04x06 - A Change of Art

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Matt: ok, there's this really
bad dude named hacker--

Hacker: the hacker,
to you!

Matt: whatever.
He wants to take over

The cyberworld
from motherboard.

[Gasp]
matt: the kids
are sucked into cyberspace,

And they use brain power
to help save everybody.

Jackie:
ok, here's the plan.

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

Hacker: never!
Matt: there's only one way
to find out!

Tune in
to "cyberchase"!

Singers:
♪ cyberchase, we're movin' ♪

♪ 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! ♪

Psychiatrist:
you seem to be coming along
quite well

With your anger management.

Thanks, doc.

Since I gave up trying
to rule cyberspace,

I've been doing my best
to avoid negative feelings.

But every once in a while

I get a teensy bit angry

When I think about
how I gained,

Then lost control
of cyberspace...

Don't forget to breathe.

And how I almost destroyed
motherboard

Once and for all...

But didn't quite
get it right!

Sorry, doc.

[Chuckles]
that's ok.

Just say bye-bye
to your anger.

Bye, bye, anger.

[Balloon pops]

Are you doing your art?

Yes.

I just finished
a statue of me

As king tut.

I brought a mini version
of it

Just for you.

Why, thank you
very much, hacker.

What are you doing
with your art?

Giving it away,
of course.

I hope someday to have
a sculpture on every cybersite

To help make cyberspace
a happier place to live!

[Telephones ring]

Digit:
go ahead, castleblanca,

What's your problem?

[Garbled voice on phone]

You lost power, too?

Hold on,
I'll power you up.

[Phones ringing]

Power central.

Binky?

Don't tell me--
no power, right?

Hang on!

Pyramida...pyramida...

C'mon, where are you?!

Ah, here you are.

[Sighs]
glad that's over.

Motherboard:
digit, are you there?

Digit:
yeah, I'm here!

I'm fillin' in for a day.
"Nothin's gonna happen,"

That's what you said.

Just a regular, normal day
at the power station!

Digit!

What?

Get a grip!

Sorry.

Motherboard:
help on the way.

Motherboard!

Jackie:
hey, didge!

Inez:
what's up?

Earthlies,
am I glad you're here!

Sites have been
losing power all day!

Everybody's complaining!

And these graphs that show
power usage on the sites

Are all kaflooey!

Kaflooey how?

Look...

This is castleblanca
normal, ok?

This is
castleblanca today--

Not normal!

See the difference?

Jackie:
I can see a difference,
all right,

But what do these graphs
tell us?

They keep track
of two things.

This scale
on the graph shows

How much power the site
is using.

And this scale shows
the time of day.

How much power
is being used

And the time
it's being used.

Got it!

Ok, on a normal day
in castleblanca,

The line starts here
at zero in the morning,

Then eases up as everyone
starts to use power,

And levels off
during the day.

Steady power:
flat line.

Bingo! At the end
of the day

When everyone stops
using power,

The line slides
all the way back to zero--

Where it started.

But this graph
of castleblanca today

Tells a totally different
story!

You can tell
just by looking at it

That something
weird happened.

The line starts out the same
as the site powers up...

Then levels off
at megawatts

Like it's supposed to...

But look here!

Something happened
at :

To make the power line drop

All the way back down
to zero!

! That's when
the power went poof!

Matt:
it stayed out for a while,

Cause this line
stays flat at zero

From : to : .

Inez: then at : ,
the line goes back up fast!

That's when I switched
the power back on!

Jackie:
then the line stays flat
for the rest of the day.

So the power
stayed on,

And everything
was a-ok.

But everything
wasn't a-ok

On the other
cybersites.

The power's been goin'
on and off

All day,
all over the place!

So...something out there
is causing blackouts.

We better check it out!

Two-headed sams:
hmm...i don't know.

Too modernistic for me.

Two-headed sams :
I like the subtle elegance.

Excuse me,

But could you please answer
some questions about--whoa!

Where'd that come from?

Two-headed sams :
it was a free gift
from the artist.

Two-headed sams :
hacker!

Kids:
hacker?

Sorry to bother you,

But when did hacker
bring this sculpture here?

He did not.

Buzz and delete did.

Plugged it in
right there.

Jackie:
what time was that?

Frankenstein:
umm...

Sometime this morning.

Two-headed sams :
close to : .

Two-headed sams :
no way! It was closer to : .

Big footed hairy monster:
it was exactly : !

I always get my hair cut
at : .

Did anything unusual happen?

Yeah,
the power went out.

How long was
the power out?

Maybe an hour or two.

Then it came back on
for the rest of the day.

Thanks!

Are you guys
thinking what
I'm thinking?

Their story sounds a lot like
what the graph shows.

: To : ,
site powers up as usual.

: To : ,
flat line, power steady,

Everything fine.

Jackie:
: a.m.,

Buzz and delete deliver
the sculpture,

Plug it into the ground,
and--boom!

