List of Cyberchase episodes
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Cyberchase is an American–Canadian[1] animated mathematics series that currently airs on PBS Kids. The show revolves around three Earth children (Matt, Jackie, and Inez), who use mathematics and problem-solving skills in a quest to save Cyberspace from a villain known as The Hacker. The three are transported into Cyberspace by Motherboard, the ruler of this virtual realm. Together with Motherboard's helper, Digit (a robotic bird), the three new friends compose the Cybersquad.
Each animated episode is followed by a live-action For Real interstitial before the credits, hosted by young, comedic actors who explore the episode's math topic in the real world. The show itself is created by the Thirteen Education division of WNET (channel 13), the PBS station for Greater New York.
After the 5th episode of Season 8 in 2010, Cyberchase went on hiatus. However, on April 3, 2013, it was announced on the show's official Facebook page that it would return for a 9th season during the fall.[2]
On February 10, 2015, Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of Digit, announced that five new episodes were expected to be broadcast in the latter half of that year as the show's 10th season.[3] In April 2015, the show's Twitter account retweeted a photo indicating that the season would focus on health, math and the environment.[4][better source needed]
In January 2017, it was announced that Cyberchase would be returning for an eleventh season, with 10 new episodes set to air later in the year.[5] In May, producer Kristin DiQuollo and director Meeka Stuart answered questions about the show in a 19-minute video.[6]
In October 2018, it was announced that Cyberchase would air for a twelfth season. The season premiered with a movie special on April 19, 2019, with the remaining episodes set to begin airing in the fall;[7] however, all but two of the episodes premiered in 2020.[8]
Series overview[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 26 | January 21, 2002 | July 10, 2002 | ||
2 | 14 | April 5, 2003 | October 31, 2003 | ||
3 | 12 | May 3, 2004 | December 31, 2004 | ||
4 | 10 | April 15, 2005 | October 7, 2005 | ||
5 | 10 | October 31, 2006 | September 3, 2007 | ||
6 | 10 | November 7, 2007 | October 27, 2008 | ||
7 | 7 | April 20, 2009 | October 6, 2009 | ||
8 | 5 | June 25, 2010 | July 23, 2010 | ||
9 | 5 | November 4, 2013 | April 15, 2014 | ||
10 | 5 | November 9, 2015 | November 13, 2015 | ||
11 | 10[9] | October 23, 2017 | April 20, 2018[9] | ||
12 | 12 | April 19, 2019 | May 8, 2020 |
Episodes[]
Webisodes (2001, 2003, and 2005)[]
Preceding the televised animated episodes, in December 2001, three webisodes called "How It All Started" were added to the website.
By April 13, 2003, the trilogy was expanded into "Web Adventures", with a 4th webisode called NUMBERLESS PUDDLES![13] which had 20 panels.[14]
On December 14, 2005, a 5th webisode called HACKER JACK was added,[15] which had 4 panels.[16]
The "Web Adventures" webisodes page was still up in December 2012,[17] but as of March 8, 2014,[18] it was changed into a redirect to the Math Games page introduced in 2011.[19]
Season 1 (2002)[]
In the pilot episode "Lost My Marbles", Hacker infects Motherboard with a computer virus. At a library on Earth, while looking at a computer, Jackie, Matt, and Inez (who accidentally let Hacker unleash the virus by touching the computer map at the same time) are sucked through an interdimensional portal into Cyberspace. In their first adventure, they go to an island to rescue Dr. Marbles. In subsequent adventures, they return to Cyberspace to thwart Hacker's evil plans, which vary from ruining Motherboard to trying to take over a Cybersite. Throughout the season, the Cybersquad searched for a new encryptor chip for Motherboard. In Episode 9, Buzz and Delete nearly retrieved the encryptor chip, but lost it in a dust storm, much to Hacker's frustration.
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Jacobs. "The Poddleville Case" was co-directed by Yvette Kaplan.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Lost My Marbles[20]" | Geometry: Navigation/Using a map | Joseph Kwong George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | January 21, 2002 | 101 |
Hacker launches a virus that attacks Motherboard, and three Earth kids, Matt, Jackie, and Inez, are pulled into Cyberspace to save Dr. Marbles who has been captured and stranded by The Hacker. The kids must use their Sqawkpads and teamwork to locate Dr. Marbles before sundown, when the cybersite reformats itself and turns inside-out. For Real: "Gorillas in the Midst" Bianca locates the Gorilla Exhibit in a zoo using a map and directions. Also starring: Richard Binsley as Dr. Marbles and Kristina Nicoll as Motherboard | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Castleblanca" | Using Data: collecting and analyzing | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | January 22, 2002 | 102 |
The Cybersquad must stop Hacker from activating his newest creation, Gigabyte, before the light of the midnight moon, or else Dr. Marbles' mind will be transferred into the monster, and Hacker will learn about all of Motherboard's secrets. The kids and Digit know Hacker is in a castle on a spooky, Halloweenish site called Castleblanca. Unfortunately, Motherboard wasn't able to specify which castle he is in. The kids must survey the residents of Castleblanca in order to pinpoint the exact location where Dr. Marbles is being held captive. For Real: "Bianca's Greatest Hits" Bianca must figure out what hot, new music CD to buy as a present for her sister Whitney's birthday. Also starring: Richard Binsley as Dr. Marbles and Kristina Nicoll as Motherboard | ||||||
3 | 3 | "R-Fair City" | Probability and Chance | Barry Harman George Arthur Bloom | January 23, 2002 | 103 |
Digit is lured to R-Fair City, a cybersite full of carnival games, by Madame N. Cognita (actually Hacker in disguise). The kids must find the unfair/crooked game in order to find Digit. Meanwhile, they learn about chance and how to spot an unfair chance of winning and losing. Along the way they meet Lucky, a cab driver, who offers them a chance to gain a free cab ride while they search for Digit. Digit is locked in a bird cage with Buzz and Delete as his guards. For Real: "Bianca Flips Out" Bianca recalls trying to figure out which movie to buy tickets to, and if she was giving each a fair chance by flipping a coin. Also starring: Kristina Nicoll as Motherboard Guest starring: Linda Cash as Lucky | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Snow Day to be Exact" | Estimation | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | January 24, 2002 | 104 |
Hacker is looking for an eternal power source, so he steals Solaria's Sunisphere. The Cybersquad has to get it back before the whole site freezes over. For Real: "Regards to Broadway" Harry is trying to decide whether or not he should stay in a long line to buy theater tickets, or instead go see a movie. Guest starring: Robert Smith as Olli | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Sensible Flats" | Area | Barry Harman George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | January 25, 2002 | 105 |
Hacker participates in a land rush in which participants cannot build property bigger than Judge Trudy's land. Hacker's land is accused of being bigger than Trudy's, but the irregular shape turns out to be the exact same size. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Zeus on the Loose" | Fractions | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | January 28, 2002 | 106 |
The kids fail to stop Hacker from stealing Pandora's box in Mount Olympus (a Cybersite based on mythological Greece). so they must solve a riddle and complete challenges to satisfy Zeus and earn a second chance. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "The Poddleville Case" | Patterns | Jocelyn Stevenson Kristin Laskas Martin Peter Colley | January 29, 2002 | 107 |
Hacker attempts to take power from the vault in Poddleville for himself by stealing the residents' power pods, much to the detriment of the community. Each power pod has a shape and a number from 1 to 12, and after Inez and Matt are imprisoned it becomes a race to solve the pattern and enter the vault. For Real: This is the only segment that does not star Harry or Bianca, instead featuring Kareem and the percussion group STOMP and their use of patterns to create music. Note: This episode was originally a pilot, and thus has several differences from other episodes in the series including a different cel animation style, Digit being absent (although the character is still mentioned and Gilbert Gottfried is still credited as Digit), and a different host in the For Real segment. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "And They Counted Happily Ever After" | Number and Operations | Brian Meehl George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | January 30, 2002 | 108 |
