G. I. JOE: THE PYRAMID OF DARKNESS

 

INT. CUBE FACTORY - ENTRANCE

SECURITY ROBOT [Michael Bell]

Intruders must be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!

SHIPWRECK

Cobra Commander, the great snake, rules forever. Wrong. Hail Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever!

SHIPWRECK

Hail Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever!

POLLY

Hail, Cobra Commander. The great snake rules forever. Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever.

SECURITY ROBOT

Enter and get to work.

SHIPWRECK

All right!

SECURITY ROBOT

Have a nice day.

INT. CUBE FACTORY

INTERCOM

Attention loyal Cobra Thirteen workers. Control cube one is complete and is now being readied for delivery. Finish remaining cubes with renewed vigor.

SNAKELINGS

Cobra!

SHIPWRECK

Better keep Headquarters in touch.

SNAKELING [Chris Latta]

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

SHIPWRECK

Uh, uh, uh, what are we doin'? Uh, uh, well, that's a heck of a question. Uh, you know what we're doin'?

SNAKELING

You're supposed to be earning your pay, Snakeling! Now, get to work!

SHIPWRECK

Oh, yes, sir. Right, sir. Work!

SNAKELING

Stop! Since when are birds and dogs part of Cobra regulations?

SHIPWRECK

Uh, look, you want the parrot and pooch for target practice, they're all yours. Just don't tell Destro who told you to take 'em.

SNAKELING

Uh, Destro owns those animals?

SHIPWRECK

Well, Hitler owned a canary. Atilla the Hun liked goldfish. What can I tell ya? You want Destro's zoo, buddy, you got it.

SNAKELING

Hold it. Get back to work, but take care of these pets.

POLLY

Lovely Polly. Sweet birdie.

SNAKELING

And if he isn't nice to them, you let me know. Now start hauling titanium. Cobra Commander needs the rest of them cubes.

EXT. USS FLAGG - DAY

FLINT (O.C.)

Thanks for letting us establish temporary headquarters on your carrier, Admiral Ledger.

INT. USS FLAGG - BRIDGE

ADM. LEDGER

Temporary is the word to remember, Flint. I run a tight ship, and that doesn't leave much room for visitors, even when they're friendly--but especially when they're female.

LADY JAYE

Women aren't bad luck at sea, Admiral. That's just an old Navy superstition.

ADM. LEDGER

Old Navy is just what I am, ma'am. I've been at sea so long, whales ask me for directions.

ADM. LEDGER

There's something comin' in on Joe frequency.

FLINT

That beeper belongs to Shipwreck.

LADY JAYE

All right! He escaped the water robots.

ADM. LEDGER

I'll punch up a close shot.

FLINT

Destro. Shipwreck must've tagged his operation.

ADM. LEDGER

Projecting Destro's flight coordinates shows him touching down at a cute, volcanic vacation spot known as the Devil's Playground. But it's no place for a lady, Flint.

FLINT

I will need someone to maintain surveillance aboard the carrier.

LADY JAYE

And I'm sure you'll pick the right man for the job.

JOES

Yo Joe!

FLINT

She's not just a lady, Admiral Ledger. She's my teammate. Yo Joe!

EXT. USS FLAGG - FLIGHT DECK

EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA

MUTT

It don't figure, Dusty. Why ain't Zartan blastin' more Joe positions on Earth instead o' workin' us like slaves in zero gravity?

BUZZER

Keep workin'! No shirkin'!

DUSTY

Maybe Cobra's got bigger fish to French fry, and maybe this gear's part of their plan.

FATAL FLUFFY

Work! No talking!

DUSTY

Right, handsome! We love to work. As a matter of fact, I even wrote a song about it.

DUSTY (singing)

When you slave for a Cobra, sure is neat

To do your work to a boogie-woogie beat.

Just let your feet tap and move while the prisoners groove

With a "bodio-dodio-reet."

FATAL FLUFFY

Work!

MUTT

All right, already.

DUSTY

We've got to get into the control room and find out what's goin' on here, and then get word back to Earth.

MUTT

Lotsa luck. First you gotta get past those scuzzy fuzzies. Then there's those knuckle-headed Dreadnoks. Even ol' Junkyard would have trouble slippin' through all this security.

DUSTY

I didn't say it'd be easy, Mutt. Wait a minute, I got an idea.

MUTT

What is it?

DUSTY

Shh. Look: the gravity lever.

MUTT

Yeah, so?

DUSTY

So, what if gravity suddenly "falls in" on us, and I mean falls?

MUTT

Yeah, of course. Let me warn the others.

DUSTY

Give me two minutes, then throw the lever back to zero G.

