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|airdate = 16th January 1990 | |airdate = 16th January 1990 | ||
|previous_story = [[Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Franken Duckula's Monster ...]] | |previous_story = [[Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Franken Duckula's Monster ...]] | ||
|next_story = [[Bad Luck Duck]]}} | |next_story = [[Bad Luck Duck]] | ||
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'''The Lost City of Atlantis''' is the eighteenth episode of [[Episode Guide#Series Two (1989-1990)|Series 2]] and the forty-fourth episode overall. It was first broadcast on ITV in the UK on January 16th 1990. | |||
==Summary | == Summary == | ||
This episode continues where the previous story, "Mystery Cruise", left off. [[Count Duckula]], [[Nanny]] and [[Igor]] are on a lifeboat after departing from the [[The Transylvania Tania|S.S. Transylvaniatania]]. | This episode continues where the previous story, "Mystery Cruise", left off. [[Count Duckula]], [[Nanny]] and [[Igor]] are on a lifeboat after departing from the [[The Transylvania Tania|S.S. Transylvaniatania]]. | ||
They are soon stranded on a small desert island and Duckula tries to think of some "ingenious" plan so they can attract someone's attention. After deliberating for a while, the entire desert island is enclosed by a glass dome and they are transported to the lost city of Atlantis. They are immediately arrested by some Mermen guards (who are actually fish). They say that Duckula is not permitted to return to the surface because the Atlanteans want the location of Atlantis to remain hidden from the outside world. One of the guards offers them a choice: Duckula, Nanny and Igor have to choose whether they prefer to live as slaves for the rest of their lives or face justice at the hands of the Atlanteans and their master, who, as it later turns out, is King Neptune himself. | They are soon stranded on a small desert island and Duckula tries to think of some "ingenious" plan so they can attract someone's attention. After deliberating for a while, the entire desert island is enclosed by a glass dome and they are transported to the lost city of Atlantis. They are immediately arrested by some Mermen guards (who are actually fish). They say that Duckula is not permitted to return to the surface because the Atlanteans want the location of Atlantis to remain hidden from the outside world. One of the guards offers them a choice: Duckula, Nanny and Igor have to choose whether they prefer to live as slaves for the rest of their lives or face justice at the hands of the Atlanteans and their master, who, as it later turns out, is King Neptune himself. | ||
Duckula decides he would rather have a fair hearing so they are escorted to King Neptune's courtroom. At first, Neptune comes to the conclusion that he wants to feed them all to the sharks as a punishment. However, when Duckula informs him that guard had offered them the option of enslavement before, Neptune has no choice but to honour the guard's offer. When the merman guard is about to chain them all together, Duckula decides to escape before he could do so. All three of them manage to escape by hanging on to [ | Duckula decides he would rather have a fair hearing so they are escorted to King Neptune's courtroom. At first, Neptune comes to the conclusion that he wants to feed them all to the sharks as a punishment. However, when Duckula informs him that the guard had offered them the option of enslavement before, Neptune has no choice but to honour the guard's offer. When the merman guard is about to chain them all together, Duckula decides to escape before he could do so. All three of them manage to escape by hanging on to [[Wikipedia:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Captain Nemo]]'s ship, the Nautilus. Captain Nemo wants to throw them out because he says that he hates stowaways. But when the mermen pursue Nemo's ship the captain's thoughts are diverted. The mermen only stop pursuing them when Nemo's ship approaches the Kraken's lair. The Kraken grabs the ship with its tentacles and throws them back to the desert island. Duckula starts playing his harmonica, hoping to cheer everyone up, but ends up driving them crazy instead. | ||
==Background Music Cues== | == Background Music Cues == | ||
*"[https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM-0039/KPM_KPM_0039_04501 Private Investigator (A)]" (KPM-0039. Track 45) by Grahem de Wilde. | *"[https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/KPM-0039/KPM_KPM_0039_04501 Private Investigator (A)]" (KPM-0039. Track 45) by Grahem de Wilde. | ||
