03x03 - A World Without Zero

[bunniefuu]

* 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! *

Hacker:
zero is a great big nothing!

Zero means zilch! Zippo!

Excellent.
Very nasty.

Zero is worthless -
good for nothing.

Not nobody! Not no how!
Ooh! Ouch!

Delete:
so we did good, boss, huh?

You like what we wrote?

By the time I'm done,

Mr. Zero will feel
so unimportant,

He'll leave gollywood forever!

All:
(laugh)

Hacker:
hang onto your hip-huggers,
boys.

We're going to gollywood!

(Traffic sounds)

Motherboard:
but why?

Why leave (static) now?

Mr.z:
ha! Because I'll never find
my place here in gollywood!

It's not gonna happen!

But mr. Z,
you do have a place!

You've got a very special
(static) value.

Mr.z:
then how come I'm livin'
a nothing life,

In a nothin' part of town?

I mean, how much can
a guy take?

Listen.

"Zero means nil!"

"Zero is a real nothing!"

(Sniff) all gollywood thinks
I'm a real nowhere man.

Who wants to stay (sniffles)...

Where people think you're
just a big, fat zero?

(Doorbell)

Special delivery
for mr. Z!

"Dear mr. Z,

You're nothing but a big,
fat zero!"

See what I mean?

I'm outta here,
motherboard.

They won't have zero
to kick around anymore.

Motherboard:
but mr. Z, you can't leave!

Everyone needs (static) zero!

Mr. Z:
I don't believe that!

Like the man says,
here goes nothin',

And I'm taking my zeroes
with me!

Motherboard:
this is zero.

Mr. Zero has disappeared.

Your mission: find him.

Make him understand
he has value.

Otherwise... (Static)
otherwise...

Jackie:
otherwise what?!

Digit:
who knows?

Motherboard conked out again.

Matt:
c'mon, let's go to the land
of movie stars and fancy cars!

Digit:
what's the rush?

Where's a big nothing
like zero gonna go, anyway?

Nowheresville?
(Laughs)

Matt:
(laughs)

It's not funny you guys.

Nobody should be treated
that way.

How are we going to make
mr. Z feel better about himself

When we say things like that?

Aw, I was just kidding.

I just don't get what
the big deal is about zero.

They say it's a number,
but why?

Inez:
hey, jax. Have anymore gum?

Jackie:
sorry, inez. All gone.
You took my last piece.

Inez:
oh? So how many sticks
of gum do you have left?

Didn't you hear?
She's out!

She has no sticks of gum.

So how many sticks
does she have?

Digit:
I just told you zero!

Wait!

If zero is how many
sticks she has left

Then zero must be a number

Just like any other number!

Jackie:
yep! Just like two,
twelve or fifty-six!

Exactly!

All those numbers
answer the same question:

How many are there?

So zero does mean
something!

I should have known
mr. Z was important.

Jackie:
but mr. Z doesn't know that!

And if he took all
the zeroes with him,

The people in gollywood
won't be able to do stuff.

Like, tell time!

Matt:
or ride an elevator
to the tenth floor!

Inez:
you're right.

Without zero, there's no
ten or twenty or thirty!

We need zero to represent
all sorts of numbers!

Digit:
we better find mr. Z quick!

A place without zero

Could be a pretty messy place!

(Car honking)

Inez:
man, being in gollywood
is really cool.

Where are all the movie stars?

Digit:
yeah! I wanna get some
autographs.

Guys, this is no time
to get starstruck.

We have a job to do!

Hey! How come all those cars
down there are goin' so slow?

(Honking)

Jackie:
'cause without zero,

The speed limit is six
instead of sixty!

Matt:
if only mr. Z could see
what's going on.

Maybe he'd come back.

Jackie:
c'mon, let's start
looking for him.

Banker:
in celebration of
the gollywood bank

Reaching a grand total
of nine million snelfus,

I welcome you to gollywood's
gone bananas day.

As president of the bank,

I want to thank each
and every one of you

For putting your life
savings in my hands.

(Crowd cheers)

Buzz:
wow! Nine million snelfus!

Delete:
that's a lot of snelfus, boss!

And soon they're going
to be in my hands!

