02x08 - Settling the Score

[bunniefuu]

[car tires screeching in game]

[tense music playing]

[gasps]

-[Five] Yes!

-[boy yelps]

You're in the clear, Miko.

This is your shot!

You got it, you got it, you got it.

I got it, I got it, I got it.

One more tap

Then it's up to the vending machine gods.

[squeaking slowly]

[Ryu chuckles] Watch this kid

totally choke.

Who said that?

[both gasp]

[squeaks]

[groans]

-[chuckles] See? No game.

-Yeah.

[Miko] Hey! You He

You owe me one Beanie Bee, ya mug!

I think what you need

is 50 cents worth of penny candy.

My treat.

This whistle was a bargain at 15 tickets!

[blows]

And it's already broken.

We should probably head back to work

before all the good

Glitch Tech missions are taken.

Right after we burn through

the last of our gamer cred.

[chuckles]

-Whoo!

-[chuckles]

Oh, yeah!

[Five laughs]

[video game beeping]

Nice score!

Thanks!

-[Ryu scoffs] Nice score.

-[Mike chuckles]

[groans]

Who is that guy?

Ryu? His family came to town

a few weeks ago from Dabney.

You know that griefer, Nix?

Sure. He's got the top score on Hyunjoo,

Graham's Maze and Allora.

I know everyone at this arcade.

That's why folks call me

the Scorekeeper.

We don't call you that.

-Could you start?

-[boy yelps]

[laughs]

[sighs] Cave trolls like that

give gamers a bad name.

I feel bad for peeps with nothing

but their scores to make them

feel good about themselves.

Ah, that reminds me, Miko

Us civilized gamers

don't need to talk smack.

-Miko?

-We know we got game.

We don't need a number

on a screen to prove it.

-Can she hear me?

-I hear you!

What's so important it has to break

the flow of my rant?

Somebody wiped your high score

off of Sock-Em Rockers.

[in slow motion] What?

[screams] No!

[Five] All your high scores are gone?

[Miko] "M.I.S."?

You call those initials?

Whose are they?

Never heard of them before.

And you want to be called Scorekeeper!

Whoever they are pushed me entirely

off the board of my own game!

-Your game?

-[sighs]

Sock-Em Rockers was what I'd always

play back when I first moved to town.

I was just some nobody.

Didn't have any friends yet.

So mostly I'd hide here,

passing time and racking up points.

-It was hard to be the new kid in town

-[pixel Miko] Oh, yeah!

[Miko] but the day I made top score

in Sock-Em Rockers,

everyone knew who I was.

It was a score made

to stand the test of time!

Like initials hand-carved

into a mighty oak tree.

I was gonna show my grandkids that score!

Okay, that is it!

Nobody chops my pal's tree down.

I mean chops their score down.

I mean does what we both know

I mean and gets away with it!

It's time to settle the score.

[man] Who knows what really happens

when a video game starts to glitch?

Here come the Glitch Techs

They know what to do ♪

They got the tech

They got the moves ♪

Glitch Techs

They're the wrecking crew ♪

They'll solve the problem ♪

Glitch Techs

When a glitch is loose ♪

They'll wipe them out

Old school or new ♪

Glitch Techs

Always coming through ♪

To solve the problem ♪

Glitch Techs

Whoa-oh! ♪

Glitch Techs! Yeah! ♪

[announcer in game] Put 'em up

and get down!

Okay, Miko, you got this, chica.

This is the moment you

reclaim your high score

and with it, your honor!

I shall avenge me!

[announcer in game] Choose your titan.

Colossusaurus versus Lobstructor.

[all gasp]

Sock some rockers, bay-bee! Whoo!

[dance music playing]

[announcer in game] Perfection!

Sock-Em! Sock-Em! Sock-Em!

Perfection!

[music stops]

[all cheering]

[announcer in game] You rocked the sock!

Enter your score.

[Miko] M-K-O.

-There.

-[crowd cheering and applauding]

Balance has been restored.

That was amazing, Miko!

And if we hurry, we can still squeeze in

a cool Glitch Tech mission!

