Cyberchase
Size Me Up: Act 2
Clip: Season 1 Episode 24 | 5m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker plans to launch a new virus at Motherboard.
Hacker tricks the kids and Digit into a cybersite from which escape seems impossible. In a confounding juxtaposition of scale and size, the kids first find themselves in a land of giants and then become giants themselves in a land of little people. The kids must cope with these disparities in scale and size, and use their brainpower to escape and warn Motherboard.
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Cyberchase
Size Me Up: Act 2
Clip: Season 1 Episode 24 | 5m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker tricks the kids and Digit into a cybersite from which escape seems impossible. In a confounding juxtaposition of scale and size, the kids first find themselves in a land of giants and then become giants themselves in a land of little people. The kids must cope with these disparities in scale and size, and use their brainpower to escape and warn Motherboard.
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<Inez> THIS WAY!
WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BED!
<Jackie> THIS IS HARDLY THE TIME FOR A NAP!
(GROWLING) <Matt> HANG ON!
<Inez> TO THE MOUSE HOLE!
WHAHHHHH!
<Kids> WHOOAAA!
<Jackie> LOOK OUT!
<Matt> WATCH OUT, NEZZIE!
<Inez> JACKIE!
(GROWLING) (GASP) <Matt> QUICK!
RUN THIS WAY!
OOOOOOH!
<Jackie> PHEW!
THAT WAS CLOSE!
<Digit> SURE WAS, BUT IT SEEMS WE'RE DOIN' LOTS OF RUNNIN' AND GETTIN' NOWHERE FAST!
<Matt> DIGIT'S RIGHT.
BUT I'VE GOT AN IDEA... <Jackie> MATT, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY WE'RE CLIMBING THIS THING!?
<Matt> SIMPLE, JAX.
THE HIGHER YOU ARE, THE FARTHER YOU SEE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN SPOT THE ISLAND FROM HERE.
HEY!
THAT MUST BE IT!
AND THERE'S OUR RIDE!
<Inez> SOMETHING TELLS ME WE'RE GOING TO NEED A SMALLER BOAT!
<Jackie> MUCH SMALLER!
<Digit> IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF US JUST TO PICK UP AN OAR!
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE OUR OWN BOAT!
JUST LIKE THIS ONE, ONLY ONE THAT FITS OUR SIZE.
<Matt> OKAY, WHAT DO WE KNOW?
<Inez> WE KNOW THE SCALE OF EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS TEN TIMES LARGER THAN OUR WORLD.
SO TO MAKE A BOAT THAT'LL FIT US, WE NEED TO MAKE IT ONE TENTH THE SIZE OF THIS ONE!
ALL WE NEED ARE THE PARTS.
<Digit> YOU MEAN, LIKE THESE <Matt> COOL!
MODEL BOAT KITS!
<Inez> THIS IS PERFECT, DIDGE!
ALL WE NEED- <Giant Kid> LOOK AT MY BOAT!
IT'S A RACER!
<Matt> QUICK!
HIDE!
<Jackie> OH NO!
MORE GIANTS!
THESE BOAT PARTS MUST BELONG TO THEM!
<Matt> HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CAN'T SEE US WAY OVER HERE!
<Jackie> GOOD.
THEN THEY WON'T MIND IF WE BORROW THEIR LEFTOVERS FOR A WHILE!
YEAH!
ALL WE NEED ARE A COUPLE OF SIDES, A BOTTOM AND A BACK!
LET'S DO IT!
TWO SIDES!
I'VE GOT A BACK!
I GOT THE OARS!
AND I'VE GOT THE BOTTOM SECTION!
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF CAKE!
A PIECE OF CAKE, HUH?
I DON'T THINK SO.
<Jackie> SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY OFF HERE.
IT SURE IS.
THE BACK'S WAY TOO BIG!
<Matt> AND THE BOTTOM'S WAY TOO SMALL!
NO WONDER THESE PARTS DON'T FIT TOGETHER - EACH PART CAME FROM A DIFFERENT SIZED SCALE MODEL!
