Cyberchase
A Murky Mystery in Mermaidos: Act 1
Clip: Season 11 Episode 3 | 9m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
The CyberSquad investigates why Mermaidos, an underwater cybersite, is heating up.
Digit visits his friend Eugene and discovers that Mermaidos, Eugene's underwater home, is unusually murky and warm. Calling in the CyberSquad, the team investigates and learn that the water temperature is rising. Meanwhile, Hacker tells Buzz and Delete his plan to turn Mermaidos into his hot tub.
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Cyberchase
A Murky Mystery in Mermaidos: Act 1
Clip: Season 11 Episode 3 | 9m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Digit visits his friend Eugene and discovers that Mermaidos, Eugene's underwater home, is unusually murky and warm. Calling in the CyberSquad, the team investigates and learn that the water temperature is rising. Meanwhile, Hacker tells Buzz and Delete his plan to turn Mermaidos into his hot tub.
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>> ♪ Cyberchase ♪ ♪ We're moving ♪ ♪ We're beating 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've got the power of one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Running in the 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!
♪ ♪♪ >> Toothbrush.
>> [ Laughs ] >> [ Laughs ] Ball.
Now where's my helmet?
Oh, here it is.
It must be dirty.
I can't see a thing.
Whoa.
>> Is this what you're looking for?
>> [ Gasps ] My helmet.
Now I can breathe underwater.
Thanks, Jackie.
>> Breathe underwater?
Where are you going in such a hurry?
>> Only the greatest site in all of cyberspace, Mermaidos.
>> Mermaidos?
>> I took some videos last time I was there.
Check it out.
Ah, Mermaidos, a beautiful cyber site with green trees and the coolest of cool waterfalls, but the best part is underwater.
Helmet on!
Yee-haw!
>> [ Gasping ] >> Wow!
>> Colorful fish... >> Whoa!
>> ...and, of course, Mermaidians.
This is my friend Eugene.
>> Hi, Didge.
>> We frolic with the fish.
>> We have picnics under the shady trees.
>> And we play fetch with Eugene's pet sculpin, Slimey.
Fetch, Slimey.
In Mermaidos, we have fun all day long.
Whoa!
>> Wow.
Mermaidos seems really cool.
>> It's the best.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to Mermaidos.
>> Adiós!
>> Bye, Didge.
>> Have fun!
>> [ Grunts ] Ah!
Goodbye!
♪♪ Yee-haw!
The only way to travel.
Hey, how come it's so cloudy down here?
Where's Eugene's house?
Ah, there it is.
♪♪ [ Tapping ] Oops.
Sorry, Ms. Snail.
>> Ah!
♪♪ [ Knocking ] >> Didge?
>> Eugene!
>> Boom!
Boom!
>> Hee hee hee!
>> So excited you're here.
What do you want to do?
>> Let's play fetch with Slimey.
Here, Slimey.
Slimey?
Where is Slimey?
>> I don't know, but I'm sure he'll be back soon.
Let's play tag.
>> Good idea.
Tag, you're it.
>> Woo-hoo!
>> [ Grunts ] What's going on with all these plants?
[ Grunting ] I don't remember them growing this big and wild.
[ Grunts ] A little help?
Aah!
>> Whoa!
♪♪ Oof!
>> Gather round.
Mayor Ethel Mermaid has an announcement.
>> ♪ Something is wrong with the waters of the Mermaidos 'cause all of the sculpin are gone ♪ [ All gasping ] >> What's wrong?
>> Wait, you mean it's not just Slimey?
>> ♪ To figure out this big problem, Mermaidos is going to need help ♪ >> Help?
Who can help?
♪♪ [ Door creaks ] ♪♪ >> Ah, a perfect day to relax in the sun.
>> Don't forget your sunscreen, boss.
>> I'll apply it.
>> No, I will.
>> No, me.
>> Me!
>> Me!
Me!
Me!
I told you!
Uh-oh.
>> You cretinous collection of cogs, look what you've done!
>> Sorry, boss.
We'll fix it.
[ Squeak ] [ Sproing! ]
>> Today is supposed to be all about relaxing.
Soon, all of Mermaidos will be my own personal hot tub.
Ha ha!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
[ Ominous music ] >> Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
>> Hee ha ha ha ha ha!
Now, in order for me to reach maximum relaxation, this water must be 100 cyber degrees.
Has it reached 100 cyber degrees yet?
>> Oh, yeah.
Must be.
Absolutely.
>> All righty then.
Ahh.
[ Gasps ] Cold, the water is too cold!
>> Sorry, boss.
We're on it!
♪♪ >> Just go and make the water hotter!
>> Yeah, much hotter!
>> You got it, boss, much hotter!
♪♪ [ Groans ] [ Thump ] >> Are you sure your friends can help?
>> Trust me.
The Cybersquad can figure out anything, and here they are now.
Inez, Jackie, Matt, say hello to Eugene.
>> Hey!
>> Hi!
>> Hey!
>> Okay, that's enough.
We've got a problem.
>> No kidding.
The water is a lot greener than it was in your video.
>> That's new.
The water is usually crystal clear.
>> ♪ And all of our sculpin are gone!
♪ >> Slimey, too.
>> Slimey?
>> The fish you saw in the video!
>> Oh, right.
>> It says here, sculpin are good indicators of a healthy Mermaidos ecosystem.
>> Ecosystem?
>> A community of living things and all the air and land and water around them.
They all share the same space.
>> That means if the sculpin left, something might be wrong with your ecosystem.
>> Is anything else different?
>> These plants are a lot bigger and wilder than I remember.
>> And the water feels a lot warmer than usual.
>> Huh.
What temperature is it supposed to be?
>> ♪ Seventy-six cyber degrees, always 76 ♪ >> I wonder what the temperature is now.
>> Allow me.
It's 85 cyber degrees.
>> ♪ Eighty-five?
♪ ♪ That's much too warm ♪ ♪ It needs to be 76 ♪ >> Note -- the normal temperature in Mermaidos is 76 cyber degrees.
Note -- Now it's 85, and the sculpin have left.
>> Okay, what else do we know?
Whoa.
>> We know it's really hard to pace underwater.
>> [ Chuckles ] Matt!
>> We also know that the plants are bigger, and the water is cloudy and warmer.
>> Could it mean that change in water temperature is causing all these problems?
>> Good question, Eugene!
>> Come on, Cybersquad.
Time to investigate!
♪♪ >> [ Laughs evilly ] Excellent, excellent.
All the trees are gone.
Yeah.
Now there's nothing to shade the water from the sun.
My enormous hot tub should be a perfect 100 cyber degrees in no time.
♪♪ Ah, ah.
What?
Still too cold!
Buzz, Delete!
>> We need to find out what's making the water warmer.
>> Maybe these fish know something?
>> Looks like they're leaving, too.
>> First Slimey, now the rest of the fish?
This is not good.
>> Temperature check!
>> On it!
Eighty-nine cyber degrees.
>> The temperature was 85, and now it's 89.
That's four degrees hotter.
Note -- At 89 degrees, the other fish are leaving.
>> ♪ The hotter is gets, the more polluted the water, so tell your merson and tell your merdaughter ♪ ♪ If the temperature gets to 100 degrees, we all must move ♪ ♪ We all must leave ♪ >> Leave Mermaidos?
>> But Mermaidos is my home!
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