MUTT

Okay. Get crazy.

DUSTY

No more! No more!

FATAL FLUFFY

Get back to work!

DUSTY

I can't take it no more! I need gravity!

TORCH

Gravity!

TORCH

Stop the prisoner! He's escapin'!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - ACCESS TUNNELS

RIPPER

There he is! He's headin' for the control room!

TORCH

Quick! Get him!

DUSTY

I hope Mutt's timin' is perfect.

BUZZER

He's gone crackers!

DUSTY

Yo Joe!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA

MUTT

Hey, lighten up, you guys.

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - ACCESS TUNNELS

DUSTY

Good ol' Mutt.

TORCH

He's reached the control room level! C'mon! We'll go down the utility ramp!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA

FATAL FLUFFY

Get back to work!

MUTT

Yes, sir.

FATAL FLUFFY

No!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - UTILITY RAMP

BUZZER

Gravity? Again?

TORCH

Look out below!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM

COBRA COMMANDER

The Pyramid of Darkness is nearing completion, Zartan. Two more parties have left with the control cubes.

DUSTY

Mercy! Have pity on me!

DUKE

Dusty!

DUSTY

Let me rest in gravity!

ZARTAN

Seize the prisoner.

DUKE

You miserable slave driver!

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - UTILITY RAMP

TORCH

Can't stop! Stand aside!

BUZZER

Look out!

ZARTAN

That should be enough gravity to satisfy you for quite a while.

DUSTY

Cobra must be up to somethin' big.

ZARTAN

Take the prisoner and your wretched selves out of here at once!

DUSTY

Duke, are you okay?

DUKE

Dusty, get a message back to....

EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DAY

DESTRO (O.C.)

Carefully. You must not damage the cube.

DESTRO

Horizontal alignment has been verified. Commence implantation. Three point zero nine minutes down on vertical axis. Slowly, slowly...

DESTRO

Sander.

DESTRO

Maintain cube position!

LADY JAYE (COMM.)

Let's put one cube down the tube!

DESTRO

Nothing must interfere with cube placement! Cobra!

FLINT

All right, we'll just have to go in from the side door.

DESTRO

Cobra! Prepare for ground attack!

FLINT AND LADY JAYE

Yo Joe!

FLINT

Hit the dirt!

FLINT

Pink is your color.

LADY JAYE

Don't laugh, you bum.

FLINT

I don't know what that cube does, but we've got to take it apart before it does it.

INT. CUBE FACTORY

SHIPWRECK

I'm not crazy about the way things are goin', Snake-Eyes. This factory's turnin' out cubes faster than we can figure out what to do.

INTERCOM

Attention. Attention. A message from our glorious leader, Cobra Commander.

POLLY

Up his nose with a fire hose!

SHIPWRECK

Shh.

COBRA COMMANDER

I am pleased with your rapid production of the control cubes. The fourth and final cube must be finished at once, so we do not lose the strategic advantage to our enemy, G. I. Joe! Now back to work, and victory. Cobra!

SNAKELINGS

Cobra!

SHIPWRECK

We gotta scoop the story on those cubes and get travellin'.

INT. CUBE FACTORY - HALLWAY

SHIPWRECK

Hold it. The chief engineer's office. We've hit pay dirt. This'll take a little finesse.

POLLY

Finesse, yeah, finesse!

SHIPWRECK

Batten down your bilge, Polly. We've got work to do.

SHIPWRECK

Bingo. That laser disc programs the assembly line. Everything Headquarters needs to know about those cubes is on this.

COBRA OFFICER [Frank Welker]

Okay, turn around!

SHIPWRECK

Good goin', Timber! Okay, okay, you too, Polly. And speakin' o' goin', we're gone.

EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA

BUZZER

Work!

MUTT

I don't know, Dusty. I mean, the fact you used to repair refrigerators doesn't make you an electronics expert.

DUSTY

I'm not sayin' I'm an expert. But I know enough to put this circuit jumper across those communications cables.

MUTT

And then anything Zartan picks up on his monitor will be broadcast out on Joe frequency?

DUSTY

That's the idea, but first we need a diversion.

MUTT

I hope this cable has enough voltage.

DUSTY

I'm sure it'll spark some interest.

FATAL FLUFFY

Hey! You bad!

MUTT

They're as dumb as they are ugly!

FATAL FLUFFIES (repeatedly)

WORK!, NO!, ROAR!, etc.

TORCH

Hey there! Get back to your posts! Come on! Let go!

MUTT

Okay Dusty, do your stuff.

FATAL FLUFFY

Prisoners! Now you pay!