(Laughs)

Banker:
and now, to mark this
momentous occasion,

I proudly launch this flare
to the future for all to see!

Initiate launch!

Mechanical voice:
five, four, three, two, one.

Um... What comes next?

(Crowd gasps)

Buzz:
what happened, boss?

Delete:
what went wrong?

Hacker:
nothing's wrong,
everything's right!

Why do you think we wrote
all those notes to mr. Zero?

Delete:
uh, so he'd feel bad
about himself?

Buzz:
so he'd uh, disappear?

And why did we want him
to disappear?

So uh, there'd be no more zero?

Hacker:
precisely!

Without zero,
there's no number to say zero.

So no flare to the future!

Or as they say in gollywood,

There's no free launch!
(Laughs)

Never mind!

The best is yet to come!

Uh, stay calm, folks.

All systems are still go.

And besides, who needs
a flare to the future

When we have nine million
snelfus in the bank?!

What? Nine?

Only nine snelfus
in the bank?

(Crowd booing)

(Angry yells)

Hacker:
yes! Yes!

My plan is working
to perfection!

The hacker is about to go
into the banking business...

Big time!
(Evil laughter)

Hacker:
furthermore,

As the new president
of the gollywood bank,

I will do everything
in my power

To safeguard your snelfus!

Even though only nine snelfus
remain in the vault,

I guarantee within a week

They will be worth
many times more!

(Crowd cheers)

Hacker! Hacker! Yay! Hooray!

Your wisdom will be rewarded!

Check with me a week
from tuesday! Ciao!

Inez:
oh, we'll never find mr. Z.
He could be anywhere!

Matt:
you heard motherboard.

We can't give up,
gollywood needs zero!

Digit:
look! Feather flocklear's star.

Jackie:
hey, wonder what's going on
over there?

Mary pat:
brittany's square
is bigger than mine!

Brittany:
ah, it is not, mary pat!

Agent:
girls, please.
Make your agent happy.

Make with the hand
prints already!

I'm schvitzing here!

Oh my gosh!
It's the wholesome twins!

Excuse me.
Mary pat, brittany,

Can I have your autographs,
please?

Agent:
not now, kid. We're busy.

Mary pat:
okay, you said your square
is eight inches

But my square measures
only seven inches!

Brittany:
well, you measured wrong!

Like, did not!

Like, did too!

Inez:
gee, the squares look
the same size to me.

Mary pat:
well, they're not!

According to this,
my square is eight inches.

Matt:
maybe something's up
with the tape measure.

Jackie:
yeah. If you showed us
how you measured,

Maybe we can help.

Brittany:
okay.

One to eight.
Eight inches. See?

Matt:
I think I see the problem!

The reason you got eight
inches instead of seven

Is because you started
measuring at the one inch mark.

Instead of here, at zero.

Brittany:
uh, I don't see any zero.

Matt:
this mark is really zero,
even though it doesn't say so.

Mary pat:
there was a zero there
when I measured.

Brittany:
well, not now!

Inez:
that's because...

Well, there's kind of a zero
problem going on around here.

And how am I supposed to know
where the zero mark is

If there is no zero?

Jackie:
because the distance between
each big mark on the tape

Is one inch.

Inez:
so move from here to here
and you get one less than one,

Or the number zero!

Like, I get it!

To measure how many inches
something is,

You have to start from
zero inches, not one!

Mary pat:
fine!

But um, is brittany's square
bigger than mine or not?

Matt:
let's find out.

We'll start at zero inches
on the tape.

Measure both squares
the same way.

Seven inches on a side...

Seven inches on a side!

Mary pat:
what do you know!

Both squares are exactly
the same size!

(Laugh) sorry, brit.

(Laugh) that's okay, mp.

Inez:
can I have your autographs now?

Twins:
sure!

Digit:
boy, zero really matters
when you measure!

Who knew?

Inez:
yeah. Too bad mr. Z wasn't
around to see that!

Jackie:
man, he's gone his whole
life thinking

He's the lowest of the low

When he really does make
a big difference.

C'mon,
we've gotta find him!

Hacker:
(laugh) I did it!

The heist of the century!

Nine million snelfus
and they're all mine!

