04x05 - Measure For Measure

[bunniefuu]

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

Hacker: the hacker, 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"!

Ng *

* 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 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! *

Major funding for cyberchase
is provided by:

The national science
foundation:

America's investment
in the future.

Intel corporation is
a proud supporter of p

* Just wait
and c-y-b-e-r-chase! *

Hacker:
it's slider
and those earthbrats!

Could they have found
my missing link?

Slider:
got everything?

Inez:
I've got the map.

Matt:
I've got the nic.

Hacker:
the network interface card

That activates
my transformatron!

I knew they had it!

Slider:
hang on, pops.

We're on our way!

Hacker:
ahh!

They even know
where coop is!

Buzz! Delete!

Pull me up!

(Ship powers up)

(Bang)

Owww!

Buzz:
gotcha, boss!

Delete:
sorry!

(Wreaker rumbles away)

Inez:
slider!

According to this map,

That's where
your father is!

Hang on!

Digit:
hm. It doesn't look like
anyone lives here to me!

(Gasps)

I saw someone!

Slider:
wait! Don't go!

Coop:
sli?

Is... Is that you?

How'd you know
my name?

Coop:
I guess you don't
recognize me, son.

Son?

Don't call me that!

You're not coop.

My dad's not old
like you!

Remember this?

Pops!
It is you!

Inez:
looks like slider
found his dad.

Jackie:
awesome!

Coop:
I never wanted
to leave radopolis,

But I had no choice,
son.

Slider:
why? What happened?

When I learned that hacker

Planned to use
the transformatron

To take over cyberspace,

I refused to give him
the blueprints.

What I didn't count on
was his revenge.

It happened a few days later.

I was testing
a new mono-line board,

When I suddenly realized hacker
had switched my helmet

For one made of magnetite.

Magnetite!

Noooo!

Coop:
all cyborgs react differently
to magnetite.

Some suffer more damage
than others.

Some none at all.

For me,
the damage was total.

My hard drive deteriorated,

And I began to "time warp."

I realized that magnetite
could destroy motherboard...

And hurt you
the same way it had me.

I couldn't let that happen!

I had to leave
and find a cure.

I hid the network
interface card

That hacker would need
to activate the transformatron,

And a map
to where I was going.

I knew someday
you'd find it,

And come looking for me.

I hope you understand
why I left, sli.

Slider:
I do now, pops.

And here's the nic.

Well done, son.

(Laughs) and hacker's going
bonkers looking for it.

Coop:
that's bad, jackie.

That means he's pieced
together the blueprint

And built
the transformatron!

I don't get it,
coop.

What exactly does
the interface card do?

Hacker needs it
to connect his computer

To the transformatron.

Then he can program it
to transform himself

Into anything he chooses!

(Bang!)

Digit:
what was that?!

Kids:
hacker?

Matt:
nice suit.

The hacker,
to you!

Mock me if you wish,
you irksome earth child,

But this nice suit
as you put it,

Protects me from...
This!

Coop:
magnetite!

Hacker:
that's right!

Now hand over
the interface card

Before I crash your
hard drive permanently!

Digit:
forget about it hacker,

I'm immune to that stuff!

Remember?

Hacker:
but he's not!

Now hand over the nic!

No way!
The nic stays with me!

Have it your way!

Ah!

Coop:
sli!

Oh no!

My feet have been
supersized!

Hacker:
(evil laugh)

Kids:
slider!

Now I have the nic
and your son!

Welcome to your worst
nightmare, my old friend.

(Laughs)

Jackie:
omigosh, this is the worst
thing that's ever happened!

What are we gonna do?

I'm going after my son!

Matt:
we're coming, too!

Coop:
no!

Stay here and mix
the cure I developed.

I can't do it myself

Because one of the ingredients
is magnetite.

Here's the recipe.

Mix these ingredients to
generate an orange cyberfield

And reverse the damage
of the magnetite.

But coop...

Just be sure you measure
the right amounts

Or it won't work!

Inez:
coop, wait!

You can't go alone,
I'm coming with you.

And don't try to argue,
I always win.

What are you waiting for?!

Inez:
see you at hacker's
and hurry!