Wicked casts a spell that erases the memories of the citizens, so that they forget how to count. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Clock Like An Egyptian" | Time Keeping | Sheila Head George Arthur Bloom | January 31, 2002 | 109 |
Dr. Marbles finds the encryptor chip in an ancient pyramid, but the Mummy who guards the pyramid finds Marbles. When the Cybersquad arrives, they must work their way through the chambers of the pyramid, find Dr. Marbles, and escape before a trap set by the Mummy seals them inside forever. Guest Starring: Bebe Neuwirth as Binky | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Secrets of Symmetria" | Symmetry | George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin Based on a Story by: Noel MacNeal | February 1, 2002 | 110 |
Dr. Marbles builds Symmetria because of his passion of symmetry, but Hacker steals the symmetrizer and destroys Symmetria by splitting everything symmetrical in half. The Cybersquad has to figure out how to get the symmetrizer back from Hacker. For Real: Harry starts a new job decorating cakes, and must maintain the symmetry of the icing. Guest Starring: Jasmine Guy as Ava | ||||||
11 | 11 | "A Day at the Spa" | Combinations | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | February 4, 2002 | 111 |
The kids are assigned to steal a crystal that powers Hacker's gadgets, while distracting Hacker with a series of spa treatments. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "Of All The Luck" | Venn Diagrams | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | February 5, 2002 | 112 |
Hacker decides he needs to change his luck from bad to good, so he hires Baskerville, a new henchman, to replace Buzz and Delete while the 10 good luck charms of Cyberspace ensure him good luck. The kids and Digit use logic to rescue the charms and stop Hacker. | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Eureeka" | 2D and 3D Geometry | George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | February 6, 2002 | 113 |
Professor Archimedes has the encryptor chip, but has to activate the emergency defense system when Hacker arrives to steal it. He and his building shrink to 2D, and the kids and Digit have to put him back to 3D. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "Cool It" | Liquid Volume | Robert Schechter George Arthur Bloom | February 7, 2002 | 114 |
Motherboard is suddenly sickened by the green liquid because of Buzz and Delete. So it's up to Digit and the kids to recover her with the blue liquid. For Real: Bianca is babysitting and must feed the infants the same amount of formula using bottles of different shapes. | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Find Those Gleamers" | Algebra | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | February 8, 2002 | 115 |
Hacker challenges the kids and Digit to a game show entitled "Find Those Gleamers!" Gleamers are lightning bugs that power ships such as the Grim Wreaker . The kids have to make their ship, the Grim Wreaker 2, take off before time expires. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Codename: Icky" | Codes | Story by: Dave Dias Written by: George Arthur Bloom | February 11, 2002 | 116 |
Hacker steals the cyber slug Icky to destroy Aquari-yum, and the kids make a code to fool him. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Return to Sensible Flats" | Line Graphs | Story by: Nina Shelton Written by: George Arthur Bloom | February 12, 2002 | 117 |
Hacker steals all the water from Sensible Flats in order to buy up their land, and the kids must determine when this started and how to fix it. For Real: Harry travels to his grandmother's on his unicycle, and uses a line graph to keep track of his progress. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "Problem Solving in Shangri-La" | Working Backwards | Sheila Head George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | February 13, 2002 | 118 |
After Hacker kidnaps the kids, he crash-lands in Shangri-La, where Master Pi challenges both groups to a special contest. The winner is free to come and go at will, while the loser has to stay in Shangri-La until they learn to solve the problems. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Send in the Clones" | Multiplication | George Arthur Bloom Peggy Sarlin Kristin Laskas Martin | July 1, 2002 | 119 |
Hacker's invention to clone himself accidentally clones Delete instead, leading him to produce 3 clones every time he sneezes. The kids and Digit enlist the help of clone catcher Cy Clone. For Real: Bianca starts a job at a Krispy Kreme store and must figure out how many donuts she needs to decorate. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "Trading Places" | Monetary Systems | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | July 2, 2002[21] | 120 |
After crashing into each other's ships and crash-landing, the kids and Hacker must deal with bartering with one another to repair their ships. Also, Buzz and Delete suddenly become brilliant, and an evil genie named Warren disobeys his mother's orders to stay inside his bottle (she grounded him). | ||||||
21 | 21 | "Less Than Zero" | Negative Numbers | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | July 3, 2002 | 121 |
The kids chase Hacker around a building consisting of floors that have both positive and negative numbers. For Real: Harry is trying out for a sports team and must maintain a positive score from the judges. | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Model Behavior" | Using Models | Sheila Head George Arthur Bloom | July 4, 2002 | 122 |
A Sky Wall is built to protect Happily Ever After from Hacker, but he plans to invade when Wicked's operatic voice will break it. One of the Three Little Pigs secretly aides Hacker after a promise of protection from the Big Bad Wolf, so the kids have to do double duty to expose him and stop Wicked from singing. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "Fortress of Attitude" | Linear Measurements | Dave Dias George Arthur Bloom | July 5, 2002 | 123 |
Hacker has a fortress which broadcasts his voice 24/7. This leads Cybersites to surrender once they can no longer bear it. | ||||||
24 | 24 | "Size Me Up" | Scale and Size | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | July 8, 2002 | 124 |
Digit and the Cybersquad are tricked into going to a land of giants, with Motherboard unaware of their presence. Hacker leaves them stranded, and threatens to send another deadlier virus to Motherboard. The Cybersquad must escape and stop Motherboard from receiving Hacker's virus. Note: Wigit was introduced in this episode. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "A Battle of Equals" | Balancing Equations | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | July 9, 2002 | 125 |
Hacker pollutes Cyberspace with dangerous cyber-static by tampering with four satellites designed to keep everything free from cyber-static cling. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "Out of Sync" | Patterns in Music | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | July 10, 2002 | 126 |
Hacker kidnaps the Beast, a member of a famous band on Mount Olympus. Without him, the band can't perform their music properly and in sync, which causes the Cybersite to begin self-destructing. Its all up to the Cybersquad to reunite the band and save Mount Olympus. |
Season 2 (2003)[]
This season is a continuation of the same basic plot of season one. However, the focus on the search for the Encryptor Chip is shown less as the season deals more with a new scenario; each episode involving Hacker seeking to take over a cybersite or all of Cyberspace, or plot a nefarious scheme in which he is wreaking chaos and havoc somewhere. In addition, a continued appearance of Wicked, a witch from the cybersite Happily-Ever-After occurred, revealing her strong feeling towards Hacker, while Hacker only used her abilities as a witch to further his own evil tactics as seen in episode "The Wedding Scammer", although he did show mutual feelings towards her in "Harriet Hippo & the Mean Green", but once again, he became self-centered and cared less about her. In a way, the occurrences of "The Wedding Scammer" are the only of Wicked's evenings where she is successful with her affections. The character of Sam Vander Rom (Al Roker) is introduced in 204 and 208 and Erica Ram is introduced in 211, where she hosts Cyberscoop alongside him. In this second season, Hacker continues to run rampant, causing more chaos, and thus the Cybersquad returns to almost every Cybersite. The Wicked Witch also makes additional appearances.
