Cyberchase
A Perfect Fit: Act 3
Clip: Season 3 Episode 7 | 9m 17sVideo 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 3
Clip: Season 3 Episode 7 | 9m 17sVideo 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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MATT: WAY TO GO, GUYS!
WE'RE HALF-WAY ACROSS!
JACKIE: ONLY ONE THING, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRIANGLES TO FINISH THE PATH!
JUST WHEN THINGS WERE GOING GOOD!
INEZ: WAIT!
WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER TILES?
MATT: THESE TILES DON'T WORK!
GAME OVER.
INEZ: YOU SURE?
THAT'S WHAT WE SAID ABOUT THE TRIANGLES.
MATT: OKAY, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
A PENTAGON: FIVE SIDES ALL THE SAME LENGTH.
EQUAL ANGLES, JUST LIKE THE SQUARES AND TRIANGLES.
BUT HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
FIVE PENTAGONS TOGETHER LEAVE A BIG GAP.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO ADD ONE TO FILL THAT GAP, WITHOUT AN OVERLAP!
JACKIE: AND THE LAVA COULD OOZE THROUGH THAT OVERLAP!
MATT: WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO TESSELLATE!
DIGIT: ALL RIGHT!
PENTAGONS ARE OUT!
NEXT!
OW OW OW.
OOH!
INEZ: HOW ABOUT THESE HEXAGONS?
SIX STRAIGHT SIDES, EQUAL LENGTH, EQUAL ANGLES.
ALL THE SAME SIZE.
TWO TOGETHER LEAVE A BIG GAP, BUT A THIRD ONE FILLS IT EXACTLY!
A PERFECT FIT!
JACKIE: AND LOOK!
EVERY TIME WE ADD A HEXAGON, WE HAVE MORE GAPS THAT OTHER HEXAGONS CAN FILL!
SO WE CAN MAKE THIS TESSELLATION AS BIG AS WE WANT IT!
MATT: GAME ON, GUYS!
LET'S FINISH THIS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED LAVA!
AND MAKE IT SNAPPY, OKAY?
IN EXACTLY NINE, MAKE THAT EIGHT MINUTES THE SUN WILL REACH HIGH NOON, AND GIGABYTE WILL LIVE AGAIN!
JUST SLIDE THESE HEXAGONS INTO THOSE EMPTY SPACES LIKE SO, AND THE BIG T IS DONE!
YES!
NO GAPS, NO OVERLAPS!
TESSELLATION COMPLETE!
MATT: GOOD JOB!
INEZ: WOO-HOO!
JACKIE: WAY TO GO, DIDGE!
MATT: LET'S SACK THE HACK!
WHAT'S ALL THIS CREEPY GREEN STUFF?
JACKIE: YEOW!
UH, I THINK WE'RE BEING WATCHED.
MATT: I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
INEZ: WHAT WAS THAT?
DIGIT: YOIKES!
AHHHH!
HELP!
MATT: HANG IN, JAX, WE'LL SAVE YOU!
I'M HANGING!
INEZ: LET'S SEE.
HM.
OH, IT'S CALLED A GITTERMITE.
JACKIE: I DON'T CARE WHAT IT'S CALLED JUST GET ME DOWN!
INEZ: AND IT SAYS HERE, THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF IT IS TO SLIME IT WITH ORANGE MARMALADE?
EW!
I HATE ORANGE MARMALADE!
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET ORANGE MARMALADE?
NEVER FEAR, THE DIDGE IS HERE!
ORANGE MARMALADE!
EWW!
AHHHH!
PHEW!
THANKS, GUYS.
THAT WAS CLOSE.
MM.
HEY!
(GIGGLE) THIS ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL.
MATT: COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO STOP HACKER!
HACKER: YES!
THE SUN IS HIGH, THE TIME IS SOON, GIGABYTE WILL LIVE AT PRECISELY HIGH NOON!
(LAUGHS) I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I'VE SEEN THE BOSS SO HAPPY!
(EVIL LAUGH) YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT!
WHEN THIS BUCKET OF BOLTS COMES ALIVE, YOU'LL SPEND ALL YOUR TIME WITH HIM NOT ME!
NOT TRUE, BUZZY.
I'LL STILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
HM.
WHAT ABOUT GIGABYTE?
WELL, CAN'T I HAVE TWO BEST FRIENDS?
MM.
I DON'T THINK SO!
MATT: SHHH.
HACKER: SOON, MY CHAMPION SOON.
HEY, BOSS?
HM?
