Cyberchase
The Poddleville Case: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 7 | 8m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
The diabolical Hacker wreaks havoc when he steals the power pods of Poddleville.
The diabolical Hacker wreaks havoc when he steals the power pods of Poddleville, a cybercity filled with patterns. Our heroes must use math and logic to crack the double pattern that unlocks the Poddles' cyberpower vault before Hacker and his henchmen do!
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Cyberchase
The Poddleville Case: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 7 | 8m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
The diabolical Hacker wreaks havoc when he steals the power pods of Poddleville, a cybercity filled with patterns. Our heroes must use math and logic to crack the double pattern that unlocks the Poddles' cyberpower vault before Hacker and his henchmen do!
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♪ CYBERCHASE!
♪ WE'RE MOVIN' WE'RE BEATIN' 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 GOT THE POWER OF ONE TWO THREE FOUR!
♪ RUNNIN' 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!
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:Connect-PBSi][e:20040117][v:tv][11AC] <Buzz> THAT'S THE POWER VAULT THE HACKER TOLD US ABOUT.
<Delete> UH...YEAH...THE POWER VAULT... LET'S SNEAK INSIDE AND STEAL THE POWER!
<Buzz> (GASP) NOT YET, YOU TINHEAD!
WE NEED THE RIGHT POWERPODS TO GET THE VAULT OPEN!
<Delete> WE DO?
OH YEAH...WE DO...POWERPODS ... <http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:mission][s:s('m1');][e:20040117][v:tv][5D51] (HUMMING) <Buzz> AND THERE'S ONE NOW!
<Delete> LOOKS LIKE AN EGG TO ME.
<Buzz> WHO CARES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!
JUST GRAB IT!
(HUMMING) (CRYING) AH!
MY POD!
<Delete> WHOA!
<Delete> DID YOU SEE THAT?
IF WE TAKE ANYMORE OF THESE THINGS, <http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:base][s:s('base') PODDLEVILLE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE- A PRETZEL!
;][e:20040117][v:tv][6EAA] <Buzz> HEY, WHICH REMINDS ME - I'M HUNGRY.
(CHEWS, SWALLOWS AND BURPS) C'MON.
LET'S GET THAT POWERPOD THINGY OUT OF HERE AND BACK TO THE BOSS.
<Delete> YEAH, YEAH.
THE POWER PODS!
<All> WHOAAAAAAAAA... <Matt> WAAAH...OOF!
<Jackie> OW!
I HAVE GOT TO GET BETTER AT LANDING.
<Inez> I WONDER WHERE IN CYBERSPACE WE ARE THIS TIME.
(GASP!)
<Matt> WACKY PLACE!
<Jackie> YEAH... WITH A THING FOR SHAPES.
<Inez> AND THEY KEEP REPEATING OVER AND OVER.
EVERYTHING IS SO NEAT AND ORGANIZED!
<Jackie> SO...JANE JETSON MEETS MARTHA STEWART.
TOO BAD DIGIT'S NOT HERE.
WE COULD USE HIS HELP.
WE NEED SERIOUS INPUT FROM MOTHERBOARD.
MOTHERBOARD!
MOTHERBOARD!
COME IN IF YOU CAN HEAR US.
COME IN, MOTHERBOARD!
HEY!
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT!
WHOA!
<Inez> SEEMS LIKE SOME SORT OF PATTERN!
MAYBE MOTHERBOARD'S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
<Matt> JUST LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF NUMBERS TO ME.
<Inez> NO, CHECK IT OUT.
IT GOES - 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... YOU SEE THE PATTERN, RIGHT?
OH, YEAH.
SURE.
PIECE OF CAKE.
SO THE NEXT NUMBER IS...?
<Jackie> COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO!
<Inez> WAIT A SECOND!
IT MIGHT BE A CLUE.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:fact 1][s:s('f1 ADD THE FIRST TWO NUMBERS TO GET THE NEXT ONE.
');][e:20040117][v:tv][9E2B] 1 PLUS 1 EQUALS 2, 1 PLUS 2 EQUALS 3... <Matt> AND... 2 PLUS 3 EQUALS 5, 3 PLUS 5 EQUALS 8... FIVE PLUS 8 EQUALS - I GOT IT!
5 PLUS 8 EQUALS 13!
ALRIGHT!
<Jackie> MOTHERBOARD!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHERE ARE WE?
<Motherboard> YOU ARE IN PODDLEVILLE - THE WORLD OF THE PODDLES.
PODDLES!
(GIGGLE) CUTE NAME!
THERE IS...TROUBLE IN...TROUBLE IN...
THERE IS TROUBLE IN PODDLEVILLE.
BOTH BUZZ AND DELETE ARE STEALING PODS!
<Inez> STEALING PODS?
BUT WHAT ARE PODS?
<Motherboard> HACKER IS AFTER PODDLEVILLE'S CYBERPOWER.
