Cyberchase
Past Perfect Prediction: Act 1
Clip: Season 4 Episode 4 | 8m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker needs one last piece to activate his powerful new machine. Is it in Slider's garage
Hacker gives Slider one week to come up with five thousand snelfus - or Slider will be evicted from his garage! The kids convince Slider to reopen the garage for business to raise the snelfus, but quickly discover that ordering the right amount of cryoxide to service the customers' vehicles is tricky business. Too little, they won't have enough. Too much, it goes to waste.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Cyberchase
Past Perfect Prediction: Act 1
Clip: Season 4 Episode 4 | 8m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker gives Slider one week to come up with five thousand snelfus - or Slider will be evicted from his garage! The kids convince Slider to reopen the garage for business to raise the snelfus, but quickly discover that ordering the right amount of cryoxide to service the customers' vehicles is tricky business. Too little, they won't have enough. Too much, it goes to waste.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Cyberchase
Cyberchase is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
ving ♪ ♪ 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!
♪ HMMM... TOE RAIL NEEDS A TWEAK.
GET OUT OF MY GARAGE, HACKER!
YOU MEAN, MY GARAGE.
YEAH, HIS GARAGE!
IT BELONGS TO THE BOSS...
ALMOST.
(CHUCKLES) WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
BEFORE YOUR FATHER PULLED HIS LITTLE DISAPPEARING ACT, HE AND I WERE... SHALL I SAY, BUSINESS PARTNERS.
YOU AND MY FATHER PARTNERS?
NO WAY!
OH, IT'S TRUE!
BACK WHEN THEY BOTH WORKED FOR MOTHERBOARD.
THEY WERE REAL PALSY-WALSY!
YEAH, LIKE TWO BUGS IN A RUG!
THIS BUG WAS THE BOSS!
OF COURSE, THE BUG...
I MEAN THE BOSS, WAS A GOOD GUY BACK THEN.
FORTUNATELY, IT WAS JUST A PHASE.
YOU SEE, YOUR FATHER AND I OWNED THIS RAMSHACKLE SHACK YOU CALL A GARAGE.
ONLY HE NEVER PAID HIS HALF...
I PAID FOR IT ALL!
WE HAD A CONTRACT!
READ IT AND WEEP!
THIS IS MY DAD'S SIGNATURE!
IT SAYS HERE HE OWES YOU- 5000 SNELFUS!
BUT I DON'T HAVE FIVE THOU- SPARE ME THE SOB STORY, KID!
YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO PAY UP, OR I'M TAKING OVER YOUR PRECIOUS GARAGE!
(LAUGHING) SLIDER: OH, MAN!
HOW AM I GONNA GET 5000 SNELFUS IN ONE WEEK?
ANY IDEAS, POPS?
THANKS, DUDE.
TOTALLY COOL.
YEAH.
IT'S MY MAIN BOARD.
THIS PLAN BETTER WORK.
SLIDER, WHAT'S UP?!
JACKIE: MOTHER B SAID THERE'S A PROBLEM.
DIGIT: WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL YOUR BOARDS?
SLIDER: HAD TO SELL 'EM.
MATT: WHY?
THEY WERE SO COOL.
LONG STORY.
SHORT EXPLANATION.
JACKIE: 5000 SNELFUS?
SLIDER: IT'S THAT OR HACKER GETS THE GARAGE.
I SAW THE CONTRACT.
MY DAD'S SIGNATURE IS THE REAL DEAL.
BUT 5000 SNELFUS... HOW WE GONNA COME UP WITH THAT?
SLIDER: WELL...I JUST MADE 800 SNELFUS SELLING MY BOARDS AND BIKE.
AND I ALREADY HAD 200 SAVED.
INEZ: THAT'S ONLY A 1000 TOTAL!
YOU STILL NEED 4000 MORE.
DIGIT: I GOTTA PACE.
HEY!
I DO THE PACING!
DIGIT: 4000 SNELFUS!
I CAN'T EVEN COUNT TO 4000!
YOIKES!
I'VE BEEN LEVITATED!
INEZ: WHAT KIND OF WORK DID YOUR FATHER DO HERE?
SLIDER: CRYOXIDE CHANGES, MOSTLY.
JACKIE: WELL IF HE MADE MONEY DOING THAT... MAYBE YOU CAN TOO!
WE'LL HELP.
DIGIT: JAX!
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DOING A CRYOXIDE CHANGE?
SLIDER: NO SWEAT.
I'LL TEACH YOU.
MATT: IN THAT CASE...WE'RE IN!
DIGIT: LET OPERATION CRYOXIDE CHANGE BEGIN!
