03x10 - The Snelfu Snafu Part 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Cyberchase". Aired: January 21, 2002 –; present.*
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03x10 - The Snelfu Snafu Part 2

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Matt: okay, there's this really
bad dude named hacker --

Hacker: the hacker, to you.

Matt: whatever.
He wants to take over

The cyberworld
from motherboard.

The three kids
are sucked into cyberspace,

And they use brain power
to help save everybody.

Jackie:
okay, here's the plan.

Matt: so they travel
all over and run into all these

Weird creatures...and have all
of these awesome adventures.

It's totally up to them
to save cyberspace.

Can three cool kids and a wacky
bird outsmart the hacker?

Hacker: never!

Matt: there's only one way
to find out.

Tune in
to "cyberchase."

Singer: ♪ cyberchase
we're moving ♪

♪ We're b*ating
hacker at this game ♪

♪ Don't tell that he's trying
to hack the motherboard ♪

♪ We'll get him every time ♪

♪ Cosmic worlds ♪

♪ Freaky places
that we've seen ♪

♪ We've got the power
of one, two, three, four ♪

♪ Running in a cyberchase,
we'll meet him face to face ♪

♪ We'll stick together
all the time ♪

♪ Adventures in cyberspace,
the chase is on!

♪ Just wait
and c-y-b-e-r-chase! ♪

Erica ram:
I'm erica ram,

Reporting to you live
from motherboard control.

Oh no!

Now it's hacker control
central.

Earlier today the cybersquad
outbid the hacker

For the precious
encryptor chip,

Expecting to rid motherboard
of the virus

Given to her by the hacker,

But it was all
a terrible trick.

And now hacker
is the new ruler.

Chaos has spread
like a fever

Throughout
all of cyberspace.

Hacker,
as our new ruler,

Is there anything
you can tell us

About our future?

Hacker:
only one thing, erica.

It means, I'm large
and in charge! (Laugh)

Hacker!

It means everything will
be done the hacker's way.

How can you be here
and up there

At the same time?

Because I'm a technical wizard

And extraordinarily handsome.

One more question.

Where are digit and
those earthly avengers

Who have always stopped you
in the past?

It's all my fault!

I put the encryptor chip
into motherboard.

Wherever you are motherboard,

I'm so sorry.

It's not your fault,
didge.

We just got
outsmarted.

Where is motherboard,
dr. Marbles?

What happened to her?

She's been compressed
into a zip file

Inside the encryptor chip.

The only way to bring
motherboard back

Is to get the chip
and unzip her file.

Jackie:
how? We're trapped.

We can't get out.

I knew I'd find it.

Slider: what's that?
Digit: what'd you find?

There's a garbage chute
behind this wall.

Oh motherboard,

It was only a matter of time
until I defeated you.

Now it's only
a matter of hours

Until I get rid
of you forever.

(Evil laugh)

Wicked:
what do you think, hackie?

You like the brushed suede
or the chantilly lace?

For what?

For what?

Well, for when I totally
remodel this place.

Do what you want.

I've got more important things
to worry about

Like ruling cyberspace!

Fine.

Hello, mario?

I'll buy everything.

You sure
this is the right way?

Slider:
follow me, doc.

Slider:
doctor marbles!

Go! Save motherboard!

Go!

Kids:
(screams) oof!

Jackie:
ew! Ew! And double ew!

Digit:
sorry.

Garbage pick up
isn't till next tuesday.

This way.

Delete:
oh, this makes loads
of snelfus, buzzy.

Digit:
whoa-oh.

Buzz:
I think hacker's got all
the money in cyberspace.

Delete:
does this mean we're rich?

Buzz:
it means the hacker's rich,
not us.

(Spaceship engine rumbles)

Buzz and delete:
(screams) ah! No! Stop!

In unison:
uh-oh.

What!
They all escaped?

Well, no.
(Chuckles)

Not all of them.

Dr. Marbles
is still here.

Both:
(nervous laughs)

You blundering buffoons!

How could you let this happen?

You dropped this,
boss.

Wicked:
excuse me, hackie-poo.

The table goes over there

And the chair there.

Can't the ruler of cyberspace
get any work done around here

Without interruptions?

Wicked:
no problem.

Hey! That's my money.

Wicked:
our money, sweet pea.

Keep the change, fellas.

(Gasp)
what?

More redecorating to do,

More things to buy.
Oh!

