The New Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon

Season 1

The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo.

16 Episodes

Chapter One: A Planet In Peril
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Episode 1Chapter One: A Planet In PerilCrashing on Mongo, Flash, Dale & Zarkov are brought before evil emperor Ming, who plans a conquest of Earth. While Dr. Zarkov is forced to work in Ming's lab, Flash, Dale and Thun the lion-man flee to the caverns below the city.
Chapter Two: The Monsters Of Mongo
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Episode 2Chapter Two: The Monsters Of MongoRecaptured by Ming, Dale is taken to the dictator's chambers while Flash and Thun are thrown into the pit mine. Aura's reluctance to lose her Earth man leads her to the mines and the trio escapes to the forest, right into Barin's clutches.
Chapter Three: Vultan, King Of The Hawkmen
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Episode 3Chapter Three: Vultan, King Of The HawkmenTaken by Vultan to the Sky City, Flash, Barin, and Thun escape the atomic furnaces but face new dangers as Ming attacks the city to rescue Aura. Flash saves Vultan from Ming's metal-men, so Vultan vows to join the fight to end Ming's reign.
Chapter Four: To Save Earth
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Episode 4Chapter Four: To Save EarthMing launches an attack upon Arboria from both the skies and beneath the soil utilizing his mole men. Flash heads below ground, commandeers a drilling machine and bursts into Ming's palace to thwart the impending destruction of Earth.
Chapter Five: The Beast Men's Prey
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Episode 5Chapter Five: The Beast Men's PreyFlash, Dale and Zarkov are captured by a group of cavern-dwelling beasts who worship an enormous statue of Ming.
Chapter Six: Into the Water World
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Episode 6Chapter Six: Into the Water WorldFleeing from Princess Aura's robot rocket attack, Flash Gordon and his friends are attacked by a mysterious magnetic ray as they fly over the sea of mystery. Flash's rocket ship crashes and he, Dale and Dr. Zarkov are pulled beneath the sea into the multi-spired undersea city of Coralia. There Queen Undina has special machine altering techniques applied to Flash and his friends so they can breathe water as easily as they did air. Flash and Dr. Zarkov help Coralia Queen Undina defeat Ming's underwater laser firing submarine attack. Queen Undina rewards them with restoration of their air breathing ability and freedom, and as the chapter ends the group heads for Arboria.
Chapter Seven: Adventure In Arboria
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Episode 7Chapter Seven: Adventure In ArboriaIn Arboria, Dr. Zarkov is poisoned by a flying Squirlon as a forest fire rages. Vultan and the Hawkmen deal with the fire, and then Barin and Thun lead Flash and Dale to a perilous underground cavern to find an antidote for Zarkov.
Chapter Eight: The Frozen World
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Episode 8Chapter Eight: The Frozen WorldFlash, Dale, Zarkov and Thun head to Frigia to retrieve the scarce ore Orium to power weapons and machinery. They're welcomed with open arms by Queen Fria, but Count Malo ensures their visit to the frozen land is treacherous.
Chapter Nine: Monster Of Glacier
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Episode 9Chapter Nine: Monster Of GlacierFlash and Queen Fria cleverly gain entry in the lair of the eight-foot giants who have captured Dale and Dr. Zarkov. As Flash engages Brukka, Chief of the Giants, in a fight, Queen Fria frees the others from their ice pit prison cells. Flash and friends flee the caverns of the giants and gain their freedom by leaping to a swift river far below the giant stronghold. As the party rafts down the unknown river they encounter the horrifying spectacle of the glacier monster, a huge three-tentacled electrified river eel. Flash eventually short-circuits and destroys the glacier monster, gaining freedom at last. The party concludes its visit to Frigia as it boards a rocket railroad for the trip back to Arboria.
Chapter Ten: Blue Magic
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Episode 10Chapter Ten: Blue MagicAs Flash and his party rocket through the Mongo countryside enroute to Arboria, they see that Ming's metalmen are following in a ray-emitting rocket train. Flash avoids capture by detouring his rocket train into the forbidden country of Syk. There, Azura, Witch Queen of Syk, saves Flash's party from the dreaded blue fire worm as she believes Flash is Gor Daahn, former Lord of Syk. The high wizard of Syk, Tahl, takes the intruders aboard his flying carpet to the throne of Queen Azura, who erases Flash's memory and installs in flash the memory of Syk's long-departed former ruler, Gor Daahn, who Flash resembles. This chapter ends with battle preparations of Syk's warriors and the smaller forces of Prince Barin and Vultan who are trying to rescue Flash and his party from Azura, the WitchQueen of Syk.
