The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s02e15 Episode Script
Microboy
"March 1st.
I'm still confident today's
session in the capsule
will be
the last.
I will be energized
to full capacity.
If my calculations
are on track,
Superboy will soon
find out he's not
the only superhero
in the world.
What I'm about to do,
I do for her."
Hector?
Hector?
Hector Hornsby,
you open up this door.
All that money to put
you through college,
and what have you
got to show for it?
Toys, a garage
full of toys!
They're not toys,
Mother.
And you didn't even
finish your dinner.
Why do
I bother?
Why do I bother doing
anything for you?
You are getting
to be just like him.
You remind me more of
your father every day.
He was a sorry excuse
for a human being,
and you're
no better.
Mother, I have to
concentrate.
Could you please
go away?
Don't you talk
to me like that.
Can't you see I'm in
the middle of something?
All I can see is this mess,
your usual mess.
This is not a good time
for you to be in here.
"Once I begin to
appear in public,
people will forget
all about Superboy"?
You can't read that,
it's private!
"Microboy will be
the one they talk about.
Microboy will be the hero
everyone looks up to."
No one reads
my journal, no one!
Hector, what's all this
rubbish about Microboy?
Who's Microboy?
No one reads
my journal.
No one.
Ah!
What are you doing,
Hector?
No, Mother.
Not Hector.
Microboy.
Since Dr. Zubar's
been away in Europe,
you've made some
big improvements
on the original design
of his time machine.
Well, the people here
at Siegel institute
have been
very helpful.
Let's hope this
test run succeeds.
There's the frog.
Right on schedule.
Yes, the micro-timer
functioned perfectly.
I set it to return
little gertrude here
to the present,
precisely five minutes
after her arrival
in 1961.
Here we
go again.
What's going on?
I wish
I knew.
For days now,
some outside force
has been siphoning off
vast amounts
of electromagnetic
waves all around us.
Do you have any idea
what's causing
the disturbance?
Not yet.
So far, the power drain
is focused on
the mid-range
of this spectrum,
between 1 and 300,000
megahertz.
Microwaves?
Precisely.
I've turned my body
into a kind of battery.
I draw microwaves
out of the air
and convert them
into energy
that I now have
At my fingertips.
Heat generation is
just one of the tricks
that I can do.
You almost burned me,
Hector.
You don't burn
your mother.
I didn't
mean to.
These powers--
what are they?
And since when do you
think you have to be
a hero like
Superboy?
Since I met
her.
She's the girl of
my dreams, Mother.
She's in my drama
class at school.
I wanna
marry her.
Her name is
Lana.
Lana?
So young.
So pretty.
You can't be serious,
Hector.
Oh, Mother, don't start up
again with this, please?
You're a tinkerer,
Hector.
You have
an inventive mind,
just like
your father.
And like him,
you're jinxed.
You're a loser.
You'll never
amount to much.
You'll never know what
it's like to be a success.
And you'll never--
and I'll never find
real happiness.
Isn't that right,
Mother?
Mm-hmm.
And let's not forget
about love.
I'll never find
true love, either.
It's for
other people.
That's why you've
got to get rid
of that tanning booth,
and I want you to forget
all about this
Microboy nonsense.
Do you hear me,
Hector?
I hear you,
Mother.
Oh, Romeo,
Romeo,
wherefore art thou,
Romeo?
Deny thy father
and refuse thy name.
Or if thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love,
and I'll no longer
be a capulet.
Shall I hear more,
or shall I speak at this?
'Tis but thy name
that is my enemy.
And yet
I know the sound.
Art thou not Romeo,
and a montague?
Neither, fair maid,
if either thee dislike.
Very good.
That's as far
as we'll go today.
Hector, you were
very focused.
I'm done,
for thou hast--
you wanna
act, kid.
Act being
a hostage.
Take another step
and I'll kill him!
Ah, ah!
Aaahhh!
I bet
that hurt.
Are you all right,
student?
Uh, I-I
think so.
What-what the hell
are you supposed to be?
Microboy
is my name.
And catching criminals
is my game.
You're under arrest.
No way!
Andy, are you
all right?
Yeah.
Here he is,
officers.
And you tell that
dirtbag when he
wakes up in prison
who sent him there.
The name
is Microboy.
Microboy!
Hey guys,
what's going on here?
Well, you missed
everything, as usual.
Yeah, Clark, you almost
got the chance
to meet Superboy's
competition.
He saved my life
and then just flew off.
What?
You're saying
he flew?
Felix took
some pictures.
I wonder if I'll ever
get to thank him.
You never suspected
that of all the people,
I would be
Microboy.
Microboy.
Oh.
So you think you're
a big shot now,
huh, Hector?
Caught one crook
and you got your
picture in
the paper.
So do you, uh,
think this Lana girl
is going to think you're
a big hero now, hmm?
You have an inventive
mind, Hector.
But that won't
change things.
You can't
fight fate.
You're always
going to be a loser.
Just like
your father.
A lifelong loser.
Aaahhh!
Superboy,
thank the stars
you got to the airport
in time.
Three near collisions,
I hear?
Well, luckily I was able
to keep the planes
from colliding
until the tower
got their backup
radar online.
Well, the destruction
this morning
was the worst yet,
but today,
I have a strong hunch
as to what's causing
these disturbances--
or, should I say, who.
Microboy?
And I'm afraid he's
craving more energy
with each exposure.
Like an addict.
Precisely.
But my readings show
that his craving
has shifted to the high
end of the wave spectrum.
Ultraviolet and gamma
radiation, and x-rays?
That's
the bad news.
The good news is that,
knowing this,
we may be able to
predict where Microboy
will go next
to feed.
The solar power station
north of the city.
Lana, this is a solar
power plant.
The energy that
I draw here
will make
me invincible.
And you're gonna
be so proud of me.
Why are you staring
at me like that?
What man art thou who
stumblest on my counsel?
By name I know not
to tell thee who I am.
It is you.
Hector, I-I don't
understand.
Why have you
done this?
Because I love you,
and I knew that
you would never
love me back.
So I gave myself these
powers and this costume
so I could be like
Superboy.
Well, Hector
What I feel for Superboy,
it's got nothing to do
with-with his powers
or a cape.
Love
Real love
Doesn't work
that way.
Don't be afraid.
It's okay.
It's okay, it's just all this
energy that I'm absorbing
from these solar
activators.
Ah, I see.
She wants to be
with you, Superboy.
You've gotta get away
from this place, Hector.
Who was
I kidding?
I never had a chance
with you.
I should have listened
to my mother.
She knew I'd never amount
to anything, ever.
She told me I was
born to be a loser.
A loser with nothing
left to lose.
You've got to
let me help you!
Hector, please,
listen to him.
No, Lana,
not even for you.
Feel that,
Superboy?
I'm strong enough to
create an energy field
powerful enough
to kill even you.
But you're not
a killer, Hector!
Think again,
Superboy.
Superboy!
Lana!
Undo what you
just did.
I'm dying, Lana.
The energy's
killing me.
I don't wanna
die alone.
Hector
You don't wanna
do this.
They'll find us
together.
Like Romeo
and Juliet.
It's hopeless.
If we could stop him from
absorbing microwaves,
perhaps he would survive,
maybe even recover.
ButWe'll
never know.
What do
you mean?
In this day and age,
there's virtually
no place on earth totally
free of microwaves.
"In this day
and age"?
Professor, you just
hit the answer.
No, Superboy, no,
ab-absolutely not.
No, no,
it's too dangerous.
A frog is one thing,
but it'll be months
before I'm ready to test
a human subject.
It may be the only chance
that Hector has.
Professor, if you won't
program zubar's machine,
I'll do
it myself.
Ha, I guess you would,
wouldn't you?
I can't deny that
I seem to be cured.
But why take me
back this far?
Why 1903?
Think about it,
Hector.
In 1903, electricity was
still in its infancy.
Oh, I see.
There were no
microwaves in the air.
That means I can never
go back, can I?
No.
What about
my mother?
I bet she'll be better off
without me.
Would you do
me a favor?
Could you say goodbye
to Lana for me?
Sure.
Thank you.
One more thing.
Where are we?
You'll figure
it out.
But wilbur, we're talking
about sustained flight.
Twelve seconds
is nothing.
One problem at a time,
Orville.
One problem
at a time.
Orville?
Yeah?
Wilbur?
Uh-huh?
Hi, I'm Hector,
Hector Hornsby.
So where
were we?
Lateral control.
Now how do we achieve
lateral control
when we have
a rigid--
Excuse me.
Have you ever thought
of replacing these
static wires with control
wires for the wings?
That way the sail
can-can warp
and twist
in flight.
What did you say
your name was?
HectorHector
Hornsby.
Orville, is this what
you need?
Yeah.
Oh, thank you.
Do I know
you?
Oh, uh, Hector, this is
our cousin, Julianne.
Were-were you at the
square dance last week?
No, I wasn't.
Hector, let's talk about
these control wires.
-Oh, okay.
-Now if we attach 'em
on the inside of
the wing right here--
and then we bring this
one right on down here,
we can control
the sail.
That would be good,
that would be good.
And get
the lift.
