♪ CYBERCHASE
♪ WE'RE MOVIN' WE'RE BEATIN' 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 GOT THE POWER OF ONE TWO THREE FOUR!
♪ RUNNIN' IN A 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!
BEHOLD! MY SUPER-SNOOPER SATELLITE IS NEARLY COMPLETE!
THIS DEVIOUS DEVICE WILL ALLOW ME TO LISTEN IN
ON EVERY TRANSMISSION MOTHERBOARD MAKES!
WELL, THAT'S THE BIGGEST AND UGLIEST THING
I'VE EVER SEEN!
WHAT?
HEE-HEE! HE LOOKS LIKE YOU, BUZZY.
WHAT IS THAT?
THIS IS THE MOST FASCINATING CREATURE IN ALL OF CYBERSPACE:
THE GIANT CYBER-SLUG OF AQUARI-YUM!
AMAZINGLY, THIS GIANT SLUG FEEDS ONLY ON ENERGY!
THAT'S IT! THE PERFECT STRATEGY TO DEFEAT MOTHERBOARD!
BUT I THOUGHT THAT SATELLITE-THINGY
WAS YOUR PERFECT STRATEGY?
FORGET THAT SUPER-SNOOPER! WHAT WE DO IS CAPTURE THAT SLUG -
DROP IT ONTO MOTHERBOARD'S CONTROL CENTRAL -
AND WATCH IT DRAIN HER CIRCUITS DRRRRY!
WELCOME TO AQUARI-YUM. MY NAME'S BINARY.
AND YOUR NAME IS...?
(COUGHING) EXCUSE ME, THAT WASN'T VERY NICE!
THE HACKER HAS INVADED AQUARI-YUM...
A FEEDING GROUND FOR RARE AQUATIC CYBER-CREATURES.
FEEDING IS RIGHT! EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE FOOD.
LIKE THAT REEF - IT'S SHAPED LIKE A HOT DOG!
AND THAT SEAWEED LOOKS LIKE SPAGHETTI!
MAYBE HACKER WENT THERE FOR LUNCH.
I DOUBT THAT, MATT. BUT HACKER WOULD GO THERE FOR...
THE GIANT CYBERSLUG!
EEEEWW... IT'S SO ICKY!
PERHAPS... BUT IT FEEDS OFF THE NATURAL ENERGY
OF AQUARI-YUM, IF IT DIDN'T - AQUARI-YUM WOULD BOIL OVER
AND BE DESTROYED!
THE SLUG... IS THE LAST OF IT'S KIND
IN ALL OF CYBERSPACE!
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? WELL, ICKY OR NOT,
WE CAN'T LET HACKER GET HIS HANDS ON IT!
(CRYING) MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.
THEY DIDN'T TELL ME SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN.
(SIGH) JUST BE A GATE GUARD, THAT'S ALL THEY SAID.
HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT?
DON'T WORRY, BINARY - WE'VE DEALT WITH HACKER BEFORE.
IF HE'S AFTER ICKY - WE'LL STOP HIM!
ICKY? WHO'S ICKY?
THAT'S THE NICKNAME WE GAVE YOUR SLUG.
ANY IDEA WHERE CAN WE FIND HIM?
HARD TO SAY. THEY TOLD ME HE... ICKY—
MOVES AROUND FROM ONE ENERGY SOURCE TO ANOTHER -
AND CAMOUFLAGES HIMSELF TO HIDE FROM TROUBLE.
OH, ONE OTHER THING. ICKY NEEDS TO FEED ON ENERGY CONSTANTLY -
OR HE'LL WITHER AWAY TO NOTHING.
LET'S GO.
THANKS, BINARY.
(COUGHING) AGAIN WITH THE BUBBLES!
ICKY COULD BE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
WHAT IF HACKER FINDS HIM BEFORE WE DO?
HANG ON, I HAVE AN IDEA.
HEY, GUYS!
WHAT'S UP, MATT?
LET'S SPLIT UP. WE'LL COVER MORE GROUND THAT WAY.
AYE AYE, CAPTAIN!
MOTHERBOARD MUST KNOW I'M AFTER THAT SLUG!
OH, MAYBE THOSE KIDS KNOW WHERE IT IS?
YEAH!
IF ONLY WE COULD HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYIN' TO EACH OTHER.
AH, BUT WE CAN!
