02x08 - A Whale of a Tale

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Narrator:
ok, there's this really bad dude

Named hacker.

Hacker: "the" hacker to you.

Narrator: whatever.
He wants to take over

The cyberworld
from motherboard.

[Kids gasp]

The kids are sucked
into cyberspace,

And they use brainpower
to help save everybody.

Jackie:
ok, here's the plan.

Narrator:
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 cool kids and a wacky bird
outsmart the hacker?

Hacker: never.

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

Narrator:
tune in to "cyberchase"!

Singers: ♪ cyberchase,
we're moving ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Cosmic worlds ♪

♪ Freaky places
that we've seen ♪

♪ We've got the power ♪

♪ Of , , , ♪

♪ 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 ♪

Hacker: the mean mobile!

The fastest getaway vehicle
in cyberspace!

Now I can create chaos
anywhere I wish

And escape in the blink
of an eye.

Even I'm impressed.

Buzz: hey, boss, look!

The new act at the water park.

Announcer: cinch up your
circuits, boys and girls.

It's time for the amazing
acrobatic artiste glowla

And her sensational cyberwhale,
spout!

The fabulous glowla,

The only artiste
who radiates pure energy.

[Echoing]
energy...energy...energy...

Hacker: that's it. Pure energy.

With glowla by my side,

I'll never run out
of power again.

[Laughs diabolically]

[Crowd chatter]

Cotton candy?

Get your extra fluffy
cotton candy here.

Jackie: I'll take one!

Matt: make it two.

Hacker: uh, that's snelfus.

Matt: here's a .

Back, please.

Hacker: your change.

Digit: hey! How can snelfus
that look alike come to ?

Inez: you better check
it, matt. It doesn't make sense.

Matt: I've got a four, a four,
and a four.

That's .

That's too much.
I owe you one.

Hacker: keep it!
Buy something for your friends.

Matt: huh. That's weird.

Inez: he sure
was in a hurry to leave.

Jackie: forget about it.
It's show time.

Announcer: and now the fabulous
glowla and her partner spout

Will perform the daring
and dangerous

Triple flip water dip!

[Hacker laughing]

Kids: glowla!

[Glowla screams]

Glowla: spout? What happened?

[Hacker laughs]

Inez: what's going on?

[Kids gasp]

Matt: it's hacker!

No wonder he was in
such a rush.

Jackie:
and he's got glowla.

Digit: where's everyone going?

[Digit gasps]

[Spout roaring]

Jackie: yikes! It's spout!

Inez:
aah! What's happening to spout?

All of a sudden,
he's a bad guy?

Delete: according to this,

We're supposed to meet the boss
right about here.

Buzz: hey! Hey! I can't see!

[Both shouting indistinctly]

[Crash]

Ohh. Oh, boy.

The boss won't be happy
about this.

Hacker:
quick. Open the door.

Buzz: ah. Ahem. I--i don't
think that's a good idea, boss.

Hacker: open it.

Buzz: oh! I told you.

[expl*si*n]

Hacker:
my beautiful mean mobile!

Delete:
it's just a little scratch.

Hacker: a little scratch?

I want this car fixed now!

In the meantime, I'll find
a place to hide glowla.

Delete: don't blame me.
You were driving.

[Buzz chuckles nervously]

Sam: this is
sam vander rom reporting

From the scene
of panic and mayhem.

Spout has gone on a rampage.

Woman:
mad whale on the loose!

Sam: why did spout
turn into a raging beast?

And where is his partner--
glowla?

Man: run for your lives!

Sam: egad! Here comes spout now.

[Spout roars]

[Citizens screaming]

[Screaming]

Jackie: how did this happen?

What could have made
spout become so mean?

Digit: I don't know, but
we'd better figure it out fast.

Jackie: since glowla's the one
that built that robotic whale,

She's the only one that can
make spout normal again.

But how are we ever
going to find her?

Digit: you got me.

I hope matt and inez are having
better luck than we are.

Inez:
no sign of glowla anywhere.

Matt: look!

Hacker:
the ride's over, glowla.

Glowla: who are you?

Hacker: who am i? Who am i?
The hacker, of course!

The meanest dude in cyberspace.

Now, come with me.

Glowla: no way. Yuck!

