01x03 - R-Fair City

[bunniefuu]

Okay, there's this really
bad dude named hacker --

Hacker: thehacker, to you!

Whatever.
He wants to take over

The cyberworld
from motherboard.

[ Gasp ] the three kids
are sucked into cyberspace,

And they use brain power
to help save everybody.

Jackie:
okay, here's the plan.

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"!

:Connect-pbsi]♪ cyberchase!

♪ We're movin' we're beatin'
hacker at his game ♪

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

♪ We'll get him every time

♪ Cosmic worlds, freaky places
that we've seen ♪

♪ We got the power
of one two three four! ♪

♪ Runnin' 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!

[Digit]
cyberspace. The final frontier.

My mission?
Protect motherboard.

Help marbles. And keep
cyberspace safe from hacker.

Phew! That's a lotta mission
for a boid.

I think I need a break.
Where's that invitation?

Achem.

Dear digit.
Come visit r-fair city -

Home of fun and games -
bright lights and good times.

A respite for the weary.

Look me up first.
Your friend, madame n cognita.

Hmmmm...wonder what my chances
are of having fun

At r-fair city?

Probability...high!

Make that - very high!
Bada bing bada boom!!!

[Buzz]
nice pop -
no prize! Who's next?

I am! I am!

Whaaaaah! I want my prize.

You said if he pops a balloon,
there'd be a prize inside.

[Buzz]
we said maybe there'd be
a prize.

Sometimes you win- sometimes
you lose.

And sometimes we're closed!

[Delete]
you'd think it was our fault
they all lost. [Laugh]

[Buzz]
I'll go see
how the boss-lady's doin'.

Oh yeah! We are good!

When we first got here,

Customers were fallin' outa
the sky! Now--

Oof! Sorry, lady.

Digit!

[Digit]
do I know you?

Ooops! I mean, no!

Welcome to r-fair city.
Looking for a fun game?

[Digit]
yeah, sure. You know where I
can find madame n cognita?

[Buzz]
oh! Right this way...

Okay, mr. Birdman?

Ready to play

Madame n. Cognita's
four zergens in hat game?

Ah, tell me the rules again.

Four zergens - number - - - .
I drop zergens in hat.

You pick two zergens -
multiply the numbers.

If the answer is odd -
you win the hat...

And lovely maria goes for swim.

If the answer is even -
you take the swim. Is simple?

Let me think. Odd numbers -
even numbers...

Hmmm, there's just as many
of each. Sounds fair to me.

Then close eyes and pick!

Odd, odd, will do the job.

Two zergens! Number two -
and number four!

Two times four is... Wuh-oh.

[Hacker]
eight! Even number - you lose!
Bye-bye, birdie!

Okay, I can deal with not
winning the hat -

- But why am I in a cage?

A cage? A cage?!
Lemme outa here!

Hang on!

[Screams]

[Matt]
wow! A cyber amusement park.

Totally cool!

[Inez]
r-fair city.
But why are we here?

[Matt]
I don't know.
Motherboard's virus kicked in

Before she could finish
telling me.

[Jackie]
mother b!

[Motherboard]
I'm back.

What's our mission,
motherboard?

Digit is really in danger.

Games you are playing
... Not fair.

What games?

[Motherboard]
find them, find digit...
Find... Digit...

She's gone again!

[Matt]
I don't get it.

Why would digit be in danger
in a fun place like this?

Easy. Who likes fun and games
more than didge?

No telling what trouble
he's got himself into.

[Lucky]
taxi anyone?

Yeah, us! Lucky you stopped.

Lucky is right.

Lucky's my name -
and luck's my game.

[Inez]
that's what we need...games!

Can you take us to them?

[Lucky]
that'll be fifty snelfus.

But we don't have any snelfus.

Tell you what. I'll flip you
for the ride.

Heads you win -
you get a free ride.

Tails you lose -
you wash my cab.

Wash your cab???

[Matt]
c'mon, inez, take a chance!
Only two ways it can land.

Heads or tails. Right?

Keerect!

And uh, heads come up just
as often as tails.

[Inez]
so half the time we'll win -

And half the time lucky wins.
That's fair.

[Jackie]
let's flip!

[Lucky]
heads it is! Hey! You just won
yourself a free ride.

Whoo! Whoa!

Awesome!

Thanks for giving us a chance
for a free ride, lucky.

