Cyberchase
The Secrets of Symmetria: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 10 | 8m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Dr. Marbles has created Symmetria, a harmonious cyberplace.
In his passion for symmetry, Dr. Marbles has created Symmetria, a harmonious cyberplace where everything is made symmetrical by a symmetrizer. Hacker steals the machine and reprograms it so that he can undo symmetry. The kids must master the properties of symmetry before Hacker destroys beauty, balance and harmony throughout all of cyberspace!
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Cyberchase
The Secrets of Symmetria: Act 1
Clip: Season 1 Episode 10 | 8m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
In his passion for symmetry, Dr. Marbles has created Symmetria, a harmonious cyberplace where everything is made symmetrical by a symmetrizer. Hacker steals the machine and reprograms it so that he can undo symmetry. The kids must master the properties of symmetry before Hacker destroys beauty, balance and harmony throughout all of cyberspace!
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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/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:Connect-PBSi][e:20040129][v:tv][16AA] <Simmonsbot> LIFT!
SQUEEZE!
LIFT!
SQUEEZE - BEND THOSE KNEES.
<Hacker> C'MON, YOU CYBERNAUTIC CREAMPUFFS!
PUMP UP YOUR PARTICLES!
<Simmonsbot> LIFT!
SQUEEZE!
LIFT!
SQUEEZE!
LIFT !
SQUEEZE!
BEND THOSE KNEES!
<Delete> OW!
IT'S HURTS!...
OW!
OW!
OW!
<Simmonsbot> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS MESSAGE.
<Ava> HI THERE, CYBERMATES.
YOU SAY YOU'RE TIRED OF BEING SURROUNDED BY UNEVEN, LOPSIDED UGLINESS?
YOU NEED BEAUTY, BALANCE AND HARMONY TO ADD ORDER AND REGULARITY TO YOUR LIFE.
<Hacker> I HATE ORDER!
<Ava> HERE IN SYMMETRIA, EVERYTHING WE MAKE HAS PERFECT BALANCE, LIKE THIS PICTURE PERFECT DONUT-DIVIDER.
<Buzz> COOL!
<Ava> LOOK AT IT THIS WAY - AND WHAT DO YOU SEE?
<Buzz> I KNOW, I KNOW!
THE TOP PART LOOKS JUST LIKE THE BOTTOM!
<Ava> EXACTLY!
TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN...
IT STILL LOOKS THE SAME!
SO YOU CAN DIVIDE A DONUT WITH THIS END... OR THIS END.
<Delete> OOOH-OOH!
I WANT ONE!
<Ava> WE BUILD THE SECRET OF SYMMETRY INTO EVERY DESIGN.
HOW?
THE SYMMETRIZER, OF COURSE!
<All> THE SYMMETRIZER???
<Ava> THE SYMMETRIZER MAKES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS SYMMETRICAL, INCLUDING THE LATEST IN OUR LINE OF ALL-PURPOSE CYBERBOTS: THE MARBLELETTES.
THE SYMMETRIZER, BY THE WAY, WAS INVENTED BY THE BRILLIANT DR. MARBLES.
<Hacker> MARBLES!
THE DAY HE DRAINED MY POWER IS A DAY I'LL NEVER FORGET!
YAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH...!!!
THAT SYMMETRIZER IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:mission][s:s('m LISTEN CLOSELY.
1');][e:20040129][v:tv][634E] <Buzz> DELETE!
WHERE ARE YA?!
AW.
IT'S NOT EASY WORKIN' WITH A METAL DEFECTIVE!
DELETE!
<Delete> WATCH ME, BUZZY!
I'M GONNA BE A ROBOT!
WHEEEEE... <Buzz> YOU ARE A ROBOT, YOU TINHEAD!
THE SYMMETRIZER'S LOOSE.
YOU PULL WHEN I TWIST - AND THEN I PUSH AND YOU JERK.
<Delete> HEY!
WHO YOU CALLIN' A JERK?!
<Buzz> I DIDN'T CALL YOU A JERK!
