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[male narrator] Banded together from remote galaxies are 13 of the most

sinister villains of all time.

The Legion of Doom.

Dedicated to a single objective

the conquest of the universe.

Only one group dares to challenge

this intergalactic threat

The Super Friends.

[theme music]

Pow

whoosh

[thumping footsteps]

[growls]

The Justice League of America versus the Legion of doom.

This is "The Challenge of the Super Friends."

[dramatic music]

[male narrator] Deep beneath the bleak and dismal water

of their vast remote swamp

sinister plans are in the making by the ever skimming

Legion of Doom.

[Bizarro] Me tired always lose to Super Friends

me go home to Bizarro world

where everything backwards.

There losing equal winning.

Silence, Bizarro or you'll be the one who loses.

Besides, Grodd has devised a plan

whereby we'll all be the winner.

Luthor speaks the truth.

I have conceived a plan that will

enable us to rob the earth of its greatest historical

treasures and at the same time, we'll rid ourselves of any

Super Friends that try to stop us.

My interspatial time conveyor will give us a door way

into the past.

[Luthor] Fantastic.

[Grodd] Our Legion will soon rule the wealth of the world.

And we'll have all the time we need. Ha-ha-ha!

[male narrator] Later, at the Hall of Justice...

Batman, we're picking up a TroubAlert emergency.

Put it on the big screen.

[man on radio] Super Friends, this is the HMS Bucksfield.

We're being raided by Black Manta and--

Sorry to interrupt, Superfreaks, but he's right, you know.

Giganta and I are raiding the ship.

Ha-ha-ha!

Black Manta and that evil villainous Giganta

are up to their tricks again.

Apache Chief and I will handle 'em.

[male narrator] Instantly, Aquaman and Apache Chief speed toward

the distress ship in the distant Atlantic.

Manta, Aquaman and Apache Chief are approaching.

Excellent, prepare evasion plan six.

They're getting away, Apache Chief. You take the aquascooter.

I'll swim after them and lead them into you.

Right, Aquaman.

Those Superfools are following us just as planned.

Ready when you are, Grodd.

Activating interspatial time conveyor.

[male narrator] Instantly the Manta ship

Apache Chief

and Aquaman speed through the glowing doorway.

Traveling back into the past 70 million years.

[dramatic music]

Great Atlantis, what was that strange field

we just passed through?

It must have been some sort of time barrier.

Look, a water dinosaur.

Quick! Try to make it to shore.

That water dinosaur should take care of those two.

Leaving us free to dig up an incredible

pre-historic treasure.

[engine revving]

[roaring]

If my aquatic telepathy works on these pre-historic fish

I may be able to stop him.

[roaring]

[male narrator] As Aquaman is drawn to the dinosaur's deadly mouth

his telepathic aqua-communication summons

the strange pre-historic fish.

[dramatic music]

Nice work, Aquaman, you diverted him

just long enough for me to get away.

We've got to find out what Black Manta

and Giganta are up to.

Let's try that plateau up ahead.

Soon one of the world's richest treasures will be ours.

[Black Manta] Grodd is a genius.

Who else would've thought to rob

the diamond mines of South Africa before

they were even discovered. Ha-ha-ha!

It's a lucky thing we discovered you.

You'd better put those diamonds back

where they belong, Black Manta.

We don't take orders from Superfools. We give them.

It's time to fight size with size.

Ineck chock!

Quick, Giganta, I got the diamonds.

Get us to the time conveyor.

We'd better follow them, Apache Chef.

The door through time is gone.

Great Neptune! We're trapped millions of years in the past.

[Black Manta] Enjoy your stay in 70 million B.C.

[laughs]

[male narrator] Meanwhile, back in the 20th century at Mount Rushmore...

This bust of George Washington will look great in our stolen

art collection, Sinestro.

Allow me to do the carving, Captain Cold.

Holy stone covers, Batman, they're stealing the head

of George Washington.

Green Lantern and I will handle it, Batman.

There come our two guests right on time.

We won't be needing this anymore.

That sinister Sinestro has purposely dropped the head

of Washington. I've got to act fast.

[dramatic music]

- Good catch, Green Lantern. - Thanks, Samurai.

And now, to catch those two supper villains.

Okay, Grodd, activate the time conveyor.

[male narrator] As Green Lantern and Samurai follow the two villains into

the incredible time door...