Hacker:
(groans)

Buzz:
don't worry, boss,

We'll catch those kids!

You two?

Both:
oof!

Find those miniscule maggots

And spray them with this
super sticky green goop now.

Jackie:
whoa!

What happened
to your place, slider?

Digit:
looks like a hack-att*ck.

Inez:
what are you looking for,
slider?

Slider:
the syncolator.

My dad built it
to track i.d. Codes.

Input a code

And it searches
for a match.

Digit:
can it locate
the encryptor chip?

Slider:
it worked before.

Oh, the signal's
not locking in.

The syncolator
must be damaged.

This is not good,

Not good at all.

No, it's not good,

But I can build
an amplifier

To make the signal stronger.

We need an alpha deck,

A beta board and a kappatron.

Where do we
get them?

Have to buy them,
I guess.

Buy?

We don't have
any money.

Hacker took it all,
remember?

And we don't have time
to work and save the money

Like we did
for the auction.

Digit:
I just remembered something.

I put some snelfus away
a long time ago,

Back when I was working
for hacker.

You mean you had money
all along?

I forgot, okay?

I'm sorry.

It's okay,
didge.

Where is it?

Digit:
it's still here.

Gee, there's more here
than I thought.

Inez:
let's see how much we have.

A five.
Jackie: okay.

Inez:
two tens.

Slider:
hey, I counted that one already.

Matt:
I'm confused.

Jackie:
hold it, hold it.

This isn't working.

We need to get organized.

The snelfus come in different
amounts.

It's hard to keep track.

I've got some fives.

Hey! Nezzie's on
to something.

Nezzie?

If we each pick one kind
of bill to count,

It'll be easier to keep
the amounts straight.

Jackie:
I'll take all the ones!

Inez:
give me all the fives.

Matt:
I'll take the tens.
Thanks.

Slider:
I've got the twenties.

I'll count the hundreds.

Okay.
How much do we have?

Digit:
I got two hundreds.

Jackie:
for a total of two hundred.

Slider:
I have four twenties.

Jackie:
that makes eighty.

Matt:
seven tens.

Jackie:
that's seventy snelfus
for matt.

Five fives.

Jackie:
that's twenty-five for inez.

And I have fifty ones

For a total of fifty snelfus.

Add them all up
and we have a grand total

Of snelfus all together.

Slider:
but the parts could cost more.

Inez:
is all we have,
slider.

We just have to be really
careful how we spend it.

We can't afford to waste
a single snelfu.

Right,
nezzie?

(Gasp) yikes!

Digit:
quick! Get back in the ship.

It's buzz and delete!

Jackie:
run!

Matt:
get out of the way!

Slider:
hurry! Back to the hangar.

Matt:
I have a question.

How come it's okay
for slider to call you nezzie

And not me?

Well, he's different.

Matt:
different? How?

Buzz and delete:
(laughing)

Digit:
that should stall them.

Follow me.
I've got an idea.

Buzz and delete:
no! No! The wreaker!

Digit:
where to for the parts, sly?

Slider:
cybersite nowhere.

Hacker:
marbles, marbles,

What am I going to do with you?

What have you done
with the encryptor chip?

It's right here.

(Gasp)

But soon, I will deposit it

Into the darkest
of black holes.

What do you think,
sweetcakes?

Can't you see
that I'm gloating.

Buy whatever you want.
Just leave me alone.

Love you.
Love your chin.

(Giggles)

I'll take them all.

Yeah, that'll be
plus plus-

I'm sure
this is enough.

Ooh! Why yes!

Would you like
your change?

Change?

The only thing I want
to change is this cape!

Mario! You have anything new
in witch's capes?

(Laugh) oh, I love it!

Inez:
it looks like
mount hacknermore.

Jackie:
we need an alpha deck
a.s.a.p.

You're in luck.
One came in yesterday.

That'll cost you snelfus.

Matt:
that's a lot.

If we spend snelfus
for this,

Do you think we'll have enough
left for the others?

We better check first.

Digit:
right now,
we've got snelfus.

Inez:
minus ...

Is snelfus
for two more parts.

You have a used one
for less money?

Parts guy:
I have a used one
coming in next week.

You could have that
for .

Digit:
next week is too late.

We don't have a choice,
earthlies.

Here's .

Parts guy:
and here's your change.

Matt:
thanks. Let's go.

Digit:
whoops.

