Cyberchase
A Whale of A Tale: Act 2
Clip: Season 2 Episode 8 | 8m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
A trip to R-Fair City nearly turns into a monster mash when Hacker abducts Glowla.
A trip to R-Fair City nearly turns into a monster mash when Hacker abducts Glowla, a beautiful cyberlady who radiates pure energy. Hacker is able to snatch Glowla by reprogramming her trick whale, Snout. As a result, Snout goes on a rampage. Digit and the kids must find Glowla and stop Snout before he totally destroys R-Fair City.
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Cyberchase
A Whale of A Tale: Act 2
Clip: Season 2 Episode 8 | 8m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
A trip to R-Fair City nearly turns into a monster mash when Hacker abducts Glowla, a beautiful cyberlady who radiates pure energy. Hacker is able to snatch Glowla by reprogramming her trick whale, Snout. As a result, Snout goes on a rampage. Digit and the kids must find Glowla and stop Snout before he totally destroys R-Fair City.
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JACKIE: GOOD THING YOU FOUND US.
I TRIED TO STOP HIM, BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.
PULL!
DIGIT: MATTY, YOU OKAY?
I'M FINE!
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T GET OVER.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT SIGN.
IT'S ONLY ONE METER!
I'M GOING TO TRY AGAIN.
MATT, IF IT IS ONLY ONE METER ACROSS, YOU WOULD'VE MADE IT THE FIRST TIME!
INEZ IS RIGHT.
THE ANSWER OF ONE METER JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
HMM, I GUESS I SHOULD'VE DOUBLE-CHECKED.
INEZ: I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT SIGN TO BE ABOUT ONE METER WIDE.
AND THERE'S ROOM FOR MAYBE THREE MORE SIGNS AFTER IT, BEFORE YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
INEZ: SO THE GAP HAS TO BE AT LEAST FOUR METERS ACROSS.
NO WONDER I DIDN'T MAKE IT.
THE FARTHEST I'VE EVER JUMPED IS THREE METERS!
HEY!
THE SMOKE'S CLEARING AWAY!
AND GUESS WHAT?
THAT'S NOT A ONE, IT'S A SEVEN!
THE PAINT'S PEELED OFF!
JACKIE: SO IT'S REALLY A SEVEN METER GAP!
MATT, NEXT TIME YOU RISK YOUR LIFE ON A NUMBER...
I KNOW...
ASK MYSELF FIRST, DOES MY ANSWER MAKE SENSE.
JACKIE: HEY, GUYS!
IT'S MOTHERBOARD!
GO AHEAD, MOTHER B!
MOTHERBOARD: SPOUT IS HEADING FOR THE MIDWAY!
(STATIC) MUST STOP HIM AT ONCE!
TENSION IS MOUNTING WITH REPORTS THAT SPOUT IS COMING THIS WAY.
(ROAR) YES!
IT'S HIM!
IT'S SPOUT!
(ROAR) HAND ME THE SPODEOMOTRON, DEEDEE.
HERE YOU GO, BUZZY.
BUZZ: NO, NO!
NOT THE PLANETARY TORQUE CONVERTER!
HUH?
HACKER: THE MEAN MOBILE FIXED YET?
ALMOST...
UH, JUST ANOTHER FEW MINUTES, EVERYTHING WILL BE AS RIGHT AS RAIN!
IS THIS THE SPODEMOTRON THINGY?
BUZZ: NO!
OH!
WE'LL NEVER GET THIS THING FIXED!
THOSE DISFUNCTIONAL DUNCEBUCKETS!
I'VE GOT TO HIDE YOU TILL MY GETAWAY CAR IS FIXED.
EWWW!
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR CHIN?
MY CHIN?
HEY!
COME BACK HERE!
VANDER ROM: EVERYONE IS SAFE NOW, BUT WHAT WAS ONCE A PLACE OF FUN AND GAMES HAS BECOME A SET OF BROKEN TOYS.
INEZ: HAVE YOU SEEN SPOUT?
VANDER ROM: YES.
HE'S GONE TO THE END OF THE MIDWAY!
MATT: THANKS!
VANDER ROM: (HUFFING & PUFFING) SIR, DO YOU THINK SPOUT CAN BE STOPPED?
OR IS R-FAIR CITY DOOMED?
MATT: OF COURSE HE CAN BE STOPPED!
INEZ: IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF FIGURING OUT HOW.
MATT: HEY!
I HAVE AN IDEA!
HACKER'S GOTTA BE HERE SOMEWHERE.
(STRANGE NOISE) DIGIT: WHAT WAS THAT?!
JACKIE: IT'S GLOWLA!
DIGIT: AND GUESS WHO!
JACKIE: COME ON!
I KNOW YOU'RE IN HERE, GLOWLA.
COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
WHY DO YOU THINK SPOUT WENT OUT OF CONTROL?
IT WAS ALL MY DOING.
I REPROGRAMMED YOUR PRECIOUS WHALE!
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
YUP.
FACE IT, GLOWLA, I'M RUNNING THE SHOW NOW!
(CRASH) NOT SO FAST!
(SCREAMING) (EVIL LAUGH) OKAY, HERE'S THE PLAN.