*"[https://www.amazon.com/Pathe-News-Fanfare/dp/B01LY45CAI Pathe News Fanfare]" by Stanley Black.<br />This 10 second sample of this fanfare is played when Duckula talks about his daydream in his announcer's voice about being a "bold, fearless and intrepid, but modest explo... world famous explorer" known as Count Duckula who has today told the world his famous story. the usual rooster crowing sound in the fanfare is played halfway during his speech. The last few ending bits of the fanfare are cut out completely when the daydream pops away and the haddock tells him that he didn't tell the world his famous story at all. | *"[https://www.amazon.com/Pathe-News-Fanfare/dp/B01LY45CAI Pathe News Fanfare]" by Stanley Black.<br />This 10 second sample of this fanfare is played when Duckula talks about his daydream in his announcer's voice about being a "bold, fearless and intrepid, but modest explo... world famous explorer" known as Count Duckula who has today told the world his famous story. the usual rooster crowing sound in the fanfare is played halfway during his speech. The last few ending bits of the fanfare are cut out completely when the daydream pops away and the haddock tells him that he didn't tell the world his famous story at all. | ||
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*"War Games – Build Up" - Wilfred Burns (track 42) - Atlantian explains the trio's duties. | *"War Games – Build Up" - Wilfred Burns (track 42) - Atlantian explains the trio's duties. | ||
==Quotes | == Quotes == | ||
*''Igor, responding to Duckula's message in a bottle idea'': "So all we need now, my lord, is a bottle, a piece of paper and something to write with." | *''Igor, responding to Duckula's message in a bottle idea'': "So all we need now, my lord, is a bottle, a piece of paper and something to write with." | ||
*''Duckula (angry)'': "Do you know who I am?!?" The Merman guard responds "Why? Have you forgotten?" | *''Duckula (angry)'': "Do you know who I am?!?" The Merman guard responds "Why? Have you forgotten?" | ||
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*''Captain Nemo'': "It looks like a stowaway. And if there's one thing I hate more than Atlanteans, it's stowaways!" | *''Captain Nemo'': "It looks like a stowaway. And if there's one thing I hate more than Atlanteans, it's stowaways!" | ||
==Trivia | == Trivia == | ||
*The Mermen are actually fish with a fishbowl as a helmet. Although they are fish, they require oxygen tanks in order to survive in Atlantis but Duckula, Nanny and Igor do not. | *The Mermen are actually fish with a fishbowl as a helmet. Although they are fish, they require oxygen tanks in order to survive in Atlantis but Duckula, Nanny and Igor do not. | ||
*Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a fictional character created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne (1828–1905). Captain Nemo appears in Verne's novel, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]'' (1870), and his ship is called the "Nautilus". | *Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a fictional character created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne (1828–1905). Captain Nemo appears in Verne's novel, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]'' (1870), and his ship is called the "Nautilus". | ||
*The hit 2018 animated film "[https://hoteltransylvania.wikia.com/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania_3:_Summer_Vacation Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation]" also features an entire segment with Count Dracula and his family in Atlantis. | **The hit 2018 animated film "[https://hoteltransylvania.wikia.com/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania_3:_Summer_Vacation Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation]" also features an entire segment with Count Dracula and his family in Atlantis. | ||
== | == Gallery == | ||
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The L.C.A. 2.png|Duckula is arrested by the Mermen guards | |||
The L.C.A..png|The Lost City of Atlantis | |||
Captain Nemo.png|Captain Nemo | |||
The Kraken.png|The Kraken | |||
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==Voice Cast | == Voice Cast == | ||
*David Jason as Count Duckula, Bert the American Cop, Captain Meano | *David Jason as Count Duckula, Bert the American Cop, Captain Meano | ||
*Jack May as Igor | *Jack May as Igor | ||
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*Jimmy Hibbert and Harry the American Cop, Slugge the Sailor, Sviatislav | *Jimmy Hibbert and Harry the American Cop, Slugge the Sailor, Sviatislav | ||
==Credits== | == Credits == | ||
*Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert | *Voices: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert | ||
*Narrator: Barry Clayton | *Narrator: Barry Clayton | ||
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*© Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXIX | *© Cosgrove Hall Productions MCMLXXXIX | ||
==Copyright Gag== | == Copyright Gag == | ||
Despite this episode being | Despite this episode first being broadcast in 1990, the roman numerals in the copyright credit reads 'MCMLXXXIX', meaning it is dated in 1989. | ||
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