Five... Ten... Fifteen...
Twenty.

Is that the right amount
of change to get back?

Inez:
my mom always says,

"The change you get back,
plus the price you paid

Should equal the total
you handed over."

Digit:
this is not the time
for quotations, inez.

No, she's right.
We'd better check.

We can't afford to waste
a single snelfu.

Alpha-deck was a .

...

Plus the we got back is...

Snelfus?

Digit:
but I gave him .

Hey! You're snelfus short,
buster!

Really?

You must've dropped
this one.

Smart to double-check
your change.

Inez:
for us, every snelfu counts.

Wicked:
one gold cauldron.

Borg :
that will be snelfus.

One hand-painted portrait
of the hacker. Oh!

Snelfus.

It's magnificent!

A masterpiece.

Make that
, snelfus.

Wicked:
give it to him!

Buzzy, you think
we should keep track

Of how much we're spending?

(Laughs) why?

There's plenty more
where this came from.

Uh, isn't there?

Digit:
yoikes! This site used
to be beautiful.

Jackie:
hacker's ruining cyberspace.

Slider:
c'mon! This way
to betty's beta boards.

Betty:
what's the big rush?

We need
a beta-board.

Behold
the newest models.

I dig that red one.

Betty:
good choice, birdie boy.

I can give you this
top-of-the-line beauty

For the low, low price
of snelfus.

We'll take it.

Jackie:
?

Matt:
can we afford it?

Inez:
how much do we have now?

Matt:
after buying the alpha-deck,

We should have snelfus.

Digit:
exactly!

Inez:
we can afford it all right,

But if we spend on this,

We'll only have left
for the kappatron.

Matt:
the question is

Can we buy a kappatron
for snelfus?

Slider:
don't know, for sure,

But I can make do
with any board really.

Then I don't think
we should spend so much

If we don't really need it.

Give us the cheapest board
you got.

Cheap? You want cheap?

Fine. Here's cheap.

Snelfus.

Digit:
here's .
- - .

And don't forget the change.

Betty:
here's your cheapo beta-board

And your change -
snelfus.

Snelfus
for the beta board,

Plus the in change
is snelfus.

Just what we gave her.

Digit:
now we've got
a snelfus left

To spend on a kappatron.

We're good to go.

Inez.
Yikes! The wreaker's wrecked!

Oh, man!

We'll never get through
all this sticky green goop.

Digit:
but if we don't get
to tikiville,

We can't get the kappatron.

Slider:
without the kappatron,
I can't fix the syncolator.

Jackie:
and without the syncolator,

We can't find
the encryptor chip,

Which means,
we can't save motherboard.

Matt:
taxi!

How much?

Driver :
snelfus to anywhere
in cyberspace, huh.

That's way
too expensive.

We might not have enough
left to buy the kappatron.

Slider:
this one's a .

Matt:
still sounds like too much.

We need something really cheap.

Digit:
this one's only .

It's a bargain.
Come on.

Matt:
wait a sec, if we spend
snelfus on this cab,

We'll still have snelfus
for the last part.

Sounds doable.

Matt:
let's go.

Where to?
Digit: tikiville!

- - - - .

Matt:
step on it.

Wicked: (singing)
♪ life is just a bowl
of cherries... ♪

Now what?

Wicked:
just thought I'd clean out
your closet.

That's it!

Pack up your broom and wand,
wicked.

Our partnership
is hereby terminated!

Excuse me?

Now that I'm the most
powerful being in cyberspace,

I don't need a partner.

But we had a deal.

I lied! Ha.

I'm off to the black hole
to dispose of motherboard.

Don't be here
when I get back.

We'll see who gets dumped,
chin-boy! (Grunt)

Digit:
wait here.
We'll need another ride.

That'll cost you
another snelfus.

We'll do it.
We have to.

Digit:
one kappatron.
Right away, please.

That'll be snelfus.

Inez:
can we afford it?

Jackie:
well, we've already spent

Snelfus
on the first two parts,

And snelfus
on the cab ride here.

Digit:
we only have a

For whatever we need to do.

And don't forget
we need to spend

For the taxi ride back.

Then we can only afford to
spend on the kappatron.

Tina, motherboard's
future is at stake.

Can you please give us
the kappatron

For snelfus?

Can't. The rate
for a kappatron is .

Slider:
how much for the iota
and zetatron?

Tina:
these old things?