Since, you know, that's normally

what we do. [chuckles]

Bring it on! That score of mine

should hold for a long time.

[grunts]

[Ryu] Yeah. Wouldn't count on it.

[Miko grunts]

What was that?

-[scoffs]

-[giggles]

-[grunting]

-Just let it go, man.

Let your score do the talking for you.

Okay, we got a Nobi Kart Race

loose on the I-72,

a physics loop over at Kikuta Stadium,

and a Chomp Kitty at the corner

of Tully and Melnitz.

Which mission do you want, Miko?

M-I-S.

M-I-S.

Whatcha doing?

[Hinobi voice]

Now displaying gamer profiles.

[Miko] Malinowski, Mika, Miskatonic

You're trying to find out who beat

your high score, aren't you?

So? I'm curious to unmask the

identity of my nemesis.

Your "nemesis"?

I just know it's that guy, Ryu.

That snarky little snark shark.

Miko, you know I got your back

always, chica.

But you already took back your high score.

-Let it go.

-[exhales] You're right.

Pick us a cool mission,

so I can put this ugliness behind me.

Kart racing it is! Whoop-whoop!

[Hinobi voice] Mission selected.

-[Miko] Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

-[Five laughing]

[tires screech]

[phone ringing]

Miko and Five! What's up?

-[Nix] Guys, it's me, Scorekeeper.

-[both] Hi, Nix.

Bad news, Miko.

It's about your score.

[in slow motion] Whaaat?

-Oh, I declare w*r.

-[cracks knuckles]

I declare global

thermonuclear thumb w*r!

-[gasps]

-[grunts] Where is he?

Where is who? [yelps]

Uh, Miko, you're bat-handling Nix.

-[Nix grunts]

-Sorry.

That griefer, Ryu.

He said he was heading over to Frosty Mart

for a Freezy-Freeze.

To the Mikomobile.

[Hinobi voice] Subject analysis,

civilian gamers.

Threat level, zero.

Oh, he's a threat all right.

Fiver, put a tail on this donkey.

You do realize we could be taking

on a real mission right now?

I know and we will.

I just wanna find out where this guy lives

and challenge him to a friendly

Sock-Em Rock-off to settle the score.

Then we gank some glitches in our

usual butt-kicking style?

You know it, partner.

Well, this is the evil lair

of your nemesis, I guess.

Want me to scan for laser sharks?

[chuckles]

Let me get my mean face on.

Grr! How's this?

Mmm, three out of five stars.

-[growling]

-Better.

[announcer in game]

Put em up and get down!

Put em up and get down!

What in the Twin Galaxies?

[arcade music playing]

[announcer in game] Perfection!

Perfection!

Cool beans!

"Cool beans"?

They have their own

Sock-Em Rockers cabinet!

Okay, that's cool, I grant you, but

Hey! What are you guys doing

snooping around?

-[Five clears throat]

-Oh hey, there, little fella.

We were just stalking

Uh, talking

We're friends with Ryu.

Friends? We just moved here.

Listen, little man,

could you be a big helper,

and tell your brother

that winter has come?

Hey, I know you

from the arcade!

You're that loser

whose score I keep crushing.

-What did you say?

-Oh, nerds.

I said I wiped your score clean

off the board without breaking a sweat.

Twice.

You're just a kid!

And what are you, a tree stump?

'Cause you play like one.

I you

You're worse than your brother!

Ryu's all talk.

I can beat him at any game.

Why'd you come here anyway?

Looking for pointers?

Miko, you don't need to

Oh, but I must.

[thuds]

You, little sir, are a blight

on my video arcade screen.

I challenge you to the ultimate

Sock-Em Rockers competition!

You don't have to accept.

-I accept!

-Wow.

Winner gets top score.

Loser agrees never to play Sock-Em Rockers

at Joystick Junior's ever again.

Loser agrees never to play Sock-Em Rockers

anywhere ever again!

You're on.

[dramatic music playing]

[both growling]

-Uh, hello?

-[Five] Hi.

-Game checks out as regulation.

