Cyberchase
A Perfect Fit: Act 1
Clip: Season 3 Episode 7 | 7m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids must master the secrets of tessellation.
The monster Gigabyte returns! At least that's what Hacker has planned. The bad guys bring the wrecked robot deep into a tropical jungle for the one day of the year when the position of the cybersun atop a Mayan-style pyramid can bring Gigabyte back to full power. Jackie, Matt, Inez and Digit must work their way past giant snakes, spiders and other creepy critters in order to block the cybersun.
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Cyberchase
A Perfect Fit: Act 1
Clip: Season 3 Episode 7 | 7m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
The monster Gigabyte returns! At least that's what Hacker has planned. The bad guys bring the wrecked robot deep into a tropical jungle for the one day of the year when the position of the cybersun atop a Mayan-style pyramid can bring Gigabyte back to full power. Jackie, Matt, Inez and Digit must work their way past giant snakes, spiders and other creepy critters in order to block the cybersun.
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ASE!
♪ ♪ WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE BEATING HACKER AT THIS GAME!
♪ ♪ DON'T TELL 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!
♪ (THUNDER) HACKER: EASY... EASY.
HERE HE COMES.
YES!
MY BOUNCING BABY BEHEMOTH GIGABYTE!
DELETE: CAREFUL, BUZZY!
DON'T HURT HIM.
AH, HE DON'T FEEL NOTHING.
DELETE: BUT HE'S LIKE MY BROTHER.
HE'S GOT MY BRAINPOWER, REMEMBER?
HACKER: DON'T REMIND ME!
BUT ONCE I RESTORE LIFE TO GIGABYTE I'LL FINALLY HAVE A FEARSOME FLUNKY WORTHY OF SERVING THE GREAT HACKER!
(EVIL LAUGH) (INSECTS BUZZ, MONKEYS SCREECH) WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT GOOD.
SSSS.
THIS IS NOT GOOD AT ALL.
DIGIT: MOTHERBOARD SAID WE HAVE TILL NOON TO FIND HACKER AND STOP HIM!
JACKIE: AND WHERE DO WE FIND HIS AWFULNESS?
DIGIT: THE GIANT PYRAMID OF PETALUMA!
MATT: NO PROBLEM!
WE STOPPED HACKER ONCE FROM PUMPING LIFE INTO THAT RUSTY ROBOT, WE CAN STOP HIM AGAIN!
JACKIE: WONDER WHERE INEZ IS?
NOT LIKE HER TO MISS A COOL ADVENTURE LIKE THIS.
INEZ: HELP!
ALL: NEZIE!
JACKIE: INEZ!
HI, GUYS.
AHHHH!
AHHHH!
INEZ: PHEW!
THANKS, DIDGE.
MATT: LET'S GO!
IT'LL BE HIGH NOON BEFORE WE KNOW IT!
DELETE: (EFFORT GRUNTS) BOSS, HOW COME WE COULDN'T DO THIS AT THE CASTLE, LIKE WE DID LAST TIME?
ALL WE NEEDED THEN WAS A FULL MOON TO BRING GIGGIE BACK TO LIFE.
BECAUSE THE MOON IS ONLY FULL EVERY TWENTY-NINE AND A HALF DAYS, WHICH MEANS, IT WON'T BE FULL FOR ANOTHER TWENTY, AND I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!
BUZZ: MAKES SENSE TO ME, BOSS.
DELETE: BUT WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT BEING HERE AT NOON?
WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?
BUZZ: OH.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE BOSS SAID?
THE SOLAR ALIGNMENT WILL PROVIDE THE PRECISE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REENERGIZE GIGABYTE'S CYBER CELLULAR MATRIX!
DELETE: HUH?
HACKER: WHY, BUZZ, MY GOOD BOT, THAT'S PRECISELY CORRECT!
PERHAPS I'VE UNDERESTIMATED YOU.
OH, THANKS, BOSS.
HEY MAYBE YOU DON'T REALLY NEED GIGABYTE.
HUH?
OH, WHOOPSIE!
HACKER: GET HIM!
JACKIE: EW.
EW, AND DOUBLE EW!
WHAT IS THIS STICKY STUFF?
IT STINKS!
DIGIT: GOT ME.
THE SOONER WE GET TO THE PYRAMID, THE BETTER.
INEZ: ACCORDING TO THIS GUIDEBOOK, THE JIMAYAN JUNGLE IS KNOWN FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF INSECTS.
JACKIE: (SLAP) OUCH!