Hacker: fine. Have it your way.

Glowla:
what's happened to my whale?

Inez: come on!

Where are we?

Matt: somewhere under r-fair
city, I think.

Glowla: help!
Matt: this way!

Whoa!

Inez: what is it?

Oh, how do we get across?

Matt: easy. I'll jump.

Inez: wait. You
can't see how far across it is

To the other side.

Matt: I don't have to.
Check the sign.

The gap's only one meter wide.

I jumped three meters
at the track meet last week.

[Matt laughing]

Inez: yeah, but you could
see where you were landing.

We can't see
the other side here.

Matt:
inez, the sign says one meter.

I can jump that far
in my sleep.

So stand back.
I'm going to jump it.

Inez: matt, ask yourself:

Does that number, one meter,
make sense?

If it does, jump.

If it doesn't,
you better check again.

Because if you don't,
you could be toast.

Matt: I'm not wasting time
to check what I already know.

I'm going for it.

Aah!

Inez: matt!

Jackie:
good thing you found us.

Inez: I tried to stop him,
but he wouldn't listen.

Pull!

Digit: matty, you ok?

Matt: I'm fine. I just can't
believe I didn't get over.

I mean, look at that sign.

It's only one meter.

I'm going to try again.

Inez: matt, if it is
only one meter across,

You would've made it
the first time.

Jackie: inez is right.

The answer of one meter
just doesn't make any sense.

Matt: hmm, I guess
I should've double-checked.

Inez: I would estimate that
sign to be about one meter wide.

Jackie: and there's room for
maybe three more signs after it

Before you can't see anything.

Inez: so the gap has to be
at least four meters across.

Matt: no wonder
I didn't make it.

The farthest I've ever jumped
is three meters.

Digit:
hey! The smoke's clearing away.

And guess what.
That's not a one. It's a .

The paint's peeled off.

Jackie: so it's really
a -meter gap.

Inez: matt, next time you
risk your life on a number...

Matt: I know. Ask myself first,
does my answer make sense?

Jackie:
hey, guys, it's motherboard.

Go ahead, mother b.

Motherboard: spout
is heading for the midway.

Must stop him at once.

Sam: tension is mounting
with reports

That spout is coming this way.

[Roar]

Yes! It's him!

It's spout.

Buzz: hand me the spodeomotron,
uh, deedee.

Delete: here you go, buzzy.

Buzz: no, no!

Not the planetary torque
converter.

Huh?

Hacker:
the mean mobile fixed yet?

Buzz: almost. Uh,
just another few minutes,

Uh, everything will be
as right as rain. Heh heh.

Delete:
is this the spodemotron thingy?

Buzz: no!

Oh. We'll never get
this thing fixed.

Hacker: those
dysfunctional dunce-buckets.

I've got to hide you
till my getaway car is fixed.

Glowla:
eww! What's that on your chin?

Hacker: my chin?

Hey! Come back here!

Sam: everyone is safe now,

But what was once
a place of fun and games

Has become a set
of broken toys.

Inez: have you seen spout?

Sam: yes. He's gone to the end
of the midway.

Matt: thanks.

Sam: sir, do you think
that spout can be stopped?

Or is r-fair city doomed?

Matt:
of course he can be stopped!

Inez: it's just a question
of figuring out how.

Matt: hey. I have an idea.

Jackie: hacker's gotta be here
somewhere.

[Thud]

Digit: what was that?

Jackie: it's glowla.

Digit: and guess who.

Jackie: come on!

Hacker:
I know you're in here, glowla.

Come out, come out,
wherever you are.

Why do you think spout
went out of control?

It was all my doing.

I reprogrammed
your precious whale.

Digit: did you hear that?

Jackie: yup.

Hacker: face it, glowla.
I'm running the show now.

[Crash]

Hacker: not so fast.

[Citizens screaming]

[Hacker laughing diabolically]

Jackie: ok, here's the plan.

I'll create a diversion

And when hacker comes out
to look,

You go inside
and change places with glowla.

Digit: beautiful.

You create a diversion,
I go inside and--

What?!--

Jackie:
change places with glowla.

Digit: do you have a plan b?

Jackie: come on, didge.
We've got to free glowla,

But we can't let hacker
know she's gone.

