Cyberchase
Totally Rad: Act 3
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 7m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids challenge Hacker to a "winner takes all."
Hacker takes over the Radopolis cybersite, declaring himself King. The kids challenge Hacker's hired hands to an Olympic-like skateboard competition. There's just one catch: High-scoring tricks need as much area as possible and the configuration of the field's perimeter mysteriously keeps changing! With Digit as coach, the kids put on a dazzling display of skateboarding skills.
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Cyberchase
Totally Rad: Act 3
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 7m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Hacker takes over the Radopolis cybersite, declaring himself King. The kids challenge Hacker's hired hands to an Olympic-like skateboard competition. There's just one catch: High-scoring tricks need as much area as possible and the configuration of the field's perimeter mysteriously keeps changing! With Digit as coach, the kids put on a dazzling display of skateboarding skills.
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YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH WITH THIS, INEZ.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE LOSE AND YOU'RE STUCK IN CYBERSPACE FOREVER, CHEERING FOR TEAM HACKER?
HACKER, HACKER, GREEN OF FACE THE MEANEST GUY IN CYBERSPACE.
WOO HOO!
YAY!
EW, EW AND DOUBLE EW!
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I WANT TO HELP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WORK FOR HACKER.
<Hacker> TIME'S UP, TINY TOT.
WHAT'LL IT BE?
HA, HA, HA, HA...
EXCUSE ME!
WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?
TINY TOT.
YOU KNOW, SMALL POTATOES.
SHORT STUFF, SMALL FRY.
HE, HE!
THAT'S IT, HACKER.
YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A DEAL!
TOTALLY MORE AT STAKE NOW, DUDES AND DUDETTES.
IT'S TIME TO SKATE THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND.
AND THE TEAM THAT'S LOSING SKATES FIRST IN THE FINAL ROUND.
INEZ, YOU'RE UP!
NOT SO FAST.
SINCE MY TEAM IS IN THE LEAD, I'M CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE FIELD.
NOT AGAIN!
YES, AGAIN!
HA, HA, HA!
LOOK AT THE FIELD.
THERE'S LESS ROOM INSIDE THAN THE LAST TIME.
BUT IT'S STILL TWENTY SIX FENCE PIECES AROUND.
I JUST COUNTED 'EM, SO IT'S LEGAL.
TIME OUT!
TIME OUT!
SOMETHING BESIDES THE SHAPE IS CHANGING EVERY TIME HACKER SWITCHES THE FIELD.
AND IF WE DON'T FIGURE IT OUT FAST, RADOPOLIS WILL BELONG TO HACKER.
<Inez> AND SO WILL I. I GOT A PLAN.
SQWACK IT!
<Inez> HERE, TAKE THE SQWACK PACK.
<Jackie> OKAY, HERE'S THE FIELD I SKATED ON.
4 FENCE PIECES THIS SIDE AND THIS SIDE.
<Inez> AND 9 FENCE PIECES HERE AND HERE.
FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 26 FENCE PIECES AROUND.
THE LEGAL PERIMETER.
NOW LET'S CHECK MATT'S FIELD.
YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE YOU DID HAVE LESS ROOM INSIDE THAN JACKIE.
HOW COULD THERE BE LESS ROOM INSIDE?
ROOM INSIDE... THAT'S IT!
WHAT'S INSIDE IS THE AREA.
WE NEED TO CHECK THE AREAS.
AND AREAS MEANS SQUARES.
TRY ADDING SQUARES TO THE PICTURES.
OH MAN, LOOK AT THAT!
1, 2, 3, 4 TIMES 9.
MY FIELD HAS 36 SQUARES INSIDE.
<Matt> 28, 29, 30.
HEY!
MY FIELD HAS 30 SQUARES INSIDE.
NO WONDER I RAN OUT OF ROOM!
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!
CHANGE THE SHAPE AND THE ROOM INSIDE CHANGES TOO.
EVEN THOUGH THE DISTANCE AROUND THE OUTSIDE STAYS THE SAME.
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, BUT THE PICTURES DON'T LIE.
DIFFERENT SHAPES WITH THE SAME PERIMETER CAN HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS INSIDE.
COME ON, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ROOM I HAVE TO SKATE ON.
<Jackie> YOURS IS 2 BY 11.
STILL 26 FOR THE PERIMETER.
