ReBoot, Season 3

[opening monologue for episodes 24, 25, and 27]

Megabyte:
I come from the Net. Infecting systems, people, and cities, to this place—Megaframe, my domain. My format: Virus. To corrupt and conquer!

The User:
Undead before i dawn! Undead before i dawn!

Deer head:
(dodges the User's gun, which gets stuck in the wall; Scottish accent) It's only funny 'till someone loses an eye!

Megabyte:
Fire when ready!

Hexadecimal:
Ready!

[Hexadecimal turns towards the energy cannon and Fires it at the Principle Office shields, the shield shimmer and weaken on impact]

Enzo:
Wait - where are the recovery teams? We should have been picked up by now.

Megabyte:
They have been... delayed.

[Enzo and AndrAIa turn to see Megabyte, along with Hack, Slash and a fleet of his forces]

Enzo:
Megabyte! [AndrAIa stands in front of him protectively, aiming her wrist crossbow at Mebabyte]

Megabyte:
There's no need for that, child. I only wish to talk to the boy.

Enzo:
Then talk!

Megabyte:
I have a message for your sister.

Enzo:
I am a Guardian! I'm not your messenger!

Megabyte:
You are what you have always been: a mere delivery boy. [grabs Enzo by the throat and lifts him to face level] Do not provoke me further; it is by my will alone you survive this encounter. Be well advised to remember that. [throws Enzo to the ground] Now listen carefully, boy...

Megabyte:
Call off your dog, boy. [indicates Hexadecimal trapped in his machine] Now that I command Hexadecimal's power, none can stand against me!

Enzo:
You did that?! To your own sister?!

Megabyte:
[chuckling] Yes, yes, yes - it's rather good, isn't it?

Enzo:
You're sick, Megabyte! I won't rest until I've stopped you!

Megabyte:
I believe that's an idle threat. It ends now. [unsheathes his claws]

Slash:
I cannot do this. It is bad!

Hack:
What do you think you're doing?

Slash:
I am saving the little fellow from what, to me, looks like certain death.

Hack:
Yeah, that's right! And we're supposed to BE that certain death!

Slash:
[encouragingly] Go, little fellow. Run! Be free!

[Cyrus runs for it]

Hack:
Now you've done it. Megabyte's gonna be mad!

Slash:
Oh, what's new?! I miss Bob!

Hack:
WHAT?! [makes frantic shushing noises] You crazy?!

Slash:
Bob always stopped us before we could do anything really bad. [Sniffs] Now nobody does...

Hack:
Hey! I never thought of it like that before...

Slash:
Let's get back to the Tor. I do not like it down here...

Hack:
Okey dokey!

Slash:
Are you gonna tell Megabyte what I did?

Hack:
Yep!

Megabyte:
I'm glad you find this amusing.

Hexadecimal:
Oh, I was just picturing what I will do to you once I am free of your little toy. You have no idea of the power you try to control! Chaos will ALWAYS triumph over Order! It is the way of things.

Phong:
What does someone have to do to get a cup of cocoa around here?!

Dot:
Enzo... no.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[opening monologue for episodes 28 through 31]

Enzo:
I live in the games. I search through systems, peoples, and cities, for this place—Mainframe, my home. My format: I have no format. I am a renegade, lost on the net. [pause] Reboot!

Megabyte/Matrix:
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! My life is my own! YOU WON'T HOLD ME!

Megabyte/Matrix:
TELL ME! WHO IS NUMBER ONE?!

["For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" plays as a VidWindow pops up. Suddenly, Megabyte/Matrix's reflection moves on its own]

Megabyte:
*I* am Number One. I am the driving force in your life. I am hatred! I drive you on and consume you.

Megabyte/Matrix:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!

[Matrix smashes the Megabyte VidWindow, which turns him back to normal, but another one pops up, this time with his own reflection]

Reflection Matrix:
*I* am Number One. I care for no one.

Matrix:
That's not true, I love AndrAIa!

Reflection Matrix:
No, you don't, you love only yourself. (mockingly) Just looking out for Number One.

[Matrix shoots his own reflection, but afterwards, he looks in horror]

Matrix:
No, not you!

[Matrix's former self, Enzo, emerges from the darkness]

Enzo:
*I* am Number One, the original. Do you think this is a game? DO YOU?!