Chapter Eleven: King Flash!
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Episode 11Chapter Eleven: King Flash!Flash has been hypnotized into believing he's the witch King Gor Daahn, so Zarkov has to resort to scientific methods to snap him out of it. With no desire to let him go, Queen Azura unleashes Talors, the Fire King, upon Flash and friends.
Chapter Twelve: Ming's Tournament Of Death
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Episode 12Chapter Twelve: Ming's Tournament Of DeathRecaptured by Ming's evil forces, Flash and his friends are chained to the combat arena in preparation for Emperor Ming's tournament of death games from which there will be but one winner. The winner will be given his freedom and the choice of any woman in Ming's kingdom. Feigning illness, Flash gains his and his party's freedom and they flee through a secret palace tunnel. Outwitting the tunnel's three giant drok dragons, Flash, Dale and Zarkov's dash for freedom is shortlived as they crash crossing the cavern of fire. They are captured by the metalmen and returned to the palace where Flash, together with lion men, hawkmen, lizardmen and iceland giants are pitted against Mongo's most horrible monsters. Flash's strength and agility overcome the monsters and he and a masked forestman (resembling Prince Barin) are the two survivors of the war games. As the chapter ends Ming announces the one who survives the green flame will be declared winner of the tournament of death.
Chapter Thirteen: Castaways In Tropica
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Episode 13Chapter Thirteen: Castaways In TropicaZarkov fixes the rocket, but they run out of fuel and are forced to land in Tropica, where they meet Queen Desira and her cousin Braznor, who's plotting to overthrow her. Meanwhile, Barin & Aura finally profess their love for one another.
Chapter Fourteen: The Desert Hawk
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Episode 14Chapter Fourteen: The Desert HawkWhen Queen Desira, Flash Gordon and friends brave the dangers of the Desert of Fire, they get some help from Gundar the Desert Hawk. Meanwhile, Braznor proclaims the queen dead and seizes control of Tropica.
Chapter Fifteen: Revolt Of The Power Men
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Episode 15Chapter Fifteen: Revolt Of The Power MenAt a strategy meeting in Tropica, Flash and his friends plan to recapture Vultan's mile-high Sky City now under control of Ming's robot guards. Flash and Thun return to Mongo City where they team up with Ergon, Leader of the Power. Ming dispatches his trusty aide Urzeen to Tropica to capture Dale and bring her back for his bride. Flash and his party stow away on a supply rocket ship to sky city where they immobilize Ming's energy shield that protects sky city. Vultan and his winged warriors and Prince Barin and his forestmen attack and recapture Sky City. It takes the verve of Flash and the genius of Ergon to re-connect the faulty anti-gravity beams, saving the falling city just before it slams into the ground. With Sky City secure, Flash hastens to Mongo City to free Dale from Ming. As the chapter ends Flash unexpectedly meets Ming, who freezes Flash into a solid mass of ice crystals.
Chapter Sixteen: Ming's Last Battle
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Episode 16Chapter Sixteen: Ming's Last BattleAt Mongo City, Emperor Ming shows Dale Arden the frozen form of Flash Gordon and Dale agrees to marry Ming if he will free Flash. In the meantime Zarkov and Ergon work feverishly to repair the energy shield to protect Sky City from an impending attack by Ming's robot sky forces. Princess Aura frees Flash from his ice prison and the two, with the help of Queen Undina of Coralia, blast their way into the central control area of Mingo City's defense system. Vultan and Sarin's men ultimately repel Ming's full-scale rocket attack on sky city and proceed to occupy Mongo City. Flash bursts into the wedding ceremony of Ming and Dale and after an exciting sword fight, Flash gorces Ming to flee in his rocketship. Prince Barin proclaims himself as regent of Mongo and the people rejoice.in their new-found freedom. The chapter ends with Flash and Dale planning exploratory visits to other parts of Mongo and the eerie, sardonic laughter of Ming emanating from out space.