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[theme music]
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screech
[siren wailing]
[gunfire]
[siren wailing]
Ah!
[people screaming]
crash
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screech
boom
Aah!
screech
crash
screech
[siren wailing]
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Yeah, we lost them at 3rd and Shuster.
They were headin' for the warehouse district.
[siren wailing]
screech
- 'Ye-ah!' - 'Yeah. Put it there!'
- Alright! - Nice goin'.
We scored big time!
- 'Hello, boys.' - Huh?
[dramatic music]
Who's that?
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I'm ever so sorry to spoil your nice celebration
but I have a very important message
for your boss, Mr. Mannheim.
Please tell him the Toyman is calling time-out
on his little games.
And don't be tardy.
Grab Pinocchio before he gets out!
- Hey, come here! - Come back here!
- Hey, come back here! - Hurry up! Come on!
[clamoring]
[grunting]
[groans]
- Ooh! - 'Johnny!'
[glass shattering]
[thudding]
[electricity crackling]
crash
Let's get out of here!
We can't, Spider. It's locked!
[grunts]
[water splashing]
[thudding]
Get back in the car. Aah!
Aah!
[intense music]
[grunting]
[glass shattering]
- When's it gonna stop? - Don't worry!
These walls are solid steel!
clank clank clank
- Aah! - We're gonna die!
[instrumental music]
- 'Help! Help! Help!' - 'Come on!'
- 'We can't stay here!' - 'Help! Please, get help!'
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[thudding]
[all screaming]
[glass shattering]
[groaning]
[whimpering]
Hey, it stopped!
- We're safe! - Ah, ah!
[grunting]
What's goin' on?
[instrumental music]
[indistinct chatter]
[sighs] It was, it was Toyman
callin' t-t-time-out.
T-tell Bruno that the Toyman..
What a smashup.
Odd thing. I heard it was parked at the time.
[chuckles] Where? At a monster truck rally?
Look on the bright side, Spider.
At least you look good in silver.
Ms. Lane, excuse me if I don't shake hands.
So what's the lowdown on this Toyman character?
I hear he's got it in for your boss, Bruno Mannheim.
Eh, what boss? I happen to be a independent agent.
You're wastin' your time, doll-face.
I'll see you in two to five.
Now, where to now, Ms. Lane? The "Planet?"
Actually, I was thinking about a picnic in the park.
(Bruno) 'Testing, one, two, three.'
Testing, one, two, three.
Ahem, ahem. Is this on?
And it is my honor to dedicate Mannheim Park
'to the true heroes of Metropolis, our children.'
Sounds good, Mr. Mannheim. We're ready when you are.
Enjoying a leisurely afternoon
or have you been listening to The Police band again?
Actually, Perry assigned me the park opening. Why? What's up?
You haven't heard about the Toyman?
- Who? - Uh-uh.
Nice try, Smallville, but this one's mine.
Mr. Mannheim, Lois Lane, "Daily Planet."
Any comments on this morning's armored car hijacking?
Why would I have a comment? I'm a legitimate businessman.
(Lois) 'Of course, and you have no knowledge'
'of someone calling himself The Toyman?'
I have no idea what you're talkin' about.
I'm a respected citizen
'and I don't appreciate your little insinuations.'
Look out!
[gunfire]
[gasps] Ah!
[gunfire]
[dramatic music]
[gunfire]
[whirring]
Wow! I see a page-one photo!
Uh-oh.
(Jimmy) 'Look out! They're coming back!'
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They're headin' this way!
Wait!
You wanna get killed, too?
[gunfire]
[grunts]
[gunfire]
Oh. Ah!
Aah! Uh! Ah! Uh!
clang clang clang
[muffled screaming]
[whirring]
[muffled screaming]
rizz
boom boom boom
[muffled screaming]
[clatters]
What happened?
[muffled screaming]
Looks like it just broke apart.
Get me out of here!
(Lois) 'Read it and weep, Kent.'
It's all here, the attack on the armored car
the attack on Mannheim, and as a finishing touch
a preliminary profile on the perp
by a noted police psychiatrist.
- Based on what? - He uses toys as weapons.
We're talking about a guy with very serious issues.
Like the shrink says, "An emotionally stunted
amoral narcissist with paranoid delusions.."
(Toyman) '"...desperately seeking external validation'
through antisocial behavior."
Oh, ho-ho-ho.
(Bruno) 'That creep made me into a laughing stock.'
How could you let him get so close?
You wouldn't let us in the park, boss, remember?
You-you was afraid we'd scare the kids.
He's out there somewhere, the slimy, little weasel.
Thinks he's gonna make me pay.
[bubbling] What?
[bubbling]
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splash
What are you waitin' for? Shoot it.
- It's a big ducky. - Shoot it!
[gunshots]
clank clank clank
Ah..