We r-cadians love games
of chance.

We never lie or cheat.

That's why r-fair city
is such a popular place,

Least it used to be.

There's a rumor going around
that our games aren't fair.

That we're cheating!

Folks aren't winning as much
as they used to. The idea!

Unfair games in r-fair city!

Well, we...we didn't really
come here to play the games.

We're looking
for our friend digit.

Digit?

Yeah. Cute, metallic,
bird-like guy?

Maybe you've seen him.

Bird-like guy, huh? Sorry.

But maybe grubby has.

[Grubby]
step right up!
Grubby's wacky worms!

Pick a worm - win a hat.

Where is everybody?

[Jackie]
so how do you tell if a game is
really fair?

We have this little rap.

♪ To be sure it's fair -
look at the game - ♪

♪ Everyone's chance of winning -
must be the same. ♪

[Matt]
that's cool! Like the coin flip

Either you or I could have won.

[Buzz]
mmmm. This cotton candy
is better than doughnuts.

[Delete]
hey! You see who I see?

[Buzz]
[gasp!] Those rotten kids!

We better tell the boss!

Hey, lucky, you bring me some
customers? It's really slow.

[Lucky]
nah. These guys are looking
for a pal of theirs.

Bird named uh... Digit.

Nope! No birds.
But long as you're here -

Pick a worm and win a hat.
Every game has a winner!

Well, I guess we could try it.

[Grubby]
good! First,
we take this empty sack.

Then each of you chooses
a different color worm.

Four worms - four players -
one winner! Choose your worm.

[Matt]
okay. I choose brown.

[Inez]
orange for me.

Chartreuse.

Guess that leaves me with puce.

Okay, one...two...three...four.

Your worm gets picked - heh!

You win a hat.

Close your eyes so theirs no
cheating and pull out a worm

I do not touch worms.

Jac-kie!

Okay, okay. Just this once.

Puce! Euwww! Ew!

Puce, that's me! I win.
Keep the hat, grub.

Hey! She works here -
you're in this together!

[Jackie]
yeah! That wasn't fair!

'Course it's fair!
Your eyes were closed -

Each worm had the same chance
of getting picked.

I must admit, he's got a point.

Four of us; four worms.

Each of us had the same chance
of getting the winning worm.

One chance in four!

So it is a fair game.

Hey, spread the word, will'ya?

[Inez]
c'mon, enough playing around!
Let's find digit!

[Digit]
not fair, not fair!
Lemme outa this joint!

Knock it off!

Hacker!!!

[Hacker]
glad to see you got
my invitation.

[Chuckles]

You sent that to me??
I shoulda known!

I thought perhaps you'd like
to rejoin the forces of chaos.

After all, you were one of
my most effective operatives.

Gee, boss,
you'd really take me back?

[Hacker]
never! But I will find out
what price motherboard will pay

To get you back!

[Evil laugh]

[Buzz]
boss, boss!
Guess who we saw on the midway?

I give up. Frosty the snowman?

[Delete]
no! Those meddling kids!

Even better! I'll snare them
like I did birdbrain here.

[Evil laughter]

[Inez]
hey, could that be...[Gasp!]
It's digit!

[Jackie]
digit, digit...it's us!

[Cybercritter]
excuse me?

[Jackie]
oh, sorry. We thought you were
someone else.

[Chuckle] that's okay. Say,
wish me luck.

Yippeeeeeeee...

[Inez]
what kind of game is this??

[Lucky]
r-fair city's most famous game:
pure chance.

Okay, listen.

Two doors - both exactly
the same.

One leads to a day of free
rides, right? The other,

[Spit sound] right into
cyberspace there.

But which door goes where? Heh?

Cool! The chances of winning
and losing are the same.

One out of two -
just like the coin flip.

But what if digit tried it
and picked the wrong door?!

And what if he's drifting
aimlessly out there?

What if- what if, what if,
what if...!

[Inez]
chill, jackie, okay?

We'll find him.

I'm beginning
to smell something.

If there are unfair games here
- why?

Let's analyze this.

Why would somebody want
the games to be unfair?

So people don't come here
anymore?

Exactly!

[Lucky]
that would be a disaster!

Or chaos!
And where there's chaos...

[Jackie]
there's hacker!

[Lucky]
hacker? That no-good, double
dealing cyborg

Who's trying to take over
cyberspace?!

That's him!