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME AND DEEDEE AFTER GIGABYTE YOU KNOW, UH, JOINS THE GROUP.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, BUZZ.
EVERYTHING!
CYBERSPACE WILL BE MINE!
JACKIE: NOT SO FAST, HACKER!
HACKER: WELL, WELL, WELL.
I SEE YOU SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDED THE HOT LAVA BATH.
BUT I'M AFRAID YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.
DIGIT: NOT YET, HACKER!
THERE'S STILL FOUR MINUTES TILL HIGH NOON!
IN THAT CASE, YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL HAPPEN.
ENJOY THE VIEW, KIDDLIES!
JACKIE: OH NO!
MATT: WE'RE SINKING!
INEZ: WHOA!
HACKER: (EVIL LAUGH) BUZZ: GOOD ONE, BOSS!
NOW WHAT?
WE CAN'T REACH THEM!
DIGIT: BUT I CAN.
I'LL FLY UP THERE TAKE OUT HACKER, TAKE OUT BUZZ AND DELETE THEN- JACKIE: WHOA WHOA, DIDGE!
BY THE TIME YOU DO THAT, IT'LL BE HIGH NOON AND GIGABYTE WILL BE ALIVE!
INEZ: THAT'S IT!
WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE WRONG PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT HACKER WE HAVE TO STOP IT'S THE SUN!
WE'VE GOT TO BLOCK IT!
DIGIT: OH, SURE!
WHY DON'T WE BLOCK THE MOON WHILE WE'RE AT IT?
JACKIE: DIDGE HAS A POINT, INEZ.
I MEAN, HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY BLOCK THE SUN?
MAYBE DIDGE CAN FLY UP THERE AND SPREAD HIS WINGS BETWEEN THE SUN AND GIGABYTE!
YES!
NO!
HE'S NOT BIG ENOUGH.
BESIDES, WE NEED SOMETHING WITH NO GAPS AND NO OVERLAPS!
YOU'RE SAYING I GOT GAPS AND OVERLAPS?
INEZ: I'M SAYING WE NEED TO FLY SOMETHING UP THERE THE SUN CAN'T SHINE THROUGH, LIKE... LIKE A KITE!
STRING, BUT NO KITE!
SORRY.
JACKIE: C'MON, GUYS, LOOK AROUND!
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DOWN HERE WE CAN USE TO MAKE A KITE!
THE SHAPE IS WEIRD, BUT HOW ABOUT THESE FLOWERS?
(SNIFFS) UGH!
INEZ: CAN'T MAKE A KITE WITH NO OVERLAPS OR GAPS OUT OF THESE THEY BREAK ALL THE RULES!
SEE?
SURE, THEY'RE THE SAME SHAPE, BUT THE SHAPES AREN'T REGULAR, LIKE, LIKE SQUARES AND TRIANGLES AND HEXAGONS.
MATT: YOU'RE RIGHT!
ONE SIDE IS STRAIGHT, BUT THE OTHER SIDES ARE ALL ZIG-ZAGGY.
WE'RE COOKED!
INEZ: MAKE THAT GIGABYTE'S ABOUT TO BE.
HACKER: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW, GIGGIE!
MATT: WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
JACKIE: GUESS WHAT?!
EVEN THOUGH THE SHAPES AREN'T REGULAR THEY STILL FIT TOGETHER!
INEZ: THIS JUST MIGHT WORK, JAX!
MATT: AND LOOK, ADD MORE PETALS... AND WHAT DO YOU GET?
JACKIE: A HEXAGON!
INEZ: THEY TESSELLATE!
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
WE STILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
LET'S MAKE THAT KITE!
MATT: COME ON, LET'S GET THE STRING ATTACHED.
INEZ: IT'S ALMOST HIGH NOON!
JACKIE: OKAY, DIDGE, DO YOUR STUFF!
HACKER: YES!
MY MONSTER WILL LIVE AGAIN!
WHAT'S THAT THING?!
WHA-WHAT HAPPENED?
HACKER AND DELETE: NO!
YES!
HACKER AND DELETE: GIGABYTE!
BUZZ: SYANARA!
(LAUGHS) HACKER AND DELETE: (SOBBING) MOTHERBOARD: EXCELLENT WORK, CYBERSQUAD.
GIGABYTE BIT THE DUST!
(CHUCKLE) GOOD ONE, MOTHERBOARD!
JACKIE, IS THAT ORANGE MARMALADE IN YOUR HAIR?
JACKIE: IT'S A LONG STORY, MOTHER B. MATT: AND MESSY.
INEZ: VERY MESSY.
ALL: (LAUGH)
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