IT'S TIME TO TEST MY SUPER-SNOOPER SATELLITE!
QUICKLY, DIRECT IT TOWARD AQUARI-YUM!
RIGHT AWAY, BOSS.
NO PROBLEM!
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB...
WHAT?
WELL, HUMPTY-DUMPTY SAT ON A WALL, HUMPTY-DUMPTY-
YOU INCOMPETENT DUNCEBUCKETS!
YOU TUNED IN ON HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
MOVE! I'LL DO IT MYSELF!
TUNING... TUNING... THERE!
NO SIGN OF ICKY HERE. THAT SLUG'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO SPOT.
YES! NOW I CAN LISTEN IN ON ALL THEIR RADIO MESSAGES!
HACKER!
AAAHHH! BUZZ, YOU BUBBLE-BRAIN!
YOU SAT ON THE MICROPHONE BUTTON.
THOSE KIDS CAN HEAR EVERYTHING WE'RE SAYING!
SORRY, BOSS.
HACKER'S HACKED INTO OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM!
NOW IF WE SEND MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHERE ICKY IS -
WE'RE TELLING HACKER, TOO!
WAIT A SECOND! ICKY CAMOUFLAGES HIMSELF TO HIDE, RIGHT?
WELL, WHAT IF WE CAMOUFLAGE WHAT WE'RE SAYING
SO HACKER CAN'T UNDERSTAND US?
YOU MEAN LIKE THIS? A-HEM.
ACKERHAY OESN'TDAY ARESCAY EMAY!
OH, I DON'T SCARE YOU? WELL, I'LL DO MORE THAN SCARE YOU
IF YOU YTRAY OTAY OPSTAY EMAY!
HACKER KNOWS PIG LATIN!
GOOD THING OUR SUBS CAN MERGE.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN EXCHANGE INFORMATION
WITHOUT HACKER OVERHEARING US.
BUT THAT'LL TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM LOOKING FOR ICKY.
OH. WELL, MAKE ROOM - I GOTTA ACE-PAY!
I CAN'T BELIEVE HACKER KNOWS PIG LATIN.
PIG LATIN IS JUST A WAY TO MAKE A SECRET CODE.
IT'S EASY IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULE.
IT HAS A RULE?
YEAH. JUST TAKE THE FIRST SOUND OF EACH WORD -
PUT IT AT THE END, AND ADD A-Y... AY.
SO HACKER BECOMES... UH UHM 'ACKER-HAY'.
YOU'VE GOT IT!
AND TO DECODE PIG LATIN, JUST REVERSE WHAT YOU DID,
DROP THE AY SOUND AND PUT THE LAST SOUND FIRST...
ACKER-HAY MEANS HACKER!
BUT IF HACKER 'S GOT IT, TOO - IT'S NOT MUCH OF A SECRET,
IS IT?
WHAT WE NEED IS A CODE WITH A RULE
THAT HACKER DOESN'T KNOW.
AND THAT RULE IS...?
I DON'T KNOW. I GOTTA KEEP PACING.
HM, THIS IS GETTING DANGEROUS.
I BETTER CHECK MY HEALTH PLAN. AND I BETTER GET SOME HELP.
(whale sound)
WHOA! THERE'S SOME SERIOUS THINKIN' GOIN' ON HERE.
I'VE GOT IT! WHAT IF WE MAKE A CODE-
BY REPLACING THE WORDS OF OUR MESSAGES WITH NUMBERS?
OKAY. BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE A RULE
WE CAN REVERSE TOO, ONE THAT WILL TURN THOSE NUMBERS
BACK INTO WORDS!
AND ITS GOTTA BE A RULE THAT THE HACKER DOESN'T KNOW!
OKAY - ANYBODY GOT AN IDEA HOW WE CAN MATCH UP WORDS
WITH NUMBERS?
BOOKS! BOOKS HAVE WORDS - AND EVERY PAGE HAS A NUMBER!
SO?
LOOK, DIDGE. WE CAN FIND A WORD THAT FITS THE MESSAGE
WE WANT TO SEND - GIVE THE PAGE NUMBER THE WORD'S ON -
THE NUMBER OF THE LINE IT'S ON -
AND WHAT NUMBER OUR WORD IS ON THAT LINE!
GREAT IDEA, INEZ. ALL WE NEED IS A BOOK!
DID SOMEONE SAY BOOK?