Hacker: I'm afraid
you don't recognize the genius

You're trying to outwit.

Glowla: I guess not.

Is there one here?

Jackie, spooky voice:
haaa-cker...

Hacker: who said that?

Jackie: hackerrr...

Hacker: who's there?!

I demand you show your face.

Wait right here!

Glowla: who are you?

Digit: shh! The name's digit.
I'm here to save you.

Give me one of your costumes.
We're switching places.

Glowla: no way.
I can handle hacker myself.

Digit: maybe. But right now,

Spout is making
a mess out there.

Glowla: you're right.
Spout needs me.

Quick! Put this on.

[Glowla chuckles]

Digit: yikes!

Glowla: you're gorgeous.

I'll never forget you for this.
Mwah.

Matt: pops, where are you?

Pops: is--is it safe?

Matt: it'll be safe if you have
a big cage to put spout in.

Pops: cages I've got.

Walk this way.

Inez: let's see.

You've got cages
starting at five meters

And going up
to meters tall.

Matt: we'll take
the ten-meter cage.

Well, that should be big enough.

Pops: yeah. Maybe, maybe not.

Inez:
matt, we need to double-check.

If it's too small,
it won't work.

But if it's too big,

Spout could bang around inside
and hurt himself.

Matt: right. We need some way
to tell how big spout is.

Then we'll know if that's
the right cage or not.

Jackie: how are we going
to do that?

Pops:
may I draw your attention

To this lovely poster
on the wall?

Matt: if we knew how tall
glowla was,

We could measure spout
in glowlas.

Pops:
she's just under two meters.

I sold her a costume.

Inez: great!

Inez:
, , , , , , , glowlas.

Oh, no! The poster doesn't show
spout's tail!

Matt: yeah, but that's
a good ballpark number.

If one glowla
is two meters,

Then eight glowlas
is meters.

Not counting the tail.

No way the ten-meter cage
would have worked.

Our estimates showed
it was too small.

Inez: ok, so the ten-meter cage
doesn't make sense.

But we still don't know
how big spout really is.

Matt: too bad spout's not here.
Then we'd know for sure.

Sam: spout continues
to run wild.

He was last seen
rampaging past the aqua towers

On his way to the new
construction site.

Matt: look. Spout's just
a little taller than that hotel.

Inez:
quick! Count the floors.

Matt: , , , , , .

Six floors.

And each floor is about...

Three meters high.

Three times six is .

Then the hotel is about
meters tall.

So spout should fit into
the -meter cage.

Pops: I hear you.

One cage, meters tall.

Ha ha! You got it!

Hacker: you know, glowla,

With you by my side,
we can be a great team.

Digit, imitating glowla:
what about spout?

Hacker: I don't need spout.
I need you!

We'll achieve greatness
beyond your wildest dreams.

Digit: can you do a triple flip?

Hacker:
I can do better than that.

We'll rule all of cyberspace.

You and me
together forever.

[Heavy thuds]

Inez: here he comes.

[Spout roaring]

Matt: come on, boy.

Just a little closer.

Matt and inez: now!

Inez: sorry, spouty.
We had to do it.

Matt: mission accomplished,
jax. The whale has landed.

[Spout rattling cage]

Matt and inez: aah!

Sam: spout has escaped!

And I'm sorry to report

That our two heroes
are trapped inside.

Matt: whoa! This is awesome.

Inez: I know.

But which button do you suppose
stops a rampaging whale?

Matt and inez: whoa!

Inez: hey! It's jackie
and glowla!

Jackie: matt, inez,
we know you're in there!

[Belching sound]

Sam: one can almost smell
the fear in the air.

Matt: I have news for you,
vander rom.

That's not fear you smell!

Spout just burped.

Inez: matt!

Matt: what?

Sam: I'm here with glowla

As she watches her
beloved spout run amuck.

Glowla, how do you feel
at this very moment?

Jackie:
not now, mr. Vander rom.

Glowla, tell us how
to reprogram spout, quick.

Glowla: matt, inez,
find the red lever.

That should stop him.

Inez: got it!

Glowla: pull down hard!

Matt and inez:
whoa! What's happening?

Sam: there's no telling
what will happen next.

Jackie:
we've got to do something.

