Underdog

Never before aired story sketched for two young girls of the Underdog creator.

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Interview with Underdog's co-creator, Joe Harris

The Underdog Show's family of characters.

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Underdog breaks out of the phone booth, and hears the cries for help again. Underdog flies to the lady, who tells him that her little boy has been accidentally locked in a bank vault. With only this information, Underdog flies off toward…

An army of giant robots take over the city and capture Polly. Underdog foils the monsters by using his high-pitched voice to destroy the robots' electronic brains. The robots aren't the only thing destroyed, but so is all of the city's…

Simon, a mad scientist, creates a camera. This is not some ordinary camera however. When he takes someone's picture, the freezes them in the photograph!

Simon Bar Sinister creates a new super weapon: the Go-Snow Gun. The gun freezes people, turning them into snow people. Simon and his Henchman Cad take over the First National Bank, holding the bank President, his staff and customers…

After Simon and Cad turn the bank president, his staff and customers into snow people, they rob the bank of all its assets. Then they crash a party at a mansion, turn the band into snowmen and rob the guests there. Later, after sneaking…

Capturing Polly in their lab, Simon and Cad are about ready to turn her into a snow woman. But then, Cad comes up with an even more insidious plot: he suggests Polly broadcast an ultimatum to the city: either turn total control of the…

Simon has frozen poor Underdog solid. All efforts to defrost Underdog fail. Somehow, Underdog defrosts himself and immediately flies around Simon and Cad so fast the two villains get dizzy. They fall down unconscious and are turned over…

Underdog is having an average day. He foils a bank robbery, rescued Sweet Polly and made himself useful across the world. Meanwhile, a million, million miles away on the planet Zot, King Klobber is upset. It seams that his daughter the…

The story of Zot continues with King Klobber searching the galaxy and then the universe for the strongest warrior. They discover Underdog on an insignificant planet named Earth. King Klobber sends a fleet of spaceships to capture underdog…

As the story of Zot continues King Klobber of Zot sends a spaceship to capture Sweet Polly Purebred. He holds Polly under "The Great Zot", a 10 ton weight. When Underdog arrives to save Polly he agrees to marry the princess if Polly is…

The story of Zot concludes, as Underdog and the princess are about to be married. Just at that moment the evil two-headed dragon attacks the city. Underdog defeats the dragon and saves the city. King Klobber grants underdog a favor and he…

Riff-Raff is no longer Public Enemy No. 1, so he comes up with the ultimate plan: robbing a trainload of gold by distracting Underdog from his duties of protecting the gold on the train.

Riff-Raff's plan goes into action: they kidnap Sweet Polly Purebred, tie her up and put her in a balloon, and set up a bunch of other balloons with record players inside them playing records of Sweet Polly shouting "HELP! HELP!" Once the…

Underdog is still confused and frustrated trying to find Sweet Polly among all the balloons, so far only coming across the record players Riff Raff's gang implanted in the balloons. But then Sweet Polly's balloon springs a leak and is…

The train full of gold is about to crash into another train, with Riff-Raff's plan going just as he expected. However, Underdog has just rescued Sweet Polly and manages to make it in time, stopping the two trains before a major derailment…

Sweet Polly Purebread boards a ship to travel to a south sea island to investigate the world's biggest monster "Fearo the Ferocious". Go-Go Gophers: Colonel Coyote thinks a book entitled "How to Fight Indians and Win" will help him…

After overcoming a mutiny at sea Polly and the gang continue on to the south sea Island to find "Fearo the Ferocious". Upon arriving at the Island Underdog saves the day as he overcomes ferocious dinosaurs.

Reminiscent of the movie King Kong the gang captures "Fearo" and return him to civilization to meet the public in a big television broadcast. But "Fearo" escapes in a rampage, kidnapping Polly in the process. Go Go Gophers - Who's a…

"Fearo" runs amok and even the Army cannot stop him. Underdog arrives on the scene and battles "Fearo" by tantalizing him with a jungle delicacy.