I'LL CREATE A DIVERSION AND WHEN HACKER COMES OUT TO LOOK... YOU GO INSIDE AND CHANGE PLACES WITH GLOWLA.
BEEEAUTIFUL!
YOU CREATE A DIVERSION, I GO INSIDE AND... WHAT?
CHANGE PLACES WITH GLOWLA.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN B?
C'MON, DIDGE, WE'VE GOT TO FREE GLOWLA BUT WE CAN'T LET HACKER KNOW SHE'S GONE!
HACKER: I'M AFRAID YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE GENIUS YOU'RE TRYING TO OUTWIT.
I GUESS NOT.
IS THERE ONE HERE?
JACKIE: (SPOOKY VOICE) HAAAA-CKER... WHO SAID THAT?
JACKIE: (SPOOKY VOICE) HAAAA-CKERRRRRR... WHO'S THERE?!
I DEMAND YOU SHOW YOUR FACE!
WAIT RIGHT HERE!
WHO ARE YOU?!
SSSSH!
THE NAME'S DIGIT.
I'M HERE TO SAVE YOU.
GIVE ME ONE OF YOUR COSTUMES.
WE'RE SWITCHING PLACES.
NO WAY!
I CAN HANDLE HACKER MYSELF.
DIGIT: MAYBE.
BUT RIGHT NOW SPOUT IS MAKIN' A MESS OUT THERE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
SPOUT NEEDS ME!
QUICK!
PUT THIS ON.
DIGIT: YOIKES!
GLOWLA: YOU'RE GORGEOUS!
I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU FOR THIS!
MATT: POPS, WHERE ARE YOU?
POPS: IS IT SAFE?
IT'LL BE SAFE IF YOU HAVE A BIG CAGE TO PUT SPOUT IN.
CAGES I'VE GOT!
WALK THIS WAY.
INEZ: LET'S SEE.
YOU'VE GOT CAGES STARTING AT FIVE METERS AND GOING UP TO TWENTY METERS TALL.
WE'LL TAKE THE TEN METER CAGE!
WELL, THAT SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH.
MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
MATT, WE NEED TO DOUBLE-CHECK.
IF IT'S TOO SMALL, IT WON'T WORK.
BUT IF IT'S TOO BIG, SPOUT COULD BANG AROUND INSIDE AND HURT HIMSELF.
RIGHT.
WE NEED SOME WAY TO TELL HOW BIG SPOUT IS... THEN WE'LL KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT CAGE OR NOT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?
POPS: MAY I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS LOVELY POSTER ON THE WALL?
MATT: IF WE KNEW HOW TALL GLOWLA WAS, WE COULD MEASURE SPOUT IN GLOWLAS!
POPS: SHE'S JUST UNDER TWO METERS.
I SOLD HER A COSTUME.
INEZ: GREAT!
INEZ: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE , SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT GLOWLAS.
OH, NO!
THE POSTER DOESN'T SHOW SPOUT'S TAIL!
MATT: YEAH, BUT THAT'S A GOOD BALLPARK NUMBER.
IF ONE GLOWLA IS TWO METERS, THEN EIGHT GLOWLAS IS SIXTEEN METERS.
NOT COUNTING THE THE TAIL!
NO WAY THE TEN METER CAGE WOULD HAVE WORKED.
OUR ESTIMATES SHOWED IT WAS TOO SMALL!
OKAY, SO THE TEN METER CAGE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW BIG SPOUT REALLY IS.
MATT: TOO BAD SPOUT'S NOT HERE, THEN WE'D KNOW FOR SURE!
VANDER ROM: SPOUT CONTINUES TO RUN WILD.
HE WAS LAST SEEN RAMPAGING PAST THE AQUA TOWERS ON HIS WAY TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SITE!
MATT: LOOK!
SPOUT'S JUST A LITTLE TALLER THAN THAT HOTEL!
INEZ: QUICK!
COUNT THE FLOORS!
MATT: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX!
SIX FLOORS!
AND EACH FLOOR IS ABOUT... THREE METERS HIGH.
THREE TIMES SIX IS EIGHTEEN.
THEN THE HOTEL IS ABOUT EIGHTEEN METERS TALL.
SO SPOUT SHOULD FIT INTO THE TWENTY METER CAGE!
I HEAR YOU!
ONE CAGE, TWENTY METERS TALL.
(CHUCKLES) YOU GOT IT!
HACKER: YOU KNOW, GLOWLA, WITH YOU BY MY SIDE, WE CAN BE A GREAT TEAM.
DIGIT (AS GLOWLA): WHAT ABOUT SPOUT?
I DON'T NEED SPOUT.
I NEED YOU!
WE'LL ACHIEVE GREATNESS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.
CAN YOU DO A TRIPLE FLIP?
HACKER: I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
WE'LL RULE ALL OF CYBERSPACE!
YOU AND ME, TOGETHER FOREVER!
INEZ: HERE HE COMES!
(ROARING) MATT: COME ON, BOY.
JUST A LITTLE CLOSER... MATT AND INEZ: NOWWWW!!!
INEZ: SORRY SPOUTY!
WE HAD TO DO IT.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, JAX!
THE WHALE HAS LANDED.
(SPOUT RATTLES CAGE) MATT AND INEZ: AHHHHHH!
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