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Jacobs.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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27 | 1 | "Hugs & Witches" | Median of Data (Average) | Sheila Head, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | February 14, 2003[22] | 201 |
Lady Lovelace comes up with a way to eliminate Hacker's virus, but Hacker traps her and Dr. Marbles in her time machine, and programs it to travel to the beginning of time. Former SNL cast member and 3rd Rock From The Sun star Jane Curtin guest stars as Lady Lovelace. | ||||||
28 | 2 | "Totally Rad" | Perimeter/Area Relationship | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom | March 31, 2003 | 202 |
Hacker becomes the king of Radopolis, replacing King Dudicus. Then a competition begins and three players in Team Hacker compete against Matt, Jackie, and Inez in Team Motherboard. If Team Motherboard wins, King Dudicus reclaims his throne. If Team Hacker wins, Hacker becomes the king of Radopolis forever and the Cybersquad will never be able to return to Cyberspace. A later amendment to the bargain is that if Team Hacker wins, Inez will have to become one of Hacker's cheerleaders. | ||||||
29 | 3 | "Harriet Hippo and the Mean Green" | Equivalent Fractions | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | April 1, 2003 | 203 |
Thanks to one of Wicked's spells, Motherboard starts turning all cybersites mean and green. Digit gets the antidote but it breaks, and there isn't another one available to break the spell, so the kids must figure out how to make the antidote before all cybersites turn bad. Meanwhile, Hacker has a romantic encounter with Wicked. | ||||||
30 | 4 | "True Colors" | Counter Examples | Dan Elish, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | April 2, 2003 | 204 |
Hacker starts an election campaign to become the new ruler of Cyberspace, planning to replace Motherboard. He also appears to turn over a new leaf, doing good deeds all around Cyberspace to gain public favor for votes. The Cybersquad must prove that Hacker is lying about being good before the election is over. Al Roker guest stars as Sam Vander Rom | ||||||
31 | 5 | "All the Right Angles" | Angle Measurement | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom | April 3, 2003 | 205 |
Ivanca the Invincible has a treasure map that Dr. Marbles mails to Motherboard's "buddy list." However, the virus also causes her to mail it to her "baddy list," which gives Hacker the map. This leads Motherboard to assign Digit to fool Hacker into thinking he's turned evil again, in order to stall him long enough so the kids can find the treasure first. | ||||||
32 | 6 | "Mother's Day" | Decimals | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 7, 2003 | 206 |
While Jackie freaks out over what to get her mother for Mother's Day, Hacker wrecks the Mother's Day festival in Cyberspace by interfering with a train shipment of special flowers. Jackie ultimately gets one such flower for her mother. | ||||||
33 | 7 | "The Eye of Rom" | Inverse Operations | Dan Elish, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 14, 2003 | 207 |
Hacker steals Pyramida's Eye of Rom from its pyramid, which he plans to use against Motherboard. Because of this theft, when the pyramid's shadow hits the Nile River, the site will crash. Guest Starring: Bebe Neuwirth as Binky | ||||||
34 | 8 | "A Whale of a Tale" | Ballpark Estimation | Peggy Sarlin, George Arthur Bloom | May 21, 2003 | 208 |
Hacker reprograms trapeze artist Glowla's robotic whale partner, Spout, into going rogue to destroy R-Fair City. | ||||||
35 | 9 | "Double Trouble" | Growth by Doubling | Adam Rudman, Dan Elish, Kristin Laskas Martin, George Arthur Bloom | May 28, 2003 | 209 |
Hacker steals the Golden Droplet of Shangri-La, which doubles upon being removed from its pot, and doubles forever. He also kidnaps Master Pi for insurance. Guest Starring: Geoffrey Holder as Master Pi | ||||||
36 | 10 | "Raising the Bar" | Bar Graphs | David Dias, George Arthur Bloom | September 15, 2003 | 210 |
The Cybrary, owned and operated by Ms. Fileshare, has a bug problem, so she hires an exterminator named the Vermin Vexer (Hacker in disguise) to help her with the problem. Hacker instead adds more bugs so all references of Motherboard get switched to himself, and he alters two bar graphs to hide the truth. Guest Starring: Jasmine Guy as Ms. Fileshare | ||||||
37 | 11 | "The Wedding Scammer" | Problem Solving | Matt Costello, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | September 16, 2003 | 211 |
Wicked poses as a princess who had announced to get married, and her groom is Hacker. Sam Vander Rom and his co-host plan to air the wedding on cyberwide TV, while the kids look for the real prince and princess. | ||||||
38 | 12 | "The Guilty Party" | Point of View | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom | September 17, 2003 | 212 |
In Poddleville, Hacker gets robbed and frames magician Slythe O'Hand and his dog Presto for it. | ||||||
39 | 13 | "A Time to Cook" | Elapsed Time | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom | September 18, 2003 | 213 |
Digit and the kids compete against Hacker on the popular cooking game show "Fearless Chef." | ||||||
40 | 14 | "Trick or Treat" | Functions | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom | October 31, 2003 | 214 |
On Halloween, Hacker invades Motherboard Control Central with a toy frog. |
Season 3 (2004)[]
In the third season, the kids meet Slider, a rebel-style skateboarder who lives in the cybersite Radopolis. He first appears in the episode "The Borg of the Ring" where he retrieved the Totally Rad Ring of Radopolis from Hacker. Once again and then a third time Hacker tries to take control of Radopolis, first by almost winning a competition, then by putting everyone except Digit, Slider, and the Cybersquad asleep so he fails. The kids are told his father, Coop, had abandoned him. Coop was on a distant cyber-planet, but the kids didn't know that yet.
This season contains the first two-part episode of the series, "The Snelfu Snafu". While Slider was searching for his father, he stumbled across the location of the elusive encryptor chip. When he alerted the Cybersquad, they soon discovered it was in the hands of an auctioneer. The kids eventually earned enough snelfus (the Cyberspace term for dollars) to win it, but they discovered the chip was infected to drain Motherboard, replacing her with Hacker. The kids were then placed in the dungeon at the new Hacker Control Central; when they escaped, they searched for the encryptor chip because Motherboard was trapped in it. Upon finding it, they also rescued Dr. Marbles. However, when they attempted to put the chip in the circuits, the hardware rejected it because Hacker has corrupted it. Dr. Marbles was forced to reboot Motherboard, destroying the chip in the process. This concludes the Encryptor Chip story-arc. Also, Hacker rejects Wicked, setting the stage for some future episodes.[23]
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Jacobs.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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41 | 1 | "EcoHaven CSE" | Body Math | Dave Dias, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 3, 2004[24] | 301 |
Someone has stolen the legendary cyber beast Choocroca from cyberspace EcoHaven. | ||||||
42 | 2 | "The Borg of the Ring" | Circles | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 4, 2004 | 302 |
King Dudicus accidentally uncovers the long-lost "Totally Rad Ring of Radopolis," which grants whoever wears it on their head their hearts desires. The citizens suggest putting it in a safe place where nobody can use it for anything, but Hacker steals it and uses it to attack Motherboard. | ||||||
43 | 3 | "A World Without Zero" | Zero | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 5, 2004 | 303 |
Hacker's insulting letters to Mr. Zero cause him to leave Gollywood, leading all zeros on signs to disappear and further chaos to ensure. However, contrary to what the people think, their main central bank still has all nine million snelfus, which Hacker plans to use to finance all his conquering quests. | ||||||
44 | 4 | "A Piece of the Action" | Percent | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 6, 2004 | 304 |
Hacker doesn't know he is allergic to magnetite, which he uses to plan to erase Motherboard forever. Meanwhile, Hacker keeps a bunch of Scritter hostage, and he subsequently captures Digit. | ||||||
45 | 5 | "The Creech Who Would be Crowned" | Direction and Distance | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | May 7, 2004 | 305 |
Tikiville crowns its new monarchs with a race, which Creech, once part of a royal family, plans to win. Hacker also enters the race, planning to use the crown to turn Tikiville's giant statues into an army if he wins. | ||||||
46 | 6 | "The Grapes of Plath" | High-Low Estimation | Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | September 16, 2004 | 306 |
After the prince of crabs takes a dare and becomes dishonest after falling in the Abyss, the kids and Digit must find the Grapes of Plath to restore his ability to tell the truth, located in the Fountain of Truth. Unfortunately, Hacker is pursuing the Grapes as well. Because he thought Motherboard said "Fountain of Youth", and assumes the grapes can and will fix his chin problem. | ||||||
47 | 7 | "A Perfect Fit" | Tessellations | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | September 23, 2004 | 307 |
Hacker tries to restore his giant robot, Gigabyte, by using the rays of Jimaya's sun. Delete is excited, but Buzz becomes jealous. | ||||||
48 | 8 | "Be Reasonable" | Process of Elimination | Dave Dias, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | September 30, 2004 | 308 |
The Cybrary is under attack again, and the kids have to use logic and elimination processes to stop Hacker from entering Motherboard's vault. | ||||||
49–50 | 9–10 | "The Snelfu Snafu" | Saving Money
Spending Money | Ronnie Krauss (Part 1,) Adam Rudman (Part 2,) George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | October 13, 2004 October 14, 2004 |
309–310 |
The kids win the encryptor chip in an auction after saving enough money to buy it, but Hacker infected it and subsequently made himself the ruler of Cyberspace. After saving Dr. Marbles, the kids help him save Motherboard by having to reboot her, destroying the encryptor chip in the process. Meanwhile, Hacker breaks up with Wicked upon discovering she spent all 10 million snelfus on clothes and merchandise. | ||||||
51 | 11 | "Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets" | Mixed-Number Fractions | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | December 24, 2004 | 311 |
Digit and the kids help Shari of Frogsnorts bake the Cosmic Crumpets. Hacker then attempts to use the magical Cosmic Crumpets to steal the powers of the scorcerers of Frogsnorts and become the most powerful magician in Cyberspace. When Hacker steals the sorcerers' powers, the Cybersquad helps Shari restore the magicians' powers. | ||||||
52 | 12 | "Starlight Night" | Finding a Simpler Case | Barry Harman, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | December 31, 2004 | 312 |
Hacker tries to destroy the festivities during Cyberspace's favorite holiday, Starlight Night (a mix of Christmas and New Year's Eve in the same day). |
Season 4 (2005)[]
The Cybersquad is at it again, and meets even more new allies like Fluff the Penguin. However, situations become more complicated now that Hacker is no longer the only villain attempting to rule Cyberspace; the Wicked Witch has been planning schemes of her own. On top of that, Hacker is now travelling all over Cyberspace to conquer unspoiled regions – and the Cybersquad soon learns that this may tie in with the disappearance of Slider's Dad. He steals the Electric Eel of Aquari-yum as a power source, and the Pedestal of Penguia as a relay for the power-flow, and combines these items with other gizmos and gadgets to form the Transformatron, a device with the capability of transforming anyone into anything. After taking the NIC (Network Interface Card) from Slider's dad, taking Coop (Tony Hawk) hostage, and kidnapping Slider, the device was complete. However, the Cybersquad was able to thwart Hacker's plans again by dismantling the device so it could not be used again and allowing the effects of the Transformatron to wear off.
This is the last season directed by Larry Jacobs, who had directed every episode up to this point.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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53 | 1 | "Balancing Act" | Budgeting Money | Barry Harman George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | April 15, 2005[25] | 401 |
The Cybersquad helps Sharri Spotter make a film about Frogsnorts while staying within a budget, but Hacker keeps trying to run the up budget by putting himself in the film. | ||||||
54 | 2 | "The Icky Factor" | Factoring | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | July 25, 2005 | 402 |
Hacker kidnaps Icky in order to find a power source to power up his new invention so he can use it to rule over Cyberspace again. | ||||||
55 | 3 | "Penguin Tears" | Angles in Bouncing | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | July 26, 2005 | 403 |
Hacker's secret plan to take over Cyberworld by using the electric eel's energy continues. The missing piece of the puzzle is the Prism of Penguia. Since Emperor Penguia can't remember where he hid the prism, everybody in Penguia has to shed tears until it is found. The CyberSquad & Fluff must face several obstacles, including a booby trap, to "angle" their way out so that nobody no longer has to shed tears. | ||||||
56 | 4 | "Past Perfect Prediction" | Predicting From Data | Dave Dias George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | July 27, 2005 | 404 |
Slider's father owes Hacker a debt, and Hacker decides to evict Slider and the kids if they don't pay up in time. | ||||||
57 | 5 | "Measure For Measure" | Choosing Units of Measure | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | July 28, 2005 | 405 |
Hacker's new invention is revealed, and is ready to create chaos. Note: Coop (Slider's Dad) returns to Radopolis | ||||||
58 | 6 | "A Change of Art" | Using Line Graphs | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | September 22, 2005 | 406 |
59 | 7 | "The Case of the Missing Memory" | Missing Information | Louise Gikow George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | September 23, 2005 | 407 |
60 | 8 | "A Crinkle In Time" | Gears | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | October 5, 2005 | 408 |
61 | 9 | "A Broom Of One's Own" | Time/Distance/Speed | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | October 6, 2005 | 409 |
62 | 10 | "A Tikiville Turkey Day" | Patterns in Nature | Louise Gikow George Arthur Bloom Kristin Laskas Martin | October 7, 2005 | 410 |
Season 5 (2006–07)[]
At long last, Slider's dad comes home. However, simply because many of the parts used on the Transformatron before have disappeared does not mean Hacker has given up on it, so now the Cybersquad find themselves building, fixing, and inventing devices to stop Hacker from taking over. When the Transformatron goes on the loose, Digit and the kids must dispose of the NIC card, the only power source of Hacker's machine. New villains Olga (Annika Walter) and the Trashinator (Phil Collins) make their debut during this season.
During the season, a special two-hour program, "Cyberchase: My Big Idea!" was broadcast. The program comprised episodes 64–67 shown sequentially, and was built around the theme of inventions. Each episode covered a different invention topic. The program was hosted by Bianca and Harry from Cyberchase For Real! and in between episodes, they talked about inventions that were made by kids, and showed clips of kids who had made inventions of their own.
Len Carlson, as the original voice of Buzz, was replaced about halfway through the season by Philip Williams. Carlson died in 2006, and the episode "EcoHaven Ooze" was dedicated to him. This was the last season that was animated by Nelvana and the last one traditionally animated, before moving over to Flash animation by PiP Animation Services, starting with season six.