Captioned by Grant Brown
I'm still confident today's
session in the capsule
will be
the last.
I will be energized
to full capacity.
If my calculations
are on track,
Superboy will soon
find out he's not
the only superhero
in the world.
What I'm about to do,
I do for her."
Hector?
Hector?
Hector Hornsby,
you open up this door.
All that money to put
you through college,
and what have you
got to show for it?
Toys, a garage
full of toys!
They're not toys,
Mother.
And you didn't even
finish your dinner.
Why do
I bother?
Why do I bother doing
anything for you?
You are getting
to be just like him.
You remind me more of
your father every day.
He was a sorry excuse
for a human being,
and you're
no better.
Mother, I have to
concentrate.
Could you please
go away?
Don't you talk
to me like that.
Can't you see I'm in
the middle of something?
All I can see is this mess,
your usual mess.
This is not a good time
for you to be in here.
"Once I begin to
appear in public,
people will forget
all about Superboy"?
You can't read that,
it's private!
"Microboy will be
the one they talk about.
Microboy will be the hero
everyone looks up to."
No one reads
my journal, no one!
Hector, what's all this
rubbish about Microboy?
Who's Microboy?
No one reads
my journal.
No one.
Ah!
What are you doing,
Hector?
No, Mother.
Not Hector.
Microboy.
Since Dr. Zubar's
been away in Europe,
you've made some
big improvements
on the original design
of his time machine.
Well, the people here
at Siegel institute
have been
very helpful.
Let's hope this
test run succeeds.
There's the frog.
Right on schedule.
Yes, the micro-timer
functioned perfectly.
I set it to return
little gertrude here
to the present,
precisely five minutes
after her arrival
in 1961.
Here we
go again.
What's going on?
I wish
I knew.
For days now,
some outside force
has been siphoning off
vast amounts
of electromagnetic
waves all around us.
Do you have any idea
what's causing
the disturbance?
Not yet.
So far, the power drain
is focused on
the mid-range
of this spectrum,
between 1 and 300,000
megahertz.
Microwaves?
Precisely.
I've turned my body
into a kind of battery.
I draw microwaves
out of the air
and convert them
into energy
that I now have
At my fingertips.
Heat generation is
just one of the tricks
that I can do.
You almost burned me,
Hector.
You don't burn
your mother.
I didn't
mean to.
These powers--
what are they?
And since when do you
think you have to be
a hero like
Superboy?
Since I met
her.
She's the girl of
my dreams, Mother.
She's in my drama
class at school.
I wanna
marry her.
Her name is
Lana.
Lana?
So young.
So pretty.
You can't be serious,
Hector.
Oh, Mother, don't start up
again with this, please?
You're a tinkerer,
Hector.
You have
an inventive mind,
just like
your father.
And like him,
you're jinxed.
You're a loser.
You'll never
amount to much.
You'll never know what
it's like to be a success.
And you'll never--
and I'll never find
real happiness.
Isn't that right,
Mother?
Mm-hmm.
And let's not forget
about love.
I'll never find
true love, either.
It's for
other people.
That's why you've
got to get rid
of that tanning booth,
and I want you to forget
all about this
Microboy nonsense.
Do you hear me,
Hector?
I hear you,
Mother.
Oh, Romeo,
Romeo,
wherefore art thou,
Romeo?
Deny thy father
and refuse thy name.
Or if thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love,
and I'll no longer
be a capulet.
Shall I hear more,
or shall I speak at this?
'Tis but thy name
that is my enemy.
And yet
I know the sound.
Art thou not Romeo,
and a montague?
Neither, fair maid,
if either thee dislike.
Very good.
That's as far
as we'll go today.
Hector, you were
very focused.
I'm done,
for thou hast--
you wanna
act, kid.
Act being
a hostage.
Take another step
and I'll kill him!
Ah, ah!
Aaahhh!
I bet
that hurt.
Are you all right,
student?
Uh, I-I
think so.
What-what the hell
are you supposed to be?
Microboy
is my name.
And catching criminals
is my game.
You're under arrest.
No way!
Andy, are you
all right?
Yeah.
Here he is,
officers.
And you tell that
dirtbag when he
wakes up in prison
who sent him there.
The name
is Microboy.
Microboy!
Hey guys,
what's going on here?
Well, you missed
everything, as usual.
Yeah, Clark, you almost
got the chance
to meet Superboy's
competition.
He saved my life
and then just flew off.
What?
You're saying
he flew?
Felix took
some pictures.
I wonder if I'll ever
get to thank him.
You never suspected
that of all the people,
I would be
Microboy.
Microboy.
Oh.
