Have you ever seen
what really happens inside a video game when it starts to glitch?
Chomp Kitty was a glitch from a game that was totally out of order,
so we had to pull the plug.
I told him, "You picked the wrong ball of yarn to toy with, Kitty!"
I don't remember you saying that.
I would have if I had thought to.
But I do remember us blasting it to plixel dust,
because when video games glitch...
Us Glitch Techs scratch the itch.
Glitch contained.
Expert level! Double XP!
All I asked was if you sold rechargeable batteries.
Uh, I think so. It's our first day.
Sorry, ma'am.
You see, these two are still learning the ropes of the business.
You know, where things are, what they cost
and how we never tell customers
about our super-secret task force of monster hunters.
I'm so confused.
Oh, good.
Please accept this coupon
and a memory wipe of everything my employees just told you.
Oh! A coupon!
And I was just going to ask if you sold--
Rechargeable batteries. Aisle three.
Mmm.
Okay, yeah, you two have worked this counter long enough.
Dude, first day, and already getting promoted!
Yes!
If you're gonna be Glitch Techs, you need to take the tutorial.
Yes!
No!
Ugh! Tutorials are the most boring part of any game.
What about chaining to whip stitch in Crochet Fighter
or climb onion volcanoes in Teppanyaki 4?
Not that I don't love a good debate, which that wasn't,
but there's no opt out of this.
You have plenty to learn besides how to blast glitches.
Like not entering a portal gate until it warms up.
'Sup, Glitch Techs?
We're here! What? What?
Alert! Alert! There is one new message in your personal mailbox.
Yeah, yeah. Whatever it is can wait, BITT, just...
take the new trainees and set 'em up in the training sim for me, okay?
- But-- - The rest of you,
stop lurking the lobby down there!
Yeah, you!
Get out on your morning patrols!
Phil, it's a slow day out there!
Well, let's keep it that way!
When do we get one of these Glitch Tech gauntlets?
When you complete the tutorial.
Ugh! Okay, fine.
If it gets us one of these babies, let's just burn through it.
How long can it be?
Well, the first three hours are the worst, but the last five really fly by.
Welcome, Glitch Tech newbies,
or "noobs" as we like to call you.
Oh, no.
I'm Helpie, your helpful host!
In this tutorial, you'll learn the 'leet skills needed to pwn glitches
as a first-level Glitch Tech technician!
I can't shake him!
Don't leave us like this, BITT!
I'm sorry, this tutorial is mandatory.
No skipping ahead, shutting down,
or requesting false pee breaks will be tolerated.
Do we get a lunch break?
There is a vending machine on the main level.
Caution on selecting the egg salad, however,
we have lost 12.5 trainees that way.
Did you say "point five"?
How do you lose half of a--
Goodbye.
I see you're trying to punch something.
We will cover this in step 12, Punching!
This is my nightmare.
Look, I know its cheesy, but, come on,
we're two of the rare few who get to learn about game glitches
and where they come from.
Where do glitches come from?
Allow me to drop some knowledge on ya, playas.
The Hinobi central processer is a highly advanced
but extremely delicate piece of equipment,
so a glitch may occur as a result of corrupt software,
overheating, underheating, sudden loud noises,
sudden soft noises, poor ventilation, good ventilation, spillage...
Who knows what really happens when a video game starts to glitch?
♪ Here come the Glitch Techs They know what to do ♪
♪ They got the tech They got the moves ♪
♪ Glitch Techs They're the wrecking crew ♪
♪ They'll solve the problem ♪
♪ Glitch Techs When a glitch is loose ♪
♪ They'll wipe them out Old school or new ♪
♪ Glitch Techs always coming through To solve the problem ♪
♪ Glitch Techs Whoa! ♪
♪ Glitch Techs! ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
Thanks for choosing Hinobi, where we're always game to help you.
Next!
Sir, there is still the matter of the unread message in your--
BITT, I'm with a customer.
-Hey, Phil. -Bookworm Barbara?
Long time, huh?
I haven't seen you since you were a rookie Glitch Tech.
You know, you had your nose buried in all those safety manuals.
Sir, the message is time sensitive.
You remember BITT? Yeah.
Hinobi corporate told me to trade him in years ago--
Very time sensitive--
-But since when do I listen... -Sir, I--
-...to the fools in Hinobi corporate? -But, I--
So, what brings ya by, Bookworm?
The fools in Hinobi corporate.
Safety Inspector Number Seven.
Oh! I'm here to investigate the premises.
-Now? -Yeah.
We sent you a message this morning.