The way I figure it,
if we find an unfair game -

We'll probably find hacker.

Find hacker,
and I bet we find digit!

[Delete]
I can't wait till we wreak
chaos somewhere else -

This outfit's killin' me.

[Buzz]
I know what you mean. I can't
do a thing with my hair.

You know, buzz,

You oughta put your hair in one
of those french knots.

A classy look -
for a classy lady.

Hm. Gee, ya think?

Aw, what's he know
about hairdos?!

You kidding?

I used to have my own salon.
'Digit's doos'.

Lean back against the cage -
and I'll make you beautiful.

Hey!
I can't see!

Me, either!

[Digit]
calm down, calm down -

It's all part of the french
knot thing:

'The perm that makes
you squirm'.

[Delete]
uh, you wouldn't be pullin'
a fast one, now would you?

[Digit]
me? Are you kiddin'?
I'm locked up - what can I do?

How long do we stay like this?

Oh, five-ten minutes oughta
do it.

Squares is the name -
squares is the game.

Nine of 'em, to be exact.
Count 'em, nine.

Three starfish,

Three cows,

Three airplanes.

Three times three... Nine!

Alright, who wants to play?

[Matt]
I do!

Matt! Wait!

I just checked out the "tilting
toppling towers" game.

Well? Is it crooked?

[Jackie]
very funny. But no, it's
strictly on the level. Fair.

[Lucky]
same with "topple 'em and turn
'em". Fair and square.

[Matt]
let's try this one.

What do we have to do to win?

[Squares]
well it's easy.
Pick the winning square -

Win a feathered hat.

[Matt]
okay. I uh...i pick the cow.

[Jackie]
I pick the starfish!
And this game I plan to win!

[Lucky]
guess that leaves me
the airplane.

Now I shuffle the squares...

[Jackie]
hey, hey you're mixing them up!

Right. Turn over a square,
young lady

And see who the winner is.

[Jackie]
starfish...starfish, looking
for a starfish.

Oh man! Airplane! Oh!

Lucky won again! You sure
you're on our side?

[Matt]
yeah! How do we know this game
is fair?

Remember the rap?

♪ To be sure it's fair -
look at the game - ♪

♪ Everyone's chance of winning -
must be the same. ♪

Alright. Here, let me prove it
to you.

Don't want you to think
we cheated or anything.

Okay, what do you see?

[Jackie]
three starfish...

[Matt]
three cows.

[Jackie]
and three airplanes.

[Squares]
right, three of each.

Nine different squares

But only different choices
you can make.

[Jackie]
wait a sec - let me think here.
When I picked the starfish -

I had out of chances of
winning. One, two, three.

That doesn't seem fair.

[Matt]
sure it is!

There's only three
different choices.

Three out of nine is the same
as one out of three.

Three chances,
three players means...

Each of us had the same chance
of winning.

[Matt]
and equal chances means-

[Jackie]
another fair game!

Hm, maybe motherboard
got this one wrong.

[Digit]
I gotta take a breather.

[Panting] bein' a good guy
is hard!

Whoaoaoaoa!!!

[Digit]
sorry, big guy.

[Delete]
there he is!

Whoaoaoaoa!!!

Jackie! Inez! Matt! Wait!

[Jackie]
what if we're too late? What if
we never see digit again?

Poor, didge.
Out there all alone,

Holding on for dear life.

Bumper!

[Buzz]
well, well, well,
look what we caught. [Laughs]

[Delete]
hey, boss! It's the kids!

[Hacker]
just in time.

Now I'll reel in that
troublesome trio

Like unsuspecting fish!
Get up on that perch!

[Delete]
right, boss! Right away!
Up I go!

[Hacker]
would nice keedies like to play
games with madame n-cognita?

[Matt]
we're looking for a
very...special kind of game.

[Hacker]
hey, watch it!

I mean watch madame n show you
special game.

Game is called four zergens
in hat.

Four zergens. Number one, two,
three four. See? No tricks.

Pick two zergens from hat at
same time.

Multiply the two numbers.

If answer is even number,
keedies lose.

Odd number, keedies win -
and katrina take dip in water.

[Jackie]
euw! That water's disgusting!

[Matt]
what if we lose?

Then you take dip in water.
You play?

[Inez]
hold on a sec.

What do you think, lucky?

[Lucky]
I've never played
this game before.

