ReBoot (1994–2002): Season 1, Episode 4 - Medusa Bug - full transcript
Megabyte succeeds in stealing Hexadecimal's Medusa Bug. Later he discovers that it's an uncontrollable Viral Bug that turns everything into stone. And Megabyte was it's first victim, and turned to stone instantly. Pretty soon the bug spreads throughout Mainframe turning all the citizens into still statues. Will Bob be able to destroy this bug before the entire system is infected?
(ReBoot - 1x04: Medusa Bug: EN-SDH)
-BOB, V.O.: I come
from the net,
through systems,
peoples, and cities,
to this place.
Mainframe.
My format, Guardian.
To mend and defend.
To defend my
new-found friends,
their hopes and dreams.
To defend them from...
their enemies.
( ♪ instrumental )
( thunder )
( electric surging )
BOB: They say the user
lives outside the net,
and inputs games
for pleasure.
No one knows
for sure...
but I intend
to find out.
ReBoot!
( beeping )
-ENZO: Bye everyone!
Don't wait for us!
-DOT: Uh! Just one
more call, Enzo!
-Dot! You need a break!
And Bob's in a
wait-state outside!
Come on!
-No, really!
I'm worried about the
Mitchell account inputs.
It'll just take
a nanosecond.
-ENZO: Dot!
You promised!
Remember that
speech you gave me
about keeping
your promises?
Dot? Hello?!
-I'm coming...
( engine idling )
-Pretty cool, huh?
-I don't believe it...
Bob? Is your car
actually...
running?
-Yup!
( stalling and
surging )
( thuds and
stabilizes )
-Isn't it awesome?
Ohh, not again!
DOT!
-And the net codes?
Formatted and docked?
-Of course, Ms. Matrix.
-Please, call me Dot.
-SECRETARY:
Yes, Ms. Matrix.
-BOB: (sighs) What
do you think, Enzo?
-ENZO: Yeah, let's.
-DOT: Wait, just one
more call, that's all!
( nervous chuckle )
You two, put me down!
Oof!
-ENZO: Woo-hoo!
-DOT: Heeeey!
♪
( clang )
-HACK: Ten-hut!
-SLASH: Sir!
What's our "stay-tus"?
-HACK: "Stah-tus!"
-After all the time...
All the effort...
All the lies...
We finally have it...
Gentlemen...
meet...
the Medusa.
( whirring )
-HACK: Ooh, finally!
-SLASH: Oh, wow!
-HACK: Hexadecimal's
ultimate weapon!
-SLASH: What is it?
-HACK: A box!
-SLASH: I dunno, it's...
-SLASH: A "box?!"
-She thought she could
hide it secret from me...
She thought she could develop
a weapon this powerful
without my knowledge!
Ohh...
Poor fool.
( rumbling )
( explosion )
-HEX: MEGABYYYYTE!
-Oh... that would
be her, now.
-HEX: You lie!
You LIE!
I was a fool
to trust you!
-How true...
-It WAS, however,
very clever,
the way you tricked me
out of one of my toys...
But whatever could
you do with it?
Just a little trinket.
You might as well
give it back...
-Really, Hexadecimal,
I don't have
time for this...
-Ohh, how very, very sad...
( sniffs )
I'll have to...
destroy you all, then.
( nulls squealing )
-Well, get to
work, you two.
I don't keep you around
for your BRAINS, do I?
-SLASH: No sir!
-HACK: No, sir! Not our brains!
-SLASH: No, we are dumb!
-HACK: Absolutely not!
-HACK: Ohh! This is it!
-SLASH: Oh boy, oh boy,
she's comin'!
-HACK: It's over now! Ohh...
-SLASH: She's gonna get us!
-HACK: Ow! Ooh,
this is heavy!
-HACK: This is not
in my job description...
-SLASH: Mine neither.
-HACK: Lift!
( both groaning )
-HACK: Ooh, that's heavy.
-HACK: Oh, I don't care where
you're from, that hurts. Ooh...
( sizzles )
( squealing )
-HEX: Then I shall
smite you myself, dog!
( cackles loudly )
-Gentlemen,
show the lady
some of our own
toys, won't you?
I'll see you
back at the Tor.