[gunshots]
crash
[screaming]
Ah! Ah!
Aah..
crash
[shattering]
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quack
[panting]
Huh?
- Aah! - Aah.
Get out of here!
[grunts]
bam
whoosh
Ah! Ah!
[intense music]
[gasps]
[chuckles] How does the saying go?
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
Yeah, it's you, Winslow. Same creepy voice.
I don't know how you came back from the dead
but it's gonna be a short visit.
pop pop pop
Aah!
[coughing]
[breathing heavily]
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
boom
[intense music]
bam bam
boom boom
[thuds]
splash
boom
[instrumental music]
Huh?
Yup. Mannheim's still missing, chief. Mm-hmm.
[doorbell ringing]
Uh-oh. Dinner's here. Bye.
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Let it be flowers, please.
Hello, I'm Princess Nighty-Night.
[gasps]
Oh.
Nighty-night.
Hm.
[gasps]
(Toyman)
'Oh, Ms. Lane.'
Can you come out and play?
clack clack clack
(Clark) 'Still haven't heard from her?'
Uh-uh. You think something's wrong?
I don't know. First Mannheim's missing. Now Lois.
If I only knew what the link was between Mannheim and Toyman.
You know, you can cross-index with this system
like the names Mannheim and Toyman.
You mind if I take a shot?
I'm so glad you decided to stay, Ms. Lane.
We're going to have a whole lot of fun.
Why me, Toyman?
Because of those lies you wrote about me
in your little paper.
This time I want you to get it right.
[sighs] Nothing yet.
Try cross-indexing Mannheim with just toy.
clack clack clack
beep beep
Hey, look at this.
(Clark) '"Toymaker sentenced to ten years."'
[clattering]
It's a very sad story.
One most people have forgotten.
Once upon a time there was a kindly man
'who loved nothing more than making toys.'
'He wanted to build the most wonderful toy factory'
'in all the world.'
'Only, he had no money to pay for it.'
Then one day a man came along..
'...a very bad man.'
He offered to pay for the factory under one condition.
(Clark) '"The factory became the front for a numbers racket.'
'"Although Bruno Mannheim was named as a suspect'
'"he was never indicted.'
"Only the toymaker
Winslow Schott, was convicted."
Sounds like Bruno played him for a patsy.
(Toyman) 'The bad man watched and laughed'
'while the police locked the kindly toymaker'
in the dungeon forever.
Clang!
Two to one, Schott's our Toyman.
I don't think so, Clark. Take a look.
- 'His obituary.' - Poor guy.
He died before making parole.
Yeah, but he had a survivor.
That's right, Ms. Lane, the toymaker had a son.
'But without his father, the poor little boy'
was bounced from foster home to foster home
like a little toy that nobody wanted.
A childhood is a terrible thing to lose, Ms. Lane
but I'm getting mine back with a vengeance.
[whooshing]
Now the real fun begins.
You're going to play..
...reporter!
(Toyman) 'This time I want you to take good notes.'
click
[rattling]
[gasps]
You just made the biggest mistake of your life
you miserable, little freak!
I mean it, Schott. I got friends. They'll find you!
[gasping]
On the other hand, maybe we can make a deal.
- Aah! - No peeking now.
Please, don't!
You can't be serious.
Deadly serious, Ms. Lane.
Playtime is over.
Ready.
[whimpering]
Aim.
[grunts]
Hey!
[gunshot]
[glass shattering]
[bawling] You broke my toys!
[sobbing] You spoiled my fun!
crash
Little boys shouldn't play with sharp objects.
Who invited you, Superman?
Superman? Superman, is that you?
Don't think I haven't prepared a surprise for you.
Here's something you can't break.
Very funny, Toyman. Huh?
(Toyman) 'Uh, maybe you should read the warning.'
Dopey Doh is a lethal biogenic organism.
Contact with the skin can prove fatal.
It won't stop growing until it asphyxiates its host.
Not for children under three.
Lois, no! Don't touch it!
- What can I do? - Get back.
Find something to hide behind. Hurry!
[whirring]
plop plop plop
[clatters]
clank
Ah-ah-ah! Ooh!
- Aah! - Ah!
[clanking]
My playhouse!
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(Toyman) 'Cheater!'
You think you've got me
but I still get a free game.
[rumbling]
[clattering]
[gasps]
[screaming]
[clattering]
[ticking]
whoosh
(Bruno) Aah!
[whimpering]
boom boom
boom
[screaming]
boom boom boom
boom
[clattering]
[indistinct radio chatter]
- You sure you're okay? - Yeah.
He was a sicko, Kent
but I can't help feeling sorry for him.
He was a loser. A walking freak show like his old man.
This is one funeral I'll skip.
I'm not sure there's gonna be a funeral.
My people still haven't found the body.
However, they did find this.
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