JUST DO WHAT I SAID.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:base][s:s('base');][e:20040129][v:tv][73A8] NOW HIT IT!
<Delete> YAAAA!
DID YOU SAY PUSH OR TWIST?
<Buzz> RRRRRRRR!
GIMME THAT THING!
<Inez> UH, GUYS, I THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
<Jackie> OH, OH.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, INEZ.
THE PICKETS AREN'T ALL THE SAME DISTANCE APART.
MAAAAATT?
<Matt> HEY, DON'T BLAME ME.
I'M JUST THE CUTTER - YOU GUYS ARE THE NAILERS.
BUT LOOK AT THE PICKETS YOU CUT THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT LENGTHS!
THE FENCE LOOKS ALL WONKY.
<Matt> YEAH, WELL, CHECK OUT YOUR SPACING - FIRST WIDE, THEN NARROW, THEN IN BETWEEN.
THAT'S WHAT'S WONKY!
<Jackie> IF WE'D WAITED TILL I DREW UP A PLAN, THIS FENCE WOULDN'T BE UNEVEN AND LOPSIDED.
IT'S A DISASTER!
<Motherboard> HACK ATTACK!
HACK ATTACK!
HACK ATTACK!
<Matt> WHAT'S UP, MOTHERBOARD?
<Motherboard> SYMMETRIZER...STOLEN!
THINGS CHANGE BUT STAY THE SAME.
<Jackie> WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT?
<Inez> I DON'T KNOW.
HACKER'S VIRUS HAS HER TALKING IN RIDDLES.
<Motherboard> SYMMETRIA.
GO TO THE FACTORY.
CONTACT... OH, NO!
SHE'S SYNCHED OUT AGAIN!
HEY, WE'VE GOT MAIL!
<Jackie> LOOKS LIKE MOTHER B WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH THE MESSAGE.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:j <Matt> SO WHO DO WE CONTACT WHEN WE GET TO... oke 1][s:s('j1');][e:20040129][v:tv][A01D] WHAT DID SHE SAY?
SYMMETRIA?
<Kids> WHOAAAAAAA... WHOAAAAAAA... OOF!
THAT MUST BE THE FACTORY.
<Digit> HEADS UP!
WHOA!!!!
<Kids> YIIIIKES!
<Digit> SORRY, DOC.
<Kids> DIGIT!
GLAD TO SEE'YA!
<Matt> YOU NEARLY RAN US OVER!
YOU OKAY, BUDDY?
<Digit> YEAH, YEAH, A LITTLE BENT OUTTA SHAPE - BUT NO BIGGIE.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:joke 1 ans][s:s('aj1a');][e:20040129][v:tv][A2F4] AH, GIVE IT A TUG, WOULD 'YA?
<Digit> JUST A BIT... OW, OW...
I WONDER HOW THIS DOOR OPENS?
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:base][s:s('base');][e:20040129][v:tv][73A8] THAT'LL WORK.
<Inez> WHERE'S MATT?
<Jackie> AM I HAVING A MOMENT, OR DID THAT DOOR JUST TURN?
<Inez> I DON'T THINK SO.
NOTHING'S CHANGED.
<Matt> IN HERE!
<Jackie> I KNEW THE DOOR MOVED!
IT JUST LOOKED THE SAME WHEN IT STOPPED.
<Inez> LET'S GO!
<Digit> YO, MATTY!
WHERE'D YA GO, PAL?
<Matt> OVER HERE!
I'M FLOATING!
<Digit> SHEESH!
IT'S A MIRACLE!
<Matt> NOPE - A MIRROR.
IT JUST LOOKED LIKE I WAS FLOATING.
THE MIRROR HID THE LEG I WAS STANDING ON.
<Jackie> HOW COOL!
<Ava> WHO ARE YOU?!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
<Matt> HEY!
THOSE GUYS LOOK JUST LIKE DR. MARBLES!
<Digit> LEMME HANDLE THIS.
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:fact 1][s:s('f1');][e:20040129][v:tv][A329] MOTHERBOARD SENT US!
YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
<Ava> I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A TIN BIRD TRESPASSING IN MY FACTORY!