♪
( weapons firing )
( spring )
( energy charging )
( distant explosions )
-(out of breath)
T... then, out of nowhere,
she said something about
being bored, an... and...
just disappeared!
Perimeter secured, sir!
-MEGABYTE: Very well.
My dear Hexadecimal,
I am so disappointed
in you.
It was her
fault, you know,
her increased security,
and strict privacy
lead me to my victory.
She was so careful,
so secretive...
I knew she was up
to something...
And yet, despite
the length
and scope of
our operation,
We still do not know
the true nature of the
Medusa's power...
Until
now...
( whirring )
( high pitched pulsing )
No...!
No...
This isn't a weapon!
It is a viral bug!
( Medusa pulsing )
Computer, identify
virus, full scan.
List possible cures
and counter-acting
agents.
-COMPUTER: File type...
Unknown.
Counter-agents...
Unknown.
Cure options...
Unknown.
-HEX: Getting your
sorry self out of trouble?
Unknown.
I see you found my
little surprise!
( cackles )
Isn't it sweet?
-You!
All this time!
All your secrecy,
all your security,
my whole operation...!
-Yes...?
Yessss...?
-A trap...
- ( sarcastically ) Now I
suppose you'll want thanks
for all your hard work!
-Gah!
( thud )
-Ohh, I hope this was the
right thing to do...
Infect all of Mainframe
with an unstoppable
bug...
( blink )
( purrs )
-HEX: Ohh, I'm
not sure...
( cackling )
( birds chirping )
( car horn honks
in distance )
-Nice picnic, guys.
-I'm workin'
here, okay?
I'm workin'!
-Want some help?
Ahh...
Don't get me wrong,
I gotta admit,
It is kinda nice to
get away from it all.
-You're welcome.
-Heh. Thank you.
( dog barks
in distance )
-Frisket?
Check it out!
Something weird is
chasing Frisket!
♪
( Medusa pulsing )
( whines )
( growling )
-Frisket...?
( whines )
( pulsing )
FRISKET!
( thuds )
FRISKET!
LEMME GO!
DOT, WE'VE GOTTA
HELP HIM!
-DOT: Enzo! Enzo, wait!
We don't know what
that thing IS yet!
Bob?
( Glitch whirs )
-Unknown file type?
-( beeping )
-This is bad...
Very bad.
-DOT: Uhh, Bob?
I think we're next.
-Uh, I think
you're right.
Glitch, ignition.
( whirring )
( engine struggling )
-Quick! Try 'er again!
( engine struggling )
Again!
( engine struggling )
-Uh... boys...!
( engine struggling )
( thud )
( engine starts )
-But Frisket...!
-DOT: Look, Enzo,
we can't help Frisket
if the same thing
happens to us.
Don't worry,
we'll be back.
When we know what
we're dealing with.
Bob, what is
that thing?!
-We need to see Phong.
Now.
-PHONG: It is a bug,
pure and simple.
It can, and will,
spread to anything
it touches.
We are all at risk.
You, Bob, however,
may be immune,
since you are
a Guardian,
It is difficult
to tell.
-Trust me, I don't
wanna find out.
But I DO want to
get out there
and warn everybody.
-We need a plan, first.
-Poor Frisket...
I'll bet old Mega-dump
is behind all this!
I say we crash
his tower,
big-time!
-I dunno, Enzo.
This one isn't
his style,
It's too unpredictable,
too dangerous.
-It's completely random,
almost chaotic.
-Hexadecimal?
-Bingo.
-( terminal beeps )
-PHONG: It
MUST be her...
Look, even the Tor
has been infected.
-ENZO: But not
Hex's island!
-Hexadecimal, huh?
This one's got me
worried, Phong.
I mean, that Hex is as
loopy as they come!
I'm gonna need everything
you've got to fight it.
-Bob, worried?
Dude...
-Worse yet, children,
is that the longer
one is infected,
the sooner they
begin to decay...
See here, low
energy goes first,
Like this sign.
But then, high
energy goes next.
-DOT: High energy...
Sprites like us.
-And Frisket!
-PHONG: Truly...
-That's not even funny!
What are we gonna do?!
-PHONG: Dot,
you and Enzo
get everyone evacuated
from the city.
It is next
in the bug's path.
-DOT: Right!
-PHONG: Bob, you
come with me.
We must hurry.
"Greek Action."
