08x05 - The Bluebird of Zappiness

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Ok! There's this
really bad dude named Hacker.

THE Hacker, to you!

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.

Ok, here's the plan.

So they travel all over

and run into
all these weird creatures.

And have all
these awesome adventures.

It's totally
up to them to save cyberspace.

Can three cool kids and a
wacky bird outsmart The Hacker?

NEVER!

There's only
one way to find out.

Tune in to CyberChase.

CyberChase, we're movin'

we're b*ating
Hacker at his game.

Don't tell me that he's
trying to hack the Motherboard

we'll get him every time.

Freaky places that we've seen.

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

Running in the Cyberchase

We meet him face to face

We'll stick
together all the time

Adventures in cyberspace

The chase is on!

C-y-b-e-r-chase!

Hello?

Are you here?

It's me, The Hacker.

I just hope nobody sees me.

But I'll do whatever
it takes to find

that Bluebird of Zappiness.

Where are you? !

Who are you?

Hey, Hacker!

Ledge?

You're the one who told me to
come here dressed like this?

Consider it payback for
calling me a failure.

By morning, you'll be the
laughing stock of Cyberspace!

NOOOOO!

For those of
you who always thought

The Hacker was a clown...

...now we know for sure!

Shut that off!

SHUT THAT OFF NOW!

Whatever you say, boss!

After all I've done to
establish my reputation...

that picture will ruin me!

Don't be so sure, boss.

You make a great clown.

Yeah.

The nose is great!

And the hair -
I love the hair.

For the record, I was tricked
by that sniveling rat, Ledge!

Ledge?

The genius kid who
Hackerized Sensible Flats?

And wanted to be your partner,
but you told him 'no'?

Because he failed, that's why!

He did NOT bring down the
CyberSquad as he promised!

Hey, nobody's perfect.

Yeah, boss, you
should know that.

THAT DOES IT!

You're fired!

But boss--

Look! It's Hacker the Clown!

Get off my
property, you fiends!

Not everyone's
afraid of you, Hacker.

You again!

How about one more picture?

Just pull your collar
up a little bit.

Enough, Ledge!
You've had your fun!

Oh, I'm only just
getting started.

I think I'll go find the
Bluebird of Zappiness next!

No way!

No one knows where the
Bluebird is - not even you!

We'll see, Hacker.

We'll see
who finds it first!

We'll help you
find the birdie.

Yeah, that would
really make Hacker mad.

Done!

You work for me, starting now.

It's a deal... boss!

Happy Birthday, Lily...

More shadows! More shadows!

Here's one!

...and it does whatever I do.

Ooh, look at mine,
I can make it dance.

Everyone, come see my shadow!

Ooh! Yeah! Oooh!

That's not fair!

My shadow is shorter
than everyone's!

You know why, Lily?

Cause you're shorter
than everyone else.

What? I wasn't
trying to be mean.

Lily, what Digit meant
was the length of your shadow

depends on how tall you are.

Really?

Really.

See my shadow next to Digit's?

I'm taller than he is,
so my shadow is longer.

Taller people - or
Poddles - cast longer shadows

than shorter ones.

But I don't want
the shortest shadow.

I think I can fix that.

Come with me...

Here's where I've been
planning my takeover of

Cyberspace...and my
revenge against Hacker.

My former hero!

Oooh, Ooooh, Buzzie, look!

Don't touch!

My inventions are priceless!

Don't worry, Ledge, we
know how to be careful.

Hacker invents stuff, too.

Not like me, he doesn't.

Look at this!

These speakers are connected
to a listening device

I planted on Hacker.

I can hear everything he
says, so we can follow him

as he looks for the Bluebird.

But The Hacker
doesn't even like birds.

Why would he look
for a blue one?

It's not a real bird.

It's a remote control,
shaped like a bird.

When Hacker worked
for Motherboard,

he invented it to
boost her memory.

After he inflicted
her with the virus,

she thought the
Bluebird might someday

help restore her memory.

So she hid it in
a secret location.

Ooh I love secret locations!

Where is it?

It's a secret -
so no one knows!

Motherboard can't
even remember.

She sent clues to where she
hid it to three friends.

Unfortunately, one
clue went to Hacker

because of her memory glitch.

But, the other two clues are
still out there - and Hacker's

going to help me find them!

The Hacker, here!

It's Ledge.

Guess what I've got!

Hi, boss?

You miss us?

You have Buzz and Delete?

I do.

They work for me.

And now I'm going
to get something else

that used to be yours:
the Bluebird of Zappiness!

That's impossible!

Really?

I'll let you know
when the little birdie

comes home to nest.

Let the fun begin!

I can't let him find it!

Where's my clue!

Hey! We can really hear him!

My clue!

I just needthe other two.

Hmmmm...who can
help me find them?

Who would want to stop
Ledge as much as I do?

Of course...Motherboard!

Let's hear it
for Lily, and her new,

improved, longer shadow!

Yay, Lily!

Hey!

It's Motherboard!

Cybersquad.