The bookworm is ready for a tour.
Sir, I am detecting an increase in your heart rate
and an abnormal amount of perspiration.
Let's track your bodily movements.
To crouch, bend your knees.
I think you're making this a lot harder than it needs to be.
And to jump, jump!
Uh-oh! Player two, that was more of a hop.
Dude, please jump.
Thank you.
Next, raise your arms and calibrate your virtual gauntlets.
Ah, man! Virtual gauntlets?
Yeah! Calibration is my third favorite tutorial step,
after axis options and button assignment.
All right, let's go!
Calibrate upper left!
Calibrate lower right!
Calibrate upper right.
Middle left.
Uh-uh-uh.
I didn't say "Calibrate!"
Ah, man, he totally got me.
That's it. Abort mission. Abort!
I see you're trying to button mash.
We will cover this in step ten.
Foul thing, I banish thee!
No, no, no! What'd you do?
Oh, shmup, I think I rebooted it.
You heard Phil.
We can't be Glitch Techs until we finish that tutorial.
Okay, fine. Let me find the file.
"Find tutorial"? "Find all files"?
Oh, I see it! It's right under...
Games.
It's every Hinobi console game ever!
HES, Hinobi 2, HinobiCD.
Hinobi Turbo-Tech 2K.
We are stone dead and have gone to gamer heaven.
Wait, wait, wait. If this thing has every Hinobi game ever, maybe, um...
What are you looking for?
It's here!
Nobi Gross Out!
Some said it was a myth, the game too tasteless,
too dumb, too ridiculously awful to have been released,
and it's here!
Look, they rated it "G" for "gross."
We gotta play this!
But what about the tutorial?
Oh, we'll finish it for sure. We will. No question about it.
After this once-in-a-lifetime chance
to play the most legendary vaporware in gamer history!
Let's do it!
Well, this store did suffer a recent glitch attack
during a public gaming event,
and I'm here to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Uh, that glitch was caused by faulty software that "corporate" approved.
Since then, this store's antivirus program has detected zero hazards.
Am I right, BITT?
That is correct. It detected no hazards because it has not been running.
That's what I... Why?
Because you paused the download update to stream the season finale of...
Oh, Phil. You're only allowed three total infractions.
So... what happens at four?
My bosses close the store, fire you and memory wipe your entire staff.
Okay, then, let's keep it to three.
Great!
Whoo-hoo!
The crowd can't look! They're nauseated,
regretting every life choice that led them to attend this event!
Final finish!
Whoa! My turn!
Eeny, meeny, mighty gross, pick the one who stinks the most.
You have selected Garbile!
Nice. Check out his bio.
Garbile escaped space prison after being put there by his rival, Sanitron.
It froze up on me.
You have selected Garbile!
Wait. What if that "G" we saw wasn't for "gross,"
what if it was for...
Glitch!
Oh, yeah! So who wants to tussle with the mess-master of muscle?
We are so fired.
Easy, fella. Nobody wants to fight.
What's the matter, brother? Too afraid to get your hands dirty?
Pretty much. Run!
Aah!
I'll mop the floor with ya!
We need Glitch gauntlets!
We could have got them if we had finished the tutorial,
but somebody decided to destroy Helpie.
And I'd do it again!
Besides, you were the one who just had to play Nobi Gross Out.
I know, right? Nobody's gonna believe it.
Is someone in the simulator?
Oh, yeah, the new trainees are taking the tutorial.
Ugh! I remember that tutorial.
No wonder they're pounding on the door.
Let's go say hello.
Open the door! Open the--
Phil's coming!
Aah! Close the door! Close the door!
That's perfectly normal door behavior is what that is.
Um, you guys all right in there?
It stinks! It stinks!
Yeah, we all know that tutorial stinks.
Why don't you pause it now and just open the door?
Sticky doors are a safety hazard, Phil.
If this was an emergency--
It's not a problem.
BITT, why don't you show Barbara here how handy you can be?
My pleasure, sir.
We gotta get him out of here!
Hey, dumpster-breath!
Over here!
Hey!
Okay, now, I... um...
And they're not here.
What's up with that, brother?
I thought you were gonna come at me! What's the deal?
Maybe if we just calmly explain to Phil what we did,
he'll be happy to--
Have us both fired for releasing a garbage glitch.
A garbage glitch in disturbingly tight shorts.
I see your point. Well, since we don't have a Gauntlet...
Whoa!
Let's mop the floor with him.
Oh, yeah, sister. That's what I'm talking about.
Come on, kiddos, let's rassle!
Ha ha!
Dude! It had babies!
