Cyberchase
The Icky Factor: Act 3
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 8m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker launches his most dastardly and secretive scheme ever!
Hacker cleverly removes the super-charged Electric Eel of Aquari-yum from its secret hideway to power up his mysterious new machine: the Transformatron. The kids and Digit must use the concept of factoring to solve the riddles that will help them stop Hacker from activating his latest creation. And just what sort of mysterious machine has Hacker invented?
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Cyberchase
The Icky Factor: Act 3
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 8m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker cleverly removes the super-charged Electric Eel of Aquari-yum from its secret hideway to power up his mysterious new machine: the Transformatron. The kids and Digit must use the concept of factoring to solve the riddles that will help them stop Hacker from activating his latest creation. And just what sort of mysterious machine has Hacker invented?
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ALL: AHHHHHH!
(SPLASH LANDING) DIGIT: TELL ME WHEN THIS IS OVER!
(GUSH) ALL: YEOWWWWWWWW...!!!
(LANDS WITH THUD) HOW COOL WAS THAT?!
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND HOT DOG HILL.
GUESS WHAT, GUYS?
WE FOUND IT!
ALL: ICKY!!!
(FEELERS SPARK AND BUZZ) (BUBBLES GURGLE) WE CAME HERE FOR ONE THING - AND ONE THING ONLY.
AND THIS IS IT!
IT'S SO BRIGHT!
BUZZ: WHAT IS IT, BOSS?
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE EXTRAORDINARY ELECTRIC EEL OF AQUARI-YUM!
BUZZ: WOW!
DELETE: NO KIDDING!
UM...WHAT'S IT DO?
IT'S ICKY'S BACKUP ENERGY SOURCE.
THIS EEL GENERATES MORE POWER THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE!
SO THAT'S WHY HACKER GOT RID OF ICKY - SO HE COULD STEAL THE EEL!
YOU MEAN IT'S ICKY'S JOB TO GUARD IT?
UH-HUH.
AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS TO ICKY.
NOW WE'RE BOTH IN TROUBLE.
NO WAY!
WE'LL STOP HACKER RIGHT NOW.
(EEL BUZZES WITH ELECTRICITY) (CREAKS SHUT) (LAUGHS DIABOLICALLY) JACKIE: PUT IT BACK, HACKER!
YEAH!
PUT IT BACK AND WE'LL LET YOU GO!
(CLAWS CLANG SHUT) LET ME GO??
YOU MUST BE JOKING!
WHAT CAN A SMALL CHILD AND LOBSTER DO TO STOP THE HACKER, HUH?
FIRST OF ALL, I AM A CRAB - NOT A LOBSTER!
AND SECOND OF ALL,...
HE'S A PRINCE!
WELL, EXCUSE ME, YOUR ROYAL CRABINESS.
DON'T JUST FLOAT THERE - DO SOMETHING!
(WATER BUBBLES) (LEVER CRANKS) (WHOOSHING) (GURGLING) THEY GOT AWAY!
WE'VE GOT TO STOP THEM!
MATT!
DID YOU FIND ICKY?
WE FOUND HIM, BUT HE'S CAGED UP TIGHT!
JACKIE: YOU'VE GOT TO GET HIM OUT AND MEET US BACK AT ICKY'S!
HACKER'S GOT THE ELECTRIC EEL OF AQUARI-YUM!
(SKWAK BEEPS OFF) WHAT'S THE ELECTRIC EEL OF AQUARI-YUM?
ICKY'S BACK-UP POWER SOURCE!
WHOA, THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ICKY.
C'MON, WE HAVE TO FREE HIM!
(GRUNTS) A HEXALOCK!
IT'S GONNA TAKE SIX NUMBERS TO UNLOCK THIS THING!
HOW ARE WE EVER GONNA FIGURE THAT OUT?
LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT...
I KNEW IT!
I MADE THIS LOCK WHEN I WORKED FOR HACKER.
COOL!
WHAT'S THE COMBINATION?
I UH...I DIDN'T DO THE COMBINATION - HACKER DID.
OH, GREAT.
NOW WHAT?
HANG ON!
I REMEMBER THE COMBINATION HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBER 13...
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT.
IT CAN'T BE JUST 13 - WE NEED SIX NUMBERS!
INEZ: MAYBE WE NEED TO FIND THE FACTORS OF THIRTEEN.
YEAH!
MAYBE THE COMBINATION IS A LIST OF ALL THE FACTORS OF THIRTEEN!
IT'S WORTH A TRY!
LET'S GO TO THE ROWS AND COLUMNS!
WE CAN USE THESE PICKLES TO LAY IT OUT!
UH-OH!