Buzz:
but boss, the sign outside says
there's only nine snelfus!

Delete:
and there's really
nine million?

Uh, I'm confused.

That's the beauty of my scheme,

You double-parked duncebuckets!

The money's not gone,

Only the zeros on the sign are,

Along with mr. Z, of course!

And we're the only ones
who know it!

I'm rich!
Weeeeee...

And that's why you have
to stand guard.

No one's allowed in here!

If they find out this vault
is full of snelfus...

We're sunk!

What's this thing do,
boss?

Hacker:
no! That's the a*t*matic
teller machine!

Not one single snelfu can
leave this vault, understand?

If even one snelfu goes...
Oh, oh...

Never mind.
Just stand guard.

I have movies to make!

Tour guide:
you're now passing the home

Of the lovely and intelligent
goldie fawn.

Digit:
I love goldie fawn!

Inez:
I wish I could have
her autograph.

Jackie:
will you two cut it out!

Any sign of mr. Z?

Matt:
nothing.

Jackie:
we've looked everywhere!

If mr. Z is still here
in gollywood,

He sure is doing
a good job of hiding.

Tour guide:
get your guide to gollywood!
Only seven left.

Only one snelfu.

Thank you, ma'am.

Only six left.
How about you, kids?

Inez and digit:
here! Over here!

Ah, here take 'em all.

Zero, please.

Tour guide:
zero? What do you mean zero?

Matt:
you know, zero, none.
Not any. Thank you.

Inez:
they're right.

We're not here for fun
and games.

We're on an important
mission for motherboard.

Maybe some other time.

That's cool.
Hm, how many are left?

Let's see... I had six,
you took away zero

So that leaves me...

One, two, three, four,
five, six!

No change! Beautiful!

Inez:
hey, do you know where
mr. Z's house is?

Mr. Z?

Never heard of him.

Matt:
his real name is mister zero.

And a lot of people are saying
mean things about him.

Tour guide:
zero, zero, zero?
Nope! Nothing!

He must be a nobody.

Get your guide to gollywood!
Still six left!

Jackie:
man, is it any wonder
mr. Z is so sad?

It's like he doesn't exist.

Did you see that?

You take the number zero
away from the number six

And it doesn't make
any difference!

You still have six left!

Matt:
same thing happens when
you add zero to any number.

Nothing changes.

It doesn't?

Nope.

Look.
I have five yo-yos here.

One, two, three, four, five.

If I add zero yo-yos,
how many yo-yos do I have?

Digit:
uh five?

Matt:
that's right. Still five!

So, adding or taking away
zero from a number

Doesn't change a thing!

Inez:
digit you're a genius!

The fact that nothing changes

Is exactly what makes mr. Z
so special!

Not just special - unique!

Zero is the only number
you can add to or subtract

From another number
and never change a thing!

How cool is that?!

It's totally cool!

Stop the bus!

C'mon, guys.
We got to find him!

Gosh.
Maybe I am important.

Jackie:
man, there's nobody
at the bank.

Banker:
that's because the bank
ran out of snelfus. See?

We used to have nine million,
now we only have nine.

I know 'cause I used to be
the president of the bank,

But hacker told us
not to worry.

Kids:
hacker?

Yup, he's the president now.

Said he'd make our money grow
in just one week. (Laugh)

What a nice guy.

Hacker a nice guy?

No way!

I smell a hack att*ck!

Matt:
why would hacker
take over a bank

With only nine snelfus
in it?

Yeah, it doesn't make
any sense!

Inez:
unless there's really more than
nine snelfus in the bank.

Jackie:
no way! That sign says nine.

Can't be any more than that!

Matt:
I say we go inside the bank

And look in the vault
ourselves!

Digit:
and just how do we do that?

How come everyone's
lookin' at me?

Leo, trust me.

A sequel will do boffo
at the box office!

Sure people think you
went down with the boat,

But what if we say you were
actually frozen alive, huh?

In an iceberg?

Hello? (Dial tone)

Leo? Ah! Ingrate!

Delete:
uh... Boss?

Your appointment's here.

Appointment?
Inside the bank?!

Digit:
of course inside,
old chap.

I'm sir robert of kent,
your decorator.

I asked for a decorator?

