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When Motherboard is viewed from the side, her facial features are shown to be detached from her head by a significant distance, allowing the backs of her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth to be seen. The geometry serving as her nasolabial folds is much closer to the front of her head than the other features, albeit also detached.<ref name="Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green">"[[Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green]]"</ref><ref name="A Change of Art">"[[A Change of Art]]"</ref>
 
When Motherboard is viewed from the side, her facial features are shown to be detached from her head by a significant distance, allowing the backs of her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth to be seen. The geometry serving as her nasolabial folds is much closer to the front of her head than the other features, albeit also detached.<ref name="Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green">"[[Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green]]"</ref><ref name="A Change of Art">"[[A Change of Art]]"</ref>
   
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===[[The Poddleville Case (pilot)|"The Poddleville Case" (pilot)]]===
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[[File:Motherboard in the pilot.PNG|thumb|left]]
 
In the [[The Poddleville Case (pilot)|original pilot demo]] for ''[[Cyberchase]]'', an early version of "[[The Poddleville Case]]", Motherboard's design is much more abstract. She is two floating eyes with blue sclera and green irises, and a {{wp|sine wave}} representing her mouth.<ref>[//facebook.com/cyberchase/videos/414996005911701 Cyberchase - Original Pilot Demo Video | Facebook]</ref>
 
In the [[The Poddleville Case (pilot)|original pilot demo]] for ''[[Cyberchase]]'', an early version of "[[The Poddleville Case]]", Motherboard's design is much more abstract. She is two floating eyes with blue sclera and green irises, and a {{wp|sine wave}} representing her mouth.<ref>[//facebook.com/cyberchase/videos/414996005911701 Cyberchase - Original Pilot Demo Video | Facebook]</ref>
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===Season 1===
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In [[Season 1]], Motherboard faces forward and rarely, if ever, rotates. However, she appears to use the same 3D model as in later seasons. For instance, when her left eye jumps away from her face in "[[Cool It]]", it seems to change perspective and {{wp|foreshorten}} consistently.
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Motherboard is sometimes depicted with a drop shadow against her background.
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===Seasons 2&ndash;5===
 
From [[Season 2]] onwards, Motherboard often turns her head and is viewed from other angles, making it apparent that she is 3D modeled.
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===Seasons 6&ndash;===
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Motherboard's appearance was updated in [[Season 6]]. Some of her edges appear rounder, and she is lit more brightly. Her full model is much more often animated with {{wp|squash and stretch}}.
   
 
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Motherboard Valentine's Day Cards 2020.jpg|[[Valentine's Day Cards]] (2020 series)
 
Motherboard Valentine's Day Cards 2020.jpg|[[Valentine's Day Cards]] (2020 series)
 
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Motherboard in the pilot.PNG|[[The Poddleville Case (pilot)|"The Poddleville Case" (pilot)]]
Motherboard_in_the_pilot.PNG|Motherboard in the 1999/Pilot taken from Original Pilot Demo Video on Facebook
 
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*The {{wp|DTMF}} signals heard when [[Jules]] tries to call Motherboard in "[[Crystal Clear]]" are {{wp|5-5-5}}, a common prefix used for {{wp|fictitious telephone number}}s.
*In [[Season 1]], Motherboard faces forward and rarely (if ever) rotates, so she appears to be animated in a 2D style. From [[Season 2]] onwards, she often turns her head and is sometimes viewed from other angles, making it apparent that she is 3D modeled.
 
**Motherboard's model was updated in [[Season 6]].
 
*The {{wp|DTMF}} signals heard when [[Jules]] tries to call Motherboard are {{wp|5-5-5}}, a common prefix used for {{wp|fictitious telephone number}}s.
 
*In the Poddleville Case's Early Test Pilot Motherboard was different with a weird style than the one used in the actual show.
 
   
 
==Names in other languages==
 
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Revision as of 20:10, 16 September 2020

Motherboard
Motherboard
category Species
Cyberbrain[1]
cake Age
Ageless
female Gender
Female
palette Favorite color
All
home Home
Control Central
work Occupation
Cyberspace protector
family_restroom Relatives
Dr. Marbles (ex-husband)[citation needed]
Hacker (son)[2]
Harmony (granddaughter)
sentiment_satisfied Allies
CyberSquad, Dr. Marbles, Digit
sentiment_extremely_dissatisfied Enemies
Hacker, other villains
skip_previous Debut
Unknown

Motherboard (sometimes "Mother-B") is the benevolent ruler and protector of all of Cyberspace. She exists as the brain[3][1] of Motherboard Control Central and watches over each cybersite[4]. Dr. Marbles and Digit are her technicians, as was Hacker prior to double-crossing her.

Motherboard is wise and powerful, but Hacker's virus has weakened her. She calls on Inez, Jackie, and Matt to help defeat villains such as Hacker and protect Cyberspace.[1] Her main role in Cyberchase is to give the CyberSquad missions and advice. Due to the virus, she is often interrupted by bursts of static and other malfunctions and seemingly has a propensity to talk in riddles[5].