<Inez> LISTEN, UH... MOTHERBOARD REALLY DID SEND US.
<Ava> HOW DO I KNOW YOU DON'T WORK FOR HACKER?
WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?
<Jackie> MATT, SHOW HER THE NOTE FROM MOTHERBOARD.
<Ava> WHAT IS THIS?
SOME KIND OF SECRET CODE?
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:base][s:s('base');][e IT'S MEANINGLESS!
:20040129][v:tv][73A8] <Inez> A-V-A...AVA?
<Matt> WHAT DOES AVA MEAN?
<Jackie> GOT ME.
<Ava> AVA.
THAT'S MY NAME!
LEAVE IT TO MOTHERBOARD.
<Matt> OH, I'M MATT.
THIS IS INEZ AND JACKIE.
WHAT KIND OF FACTORY IS THIS?
<Digit> HEY, WHAT AM I, CHOPPED LIVER?
<http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:question 1][s:s('q1');][e:20040129][v:tv][AD38] <Ava> WE MAKE THE FINEST SYMMETRICAL PRODUCTS IN ALL OF CYBERSPACE - INCLUDING THE MARBLELETTES.
<Ava> DR. MARBLES TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT SYMMETRY.
HE'S LIKE A FATHER TO ME.
<Matt> WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT SYMMETRY?
<Ava> IT'S THE SECRET THAT GIVES OUR DESIGNS BEAUTY, BALANCE AND HARMONY.
<Jackie> DOES THIS FENCE HAVE SYMMETRY?
I MEAN, EACH PICKET IS JUST LIKE THE ONE NEXT TO IT.
<Matt> AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
<Inez> UNLIKE SOME FENCES WE KNOW.
I WILL PRETEND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
<Ava> SLIDE IT BACK AND FORTH AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.
WHEN I MOVE IT JUST RIGHT, THE PATTERN STAYS THE SAME!
YOU CAN'T TELL IT MOVED.
<Ava> THE FENCE HAS SLIDE SYMMETRY.
IT'S THE SECRET THAT MAKES OUR FENCES THE BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL IN ALL CYBERSPACE.
<Inez> WHAT ABOUT THIS BOWL?
IF I TURN IT PARTWAY, IT STILL LOOKS THE SAME.
<Ava> TURN SYMMETRY.
A JOY TO BEHOLD, DON'T YOU THINK?
<Matt> OKAY, I GET IT.
WHEN SOMETHING HAS SYMMETRY, YOU CAN MOVE IT AND IT STILL LOOKS THE SAME, RIGHT?
<Ava> EXACTLY.
WITH SYMMETRY, THINGS CAN CHANGE BUT REMAIN THE SAME.
<Inez> THAT'S WHAT MOTHERBOARD SAID!
<Jackie> RIGHT, INEZ!
JUST LIKE THIS DOOR!
BECAUSE THE PATTERN REPEATS FOUR TIMES...
WHEN THE DOOR TURNS A QUARTER TURN - YOU CAN'T TELL IT TURNED AT ALL.
<Ava> AH, YES...THE SYMMETRIZER.
<Digit> WHAT'S A CEMENT-TIZER?
<Ava> SYMMETRIZER.
DR. MARBLES INVENTED IT TO AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THINGS PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL.
<Inez> BUT WHAT COULD HACKER POSSIBLY WANT WITH THE SYMMETRIZER?
<Hacker> NOW THAT I'VE REPROGRAMMED THE SYMMETRIZER TO DESTROY SYMMETRY...
...INSTEAD OF CREATE IT WE'LL SEE WHO THE REAL GENIUS IS!
IT'S TIME TO WREAK HAVOC!
(EVIL LAUGH) <http://etv.pbs.org/cyberchase/0010/index.html>[t:p][n:question 1 ans][s:s('aq1a');][e:20040129][v:tv][B708] <Buzz> YEAH, WREAK AWAY, BOSS!
<Delete> HO HO HO!
WHEN YOU WREAK, YOU REALLY WREAK!
<Ava> OH NO!!
!
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