(Gasp) is that
the transformatron?

Coop:
yup. And it looks ready to go.

Inez:
slider needs our help!

If we don't reverse
the damage soon,

It'll be too late!

Digit:
okay! We got all
the ingredients.

Jackie:
coop said all we have to do
is follow the recipe

And measure the right amounts

To generate that
orange cyberfield.

Matt:
that's four cybercups
of magnetite,

Six cybercups of kristinium,

And seven cybercups
of francesium.

Uh-oh.
One problem.

We need a cybercup
to measure our amounts.

Let's see,
cyber tapes...

Sticks... Spoons...
A-ha!

Cups!
One for each of us.

Matt:
here's one, two, three...

Exactly four cups
of magnetite.

Jackie:
I'll add one, two, three, four,

Five, six,

Seven cups of francesium.

Digit:
one, two, three, four, five,

Six cups of kristinium.

Matt:
stir and cure!

Jackie:
it's working!

Matt:
great! We'll take it
to slider and-

Kids:
ew! Gross! Eeuww!
It stinks!

Matt:
where's the orange cyberfield?

Digit:
got me. We must have messed up.

Jackie:
make room, I gotta pace.

Oh!
How can we fix our mistake,

If we don't know
what it is?!

Matt:
we have to figure out
what went wrong,

So we don't make
the same mistake again.

Digit:
but we used
the right ingredients,

Just like coop said.

Jackie:
and we measured out
each amount.

Wait a minute!

I think these measuring cups
are different sizes!

If they are, they won't measure
the same amount of stuff!

And our measurments were wrong!

Digit:
sheesh, I see what you mean.

This one looks bigger
than this one!

Jackie:
and if we don't measure out

The right amounts
of the formula

It's not going to work!

We need to know for sure

If the cups are the same
or different.

Matt:
I have an idea!

These glasses are identical.

Let's fill up each cup,
pour that amount into a glass,

And compare the amounts.

Digit:
brim full, earthlies!

My measuring cup holds
the same amount as the glass.

Matt:
uh-oh! Overflow!

My cup holds more than yours,
didge!

Jackie:
mine holds less!

Not even close to the top.

Matt:
whu-oh!

The cups do measure out
different amounts.

So we did measure wrong!

Jackie:
oh, man!

Unless we figure out
how to measure

The right amount
of each ingredient -

We'll never cure slider!

Hacker:
make it sparkle,
my duncebuckets!

Cyber-history
is about to be made!

Meet the electric eel
of aquari-yum...

The source of power
for my transformatron.

I stole it from icky's
super secret hideaway.

(Laughs) they don't even know
it's gone.

And this, my young friend
is the pedestal of penguia.

A mystical, magical, mechanism

That will carry the power

From the eel
to the transformatron.

In a short while,

I will become more powerful
than ever before!

My dad will stop you.

Uh! He will?

Not a chance!

As soon as I plug this card
into my computer,

I can transform
into aaaanything I choose!

After that, cyberspace
will be mine!

(Evil laughter)

We've got to get slider
out of there!

I might just have
a way.

Follow me!

Jackie:
okay, what do we know?

We know we need a measure
that's exactly one cybercup.

But which one is it?

Digit:
wait a minute!

Way back,
in cooking school,

I must have marked the cups!

See? This one says
"one cybercup!"

Matt:
great! Let's start over,
only this time...

We'll use this standard measure
for everything!

Jackie:
cool! We don't need these
anymore.

Whoops!

Matt:
here's one for real cybercup
of magnetite.

And here's two...

Matt, wait!

The first time you measured out
one cybercup,

It wasn't even up to the top.

But look...
This cup is super full.

Matt:
so? I used the same cup
each time.

What difference does it make?

Digit:
yeah, no biggie!
We're in a hurry!

Hurry or not,
the right amount matters.

Matt:
okay, okay.

Let's level off this super full
cup and see what we've got.

Digit:
yoikes! Look how much extra
there was

Just from heaping it up on top.

Matt:
to get this right, we need
to fill our measuring cup

Exactly to the top each time.

Let's do it!

This time it has to be right.

(Bubbling sounds)

Yay!