The Bluebird of
Zappiness must be found.

Three clues will
lead you to it.

Where are the clues?

Two clues coming.

Hacker has the third.

HACKER?

Need all three clues
to find Bluebird.

...must work with Hacker.

Mother B, you're
joking, right?

No!

Ledge also in
search of Bluebird.

You must ...find it first!

Ledge - that double crosser.

This is personal!

Ugh. There is no way
I'm sitting next to him!

And there is no way
I'm being nice to him!

Greetings, cybersquad.

What a special moment
in time this is.

Yeah, really special.

Now, now, Digit...

let's not allow the past
to rule the present, huh?

It's time to join forces
for the good of Cyberspace.

Ugh.

Puh-leese!

Actually, if you just
give us your clue,

we could find the
Bluebird on our own.

Nice try...but no.

Matt ...could you just scooch
over a tad so I can squeeze in.

So kind.

All aboard for Mount Olympus!

Frankly, I never thought
this moment would arrive.

I mean, it's been eons since
Motherboard told me some day

I'd be sh**ting an arrow
to deliver a clue to the

whereabouts of the
Bluebird of Zappiness.

Ugh, c'mon.

Just sh**t the arrow,
will you please? !

Hacker!

Did you have to bring him?

Unfortunately...yes.

Artemis, I don't
mean to rush you,

but we are in
kind of a hurry.

Fine.

Remember, the clue is
where the arrow lands.

Whaaaat?

There's nothing up here!

Where's the clue?

Where's the arrow? !

Artemis said the clue is
"where the arrow lands."

IT LANDED OVER HERE!

It says, "You are
on top of Mt. Olympus".

Okay, let's work with that.

The arrow stuck
in the word 'top'.

Could that
be the clue?

The top of what?

Hmmm!

'Top' fits nicely
with my clue.

The Bluebird could
be 'on top of'

the 'green-striped' something.

My plan is working perfectly!

I think I've got it!

Could the clue be: "on top of"?

Yea...that's what we
were thinking, too.

Does that fit with your clue?

Not telling!

That's not fair!

You know our clue.

This isn't about fairness -
it's about finding the Bluebird!

Where to next?

...Groundhoggia!

Good work, Hacker!

So we know the bluebird
is 'on top of' something

that's 'green-striped'...

Hmmm.

Better bring my lift in
case it's someplace high up.

Pack it up, bots.

Just press the ON button.

When the scissors
fold, press OFF.

Then put
it in a box.

OK?

I'll get the rest of my gear.

No problem, boss.

Yeah, you can count on us!

...Probably.

Welcome...and Happy
Groundhoggian Day!

To those of you visiting
for the first time,

we gather here on the
same day, at the same time,

every year, to see if
the Grand Groundhoggian

sees his shadow.

If he does, it's time to
harvest the alfalfa crop!

If he doesn't, it means we
have to wait six more weeks.

According to Motherboard,
the next clue is buried

where the Grand
Groundhoggian's shadow ends.

Punxie!

Awaken the Grand
Groundhoggian.

Whoa.

That is one
seriously long shadow.

Excellent!

Come, everyone,
let the harvest begin!

Back to sleep.

Quick, mark where his shadow
ends before he goes back under!

My pen!

Excuse me.

What are you looking for?

A clue that's supposed
to be buried here.

I don't see anything.

Is the clue invisible?

Okay, Deedee,
let's pack it up.

Hit the button.

Hey, that was fun!

Wanna take a ride?

Sure.

But let's make it go faster.

WHOOOOOAAAAAAA...

Wheeeeeeee...

Whooooaaaaaa...

I say we wake the subterranean
rat and check his shadow again!

Please don't wake him!

This is his first year
as Grand Grandhoggian,

and we don't want
to confuse him.

His first year?

Then he wouldn't have
been here when Motherboard

sent the clue!

Punxie, who was the Grand
Groundhoggian before this one?

His grandpa.

Were they the same height?

I...I don't know.

Like I said
...WAKE UP THE NEW GUY!

What?

Didn't we just do this?

Excuse me, Mr. Grand
Groundhoggian...

How
tall was your Grandpa?

Never measured him.

But...uh...here's
a picture of us.

Good night.

Ah-ha!

Grandpa's much taller.

Look...his shadow
is longer, too.

So we were diggin'
in the wrong place!

But how are we gonna
find the right place

without Grandpa bein' here?

Hmmm...maybe there's a
relationship between heights

and shadows we can use
to figure it out...

Inez!

You look twice as tall
as me and your shadow

is longer than mine.

Do you think your shadow could
be twice as long as mine?

Let's compare and find out!

Leave this to The Hacker!

Punxie is one stick tall...

And Inez is two sticks tall.

Is her shadow
twice as long, too?

Stick, please.

Punxie's shadow is
two sticks long.

And Inez's shadow
is four sticks long!

Hey!

I'm twice as tall as Punxie -
and my shadow is twice as long.

Twice as tall,
twice as long...

looks like there
is a relationship.

So however many times
as tall something is,

its shadow will be that
many times as long.

