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"R-Fair City"

Cyberchase episode
Season 1, episode 3

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January 23, 2002

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Larry Jacobs

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Barry Harman
George Arthur Bloom

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Probability

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"R-Fair City" is the third episode of Season 1 of Cyberchase. It originally aired on January 23, 2002.

Characters

Jackie
Inez
Matt
Digit
Motherboard
Hacker
Buzz
Delete
Lucky
Grubby
Dr. Marbles (mentioned)
Squares
R-Cadian clowns

Locations

R-Fair City

Plot

Posing himself as a fortune teller, Hacker lures Digit to a trap in a fantastic cyber amusement park called R Fair City, where he and his henchmen are attempting to cause chaos by creating unfair games. When Jackie, Matt and Inez arrive to the cybersite to find Digit, they get the help from a cyborg named Lucky, who explains to them about what's happening in R Fair City.

Deducing that Hacker may be responsible, the kids analyzed every game in R Fair City to determined which games are fair and which ones are not. Eventually, the kids finally catch up to Hacker and beat him in his game while rescuing Digit at the same time. The Cybersquad then defeats Hacker by tricking him to play Pure Chance, a game that involves two doors: one leads to a day of free rides, the other zaps those who enter away from the cybersite and into Cyberspace. Hacker chooses the wrong door, and he and his minions end up bring zapped away from R Fair City and into the depths of Cyberspace.

Extras

Math topic: Probability
For Real Segment: "Bianca Flips Out"

Trivia

This is the first episode in which Dr. Marbles is only mentioned, rather than appearing in person.

Errors

At the end of Act 1, The credits appear at the wrong time

The extra credits were edited out of the archived version.

The error is not present the full episode.

Transcript

Main article: R-Fair City (episode)/transcript

Memorable quotes

Main article: R-Fair City (episode)/Memorable quotes

Gallery

Main article: R-Fair City (episode)/gallery

External links

PBS KIDS - Cyberchase Videos - R-Fair City

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 }}"'''R-Fair City'''" is the third episode of [[Season 1]] of ''[[Cyberchase]]''. It originally aired on January 23, 2002.
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 *[[Lucky]]
 *[[Grubby]]
+*[[Dr. Marbles]] (mentioned)
 *[[Squares]]
 *[[R-Cadian clowns]]
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 ==Plot==
-Hacker lures Digit to a fantastic cyber amusement park and holds him captive. When the kids arrive, they analyze the games of chance, figuring out which games are fair and which ones are not, and use what they learn to find Hacker and beat him at his own game before it's too late.
+Posing himself as a fortune teller, Hacker lures Digit to a trap in a fantastic cyber amusement park called R Fair City, where he and his henchmen are attempting to cause chaos by creating unfair games. When Jackie, Matt and Inez arrive to the cybersite to find Digit, they get the help from a cyborg named Lucky, who explains to them about what's happening in R Fair City.
+Deducing that Hacker may be responsible, the kids analyzed every game in R Fair City to determined which games are fair and which ones are not. Eventually, the kids finally catch up to Hacker and beat him in his game while rescuing Digit at the same time. The Cybersquad then defeats Hacker by tricking him to play Pure Chance, a game that involves two doors: one leads to a day of free rides, the other zaps those who enter away from the cybersite and into Cyberspace. Hacker chooses the wrong door, and he and his minions end up bring zapped away from R Fair City and into the depths of Cyberspace.
 ==Extras==
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 *'''[[For Real Segment]]:''' "[[Bianca Flips Out]]"
-==Transcript==
+== Trivia ==
+* This is the first episode in which Dr. Marbles is only mentioned, rather than appearing in person.
-*''Main article: [[R-Fair City (episode) (transcript)]]''
-==Memorable quotes==
+== Errors ==
+At the end of Act 1, The credits appear at the wrong time
-'''Hacker:''' I thought perhaps you'd like to rejoin the forces of ''chaos''. After all, you were one of my most effective operatives.
+The extra credits were edited out of the archived version.
-'''Digit:''' [''feigning sincerity''] Gee, boss, you'd really take me back?
+The error is not present the full episode.
-'''Hacker:''' [''holds Digit by the beak''] Never! But I will find out what price Motherboard will pay to [''shaking Digit in rhythm''] get—you—back. [''drops Digit and laughs'']
+==Transcript==
-'''Buzz:''' Boss, boss! Guess who we saw on the midway?
+*''Main article: [[R-Fair City (episode)/transcript]]''
+==Memorable quotes==
-'''Hacker:''' [''sarcastically''] I give up. [[Frosty the Snowman]]?
+*''Main article: [[R-Fair City (episode)/Memorable quotes]]''
-'''Delete:''' No! {{wp|Scooby-Doo|Those meddling kids}}!
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-'''Jackie:''' Matt! Wait! I just checked out the [[Tilting Toppling Towers]] game.
-'''Matt:''' Well? Is it crooked?
-[''beat'']
-'''Jackie:''' [''deadpan''] Very funny. But no. It's strictly on the level. Fair.
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-'''Jackie:''' What if we're too late? What if we never see Digit again?
-[''Digit crashes into the trunk of Lucky's car.'']
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-'''Digit:''' How did you know which Door would zap The Hacker into [[Cyberspace]]?
-'''Matt:''' I didn't. But there were only two possibilities. So I took a chance—and we won!
 ==Gallery==
+*''Main article: [[R-Fair City (episode)/gallery]]''
-<gallery>
-Cyberchase R-Fair City.jpg
-Digit cage.jpg
-</gallery>
 ==External links==
 [http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/videos/cyberchase-r-fair-city-ep-103/ PBS KIDS - Cyberchase Videos - ''R-Fair City'']
+[[Category:Nelvana episodes]]