Matt: I'm running out
of things to push and pull.

Glowla: I need to get
inside and reprogram him.

It's the only way.

[Powering down]

Inez:
blue must be my lucky color!

Jackie: he stopped.

Glowla: he'll remain frozen
for seconds.

That's enough time to get in
through the blow hole.

Jackie: the blow hole?

You must be kidding.

Hacker:
look at us, glowla.

All cyberspace
will bow down to us.

Our names will make everyone
shiver with fear.

Digit: hmm, glowla and hacker.

Hacker: no, no.
That's "the" hacker and glowla.

[Cyberphone rings]

Yes?

Buzz: we're ready to go, boss.

Hacker: excellent!
We'll be right there.

Come, my pet. Destiny awaits.

Digit: uh, could you
give me a minute?

I've got to do
my laundry first.

Hacker: I'll give you
all the clothes you need.

Come!

[Gasp]

Digit?

Digit: the resemblance
is amazing, isn't it?

Sam: in a daring attempt
to stop spout

From doing any further damage,

Jackie and glowla are entering
the giant beast.

Jackie:
um, maybe you want to go first.

Whoa!

Glowla: he's starting up.
Get in there.

Jackie: whoa!
Glowla: oh!

Inez: you're just in time.
Matt: yeah!

Inez: we're on the move again.

Glowla: oh, no. The power plant.

Jackie:
if spout goes there...

Oh, man. I don't want
to think about it.

Just reprogram him. Quick.

Glowla: ok, ok.

I have to figure out
the security code first.

Glowla:
press that button.

Read those numbers to me.

Inez: plus plus .

Glowla: I have to add them
together to get today's code.

[Spout roaring]

Kids: whoa!

Glowla:
hey, here's the answer:

,.

Matt, see that keyboard?

Punch in the code
and don't make a mistake.

Matt: give me that answer again.

Glowla: ,.

Matt: hold on. Your answer
doesn't sound right.

Did you check your addition?

Glowla: what? We don't have time
for this.

Inez: we don't have time
to get it wrong!

Sam: spout is approaching
the aqua power plant.

We are now in code yellow.

Repeat, we are now
in code yellow.

Matt: just turn those three
numbers into friendly numbers.

Glowla: friendly...what?

Matt: numbers.

Easy ones you can add up
in your head. See?

Each one is close to .

So the sum of the friendly
numbers is .

Your answer isn't even
in the ballpark!

Something went wrong
with your addition.

Jackie:
will you guys please hurry up?

Sam: code blue.
We are now in code blue.

Matt:
ok, let's check your work.

Look, you carried the one,

But you put it in the wrong
column by mistake.

Now, plus plus
equals .

That makes sense because it's
close to our ballpark estimate.

Glowla: yeah! Now the answer
makes sense.

[Spout roaring]

Sam: this is it!

We are now in code red!

And I'm sam vander rom
signing off!

Jackie: we're all going to be
out of here permanently

If someone doesn't punch in
the code.

Matt: .

[Matt and inez cheering]

Glowla: there we go, spout.

You're reprogrammed.

Matt: we did it!
Inez: yeah!

Glowla:
all right! Good, spout!

And good work, you guys.

Jackie: whew!

Matt: hey, jackie,
where's didge?

Jackie:
digit! He's still with hacker.

We have to save him!

Hacker:
I've got big plans for you,

You conniving cyberturkey!

Digit: does it have anything
to do with achieving greatness

Beyond our wildest dreams?

[Hacker growls]

Buzz and delete: spout!

Glowla:
don't worry. We'll get him.

Buzz: the whale's coming
after us, boss.

Hacker: to the wreaker!

Buzz: we lost 'em, boss!

Delete:
yeah, they went swimming. Ha ha!

All: aah!

Digit: aah!

You know, spouty,

When you're not on a rampage,
you're my kinda guy.

Sam: I'm sam vander rom

Back reporting with the young
heroes who saved r-fair city.

Well, here you are,
back where it all started.

How does it feel?

Matt:
uh, if you don't mind,

It feels like
we want to see the show.

Care to join us?

Announcer:
and now the fabulous glowla

And her partner spout!

[Cheering]

Digit: is that the best trick
you've ever seen or what?

[Kids cheering]