Simon Bar Sinister is working an a chemical that will shrink the city's citizens to miniature size. Go-Go Gophers - Tapping the Telegraph: General Nuisance returns with a transmission station and 400 troops. His plan is to keep in…

Underdog is shrunk by Simon's new evil device and is placed alongside Polly in a birdcage. Luckily, our hero's powers are still useful and they break out of the cage. Seeing that his shrinking of people with his trick flower is taking up…

Underdog and Polly are trapped in a rat hole, surrounded by a army of rats. Weakened from their run from Simon and Cad, Underdog needs to regain his superpowers with his Energy pill. Polly gives him his pill and our hero soon clobbers the…

The rainmaking machine has done its evil work; Simon has shrunk everyone to the size of his thumb, even his henchman Cad. Panic soon grips the city. Underdog and Polly arrive with a plan to capture Simon and make him reverse his formula.…

Far beneath the sea in the kingdom of Maldemare, the Empress scorns the Emperor for not taking over the surface dwellers. He informs her that he has 3 of his top scientist working on the problem. The first demonstrates his volcano machine…

The Emperor and Empress of Maldamere have a scientist who has created a tidal wave making machine, and plan to use it to destroy the surface world. Concerned about the giant waves that are threatening the world, Sweet Polly Purebred and…

After being captured by the evil monarchs of Maldemare, Polly and the Professor are taken in front of them and learn of their evil plan. Polly begins to cry for Underdog but is told that he can't hear her down there. Meanwhile, the Navy…

Trapped inside of the giant clam, it looks like the end of Underdog and his friends. Polly remembers to give Underdog his super energy pill, and he tickles the clam into helpless laughter. The trio to escape, but not unnoticed. The…

O.J. Skweez comes to Sweet Polly Purebred with news about the Hopeless Diamond being worn at a party. Knowing that some crook is going to steal it, O.J. suggests that Polly will go to the party disguised as a waitress so she gets the…

Things looked bad for Polly, who's speeding down a car downward on a slope, and a wheel on the car even comes off. Fortunately, Underdog flies down and saves her just as the car falls off the cliff. After dealing with Polly, Underdog…

Tap Tap, disguised as Underdog, has been going all over the place committing crimes. After stealing the mayor's cigars, he goes back to the hideout of Riff Raff and begins to cut the Hopeless Diamond into pieces. Meanwhile, the real…

Underdog is so helpless in jail, that he began to believe that he really did do those crimes. Back at Riff Raff's hideout, Tap Tap has trouble cutting the diamond. Even with the biggest hammer that chops the table, the diamond is still in…

Underdog's double, an evil criminal, plots to steal a priceless diamond after he escapes from prison.

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After Polly's plane crashes, Polly asks Underdog to pick some flowers while she waits under a tree she thinks is friendly. But the 'friendly' tree turns out to be the witch of Pickyoon. As Polly tries to scream the witch gags her and…

The witch gives Polly a potion that puts her to sleep for a thousand years, and states that only a kiss from a hero will break the spell. Meanwhile, Underdog asks the natives of Pickyoon who speak in whispers due to fear of the witch,…

The witch reveals to Underdog the 3 tasks he must do before she awakes Polly. The first task, she tells him that the land is so dry and she wants him to steal the water from other lands to make Pickyoon greener. Overhearing this, the…

Underdog defeats the witch and breaks the curse.

Simon is trying out his latest evil invention, the weather making machine. This dangerous device creates artificial storms and other natural disasters which Simon hopes to use for his own plans of world conquest. But it is not without…

Simon and Cad take over the spaceship heading for the moon, taking Polly prisoner. Sensing the danger, General Brainley calls for Underdog. In space, Polly tries to stop Simon, but only succeeds in being tied up. Reaching the Moon, Simon…

Simon Bar Sinister and Cad have reached the Moon and sent their ultimatum to General Brainley and to the world's leaders. Unless the world's leaders turn over their powers to Simon with the next few hours, he will destroy the earth with a…

Seeing that Simon can destroy the earth by using all of the artificially created storms at once, General Brainley convinces the leaders of the world that they have no choice but to surrender to Simon. But Underdog will not allow this…

Underdog is requested to deliver gold bricks from the bank to an undisclosed location. But Riff Raff and his henchman Mooch disguise themselves as toll guards and surreptitiously steal the gold. When Underdog gets to the secret location,…

Unwilling to believe that Underdog is guilty of stealing the gold, Polly decides to try and find the real crooks. Her investigations lead her to an old, run down house in the countryside. An old Civil War hermit warns the reporter that…

A ghost tricks Polly into entering a bottomless pit. The old haunted house is actually a hideout for Riff Raff and Mooch. The two villains use a combination audio and video devices to create the ghosts and other supernatural horrors to…

Finally realizing that Riff Raff and Mooch are really the crooks behind the theft of the bank's gold, Underdog goes after the pair. No matter what they try, Riff Raff and Mooch can't stop Underdog. He cleans off the gold bricks and…

It is the day of the National Olympics, and Sweet Polly Purebred is there reporting the news to the people there and the TV watchers. The first event is the broad jumping contest. One of the contestants jumps, but keeps soaring high and…

Underdog arrives at the White House right as the representatives are planning for his trip, writing that it will take 14 years to get to the planet and also that Underdog needs lots of equipment. Polly arrives and wants to go with…

The Magnet Men tell Polly and Underdog, who are still stuck to what is their great gravity gun, that they are hungry and want to eat metal. As a result, they are forced to go back to Earth and to tell everyone to give everything they have…

After the 24th hour passes, the Magnet Men switches on their gravity gun which moves the Earth from its place and far from the sun. Not only do buildings and boats tip over, but water freezes and it starts snowing. Underdog and Polly…

Cad, Simon Bar Sinister's henchman, replaces real phone booths with Phoney Booths. When he returns to the lab to tell his boss all the booths have been replaced, he asks what they do. Simon demonstrates by deceiving the milkman that his…

More unsuspecting people fall prey to Simon's Phoney Booths. A banker steps into a booth and is ordered to bring all the money from the bank. An engineer steps into a booth and is ordered to bring his train to Simon's lab. A colonel steps…

Simon toys with Underdog who is now in his power after stepping into one of Simon's Phoney Booths. He makes him dance, bring the 1st National bank to him, and then has him retrieve the Empire State Building. Meanwhile, O.J. Squeeze, Sweet…

Simon instructs an entranced Underdog to destroy Polly. As he approaches the trapped reporter, his brain fights the mind control Simon has and finally shatters the bulb above his head breaking free of the mind control. Polly informs…

Sweet Polly Purebred calls on Underdog to remind him that it's his birthday, and that she plans to give him a party. Meanwhile, the curator in London wishes to loan the famous Excalibur Sword Collection to the San Francisco Museum.…

While Underdog is in the hospital for his pain that puzzles the doctors, word of his plight reaches Riff Raff who sees this as an opportunity to steal the Excalibur Sword Collection that is being shown in the San Francisco museum. As…

In order to take the swords out of the country, Riff Raff hides them in candles. Meanwhile, Sweet Polly decides to throw a birthday party for Underdog in the hospital. When she goes to get candles, she discovers Riff Raff. He puts her on…

Withstanding his pain, Underdog saves Sweet Polly and captures Riff Raff, recovering the Excalibur Swords. However, one of the swords is missing. After an intense search, the missing sword turns out to be behind Underdog's cape- which…

When crops from all over begin to disappear, Sweet Polly decides to visit the location of the disappearances. She falls into a hole and lands underground. There she is met with King Mange, who explains that he and his men have been…

Upon hearing Polly's cries for help, Underdog races to the her aid by burrowing down into the Earth and reaching the lair of the Mole Men. King Mange unleashes the Mole-hole gun on him, but it only slows him, but does not bore a hole into…

Trapped in a cocoon, Underdog instructs Polly to give him the Underdog super vitamin pill hidden in his ring so that he may regain his powers. Once he takes it, they escape and unravel the cocoon, and Underdog punches the large…

Underdog defeats the Mole Men.

King Cup - the evil, spoiled monarch of The Flying Sorcerers' planet - can't get cake that tastes good. So he send his sons Bric and Brac to find a new baking slave. Their efforts are not too successful, since they get slaves from the…

Polly is caught by the two royals, but gets off a call to Underdog for help. After seeing his true love being captured by the aliens, Shoeshine Boy runs into a phone booth and becomes Underdog. Bric and Brac use their evil space magic to…

Polly is brought before King Cup, and he orders Polly to bake five hundred cakes. The cakes are good, but not enough for King Cup and his people. He orders Polly to bake five thousands cakes. She tries to make the cakes in a giant mixing…

Underdog defeats King Cup.

Simon becomes increasingly frustrated with Underdog always stopping him in his endeavors. Cad suggests that the only way to stop him is if he forgot who he was. So Simon embarks on a quest to create an amnesia weapon. His first attempt…

Simon sets out to lure Underdog so that he can try his Forget-Me-Net on him. First he robs a jewelry store, encouraging the people to call for Underdog. However, our hero is detained fighting a typhoon halfway around the world. Next,…

Underdog finally arrives on the scene to rescue Sweet Polly only to be caught in Simon's Forget-Me-Net. Realizing that if he hears his name he will regain his memory, Simon disguises Underdog as an old lady who sells apples. Cad then…

After completing his giant net to cast over Washington, Simon calls upon Cad to assist in folding the net. Meanwhile, a disguised Underdog meets up on Memory Lane with an amnesia stricken Sweet Polly. Recognizing familiarity of the face,…

At the Mid-town Modern Art Muesum, a special showing was being held for the painting "Whistler's Father." As Riff Raff sets out to steal the famous painting, Whistler's Father. To do so, he calls upon the services of many gang hooligans.…

Riff Raff shows his newly formed gang the tactics of guerilla warfare. Sweet Polly Purebred goes to the museum where Underdog is standing by guarding the Whistler's Father painting. Meanwhile, outside, Riff and the gang are disguised as…

The next plan is camouflage and sabotage. They wreck the museum's equipment and disguise themselves as two columns, a statue and a wastebasket to grab the painting while Underdog is fixing the broken museum equipment, after taking his…

Riff Raff disguises himself as a museum director and hangs a bag of birdseed with a hole in it on Underdog's back. The seeds leave a trail to Shoeshine Boy's apartment. Fortunately, Underdog is able to use his super-speed to fool them…

One night, in a new scheme, Simon takes Cad to a street corner where he shows him a tricky traffic light control box. On the box are two buttons; one will sound an air raid siren that will send everyone in the city into their homes or air…

The next morning, the pair are stopped by a cop as they head for the street corner to push the buttons on the tricky control box. The cop tells them that it is Thanksgiving Day and the parade will be marching down the streets for hours.…

After arriving in 1621, Underdog and Sweet Polly meet the pilgrims, and Underdog proves that they're friendly when he does favors for them. Meanwhile, Simon poses as an Indian medicine man and tricks the Indians into thinking that the…

Underdog defeats Simon.

Armies of ghostlike creatures are stealing all of the Earth's silver. Earth's military forces and the police are powerless to stop these crooks because the creatures disable the authorities' weapons with lightning bolts. One night, one of…

An electric shock from one of the silver thieves paralyzes Underdog. Everyone in the city tries to revive him, but their efforts fail to bring him back. In desperation, they pour sand on him and somehow the sand brings him back to life.…

King Cumulus Regulus and his Cloudmen shock Underdog and Polly into paralyzation and the pair are placed on a conveyor belt, to be melted down and turned into silver powder. The Cloudmen then leave for the planet Earth to steal more silver.

Underdog saves the day

Riff Raff and his mob have tried 9 different crimes in the last month but Underdog stopped them all. So Riff decides to move out West. He leaves the city and takes over a little western town, renaming it "Riffraffville."

With all the crooks in Riffraffville, Underdog does simple things like getting cats out of trees. He falls and his ring gets bent. Sweet Polly Purebred offers to take it to fixed but Underdog reminds her about the energy pill and adds…

Underdog sets out to find Sweet Polly. He looks on a train, in a bank and at a cattle ranch. At the train and bank, his energy is drained by bombs set by Riff's gang. At the ranch, he's run over by the cattle. A cowboy tells Underdog…

A western song plays during this cartoon as Riff Raff challenges Underdog to a gunfight at noon. The townspeople are too scared to help Underdog- it looks like the end- but Sweet Polly frees herself and gives Underdog his ring. He takes…

After many attempts of trying to take over the world failing, Simon and Cad are out of ideas. However, they spot voting posters all over the place, and that gives Simon the idea to run for dictator so people have to do what he says. He…

Back at his lab, Simon will be sure that he will win even with two votes - by making sure nobody else votes. Simon tries a series of rays on Cad that affect his mood, such as crying and relaxing, but each time Cad whatsoever makes his way…

Simon uses his tickle feather machine on some people that cause them to laugh. Sweet Polly notices the strange laughing phenomenon when she interviews voters who just walk by and laugh. Seeing Simon, she goes to tell Underdog who doesn't…

With Simon successfully being elected as a dictator, and Underdog not being able to stop him, he demands Cad to bring him a banker, a builder, a baker, and Polly. He gives the four specific orders that they must follow: banker has to give…

The planet Felina's milk wells have run dry which makes the evil ruler Overcat mad. He and his men go to Earth and steal all the cows. However, they don't know how to get the milk from them so they grab someone who does... Sweet Polly!

