Cyberchase
Fortress of Attitude: Act 2
Clip: Season 1 Episode 23 | 7m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker broadcasts from a booby-trapped statue of himself which the kids must disable.
Hacker decides that he can force cybersites to surrender by annoying them big time. He broadcasts his loud and obnoxious voice across cyberspace from a massive statue shaped like the arrogant Hacker himself. The kids and Digit are sent by Motherboard to the Northern Frontier, where they carry out a Mission Impossible style scheme to silence the statue and disable Hacker's intimidation.
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Cyberchase
Fortress of Attitude: Act 2
Clip: Season 1 Episode 23 | 7m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker decides that he can force cybersites to surrender by annoying them big time. He broadcasts his loud and obnoxious voice across cyberspace from a massive statue shaped like the arrogant Hacker himself. The kids and Digit are sent by Motherboard to the Northern Frontier, where they carry out a Mission Impossible style scheme to silence the statue and disable Hacker's intimidation.
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<Matt> JAX...NEZZIE, WHERE ARE YOU?
<Inez> ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, WE'RE IN ONE OF THE STATUE'S LEGS.
AND YOU TWO MUST BE IN THE OTHER.
AND DON'T CALL ME NEZZIE!
<Inez> LOOKS LIKE THESE LEGS ARE ELEVATOR SHAFTS.
AND THEY GO UP TO A LEVEL IN HACKER'S STOMACH.
<Jackie> EW!
DO WE HAVE TO GO THERE?
<Matt> WE CAN SEE THE OPENING!
IT'S NEAR THE TOP OF THE SHAFT!
<Jackie> MAYBE THIS LEVER CONTROLS THE ELEVATOR.
COIN OPERATED??!
LEAVE IT TO HACKER TO MAKE MONEY OFF US WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO STOP HIM!
LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS.
<Inez> WOW!
GOOD THING WE DECIDED TO TEST IT FIRST.
IT WENT RIGHT PAST THE PURPLE DOOR UP TO THE CEILING.
WE WOULD'VE BEEN CRUSHED.
<Matt> GUYS, YOU ALL RIGHT IN THERE?
<Jackie> YEAH, WE'RE FINE.
JUST STAY OFF THE ELEVATOR 'TILL WE FIGURE THIS OUT.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I MOVE THE LEVER LOWER.
GOT ANY MORE QUARTERS?
<Jackie> STILL NOT THE RIGHT POSITION!
<Inez> KEEP TRYING!
WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE PURPLE DOOR.
<Jackie> OH MAN!
(GROAN) <Inez> AT LAST THE RIGHT SPOT!
<Jackie> TOO BAD IT COST US FIVE QUARTERS TO FIND OUT.
<Matt> FIVE QUARTERS?!
WE'VE ONLY GOT THREE!
MEANING WE'VE ONLY GOT THREE TRIES, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE LEVER!
<Inez> DON'T WORRY, MATT, WE DO.
IT'S UM...ABOUT...WELL, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF CLOSER TO THE TOP THAN THE BOTTOM.
<Matt> SORT OF' DOESN'T HELP!
WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO PUT IT.
<Jackie> I'LL MEASURE IT.
MOVE THE LEVER...ONE HAND WIDTH UP FROM THE BOTTOM THUMB TO PINKY.
<Matt> GOTCHA!
ONE HAND WIDTH.
BETTER TEST IT.
<Digit> HEY!
WHAT HAPPENED?
<Matt> I SHOULD'VE KNOWN.
JACKIE'S FINGERS ARE WAY LONGER THAN MINE.
<Jackie> MUSICAL GIFTS' - SO MY PIANO TEACHER SAYS.
<Inez> THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T WORK!
YOU AND MATT NEED THE SAME SIZE OBJECTS TO MARK OFF THE DISTANCE.
<Jackie> LET'S SEE, WHAT DO I HAVE?
A HAIR SCRUNCHY?
<Matt> LIKE I'D HAVE A HAIR SCRUNCHY.
HIKING BOOTS?
<Jackie> NOPE.
EVEN IF I DID, MY FEET ARE SMALLER THAN YOURS.
<Inez> WAIT, GUYS!
WE BOTH HAVE QUARTERS!
QUARTERS ARE ALL THE SAME SIZE!
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE!
THE CORRECT LEVER POSITION IS EXACTLY FIVE QUARTERS UP FROM THE BOTTOM!
<Matt> WE'RE ON THE MARK FIVE QUARTERS UP!
<Digit> I SURE HOPE THIS IS RIGHT!
<Matt> IT BETTER BE RIGHT.