"THE CYBER CHEF", BY DIGIT LEBOID:
A TREASURE TROVE OF EXOTIC RECIPES!
A COOK BOOK?
YEAH - AQUARI-YUM HAS LOTS OF PLACES THAT LOOK LIKE FOOD.
WE CAN USE FOOD WORDS IN OUR MESSAGES TO SHOW WHERE ICKY IS.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER COPY? WE NEED ONE FOR EACH SUB.
I GOT TONS OF 'EM. IT WASN'T EXACTLY A BESTSELLER.
YOU WANT ME TO AUTOGRAPH IT?
LATER, OKAY? LET'S LOOK FOR ICKY!
STOP! IT'S HIM - IT'S ICKY!
HE'S BY THAT REEF THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOT DOG!
WE'VE GOT TO TELL INEZ AND DIDGE!
SEND 'HOT DOG' AS OUR MESSAGE.
THEY CAN FIND IT ON THE MAP - AND KNOW RIGHT WHERE WE ARE.
HERE!
PAGE 22, LINE 3, WORD 5, HOT! WORD 6, DOG!
22, 3, 5... 22, 3, 6.
22, 3, 5... AND 22, 3, 6.
TO DECODE THE MESSAGE WE FIND PAGE 22...
UH, LINE NUMBER 3, WORD NUMBER 5, HOT!
PAGE 22, LINE NUMBER 3, WORD NUMBER 6, DOG... HOT DOG!
ICKY'S AT HOT DOG REEF! LET'S MOVE IT!
I HOPE THE GUYS GOT OUR MESSAGE.
THEY DID!
AND SO DID I!
HACKER!
HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT OUR CODE?
YOU FORGET, CHILD, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A GENIUS!
I PRACTICALLY INVENTED THE CODE IN A BOOK GAMBIT!
OH, BRAVO-O, BOSS!
YEAH, YOU'RE THE BEST!
AND, OH YES, I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE—
THAT TIN TURKEY'S COOK BOOK! (EVIL LAUGH)
AND ONCE I TAKE CARE OF ALL OF YOU -
THAT ENERGY-EATING SLUG IS NEXT! (EVIL LAUGH)
HELP! WE'RE TRAPPED!
SO LONG, KIDDIES! DON'T FORGET TO WRITE.
TELL ME AGAIN, WHAT DID MOTHERBOARD SAY WOULD HAPPEN
IF ICKY WAS TAKEN AWAY?
SHE SAID AQUARI-YUM WOULD BOIL OVER!
I WAS AFRAID YOU'D SAY THAT. HELLLLLLP!
HE'S SO BUSY EATING, HE DOESN'T EVEN SEE US.
OH, NO! ICKY, LOOK OUT!
WHERE'D THAT OVERFED SLUG GO?
EH, THAT WAY, BOSS! OVER THERE!
NO, THAT WAY! NO, OVER THERE!
(COUGHING) AT LEAST ICKY GOT AWAY.
C'MON, LET'S HELP THOSE KIDS.
OKAY, FLUFF - DO YOUR STUFF!
ICKY'S REALLY SCARED.
HE'S DOING HIS BEST TO HIDE FROM HACKER -
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN KEEP IT UP.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND HIM!
HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW HACKER KEPT A COPY OF MY BOOK?
HE WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME GO ON A BOOK TOUR!
TIME! WE ALL AGREE THAT HACKER CRACKING OUR CODE
WAS A BAD THING -
BUT JUST MAYBE WE CAN TURN IT INTO A GOOD THING!
34... 5... 2.
I REPEAT, 34... 5... 2!
HA! THOSE PESTS ARE SENDING ANOTHER CODED MESSAGE.
MAYBE THEY ESCAPED, BOSS.
YEAH, MAYBE THEY FOUND THAT SLUG!
WE'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH!
PAGE 34, LINE 5, WORD 2... CROISSANT!
UH, WHAT'S A CROISSANT?
A CROISSANT IS A RICH, FLAKY, BUTTERY,
CRESCENT-SHAPED PASTRY.
SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
NEVER MIND WHAT IT TASTES LIKE!
WE JUST NEED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE!
HA, NOW THAT WE'VE SENT HACKER ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE...
WE CAN MAKE UP A NEW CODE FOR SENDING OUR MESSAGES.
WE NEED A RULE THAT NO ONE KNOWS BUT US.
AND ONE THAT DOESN'T USE MY COOK BOOK, OKAY?
DIGIT, YOU'RE BRILLIANT!
HUH?
LET'S USE PICTURES FOR OUR NEW CODE.
EACH PICTURE WILL TELL US SOMETHING DIFFERENT -
LIKE WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT - WHAT TO DO, AND WHERE TO GO.
SAY, CHEESE.
WHOA!
THIS PICTURE COULD MEAN 'UP'!
I'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF PICTURES WE CAN USE FOR WORDS,
IN MY ALBUM!
WE'VE GOT HACKER... THE GRIM WREAKER... MOTHERBOARD...
HEY DIDGE, YOU'VE EVEN GOT POSTCARDS IN HERE!
PIZZA CANYON... DONUT VOLCANO...
THERE'S EVEN ONE OF ICKY!
WHO KNOWS, WE COULD WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD
FOR BEST PICTURE CODE!
TWO COPIES OF THE CODE - ONE FOR EACH SUB.
CAN WE TAKE THIS ONE OVER, I WASN'T READY?
HEY, THERE'S A NUMBER ON THE BACK!
I WROTE THEM SO WE COULD RADIO NUMBERS TO EACH OTHER
INSTEAD OF WORDS - THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A CODE.
SAY THIS IS THE MESSAGE I WANT TO SEND TO YOU.
CAN YOU READ IT?
UM... ICKY... I-IS AT DONUT VOLCANO.
RIGHT! BUT TO SEND THE MESSAGE IN CODE -
YOU TURN THE PICTURES OVER...
AND RADIO THE NUMBERS: 5... 12!
SO YOU FIND THE PICTURES YOU WANT -
PUT 'EM IN ORDER TO TELL YOUR MESSAGE - TURN 'EM OVER
AND RADIO THE NUMBERS IN THE SAME ORDER... I GOT IT!
LET'S FIND THE ICKSTER!
OVER THERE, BOSS! THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE CROSS-ANTS.
FOR ONCE, DELETE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
LET'S SEE IF THAT SLUG'S INSIDE!
AIN'T NO SLUG IN HERE, BOSS. NUTHIN' BUT NUTHIN'!
DON'T BE SO SURE. REMEMBER, THAT OVERSTUFFED BALL OF SLIME
CAN CAMOUFLAGE HIMSELF! KEEP LOOKING!
NO SIGN OF ICKY HERE.
5... 3... 14!
THEY FOUND HIM!
DIDGE, LOOK FOR THE NUMBERS ON THE BACK OF THE PICTURES:
5, 3, 14.
GOT 'EM!
NOW ARRANGE THEM IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE CODED MESSAGE.
5... 3... 14! DONE!
NOW TURN THEM OVER, READ THE PICTURES -
AND TELL ME WHAT THE MESSAGE IS.
ICKY... BOTTOM... PIZZA CANYON!
WE'RE ON OUR WAY!
NO WONDER WE COULDN'T FIND ICKY - HE'S NOT HERE!
GOOD THINKIN', BUZZ.
PAGE 5, LINE 3, WORD 14 IN DIGIT'S COOK BOOK
IS 'VIGOROUSLY'.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PLACE ICKY WOULD BE?
I'VE BEEN HAD! THEY FOUND OUT I CRACKED THE BOOK CODE -
AND MADE A NEW CODE - ONE I DON'T KNOW!
WE'RE MOVIN'!
NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND ICKY -
HOW ARE WE GOING TO WARN HIM ABOUT HACKER?
TOO BAD HE DOESN'T TALK.
I CAN SEE WHY THEY CALL THIS PIZZA CANYON.
I JUST HOPE THERE ARE NO ANCHOVIES DOWN THERE -
I HATE ANCHOVIES.
IF WE DECODED THE MESSAGE RIGHT,
MATT AND JACKIE SHOULD BE RIGHT DOWN THERE WITH ICKY.
THERE THEY ARE! AND THERE'S ICKY!
HIT THE REBOOT, YOU DUNCEBUCKETS!
(SCREAMING)
CAMOUFLAGE WON'T HELP YOU THIS TIME, SLUGGO!
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE! (EVIL LAUGHTER)
RELEASE THE NET!
TIME TO MAKE MY SPECIAL DELIVERY TO MOTHERBOARD!