The power zaps out,
line drops to zero.

Matt:
: to : , flat line,
no power!

Then digit resets the breaker,

The power comes back,

And stays strong all day.

Exactly the same story!

Jackie:
hacker, sculpture,
power failure.

Coincidence?

I don't think so.

Hacker:
ah, yes...

Soon all my sculptures
will be in place

And shining across
all of cyberspace.

Hey, that rhymes.

Maybe I'll try poetry next.

Ha! I don't
believe it!

Hacker really thinks
he's an artist!

Yeah,
a con artist!

That statue gives me
the creeps.

[Gasps]
speaking of creeps...

Get 'em, deedee!

[Kids scream]

You nosey,
little nobodys!

Once and for all
I'm going to--[gulps]

Welcome you to my humble,
but homey art studio.

All: huh?

Glad to see you.

Welcome.

Hi.

Don't worry.

The boss is
kind and sweet

And gentle, now.

He's new
and improved.

Right, boss?

Hacker:
my main interest
is art, not power.

You like?

Inez:
I'd like it a lot better
if it didn't look like you.

I'll pretend
I didn't hear that.

Now, what brings you
to the northern frontier?

This!

How come your sculpture
blew out the power

On castleblanca?!

What?!
A mere chance event!

My art has but one power:

The power to make
others happy!

Hmm.
What's this stuff?

These dots are
extremely rare--

My secret ingredient.

They make my sculptures...
Special!

Now, if you don't mind,
I must get back to work.

[Phones ring]

Digit:
I don't care what hacker says.

Wherever buzz and delete
planted one of those statues,

The power
took a powder!

Here, here, here,
and here!

Matt:
so there's gotta
be a connection!

Inez:
yeah, but what?

Done!

The crowning achievement
of my artistry!

The perfect melding of me
and me!

Delete:
what is it, boss?

Hacker amplification

By stimulated emission
of radiation:

The haser beam!

Allow me to demonstrate.

When I smile,

The sculpture will glow
with happiness.

Watch.

Delete:
wow, boss!

You are full of happiness!

Yeowwwww!

Whooooaaaaaaa...

Whooooaaaaaaa...

Buzzy,
where'd you go?

You're not gonna
believe this,

But I was just at
happily-ever-after.

You were?

And sensible flats!

But you were only gone
a few seconds!

Say that again?

I was at
happily-ever-after

And sensible flats.

I'm a genius!

My sculptures are portals!

But I thought
only motherboard

Can make a portal.

Not anymore!

These dots must be made
of portal dust!

Oh, I'm so good
at being bad,

Even when I'm not trying.

[Laughs]

With a portal on every
cybersite,

I can travel so fast

I'll never have to recharge
again!

I can create chaos
everywhere at once!

I'll be impossible
to stop!

Yeeeesssssss!

The hacker is back!

[Phones ring]

It's the three pigs!

They just saw buzz
in happily-ever-after!

And judge trudy just
saw him in sensible flats!

Impossible!

The grim wreaker
can't fly that fast!

He wasn't on
the wreaker!

Digit:
what?!

Maybe someone
made a mistake.

Phone:
[angry garbled voices]

Ok. Ok.

Judge trudy said,
she's never wrong!

Jackie:
why is hacker putting
statues of himself

All over cyberspace?

And how can these statues
make the power go out?

And how can buzz be in two
places at the same time?

There's so many questions

And there's no answers!

What we need is
an eye in the sky!

You guys stay here

And watch
the power station.

I'm gonna stick my beak
in hacker's business

And find out
what he's up to.

Jackie:
be careful, didge.

Not to worry.

I'll wear my new etd=--

Electronic tracking device.

Once I activate this,

You can keep track of me
on this graph.

Here's lookin' at me,
kids!

[Effort grunts]

Buzz: I wish I could see
motherboard's pixels

When she finds out
what's really goin' on!

[Laughs]

Next stop...
Radopolis!

Whoo-woo!

[Whispering]
I'm in the wreaker,

Taking a statue
to radopolis.

I'll let--

[Zap]

Oh, no!

They can't hear me!

I sure hope they
can follow me on my etd!

Guys, look!

Digit's etd
is making a graph!

Matt: the wreaker...
It must be on the move!

[Effort grunts]

Phone:
[garbled voice]

Inez:
power's down in radopolis!

Power's back up!

[Effort grunts]

[Cheering]

[Boos]

Now there's no power
in poddleville!

Power back on
in poddleville!

What's
the story?

What's the graph
telling us?

First of all,

This scale shows the distance
in cybermiles.

And the time is marked
along here.

So digit's graph
tells us

How far the wreaker
traveled

From the northern
frontier

In how much time,
right?!

Exactly!

The wreaker left the northern
frontier at one...

And stopped someplace
at .

But where?

Jackie:
well, in hours

It traveled cybermiles.