-Told you it was.

But it's plugged into a 15-amp breaker,

so if it draws more than 12 amps

of continuous power

Ten minutes is all I need

to humble this kid's brag.

I'll go easy on him.

Where'd you get that hairstyle?

A dumpster at Comic-Con?

Hold my gear.

[sighs]

[intense music playing]

Please stop.

[announcer in game] Choose your titans.

Jaguar Jetson versus Colossusaurus!

Assume your position.

[high-tempo dance music playing]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[both grunting]

[song ends]

[electricity crackling]

[Five] Then I'll play

my blue loophole card,

immobilizing all of your creatures

till the game ends.

Best 75 games out of 100?

Uh-uh. I am out, man.

These two aren't stopping for anything.

-[engine revs]

-[tires squeal]

Aww.

Man, all the good missions

are being taken already.

-Wanna give up?

-I don't give up. I win harder.

Yeah, at losing.

You're the loser.

Miko, I get this kid is awful,

but you don't need to stoop to his level.

This is a matter of honor, Five.

There's no honor in trading insults

with some little kid.

We could be on a mission right now.

You know, Five and Miko

saving the world one glitch at a time?

Five, I am trying to concentrate here.

Maybe you'd understand

if you had a top score to protect.

What's that supposed to

You know what? Finish your game.

I'm taking on a mission by myself.

Ugh, Five, I didn't mean [groans]

Gonna give up and go home

like your friend?

[panting] Never!

Like Yar, I shall have revenge!

[electricity crackling]

B.I.T.T., it's Five.

Give me any mission you got.

[B.I.T.T.] I am sorry, but I currently

do not "got" any missions.

Well, that's just great.

[electricity crackling]

[alarm blaring]

[Hinobi voice] Warning,

epic-tier glitch surge detected.

All Techs default immediately

to the active waypoint.

-What the [grunts]

-[alarm blaring]

Great gobbling ghosts, it's a code green!

[screams] B.I.T.T.!

This is a code green alert!

-[alarm blaring]

-[B.I.T.T.] Calling all Glitch Techs!

Repeat, calling all

available Glitch Techs!

Next.

Finally! I'd like to make a return.

-[beeping]

-Uh, sorry, lady, emergency work stuff.

BRB!

Uh, BBL.

Uh, bye!

[sighs]

And I saved you a Smashozaur toy

from last week's promotion.

-[gasps] Tri-tops!

-[squeaks]

You complete me, Blake.

[beeping]

Code green? Duty calls!

[tires screeching]

[sighs] He is so mysterious.

Boosh.

-[beeping]

-Come in, B.I.T.T., this is Five.

I'm heading to the waypoint. [chuckles]

This is so cool.

[B.I.T.T.] Prepare yourself, Tech.

These glitch manifestations are large,

destructive and potentially viral!

Boy, are you missing out, Miko!

You are so gonna wish you were--

[thud]

[Five] here.

[thud]

[thudding continues]

[gasps] Colossusaurus?

[roaring]

[announcer in game] Colossusaurus.

Miko!

I need analysis

on these energy tethers, people.

Find their source,

so we can snuff 'em out. Copy?

[all] Copy!

[tires screech]

[growling]

[Mitch grunts]

Okay, Techs, use all your gauntlet

power to protect city property!

-Whoo!

-Yeah!

[growling]

[electricity crackling]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[beeping]

[Hinobi voice] Now calling Miko.

Come on, Miko. Just stop playing

and pick up, pick up, pick

[bracelet ringing]

Oh, no! I still have her gear!

[thud]

[growls]

Alpha, let's saddle up.

[Alpha grunts]

Okay, uh

Got a read on the source game code,

Sock-Em Rockers arcade edition, build 3.2!

Uh, guys? I think I know

where it's coming from.

Whatever the source,

they've picked up massive energy boosts

from the city power grid.

Guys.

So nerf 'em back down to size

with a combined gauntlet blast!

[yells] Quiet!

Scan for a house on the town border

that's close to a highway!

-[beeping]

-Well, that was specific.