(COUGHING)
SOMEBODY! HEEEELLP!
DOWN HERE... HELP... SOMEBODY!
EARTHLIES, IS THAT YOU?
HANG ON, I'LL GET HELP!
(WHALE SOUND)
YOU KNOW THE DRILL, BOYS.
THANKS FOR THE HELP, BINARY!
WHERE'S ICKY? HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
I'M AFRAID HACKER'S GOT HIM.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WE'RE BEGINNING TO BOIL OVER!
HACKER MUST HAVE TAKEN ICKY OUT OF AQUARI-YUM!
AND IF ICKY DOESN'T HAVE ENERGY TO FEED ON -
HE'LL SHRIVEL AWAY TO NOTHING!
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING QUICK!
BUT WHERE WOULD HACKER TAKE HIM?
HACK ATTACK... HACK ATTACK!
ICKY... HERE!
SOON MY DOMINATION OF CYBERSPACE
WILL BE UNCONTESTED!
BY THE TIME THAT SLUG IS THROUGH WITH MOTHERBOARD,
SHE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH LEFT TO SNEEZE! HEE HEE!
WE NEED A PORTAL!
CAN YOU DO IT, MOTHER B? CAN YOU BRING US BACK?
I'LL TRY...
GOSH! WHAT AN EXCITING FIRST DAY!
WHOA, POOR ICKY!
POOR MOTHERBOARD!
POOR CYBERSPACE!
BUT WE CAN'T LET HIM KEEP FEEDING OFF MOTHERBOARD!
UP THIS WAY.
IT'S THOSE KIDS AGAIN, BOSS!
YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA RUIN YOUR PLAN!
WE GOTTA STOP 'EM!
RELAX. THAT SLIMY SLUG IS MUCH TOO HEAVY TO MOVE.
CAREFUL, DIDGE!
LISTEN, ICK, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU, OKAY?
WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT -
I'M TALKIN' TO A SLUG LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT I'M SAYIN'.
DIDGE! MAYBE HE DOES KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!
THAT BUZZING HE MAKES - WHAT IF THAT'S HOW HE TALKS!
WHAT IF IT'S A CODE?
TOO BAD IT'S NOT OUR CODE - THEN WE COULD TALK TO HIM.
WHAT IF IT IS OUR CODE? MAYBE HE SAW US MAKE IT!
MATT, DID YOU BRING THE PICTURES?
I'VE GOT THEM RIGHT HERE. IF ICKY HAS LEARNED OUR CODE -
WE CAN TELL BY DECODING THE NUMBERS HE'S SENDING.
5 BUZZES...
2 BUZZES...
4 BUZZES!
5-2-4, FLIP 'EM OVER. LET'S SEE IF THE MESSAGE MAKES ANY SENSE.
ICKY... GO... AQUARI-YUM!
HE DOES KNOW OUR CODE!
HE'S TELLING US HE WANTS TO GO HOME!
LET'S SEND HIM A MESSAGE BACK!
THE FOUR OF US... FRIENDS... OF ICKY!
ONE CLAP...
SIX CLAPS...
FIVE CLAPS!
HE GOT THE MESSAGE!
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TALKIN' TO HIM, BOSS!
YEAH, THEY'RE COMUSTICATING!
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS! WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE DOING -
ASKING HIM TO LEAVE! REALLY!
WE KNOW HE WANTS TO GO HOME -
BUT HE NEEDS TO KEEP FEEDING TO SURVIVE.
IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHIN' ELSE TO FEED ON.
THERE IS! I JUST HOPE HE GETS THE MESSAGE!
7 CLAPS,
9 CLAPS!
BOSS, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
WE'VE BEEN ATTACKED!
OH, GET RID OF 'IM, BOSS!
DO SOMETHING!
WE'RE TAKING HIM BACK TO AQUARI-YUM!
YA, ALRIGHT!
WE SAVED MOTHERBOARD!
WAY TO GO GUYS!
WHAT'D YOU TELL ICKY?
7 CLAPS, 9 CLAPS.
GRIM WREAKER... FOOD!
C'MON, BOSS, LET'S GO!
GET US OUTTA HERE!
I CAN'T! WE'RE OUT OF POWER!
(WHALE SOUND)
GEE, I CAN'T WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW.
YOU INEFFECTUAL IONS! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!
NOW GET US OUT OF HERE. GET US OUT!