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Joshua Fine (Story), Michael Ryan (Story), Christopher Yost (Story); Brian Reed (Teleplay) |
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Assualt on 42 is the 16th episode of season two of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the 42nd of the overall series.
Summary
Whirlwind's off to prison again. Captain America, Wasp and Ms. Marvel escort him to a cell in Prison 42. 42 is virtually impossible to break out of. Yet when they get there - it seems that something is trying to break in.[1]
Synopsis
Thor, Wasp, Ms. Marvel, and Captain America are escorting Whirlwind to a cell within the 42 prison via the gateway in the Baxter Building. As they escort him to his cell, the lights flicker. In the background, the Leader is ranting about voices in his head.
They deposit Whirlwind in his cell, and encounter Clay Quartermain, who has been assigned to investigate the power fluxuations and the Leader's strange rantings. Quartermain suggests they return to the main control room so that the prisoners won't be disturbed by their conversation.
The Leader has recently taken to ranting about something outside wanting to get in; Quartermain informs the Avengers that 42 doesn't have any external sensors because they hadn't needed them prior to this, but by using Mandroid sensors they did find a few unidentifiable blips on the sensors.
Power fails again, and the emergency backup power kicks in; the prison cells are contained. Quartermain goes to investigate, accompanied by Captain America and Ms. Marvel. Down at the affected junction, they find that something has eaten through the power conduit.
Wasp and Thor investigate a scream; a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent has found the creature, who has trashed the control room, breaking the gateway controls; the door won't open until the next shift of guards arrive from the other side. The warden has been taken prisoner, and the bug is trying to escape to the outside.
Before the Avengers can recover the warden, more bugs attack. As Thor and Ms. Marvel follow the escaping bugs outside, the observe that the station is under attack by a swarm of hundreds of the bugs. Trapped outside, Thor and Ms. Marvel fight the incoming swarm as the others make preparations. The doors open, revealing Thor and Ms. Marvel, who survived the first wave of the bug attackers.
The Avengers and Quartermain regroup at the control center. Sensors have been restored, revealing a huge swarm of the bugs outside the super-prison, completely surrounding them. The bugs seem to be waiting for something. If the bugs take the station, then nothing will stop the bugs from swarming into Earth when the shift change arrives in less than an hour. Captain America stipulates that they will blow up the gateway from this side rather than allow the alien bugs to escape into Earth. In order to make their last stand, the Avengers take volunteers from the prisoners, as their lives are also at risk; the Leader, several AIM drones, the Abomination, the Radioactive Man, the Absorbing Man, Whirlwind, Blizzard, the Executioner, and Captain Marvel join the defenders.
While they prepare, Thor tells the Executioner about the Enchantress being controlled by Surtur. Thor promises that if the Executioner fights honorably here, that Thor will see that he has a chance to help him rescue the Enchantress.
Captain America deploys the defenders, with Wasp, the Radioactive Man, and the Absorbing Man acting as a strategic reserve to cover their retreat, if necessary. The control room is the final stand, if worse comes to worst, where Ms. Marvel and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents will make the last defense before blowing the gateway to Earth.
The bugs arrive, swarming the defenders. Annihilus shows up, controlling the bugs with a control wand of sorts. Several AIM drones fall, as does Blizzard. The Abomination carries the stricken Leader clear.
The front line falls back to the second choke point, where the Radioactive Man, Wasp, and the Absorbing Man cover their retreat to the cell block.
In the cell block, the bugs swarm the defenders in wave after wave. Captain America sends the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to the control center, and the Abomination and the Leader head there with them. The Avengers attack Annihilus, but are unable to damage him.
In the control room, the Leader attempts to disrupt the energy shields Annihilus is using. The defenders take advantage of that to down Annihilus, and seperate him from his control wand; without it, the bugs turn on Annihilus instead. The bugs flee, leaving the 42 prison heavily damaged but with the inhabitants intact.
Captain America greets the S.H.I.E.L.D. shift change at the gateway. "Welcome to 42"
Cast
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey voices Wasp
- Jennifer Hale voices Ms. Marvel
- Jeffrey Combs voices The Leader
- Rick D. Wasserman voices Thor, Absorbing Man, and Shield Agent 2
- Roger Craig Smith voices Captain Marvel and SHIELD Agent 1
- Robin Atkin Downes voices Baron Zemo, Abomination and Prison Warden
- Troy Baker voices Clay Quartermain, Blizzard , and Whirlwind
- Brian Bloom voices Captain America
Continuity
- Thor mentions Enchantress being enslaved by Surtur.
Trivia
- Blizzard, Radioactive Man and Whirlwind are all killed by the Annihilation Wave.
- First appearance of Annihilus.
- Zemo offered to help fight the bugs, but Captain America didn't trust him and left him in his cell.
- Zemo's final appearance on the show.
Errors
Quotes
Zemo: I will fight these bugs.
Captain America: Keep dreaming, Zemo. I'd rather face a million bugs in front of me than risk having one of your daggers in my back.
Zemo: Oh please. Don't flatter me with such beautiful imagery, Captain.
Blizzard: Thos bugs did this?
Thor: Aye.
Blizzard: I think I want back in my cell.
Whirlwind: If we live through this, I'm gonna cut you to pieces, Wasp.
Wasp: Well, lucky for me, we probably won't live through this.
