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[theme music]

[narrator] In the great hall of the Justice League

there are assembled the world's four greatest heroes

created from the cosmic legends of the universe

Superman...

[train horn honking]

...Wonder Woman...

...Batman...

...Aquaman...

...and those three junior Superfriends...

...Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog.

Their mission, to fight injustice

to right that which is wrong

and to serve all mankind.

[narrator] At an Air Force base a brave pilot

is about to test a new experimental plane.

This test-flight could be dangerous, captain.

If you'd rather not--

Someone's gotta do it, colonel.

Wish me luck.

What in blazes? Who's in that plane?

I don't know.

Whoever it is, he's putting the plane

through all the test maneuvers.

Beautiful . The test was successful.

Now let's find out who's inside.

There's nobody in here.

This plane flew the test all by itself.

What? Well, I'd better notify Washington.

[narrator] And in the hall of the Justice League

strange happenings are observed.

Look at that. No one's driving that fork-lift.

Try another emergency channel.

Wow, that tractor is plowing the field all by itself.

This sort of thing has been going on all morning.

When will the Superfriends arrive?

Sir, wherever they are, when they receive the signal

from the TroubAlert...

We respond immediately.

Thank goodness. I'm Mr. Huggins.

Special assistant to the president.

We can guess why you're here, Mr. Huggins.

Weird things are happening.

Machines operating by themselves.

Yes. So far, no harm has been done.

But who knows what might happen?

The government would like the Justice League

to investigate these strange happenings.

That's exactly why we're here, sir.

Superfriends, I suggest we split up.

Each investigate a different sector.

Mr. Huggins, you're welcome to come with us.

- Why, thank you. - As for you kids.

[Batman] Please, stay out of trouble.

Hmph, trouble is my business.

[crash]

Hmm, I see business is booming.

[laughing]

First, we'll have a talk with that factory foreman.

Check out that forklift.

Batman, the factory is the other way.

I know. I turned the wheel left, but the car went to the right.

I'll make a U-turn.

Holy phantoms. This car has a mind of its own.

Calling Superman. Emergency.

- Having trouble, friends? - Yes.

Something's taken control of the Batmobile.

- It's steering itself. - You can stop it, Superman.

Yes, but I don't think we should.

It's my guess this will take us

right to the source of the mystery.

Whoever sent for us uses robots to guard his property.

That's the biggest building I've ever seen.

"G.E.E.C." What does that stand for?

I don't know, Robin, but I've a hunch we'll soon find out.

How do we get old ironsides to open the gate?

His ears are microphones. Just ask him.

We're the Superfriends.

Open up, please.

Well, I suppose, in a few minutes now

we'll find out what this is all about.

[narrator] Outside the hall of the Justice League

a strange vehicle makes its appearance.

Superman advised us to split up.

Hmm, which sector shall I take?

Why don't you take the sector called home?

Remember, Batman also gave us some advice

stay out of trouble.

[grunts]

What's your problem, Wonder Dog?

[grunts]

[Wendy] Strange. No driver.

[Goodfellow] Permit me to extend an invitation

for you to take a ride in the Funmobile.

Where's that voice coming from?

[Wendy] I don't know. Who was driving this thing?

[Goodfellow] It drives by itself.

But don't be afraid. It's perfectly safe.

- Who are you? - Professor Goodfellow.

Please, step inside.

The Funmobile will take you to your Superfriends.

They're waiting for you.

- Where? - In my laboratory.

I'm going to demonstrate

the most fantastic invention in the world.

And I want them to hear the opinion

of some young people, like yourselves.

Please, step in.

- Um, what's in there? - All sorts of fun things.

Television, movies, rock albums, games.

- Um, anything to eat? - Everything you like.

Ice cream, candy, popcorn

pastries, cotton candy, peanuts.

Please, come in.

Um, no, thanks.

[Goodfellow] But I've something of great interest to you.

Well, you lead the way, we'll follow.

On our bicycles.

Obviously, we're at Professor Goodfellow's lab.

Well, let's go, the Superfriends

are waiting for us inside.

A voice on a loudspeaker told us to wait here until you arrived.

What's going to happen? And what about this invention?

We'll find out soon, I'm sure. Just relax, kids.

Oh, wow. What a snazzy waiting room.

But where does it lead to?

Gentlemen, the door we all came through is locked.

And there are no other doors.