...they are all swept back through the strange warp

to the time of King Arthur, in Camelot.

[instrumental music]

Great galaxies, we've been led through a warp in time.

Correct, Green Lantern and I estimate the year

at about 500 A.D.

We've got to find out what's Sinestro and Captain Cold

are up to before the energy in my power ring runs out.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...

I wonder what's taking the other Super Friends so long, Batman.

- Better check the... - It's the police alert, Batman.

[Robin] I'll switch on the monitor.

Batman, Robin, Grodd the Gorilla and Solomon Grundy are trying to

break into the Gotham Treasury.

We can't stop them, you've got to help.

We're on our way, chief.

[male narrator] Later, in Gotham City...

[banging]

[growling]

[male 1] Okay, you two, hold it.

Solomon Grundy not hold it.

Solomon Grundy hold police car.

That's as far as you go, Grundy.

Now, to switch on my time conveyor.

Swoosh

[dramatic music]

Holy time travelers, Batman. We're in ancient Rome.

Quick, Robin, into the alley.

[male narrator] Later, at the Hall of Justice...

We came as soon as we got word, Superman. What's wrong?

We don't know yet, but the rest of the Super Friends left on

different missions and now we can't find any of them.

They've vanished.

You check the Justice League recorder, Flash.

I'll program the satellite scanner.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, in the time of King Arthur...

Grodd certainly knows his history.

The treasure of King Arthur and his knights

is right where he said it'd be.

Now, to make a quick withdrawal and deposit

it in our twentieth century bank account.

Green Lantern, look.

Now, I understand what Sinestro and Captain Cold

are doing in 500 A.D.

It couldn't have been any easier, Sinestro.

Hurry, let's take it through the time door.

You're not going anywhere, Sinestro until you return that

treasure to its rightful owner.

So, my green friend wants to stop us, eh?

Well, stop this!

If it's a joust you want, it's a joust you'll get.

[dramatic music]

Now, to finish you off for good.

You're through, Green Lantern.

Kaze no Yo ni Hayaku!

The joust is over, Sinestro.

And so are your plans to rob King Arthur's treasure.

That's what you think, Green fool.

Enjoy your stay in merry old England, Super saps.

The time door, hurry!

It is too late. We are stranded in the past.

And soon to be stranded in King Arthur's dungeon for stealing

his kingdom's treasure.

But we stole nothing, we were only--

Silence! Take them away.

There is no point in escaping until we can figure a way

to get back to the 20th century.

And that's not going to be easy.

Now that the 24 hour charge in my power ring has been used up.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, back in ancient Rome...

Solomon Grundy and Grodd are around here somewhere, Robin.

Holy statue nappers, Batman, there they are.

- Hurry, Grundy. - Me right behind you, Grodd.

[Batman] It's the end of the road, you time traveling crooks.

You're wasting your time, Batman

but you'll have plenty of time

to waste in a few moments.

Into the time conveyor.

- After them, Robin. - It's too late, Batman.

They've left and taken the time warp with them.

I think we're in deep trouble, Robin.

More trouble than you can imagine. You're under arrest

for stealing the treasures of the emperor.

- Take them to the palace. - Batman, what are we gonna do?

It's no use, Robin. Grodd did a masterful job of framing us.

[Caesar] So, these are the ones who dared to steal my treasures.

- No, Caesar, we were only-- - Enough!

You were only robbing the emperor of Rome

and sealing your fate. Take them to the colosseum.

The lions will enjoy them.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice...

It's no use. According to the computer scanner, the other

Super Friends are nowhere in the galaxy.

Stay by the monitor, Hawkman.

I'll check the perimeter of the milky way.

[male narrator] While Superman and Flash make a last desperate attempt to find

the other Super Friends, the Legion of Doom

is furthering its evil plans.

All is working perfectly, not only do we possess the world's

richest historical treasures

but we no longer have six of those

blasted Super Friends to content with.

But still leaves us with five Super Friends left.

They'll be so busy trying to find their friends

they won't have time to bother us.

Which will give us ample time

to make one more historical hi-jack.

We'll return to Sutter's Mill before the gold rush

and mine out all of the gold. Ha-ha-ha!

We're stranded in the past, Apache Chief and there's no way

the other Super Friends can possibly find us.

[rumbling]

- It's an earthquake! - No, Aquaman.

It's a dinosaur.