NOW WHAT?
<Matt> WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MEASURE THE GIANT'S BOAT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW BIG TO MAKE OURS.
THESE BLADES OF GRASS ARE ALL ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH.
WE CAN USE THEM LIKE RULERS.
INEZ, YOU MEASURE THE SIDES.
JAX, YOU DO THE BOTTOM.
DIDGE, YOU DO THE BACK.
AND I'LL WRITE IT ALL DOWN!
OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT: THE SIDES OF THE BIG BOAT MEASURE FORTY GRASS BLADES LONG AND TEN HIGH.
THE SIDES OF OUR BOAT NEED TO BE ONE-TENTH OF THAT.
CHECK!
THIS SIDE IS FOUR GRASS BLADES LONG... AND ONE BLADE HIGH...
ONE-TENTH OF THE BIG BOAT.
THE PERFECT PROPORTION!
COOL!
THE BIG BOAT HAS A BOTTOM THAT'S FORTY GRASS BLADES LONG AND TWENTY WIDE.
LET'S FIND A MATCH.
<Jackie> I THINK I GOT ONE!
IT NEEDS TO BE FOUR GRASS BLADES LONG, WHICH IS ONE-TENTH OF FORTY.... AND TWO WIDE, WHICH IS ONE-TENTH OF TWENTY!
ETS, GUYS!
EXACTLY TO SCALE!
<Matt> ALL WE NEED NOW IS A BACK.
THE BACK ON THE BIG BOAT IS TEN GRASS BLADES HIGH AND TWENTY WIDE.
I GOT THE BACK, I GOT THE BACK!
IT'S TWO GRASS BLADES WIDE - AND TWO HIGH!
<Jackie> I'M AFRAID THAT'S TOO BIG, DIDGE.
YOUR WIDTH IS RIGHT BUT YOUR HEIGHT IS WRONG.
ONE-TENTH OF TEN IS ONE - NOT TWO.
<Digit> I KNEW THAT.
I WAS JUST TESTING YOU.
THIS ONE'S THE RIGHT SIZE!
ONE HIGH, TWO WIDE, AND ONE-TENTH SCALE!
LET'S START BUILDING!
<Hacker> YES!
THE PODDLES!
WICKED!
BINARY!
TWO-HEADED SAM!
EVEN THOSE PLUMP LITTLE PIGS FROM HAPPILY-EVER- AFTER!
THEY'LL ALL BE HERE!
OH GEE, BOSS, THAT'S GREAT!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 'EM!
<Delete> YEAH, UH, TELL US AGAIN WHY THEY'RE COMING?
TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE NEW RULER OF CYBERSPACE... <BUZZ> NOBODY WILL COME FOR THAT.
...YOURS TRULY!
(GASP) <Delete> THEY MAY COME TO SEE THAT!
<Hacker> I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
<Jackie> OKAY GUYS, THE SIDES AND BOTTOM FIT.
LET'S SEE ABOUT THE BACK!
<Matt> TOUCHDOWN!
<Inez> NOW LET'S GET THIS BABY IN THE WATER!
WAIT A SECOND!
WE FORGOT ABOUT THE OARS!
<Digit> NO, WE DIDN'T!
ALREADY MEASURED TO SCALE!
ONE-TENTH THE SIZE OF THE OARS ON THE BIG GUY!
ANY QUESTIONS?
WAY TO GO, DIDGE!
COME ON - WE'VE GOT A PORTAL TO FIND!
LET'S GET ROWING!
<Digit> TO THE ISLAND!
<Giant Boy> HEY, THAT'S MINE!
<Giant Bully> NOW IT'S MINE!
<Giant Boy> GIMME GIMME GIMME... <Jackie> GET READY...
DUCK!
<Kids> WHOOOAAA!
<Giant Bully> FINE!
IF I CAN'T HAVE YOUR BOAT I'LL TAKE THIS ONE!
<All> AAAAAAHHHHHHH!
<Giant Bully> I JUST GOTTA GET RID OF THESE WEIRD BUGS!
<Kids> AAAAAHHHHH!
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