( wall whirs )
-Hey, you two be
careful out there.
-You too.
( computer beeping )
-BOB: I'll need two
high-line viricidals,
self adjusting,
And a level 8
desktop rebuilder,
wide fielding.
( blink, blink )
What?
-This is not the
Supercomputer, Bob.
I'm afraid this is all
we have to offer.
( beeps )
-BOB: "Virus
erase command?"
Don't you think that's
a little primitive?
( sighs )
-Perhaps, but it is
the best we have.
-Hm...
I suppose if we boost its
power with an add-on,
It MIGHT do the trick.
Crude, but simple.
-Then let us
make it so.
♪
( air brakes hissing )
( baby crying )
-DOT: Chin up,
we're almost there.
-Bob! I-it's Bob!
-Alright, Bob! Woo-hoo!
You show 'em they
can't mess with us!
Crunch its format!
Kick that bug's bitmap!
For Frisket!
-Be careful, Bob.
♪
-HEX: Ohh, did you
see that, Scuzzy?
How sad...
All of Mainframe
doomed...
( cackling )
What's this?!
Bob, the Guardian?!
Oh no, oh no!
( slyly ) Oh, yes.
Now won't THIS be
interesting...?
( zip-board slows
and stops )
-Alright, you
antique...
Do your thing.
( grunts )
( explosion )
( gasps )
-My poor Medusa!
Happy, happy, HAPPY!
-This is not good...
Where's a Game Cube
when you need one?
-PHONG: Hurry, people!
-C'mon, Bob...
You can make it...
( zip-board whirs )
ENZO: Bob!
( whirring )
( pulses )
( pop )
( blink blink )
( playing harmonica )
( chomp )
( clang )
( plops, cries )
( beeping )
( pulsing )
( pulsing gets closer )
( loud pulsing )
( pulse )
( pulse )
( pulse )
( rumbling )
( crying )
( no audio )
♪
-( shatters )
-BOB: NOOOO!
( echoing ) NOOOO!
NOOOO!
No...
( sighs )
You were right,
old friend.
I AM immune.
(sarcastically)
Lucky me.
Let Hexadecimal turn all
my friends into stone...
destroy Mainframe,
and get away with it?!
I don't think so.
♪
-HEX: How do you like
my new garden, Scuzzy?
It holds up so
much better
than some of my
earlier members...
( comical sliding )
Well, uh,
for now, at least.
Does it please you...?
I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!
( shoots wire )
( Bob yells )
HEX, NONCHALANT: Funny...
I sense a presence.
-BOB: That would be ME!
-HEX, AMUSED: That's a
good one, Guardian!
Infect ME with
the Medusa?
How delightfully
clever!
-Why, thank you!
( energy charging )
-Now, we can't have any
of THAT, young man!
And you...?
IMMUNE to my Medusa?
Tsk tsk tsk...
How very disappointing.
I'll just have
to destroy you
the old-fashioned
way...
( nails scraping )
( Hex screeches )
-BOB: Glitch, line!
( Bob groans )
-HEX: As much
as I enjoy
the chaos you bring
into my life,
It is time to
be rid of you
once and for all!
-Uh... I like...
Uh... I like how you've
changed Mainframe.
-Do you?
And... why is
that, my love...?
-Well, now that everything
is set in stone,
You've made Mainframe
so predictable!
-What do you mean?!
-Everyone in
the same spot,
Never changing,
Never moving,
Nothing but still
and quiet.
How very peaceful
it will all be now.
-Peaceful?!
Oh dear...
How true!
-No more battles
with Megabyte...
-QUIET! SILENCE!
-No more unexpected
turn of events...
-NO! NO!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
NO!
-Just peace...
and calm...
Forever.
-NO! NO!
I MUST...
I MUST STOP IT!
STOP IT ALL FROM
GOING SO VERY WRONG!
( snaps )
( pulses )
( Scuzzy purrs )
-Now that,
is one strange lady.
( Scuzzy chitters )
( Frisket pants )
( Enzo laughs and
pretend-growls )
( laughs )
( Enzo pretend-growls )
( slurp )
-BOB: It's one miracle
after another.
First I fix my car,
Then I save Mainframe
from the brink
of destruction.
( sighs )
But most incredibly,
Enzo and I actually
got you to relax!