Look at this place.

Dull, dull, and duller!

It's a bank,
what do you expect?

Digit:
to stay on top in gollywood
you need hip, now, new!

What's new?

Nothing much.
What's new with you?

Hm. I suppose I could use
a lounge chair.

(Phone rings)

The hacker here.

Leo!

You've reconsidered?

Come back here,
you gaudy gatecrasher!

No, leo, not you!
What?

You want to have lunch?

Digit:
step aside, chaps.

The royal decorator needs
a view of the vault.

Buzz:
hey! You can't go in there!

Digit:
my, my, my...

We do have quite a few snelfus,
don't we?

Ahhh!

Inez:
didge, you okay?
What'd you find out?

Digit:
hacker wants a lounge chair.

Not that!

Did you see inside the vault?

Digit:
oh yeah.

Hacker's got a lot more than
nine snelfus in there

More like nine million!

I don't get it.

Hacker put back
the nine million snelfus?

My guess is
the snelfus never left.

They were there
all the time!

That's gotta be it!

The snelfus didn't go away,

The zeroes on the sign did!

Digit:
huh?

Inez:
look!

Here's nine million.

Take away all the zeroes,

And what do you have left?

All:
nine!

Inez:
same as the sign!

Matt:
and why did all the zeroes
in gollywood disappear?

Digit:
'cause mr. Z hit the road!

Inez:
and why did mr. Z leave?

Jackie:
because he felt worthless.

And why did he feel worthless?

Hacker!

It was hacker that wrote
all those nasty notes

That made mr. Z feel worthless!

Inez:
why don't we just tell everyone
what happened?

Matt:
we can't prove it, that's why!

And hacker's got control
of the vault!

Wait a minute!

I have an idea how to let
everyone here know

How many snelfus
are really in that bank!

Huddle up!

(Whispering)

Buzz:
we're closed!

Digit:
wait!

The old green chap ordered
this luxurious lounge chair.

Buzz:
okay, okay. Bring it inside.

Digit:
first, a payment of
one snelfu is required

For the prompt delivery.

Buzz:
huh?

Well uh... I don't have
any snelfus.

Do you, deedee?

Delete:
no. None.

Buzz:
well, no can do.

We got zero snelfus!

Digit:
but you must! (Sobs)

I need to buy food
for my dog.

(Sobs) he's hungry.

You have a hungry dog?

We got to do something,
buzzy!

But where are we gonna
get a snelfu?

Inez:
I beg your pardon,
but this is a bank.

There's got to be at least
one snelfu in the vault.

Delete:
well, yeah.

Well, there's lots of
snelfus in the vault.

Buzz:
but the boss said
not to let any out!

Matt:
really, old chaps.

We're talking about
one little snelfu.

He'll never miss it.

Pip-pip and cheerio,
you know!

Delete:
you're right.

We'll send it out
through the atm machine!

Jackie:
it worked! Let's move!

Delete's voice:
one snelfu, coming at you!

Matt:
touchdown!

Jackie:
nine million minus one is

Eight million nine hundred
ninety-nine thousand

Nine hundred ninety-nine!

Kids:
way to go, guys! Good job!

Banker:
you mean the snelfus
were there all the time?

Inez:
yup! Hacker tricked you.

Jackie:
if only mr. Z were here.

He'd see what a real difference
a few zeroes make.

Matt:
yeah! Bet he'd really be proud.

Mr. Z:
I am proud,

And grateful.

Kids:
mr. Z!

Inez:
we've been looking
all over for you!

I know. Thanks.

You proved to me
that I do have a value

Just like everybody else.

Jackie:
welcome home, mr. Z.

Inez:
can I have your autograph?

Mr. Z:
why of course.

Smile, mr. Z.

You can call me nothing,
but nothing is something.

And this nothing
is back to stay!

Banker:
and so, thanks to these
earth kids and digit,

The hacker is gone.

Our bank is once again
nine million snelfus strong

And mr. Z is back!

Let's get on with gollywood's
gone bananas day.

Initiate launch!

Hacker:
wait!

Tell leo I'll have my people
call his people!

Mechanical voice:
five, four, three, two,
one, zero!

(Crowd cheers)