Cyberchase
Measure for Measure: Act 1
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker's mysterious machine is finally revealed - "The Transformatron"!
The kids, Digit and Slider find Slider's father on a distant cybersite, but they're shocked to discover he is old beyond his years - a victim of magnetite. They must measure out the special formula of ingredients to cure Coop, then stop Hacker from activating his Transformatron. Will they be able to correctly measure out the formula? Will they be able to stop Hacker from activating his machine?
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Cyberchase
Measure for Measure: Act 1
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids, Digit and Slider find Slider's father on a distant cybersite, but they're shocked to discover he is old beyond his years - a victim of magnetite. They must measure out the special formula of ingredients to cure Coop, then stop Hacker from activating his Transformatron. Will they be able to correctly measure out the formula? Will they be able to stop Hacker from activating his machine?
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ng ♪ ♪ We're beating 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: AL L 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 GE NERATE 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: GO T 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?
!
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