WHERE'S THE CRYOXIDE, TEACH?
GONE.
I NEVER REORDERED IT.
HERE'S AN EMPTY.
HOW MANY CANS DO WE NEED?
SLIDER: WELL, I KNOW IT TAKES TWO CANS TO DO ONE CRYOXIDE CHANGE.
COOL!
LET'S ORDER TEN!
TEN?
THAT'S ONLY ENOUGH FOR FIVE JOBS.
MY DAD HAD A LOT MORE THAN FIVE CUSTOMERS A DAY.
INEZ: ALL RIGHT.
200 CANS, THEN.
WHOA, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A 100 CUSTOMERS.
WE CAN'T WORK ON THAT MANY CARS IN ONE DAY.
JACKIE: OKAY, OKAY.
LET'S THINK THIS THROUGH.
TEN IS TOO FEW... 200 IS TOO MANY.
WAIT!
LET'S PICK A NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE!
INEZ: BUT WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG?
NO NEED TO GUESS.
HERE'S A RECEIPT FOR THE LAST BATCH OF CRYOXIDE MY DAD BOUGHT.
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 66 CANS.
MATT: IT'S A SLAM DUNK!
WE ORDER 66 CANS!
INEZ: HOLD ON, MATT.
JUST BECAUSE HE USED 66 CANS THEN, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT MANY NOW.
RIGHT.
THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE HOW MANY CUSTOMERS WE'LL HAVE TOMORROW.
MAYBE NOT, BUT IT'S ALL WE HAVE TO GO ON.
I SAY WE GO WITH IT.
HELLO?
MISTER CRYOXIDE?
WE NEED 66 CANS AND WE NEED 'EM FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING!
BUZZ: WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT COOP'S GARAGE, BOSS?
DELETE: YEAH.
WHY DO YOU WANT IT SO BAD?
IT'S NOT THE GARAGE I WANT - IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE IT THAT I WANT!
ONCE I GET IT, I COULD CARE LESS WHAT BECOMES OF THAT SILLY SHACK!
DELETE: REALLY, BOSS?
THEN GIVE IT TO US.
OH YEAH!
WE ALWAYS WANTED TO RUN OUR OWN BUSINESS!
PICTURE THAT OLD, SMELLY GARAGE TURNED INTO... "BUZZ'S DONUTS"!
IT'LL MAKE TONS OF DOUGH!
GET IT?
DOUGH?
(LAUGHS) MY IDEA'S EVEN BETTER!
FUNNY BUNNIES, PETS YOU CAN PET.
CUTE, HUH, BOSS?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S CUTE.
STAYING OUT OF MY WAY... THAT'S WHAT!
THIS DIABOLICAL DEVICE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WILL ALLOW ME TO BE THE SUPREME POWER OF ALL CYBERSPACE!
CRYOXIDE TRUCK DRIVER: HERE'S THE CRYOXIDE YOU ORDERED... 66 CANS.
THAT'LL BE 990 SNELFUS.
990 IT IS.
THIS IS ALL I HAVE LEFT.
INEZ: DON'T WORRY, SLIDER, WE'LL EARN MORE.
BESIDES, IF WE HAVE ANY CANS LEFTOVER, WE'LL USE THEM TOMORROW.
CAN'T DO THAT.
EXCUSE ME?
CRYOXIDE GOES BAD AFTER ONE DAY.
BUT YOU KNEW THAT, RIGHT?
MATT: NOW WE DO.
WE'LL CALL YOU LATER TO PLACE OUR ORDER FOR TOMORROW.
DIGIT: GET YOUR CRYOXIDE CHANGE HERE!
FAST WORK...
FRIENDLY SERVICE... ONLY 65 SNELFUS!
JACKIE: EW, EW AND DOUBLE EW!
I FEEL LIKE A REAL GREASE MONKEY.
TELL ME ABOUT IT!
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T ALL THAT BUSY TODAY.
MATT: NO KIDDING!
WE ORDERED 66 CANS OF CRYOXIDE... AND WE HAVE 36 LEFT!
AND THEY'RE ALL WASTED 'CAUSE THEY'LL GO BAD BY TOMORROW.
SO WHERE DO WE STAND MONEY-WISE?
DIGIT: WE MADE 975 SNELFUS TODAY.
GOOD, HUH?
INEZ: YEAH, BUT WE SPENT 990 TO BUY THE CRYOXIDE!
WOW!
THAT'S 15 SNELFUS MORE THAN WE MADE!
YOU MEAN, WITH ALL THOSE JOBS WE DID TODAY... WE LOST MONEY?
WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.
Support for PBS provided by: