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DR. MARBLES:

THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP!

AT LAST, I'VE FOUND IT!

SLIDER: THERE'S GOTTA BE A SKATE WHEEL IN HERE SOMEWHERE.

WHAT'S THIS?

SLIDER: SLY, THIS IS YOUR DAD.

IF YOU'RE READING THIS NOTE,

IT MEANS I'VE HAD A RUN IN WITH HACKER.

THE SYNCOLATOR WILL HELP YOU FIND ME.

MY INVENTION TRACKS I.D. CODES.

PROGRAM IN MY ID AND IT WILL SEARCH CYBERSPACE FOR A MATCH.

I MISS YOU, SON.

SAME HERE, POPS. I'LL FIND YOU!

ELECTRONIC VOICE: I.D. CODE 66795 ACCEPTED!

SEARCHING, SEARCHING, SEARCHING.

66795 NOT FOUND. SEARCH TERMINATED.

NO! MAYBE IT'S THE NEXT NUMBER UP!

ELECTRONIC VOICE: I.D. CODE 66796 ACCEPTED.

SEARCHING, SEARCHING, SEARCHING.

SEARCH SUCCESSFUL. ENCRYPTOR CHIP LOCATED.

THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP?

I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY FATHER

AND FOUND THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP INSTEAD!

THIS IS TOO WEIRD! THE DOC CHECKED IN A WHILE AGO

AND SAID HE'S GOT THE CHIP!

MOTHERBOARD: FIND CHIP!

MUST FIND CHIP!

I'M ON IT, MOTHERBOARD!

HUH? THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP IS ON THAT CYBER AUCTION SITE -

"U-WANT, U-BID"!

WHAT'S IT DOING THERE?!

MOTHERBOARD: CIRCUITS FAILING...

MUST POWER DOWN...

WHAT'S GOING ON?!

GOING ON EMERGENCY STANDBY MODE.

DIGIT: MOTHERBOARD?!

DOC, WHERE ARE YOU?!

DOCTOR MARBLES, COME IN, I NEED YOU.

COME IN!

HE'S GONE.

MAYBE HE'S THE ONE SELLING THE CHIP.

NEVER!

CYBORGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SWITCH SIDES, YOU KNOW.

BUT THE DOC WOULD NEVER SELL THE CHIP...

WOULD HE?

MATT: IF THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP IS UP FOR AUCTION

THEN ANYBODY CAN BUY IT!

SLIDER: INCLUDING HACKER!

JACKIE: THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE!

IF HACKER GETS THE CHIP INSTEAD OF MOTHERBOARD,

SHE'LL NEVER GET BETTER!

INEZ: THE AUCTIONEER WILL JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK, THAT'S ALL!

THIS IS THE ITEM YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR:

THE ONE, THE ONLY... ENCRYPTOR CHIP!

NEVER BEFORE AND NEVER AGAIN WILL I HAVE AN ITEM SO RARE,

SO PRECIOUS, SO INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.

DON'T MISS THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY

TO CONTROL THE VERY FUTURE OF CYBERSPACE!

YOU HAVE ELEVEN DAYS TO MAKE A BID BY PHONE,

ONLINE, OR IN PERSON.

WHOEVER BIDS THE MOST SNELFUS WINS!

THE AUCTION IS NOW OPEN!

INEZ: EXCUSE ME, WE WANT THAT CHIP.

FOWLER: YOU WANT, YOU BID!

THAT'S THE WAY THE AUCTION WORKS.

BUT THE CHIP BELONGS TO MOTHERBOARD NOT YOU!

ACTUALLY, BIRD THING,

IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME EITHER.

IT BELONGS TO THE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SELL IT.

AND WHO IS THAT?!

SORRY PAL, MY LIPS ARE SEALED.

JACKIE: BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US!

DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT MOTHERBOARD?

LISTEN KIDS, THIS IS A BUSINESS.

SOMEONE WANTS TO SELL SOMETHING I DON'T SMELL IT,

I JUST SELL IT!

DIGIT: IT'S ALREADY UP TO 35 SNELFUS!

WE GOTTA BUY THAT CHIP!

WITH WHAT, DIDGE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SNELFUS.

AT LEAST I DON'T.

I HAVE TWO.

MATT: THAT'S TWO MORE THAN I HAVE.

SAME HERE.

LEMME CHECK.

MAYBE I HAVE A FEW SNELFUS STASHED AWAY.

SORRY, NO SNELFUS.

JUST A BUNCHA BOTTLE CAPS.

JACKIE: GEE, WHERE'D YOU GET SO MANY?

WHENEVER I DRINK A CYBERBURPIE, I SAVE THE CAP.

HMM. I GUESS WHEN YOU SAVE A LITTLE AT A TIME

AND KEEP DOING IT OVER AND OVER,

IT ADDS UP.

WAIT JUST A MINUTE!

WHAT IF WE DID THAT WITH SNELFUS?

DO WHAT?

JACKIE: SAVE SNELFUS!

THE AUCTION DOESN'T END FOR 11 DAYS.

THAT GIVES US TIME.

ONLY ONE PROBLEM -

WHERE DO WE GET THE SNELFUS TO SAVE?

WE EARN THEM! WE GET JOBS!

IF WE EARN AND SAVE EVEN A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY

FOR 11 DAYS,

THE TOTAL WILL ADD UP.

AND WE CAN BID ON THE CHIP!

FOWLER: YOU'RE THE CHEAPEST BUNCH OF BORGS I EVER SAW.

THIS CHIP IS PRICELESS!

35 SNELFUS IS NOTHING!

TERMINATOR: I BID FIFTY SNELFUS!

FIFTY SNELFUS! NOW WE'RE BIDDING!

I THINK THE WAY THIS AUCTION IS GOING

WE'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST 100 SNELFUS TO GET THAT CHIP.

JACKIE: OH, MAN!

HOW CAN WE SAVE 100 SNELFUS IN JUST 11 DAYS?

LET'S SEE...

IF WE SAVE ONE A DAY LIKE I DID WITH THESE CAPS

IT WOULD TAKE...

YOIKES!

100 DAYS TO SAVE 100 SNELFUS?!

TIME OUT! WE DON'T HAVE 100 DAYS.

WE ONLY HAVE 11.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE SAVE...

MMM, 10 SNELFUS A DAY INSTEAD OF ONE?

THAT WORK?

LET'S TRY.

SAY THIS CAP IS 10 SNELFUS.

ON THE FIRST DAY, WE WOULD SAVE 10 SNELFUS.

ON DAY TWO, WE SAVE ANOTHER 10,

WHICH MAKES OUR TOTAL SAVINGS 20 SNELFUS.

MATT: SO THE TOTAL GOES UP BY 10 EACH DAY.

HEY... A PATTERN!

INEZ: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90...

AND ON THE TENTH DAY OUR TOTAL REACHES 100!

COOL!

JACKIE: THIS PLAN'S GONNA WORK.

IF WE SAVE 10 SNELFUS A DAY

WE KNOW FOR SURE WE'LL HAVE OUR 100 SNELFUS

IN EXACTLY 10 DAYS.

WHICH GIVES US ONE DAY TO SPARE!

NOW ALL WE NEED ARE JOBS.

LET'S GET TO WORK!

BUZZ AND DELETE: LOOK OUT!

MAKE WAY FOR THE HACKER!

HACKER: LISTEN UP, YOU PESTILENTIAL PACK OF PIPES!

I HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THAT ENCRYPTOR CHIP

AND THEY DON'T INCLUDE YOU!

SO DO NOT BID ON IT AGAIN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

CHIP MINE!

CHIP NOT YOURS

UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR WARRANTY

AS A FENDER ON THE GRIM WREAKER!

SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT

OR I'LL MAKE IT RUST!

OKAY, I STOP BIDDING NOW.

AREN'T AUCTIONS FUN?

UM, HI, HI.

I'M INEZ.

I SAW YOUR AD FOR A DOG WALKER

AND I'D LIKE THE JOB.

IF YOU VANT BUT IT ISN'T REALLY A DOG.

WHATEVER.

INEZ: WHOA!

HELP!

LITTLE PODDLES:

HI, I'M MATT AND THIS IS SLIDER.

WE'RE YOUR NEW BABYSITTER.

LITTLE PODDLES:

MATT AND SLIDER:

JACKIE: MMM, CHOCOLATE!

IS THIS JOB SWEET OR WHAT?

YIKES!

WOO! OH!

DIGIT: OKAY GANG, LET'S COUNT UP WHAT WE EARNED.

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, TEN!

DAY ONE: 10 SNELFUS SAVED!

COOL! JUST THE AMOUNT WE PLANNED.

AND IF WE KEEP SAVING 10 SNELFUS A DAY

FOR NINE MORE DAYS,

WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TO BUY THE CHIP

AND SAVE MOTHERBOARD!

INEZ: EVERY DAY THE TOTAL'S GOING TO GROW AND GROW.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GROW MORE WINGS TO HOLD IT ALL!

SLIDER: NO PROBLEM.

I'LL RIG UP A BANK.

WE STASH OUR CASH IN HERE.

IT'LL SHOW HOW MUCH WE SAVE EACH DAY.

OUR GOAL - THE BIG 100!

JACKIE: LET'S MAKE A DEPOSIT!

I HAVE TO ADMIT, SLIDER, THAT'S PRETTY COOL!

JACKIE: PRETTY COOL?!

I THINK IT'S AWESOME!

ME TOO!

I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW!

DUM, DUM, TA DUM,

DUM, DUM, TA DUM.

FOWLER: LET ME REMIND YOU,

THERE ARE ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT

TO BID ON THIS VALUABLE AND UNIQUE ITEM.

AND ONCE IT'S GONE-

GREETINGS, FELLOW CYBER-CITIZENS!

JUST A LITTLE WORD TO THE WISE.

AT THE END OF THE AUCTION,

I FULLY INTEND TO OWN THIS ENCRYPTOR CHIP.

SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME BIDDING!

IS THAT MY HACKIE

INEZ: HERE ARE THE 10 SNELFUS WE EARNED ON DAY TWO!

JACKIE: PLUS THE 10 SNELFUS WE EARNED YESTERDAY

GIVES US A TOTAL OF...

ALL: 20 SNELFUS!

SLIDER: ONLY 80 TO GO!

AND EIGHT DAYS TO EARN IT!

THE MONEY'S ADDING UP

JUST LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.

YUP, OUR PLAN'S WORKING PERFECTLY!

EXCEPT FOR ONE LITTLE PROBLEM

THAT ISN'T SO LITTLE!

ALL: HACKER!

100 SNELFUS!

PARDNER, YOU'RE TALKIN' THROUGH YER HAT!

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

NOPE.

SHOW HIM, BOYS!

150 SNELFUS!

THE HACKER BIDS 150 SNELFUS!

ALL: OH NO!

MATT: NOW WE NEED EVEN MORE MONEY TO BUY THE CHIP!

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!

WELL, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP DOING

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SAVING

THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY DAY WORKS.

BUT INSTEAD OF SAVING 10 SNELFUS A DAY,

WE'LL HAVE TO SAVE MORE.

HOW MUCH MORE?!

SLIDER: I'D SAY WE NEED AT LEAST 200 NOW.

JACKIE: OH MAN, THAT'S TWICE AS MUCH AS WE PLANNED!

DIGIT: AND WE ONLY HAVE NINE DAYS LEFT TO SAVE IT!

BUT IF WE DOUBLE OUR SAVINGS EVERY DAY

WE COULD SAVE TWICE AS MUCH.

JUST A FEW MORE ADJUSTMENTS...

THERE!

JACKIE: 20 SNELFUS A DAY FOR NINE DAYS WOULD BE 180!

INEZ: PLUS THE 20 WE ALREADY HAVE WILL GIVE US THE 200 WE NEED!

BUT TO SAVE TWICE AS MUCH...

LITTLE PODDLES:

WE HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS HARD.

AND THAT SURE WON'T BE EASY!

DAY THREE - 20 SNELFUS.

DAY FOUR - 20 SNELFUS.

DAY FIVE - 20 SNELFUS.

JACKIE: DAY SIX, ANOTHER 20 SNELFUS SAVED FOR A TOTAL SO FAR OF...

ALL: 100 SNELFUS!

INEZ: THIS IS AMAZING! LOOK HOW OUR MONEY'S GROWN!

WE HAVE WAY MORE NOW THAN WHEN WE STARTED!

DIGIT: JUST LIKE MY BOTTLE CAPS,

LITTLE AMOUNTS ADD UP TO BIG AMOUNTS

WHEN YOU SAVE 'EM DAY AFTER DAY.

MATT: AND BECAUSE WE SAVE THE SAME AMOUNT EACH DAY,

THE TOTAL IS GROWING JUST LIKE WE PREDICTED.

SO WE KNOW WE CAN REACH OUR GOAL...

AND SAVE MOTHERBOARD!

DELETE: QUIET ON THE SET!

INTERVIEW WITH HACKER

IN CASE HE WINS THE AUCTION...

TAKE ONE! ROLL TAPE!

HELLO, CYBERWORLD. GUESS WHAT?

I'M YOUR NEW RULER!

THE HACKER HAS WON!

WICKED: NOT SO FAST, HACKIE-POO!

HACKER: WICKED!

WICKED: YOU FORGOT SOMETHING!

HACKER: WHAT?

WICKED: YOUR NEW PARTNER!

HACKER: CUT!

I DO NOT HAVE A PARTNER!

WELL, EVERY RULER HAS A PARTNER AND YOURS IS LITTLE OLD ME!

TEE HEE HEE.

TAKE TWO!

AFTER ALL I'VE SUFFERED THERE IS NO WAY

I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS FINAL VICTORY WITH YOU!

CYBERSPACE IS GOING TO BE MINE, ALL MINE!

AND I'M GOING TO RULE IT ALONE!

WICKED: FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T RULE ANYTHING YET!

SECOND OF ALL, YOU WON'T RULE

IF YOU DON'T OWN THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP.

I KNOW THAT,

BUT THE CHIP IS AS GOOD AS MINE!

WICKED: NOT IF I BID MORE THAN YOU DO.

HACKER:

YOU WOULDN'T DARE!

JUST WATCH ME!

HACKER: WICKED! PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.

WICKED: YOO-HOO, MISTER AUCTIONEER!

I RAISE THE BID TO 200 SNELFUS!

200 IT IS!

HACKER:

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT!

OH HACKIE, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

I'LL DO ANYTHING TO RULE CYBERSPACE WITH YOU.

MAKE THAT 350!

NO!

WARREN: I BID 400 SNELFUS!

HACKER: YOU CAN'T DO THAT!

WARREN: I CAN!

I WANT THAT CHIP!

AND WHAT WARREN WANTS, WARREN GETS!

AND NO ONE...

...INCLUDING YOU, IS GONNA STOP ME!

WARREN: ANYONE ELSE WANT TO BID AGAINST ME?

HACKER: WICKED! HELP ME OUT OF HERE!

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, SWEETIE-PIE,

BUT I ONLY HELP PARTNERS.

FINE! YOU CAN BE, UH...

VICE PRESIDENT OF MISCHIEF!

SORRY. EQUAL PARTNER OR NOTHING!

BUZZ: DO IT, BOSS. DO IT!

DELETE: WHATEVER SHE WANTS!

HACKER: ALL RIGHT! YOU'RE MY PARTNER. JUST GET ME AWAY FROM HIM!

WICKED: PURPLE LICE AND COOTIE EYES, MAKE WARREN'S MAMA ARISE!

WARREN!

AW, MOM!

WARREN'S MOM: YOU COME HOME WITH ME THIS INSTANT!

WELL FOLKS, DO I HEAR 450?

WICKED: THE TEAM OF WICKED AND HACKER BIDS 450 SNELFUS!

OKAY WITH YOU, HACKIE

I'M THRILLED.

DIGIT: YOIKES! WE'RE SUNK NOW!

INEZ: TO BEAT THEIR NEW BID I THINK WE NEED AT LEAST 500 SNELFUS!

JACKIE: AND WE ONLY HAVE FIVE DAYS LEFT?!

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! WE'LL NEVER DO IT!

SLIDER: AT LEAST WE'VE GOT 100 SAVED.

MATT: BUT WE NEED 500.

THAT'S... 400 MORE!

CHILL, OKAY?

WE'LL FIGURE OUT A NEW GOAL TO SAVE EVERY DAY

JUST LIKE BEFORE.

JACKIE: MAKE ROOM! I GOTTA PACE.

IF WE HAD 10 DAYS AND WE SAVED 40 SNELFUS A DAY

THAT WOULD BE 400 BECAUSE 10 TIMES 40 IS 400.

BUT WE ONLY HAVE FIVE DAYS - HALF THAT TIME!

INEZ: SO WE NEED TO SAVE TWICE AS MUCH EACH DAY!

THAT'S 80 SNELFUS.

RIGHT.

80 SNELFUS A DAY FOR 5 DAYS

WILL GIVE US 400!

80 SELFUS A DAY? CAN WE DO IT?

IT'S SO MANY!

DIDGE IS RIGHT.

WE'RE ALREADY WORKING AT OUR MAX.

TOO BAD THERE AREN'T MORE OF US.

THAT'S IT, SLIDER! WE NEED MORE HELP!

WE'LL ASK EVERYONE IN CYBERSPACE TO HELP US SAVE!

JACKIE: IF YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO MOTHERBOARD,

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!

INEZ: GIVE OF YOURSELF FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.

MATT: ASK NOT WHAT MOTHERBOARD CAN DO FOR YOU...

DIGIT: BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR MOTHERBOARD!

ALL:

♪♪

♪♪

ALL:

DIGIT: WE DID IT!

JACKIE: WE SAVED 500 SNELFUS!

NOW WE CAN SAVE MOTHERBOARD!

FOWLER: THE TOTAL STILL STANDS AT 450 SNELFUS.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE MINUTE LEFT TO BID.

IF THERE ARE NO MORE BIDS IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS,

THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP WILL BELONG TO HACKER!

HACKER: THAT'S THE HACKER TO YOU!

WICKED: MAKE THAT THE HACKER AND MS. WICKED!

IT ISN'T TOO LATE!

THERE ARE STILL 30 SECONDS LEFT TO BID!

WE'RE AT 450. DO I HEAR 475?

BUZZ: FOUR-SEVENTY-FIVE!

HACKER: WHAT?!

DELETE: 480!

HACKER: SIT DOWN, YOU DUNCEBUCKETS!

WICKED: 490!

HACKER: 495!

FOWLER: TEN SECONDS LEFT, FOLKS.

ANYMORE BIDS?

WITH THE FATE OF MOTHERBOARD HANGING ON THIS CHIP,

WE'VE GOT 495 SNELFUS GOING ONCE,

GOING TWICE, GOING...

DIGIT: 500!

YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOU SORRY LOOKING CYBERTURKEY!

FOWLER: 500 GOING ONCE!

HACKER: THAT CHIP IS MINE!

FOWLER: GOING TWICE!

HACKER: YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THAT CHIP!

WICKED: HACKIE, HACKIE... BID!

FOWLER: SOLD!

THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP GOES TO...

THE FUNNY LOOKING BIRD WITH THE PROPELLER!

HACKER: WHAT?!

DIGIT: THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR

IS FINALLY HERE, MOTHERBOARD.

JACKIE: YOU'LL SOON BE CURED OF THE VIRUS!

HACKER'S CAMPAIGN OF CHAOS WILL COME TO AN END.

MATT: AND TRUTH AND JUSTICE WILL WIN OUT

ALL OVER CYBERSPACE.

SLIDER: COOL.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.

I ONLY WISH DR. MARBLES COULD BE HERE.

JACKIE: WE DO, TOO, MOTHER B.

BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE HE IS.

DIGIT: ALL RIGHT! LET'S STOP YAPPING AND FIX MOTHERBOARD

SO HACKER WILL NEVER BE A THREAT TO CYBERSPACE AGAIN.

ALL: YAY!

MOTHERBOARD: STOP! SOMETHING'S WRONG!

THE CHIP IS DRAINING ME!

HACKER: SURPRISE, CYBERWORLD!

I'M YOUR NEW RULER!

THE HACKER HAS WON!

ALL: WHAT? OH, NO! IT CAN'T BE!

HACKER: I STOLE THE ENCRYPTOR CHIP FROM DR. MARBLES

AND LOCKED HIM UP!

SEE? THERE'S YOUR GENIAL GENIUS!

IT WAS I WHO REPROGRAMMED THE CHIP

SO I COULD REPLACE MOTHERBOARD.

AND IT WAS I WHO TRICKED YOU OH-SO-CLEVER EARTHBRATS

INTO BUYING THE CHIP

AND PLACING IT INTO MOTHERBOARD FOR ME!

AND NOW I HAVE ALL YOUR MONEY TOO!

JACKIE: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

WE FELL FOR HIS TRICK!

WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!

BY THE WAY, I THINK YOU KNOW MY NEW PARTNER.

KIDS AND DIGIT: WICKED!

WICKED: IS THIS YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE COME TRUE, OR WHAT?

HOW AWFUL!

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!

INEZ: HACKER'S DESTROYED MOTHERBOARD!

HE'S IN TOTAL CONTROL!

DIGIT: CYBERSPACE IS DOOMED!

HACKER:

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