Aah! Gross, gross, gross, gross!
Ugh!
Yes!
Back off, bro. These are two-ply.
That's right, I'm talkin' super absorbent.
Bring it!
Oh, you think you got the jabs, brother?
Well, I got the juice.
Aah! Aah! Aah!
I needed more ply. Two isn't nearly enough ply!
Oh, boy!
Yum!
Aah!
Oh, yeah. Time to power up!
Ugh! He's getting even bigger!
I did inform them
that if they were hungry, they could partake of the vending machine.
-You told them what? -Problem, Phil?
Huh? Who's that woman with them?
Look, I'm not sure, but maybe we should just go tell them about Gar...
Where'd he go?
-Five, come on, let's get out of here! -Aah!
Maybe he's really gone.
I bet he's still hanging around some... where.
Welcome to the dump, chump!
Hoyee!
Five!
Let him go, you creep!
Nobody wants to fight you!
Maximum effort!
Hey! What? No fair, ref!
I had that guy pinned fair and square! Hey!
Here I come!
Hey, maybe we could trap him in that metal chute.
But we'd really need some luck to get him in there.
Who needs luck? We got egg salad.
Ugh!
Man, that's nasty.
Hmm?
Hey, funky-junkie!
Want seconds?
Aah!
Ah! Fetch it!
No! Gimme, gimme, gimme!
That should hold him.
Hey! No fair!
I want my grudge match, brother!
Ya can't just stick me in this penalty box with all this moldy pizza...
...and rancid applesauce. Mmm.
So... where does this chute go?
And speaking of safe, our waste disposal system is right--
Waste disposal?
So these are the trainees I've heard so much about.
Love to chat, but we should run.
All of us. Fast as we can.
I've never met recruits so eager to finish training.
Training's over!
Time for the main event!
Sorry, in all the excitement, I lost count.
How many infractions left?
- Gross. Nasty. - Ugh! Ugh.
Oh, man, we'll never be Glitch Techs now.
Maybe Phil doesn't know this was our fault!
Or not.
Hey! You two started this fight, now let's finish it!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
I never should have stopped that tutorial.
And I never should have started that game.
Maybe we do need to finish this.
Let's give him a grudge match.
Maybe we just need to select his rival.
Garbile escaped space prison after being put there by his rival,
an automated cleaning machine called...
Sanitron!
Pilots detected.
Sanitron!
You want a fight, you got one!
Garbile versus Sanitron! Fight!
Oh, yeah!
The crowd goes wild!
Two scrappy young newcomers have taken over this ring!
Aah!
Oh, yeah. When Garbile takes out the trash...
...ain't nothing gets recycled.
Eat color-safe detergent, slime stain!
Yeah!
-Whoo-hoo! -That freshened him up!
Oh, yeah! It is time for the trash to take you out!
Come at me, bro!
I'm gonna bring you down!
Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Yeah! I got it!
Excellent! Hit combo!
Whoo-hoo!
Destructive!
Nice hit, Miko! We almost filled up the power meter!
Cleaning power!
Hmm?
But the trash, it was supposed to take you out!
- Smell you later! - I guess this just isn't your game.
Final finish!
No!
Sanitron wins!
Yes!
Now, that was a tutorial.
Hey! No fair!
So... is that Garbile?
When a glitch's energy signature is depleted,
it reverts back to its root form.
Hey!
Where it can then be stored back on the server
with the rest of the corrupt files.
That's what all those games were? Glitched game files?
It's a pretty extensive database.
At least it was back when I was a Glitch Tech.
Barbara, I'm not sure what to say here,
but if there is anything I can do to keep you from shutting us down--
Don't think anything of it, Phil.
Ugh, yeah, we've had complaints about that outdated tutorial for years.
But your on-the-job training method
proves two cadets can defeat a mid-level glitch
with nothing but their own wits!
An egg salad sandwich was also instrumental at one point.
My "on-the-job training method"?
As for the inspection of your branch...
everything seems to be in order.
Wow, Barbara. I really owe you one.
And I won't forget it.
Oh, yeah!
You just got inspected by Inspector Number Seven!
Peace!
Great catching up!
Do you two know how lucky we all are
that she didn't shut this whole branch down?
We're never gonna become Glitch Techs, are we?
Oh, you're gonna be Glitch Techs all right.
Yay!
After you finish that tutorial.
Yay!
Well, the place is still a dump,
but the subject and her friend continue to show remarkable potential.
With the right training, they could be an asset to the company.
Continue to keep us posted.
These may be the Techs that can help us locate Bolypius.