-( sarcastically ) You
both should get a medal.
-Thanks.
( sighs )
But I think I'll settle
for a long nap, instead.
( thunder )
-SYSTEM VOICE:
Warning, incoming Game...
Warning, incoming Game.
( spring )
-BOB, V.O.: I come
from the net,
through systems,
peoples, and cities,
to this place.
Mainframe.
My format, Guardian.
To mend and defend.
To defend my
new-found friends,
their hopes and dreams.
To defend them from...
their enemies.
( ♪ instrumental )
( thunder )
( electric surging )
BOB: They say the user
lives outside the net,
and inputs games
for pleasure.
No one knows
for sure...
but I intend
to find out.
ReBoot!
( beeping )
-ENZO: Bye everyone!
Don't wait for us!
-DOT: Uh! Just one
more call, Enzo!
-Dot! You need a break!
And Bob's in a
wait-state outside!
Come on!
-No, really!
I'm worried about the
Mitchell account inputs.
It'll just take
a nanosecond.
-ENZO: Dot!
You promised!
Remember that
speech you gave me
about keeping
your promises?
Dot? Hello?!
-I'm coming...
( engine idling )
-Pretty cool, huh?
-I don't believe it...
Bob? Is your car
actually...
running?
-Yup!
( stalling and
surging )
( thuds and
stabilizes )
-Isn't it awesome?
Ohh, not again!
DOT!
-And the net codes?
Formatted and docked?
-Of course, Ms. Matrix.
-Please, call me Dot.
-SECRETARY:
Yes, Ms. Matrix.
-BOB: (sighs) What
do you think, Enzo?
-ENZO: Yeah, let's.
-DOT: Wait, just one
more call, that's all!
( nervous chuckle )
You two, put me down!
Oof!
-ENZO: Woo-hoo!
-DOT: Heeeey!
♪
( clang )
-HACK: Ten-hut!
-SLASH: Sir!
What's our "stay-tus"?
-HACK: "Stah-tus!"
-After all the time...
All the effort...
All the lies...
We finally have it...
Gentlemen...
meet...
the Medusa.
( whirring )
-HACK: Ooh, finally!
-SLASH: Oh, wow!
-HACK: Hexadecimal's
ultimate weapon!
-SLASH: What is it?
-HACK: A box!
-SLASH: I dunno, it's...
-SLASH: A "box?!"
-She thought she could
hide it secret from me...
She thought she could develop
a weapon this powerful
without my knowledge!
Ohh...
Poor fool.
( rumbling )
( explosion )
-HEX: MEGABYYYYTE!
-Oh... that would
be her, now.
-HEX: You lie!
You LIE!
I was a fool
to trust you!
-How true...
-It WAS, however,
very clever,
the way you tricked me
out of one of my toys...
But whatever could
you do with it?
Just a little trinket.
You might as well
give it back...
-Really, Hexadecimal,
I don't have
time for this...
-Ohh, how very, very sad...
( sniffs )
I'll have to...
destroy you all, then.
( nulls squealing )
-Well, get to
work, you two.
I don't keep you around
for your BRAINS, do I?
-SLASH: No sir!
-HACK: No, sir! Not our brains!
-SLASH: No, we are dumb!
-HACK: Absolutely not!
-HACK: Ohh! This is it!
-SLASH: Oh boy, oh boy,
she's comin'!
-HACK: It's over now! Ohh...
-SLASH: She's gonna get us!
-HACK: Ow! Ooh,
this is heavy!
-HACK: This is not
in my job description...
-SLASH: Mine neither.
-HACK: Lift!
( both groaning )
-HACK: Ooh, that's heavy.
-HACK: Oh, I don't care where
you're from, that hurts. Ooh...
( sizzles )
( squealing )
-HEX: Then I shall
smite you myself, dog!
( cackles loudly )
-Gentlemen,
show the lady
some of our own
toys, won't you?
I'll see you
back at the Tor.
♪
( weapons firing )
( spring )
( energy charging )
( distant explosions )
-(out of breath)
T... then, out of nowhere,
she said something about
being bored, an... and...
just disappeared!
Perimeter secured, sir!
-MEGABYTE: Very well.
My dear Hexadecimal,
I am so disappointed
in you.