Say, could this be a trap?

Okay, Super Marvin, here's a chance to show your stuff.

- Do something. - I am. I'm shivering.

You see, if I s-shake hard enough

maybe my vibrations will make the walls come down.

Oh, sure.

[laughs]

The walls aren't coming down, but the floor is.

Holy let-downs. This floor is an elevator.

Just relax, everybody.

Welcome, welcome. I'm Professor Goodfellow.

It's an honor to meet you all.

Please accept my apologies

for the little pranks I played today.

Pranks is hardly the word, professor.

You've got the whole country in a turmoil.

The government is very concerned about your little pranks.

I had to do those things

to prove to the government that the G.E.E.C. works.

The G.E.E.C.? What is that?

Aha, the world's biggest computer.

I want to donate it to the government, as a gift.

For the benefit of all people.

What does this computer do?

By remote control, the G.E.E.C. can perform every job

that is done by men and women.

My purpose is to free mankind

of all physical labor, brainwork and responsibility.

You mean, no one would have to do any work?

- That's impossible. - No, no.

That's why I brought you here.

To show you it is not impossible.

Please follow me.

[Wendy grunting]

Hey, wait for us.

Marvin, help me.

I can't. I'm stuck too.

Wonder Dog, to the rescue.

Professor, why do you call it the G.E.E.C.?

Well, it's full name is

"Goodfellow's Effort-Eliminating Computer."

G-E-E-C. G.E.E.C.

[beeping]

[Goodfellow] There it is, gentlemen, the G.E.E.C.

[Robin] Holy brain-busters. It's gigantic.

Very impressive, professor.

[Goodfellow] I'll show you how it works.

This control bank operates all types of transportation

everything from bicycle to spacecraft.

Communications.

Telephones, television, everything.

The G.E.E.C. is programmed to handle all business matters.

Buying, selling, advertising, filing, typing, bookkeeping.

Fantastic.

[Goodfellow] These controls can run

every factory machine in the land.

- No need for factory workers. - Wow.

Farming, eh?

I guess the G.E.E.C. will run the tractors

and let the farmers take a rest.

They deserve it. Everybody deserves a rest.

That's why I built the G.E.E.C.

Since the beginning of time men and women

have had to work hard every day to survive.

But now, with the G.E.E.C. in control

nobody will have to work, not even housewives.

What will people do all day?

[Goodfellow] Why, just sit home in their G.E.E.C.-built houses.

Eat G.E.E.C.-prepared meals and spend the whole day

watching movies and sporting events

on their G.E.E.C. television sets.

Hm, but that means actors and athletes

will still have to do their jobs.

No, no. The actors and athletes won't be real people.

They'll be electronic images

programmed to go through the motions of a play

or a variety show, or an athletic event.

Hey, imagine.

Joe Namath can sit at home and watch himself

playing a football game that he never really played.

[chuckles] Yes, yes, exactly.

No one'll have to wear himself out doing a job of work.

The G.E.E.C. will do it all.

Well, how about us school kids, professor?

Aha, let me show you.

Every child will receive school lessons at home

on his G.E.E.C. TV.

There'll be no need for schools or teachers.

- No schools? - No teachers?

Wow, groovy.

[Huggins] It's a miraculous machine, professor.

I'm greatly impressed.

[Wendy] You know something though even if I complain sometimes

about homework I really enjoy school.

I'm gonna miss going to classes, being with my school friends.

Gentlemen, I think Wendy has just made

a very important observation.

She's shown us the basic fault of the G.E.E.C.

I know you mean well, professor

but your computer can be a bad thing for people.

That's right, everybody, even young kids

should have responsibilities.

I agree, it's good for people to work

to use their brains.

If they don't, they'll have no purpose in life.

[Goodfellow] But I ...

Mr. Huggins, the government must accept my gift.

It will be the greatest thing that happened to mankind.

Professor, I'm afraid I agree with the Superfriends.

The government will not involve itself in Project G.E.E.C.

Mm, alright, then.

I'll offer free G.E.E.C. service to the public.

Anyone who wants to subscribe

can have himself a permanent coffee break.

And you can't stop me.

No, we can't. It's not against the law.

But let me remind you, professor

the G.E.E.C. is just a machine.

It has no heart, no soul.

If there should be a mechanical breakdown

it could go haywire and do a great deal of damage.