[Matt]
well someone has to! I'll play!

Splendid! Take seat
by charming assistant.

Get odd number...
This cutey hat is yours.

Ah-ah-ah-ah! No peeking!

No problem!

Oh, no! One times four is four
- an even number!

Aw, too bad. You lose.

Matty??!

Digit!

[Inez]
we want our friend back. Now!

[Hacker]
ohhhh, keedies upset. You vant
to play again?

[Jackie]
we should've given this game
a fairness check

Before matt played.

[Inez]
we'll be right back.

Madame n be waiting.

[Jackie]
the only way to find out if
this game is really fair

Is to figure out if everyone's
chance of winning is the same.

While you do that,
I'll nose around for matt.

We need to know how many pairs
turn out odd,

And how many turn out even.

[Jackie]
let's say we pick a one.

That means the other number
could be a two -

A three -

Or a four.

[Inez]
cool! Now what?

[Jackie]
well, if we pick a two,
what other numbers go with it?

A two and a one.
We've already got that.

[Inez]
so the other pairs are
a two/three

And a two/four.

[Inez]
and what if we picked
a three first.

[Jackie]
then the only pair we don't
have is a three and a four.

, , , , ...

There are only
different combinations.

[Inez]
so like in the game, let's
multiply the pairs of numbers

And see how many come out odd -
and how many come out even.

[Jackie]
, , , , , .

Look! Five of the six pairs
come out even!

[Inez]
and only one pair
comes out odd!

Since we win when
the answer's odd -

We only have one chance out
of six of winning!

[Jackie]
and madame has five chances out
of six of winning!

[Inez]
that's not only unfair -
it sounds like a trick!

[Jackie]
and that means...hacker!

[Inez]
well what do we do now?

[Jackie]
stall as long as we can.

Maybe lucky will get lucky
and find matt.

[Inez]
right. You thinking
what I'm thinking?

[Jackie]
yep. Trick the trickster.

[Hacker]
so. Nice keedies ready to play?

[Jackie]
under one condition.

[Inez]
you get on the perch
next to me!

You vant me on perch with you??

[Gasp] a trap door!

Madame is losing patience!

I did vhat you asked.
Pick the zergens!

[Jackie]
mm, the thing is, madame n,

We've been looking at games
all night...

[Hacker]
who cares? Hurry up!

[Inez]
okay! Same as before.

If the answer is even,
the picker goes in the water.

And this time, you pick.

Me???

Madame n vant to play?

I vant odd!

You take even - or no deal.

All right - even!

The chances I take to get
my hands on these kids!

A ! And a !

One times three is three.
Three is odd -

I win, you go in the water!

[Inez]
[snicker] not so fast!

Times is twelve.
Sorry, you go in the water!

Yaaa!

Nooooo!

Bye, bye, bad guy.

[Delete]
yipes! Boss!

Oooof! Ouch! Get offa me!

[Matt]
hey guys!

[Inez]
matt! Digit!

[Matt]
follow me! We'll fill you
in later.

[Hacker]
faster, you fools! Faster!

Who ho ho! Not again!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Buzz]
they must've gone
into pure chance!

[Delete]
yeah, that's where they went!
Pure chance. Right inside!

[Hacker]
[blubbering] one door gets you
a day of free rides...

The other gives you a fast trip
to nowhere! [Laughing]

Let me see, which door shall
I choose?

[Buzz & delete]
pick that one, boss.

Mine! Mine!

[Hacker]
silence! I'll make the choice,
you maladroit melonheads!

Hm! What's this? A clue?

Ahh, such foolish children.

How dare they think they can
outsmart the hacker?

Step lively, boys.

Yeooooowwwwwwwwwwww...

[Jackie]
it worked, matt.

We never played pure chance -
but hacker sure thought we did.

[Matt]
yeah, he fell for it hook,
line and yo-yo.

Yeooooowwwwwwwwwwww...

[Digit]
yeah, yeah, yeah,
but I don't get it.

How did you know which door
would zap the hacker

Into cyberspace?

[Matt]
I didn't. But there were only
two possibilities.

So I took a chance -
and we won.

[Inez]
hacker took the same chance -
and he lost.

To be sure it's fair -
look at the game -

Everyone's chance of winning -
must be the same. It works!

[Lucky]
and that's what r-fair city
is all about!

Any chance you'll come back
and visit?

Probability...very, very high!