It was her
fault, you know,
her increased security,
and strict privacy
lead me to my victory.
She was so careful,
so secretive...
I knew she was up
to something...
And yet, despite
the length
and scope of
our operation,
We still do not know
the true nature of the
Medusa's power...
Until
now...
( whirring )
( high pitched pulsing )
No...!
No...
This isn't a weapon!
It is a viral bug!
( Medusa pulsing )
Computer, identify
virus, full scan.
List possible cures
and counter-acting
agents.
-COMPUTER: File type...
Unknown.
Counter-agents...
Unknown.
Cure options...
Unknown.
-HEX: Getting your
sorry self out of trouble?
Unknown.
I see you found my
little surprise!
( cackles )
Isn't it sweet?
-You!
All this time!
All your secrecy,
all your security,
my whole operation...!
-Yes...?
Yessss...?
-A trap...
- ( sarcastically ) Now I
suppose you'll want thanks
for all your hard work!
-Gah!
( thud )
-Ohh, I hope this was the
right thing to do...
Infect all of Mainframe
with an unstoppable
bug...
( blink )
( purrs )
-HEX: Ohh, I'm
not sure...
( cackling )
( birds chirping )
( car horn honks
in distance )
-Nice picnic, guys.
-I'm workin'
here, okay?
I'm workin'!
-Want some help?
Ahh...
Don't get me wrong,
I gotta admit,
It is kinda nice to
get away from it all.
-You're welcome.
-Heh. Thank you.
( dog barks
in distance )
-Frisket?
Check it out!
Something weird is
chasing Frisket!
♪
( Medusa pulsing )
( whines )
( growling )
-Frisket...?
( whines )
( pulsing )
FRISKET!
( thuds )
FRISKET!
LEMME GO!
DOT, WE'VE GOTTA
HELP HIM!
-DOT: Enzo! Enzo, wait!
We don't know what
that thing IS yet!
Bob?
( Glitch whirs )
-Unknown file type?
-( beeping )
-This is bad...
Very bad.
-DOT: Uhh, Bob?
I think we're next.
-Uh, I think
you're right.
Glitch, ignition.
( whirring )
( engine struggling )
-Quick! Try 'er again!
( engine struggling )
Again!
( engine struggling )
-Uh... boys...!
( engine struggling )
( thud )
( engine starts )
-But Frisket...!
-DOT: Look, Enzo,
we can't help Frisket
if the same thing
happens to us.
Don't worry,
we'll be back.
When we know what
we're dealing with.
Bob, what is
that thing?!
-We need to see Phong.
Now.
-PHONG: It is a bug,
pure and simple.
It can, and will,
spread to anything
it touches.
We are all at risk.
You, Bob, however,
may be immune,
since you are
a Guardian,
It is difficult
to tell.
-Trust me, I don't
wanna find out.
But I DO want to
get out there
and warn everybody.
-We need a plan, first.
-Poor Frisket...
I'll bet old Mega-dump
is behind all this!
I say we crash
his tower,
big-time!
-I dunno, Enzo.
This one isn't
his style,
It's too unpredictable,
too dangerous.
-It's completely random,
almost chaotic.
-Hexadecimal?
-Bingo.
-( terminal beeps )
-PHONG: It
MUST be her...
Look, even the Tor
has been infected.
-ENZO: But not
Hex's island!
-Hexadecimal, huh?
This one's got me
worried, Phong.
I mean, that Hex is as
loopy as they come!
I'm gonna need everything
you've got to fight it.
-Bob, worried?
Dude...
-Worse yet, children,
is that the longer
one is infected,
the sooner they
begin to decay...
See here, low
energy goes first,
Like this sign.
But then, high
energy goes next.
-DOT: High energy...
Sprites like us.
-And Frisket!
-PHONG: Truly...
-That's not even funny!
What are we gonna do?!
-PHONG: Dot,
you and Enzo
get everyone evacuated
from the city.
It is next
in the bug's path.
-DOT: Right!
-PHONG: Bob, you
come with me.
We must hurry.
"Greek Action."
( wall whirs )
-Hey, you two be
careful out there.
-You too.
( computer beeping )
-BOB: I'll need two
high-line viricidals,
self adjusting,
And a level 8
desktop rebuilder,
wide fielding.
( blink, blink )
What?