[roaring]

[Aquaman] Quick, to the aquascooter.

[dramatic music]

[engine revving]

That was close, Aquaman. Where to now?

To the future side of the Hall of Justice.

I've got an idea that just may save us.

I've tracked down exactly, Aquaman.

This is the precise location

of the Hall of Justice, but what good will it do us?

My Justice League mini radio is powered by a tiny nuclear

battery, which will last well over a hundred million years.

Black Manta said we were in 70 million B.C. All we have to do

is add 1978 years plus 252 days and set the mini radio to give

off a TroubAlert signal at that time.

Of course, Aquaman. Then if we bury it under

the Hall of Justice, the Super Friends should receive

the signal in the future.

It's our only chance.

[male narrator] Millions of years into the future at the Hall of Justice...

It's the TroubAlert distress call.

We're getting an emergency signal, but no verbal message.

I'll try to locate the source of the signal on the satellite

direction finder. That's strange, the signal is coming

from directly beneath the Hall of Justice.

It must be malfunctioning.

No, it's working perfectly, Black Vulcan.

I've spotted the source of the signal.

Great Scott, it's Aquaman's radio.

[Black Vulcan] But how did it get buried beneath the Hall of Justice?

This crusty rock might give us a clue.

[male narrator] Later, at the Geological Research Center...

[male 2] The analysis is complete, Superman.

Carbon-14 dating of the dirt on Aquaman's radio indicates

it was buried in the cretaceous period.

Exactly seventy million, one thousand

nine hundred seventy-eight years ago.

Of course, we couldn't find the other Super Friends

because they're all stuck in the past.

Flash is right. And with my super speed

I can handle the situation.

[male narrator] Increasing his speed to beyond the barrier of light

Superman passes through a warp in time...

...continuing back into the distant past.

Superman, you found us.

Your little radio trick worked perfectly, Aquaman.

Now, all we have to do is get back into the future.

[dramatic music]

[male narrator] Later, at the Hall of Justice...

There's little time, we've got to

rescue the other Super Friends.

This Geiger counter is adjusted to react to the radio active

batteries in our mini radios.

With it, I can detect the exact locations of the other

Super Friends as I pass through the time barrier.

[male narrator] Meanwhile, in Camelot...

There's nothing we can do, Samurai.

Even if we broke out there's no way we could return

to the future without my power ring.

[bang]

[samurai] Superman!

Pardon my rude entry, but there's

little time, let's go.

[male narrator] Later, at the colosseum in Rome...

Release the lions!

Holy lion tamers, Batman.

Without our utility belt, we're in trouble.

[Batman] Steady, Robin.

[dramatic music]

The gods have descended on us.

Sorry to interrupt your games, Batman.

Anytime, Superman. Let's get out of here.

[male narrator] Later, at the Hall of Justice...

Now, that we're all back in the present, we better find out

what the Legion of Doom is up to.

I'll program the Justice league crime computer to calculate

the Legion's next plan of attack.

The computer indicates the Legion of Doom's next target

will be Sutter's Mill, January 23rd, 1848

the day before gold was discovered.

Of course, he plans on mining the gold

before the forty-niners.

Now that my power ring is recharged, we can use it

to travel back into time and set a trap

for those super criminals.

[male narrator] Later, at Sutter's Mill...

[Grodd] Sinestro, Giganta, you take the south fork of the river.

Black Manta and I will mine the gold

from the northern region, up river.

[green Lantern] I don't know about the mining the gold, Grodd

but we'd be glad to send you up the river.

- It's the Super Friends. - I'll take care them.

[splash]

[growling]

Looks like I've got you two in the cooler.

This will fix you, Super fools.

Let's see how fast I am on the draw.

Now, to quit those villains for shipping back to prison.

Super Friends not get away so easy.

- Quick, Robin, the Bat-cables. - Argh, ugh!

- He's got us, Batman. - But not for long, Robin.

Use your Bat-lube.

[dramatic music]

I think Grundy and Sinestro have more money

than they know what to do with.

They will not have anywhere to spend it where they are going.

Wrong, Super Friends.

My time conveyor is programed with

an emergency escape activator.

We'll see you in the future.

Holy vanishing acts, they're getting away. Come on!

Hold it, Robin. We'll take care of them in the future.

And any other time, they try to spread their injustice

in the domain of the Super Friends.

[theme music]