It worked!

Let's go cure slider!

Jackie:
oh, no!

The cyberfield only lasted
a short time!

Who knew?!
Not even coop!

Matt:
c'mon! We'll take
everything with us,

And make a fresh batch
at hacker's.

Buzz:
all clean, boss!
Spic and span!

Delete:
yeah! You're good to go!

Hacker:
and now, thanks to the genius
of yours truly,

I will activate
the transformatron!

Actually, your father deserves
equal credit, you know.

We did design this together.

Not to use this way.

(Effort grunt)

A minor point.
A mere technicality!

(Eel zzt)

(Energy ffffft)

Yes!
It works!

If only I could
move my feet!

(Effort grunts)

Oh I like the fireworks,
boss.

Yeah!
Does it do anything else?

Hacker:
it does it all,
my brainless bots!

It's a dream maker!

Now tell me,

If you could be anything you
wanted to be,

What would it be?

Um... A big bunny!

A giant donut!

Hacker:
perfect!

Let's see if your dreams
can come true.

(Eel zzzt, energy buzzes)

Oh, this is good.

Very, very good!

(Kiss)

No one can stop me now!

(Evil laugh)

What?

Coop:
hang on, son!

Slider:
knarly move, dad!

All right!

Buzz! Delete!
Stop them!

Buzz:
(groan)

Delete:
got 'em, boss!

A noble effort, coop.

But it's too late
to save slider...

Or yourself,

Or anyone,
for that matter!

(Eel zzzt, energy buzzes)

At last!

(Evil laugh)

Digit:
yoikes!

Tell me that isn't
what I think is!

(Transformed hacker
heavy footsteps)

Matt and jackie:
it's hacker!

(Engine blast sound)

Inez:
don't feel bad, coop.
It was a good plan.

Coop:
yeah!

But I didn't expect
to be caught by a giant donut!

Big is good,
huh, deedee?

Yeah.
Only I'm starving!

Wish I had
some carrots.

Digit (disguised voice):
yoo-hoo! Free carrots!

(Sniffs) carrots?
I want some!

(Munches)

Get your carrots!
Fresh and free!

Jackie and matt:
dive!

Hunh?

C'mon, guys!
Give us a hand!

Matt:
come on, slider.
You can do it!

All:
one, two, three... Push!

Buzz:
whoa! Whooooaaa!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Digit:
now that's what I call
a donut on a roll!

C'mon, we've got
a formula to mix!

Jackie:
hang in there, slider.

We're going to reverse
your damage.

Aw, man!

Matt:
the cyberfield didn't work!

He didn't change back!

Coop,
we measured exactly!

We got the orange
beamy thing,

But slider's still
got big feet!

Hold this near him.

Tell me what it says.

It's flashing "five!"

The magnetite caused five times
more damage than I thought!

You need to make the formula
five times stronger

And fast!

Solarians:
(cries of dismay)

Hacker:
(evil cackle)

Solarians:
(screams)

Jackie:
five times stronger means,

We have to add five times
as much of everything!

So for magnetite, we need
five times four cybercups

Or twenty cups!

Here's one...

Here's two...

Matt:
ah! This is gonna take forever!

There must be a faster way
to measure all these cups.

Hm... What would be faster

Than dipping this measure
twenty times?

Dipping it fewer times?
Five.

Yes! But to do that,

We need a cup
that holds more stuff.

Like, uh...
How much more stuff?

Um... Ten cups at a time!

Then we'd only have
to dip it twice.

Two times ten cybercups
is twenty!

This is all I got!
Will they work?

Only if one of them holds
exactly ten cups

Because I already measured out
ten cups of magnetite.

Uh-uh. No good.
Too small!

Try the other one!

Matt:
this one's too big!

Digit:
hold it! If this is ten
cybercups of magnetite...

(Chainsaw sound)

Here's a ten cybercup
measure!

Exactamento!

All right!
Let's whip up some cure!

Solarians:
(cries of dismay)

(Skaters moan)

There's ten cups...
And here's another,

For a total of cybercups
of magnetite.

For kristinium, we need
five times six cybercups,

Or cups.

That's one... Two...