-This is not the
Supercomputer, Bob.
I'm afraid this is all
we have to offer.
( beeps )
-BOB: "Virus
erase command?"
Don't you think that's
a little primitive?
( sighs )
-Perhaps, but it is
the best we have.
-Hm...
I suppose if we boost its
power with an add-on,
It MIGHT do the trick.
Crude, but simple.
-Then let us
make it so.
♪
( air brakes hissing )
( baby crying )
-DOT: Chin up,
we're almost there.
-Bob! I-it's Bob!
-Alright, Bob! Woo-hoo!
You show 'em they
can't mess with us!
Crunch its format!
Kick that bug's bitmap!
For Frisket!
-Be careful, Bob.
♪
-HEX: Ohh, did you
see that, Scuzzy?
How sad...
All of Mainframe
doomed...
( cackling )
What's this?!
Bob, the Guardian?!
Oh no, oh no!
( slyly ) Oh, yes.
Now won't THIS be
interesting...?
( zip-board slows
and stops )
-Alright, you
antique...
Do your thing.
( grunts )
( explosion )
( gasps )
-My poor Medusa!
Happy, happy, HAPPY!
-This is not good...
Where's a Game Cube
when you need one?
-PHONG: Hurry, people!
-C'mon, Bob...
You can make it...
( zip-board whirs )
ENZO: Bob!
( whirring )
( pulses )
( pop )
( blink blink )
( playing harmonica )
( chomp )
( clang )
( plops, cries )
( beeping )
( pulsing )
( pulsing gets closer )
( loud pulsing )
( pulse )
( pulse )
( pulse )
( rumbling )
( crying )
( no audio )
♪
-( shatters )
-BOB: NOOOO!
( echoing ) NOOOO!
NOOOO!
No...
( sighs )
You were right,
old friend.
I AM immune.
(sarcastically)
Lucky me.
Let Hexadecimal turn all
my friends into stone...
destroy Mainframe,
and get away with it?!
I don't think so.
♪
-HEX: How do you like
my new garden, Scuzzy?
It holds up so
much better
than some of my
earlier members...
( comical sliding )
Well, uh,
for now, at least.
Does it please you...?
I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!
( shoots wire )
( Bob yells )
HEX, NONCHALANT: Funny...
I sense a presence.
-BOB: That would be ME!
-HEX, AMUSED: That's a
good one, Guardian!
Infect ME with
the Medusa?
How delightfully
clever!
-Why, thank you!
( energy charging )
-Now, we can't have any
of THAT, young man!
And you...?
IMMUNE to my Medusa?
Tsk tsk tsk...
How very disappointing.
I'll just have
to destroy you
the old-fashioned
way...
( nails scraping )
( Hex screeches )
-BOB: Glitch, line!
( Bob groans )
-HEX: As much
as I enjoy
the chaos you bring
into my life,
It is time to
be rid of you
once and for all!
-Uh... I like...
Uh... I like how you've
changed Mainframe.
-Do you?
And... why is
that, my love...?
-Well, now that everything
is set in stone,
You've made Mainframe
so predictable!
-What do you mean?!
-Everyone in
the same spot,
Never changing,
Never moving,
Nothing but still
and quiet.
How very peaceful
it will all be now.
-Peaceful?!
Oh dear...
How true!
-No more battles
with Megabyte...
-QUIET! SILENCE!
-No more unexpected
turn of events...
-NO! NO!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
NO!
-Just peace...
and calm...
Forever.
-NO! NO!
I MUST...
I MUST STOP IT!
STOP IT ALL FROM
GOING SO VERY WRONG!
( snaps )
( pulses )
( Scuzzy purrs )
-Now that,
is one strange lady.
( Scuzzy chitters )
( Frisket pants )
( Enzo laughs and
pretend-growls )
( laughs )
( Enzo pretend-growls )
( slurp )
-BOB: It's one miracle
after another.
First I fix my car,
Then I save Mainframe
from the brink
of destruction.
( sighs )
But most incredibly,
Enzo and I actually
got you to relax!
-( sarcastically ) You
both should get a medal.
-Thanks.
( sighs )
But I think I'll settle
for a long nap, instead.
( thunder )
-SYSTEM VOICE:
Warning, incoming Game...
Warning, incoming Game.
( spring )