All episodes this season were directed by Jason Groh.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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63 | 1 | "The Halloween Howl" | Division | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | October 31, 2006[26] | 501 |
The annual "Halloween Howl" bash in Castleblanca promises to be spooktacular… until Hacker takes over the Mayor's Castle and brings its seven stone gargoyles to life. Obeying Hacker's every command, the gargoyles capture the Mayor and imprison him in the dungeon. To gain control of the creepy creatures, the CyberSquad must figure out how to use division to evenly split up bunches of garlic and rock candy. But can they do it in time to rescue the Mayor and save The Halloween Howl? Meanwhile, Inez and Jackie are having a problem with their friendship after a misunderstanding. For Real: October 31 is Bianca’s favorite day of the year. Not only is it Halloween, but it’s also her birthday! This year, no more trick-or-treating for Bianca; instead, she plans to enjoy a grown-up evening of dinner and dancing with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, her plans are disrupted when she’s stuck looking after her young friends Erica and Leah and taking them trick-or-treating. Bianca is grumpy all night long until Erica and Leah come up with an idea to cheer her up: they divide their Halloween treats into three equal groups so that they can give Bianca a birthday present of candy. | ||||||
64 | 2 | "A Clean Sweep" | Inventions: Persistence | Louise Gikow George Arthur Bloom | November 27, 2006 | 502 |
Buzz opens up a new doughnut shop in Radopolis. Hacker's magnetite confetti he collects is large enough to remove the memory of every single citizen of Radopolis and send them to sleep.The CyberSquad needs to design a confetti collector so they can spoil Hacker & save Radopolis before it's too late when he dominates Radopolis and renames it Hackerville. | ||||||
65 | 3 | "Designing Mr. Perfect" | Inventions: Design for Function | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | November 28, 2006 | 503 |
The Wicked Witch of Happily-Ever-Afterville turns Digit into her husband. Wanda (Guest star Danica Mckellar), enlists the CyberSquad on a mission to Terra Swampa to rescue Digit before Hacker disposes him forever! But first, they need to design an invention to help them get across the green goop, go over the cliff, and stop Hacker. | ||||||
66 | 4 | "EcoHaven Ooze" | Inventions: Testing with Models | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | November 29, 2006 | 504 |
67 | 5 | "The Fairy Borg Father" | Inventions: Refine and Optimize | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | November 30, 2006 | 505 |
Delete is having a bad day. Due to Delete's wish about bunnies, almost everybody in Cyberspace becomes bunnies. The only way to turn everyone back into themselves is for the CyberSquad to save Zanko's ladle and save Cyberspace. | ||||||
68 | 6 | "The Flying Parallinis" | Parallelograms | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | April 16, 2007 | 506 |
Hacker snatches Jackie atop Mount Wayupthere and the rest of the Cybersquad must rescue her after meeting a Parallini named Teeny Weeny (T.W. for short). In their search for the elusive Diamond Joe - the mysterious figure who holds the secret to Jackie's release. | ||||||
69 | 7 | "Crystal Clear" | Crystals | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | April 17, 2007 | 507 |
70 | 8 | "Inside Hacker" | Robotic Reasoning | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | April 18, 2007 | 508 |
71 | 9 | "On the Line" | Properties of a Line | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | April 19, 2007 | 509 |
72 | 10 | "A Fraction of a Chance" | Fractions 101 | Louise Gikow George Arthur Bloom | September 3, 2007 | 510 |
When the Cybersquad returns home from a meeting, Motherboard's portal glitches making them stuck in the vortex. Digit and Wicked work together to find the UVO (Universal Vortex Opener) before the CyberSquad permanently dematerializes! |
Season 6 (2007–08)[]
Finally, the NIC card had been disposed of, which means that there are no more episodes involving the Transformatron. Unfortunately, Hacker hopes to expand his group of evil doers, now including Baskerville, Trashinator, and a gorilla named Tonga. With new allies for Hacker, the Cybersquad once again attempts to stop him. Meanwhile, love chaos ensues between Hacker and Wicked when Hacker starts to want Wicked back, but the Wicked Witch could want nothing more than to spit on him. This is the first season to use Flash animation.[citation needed]
This is the first season where Buzz is voiced by Philip Williams from beginning to end.
All episodes this season were directed by Brandon Lloyd.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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73 | 1 | "Digit's B-Day Surprise" | Reading a Thermometer | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | November 7, 2007 | 601 |
Hacker tries to ruin Digit's birthday party, though Digit thinks it's actually for Judge Trudy (since that was how the secret was kept from him). Clips are shown from "Balancing Act", and "Past Perfect Prediction". | ||||||
74 | 2 | "When Penguins Fly" | Population Sampling | Dave Dias George Arthur Bloom | December 12, 2007 | 602 |
75 | 3 | "Unhappily Ever After" | Builders' Math: Measurement, Geometry | Jon Greenberg George Arthur Bloom | December 19, 2007 | 603 |
Hacker destroys 3 boxes covering the Book of Unhappy Endings, and releases the Unhappy Endings. The CyberSquad must return the book by sundown. | ||||||
76 | 4 | "Escape From Merlin's Maze" | Builders' Math: Algebraic Thinking | Claudia Silver George Arthur Bloom | February 20, 2008 | 604 |
77 | 5 | "Step By Step" | Builders' Math: Multi-Step Problem Solving | George Arthur Bloom | February 21, 2008[27] | 605 |
Hacker captures Dr. Marbles and puts him in a faraway volcano, so it's up to the kids to save him. | ||||||
78 | 6 | "Team Spirit" | Math in Sports: Number and Operation | Ronnie Krauss George Arthur Bloom | April 8, 2008 | 606 |
79 | 7 | "Jimaya Jam" | Math in Sports: Representation | Dave Dias George Arthur Bloom | April 9, 2008 | 607 |
80 | 8 | "A Perfect Score" | Math in Sports: Scoring Performance | Brian Meehl George Arthur Bloom | April 10, 2008 | 608 |
81 | 9 | "Chaos as Usual" | Math in Sports: Data Collection | Brian Meehl George Arthur Bloom | April 11, 2008 | 609 |
82 | 10 | "Spheres of Fears" | Circle Diameter and Circumference | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | October 27, 2008 | 610 |
Season 7 (2009)[]
A lot may be going on in Cyberspace, but the Cybersquad shall continue to stop Hacker – even if it means dealing with terrible weather and using math knowledge to combat it. Season 7 starts with "Weather Watchers", which first aired on April 21, 2009. In the first two episodes, "For Real" segments included Janice Huff, a meteorologist with New York's WNBC-TV who played "Stormy Gale" in episodes 83–84.
All episodes this season were directed by Brandon Lloyd
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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83 | 1 | "Gone With The Fog" | Math in Weather: Fog | Jonathan Greenberg, George Arthur Bloom | April 20, 2009[28] | 701 |
84 | 2 | "The Emperor Has Snow Clothes" | Math in Weather: Tracking Storms | Claudia Silver, George Arthur Bloom | April 21, 2009 | 702 |
Guest starring: Janice Huff as Stormy Gale. | ||||||
85 | 3 | "The X-Factor" | Math in Weather: Multiplication Power | Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom | April 22, 2009 | 703 |
86 | 4 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Math in Weather: Measuring Wind Speed | Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom | April 23, 2009 | 704 |
87 | 5 | "Father's Day" | Patterns in Codes | Adam Rudman, George Arthur Bloom | June 19, 2009 | 705 |
Guest Starring: Matthew Broderick as Max. | ||||||
88 | 6 | "The Deedle Beast" | Observing and Tracking Animal Behavior | Claudia Silver, George Arthur Bloom | October 5, 2009 | 706 |
89 | 7 | "Spellbound" | Grids | Chris Nee, George Arthur Bloom | October 6, 2009 | 707 |
Season 8 (2010)[]
Season 8 premiered on June 25, 2010, and introduced Ledge (Alex Karzis), a fan of Hacker and was to get himself a place on Hacker's side to help take over Cyberspace. He tries to do so by making a machine that can turn everyone in Sensible Flats into "Hackerized" versions of themselves. Though this impresses Hacker, Inez eventually unplugs the machine, resulting an angry Hacker to cast Ledge away for his failure. This results with Ledge becoming Hacker's most dangerous rival. Aside from Ledge's failure, Hacker does not like Ledge because he heavily insults him and the possible fact that Ledge is less arrogant but more intelligent than Hacker, even though he is equally evil. The Cybersquad also does not like Ledge because of his deception that led almost all of them into danger in Sensible Flats he had caused by pretending to help them, as he thinks more wisely of his plans. It was then in episode 94, that Hacker and the Cybersquad were forced to work together to stop Ledge from stealing one of Hacker's previous inventions that can be used to help Motherboard, though the invention ends up being destroyed.
