Episode no. Season 2
Episode 27 Written by Christopher Yost | Directed by Gary Hartle Production code 027 | |
Original air date April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
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The Private War of Doctor Doom is the name of the twenty-seventh episode of the animated television series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It was originally broadcast on Disney XD in the United States on April 1, 2012 and on Teletoon in Canada on April 6, 2012. It was written by Christopher Yost and directed by Gary Hartle. The title is taken from The Avengers #156.
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Plot
Lucia von Bardas summaries of the Avengers' abilities presents to her mysterious master, although she has not yet acquired information on Thor and Ant-Man, who stayed in Asgard and took a leave of absence from the team, respectively. This mysterious master is revealed to be Doctor Doom, who instructs Lucia to proceed with their plan and destroy the Avengers should they interfere.
The Thing and Human Torch arrive at the Avengers Mansion for poker night with Hawkeye, Hulk, Black Panther, and Captain America.
Iron Man and Wasp visit the Baxter Building, where Iron Man finds Mr. Fantastic diligently working in his lab. Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic discuss Asgard, Mr. Fantastic's progress on his studies of Princess Ravonna, and Ant-Man's absence. Wasp and Invisible Woman visit 42, where Wasp shows Invisible Woman the collection of supervillains the Avengers have incarcerated. Invisible Woman explains that the Fantastic Four are first and foremost explorers, rather than crime-fighters.
At the mansion, Hawkeye boasts to Human Torch about the Avengers' victory over Loki and the Hulk attacks the Thing for getting a full house. During the skirmish, Doom, who has been carefully observing the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, begins his attack by detonating explosives at the mansion and the Baxter Building.
Doombots begin attacking 42, Mr. Fantastic's lab, and the mansion. As the heroes at the mansion fight off Doom's robots, Thing explains to the Avengers who Doctor Doom is. Black Panther points out that Doom's attack on the mansion seems out of character. At the Baxter Building, Mr. Fantastic ponders aloud why Doom would choose such a time to attack. Not long after the attacks begin, all the Doombots at the mansion and the Baxter Building spontaneously shut down at once. The eight male heroes gather outside the Baxter Building, confused, and, suddenly, the nearby Doombots form a daisy chain and Mr. Fantastic determines that they are going to explode. Iron Man leaves to find Wasp and Invisible Woman, while the other heroes stay behind to handle the explosive Doombots and the ones that are attacking New York City.
Iron Man finds Wasp and Invisible Woman on a plane being piloted by Lucia von Bardas. He attempts to save them, but von Bardas blasts him out of the plane.
Iron Man returns to find that Mr. Fantastic has defused the explosive Doombots and the others have destroyed all other active robots throughout New York City. Thing and Human Torch learn that Doom has kidnapped Wasp and Invisible Woman and react with shock and anger, suggesting a rash attack on Doom's fortress. However, Iron Man suggests a different approach.
In Latveria, Wasp and Invisible Woman are inside Doom's castle, imprisoned in pods. Wasp attempts to distract Doom with taunts, but he angrily informs her that he is much too brilliant to be distracted so easily. Lucia announces that the Avengers' Quinjet is approaching and fires missiles at it. Captain America and Hawkeye, who are piloting the Quinjet, and Human Torch, who is flying alongside it, dodge the missiles and retreat. Doom realizes that this was a distraction and fires a beam from his finger at Iron Man, whose armor was invisible. Black Panther and Mr. Fantastic arrive in the castle and the former begins fighting while the latter rushes to free the damsels in distress. Doom activates three giant Doombots, who begin attacking Iron Man. Hulk pushes the Thing out of the Quinjet, and he crashes through the roof of Doom's castle, smashing one of the robots. Thing then proceeds to destroy another Doombot. Black Panther takes out Lucia by smashing a hole through her torso with his claw. Iron Man, Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic, and Thing unite to destroy the third Doombot. The heroes then turn their focus to Doom, who effortlessly defeats each hero without being touched once. To the heroes' surprise, Doom then frees Wasp and Invisible Woman and instructs the heroes to leave Latveria immediately, warning them that they are not aware of a current happening. As the heroes leave, Iron Man destroys the pods in which the two heroines were held.
At the mansion, the heroes discuss Doctor Doom's suspicious behavior, while Doom, in his lair, examines the vital statistics he collected from Wasp and Invisible Woman, which reveal that Invisible Woman has been replaced by a Skrull.
Critical reaction
"The Private War of Doctor Doom" was generally well received by critics and fans alike. It has a score of 8.7/10 on IMDB with 54 votes.