Alright, alright,
you're brilliant!

Let's see if that
works with this photo.

The Grand Groundhoggian
is one thumb tall.

And Grandpa is...

One-two-three thumbs tall!

Then his shadow would have
been three times as long!

Let's measure where
that would be!

Okay!

Here's the new Grand
Groundhoggian shadow length.

Here's two shadow lengths.

Here's three - where Grandpa's
shadow would have reached.

Start digging!

Something's here!

What is it?

A hoodoo!

A what-doo?

A hoodoo.

A tall thin spire of rock.

A hoodoo...like at Hoodoo
Mesa...on Sensible Flats!

The bluebird is on top of
the green- striped hoodoo

at Sensible Flats!

All right!

Yeah!

...Hacker!

Come back here!

We have to stop him!

If he gets the Bluebird,
he'll destroy Motherboard.

I won't let that happen!

...Yikes!

Owwww!

I just wanted to sit up front.

Yeah, right.

Tell us your clue!

I will!

Just get this varmint off me!

Clue first!

Oh, all right.

The Bluebird is on top of
the green-striped hoodoo

at Hoodoo Mesa.

Punxie, you were awesome.

Thanks.

Now go get that Bluebird!

Hurry!

Unpack the box!

Huh? What happened
to my scissors lift?

Um, that's, uh, how it folded.

You duncebuckets ruined it!

Good thing I brought
my climbing gear too.

It's Hacker and the Cybersquad!

I'll get my gear from the pod!

Make sure no one
goes up this hoodoo!

Got it?

Yessir!

There it is!
The green-striped hoodoo.

And there's the
Bluebird of Zappiness!

No problemo,
Earthlies...I'll get it!

YOIIIIIIIKES...!

Didge, you okay?

Outside of a
little humiliation

...and a bent prop, I'm fine.

But we still need
to get the Bluebird.

It looks like
someone b*at us to it!

Buzz and Delete?

What are they doing here?

It's a long story - but it
means Ledge must be here too!

Yoikes!

We gotta get the
Bluebird before he does!

But you can't fly!

How do
we get up there?

There's plenty of
cyberbamboo around here.

Maybe we can build a ladder.

How do we know how
tall to make it?

There's no way to measure
the height of the hoodoo.

No, but we could
measure its shadow.

And use what we know about
shadows to figure out

the height of the hoodoo!

Yeah.

I was twice as tall as
Punxie, so my shadow

was twice as long as hers.

So let's compare your shadow
- to the hoodoo's shadow!

See how many of your shadows
fit into the hoodoo's shadow.

Then use that number to make
the ladder that many times

as tall as I am!

How can we compare shadows

with Buzz and Delete
standing there?

Excuse me.

The Hacker knows how
to handle those Bots.

I'll create a diversion!

Hello, boys!

I've missed you!

Don't come any closer, boss.

Even if you aren't
our boss...anymore!

Relax, I'm not here
to cause trouble.

I realize now I can never
conquer Cyberspace without you.

So...I've surrendered
to Motherboard.

You have?

Yes.

The CyberSquad is
here to bring me in.

But...may I ask
one last favor?

Would you take a
picture with me,

so I can remember
the good old days?

Sure, boss, we can
do that for you.

Turn this way, okay?

Much better light.

How's this?

Let's see...

Your shadow is as
long as this stick.

Let's see how many sticks
fit into the hoodoo's shadow.

This is two.

Three...

Y'know, I'm not feeling it.

Can you give
me more emotion?

How's this?

Uh!

Not-quite-so-much-emotion, okay?

...and ten!

The hoodoo's shadow is ten
times as long as your shadow.

Which means the hoodoo is
ten times as tall as I am!

Then our ladder needs to
be ten times taller, too!

Let's build it!

Okay, that's a wrap!

C'mon, Didge.

So, I'm just curious?

How did you find this place
without knowing the clues?

Easy, boss, Ledge bugged you.

Yeah!

He put a listening
thingy on your cape!

WHAT?

That devious rat!

Where is he?

Ledge!

You're too late, Hacker!

The Bluebird of
Zappiness is almost mine!

No way! I invented
it - it's mine!

I sure hope this
reaches the top.

YES!

Get off my rope, Hacker!

Stay away from my
Bluebird, Ledge!

Got it!

No way, Ledge.

We meet again!

Sorry to break up your little
reunion - but this is mine!

Let go of my invention!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!

We'll get it!

Uh-oh, our ex-boss isn't
gonna be zappy about this.

I WANT MY BLUEBIRD
OF ZAPPINESS...!!

You haven't seen the
last of me, Hacker!

Awwww, too bad we didn't save
the Bluebird for Motherboard.

At least Ledge and
Hacker didn't get it.

We did the best we could.

Oh, that we did, beyond a
shadow of a doubt! Huh? Huh?

Oh, Matt!

Move the ladder closer.

I can't reach it!

Say you're sorry
for f*ring us.

Say you're sorry
for leaving me!

You first.

You!

YOUUUUU!

YOUUUUUU!