That's true. The G.E.E.C. has no natural instincts.

It wouldn't know that it's causing danger, doing harm.

Nothing can go wrong with the G.E.E.C.!

Good day, gentlemen.

"Free G.E.E.C. service to anyone who wants it."

Goodfellow made that announcement a month ago.

And since that time, most of the people

have subscribed to G.E.E.C service.

It's a serious situation.

The G.E.E.C has completely changed

the lifestyle of the world.

- In what way? - I'll show you.

Look out the window at what used to be a busy downtown street.

[Aquaman] Great Neptune. Where is everyone?

G.E.E.C. subscribers are all at home.

Men don't have to go to their jobs anymore.

Women don't have to go shopping.

The good old G.E.E.C. takes care of everything.

Whatever they need at home is delivered

by these G.E.E.C. trucks. No drivers.

[Superman] That truck is carrying supplies to a factory.

An automated factory. No workers.

[Wendy] That policeman has nothing to do.

This city used to be so alive.

Now, it's dull and monotonous.

Well, I'm glad I didn't sign up.

The G.E.E.C. people do nothing but lie around and take it easy.

Their muscles are getting soft.

Right. And their minds are getting weak.

Speaking of that, I think I'll go over to Marvin's house

and see if I can tear him from his lazy G.E.E.C. world.

if you'd like, Wendy, Robin and I

will drive you there in the Batmobile.

I'm worried, Superman.

It's not natural for people to be idle all the time.

It could lead to trouble.

if it does, we've got to be ready for it.

We'll continue our safety patrols.

I hope I can get Marvin and Wonder Dog

to take a walk with me in the park.

Say, Wendy, you're not a G.E.E.C. subscriber.

Why aren't you in school today?

That's why.

No point in keeping it open.

Most of the kids are at home

getting their lessons on G.E.E.C. TV.

Oh, look. That's Mr. Smith's gas station.

He's Marvin's next-door neighbor.

It's G.E.E.C.-automated.

Watch the air hose.

Everything works by itself.

Slim Smith doesn't even show up anymore.

Thanks for the lift, gentlemen.

- Hi. - Hello, Wendy.

Who's that?

The owner of Slim's service station.

- He's Slim. - Holy nicknames.

[Robin] He'd better find himself a new one.

Yeah, or go on a diet. See you later.

[female 1] Marvin, darling. What're you doing out there?

I'm mowing the lawn, mom.

[female 1] That's a good boy.

[snoring]

[sniffing]

[hissing]

[barking]

[snoring]

Hi, Marvin. Doing your schoolwork?

Oh, hi, Wendy.

No, my next class doesn't come on until 2:00.

Math, ugh.

I hope this movie will be over before then.

Hey, I've got a super-groovy idea.

Let's all go for a walk in the park.

A walk? You mean, like really walk?

Yes, the exercise will do you good.

Exercise? What's that?

It's what you haven't been getting any of lately.

- Now, come on, Marvin. - Gee, I can't, Wendy.

I promised my mom, I'd finish mowing the grass.

- See? - Oh, you poor thing.

You've really been straining yourself.

The G.E.E.C. is taking care of that.

- Let's go. - Oh, well, okay.

[grunting]

I've been in this thing so long, I forgot how to get out of it.

[grunting]

Oh, wow.

I think that was enough exercise for one day, don't you?

No. Now, come on.

Let's get Wonder Dog.

[snoring]

[Wendy] Wonder Dog. Wake up.

[grunting]

Wake up, Wonder Dog.

We're gonna take a walk.

[barking]

I don't think he wants to wake up.

I'll wake him up.

[Wonder Dog yelps]

Jeepers. You woke him up alright.

Ha, yeah, I never saw him so awake. Uh-oh.

[whimpering]

Wonder Dog, don't you wanna come to the park with us?

[panting]

[yelps]

[grunting]

- You do wanna go? - Yeah.

[Wendy] Okay, come on.

Hmm, G.E.E.C. fishing boats.

Nobody aboard.

Uh-oh, and here comes a G.E.E.C. freighter.

Nobody aboard there either.

'Suffering starfish, it's heading

toward the fishing fleet.

Huh, that was close.

If anything ever goes wrong with the G.E.E.C.

there's nobody aboard these ships to take control.

Or to send an SOS.

Valuable ships and cargos could be lost.

I don't like it.

[Wendy] "Boat lake up ahead.