All episodes this season were directed by Brandon Lloyd.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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90 | 1 | "The Hacker's Challenge" | Solution by Trying Numbers | Allan Neuwirth | June 25, 2010 | 801 |
91 | 2 | "Face-Off!" | Analyzing Ads (Reasoning) | Jonathan Greenberg | July 2, 2010 | 802 |
92 | 3 | "Peace, Love, and Hackerness" | Measuring with Mixed Number Fractions | Adam Rudman | July 9, 2010 | 803 |
When Hacker blasts the pole of the Far-Out radio, it's up to the Cyber Squad to save Cyberspace before the radio dies. | ||||||
93 | 4 | "Hackerized!" | Analyzing Data | Ronnie Krauss | July 16, 2010 | 804 |
While rock wall climbing, Inez notices that Hacker wants everyone to look like him, since Hacker has apparently set up a "Hackerizing" machine in Sensible Flats. The machine pumps out a fog that not only causes those exposed to look like Hacker, but also makes them start to behave like Hacker. A newcomer, Ledge, helps coach the Cybersquad on scaling the rock wall on a practice set. Matt, Jackie and Digit try to scale the rock wall, in order to get to the machine and shut it off, but each of them succumb to the effects of the machine before they can succeed. After many citizens and most of the Cybersquad became Hackerized, Inez is the only member of the CyberSquad not yet infected corrupted with some help from Deke. Eventually, it turns out that Ledge, an aspiring villain who looks up to Hacker, is behind the Hackerizing machine, not Hacker. Inez decides to be careful and finally she shuts down the machine, which returns all the Hackerized people back to normal. After Ledge's scheme fails, Hacker rejects him, causing an embittered Ledge to declare revenge on him. | ||||||
94 | 5 | "The Bluebird of Zappiness" | Proportional reasoning | Ronnie Krauss | July 23, 2010 | 805 |
Guest starring: Alex Karzis as Ledge, Kristina Nicoll as Motherboard, Julie Lemieux as Artemis and Punxie, Katie Griffin as Lily, and Philip Williams as Grand Groundhoggian. |
Season 9 (2013–14)[]
On April 3, 2013, it was announced on the official Facebook page that the show would return for a 9th season.[citation needed] The season premiered November 4, 2013, after being on hiatus since 2010. Issues in development for episode 95 caused some versions of the aired episode to air with the title "placeholder" cards in place. e.g. act 1, act 2, and act 3. In this season, Harley, Alicia, and Harry (from For Real) now work at Camp Henry teaching 8-year-old kids about the environment. Season 9 was animated in Flash by Pip Animation in Ottawa.[29]
All episodes this season were directed by J. Meeka Stuart.
Ep. # | Prod. code | Title | Topic | Written by | Air date | |
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95 | 901 | "An Urchin Matter" | Keystone Species and Kelp-Bed Ecosystem | Peter Hirsch George Arthur Bloom | November 4, 2013 | |
The Cybersquad must figure out what is causing kelp from Mega Bay to rise to the top. Meanwhile, Hacker looks make some profit by putting on a show for Cyberspace to see, after watching a viral video on CyberTube, a Cyberspace version of YouTube. The kids must free the sea otters before the whole kelp forest becomes destroyed by sea urchins (also known as sea hedgehogs). For Real: Harry Restores Balance" Harry helps Harley become a better camp director, by teaching him and the kids about balance in the ecosystem. | ||||||
96 | 902 | "Going Solar" | Solar Panels | Dave Dias George Arthur Bloom | November 5, 2013 | |
Hacker has challenged Slider to a skate-off. But suddenly, the power to the brand new stadium goes out. The Cybersquad must find a way to harness solar energy, store it, and makes sure it lasts through the game. However, someone keeps sabotaging their plans. The show must go on! For Real: "Harry's Got The Power" Alicia, Harry's camp coworker devises a game about Solar energy. Meanwhile, Harry is waiting by his phone to win a jet ski. | ||||||
97 | 903 | "Trash Creep" | Fractions, Effects of Trash, and Recycling | Dan Elish George Arthur Bloom | November 6, 2013 | |
The team battles a giant garbage heap in Perfectomundo, which threatens to break through the cybersite dome; Hacker seeks to grow an army of monster plants to take over the cyberworld. For Real: "Harley's Trash Is Harry's Treasure" Harry creates the game "Trash Dash" to deal with the camp's garbage issue, while Harley tries to get out of doing his work. | ||||||
98 99 | 904 905 | "The Cyberchase Movie" | Living Space | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | April 15, 2014 | |
Hacker wishes to build Hackerspace by drilling on Ecotopia. He captured an aged Doctor Marbles and stole his journal to help him locate the Reformat Button. In searching for the button, Buzz and Delete capture Ollie's mom Abby, and accidentally drill into the inner slime core. Hacker locks Doctor Marbles and Abby away while he recalculates the location of the button. Motherboard sends the Cybersquad into Ecotopia to investigate where the slime came from, and what they can do to help. They soon realize that many of the animals of the Cybersite have lost their homes due to the slime destroying two thirds (2/3) of the Preserve. In order to fix this, they must install a new preserve and format it in a way that the animals can live comfortably, plus they need to relocate the animals. Using an ark they are able to bring the animals to the new preserve, but by just narrowly escaping a whirlpool. Soon after, the Cybersquad and Ollie notice that the orangutans are in the wrong portion of the preserve. In order to figure out why, Inez and Ollie return to the old preserve and examine the wildlife. But in order to do so, Inez must overcome her fear of bats, and Ollie must overcome his fear of heights. If that wasn't enough, they overhear Hacker looking for the button and realize he has caused the inner slime core to erupt. Ollie spots his mother with Hacker, so he desperately wants to save her. The Cybersquad and Ollie formulate a plan that succeeds in rescuing Dr. Marbles and Abby, while installing a lock on the Reformat Button, thus ejecting Hacker into Cyberspace. The movie finishes with Inez and Ollie enjoying a sandwich high up in a tree. For Real: Harry shows 100 favorite moments of the series in honor of the 100th episode of Cyberchase. Note: This is an hour-long two-part special. Guests starring: Emilie Barlow as Abby, Richard Binsley as Dr. Marbles, Kristina Nicoll as Motherboard. Modern Family star Rico Rodriguez as Ollie, also guest starred.[30] |
Season 10 (2015)[]
All episodes this season were directed by J. Meeka Stuart.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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100 | 1 | "Fit to be Heroes" | Exercise Goals | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | November 9, 2015 | 903 |
101 | 2 | "A Recipe for Chaos" | Nutrition | George Arthur Bloom Peter Hirsch | November 10, 2015 | 906 |