THIS IS OUR LAST QUARTER SO NO TEST.
GET ON.
SEE YOU GUYS IN HACKER'S STOMACH!
NOTHIN' BUT NET!
(Telephones Ringing) <Buzz> HEY, BOSS!
IT'S JUDGE TRUDY FROM SENSIBLE FLATS.
SHE'S OKAY WITH ADORATION AND UNENDING RESPECT BUT, UH, SHE'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE SERVITUDE PART.
UH, SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU'LL TAKE TWO OUTTA THREE?
<Hacker> NEVER!
IT'S COMPLETE SURRENDER OR NOTHING!
<Jackie> I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE INSIDE HACKER'S STOMACH!
YUCK!
<Matt> C'MON, GUYS, STAY FOCUSED.
WE NEED TO REACH THIS STAIRCASE HERE.
THEN UP THE STAIRS TO HACKER'S HEAD, SO WE CAN REMOVE THE VOICE BOX!
<Digit> FOLLOW ME!
YOIKES!
<Matt> HANG ON, DIDGE!
<All> WE GOT YOU!
<Jackie> OH, MAN, THIS FLOOR'S LIKE A MINE FIELD!
EVERY ONE OF THESE TILES COULD BE BOOBY TRAPPED!
<Matt> WE BETTER TEST EACH ONE BEFORE WE STEP ON IT - FEELS SOLID.
SAFE!
<Inez> COOL!
THAT MEANS ALL THE GREEN ONES MUST BE SAFE!
ON THE OTHER HAND...MAYBE NOT.
<Jackie> WE'RE GOING TO BE CRUSHED!
<Matt> HANG ON!
MAYBE THE BOOBY-TRAPPED TILES ARE THE LOOSE ONES - AND THE SAFE ONES ARE SOLID.
<Jackie> FINE!
LET'S JUST FIND A PATH TO THE STAIRCASE BEFORE THOSE WALLS MAKE US INTO A SANDWICH!
<Inez> GIVE ME SOMETHING TO TOSS!
THIS ONE'S SOLID!
SO'S THIS ONE!
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST THREE SAFE TILES ARE EACH THE SAME DISTANCE APART.
<Jackie> IF IT'S THE SAME DISTANCE EACH TIME... <Matt> ...THEN WE CAN MEASURE OUR WAY TO EACH SAFE TILE!
NO MORE GUESSING!
<Jackie> I'VE GOT A QUARTER LEFT TO MEASURE WITH!
<Digit> GREAT!
THAT SHOULD ONLY TAKE A DAY AND A HALF.
<Inez> DIGIT'S RIGHT, WE NEED SOMETHING BIGGER!
<Jackie> I KNOW!
MY SKWAK PAD!
<Matt> YEAH, THE SKWAK'S BIGGER BUT IF WE SET IT ON THE TILES TO MEASURE WE MIGHT SET OFF THE BOOBY TRAPS!
<Digit> SHEESH!
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS COMING APART!
<Jackie> DIGIT, YOU'RE GENIUS!
WE CAN USE THE SKWAK TO MEASURE AND NEVER HAVE TO TOUCH THE FLOOR!
HOLD THIS UP, MATT <Jackie> MARK IT!
AGAIN!
<Matt> EVENLY SPACED MARKS... EACH A SKWAK PAD LONG.
COOL!
<Inez> A RULER THAT MEASURES IN SKWAKS... HELD ABOVE THE TILES...SAFE, EFFECTIVE...HMMM, I LIKE IT!
<Jackie> THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND SAFE TILE IS NINE SKWAK LENGTHS.
NINE SKWAKS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD SAFE TILE!
AND NINE MORE TAKES US TO THIS BLACK TILE.
WISH ME LUCK!
PHEW!
NO BOOBY TRAP!
<Matt> WAY TO GO, JAX!
KEEP MEASURING!
<Digit> AND MAKE IT SNAPPY, WILL'YA?
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T GET OUTTA HERE SOON... WE'RE NOT GONNA GET GUTTA HERE AT ALL!!!
<Hacker> MY FELLOW CYBERSPACIANS HUH... CYBERSPACIES?
CYBERSPOTS?
HM, I'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
AS YOUR NEW AND INCREDIBLY HANDSOME LEADER... <Jackie> JUMP!
<Matt> MAN, THAT WAS CLOSE!
<Digit> TOO CLOSE!
<Jackie> C'MON!
UP THE STAIRS!
<Inez> SLOW DOWN, GUYS!
I THINK WE PASSED THE MOUTH!
<Inez> OH NO!
THE STAIRS!
(GASP) <Matt> OH NO!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!...
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