Row boats for rent by the hour."

Terrific. Let's take out a rowboat.

- Must we? - Sure.

Don't worry, Super Marv. I'll do all the rowing.

I wanna get some exercise anyhow.

This is dumb.

It's no fun if you can't do your own rowing.

Better not try it, Wendy. Look.

[Marvin] "G.E.E.C. operated.

Please do not touch the oars."

Oh, this is boring.

Let's take the boat back and turn it in.

We can't, the G.E.E.C. keeps the boat out for a full hour

whether you want to or not.

Oh, great, for the next 60 minutes,

we're prisoners of the G.E.E.C.

Nobody around.

Nothing moving but G.E.E.C. trucks.

Hmm, looks like they're in for a rainstorm upstate.

Great Scott. That plane's going to fly into the storm cloud.

Could be dangerous.

I wonder if that's a G.E.E.C. plane.

Yes, it is. A cargo plane with no pilot.

I'd better lift it above the storm cloud.

Well, what do you know.

No question about it.

The G.E.E.C. has everything under control.

But for how long?

One slip-up, one mechanical error

could lead to some serious accidents.

Well, Superfriends, there's no doubt about it.

Professor Goodfellow's computer is running smoothly.

Yes. It's performing millions of tasks.

- Big jobs and little ones. - Without a hitch.

I must admit, it's a fantastic machine.

I think it's a terrible machine.

Well, gee, most of the G.E.E.C. people

are getting lazy and sluggish.

They're becoming vegetables, like plants on a window sill.

They just sit there and wait for the G.E.E.C

to feed and take care of them.

Wendy's right, they don't have to use their brains

for anything, it even seems that originality, initiative

and ambition have gone out of style.

Right. Nobody's got any get-up-and-go.

The only hope is they'll grow tired of the G.E.E.C. life.

[communicator rings]

- Yes, professor? - Well, Superman.

My G.E.E.C. has made the world a happier place to live in

as I told you, it's a marvelous machine.

The Superfriends congratulate you, professor.

- It's been working perfectly. - Of course.

I'm sure you've heard no complaints from the public.

- No. Not yet. - Not yet?

Ha, what does that mean, not yet?

Professor, what will happen if an intruder

sneaks into your building and tampers with the controls?

Or if the machine breaks down by itself?

[Goodfellow laughs]

[Goodfellow] Intruders? Breakdowns? Impossible.

Come visit me and I'll show you why.

And bring your young friends. Goodbye.

[Goodfellow] I'm glad you came, Superfriends.

Uh, please, excuse me. It's my lunch hour.

We can talk while I fix myself a snack.

- Care for something? - No, no, thank you.

- About your security measures? - Security?

No vandals can sneak into this factory.

Not even onto the factory grounds.

Those robots outside are programmed

to keep out all intruders.

Hmm, a cheese sandwich would be nice.

But, professor, suppose someone does manage

to sneak into the big computer room?

Oh, they wouldn't get far.

Come, I'll show you my super security room.

Why don't you youngsters make yourselves

some ice-cream sodas? Just press this button.

Hey, thanks, professor. You want one too, Wonder Dog?

[grunting]

Hmm.

Gentlemen, the large computer room

is criss-crossed with electric-eye beams.

When an intruder crosses a beam

this warning light starts flashing at which point,

I merely activate the G.E.E.C. room guards.

What happens then?

The G.E.E.C. guards come out of the wall

riding in radar vehicles, each of which is equipped

with a powerful air-suction device.

Holy vacuum cleaners.

[Batman] Great Scott. Professor! Your warning light is flashing.

Oh, my. So it is. I must activate the G.E.E.C. guards.

Let's get down there fast.

[snarling]

Hey, professor. That's my dog.

Don't worry, Marvin.

I don't think you're going to lose him.

[laughing]

Your guards are very effective.

But, professor, the computer has millions of parts

transistors, vacuum tubes, mechanical levers.

Yes. Suppose a tube should burn out?

No chance of that. Come, come.

I'll take you inside the G.E.E.C. computer

and show you why a breakdown is impossible.

Kids, I suggest you wait for us in the professor's quarters.

Holy psychedelics. What a machine.

It's like this all the way through.

Two hundred feet long

200 feet wide, and 200 feet high.

All these parts. And you say nothing can wear out?

Ah, here's my secret.

This is the replacement warning panel for this section.