So you think you're
a big shot now,
huh, Hector?
Caught one crook
and you got your
picture in
the paper.
So do you, uh,
think this Lana girl
is going to think you're
a big hero now, hmm?
You have an inventive
mind, Hector.
But that won't
change things.
You can't
fight fate.
You're always
going to be a loser.
Just like
your father.
A lifelong loser.
Aaahhh!
Superboy,
thank the stars
you got to the airport
in time.
Three near collisions,
I hear?
Well, luckily I was able
to keep the planes
from colliding
until the tower
got their backup
radar online.
Well, the destruction
this morning
was the worst yet,
but today,
I have a strong hunch
as to what's causing
these disturbances--
or, should I say, who.
Microboy?
And I'm afraid he's
craving more energy
with each exposure.
Like an addict.
Precisely.
But my readings show
that his craving
has shifted to the high
end of the wave spectrum.
Ultraviolet and gamma
radiation, and x-rays?
That's
the bad news.
The good news is that,
knowing this,
we may be able to
predict where Microboy
will go next
to feed.
The solar power station
north of the city.
Lana, this is a solar
power plant.
The energy that
I draw here
will make
me invincible.
And you're gonna
be so proud of me.
Why are you staring
at me like that?
What man art thou who
stumblest on my counsel?
By name I know not
to tell thee who I am.
It is you.
Hector, I-I don't
understand.
Why have you
done this?
Because I love you,
and I knew that
you would never
love me back.
So I gave myself these
powers and this costume
so I could be like
Superboy.
Well, Hector
What I feel for Superboy,
it's got nothing to do
with-with his powers
or a cape.
Love
Real love
Doesn't work
that way.
Don't be afraid.
It's okay.
It's okay, it's just all this
energy that I'm absorbing
from these solar
activators.
Ah, I see.
She wants to be
with you, Superboy.
You've gotta get away
from this place, Hector.
Who was
I kidding?
I never had a chance
with you.
I should have listened
to my mother.
She knew I'd never amount
to anything, ever.
She told me I was
born to be a loser.
A loser with nothing
left to lose.
You've got to
let me help you!
Hector, please,
listen to him.
No, Lana,
not even for you.
Feel that,
Superboy?
I'm strong enough to
create an energy field
powerful enough
to kill even you.
But you're not
a killer, Hector!
Think again,
Superboy.
Superboy!
Lana!
Undo what you
just did.
I'm dying, Lana.
The energy's
killing me.
I don't wanna
die alone.
Hector
You don't wanna
do this.
They'll find us
together.
Like Romeo
and Juliet.
It's hopeless.
If we could stop him from
absorbing microwaves,
perhaps he would survive,
maybe even recover.
ButWe'll
never know.
What do
you mean?
In this day and age,
there's virtually
no place on earth totally
free of microwaves.
"In this day
and age"?
Professor, you just
hit the answer.
No, Superboy, no,
ab-absolutely not.
No, no,
it's too dangerous.
A frog is one thing,
but it'll be months
before I'm ready to test
a human subject.
It may be the only chance
that Hector has.
Professor, if you won't
program zubar's machine,
I'll do
it myself.
Ha, I guess you would,
wouldn't you?
I can't deny that
I seem to be cured.
But why take me
back this far?
Why 1903?
Think about it,
Hector.
In 1903, electricity was
still in its infancy.
Oh, I see.
There were no
microwaves in the air.
That means I can never
go back, can I?
No.
What about
my mother?
I bet she'll be better off
without me.
Would you do
me a favor?
Could you say goodbye
to Lana for me?
Sure.
Thank you.
One more thing.
Where are we?
You'll figure
it out.
But wilbur, we're talking
about sustained flight.
Twelve seconds
is nothing.
One problem at a time,
Orville.
One problem
at a time.
Orville?
Yeah?
Wilbur?
Uh-huh?
Hi, I'm Hector,
Hector Hornsby.
So where
were we?
Lateral control.
Now how do we achieve
lateral control
when we have
a rigid--
Excuse me.
Have you ever thought
of replacing these
static wires with control
wires for the wings?
That way the sail
can-can warp
and twist
in flight.
What did you say
your name was?
HectorHector
Hornsby.
Orville, is this what
you need?
Yeah.
Oh, thank you.
Do I know
you?
Oh, uh, Hector, this is
our cousin, Julianne.
Were-were you at the
square dance last week?
No, I wasn't.
Hector, let's talk about
these control wires.
-Oh, okay.
-Now if we attach 'em
on the inside of
the wing right here--
and then we bring this
one right on down here,
we can control
the sail.
That would be good,
that would be good.
And get
the lift.
Captioned by Grant Brown