FATAL FLUFFY

You shall pay!

DUSTY

He won't even remember his name after that jolt.

MUTT

That's really gonna do it?

DUSTY

You bet, uh, probably. I hope.

EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA

INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM

COBRA COMMANDER

The Crimson Twins will soon reach the City of the Dead without interference from G. I. Joe. The cube will soon be in place.

EXT. USS FLAGG - DA

AIRTIGHT (O.C.)

I'm pickin' up somethin' on Joe frequency. It could be from Space Station Delta.

COBRA COMMANDER

Major Bludd is on schedule for the Mountain of Glass, Zartan. There remains but one last link to complete my master plan!

ROADBLOCK

Cobra's got the Delta station. They're plantin' cubes throughout creation. If we don't start retaliation, we're sunk, and that's no bunk!

ADM. LEDGER

Hold on, crew! Roadblock said retaliation, didn't he?

JOES AND CREW

Yeah!

ADM. LEDGER

Well, that's just what we're gonna do! Retaliate!

JOES AND CREW

Yo Joe!

EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK

INT. CARGO PLANE - COCKPIT

AIRTIGHT

You know, Footloose, I think Adm. Ledger showed exceptional judgment in assigning us to head this cube-chasing detachment. You and I are a uniquely capable combination, don't you think?

FOOTLOOSE

Like, makes no never mind to me, Airtight. I'll just mellow out until we hit the City of the Dead.

AIRTIGHT

I'm gonna use this time to double-check my computations on fuel consumption.... Nine point two times five point oh...

ROADBLOCK

You, button your lip and fly this ship, and you, on your toes or I'll mash your nose! You two dingbats never headed a mission before. Well, that's why Adm. Ledger put me in charge. So shape up now, or this goes pow.

AIRTIGHT

Uh, right, Roadblock!

FOOTLOOSE

Y-yes, sir! Right away sir!

AIRTIGHT

We're on our way!

EXT. USS FLAGG

ALPINE

Major Bludd's heading for that charming, frozen confection, that jagged, iced peak called the Mountain of Glass, and we're gonna climb it, Bazook, hand over hand, dangling in space, thousands of feet in the air. Ain't that excitin'?

BAZOOKA

No. Sickenin'.

ALPINE

Why you say that?

BAZOOKA

Fallin'.

ALPINE

Oh, well don't worry. We won't do that part.

INT. CUBE FACTORY - MINESHAFT

SHIPWRECK

This thing's got auxilliary power, but we can't risk the noise until we're farther out.

POLLY

See, saw, Marjorie Daw, Jack will have a new master. And Shipwreck will have a Charlie horse!

SHIPWRECK

Keep it up, Polly, and I'll turn you into a hood ornament!

SHIPWRECK

Timber, help Snake-Eyes pump while I start the engine.

POLLY

Pump! Pump! Put your paws into it!

SHIPWRECK

It won't catch! Come on, you rust covered barnacle!

SHIPWRECK

Thanks, Timber. I owe you a big one.

COBRA OFFICER [Chris Latta]

They can't outrun our Track Reptiles! Take Route F and intercept 'em at Junction Seven!

COBRA OFFICERS

Cobra!

POLLY

Pump iron! Pump iron!

COBRA OFFICER

Ten thousand gold fang shillings to the trooper who brings them in!

SHIPWRECK

Faster, Snake-Eyes, faster!

POLLY

No visitors!

COBRA OFFICER

Cobra!

SHIPWRECK

You antique, metal meatball!

COBRA OFFICER

Run them down! Increase thrust!

SHIPWRECK

Switch ahead! Time to part company, Snake-Eyes!

SHIPWRECK

All right, we did it! We're finally out of...

POLLY

Danger! Save Polly!

SHIPWRECK

Get ready for a little roller coaster ride!

POLLY

One down, one to go!

SHIPWRECK

Hit the brakes!

SHIPWRECK

Let's get outta here. I've been underground so long, I feel like a toadstool.

INT. ENTERPRISE CITY - SUBWAY STATION

SHIPWRECK

Let's stash these uniforms where they belong.

EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY - NIGHT

SHIPWRECK

Great. We just went from the sewer up to the toilet.

COL. SLASH [Bill Morey?]

I have them. They're moving into the civilian sector.

EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DUSK

DESTRO

Maintain fire until cube placement has been verified! Point five seven zero, vertical, mark!

FLINT

Well, if we can't take the low road...

LADY JAYE

The high road's not a bad idea.

FLINT

Yo Joe!

LADY JAYE

Flint, help!

FLINT

Lady Jaye!

TO BE CONTINUED...

 

 

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