Trouble is brewing from Castleblanca. A new restaurant called Bogey's is serving dishes in Hacker packets that sound real, but really unhealthy. Hacker had recently opened a factory to sell them all around Castleblanca. Because of this, Digit challenges Hacker to a cook-off. If Digit wins, Hacker will stop making Hacker packets, Bogey's closes, and it becomes Digit's restaurant with healthy food. If Hacker wins, Digit, Inez, Matt and Jackie must leave Cyberspace forever and be unable to defeat Hacker. Digit makes a banana and black bean omelette with brussels sprouts while Hacker makes Spring Rising. Digit wins so Bogey's gets renamed Digit's. The restaurant serves healthy food. The episode ends with Jackie finding out that she likes brussels sprouts. | ||||||
102 | 3 | "A Seedy Business" | Gardening | Adam Rudman George Arthur Bloom | November 11, 2015 | 907 |
The CyberSquad must investigate why Hacker saved the cybersite Factoria. Hacker not only put the Factorians make toy helicopters, also made the free meals "junk food", like candy & chips, come from Vending machines. Due to the unhealthy food issue, they need to find soil and a sunny place around the site to plant a colorful but healthy garden. At the end, it reveals that Hacker wasn't putting them to work on toy copters, instead spy copters to take over the cyber world | ||||||
103 | 4 | "Parks and Recreation" | Evidence-based Arguments | P. Kevin Strader George Arthur Bloom | November 12, 2015 | 908 |
Hacker plans to create the Gollywood tower to bring chaos to Cyberspace. The only way for the Cybersquad to stop Hacker from taking over cyberworld is by stating that parks & playgrounds are reasonable. | ||||||
104 | 5 | "Bottled Up" | Plastic Disposal | Susan Kim George Arthur Bloom | November 13, 2015 | 909 |
Season 11 (2017–18)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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105 | 1 | "Watts of Halloween Trouble" | Energy Conservation | J. Meeka Stuart | Adam Rudman | October 23, 2017 | 1001 |
It’s Halloween Haunt-O-Rama in R-Fair City, and Hacker has a wicked treat up his sleeve: to keep the kids out of Cyberspace forever by crashing Motherboard’s portal system. But when Buzz and Delete make a mistake, the portal system crashes too late, and the kids and Digit are trapped in R-Fair City! Now, the kids must find enough energy to power Digit’s portal rebooter and keep the amusement park going. But with the celebration in full swing, can they find big and small ways to save enough energy? And can they ever get back to Earth again? | |||||||
106 | 2 | "Creech's Creature Quandary" | Habitat Fragmentation | J. Meeka Stuart | Jill Cozza-Turner | December 26, 2017 | 1002 |
107 | 3 | "A Murky Mystery in Mermaidos" | Thermal Pollution | J. Meeka Stuart | Joey Mazzarino | December 27, 2017 | 1003 |
Digit is going on his annual visit to Mermaidos, an underwater cybersite filled with merfolk, to visit one of his best friends in the whole cyber-world, Eugene. The two of them are great buddies who love to play underwater games, frolic with fish, and do other wacky water things in this idyllic underwater paradise. When Digit arrives, something is wrong. Mermaidos is murky and warm and the fish are leaving in droves. Digit feels terrible for his pal Eugene and promises to do what he can to make things right. It turns out Hacker has put a plan in motion to turn Mermaidos into his own personal hot tub! He is making the water hotter and hotter, raising the temperature to a hot 100 degrees-a temperature that would make Mermaidos uninhabitable for the Mermaidians and force them to move out. It is up to Digit and the CyberSquad to stop Hacker's plan, reverse the thermal pollution and help save Eugene's home. | |||||||
108 | 4 | "Plantasaurus!" | Air Quality | J. Meeka Stuart | Adam Rudman | December 28, 2017 | 1004 |
The Cyber Squad has a slumber party to commemorate the renovation of Motherboard and Digit's place, but the lack of plants makes everyone sick, so they go to Gnome Depot to get some. Unfortunately, Hacker's minions stole them all in an attempt to create a massive Plantasaurus to seize control of Cyberspace from Motherboard. | |||||||
109 | 5 | "A Reboot Eve to Remember" | Wind Energy | J. Meeka Stuart | Peter K. Hirsch | December 29, 2017 | 1005 |
It's that time of the year again: Reboot Day - when all of cyberspace celebrates a fresh start and all the bots make Reboot resolutions! It's Delete's favorite holiday, but Hacker is having none of it; he's in a foul mood because he's low on energy. Fortunately for him, the little windy town of Bottowa has a powerful energy source that'll put new pep in his step. Unfortunately for the Bottowans, this power source is what raises the big ball at the stroke of midnight on Reboot Eve (like dropping the big ball in Times Square, but in reverse), and their celebration is being broadcast live across Cyberspace! When Hacker steals the energy source, Delete is so upset that he decides to stay behind and join forces with the CyberSquad, who have come to help the poor little town from Virtual World-wide humiliation. To do this, they'll try to harness the natural power of the wind and build a giant windmill. But will they be able to finish it all by the stroke of midnight? And will Delete decide to stay in Bottawa forever? | |||||||
110 | 6 | "Housewarming Party" | Green Roofs (Natural Thermal Insulation) | J. Meeka Stuart | Jennifer Hamburg | April 16, 2018 | 1101 |
In Happily Ever Afterville, the Three Pigs have just finished building their new cottage at the base of Mount Evermore - a peaceful spot without any direct sunlight. They are celebrating with a housewarming party, and they've hired Jackie as their party planner! But trouble strikes when Hacker and Wicked, who are having a battle of wits above Mount Evermore, accidentally zap the mountain away. Now, the sun is streaming directly onto the pigs' house, and it is quickly heating it up inside! Meanwhile, Hacker starts feeling something very strange - guilt. Can the CyberSquad cool down the pigs' warming house and save their housewarming party? And will Hacker - for the first time ever - do the right thing? | |||||||
111 | 7 | "Invasion of the Funky Flower" | Invasive Species | J. Meeka Stuart | Joey Mazzarino | April 17, 2018 | 1102 |
112 | 8 | "A Renewable Hope" | Renewable Energy | J. Meeka Stuart | Adam Rudman | April 18, 2018 | 1103 |
113 | 9 | "The Migration Situation" | Citizen Science | J. Meeka Stuart | Jennifer Hamburg | April 19, 2018 | 1104 |
Digit and Professor Bob, both experts in teal-footed trillers, organize a celebration to witness their bidecadal migration. But Hacker captured the trillers and replaced them with robotic fakes to use their song to unlock a book containing the secrets to Cyberspace! | |||||||
114 | 10 | "Back to Canalia’s Future" | Water Consumption | J. Meeka Stuart | Jill Cozza-Turner | April 20, 2018 | 1105 |
The Cybersquad and their friend Pearl spread the water problem in Canalia. Note: Pearl's home town "Canalia" is based on Canada. |
Season 12 (2019–20)[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Prod. Code |