But it worked. I found the source

and it's six miles out.

[yelling] That's too far to portal!

[Five] Okay, Five, think.

I can't call Miko,

and we'll never get to her in time.

Ugh, I wish she never started that game.

Wait, that's it!

If these glitches are connected

to that kid's arcade game,

maybe I could use them

to send Miko a message.

[Hinobi voice] Data line confirmed.

Searching for an open connection.

Okay, Alpha! Let's climb us a colossus!

[Five exclaims]

[Five grunting]

When I said I wanted a mission,

I didn't expect it to be this

[grunts] impossible.

What is he doing?

[footsteps thudding]

Oh, nerds. Oh, nerds. Oh birds!

-[gasping]

-[wings flapping]

-[bird caws]

-[coughs]

[chick chirping]

[Five] Ahh!

Ahh! [grunts]

-[glitch growls]

-[Five exclaims]

-Take this!

-[Five screaming]

Take that!

[chick chirping]

[Five panting]

[Five screaming]

[Five laughing]

Oh, yeah.

"Ten minutes is all I need

to humble this kid's brag," she says.

[grunts]

-[grunts]

-[electricity pulsates]

-[thud]

-Whoa!

[electricity pulsating]

[Hinobi voice]

Opening communications package.

Searching for targeted device.

Hijacking data line.

Yes!

Wi-fi-fo-fum! Now, to call Miko!

[electricity pulsating]

Miko! Miko, are you reading me?

[panting] I think I'm finally starting

to hallucinate.

You guys have to listen to me.

[growls]

There's been a major

glitch manifestation in town

and it's coming from your arcade machine.

[Mike] Is this some kind of trick?

As long as you two keep playing,

you are going to put some colossal hurt

on the town.

You have to stop now!

I've got this punk on the ropes.

The game's as good as over.

You two think you can psych me out?

I will never stop, you hear me?

I will starve first.

I will go number one in my dungarees!

Okay. It has to be you, Miko!

You have to end this.

Come on, dude. My score.

You're not a number. Or an initial.

You're my friend, Miko Kubota,

and you're awesome.

[gasps]

[grunting and panting]

You you just moved here.

What do you care?

[electricity fizzling]

One of the energy tethers just broke.

Yeah. She stopped fighting.

-[chick chirping]

-Oh, she stopped fighting! [groans]

[Five screams]

Alpha!

[Five grunts]

[screaming]

[Alpha exclaims]

[chuckling] Yes! You messed up now!

[weapon powering up]

[upbeat victory music playing]

[laughing] I won!

[Hinobi voice]

Glitch current destabilizing.

Target vulnerable.

h*-h*! Shields off, Techs!

-Redistribute power to weapons!

-[all cheering]

You heard the gruff,

unattractive man, people.

Let's show these Bailley ballerinas

how we do pliés down in Dabney!

[all] Oh, yeah!

I say "Glitch," you say "Techs!"

Glitch!

-[all] Techs!

-[chick chirping]

[lasers firing]

[Phil] Ya got it down to root form!

[Joan] All together now!

[crackling]

[Hinobi voice repeating]

Glitch contained.

[beeping]

Yeah!

-[Five groans]

-[chick chirps]

[Alpha groans]

-[power draining]

-[beeping]

[pants] GG, kid.

You got mad game.

[chuckles] You lost!

We agreed, you can't play Sock-Em Rockers

again anywhere!

[car horn honks]

Dude, I've played enough

to last me the rest of my life.

Yeah, well I just

You wanna play again sometime?

I I mean

We just moved here, and

What's your name, kid?

Mike.

I'll see ya around the arcade

sometime, Mike.

Okay! Uh

So, I'll kick your butt later, loser!

Uh Are you okay?

Can't move my anything.

Miko sorry.

-Five know.

-Ow.

Well, it wasn't our usual mission,

but at least you finally

unmasked the identity of your nemesis.

Oh, dorks.

I didn't even think

to ask Mike his last name.

Yeah, well, with that kid's gaming skills,

I'm sure you haven't seen the last of him.

[chiptune music playing]