of us. - Absolutely amazing.

Instantaneous matter transference.

Seems our little friend is, uh, short on patience.

Oh, what do we do now?

I'd take the side streets if I were you.

[chuckling]

[swooshing]

Supey baby.

I'm so glad you could make it.

Uh, I gotta apologize for the surroundings.

You know, it ain't much, but we like to call it home.

Looks like a rooftop to me.

You hurt me, Supey. You wound me, you know that?

What? The ventilation's sensational, huh?

Who are you?

Oh, naughty, naughty, Supster.

You're not paying attention.

My name is Mxyzptlk.

M-X-Y-Z-P-T-L-K.

But don't try to say that fast.

Or you'll get your tongue wrapped around your eye teeth.

I won't be able to see what I'm saying.

Don't ever do that.

Don't you ever, ever... steal my line again.

What do you want from me?

Where I come from, we all get a lotta yaks

that you human beings, you know, messing up all the time.

I'm glad we entertain you. Really.

But I'll tell you what's really entertaining

is you know, when you're two people like that

when you're Clark and Superboy.

[laughs]

Now, listen. Superboy, your secret's safe with me.

I wouldn't tell anybody, you know.

If the whole world knows about it, it's a spoil.

But here's the deal.

You know, in the fifth dimension we got our eye on you, you know.

And you got what we want. And we always get what we want.

Whoa, whoa. Back up, back up. There's a fifth dimension?

You're a good-looking kid. Got a lotta style.

You know, but in the smart's department

you ain't exactly world-class.

You dummy!

The fifth dimension is another...universe.

There's a parallel universe.

But it's nothing like this.

What does that have to do with me?

It's the powers. It's the super-duper powers.

You know, anybody could do magic in a fifth dimension.

But that's all like a door is magic, you know.

So, we've been watching you, you know.

We'll get you over there, you know, look you over, you know.

Maybe you could show us, then we could all become super too.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm not interested. Not even a little.

Please, Supey.

Maybe I can change your mind.

Turn on those super-duper powers

and you see that lady down there?

Over there. And the building next to it.

[static]

Yay, Sup!

(female #1) Oh, Superboy. You saved my life.

Ask yourself this, Supster. Can I be everywhere at once?

What if stuff like this was happening all over town?

- Is that a threat? - That's a prediction.

Where I come from, we settle things with wagers.

Uh...are you a betting man?

- Will you get to the point? - You know that Lana chick?

She's not too hard on the eyes, for a human that is.

The bet is, I can make her fall in love with me within 24 hours.

- I loose, I cut out. - And if you win, what happens?

Yeah. If I win, you know, didn't think of that one.

I win, we go back to the fifth dimension

and we, you know, make it a happening place.

There's also a third possibility here.

That I stuff you right now.

Huh, ah!

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry. - Oh! Superboy.

Oh!

Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.

[birds chirping]

Hi, sweetie-honey.

Ouch! You again?

Ah! How do you pop in and out like that?

Practice. Listen, I got a joke for you.

[panting] Okay.

- Knock knock. - Who's there?

- Jimmy. - Jimmy who?

- Jimmy a kiss. - Ah!

Ugh!

- Great, huh? Sensational? - That was disgusting.

Now I know what it's like to be kissed by a toad. Ugh!

Think I need a little more work on this.

(Lana) I don't know.

I suppose I went a little too far by calling the guy a toad.

(Clark) For all we know, where he comes from

calling him a toad is a compliment.

(Lana) I'll admit the guy is a little unusual.

(Clark) A little unusual?

(Lana) Okay, he's the weirdest thing to ever hit Shuster.

But I don't see what, uh...Superboy and Dr. Royer

are so concerned about?

And even if they're right

and Mr. Mxyzptlk turns out to be from out of this world

he doesn't seem all that dangerous.

[dramatic music]

Hey, where did the guards go?

You mean, where did we go?

[gun cocking]

[laughing]

- We need a hostage? - We do?

- Yeah. - Yeah. We need a hostage.

[convicts chuckling]

Get the babe.

Yeah, alright.

Yeah, get the babe. What you gonna do, huh?

Gonna do something, eh?

Alright, somebody's gonna get dead.

I'll save you, sweetie-honey.

Don't try to thank me, sweetie-honey.

Yo. Sweetie.

Ooh.

[bell donging]

[indistinct chattering]

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Oh! But you know it's not my birthday.

Lana, from now on, every day is your birthday.

Oh, Clark.

Clark?

- I just love this. - Me too. He he.

- Ain't it a trip? - Uh-huh.

(Lana) It's funny.

You think you know someone all your life

until one day, you find yourself looking at that person

in a brand new light.

Yeah. Ain't it the truth?

So, swee...uh, Lana, let's, uh, have some lunch.

And you know, we can, uh, we can play some Putt-Putt

and then we could swing by the zoo

and tease the monkeys for an hour or two--

Clark Kent, I can't decide if you're the strangest guy

I've ever known or just the most romantic.

Maybe I'll just keep you guessing for a while.

Uh, Clark. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm complaining.

Today's been heaven.

But it's, um..