Three of our ten-cup measure,
for a total of !

And for francesium,

We need five times seven
cybercups, or .

Here's ten...

...

! Uh-oh.

We need five more cybercups
of francesium, not ten!

How can we add five

If the only measure we have
is for ten?

It's not!

We have this one-cup measure,
too!

Cool!

All we have to do
is fill it five times

Add it to the
already in the bowl,

And we'll have the exact amount
we need.

Done! Five cups
plus thirty cups

Gives us a total of
cups of francesium!

All:
it worked!
We did it!

(Energy sounds)

Inez:
come on, come on,
we measured exactly!

This has to work.

(Energy sounds)

Hey!
You brought me back.

Thanks, dudes.
I mean, really.

Inez and digit:
you're welcome.

Hey, sli.
Good to have you back.

Hacker transformed:
I am the hacker transformed,

The ultimate ruler
of cyberspace!

From now on,
chaos rules!

(Laughter)

Coop:
this machine was designed
to do good.

I guess we'll just
have to do that ourselves.

Slider:
the network interface card.

It's up to us to make sure

It doesn't fall
into the wrong hands.

Buzz:
ah! Whoa! Ahh! Oof!

Uh hey!

(Energy sounds)

Both:
hunh? What happened?

Noooo!

Matt:
we did it guys!

We stopped hacker
in his tracks!

Now it's get this eel back
to aquari-yum.

Digit:
and the pedestal to penguia!

Sli and I are heading home.

We've got to find a way
to keep hacker

From rebuilding
the transformatron.

And work up another cure,
right, pops?

Well, I guess it's goodbye,
then.

Nah, just so long.

We'll see you guys soon...

Until then.

Kids:
bye!

Just wait.
I'll be back!

(Evil laugh)

Stay right where you are,

It's cyberchase for real!

Thanks so much
for helping me out, kelly.

That's what friends
are for.

When the network sees
this audition tape,

There's no doubt

They'll want me to be the host

Of their new cooking show!

Make sure the footage
makes me look really great.

You know, gorgeous,
talented, appealing.

I'll get whatever you give.

Good morning!

Today I'm going to show you

How to make a yellow
sponge cake

That'll be the highlight
of any birthday party.

It's been in my family
for generations.

Not only is it delicious,

It's foolproof!

Move on!

The recipe calls for
twelve egg yolks...

Eleven.

(Clears throat)

First add two cups
of sugar.

Your measurement is off.

Bianca:
next, two cups of flour.

You're adding too much flour.

Our next ingredient requires
the use of a teaspoon...

Which I don't have.

Oh, but I do have
a quarter teaspoon.

To add two teaspoons
of baking powder,

I need to fill the quarter
teaspoon eight times.

(Clears throat)

While I'm doing this,

I should just tell you
a little bit about myself.

I have a dog named mojo,
and my hobbies include

Biking, horseback riding,
running, and camping.

Are you keeping track

Of how much baking powder
you're adding?

I counted twelve quarter
teaspoons.

No more comments!

Your job is to keep
the camera rolling!

And finally,
a half a cup of water.

In minutes,

My heavenly creation
will be baked.

The aroma is intoxicating!

If only this were smellivision!

Oh, no!

This is impossible!

I wanted to make
a birthday cake, not a pancake.

Oh, now my chances for hosting
the show are ruined!

Your oven must be broken,
kelly.

And why are you taping me now?!

You told me my job was
to keep the camera rolling.

My oven's not the problem.

I'll show you.

Before we started taping,

You didn't get out the
measuring tools you needed.

You used a coffee cup

Instead of a measuring cup,

And then you overfilled it.

Then you lost count

When you were adding
the baking powder

With the quarter teaspoon.

So?

When you follow a recipe,

Adding too much or too little
of anything

Will affect the result.

Either too sweet
or too dry,

Or in this case,
too flat.

Your oven must be broken,
kelly!

And why are you taping me now?

Oh, kelly.
I am so sorry.

I know you were stressed

Cause you wanted
the tape to be great.

I'll redo it with you.

Why don't I take you
to lunch instead?

Okay.

As long as someone else
is doing the cooking.

No problem.