2 AND 6 AREN'T FACTORS OF 13, 'CAUSE THERE'S ONE LEFTOVER.
INEZ: 4 AND 3 AREN'T FACTORS OF 13, EITHER - THERE'S STILL A LEFTOVER!
DIDGE, YOU SURE THE NUMBER IS 13?
UH...UM...
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER.
MAY- MAYBE IT WAS TWELVE.
HEY, IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO!
OKAY, OKAY, LET'S TRY TWELVE.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT!
IF WE TAKE AWAY THIS LEFTOVER, WE HAVE A 3-BY-4 RECTANGLE.
AND 3 TIMES 4 IS 12!
SO 3 AND 4 ARE FACTORS OF 12!
MATT: A 2-BY-6 RECTANGLE WORKS, TOO - NO LEFTOVERS.
AND 2 TIMES 6 IS 12!
TWO AND SIX...GOT IT!
BUT THAT'S ONLY FOUR NUMBERS - WE NEED SIX!
MATT: I'VE GOT IT!
1 TIMES 12 IS 12!
ONE AND TWELVE...
CHECK!
LOOK AT THAT!
TWELVE HAS THREE PAIRS OF FACTORS JUST WHAT WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR!
I'LL PLUG 'EM IN!
CALL 'EM OFF, INEZ!
INEZ: ONE AND TWELVE... TWO AND SIX... THREE AND FOUR!
(THE LOCK SPRINGS) MATT: IT WORKED!
YESSS!
(CREAKS OPEN) (SLITHERS OUT) C'MON, ICKY!
LET'S GO HOME!
(BUBBLES GURGLE) TO THE WREAKER!
(LAUGHS) MATT: NOT SO FAST, HACKER!
INEZ: YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO ICKY!
DIGIT: HAND IT OVER!
FINDERS KEEPERS!
THE EEL OF AQUARI-YUM WASN'T LOST - YOU STOLE IT!
A MERE TECHNICALITY!
BOTH: ICKY!
YOU'RE SAFE!
AW, YOU'LL BE OKAY, NOW.
(ELECTRIC ZAPPING) CRAB PRINCE: IF I WERE YOU,HACKER, I'D GIVE BACK THE EEL.
ICKY'S HUNGRY - AND HE THINKS YOU'RE A GOOD SOURCE OF ENERGY.
(ELECTRIC ZAPPING) WHAT?!
UM... PERHAPS WE CAN NEGOTIATE?!
(ZAPS) ALL RIGHT, AH, SUPPOSE I JUST BORROW IT FOR A WHILE?
(ANGRY GROWL) FINE!
YOU CAN HAVE IT BACK!
HOW COULD YOU?!
BOSS!
ALL THAT WORK!
AS FOR YOU, YOU OVERBLOWN BUBBLEHEAD...
I'LL BE BACK!
(DEEP BREATH) (BLOWS STRONG CURRENT) INEZ: WAY TO GO, ICKY!
(ZAPS AND BUZZES) CRAB PRINCE: THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, GUYS.
COME BACK AND VISIT ANY TIME YOU WANT.
I GOTTA PUT THE EEL BACK.
DIGIT: LATER, PRINCE!
KIDS: SEE YA', ICKY!
DIGIT: SEE YA, ICKY!
HEY, JAX.
I'M SORRY ABOUT WHAT I SAID BEFORE.
I WAS JUST KIDDING.
HA!
JUST KIDDING?
HOW COULD YOU?
HOW COULD YOU BE SO INSENSITIVE?!
SO CRUEL?!
SO...SHALLOW?!!!
HUH?
JUST KIDDING.
JAX!
(LAUGHS) GOT'CHA!
DELETE: DON'T FEEL BAD, BOSS.
YEAH, DON'T BE UPSET.
HEY, WE'LL FIND ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE OVER CYBERSPACE.
UPSET?
AU CONTRAIRE, MY NAIVE' NITWITS!
BEHOLD...
THE ELECTRIC EEL OF AQUARI-YUM!
BUT..WE SAW YOU GIVE IT BACK!
WHAT YOU FAILED TO SEE WAS THE OLD SWITCHEROO.
JUST LIKE THOSE EARTHBRATS AND THAT CYBER-TURKEY!
BUZZ: YOU MEAN, YOU TOOK THE REAL EEL?
AND GAVE THEM BACK A FAKE ONE?!
PRECISELY MY PLAN ALL ALONG - ICKY WON'T MISS HIS BACK-UP ENERGY SOURCE UNTIL HE NEEDS IT.
BY THEN, IT'LL BE TOO LATE!
THIS EEL IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY NEW AND SCANDALOUS SCHEME!
CYBERSPACE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE MINE!
(EVIL MANIACAL LAUGHTER)
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