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115 116 | 1 2 | "Space Waste Odyssey" | April 19, 2019[31] | 1201 1202 |
It's Motherboard's birthday, but not all is well. The CyberSquad must save Cyberspace on their own when a malfunction renders Motherboard powerless, while the Hacker attempts to crush Control Central between two giant Trash vortexes. They must reboot Motherboard, move the Control Central, and throw a birthday party for Motherboard. | ||||
117 | 3 | "Giving Thanks Day[32]" | November 22, 2019 | 1203 |
The CyberSquad is excited to celebrate Giving Thanks Day with Jackie's pumpkin pie but there's a big problem -- Hacker has taken all the pristine produce. Lilly Bartlam the guest voice of Hacker's niece Harmony | ||||
118 | 4 | "A Garden Grows in Botlyn[33]" | February 14, 2020 | 1204 |
Ren and the CyberSquad use their math skills to plant a garden in an unlikely space. Meanwhile, Hacker receives an unexpected valentine. | ||||
119 | 5 | "Missing Bats in Sensible Flats" | April 17, 2020 | 1205 |
Digit's cousin, Brigit, thinks a lack of bats is the reason the flowering cactus plants are not bearing any apple cactus fruit. | ||||
120 | 6 | "Water Woes" | April 17, 2020 | 1206 |
Buzz and Delete enlist the CyberSquad to figure out why the water supply at Mount Bear Fresh Water Spa has stopped flowing. So the CyberSquad teams up with Buzz to figure out the problem. | ||||
121 | 7 | "Soil Turmoil" | April 17, 2020 | 1207 |
The team shrink to the size of tiny insects to try to help their earthworm friend Hapo figure out what is damaging his soil. | ||||
122 | 8 | "Hacker Hugs a Tree" | April 17, 2020 | 1208 |
In an unlikely pairing, the CyberSquad helps Hacker stop a new villain named Zusk who is zapping trees with his Tree X1. After Zusk leaves because of zero power. Hacker controls the Tree X 1 with Zusk's controller to plant new tree in the Northern Frontier Forest. | ||||
123 | 9 | "Pursuit of the Prism of Power" | May 8, 2020 | 1209 |
The CyberSquad faces monsters, canyons, and cliffs as they pursue the Prism of Power, a VITAL piece of Motherboard's Operating System that Hacker has stolen. | ||||
124 | 10 | "Composting in the Clutch" | May 8, 2020 | 1210 |
Hacker suctions up all the dirt in Dingerville Park just before The Dingerball Series -- a once-in-every-four-year championship -- leaving CyberSquad scrambling to refill the missing dirt before the big game starts. | ||||
125 | 11 | "A Camping Conundrum" | May 8, 2020 | 1211 |
Matt, Inez, Digit and Jackie are enjoying their camping trip in the wilderness until Digit's Power Pal 3000 -- a cooking-heating-entertainment center all in one -- shuts down. | ||||
126 | 12 | "Journey of a Thousand Food Miles" | May 17, 2020 | 1212 |
Jackie and Inez search everywhere for cherries so Digit can make his famous cherry supreme dessert for food critic Bone Appetit. Unfortunately, Hacker stole the last batch of cherries of the season to make "Cherries a la Hacker". After traveling all over Castleblanca and Factoria, still zero cherries. |
Home media[]
DVD[]
Between 2002 and 2005, five Cyberchase DVDs and VHS cassettes were released. The DVD titles each contained three episodes.
Season | Episodes | Release dates | ||||
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United States | ||||||
1 | 2002 | 26 | Codename Icky: August 3, 2004[34][35] Episode(s) featured: "Of All the Luck" • "Codename: Icky" Totally Rad!: August 3, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Fortress of Attitude" Starlight Night: October 26, 2004[36] Episode(s) featured: "Snow Day to Be Exact" | |||
2 | 2003 | 14 | Codename Icky: August 3, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Harriet Hippo and the Mean Green" Totally Rad!: August 3, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Totally Rad!" Starlight Night: October 26, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "A Time To Cook" The Snelfu Snafu: March 29, 2005[37] Episode(s) featured: "The Wedding Scammer" | |||
3 | 2004 | 12 | Totally Rad!: August 3, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "The Borg of the Ring" Starlight Night: October 26, 2004 Episode(s) featured: "Starlight Night" The Snelfu Snafu: March 29, 2005 Episode(s) featured: "The Snelfu Snafu" EcoHaven CSE: August 23, 2005[38] Episode(s) featured: "EcoHaven CSE" • "The Creech Who Would be Crowned" | |||
4 | 2005 | 10 | EcoHaven CSE: August 23, 2005 Episode(s) featured: "A Crinkle in Time" |
iTunes[]
iTunes Canada has released the first eight seasons, though they are not always in original airdate and some strange season numbering has occurred. iTunes US has a collection of 24 random episodes, a couple of themed collections, and the two specials. See below tables.
Season | Episodes | Release number | Episode count | ||
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1 | 2002 | 26 | 1[39] | 13 | |
2[40] | 13 | ||||
2 | 2003 | 14 | 3[41] | 14 | |
3 | 2004 | 12 | 4[42] | 12 | |
4 | 2005 | 10 | 5[43] | 10 | |
5 | 2006–07 | 10 | 6[44] | 10 | |
6 | 2007–08 | 10 | 7[45] | 12 | |
7 | 2009 | 7 | |||
8[46] | 10 | ||||
8 | 2010 | 5 |
Season | Episodes | Releases | ||
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1 | 2002 | 26 | Cyberchase[47] Episode(s) featured: "Castleblanca" • "And They Counted Happily Ever After" • "Clock Like An Egyptian" • "Codename: Icky" Numbers & Data[48] Episode(s) featured: "Castleblanca" • "And They Counted Happily Ever After" | |
2 | 2003 | 14 | Cyberchase Episode(s) featured: "Totally Rad" • "Double Trouble" • "The Wedding Scammer" • "Trick or Treat" Numbers & Data Episode(s) featured: "Double Trouble" Fractions & Geometry[49] Episode(s) featured: "Totally Rad" | |
3 | 2004 | 12 | Cyberchase Episode(s) featured: "EcoHaven CSE" – "A World Without Zero" • "The Creech Who Would Be Crowned" • "Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets" • "Starlight Night" Numbers & Data Episode(s) featured: "A World Without Zero" Fractions & Geometry Episode(s) featured: "The Borg of the Ring" �� "Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets" | |
4 | 2005 | 10 | Cyberchase Episode(s) featured: "The Icky Factor" • "Past Perfect Prediction" • "A Crinkle In Time" – "A Tikiville Turkey Day" Numbers & Data Episode(s) featured: "Past Perfect Prediction" | |
5 | 2006–07 | 10 | Cyberchase Episode(s) featured: "The Flying Parallinis" – "A Fraction of a Chance" Fractions & Geometry Episode(s) featured: "The Flying Parallinis" • "A Fraction of a Chance" | |
6 | 2007–08 | 10 | N/A | |
7 | 2009 | 7 | Earth Day[50] Episode(s) featured: "The X-Factor" | |
8 | 2010 | 5 | N/A | |
9 | 2013–14 | 5 | Earth Day Episode(s) featured: "An Urchin Matter" – "Trash Creep" The Cyberchase Movie[51] Episode(s) featured: "The Cyberchase Movie" | |
10 | 2015 | 5 | N/A | |
11 | 2017–18 | 10 | N/A | |
12 | 2019 | 12 | Space Waste Odyssey[52] Episode(s) featured: "Space Waste Odyssey" Volume 12[53] Episode(s) featured: "Giving Thanks Day" • "A Garden Grows in Botlyn" • "Water Woes" • "Soil Turmoil" • "Missing Bats in Sensible Flats" |
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