Polly tells Overcat about Underdog but he is not worried; he kidnaps her to milk the cows. Polly calls for Underdog. When he gets to Overcat's planet, he is placed in a rubber ball trap that drains his energy. He is taken to help Polly…

Polly gives Underdog his energy pill and he beats Overcat's men. Next, Underdog takes Polly and the cows back to earth. Overcat challenges Underdog to a fight for the cows. If Underdog refuses, Overcat will attack Earth.

At first it look like Overcat is going to win. But even though he's as strong as Underdog, he's not fast. Underdog uses his speed to beat Overcat. When the cats kick Overcat out of Felina, Underdog gives them coconut trees so they never…

Sinister and Cad invent another evil device they call the Big Dipper, a machine that can dry up all of the world's water supplies. On its first trials, the Big Dipper does little more than flooding Simon's lab. After a few false starts,…

Simon and Cad have invented a device to drain off the world's water supply. The pair travels around the world and steal all of the world's water. When Simon steals the Atlantic Ocean, he leaves Underdog stuck in the polluted mud of what…

Simon and Cad have drained the Atlantic Ocean and they've defeated Underdog. They return to the USA where the people are demanding their water back. But Simon says, "Unless You do as Simon says, you'll get no water!" Polly finds it hard…

Simon has finally forced the people of the city and the world to give him ultimate power. Underdog is still stuck in the polluted mud of what was once the Atlantic Ocean. He swallows a super energy pill from his ring and, regaining his…

The prison warden's chief officer informs him that Riff Raff is assembling a gang and is planning on escaping. They feel that they need to tell Underdog, so they send for Sweet Polly to call for him. When Polly arrives, the chief officer…

As Riff Raff and his newly acquired gang is being pursued by the prison guards, Shoeshine Boy is finally able to change into Underdog and fly to the prison. At the shore of the river, Riff reveals to his gang that he has all the…

Riff and his gang decide to rob one more vessel before they go for their biggest catch, The Queen May. But, Polly has hidden herself as a decoy so that she can call for Underdog once she is on board the Ghost Ship. When the gang opens the…

Polly watches helplessly as Underdog fall victim to the witch doctor's voodoo spell. Luckily, a passing sea gull grabs the Underdog doll and takes it to a remote island. There, a monkey takes the doll to the top of a volcano, preparing to…

A strange object crash-lands on earth. A group of scientists check out the mysterious object, determining that it's a harmless, dead comet. The scientists leave the scene unaware of the fact that a secret door opens from the center of…

After all the reporters and news crew leave the site of the strange object, two stonehead creatures from the planet Granite, named Gravel and Crusher, emerge from the craft with their Granite Gun. Their mission is to collect 10 slaves to…

Just before they are ready to head home with their slaves they captured with the Granite Gun, Crusher and Gravel are confronted by the army. Using the Granite Gun, the stoneheads defeat the army and head for Planet Granite. They then…

In this final episode, Shoeshine asks for a drink of water after being placed in his cell. When he gets it from the guard he tosses it into the guards eyes. While the guard tries to regain his sight, the prisoners escape locking him in…

Simon invents the Valentine Vault which turns people into paper valentines. He orders Cad and his two henchmen to kidnap Sweet Polly... to set a trap to catch Underdog in the machine.

Shoeshine Boy sees Cad and his henchmen kidnap Polly. He must let them beat him up to protect his secret identity. He waits in line for the phone booth while Polly is told of the machine, handcuffed to a pole and gagged.

Shoeshine Boy finally transforms into Underdog. He frees Polly, but she faints before warning him about the Valentine machine. Underdog charges in but is crushed flat and turned into to a paper valentine. Then Simon tells Cad and the…

Polly pulls the handcuffs off of the pole and cries over her now-paper hero. Then she hears the familiar saying, "The secret compartment of my ring I fill with an Underdog energy vitamin pill." She sees Underdog is flat but all right. She…

Sweet Polly is reporting a launch in space but the capsule is pulled off course to an uncharted planet. On this planet, the evil Zorb used a magnet to pull the capsule to his planet. Zorb explains to his henchman, Cron, his plan to use…

After returning from a strange planet and wearing a charm that the alien from the planet he brought back to Earth with him, Underdog is interviewed by Sweet Polly about the rescue and retrieval of the alien. However, once he stands up, he…

When Underdog gets dizzy during an interview after returning from a strange planet, he is rushed to the hospital where the doctors try to find the cause. Meanwhile, the alien grows so big, he breaks out of the lab where he was being…

In the final episode, the giant finishes toying with Underdog and bats him back to the hospital. With Underdog out of the picture, the Army, Navy and Air Force is called into action against the giant. The giant conquers all the armed…

After a violent thunderstorm ravages the city, the community gathers in front of one of the steel buildings to see a message revealed inscribed on its side: 'To Underdog, A Rhyme in Time Saves Nine'. Sweet Polly asks Flim Flannigan at the…

Flim and Polly agree that humble, loveable Shoeshine boy would be able to make sense of the riddle 'A Rhyme in Time Saves Nine'. Shoeshine deduces that 'rhyme' refers to Underdog, since he always talks in rhyme, 'time' refers to clock,…

The Electric Eel traps Underdog in his electric cage. As the cage closes in around him, the cage fills Underdog's body with thousands of volts. Before he dies, Underdog asks the villains not to throw him into the city's lake. Underdog's…

The Electric Eel and his gang head for Washington, D.C. to take over the country. But Underdog is on the mend; the waters of the lake sap the electric charges from the Eel's trap. Underdog heads for Polly's TV station, where he finds out…

A series of crimes are being perpetrated all over the country. Underdog tries to solve them, but finds no clues as to who is behind the crime wave. Who is the new super villain behind the crimes that are paralyzing the country?

Batty Man, a take-off of Bela Lugosi's Count Dracula is an evil vampire. He, with his hench-bat Georgie and his army of giant vampire bats are committing the crimes all over the country. Polly and Underdog investigate the mysterious…

Batty Man has captured Polly and Underdog. The villains raid Fort Knox, returning to Batty Man's castle with the plundered gold. The villains press the gold into a bowling balls. Before long, all the gold bricks are molded and painted…

Polly and our hero have been placed onto the conveyor belt of Batty Man's bowling ball presser. The steam from the machine loosens Polly's chains, enabling her to give Underdog his super energy pill. His strength renewed, Underdog flies…

Simon Bar Sinister makes a vacuum gun which he uses to catch Riff Raff, Electric Eel, Batty man and all of their men for his army while Underdog is saving a sinking ship.

Sweet Polly is captured by Simon and calls for Underdog. Unfortunately, his energy was drained from saving the ship so he and Polly were sucked in the vacuum gun and Simon starts to fill it with water.

Underdog's ring has fallen off his finger; Polly dives underwater to find it. Meanwhile, Simon and his army are using their vacuum guns to steal all the money in the US.

Polly finds Underdog's ring. He takes his energy pill then defeats Electric Eel, Riff Raff and Batty Man. Simon uses his vacuum gun but since Underdog has his powerful strength back, this time it doesn't work. Using his atomic breath,…

Cad, Simon Bar Sinister's henchman, replaces real phone booths with Phoney Booths. When he returns to the lab to tell his boss all the booths have been replaced, he asks what they do. Simon demonstrates by deceiving the milkman that his…

More unsuspecting people fall prey to Simon's Phoney Booths. A banker steps into a booth and is ordered to bring all the money from the bank. An engineer steps into a booth and is ordered to bring his train to Simon's lab. A colonel steps…

Simon toys with Underdog who is now in his power after stepping into one of Simon's Phoney Booths. He makes him dance, bring the 1st National bank to him, and then has him retrieve the Empire State Building. Meanwhile, O.J. Squeeze, Sweet…

Simon instructs an entranced Underdog to destroy Polly. As he approaches the trapped reporter, his brain fights the mind control Simon has and finally shatters the bulb above his head breaking free of the mind control. Polly informs…