WHAT'S THE NEW AREA INSIDE?
22 SQUARES.
THAT'S 8 LESS THAN MATT HAD AND 14 LESS THAN YOU HAD TO BIKE ON, JACKIE.
I'M AFRAID HACKER'S CHANGES DON'T GIVE YOU MUCH AREA TO COMPETE IN, INEZ.
NO WAY INEZ CAN WIN WITH SO LITTLE ROOM INSIDE.
SHE'S BOUND TO GO OUT!
BOUND TO GET A LOW SCORE!
BOUND TO BE CHEERING ON HACKER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE!
COACH, WHAT DO I DO?
WELL, LET'S SEE, YOU GOT A SMALLER FIELD.
LESS ROOM INSIDE, I DUNNO... KEEP YOUR TRICKS SMALL?
<Ollie> WE'RE BACK!
AND READY FOR ROUND THREE!
INEZ VS. RIM.
DOES INEZ TOTALLY HAVE HER WORK CUT OUT FOR HER OR WHAT?
NOT ONLY IS HER TEAM LOSING 19 TO 10, BUT SHE HAS TO SKATE AGAINST RIM, THE TOP-RANKED SKATER IN ALL OF CYBERSPACE!
OKAY, NOW REMEMBER, LESS AREA, LESS ROOM, SMALLER TRICKS.
GOT IT!
YOU CAN DO IT, INEZ!
GO GET 'EM, NEZZIE!
DON'T CALL ME NEZZIE.
SHE'S READY.
<Ollie> AND INEZ STARTS OFF WITH A NICE MINI-BACKSCRATCHER.
KEEP IT SMALL.
DON'T GO WIDE.
<Ollie> A MINI SOW COW CONTROLLED, AND AWAY FROM THE FENCE.
WICKED!
A MINI WHIRLWIND 720.
A MINI TUCKED NOLLIE!
GO INEZ, YOU'RE THE GIRL!
YEAH, YOU'RE THE GIRL!
<Ollie> SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF STEAM.
OH, BUT SHE FINISHES THE MOVE!
A TOTALLY HEROIC SKATE.
WAY TO GO, INEZ!
YOU'RE THE BEST!
TOTALLY AWESOME!
TOTALLY SMALL.
<Ollie> IT'S A PERFECT SCORE OF 10!
A 10!
A 10!
MOTHERBOARD'S ALL-STARS LEAD 20 TO 19 WITH RIM TO SKATE.
THIS IS TERRIBLE, BOSS.
SAVE YOUR BREATH.
ALL RIM HAS TO DO IS GET A TWO AND WE WIN!
GET'EM RIM.
NOT SO FAST, HACKER.
SINCE OUR TEAM IS IN THE LEAD, WE GET TO SET THE FIELD.
I PROTEST!
LOOK AT THE AREA INSIDE - IT'S WAY TOO SMALL!
THAT FIELD IS ILLEGAL.
OKAY, LIKE, I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT.
LIKE IT'S LEGAL, GREEN DUDE.
26 FENCE PIECES AROUND.
THAT CAN'T BE!
PERIMETER AND AREA BACK AT'CHA, BIG BOY!
SAME DISTANCE AROUND - DIFFERENT SPACE INSIDE.
NO!
<Ollie> IT ALL COMES DOWN TO RIM!
HE JUST NEEDS TWO POINTS.
BUT LOOK AT THAT FIELD.
CAN HE DO IT?
AHHH!
<Ollie> OH HO, MY!
HE RAN OUT OF ROOM AND TOTALLY FELL OUT OF BOUNDS.
ZERO FOR RIM!
WHICH MAKES THE FINAL SCORE 20-19.
MOTHERBOARD'S ALL-STARS WIN!
THEY WIN!
WE WIN!
WE DID IT!
WE DID IT!
WE DID IT!
I BELIEVE THIS IS, LIKE MINE.
AND AS KING, I DECLARE THAT SKATING IS COOL AGAIN.
AND FIRST TO SKATE IS HACKER.
NO, WAIT.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS!
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
HELP!
<Matt> SAME NUMBERS OF FENCE PIECES, SAME PERIMETER, JUST RESHAPED IT TO GIVE YOU MORE ROOM.
MORE AREA.
TOTALLY RAD, HUH, SHERMIE?
HA, HA!
SKATE ON, DUDE!
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