Matrix:
(confused) But how? You're me!

Enzo:
But you hate me. You must! Look at what you've become!

Matrix:
You're wrong! I had to become bigger! Tougher. I had to be ready for Megabyte, to survive the games!

Enzo:
Did you like the games more than Mainframe? More than your family?

Matrix:
No! No, I didn't! I was trapped in the games!

Enzo:
Games, games, games. "It was only a game!" YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!

Matrix:
*MY* FAMILY!

Enzo:
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR FAMILY! You've let yourself become a prisoner of the games! What would Bob think of you now?

Matrix:
[softly] Bob...

[Enzo holds up a golf ball.]

Enzo:
There can be only one. [holds the ball in front of his right eye] Be seeing you.

Turbo:
Where in the code have you been, Matrix?

Matrix:
Game hopping. After Megabyte shot Bob into the Web, I was Mainframe's only hope. But I was only a little sprite. I played a game I couldn't win. Instead of being deleted, AndrAIa, Frisket, and I stayed with the game. We've been trying to get home ever since...

Turbo:
You haven't been away for as long as you think. By my reckoning, you should only be 1-1.

Matrix:
What?!

Turbo:
Don't you know game time is accelerated? You compiled up faster in there relative to our time.

Matrix:
Then there's still hope for all of them! Especially Bob!

Matrix:
You were gonna warn me about something?

Turbo:
(indicating glowing vein-like patterns on his temples and icon) This. It's the infection. But I'm strong, I can still fight it.

Matrix:
Megabyte?

Turbo:
No. Much worse. A super virus - Daemon. She's infected the entire Guardian collective, except for you...

Matrix:
...And Bob. But I'm only a cadet, version 1.

Turbo:
Yeah. But you're clean.

[opening monologue for episode 32]

Enzo:
I come from the Net. I search through systems, peoples, and cities, for this sprite!—Bob, my friend. My format: I have no format. I am a renegade, lost in the Web.

Mr. Christopher:
Maybe we should turn ourselves in. It could be our only chance to show a profit!

Capacitor:
(Frisket just leapt toward the Captain and he froze him with his sword, Frisket's teeth showing) Glory be! I know those teeth! (Matrix and AndrAIa round the corner) Bail up, ye knave, or I'll-

Matrix:
Gavin, wait!

Capacitor:
How do ye know me true name?

Matrix:
I'm Matrix. Enzo Matrix. Dot's brother?

Capacitor:
Not little Enzo!

Matrix:
Not any more... They call me Matrix.

Capacitor:
OK, Matrix... Where's me dear friend, Dot? Is she with ye? By the code, how I've missed her!

Matrix:
So have I...

Capacitor:
And Bob?

Matrix:
He's in the Web.

Capacitor:
The Web?! He be done for!

Enzo:
Bob! [starts to run over to tackle Bob]

Bob:
Woah! [holds out his hands, causing Enzo to stop] I think you're a little too big for that!

[Matrix has pulled Gun on both Ray and the Web Riders]

Ray:
(in the Riders' language) Handbag...teakettle....barbeque!

Tall Rider:
What in the web is he talking about?

Short Rider:
I think he wants us to calm down!

[The Saucy Mare is being attacked by huge bolts of energy and has powered down]

Matrix:
I can see through the shielding. It's getting worse out there. The charges are increasing in frequency and strength. We're like rats caught in a trap.

Bob:
Or mice. That's it! This is one of Mouse's traps! She's the only other sprite who knew Mainframe's address. She's sealed and protected the location.

Matrix:
Mouse.... We might have stood a chance against the Guardians, but Mouse?

Bob:
I know... This is bad. Very bad.

[opening monologue for episodes 36 to 39]

Dot:
I look to the net.I search through systems, peoples and cities, for these sprites: My family. My format: Command.com of what was once Mainframe. Reboot!

Slash:
Bob, who is that big green fellow?

Bob:
That's...Enzo.

Hack:
Oh. Enzo. It is a good thing he is on our side.

Slash:
You bet.

Both:
....ENZO?!

Slash:
Oh my goodness.

Hack:
Oh, boy, wait til she sees you!

Slash:
Oh yeah!

Hack:
She is gonna have a connection!

Slash:
Come on, let's go see Dot!