I just can't help wondering why you're so..

...I don't know, so, uh, different?

Maybe love does it to people sometimes, you know.

Makes them different.

- Yeah. - Maybe.

That does happen sometimes.

[chuckles]

Maybe it could happen to me

m-maybe it could happen to you.

Maybe.

[birds chirping]

Oh! I just don't know how you feel anymore.

All I know is...I can't stop thinking about you.

- About us. - Now you're talking.

- That's enough. - Superboy, um..

Hey, Supey baby, glad you could make it.

Lana.

- That's not Clark. - What?

It's not the Clark you know.

You can say that again. He's been full of surprises all day.

Come with me. I need to explain something to you.

I'll take you somewhere safe.

This is all so sudden. I, uh, I-I don't know what to say.

It's okay, Lana. It's okay, really.

I understand.

It's okay. If you wanna go off with him, I understand.

What girl in her right mind would wanna go off with

with Clark Kent when she can go off with Superboy, y-you know?

It's okay.

I'm-I'm sorry, Superboy. I...I can't leave Clark.

Not like this.

The answer's gotta be in there somewhere, professor.

I have a lot of questions

to which I'm trying to find the answers.

Well, there's just one I'm interested in.

How to send that imp back to the fifth dimension?

Hey, Superboy, lighten up. That's not like you.

(T.J.) Granted he's a pain in the butt.

But...what's the big deal? He's no real threat, is he?

He is to Lana. Have you seen them?

He's hitting on her and I don't think she minds.

- No way! - Yes.

Wait. How would she have time?

I mean, Clark and her have really found each other.

Ha, surprise to me.

Don't underestimate Clark, okay?

He might seem laid-back on the outside, but underneath--

(T.J.) A seething volcano?

[chuckles]

Look, Superboy, I love the guy, but hot lava, he ain't.

Ah. Something. Something.

According to this

spirit creatures appeared quite often.

(Royer) Until the tribe shaman devised this totem

to block the gate from their world to ours.

Does it tell us how to get rid of them?

No. Not clearly. But these pictographs give a hint.

You see, I-I'm guessing here, I-I'm doing a lot of guessing

but...my interpretation is that they are

they are a warning and a solution.

You see, these creatures can be benevolent

and then suddenly turn quite vicious.

With the bottom line, professor.

Well, this is, I'm-I'm not sure.

But I think it has to do with reflection

and the name of the creature.

That's it?

Well, in time of course

I-I hope to get more information, but..

Well..

Time's the one thing we're running out of, professor.

Oh, yeah.

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Clark.

What are you doing?

Why did you turn on the lights?

Because we're going to study.

Well, you know

we studied each other enough to know we're in love.

Clark.

Clark!

[indistinct]

You said you like the new Clark. I mean, that's who I am.

The way you're acting, I'll take the old Clark any day.

No!

I want you to leave, now.

I don't wanna go. You can't make me go.

What is going on? Get out of here, you toad.

Say I love you, toad.

"I love you, toad."

I wanna go back to the fifth dimension with you.

"I wanna go back to the fifth dimension with you."

Morning, Supster.

You don't look too happy.

[laughs]

You know, I am though.

I'm telling you. You know why?

Because the bet's off, I'm not interested in you no more.

- It's all cancelled. - What's the catch?

I'm smitten.

I like your girlfriend.

[chuckles]

Well, that's it.

She's ready to go. She's packed.

She's not going anywhere with you.

You wanna bet your cake, Supey?

She's going. She's all ready to go.

She's down there packing now.

You know, you can meet us at the excavation site.

[clears throat]

And, uh, don't bring no flowers or music.

Just, uh, tears for, uh, the happy couple that is going away.

Mxyzptlk.

Kltpzyxm.

Sure hope this plan of yours works.

You hope it works.

Lana, um, listen, uh, Superboy filled me in.

With you leaving so soon and all, I figured

you wouldn't have a chance to say goodbye to your father.

What's the deal with the note?

You're taking Lana away from us

away from everything and everyone she's ever known.

The least that we can do is have something

that she can leave behind for her family and friends

to remember her by. It's the decent thing to do.

Never let it be said that Mxyzptlk is indecent.

Go ahead, read the note. I give you permission, sweetie-honey.

"Dear Father, dear friends.

"It is with great sadness and regret that I say

a fond farewell and a heartfelt

Kltp...zy. Kltp.."

Let me help you with that.

No. Superboy, you are through helping her.

I'll read it.

"Dear Father, dear friends.

"It is with great sadness and regret that I say

a fond farewell and a heartfelt Kltpzyxm."

[laughing]

That's not fair. You tricked me.

[buzzing]

Goodbye, Mxyzptlk. And good riddance.

And once Superboy figured out the secret

of getting him to say his name backwards

he came up with the idea of my farewell letter.

And as fast as you can say Kltpzyxm

no more Mr. Mxyzptlk.

- Mark. - Ah, Mark.

You know, Lana, you haven't said much about my...double.

What was the other Clark like anyway?

Oh, the less said, the better.

Believe me, one Clark in a girl's life is more than enough.

What does that mean?

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Captioned by Grant Brown