Cyberchase
Measure for Measure: Act 2
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 39sVideo 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 2
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 39sVideo 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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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)
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