Bob and Matrix:
Dot?!

Hack:
Yes, we have been taking very good care of Dot!

Slash:
Oh yeah, very good.

Hack:
Very good indeed!

Slash:
Just like a baby in our arms.

Hack:
Just like! Goodness, I wonder what happened to his eye.

Slash:
Gee I dunno, but I wouldn't wanna see the other guy.

Hack:
Dot, look!

Slash:
We have brought you a surprise!

Hack:
Yes, a very big surprise!

Slash:
Huge! (they present Matrix, and Dot looks at him curiously)

Matrix:
Uh- hi, sis...

Dot:
Enzo...? Enzo... (hugs him while crying) Oh, Enzo! I thought you were nullified... I thought I'd lost everything...

Matrix:
I had a promise to keep. I brought Bob home.

Dot:
Bob's here?

Bob:
It's...nice to see you too, Mouse...

Megabyte:
Why, yes, it is... Young Enzo Matrix, home from the games. My, how you've grown. And such toys... Does your sister know you're playing with them? Where is that annoying chatter of yours? "Megabreath" this and "Megabarf" that. Why don't you put that gun away, boy, and try fighting like a real sprite?

Megabyte:
(about to fight Matrix) Still the pretender, aren't you, boy? Where's your sister to protect you now? Better yet, where's your firewall? I shall enjoy this...

Megabyte:
You are become an annoyance, boy!

Matrix:
Trust me, it gets worse!

Megabyte:
IT DOES NOT! (punches the ceiling, releasing a block that sends Matrix sliding down the stairway)

[Matrix pins down Megabyte and aims his trident at his head]

Megabyte:
You can't do this... It goes against everything you stand for...

Matrix:
You took away my life, destroyed my home, caused nothing but pain and suffering to everyone I held dear! [strikes to the side of Megabyte's head, to his surprise] Surprised? Don't be. You're not worth it. Mainframe will always endure. Remember this defeat, this humiliation. Remember you can never win. [Makes Megabyte fall onto the beam]

Megabyte:
No. YOU remember, boy. How I turned defeat into victory! How I left you with a dying system! (Activating the portal of the supercomputer, control it at the end of the beam, and walk with one leg to go near the portal of the supercomputer)

Mouse:
(Watching Megabyte on the VidWindow) Oh, no you don't. (Hacking a small panel) One last double cross, sugar?! (Pressed the button for switching the portal of the supercomputer into the web portal by trapping Megabyte into the web, while Megabyte is touching the portal; the web creature tentacles came out of the portal and grab Megabyte into it)

Megabyte:
NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!

Ray:
(Gets out of the portal) Good day, mates! Who was that guy? He seemed to be miffed.

Matrix:
Surfer! (Light glow teleported Bob in front of him) Bob!

Bob:
So, what'd I miss? (Feeling Principal Office is shaking, look around and look at the city of Mainframe is falling) The System! It's shutting down! This is bad...

Matrix:
Very bad.

Bob:
Phong, how are we doing?

Phong:
The news is not good, my son.

Bob:
What do you mean?

Phong:
We have survived Megabyte's bane, but Mainframe is still...doomed.

[Mainframe is being fully restored along with all deleted residents]

Phong:
Oh thank the User! We are saved!

[Another Enzo, in his original appearance, has just knocked Bob down]

Little Enzo:
Hey Bob, what happened to your hair? It's so cool! And your costume? Alphanumeric! Can I have a costume like that? Or is that just a Guardian thing? Well, one day I'm gonna be a Guardian too, and then you'll see! So are we going jet-balling again? You promised we would if I did my homework.

[Matrix and AndrAIa realise that Matrix still has his icon set to Game Sprite mode]

Little Enzo:
Hey! Who's the big ugly green guy?

Mike the TV:
This is Mike the TV coming to you live from the heart of downtown Mainframe! The city has been restored, and all our heroes can take a well-earned break. Soooooo, I guess that leaves me in charge! Ha ha ha ha! Hey! Hey, hey, where're you going? Wait, wait, there's more! A special offer! For those viewers out there who missed ReBoot season 3 and have no idea what's going on, we proudly present, for your appreciation, this cycle only, the marvellous, magnificent Mainframe Strolling Players!

Megabyte:
I won't you...

Bob:
Try and... stop me!