WITH ALL THAT EXTRA ENERGY... HACKER CAN DESTROY THEIR WORLD...
I'M RELYING ON YOU THREE TO STOP HIM!
<All> (GASP) <Matt> YIKES!
DID WE DO THAT?
<Inez> NO WAY!
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US IS MESSING UP THIS WORLD!
<Jackie> AND THE PODDLES COULD BECOME PUDDLES IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING QUICK!
<Hacker> (EVIL LAUGH) THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THOSE NOSY LITTLE KIDS ARE GOING TO GET.
<Hacker> SOON PODDLEVILLE WILL BE MINE!
(EVIL LAUGHTER) <http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:base][s:s('base');][e:20040117][v:tv][6EAA] NOW WHERE WAS I?
OH YES, BEING WONDERFULLY AWFUL!
<Matt> TOO WEIRD!
THE PODDLES ARE THE SAME SHAPES AS THEIR HOUSES.
<Inez> YOU MEAN THE SAME SHAPES THEIR HOUSES USED TO BE.
WHATEVER.
I STILL THINK THEY'RE CUTE.
<Matt> SHHH!
<Jackie> WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?
THE BEST DECORATOR WINS?
<Matt> NO, I THINK IT'S A SECRET CODE TO OPEN THE GATE.
<Inez> THEN WE'D BETTER FIGURE IT OUT AND GET INSIDE.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON!
<Jackie> MAYBE NOT THE ONLY WAY.
ADVENTURE GIRL WILL NOW SCOPE THINGS OUT... <Matt> I THINK I KNOW IT!
I SAW THEM USE A SQUARE AND A TRIANGLE.
LET'S SEE.
WHOA!
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
I PUT IN THE SAME SHAPES THEY DID!
<Inez> YEAH, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK, DID IT?
<Inez> (SIGH) WHERE'S JACKIE?
SHE'S GOOD AT THIS STUFF!
(STRUGGLING) <Inez> NOPE.
WE'RE ON OUR OWN HERE.
<Matt> LET ME TRY THESE IN ANOTHER ORDER.
THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER!
<Inez> HMMM.
TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE...(GASP) DID YOU HEAR THAT?
<Matt> WHAT?
THAT CRAZY XYLOPHONE?
<Inez> NO, LISTEN.
<Inez> TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE... <Matt> ...CIRCLE!
THE SHAPES REPEAT!
IT'S A PATTERN!
SO, THE NEXT TWO TILES SHOULD BE... ...A CIRCLE AND A TRIANGLE.
<Inez> YES!
WE DID IT!
<Matt> WE DID IT!
<Inez> COME ON, JACKIE!
<Jackie> HEY, WAIT FOR ME!
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0007/index.html>[t:p][n:question 1][s:s('q1');][e:20040117][v:tv][A83A] <Buzz> AH, IT'S THOSE LOUSY KIDS AGAIN!
WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA OUTSMART US THIS TIME!
OOOOW!
<Mayor Poddle> YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE.
PODDLES, PLEASE.
YOU ALL KNOW WHY I'VE CALLED YOU HERE.
IT'S ABOUT THE KEY TO OUR CYBERPOWER.
<Jackie> POWERPODS...?
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
THERE ARE PODS IN HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL NUMBERED AND COLORED!
<Buzz> ALRIGHT STAND STILL.
MOVE CLOSER.
YOU'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE - OW!
OW!
OW!
GEE!
NEXT TIME, YOU'RE GOING OVER FIRST.
<Mayor Poddle> PODDLEVILLE, WE MUST UNITE.
AN EVIL FORCE IS TWISTING OUR LANDSCAPE, CONTORTING OUR HOUSES, AND MOST HORRIBLY - OUR PRECIOUS POWERPODS ARE BEING STOLEN.
<All> (GASP!)
<Jackie> HOW HORRIBLE.
WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO STEAL YOU?
<Buzz> (EVIL LAUGHTER) <Mayor Poddle> NO NOT AGAIN!!!
THERE'S A THIEF IN OUR MIDST!
FIND HIM BEFORE WE LOSE ALL OUR POWER AND ARE TWISTED INTO OBLIVION!!!
<Poddle In Crowd> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
ALL PODS ACCOUNTED FOR.
<Mother Poddle> ONE, TWO...
(GASPS!)
OH NO!
THEY GOT OUR DARLING THREE!
THREE HAS BEEN STOLEN!
<Father Poddle> FIVESIE...OUR FIVE IS GONE!
<Jackie> OH, NO!
<Mother Poddle> SHE TOOK THEM!
SHE HAS OUR PODS!
<Jackie> NO!
NO!
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!
<Mayor Poddle> ALIENS!
ALIENS HAVE LANDED!
<Voices in the Crowd> CATCH THE POD POACHERS!
<Inez> AH!
<Jackie> WHOA!
<Matt> STILL THINK THEY'RE CUTE?
<Jackie> (GULP) NOPE...
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