I'll give them both
to you for snelfus.

Deal!
Kids: slider!

Slider: don't worry.

Together they'll work
the same as the kappatron.

Jackie:
here's .

Matt:
. .

Slider:
.

You need more.

Inez:
, , , , , .

The rest is for the taxi ride.

On the nose.
No change coming.

Thanks for your business.

Slider:
I'll have this together
in a flash.

Amplifier ready.

Digit:
turn it on. Turn it on.

Matt:
put the code in.

Inez:
slider, what's wrong?

Slider:
the power of this amplifier
will burn out the syncolator.

After it locates the chip,

I can never use
the syncolator again.

Matt:
so?

That's all we need.
One use.

Wait a minute,

Is there somebody else
you need to find?

My dad.

I was going to use
the syncolator

To try to locate him.

But if I'm ever going to have
a chance to find him,

Motherboard has to be saved
first.

Electronic voice:
i.d. Code accepted.

Searching... Searching...

Search successful.
Encryptor chip found.

Digit:
there's no cybersite
at that location.

Slider:
you're right.

But it could be
a black hole.

Yeow!

Sorry, slider.

Wicked:
yoo-hoo, earthkids.
Can you hear me?

Jackie:
it's wicked.

Just thought
you'd like to know

That hacker's taken
the encryptor chip

To a black hole.

It's bye-bye motherboard...

Unless you can stop him.

Matt:
you were right.
It is a black hole.

Slider:
and I know exactly where it is.

In the name of motherboard,
we're borrowing your taxi.

Driver:
in the name of fairness,

You owe me snelfus.

Inez:
in the name of the cybersquad

Here's our last snelfus.

Let's go!

Buzz:
I don't like it here.

Delete:
me, either.

It's so dark.

Welcome to bernie's black hole,

When you absolutely, positively
want to get rid of something...

Forever!

Hacker:
I want to dispose
of this permanently!

Ah, this looks important.

The disposal of an item
of this magnitude is...

Ten million snelfus.

No problem.
Give him the money.

Well, uh,
I got snelfus.

I got .

Snelfus?

Where's all my money?

Um... Wicked spent it.

Yeah.
She spent it all.

Both:
you're broke!

What!

How could you two duncebuckets
let her spend all my money?

But-but-but
she's your partner!

Was my partner!

Bernie:
first rule of business:

No money, no disposal.

Hacker:
give me that.

Bernie:
sorry, hacker.

Delete:
boss! It's those kids again.

Jackie:
hacker's got
the encryptor chip.

Slider:
hang on!

Hacker:
c'mon! I have an idea.

It's not me they want,
it's the chip.

Bye-bye, motherboard.
(Laughs)

Jackie:
he tossed the encryptor chip.

Inez:
we've got to catch that chip.

Matt,
open the window.

But, didge-

Open it!

(Grunts from effort)

Got it!

Whoa!

Kids:
we got it!
Way to go, didge!

Digit:
insert the chip, doc. Hurry!

Hacker:
do you think it's that simple
to replace the mighty hacker?

(Laughter)

Inez:
do it, dr. Marbles.

All:
yes!

No!

Slider:
what happened?

Doctor marbles:
hacker blocked the reboot.

There's only one thing to do.

I can unzip motherboard

And reboot her
through a backdoor,

But the encryptor chip will
be destroyed in the process.

Jackie:
but that means,

Mother b can never get better.

Matt:
at least she'll be back,
right?

Doctor marbles:
affirmative.

Digit:
you gotta do it, doc.

There's no choice.

Hacker:
whatever you're doing,
marbles,

It won't work! (Laughs)

Hey! Wha-what's happening?
I'm breaking up!

All:
c'mon, motherboard. C'mon!
You can do it! You can do it!

No!

Digit:
motherboard!

You all right?
Say something.

Motherboard:
thanks to you three and digit,

We've triumphed
over hacker again.

All:
yes! Woo-hoo!
Motherboard's back!

But it wasn't just us,
motherboard.

Slider helped.

Digit:
hey! He's gone!

Inez:
do you think he went
to find his father?

Matt:
probably.

He gave up a lot using
the syncolator

To help us save motherboard.

Motherboard:
how brave of that young cyborg.

Let's hear a big cheer
for all of us and slider.

All:
yeah! Woo-hoo!
We did it! (Cheers)

Digit:
motherboard's back!
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