History

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Physical appearance

Motherboard is a 3D-animated blue head and neck that is almost always seen through a computer screen. She has wavy light blue hair and eyebrows with the texture of circuitry. Her nasolabial folds are also light blue, and her left one is vertical 3D text reading "M57383", which may be a serial number. Motherboard's left eye is a yellow sphere, and her right eye is an orange rectangle; her irises are blue. Her nose is an oblique quadrilateral pyramid. She has dark red lips.

When Motherboard is viewed from the side, her facial features are shown to be detached from her head by a significant distance, allowing the backs of her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth to be seen. The geometry serving as her nasolabial folds is much closer to the front of her head than the other features, albeit also detached.[6][7]

"The Poddleville Case" (pilot)

Motherboard in the pilot

In the original pilot demo for Cyberchase, an early version of "The Poddleville Case", Motherboard's design is much more abstract. She is two floating eyes with blue sclera and green irises, and a sine wave representing her mouth.[8]

Season 1

In Season 1, Motherboard faces forward and rarely, if ever, rotates. However, she appears to use the same 3D model as in later seasons. For instance, when her left eye jumps away from her face in "Cool It", it seems to change perspective and foreshorten consistently.

Motherboard is sometimes depicted with a drop shadow against her background.

Seasons 2–5

From Season 2 onwards, Motherboard often turns her head and is viewed from other angles, making it apparent that she is 3D modeled.

Seasons 6–

Motherboard's appearance was updated in Season 6. Some of her edges appear rounder, and she is lit more brightly. Her full model is much more often animated with squash and stretch.

Components

Motherboard's components include the Encryptor Chip, the Memory Integrator which helps store her memory[9], and an unnamed panel that controls the portal system[10].

Motherboard has a coolant tank that stores cryoxide to prevent her from overheating[11], which can process other liquids such as antidotes[6]. She has a paper tape printer[12] and a laser printer that can shoot laser beams[11].

Hacker claims that a Digitizing Activator could scan a rod-based triangle to cure the virus. Although this turns out to be a lie, Motherboard did not dispute it, so the Digitizing Activator may be a real component that scans geometric figures or other objects for authentication or data encoding purposes.[13]

Personality

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Motherboard's political philosophy involves a deep belief in a free and open cybersociety, which may be based on free and open-source software.[13]

Powers and abilities

Motherboard can generate portals to bridge physically distant locations in Cyberspace and the real world alike. Motherboard can even appear physically within the vortex, at a size that dwarfs the Grim Wreaker[7].

Virus

When Hacker removed Motherboard's Encryptor Chip, Digit put it back in, and Motherboard and Dr. Marbles rejected Hacker from Control Central. Despite the kickout, Hacker took Digit with him, and when they landed at the Northern Frontier, Hacker made him build a ship, along with Buzz and Delete. Then, Digit escaped to go back to Motherboard's side.

Shortly after his rebuild, Hacker launched a plan to get back at Motherboard. He programmed a library computer in the real world to crash, which would allow him to breach the system. He attacked while Motherboard was undergoing a upgrade. At that time, Jackie, Matt, and Inez were at the computer. After touching three dots, they crashed the computer, allowing Hacker to breach the system. Motherboard was able to warn the Doctor of the breach. Doctor Marbles attempted to reload the firewall (which had been off the entire upgrade), but the virus Hacker launched reached the computer before the entire firewall was loaded. Luckily, the firewall was up before the virus fully infected her, giving Motherboard only partial damage. 

MotherboardS1

Motherboard in Season 1

One effect of the virus that remains is that Motherboard sometimes flickers and squelches with static, which at times becomes so severe it cuts off her sentences.

Hacker describes the infected Motherboard as "but a mere fraction of her once-powerful self"[14].

Character bios

"Meet the CyberSquad" bio (2001)

The wise and powerful ruler of cyberspace. Her circuits are a bit scrambled because Hacker double-crossed her and transmitted a computer virus into her system.

Pet Peeves: My arch-enemy Hacker

Favorite Color: I find beauty in all colors

Favorite Music: World music

Favorite Books: Encyclopedia Britannica, World Almanac

Trading card bio

Age: Ageless

Favorite Color: She loves them all

Favorite Line: "Well done, cybermates!"

Other Faves: Beauty, harmony, peace, Jackie, Matt and Inez

Pet Peeves: Hacker, dishonesty

Great At: Knowledge and wisdom

Skwakopedia entry (Cyberchase: The Quest)

The kind and caring ruler of Cyberspace. She keeps the virtual universe running smoothly and makes sure everyone is taken care of.

"CyberSquad" bio (2012)

Motherboard, the wise ruler of cyberspace, speaks from a computer at Control Central. Hacker has infected her operating system with a virus, so we often hear static as she tells the kids and Digit about important missions to stop Hacker. Signature line: “Hacker alert!”

Name origin

A motherboard is the main printed circuit board in a computer, which the other parts are connected to.

Appearances

Gallery

Trivia

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Portuguese Placa-mãe Motherboard

References