Sounds like
normal speed
for the wreaker.

But look here.

The line's flat
between and .

The distance
didn't change!

Inez:
to --

That's when the power
went out at radopolis.

Maybe they stopped

And plugged in
the statue there.

Matt:
one hacker statue
on radopolis,

Cybermiles from
the northern frontier!

Inez:
after the set up,

They must have traveled back
to the northern frontier,

Covering the same distance
at the same speed...

And stayed there
for two hours.

Probably loading
another statue!

Right!

Then they went cybermiles
in one hour

And stopped again.

See how the line levels out
at : ?

That's when the power
went out in poddleville!

I bet they planted
another sculpture!

Inez:
if we're right,

Hacker's got sculptures
on radopolis and poddleville

As well as all these
other sites.

But why?

[Effort grunts]

Another statue?!

Pretty soon there'll be
hackers all over cyberspace!

What am I gonna do?!

My skwak doesn't work...

I can't reach the kids...

It's just me
against the hacker!

I gotta find out
what he's up to!

Maybe there's something
in here that'll--

That'll what?

Hacker:
so, you inquisitive ingrate,

You want to know
what I'm up to?

I want to know why you have
a big pimple on your chin.

Uh!

This is not a pimple!

This is the key
to a scheme

That will allow me
to move through cyberspace

With blinding speed--

To take over
site after site

In the blink of an eye!

Ready, boss.

Let the test begin!

Sure hope my etd
is still working!

Jackie:
a new graph!

The wreaker's
on the move again!

Matt:
and it's going
really fast!

The line is going
straight up.

Inez:
and the graph is tracking
in minutes rather than hours

Like the last one did.

[Panicked screams]

Inez: look at how steep
the line is!

The wreaker just went
cybermiles

In less than a minute!

Jackie:
before, it took the wreaker
an hour

Just to go .

Hacker:
yes! The links are working!

[Evil laughter]

Matt: the line
flattened out at .

So they must have stopped.

Yeah!

But less than a minute--

Then it took off again!

Which is hardly enough time
to set up a sculpture.

So what are they doing?

Matt:
wow! Look at it go!

Either digit's tracking device
is busted,

Or something really weird
just happened.

Inez: according to this,

The wreaker traveled
to...

, , , Sites

In almost no time
at all.

Jackie: and returned
to the northern frontier

From a site a thousand
cybermiles away

In a single minute!

How?

Matt:
I don't know!

Look at the wreaker's
last trip.

The slope of the line shows

That it took hours to get
from one site to the next.

Jackie: but look
how steep this line is!

He traveled all this way
in minutes--

Not hours!

The wreaker
would have to go

Thousands of cybermiles
a minute

To go that fast!

And there's no way
to travel that fast

Except by...uh!

In unison:
portals!

Oh, no!

Those statues
are portals!

But how?!

Wait a minute!

Those purple dots he used
to make his sculptures...

These dots are
extremely rare--

My secret ingredient.

They make my sculptures...
Special!

Matt: the purple dots
are made of portal dust!

Inez:
but how do we get rid of it?

I think I have a plan!

Inez:
guys...guys...

We need your help!

Jackie:
ok, everyone...

Group hug!

[Effort grunts]

[Cheering]

Hey, boss!

There's a problem
in castleblanca!

Hacker:
what?!

Digit:
so much for your ability
to be everywhere at once!

Is that so?

Well,
don't bet on it!

Load up--

We're going
to castleblanca!

Buzz:
yes, sirree, boss!

Delete:
right away, boss!

Digit:
over here!

Hacker's gone
to castleblanca!

Jackie:
we know!

It's part of the plan.

Digit:
plan? What plan?

Matt:
I've got it!

What plan?!

Jackie:
we knew if we destroyed
the statue in castleblanca,

Hacker would go there
with another one...

Matt:
and we could get
the purple dots!

Inez:
and save you!

But what about
the other portals?

Jackie:
once they're activated,

Mother b can destroy
them all at once!

Digit:
activated?

In that case, I think I can be
of assistance!

What's that?

Digit:
it used to be a hazer beam,

Now it's a daser beam:

Digit amplification

By stimulated emission
of radiation.

In unison:
what?!

Digit:
I'm gonna energize the portals

So motherboard
can do her stuff.

When I smile--

Bada-bing, kiddo!

Jackie: man!
How cool is that?!

Hacker:
ok, you two duncebuckets,

Plug me in!

Delete:
you're in, boss!

Buzz:
yeah, and suckin' up
some juice!

Hacker:
huh?! Who powered up
my portals?

We've got to get back
to the northern frontier!

Buzz:
boss...

Delete:
it's motherboard!

Motherboard: your portals
are history, hacker!

I'm destroying each
and every one of them...

Now!

[Explosions]

Hacker:
I can't believe it!

It happened again!

Victory was within my grasp!

[Crying]

Don't forget
to breathe!

[Sobbing]