I THINK I JUST MET ONE!
HEY!
CHECK OUT THESE HAIRY TREES.
DIGIT: UH, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, MATTY, BUT THOSE AREN'T TREES!
INEZ AND JACKIE: RUN!
ALL: AHHH!
EW!
YUCK!
YEOW!
JACKIE: YUCK.
A MUD SHAMPOO!
DOUBLE EW!
MATT: LOOK!
THE PYRAMID OF PETALUMA.
INEZ: WE'RE A LOT CLOSER NOW!
JACKIE: BUT IT'S ACROSS THE RIVER!
YOU KNOW I HATE WATER!
INEZ: DON'T WORRY, JAX.
IT'S TOO FAR TO SWIM.
MATT: THINK YOU COULD FLY ACROSS, DIDGE?
DIGIT: THEN WHAT?
BESIDES, IF I DON'T GET THIS STICKY STUFF OFF, I CAN'T EVEN WALK!
MATT: HEY, CHECK IT OUT.
THIS STUFF FLOATS!
INEZ: THIS STUFF FEELS LIKE CORK.
MATT: COOL.
JACKIE: I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A RAFT FROM THOSE THINGS, AND SAIL ACROSS!
DELETE: (EFFORT GRUNTS) IF I DIDN'T KNOW YOU BETTER, BUZZY, I'D SAY YOU DROPPED GIGGIE ON PURPOSE.
HMF!
BUZZ: AND IF I DIDN'T KNOW YOU BETTER, I'D SAY THAT YOU WANT GIGABYTE BETTER THAN ME!
IT'S DIFFERENT!
GIGGIE'S LIKE MY BROTHER.
YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS 'CAUSE HE'S GOT A BRAIN LIKE MINE.
HACKER: STOP YAPPING, DELETE, AND GET MY PRECIOUS PRIZE UP HERE!
BUZZ WAS TALKING, TOO!
I WAS NOT!
WERE, TOO.
WAS NOT!
WERE, TOO!
WAS, TOO!
WERE NOT!
MOVE IT!
IT'LL BE NOON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR!
DON'T THEY EVER CLEAN THIS PLACE?
DIGIT: CAST AWAY, ME MATEYS!
LET'S SEE IF THIS CRAZY CONTRAPTION FLOATS!
INEZ AND MATT: PUSH!
JACKIE: IT'S WORKING!
YEAH.
NO PROBLEM!
YEOW!
PIRANHAS!
JACKIE: DIDGE!
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU OKAY?
THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE HOLES!
I COULD HAVE BEEN EATEN ALIVE!
MATT: IF WE DON'T WANT TO BE FISH-FOOD, WE BETTER BUILD A RAFT WITH NO HOLES OR GAPS!
INEZ: NO OVERLAPS, EITHER.
THE PIECES HAVE TO FIT TOGETHER EXACTLY.
JACKIE: AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT BIGGER, TOO.
THIS RAFT'S BARELY BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD DIDGE!
DIGIT: HERE'S A BUNCH MORE, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS.
MATT: YEAH, ALL THE SAME SIZE AND ALL SQUARES!
JACKIE: PERFECT!
THE SIDES ARE ALL THE SAME AND THEY FIT TOGETHER NICE AND TIGHT!
WHOA!
CYBER-PASTE!
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT CYBERSPACE - ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!
DIGIT: LET ME TRY!
ANOTHER SNUG FIT!
INEZ: NOT ONLY THAT, WE JUST MADE ONE BIG SQUARE!
JACKIE: I THINK WE'RE ONTO SOMETHING, GUYS.
IF FOUR LITTLE SQUARES MAKE ONE BIG SQUARE WE CAN KEEP PUTTING SQUARES TOGETHER UNTIL WE MAKE A RAFT AS BIG AS WE NEED!
DIGIT: BEAUTIFUL!
THIS IS WHAT I CALL A RAFT!
INEZ: ACTUALLY, DIDGE, IT'S A TESSELLATION.
DIGIT, MATT AND JACKIE: A WHAT?
INEZ: A TESSELLATION - THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL IT WHEN YOU USE SIMPLE SHAPES TO COVER AN AREA WITH NO GAPS OR OVERLAPS.
SEE?
NO GAPS OR OVERLAPS, LIKE THE LAST RAFT.
JACKIE: WELL, WE BETTER GET THIS TESSELLATION TURNED AROUND OR WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE!
KIDS: (GASP) CYBER-SWIRL!
HELP!
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