Watch. Ah, red light.

That means a tube is burning out. See?

That's the one. Now watch.

[Robin] I get it, the G.E.E.C. is programmed

to replace its parts before they can burn out.

Exactly. That's the secret.

Come, gentlemen. We can leave now.

- What do you think? - I'm not sure, Robin.

So you see, my friends, nothing can go wrong, ever.

Looks like the G.E.E.C. is foolproof.

It would seem so.

But, Robin, there's always the unexpected

something no one anticipates.

Like the old saying

"The unexpected can affect

the best-laid schemes of mice and men."

[g.e.e.c. TV] Twelve plus three equal 15.

Look at that sky. What a super-groovy day.

Wendy, shh, I'm in my math class.

[g.e.e.c. TV] Twelve plus four equal 16.

What do you do when you don't understand something

and you wanna ask the teacher?

I don't know, I guess I'd have to

write a letter to the G.E.E.C.

[g.e.e.c. TV] Now, if we reverse the equation...

In the form of a subtraction, we see...

Hey, what...

[Wonder Dog grunting]

[g.e.e.c. TV] So you see, children...

Relax, Wonder Dog. It's back to normal.

You see? The G.E.E.C. is foolproof.

[g.e.e.c. TV] When you subtract 12 from 16, it leaves...

Four score and seven years ago...

...our fathers brought forth...

Grade history teaches us that America was discovered...

...by Columbus. A city in the Midwest.

Which is the capital of the state of O... Hiawatha.

By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the...

Foolproof, huh? Your G.E.E.C. is spouting double-talk.

Right. Let's try one of the entertainment channels.

[singing opera]

[Wendy] That cowboy is singing opera.

Try the opera channel.

♪ I was working on a railroad gang ♪

♪ I was swinging that hammer to and fro ♪

♪ I look up to watch that sunset all ding day ♪

♪ I brought that hammer right down on my toe ♪♪

[Wonder Dog grunting]

Aw. Why'd you turn it off? That was pretty good.

But it wasn't opera.

We've got to get word to the professor

that his computer is all discombobulated.

Here comes a taxi. I'll flag it down.

Take us to the G.E.E.C. factory, please. We're in a hurry.

That computer never misses. Amazing.

Great Scott. It's going to hit that smokestack.

Whew, that smokestack would've fallen

right on the new power plant.

[whirring]

Great Scott! They're all out of control.

No time to lose. Up, up and away.

[gasps]

Yikes. Everything's going wild.

Well, how about this? We're tail-gating a vacuum cleaner.

Well, at least we know we're riding on a clean street.

[narrator] In the North Atlantic, a giant oil tanker

unwittingly sails into a restricted sea lane.

Luckily, Aquaman becomes aware of the danger.

He knows that if he doesn't save the tanker

the sea for miles around will be polluted

by thousands of gallons of crude oil.

Gotta get this big baby out of these dangerous waters.

I need help.

Okay, big fellas, tow this tanker to a safe port.

Looks like the G.E.E.C. crossed its wires.

I'd better stay on ocean alert.

Holy freak-outs. The G.E.E.C. has gone berserk.

The professor must turn that machine off

before someone gets hurt.

I can't get through to Goodfellow.

The G.E.E.C. exchange is all fouled up.

Why don't we go there and turn it off ourselves?

Right, chum. To the Batmobile.

[whining]

[Marvin] Jeepers. We're off the road.

I think we're heading back.

The G.E.E.C.'s goofiness has finally

caught up with this taxi.

[Marvin] Watch out. I think we're heading for the hen house.

[whimpers]

[crash]

- Ugh, mud. - Don't worry.

I'll leap across and bring back a wooden plank.

Up, up and away.

Looks like Super Marv landed in the super goo.

Now, how am I gonna get to dry land?

[grunting]

How come you're not wet too?

Like they say, Marv, look before you leap.

How far are we from the G.E.E.C. factory?

- About a mile. - Let's go.

[Batman] Guard. Open the gate.

It's urgent.

Holy punch cards. Remember what Goodfellow said?

These robots are programmed to keep people out.

Yes. This time, Goodfellow wasn't expecting us.

[Wonder Woman] Guard, can you get a message through

to Professor Goodfellow?

Good, tell him the Caped Crusaders and Wonder Woman

must see him immediately.

[male 1] Here's the pitch, Bud Harrelson swings.

He hits a grounder to the third baseman.

There's the throw, and it's two outs for the Mets.

Well, guard? Did you get through to him?

[male 1] Well, the Mets and Dodgers are tied up

in the 9th inning with two outs

and Willie Mays is at the plate.

Here's the pitch. He swings.

Can't you reach the professor?

[Robin] Of course, he can't, these G.E.E.C. phones

aren't working right.

Guard, you'll have to open the gate.

I'll take full responsibility.

We've to get through that gate.

- Let's climb it. - Uh-oh.

Something new has been added. Look.

No trespassing.

We're out of that robot's field of vision.

He won't be able to see us climb the fence.

One of us has to get into that building.

Galloping Galileo, Batman.

Professor Goodfellow has thought of everything.

Yes, Robin. He's set up a force field of tremendous strength.

- Stalemated. - Not exactly.

On Paradise Island, we Amazons were trained to do this.

Once I land past the robot

I can easily outrace him to the building.

Ready? Now.

Holy skyhooks. He's got her.

Well, chalk one up for the robot.

I didn't expect that.

Ah, my beautiful G.E.E.C.

It's brought peace and quiet and happiness to the world.

Hmm, strange. My phone hasn't rung all day.

[yawns] That's good.

Perhaps I can take a nice quiet nap for a change.

We'll just have to think of another way.

Why don't we call Superman?

Nothing can stop him, not even a force field.

No, Robin. This is a job we've got to handle ourselves.

Superman's too busy preventing disasters.

Hmm, that ship's smokestacks are going to hit the bridge.

Better raise it fast.

Just in time, another few seconds

and the ship would have crashed.

Oh, no. That train.

It's going to cross the bridge at the same time

the freighter passes under it.

The G.E.E.C. is really messing things up.

This'll need fast action.

I'll return these later, after the emergency is over.

That should do it.

And none too soon.

Whew, this is probably the busiest day of my life.

Uh-oh, gotta catch that tractor. Away.

- Where's the robot guard? - Who knows?

Maybe the professor cleared out too.

We'd better get in there and turn off the G.E.E.C.

Why, it's a force field. Batman once told me about them.

- We'll never get through it. - How about over it?

I'll do one of my super leaps.

How's that for a real cool idea?

Fantastic. How high can you jump?

Six or seven feet.

That fence is at least nine feet, Marvin.

- So you can't get over it, dig? - Yeah. Dig.

[grunting]

This problem really requires super brains.

- Like mine? - No. Like Wonder Dog's.

Hey, what did he do?

He used his brains.

There's no way over that fence, so he went under.

[grunting]

[alarm beeping]

There's the entrance to the professor's quarters. Come on.

My word. The warning signal.

There are intruders in the G.E.E.C. room.

I must activate the G.E.E.C. guards.

Professor? Professor Goodfellow?

- Marvin, is he in there? - No.

He must've gone out of town or something.

We'll have to turn the G.E.E.C. off ourselves.

- How? - There must be a master switch.

We'll look for it. Come on.

[Goodfellow] There, whoever they are,

the G.E.E.C. guards will flush them out.

[Wendy] This set of controls is for construction machines.

- Did you find it yet, Marvin? - No.

This whole section is for school work.

Hey, as long as we're here, why don't I turn it off for good?

Don't be funny, Marvin.

Now, come on. Look for the master switch.

You go straight ahead, I'll take this side section.

[screams]

Something's pulling me.

It's that, that thing.

Let's get out of here.

You think you can throw it that far, Wonder Woman?

Yes, and if their arms can't reach more than 20 feet high

we've got it made.

Well, well . Here comes old rust bucket.

Uh-oh, more company.

- Good show, Wonder Woman. - I'll say.

That rope-slide reminded me of my circus act.

We'd better move before the other guards come after us.

[Wendy] See any of those creepy crawlers?

Nope. Let's go this way.

Uh-oh, let's not.

No good. Straight ahead.

Oh, no. We're trapped.

Ugh, hold hands.

Wendy, Marvin. Get out of the aisles. Climb up.

I'll do a super-leap and then pull you two up.

[grunts]

- They're stopping. - Not for long.

Their vacuum pumps are tugging at each other.

Great blazes. How'd you kids get over the fence?

We didn't. Wonder Dog dug a tunnel under it.

Holy super-goofs. Why didn't we think of that?

[laughs]

Batman, she told me what's happening outside.

I can't believe it.

Everything's topsy-turvy out there, professor.

You've got to shut down the G.E.E.C., fast.

Yes, I agree, but I can't.

- What? - Why?

As a safety precaution he put the master control switch

inside a satellite and sent it up into space.

It transmits the control signal to the G.E.E.C.

But now, now, I can't bring it down to turn it off.

The G.E.E.C. isn't working right.

No problem. Superman can reach it.

[Batman] I'll contact him on my Superfriends ring.

No. No, h-he mustn't go near it.

I didn't even want Superman to tamper with it.

So I put a piece of Kryptonite inside the satellite.

Kryptonite, the only substance in the universe

that can sap his strength if he comes within 20 feet of it.

Then, there's no way of stopping all this.

I'd better tell Superman the bad news.

Batman calling Superman.

What next? Yes, Superfriend?

- How will you manage it? - With brainwork!

And some cooperation. Stay loose.

Ah, the G.E.E.C. satellite.

Okay, Aquaman. Stand by for splashdown.

Ah, a meteor. Just what I need.

Here's the windup. Here's the pitch. A home run.

[narrator] And as the satellite plunges into the ocean

Aquaman takes up where Superman left off.

All yours, hammerhead sharks. Break it open.

[banging]

That does it.

[Superman] Turning it off hasn't solved our problems.

There are vehicles out there flying blind.

We've got to repair this machine

in order to bring everything back under control.

I-I don't know what caused the trouble.

[Superman] There's your troublemaker, there's a mouse

in the electronic booster chamber.

- Hmm, cute little thing. - Oh, my.

The only way we can get him out is through a narrow tube

and it's 10 feet long.

We'll just have to rip this wall apart.

If we destroy these controls, Robin

we'll never be able to bring the outside world to normal.

This is the hole he crawled through!

- And it's 10 feet long? - I'm afraid so.

Well, I know someone who can reach that mouse.

- Plastic Man. - You're right.

I'll be back in a flash with Plastic Man.

This narrow tube curves this way and that, Plastic Man

in and around the machinery.

Do you think you can reach the mouse?

That's not the problem. I don't wanna hurt the mouse.

Superman, will you watch with your x-ray vision

and tell me when my hand is near it?

Watch it, P.M. There's a hot tube up ahead.

Oops. You were right, S.M.

[Superman] Easy now. You're in the booster chamber.

Move forward slowly. A little to the right.

Poor thing's scared. He's in the corner.

Aw, I'm gonna keep him as a pet.

A remarkable animal.

All by himself, he turned the world upside down.

And it's still upside down. Everyone out.

Wonder Woman and I have a job to do.

With lightning speed, we've got to set

all these controls back to normal.

Finished. Now let's bring the world back to normal.

Aquaman, everything is A-okay.

Turn the G.E.E.C. on for 10 minutes.

[beeping]

[Goodfellow] Superfriends, you were right.

I must admit that G.E.E.C. life was pretty dull.

I liked it better the other way

when the streets were full of interesting people

all busy going to work, shopping, building things.

That's right, professor.

Human beings can't be happy unless they have

something to do, an interest in life.

Yes, we learned that a lot of G.E.E.C. families

were beginning to get on each other's nerves.

- They were bored. - Me too.

You know, I missed going to school, even homework.

Well, maybe not homework so much, but...

I get the message, kids.

I think it's better children go to school, a real school.

Education is more than just memorizing facts and figures.

Real education's learning how to get along with people

and how to use your brains and abilities

to accomplish things by yourself.

To contribute something to society, to your fellow man.

- Yeah. - That's very true.

And to your fellow dog.

Mr. Huggins, I see now that the world

should not be controlled by one machine.

Any more than it should be controlled by one man.

I'm going to dismantle the G.E.E.C. into many small units.

The government will be very happy

to receive that news, professor.

[narrator] Later that day

Wendy prepared a sumptuous luncheon

to celebrate Professor Goodfellow's good fellowship.

And now, Wendy, about that buffet lunch you prepared?

Right this way, professor.

Come on, I'll fix a plate for you.

Huh? The table's moving by itself.

Professor, you told us you turned off

the G.E.E.C. for good.

B-b-but I did.

Ah, Wonder Dog.

Uh, how about Wonder G.E.E.C.?

[laughing]

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