Hacker

**Hacker,** (also known as "**The Hacker**"), is the Cybersquad's and Crusaders' arch-nemesis. He plans to take over all of
cyberspace. He is supported by Buzz, Delete, and on occasion, Wicked.
 Hacker is known for his hair supported by wig gel, a pointy chin, and a
 very conceited and disrespectful personality.

## Bio

### Personality

Hacker is conceited (calling himself THE Hacker), manipulative, and
has what has been described as a planet-sized ego. When he does not get
what he wants, he will go to the extremes to get it, and sometimes,
he'll try to work hard to get at his goal. One instance is seen when he
enrolls in wizard school and tries to work hard so that he can become
the strongest wizard in Cyberspace. Another instance was when he used a
device (voiced by John Larkin) to lure cyborgs into allowing Hacker to take over Cyberspace.

Throughout the series, Hacker has suffered strong cases of
arachnophobia "fear of spiders," and plasmophobia "fear of ghosts." His
plasmophobic nature has been known to work against him in some of his
schemes, such as when Digit used an inflatable balloon of Ivanka the
pirate ghost to scare Hacker away from EcoHaven.

## Life

Because of Hacker's obnoxious attitude and arrogance, he does not
have anyone he would consider a friend, and is hated by almost everyone
in Cyberspace, which does not bother him. Most of those who have
associated themselves with him are just there to work for him. Usually
it's Buzz and Delete doing most of his work, though Wicked would
sometimes lend a hand (for her own benefit usually). Some of the cyborgs
 who have done things for him include:

* Terminator
* H2Olga
* Baskerville the 3-Head Judge
* Wolfman Joe

When Hacker was younger, he liked working for alongside with his
father, Dr. Marbles for Motherboard (his mother), but after he decides
to take over Cyberspace for his own personal benefit, he made himself an
 enemy of them. Motherboard has a deep, strong dislike for Hacker
because of his betrayal. In the episode, Trick or Treat, when Hacker
comes to Control Central to asks for forgiveness (which was a lie),
Motherboard almost immediately rejects him and makes it clear that he
could never be welcomed there. While Motherboard has a strong dislike
for Hacker, Dr. Marbles hates Hacker to no end. In a flashback in the
episode, A Day at the Spa, it is revealed that even though Dr. Marbles
could have deleted him after his betrayal, he chose instead to drain his
 power supply and banish him to the Northern Frontier. Because of his
loss of power, Hacker has developed a strong hatred for him, likewise.
It has come to the point that Hacker has used Marbles for many of his
early schemes from the first three seasons. After Hacker took over
Cyberspace in season three, Dr. Marbles had to destroy the Encryptor
Chip in order to defeat him, he went into hiding to find an alternative
to destroying Hacker's virus. After not being heard from or even
mentioned in seasons 4 and 5, Hacker finally finds him in season 6 (Step
 by Step) and tries to use Marbles' discovery of the Magmulux, against
him and Motherboard. An interesting point made here is that when Marbles
 created Hacker, he gave him brain power equal to his, a decision
Marbles had come to regret.

### Buzz and Delete

Hacker is very firm and demanding to his henchmen most of the time.
Even though Buzz and Delete try, he is always angry and talks down to
them, even if it wasn't them who made the mistake. Whenever he is
soft-hearted with them, it is usually for his own benefit and just an
attempt to get Buzz and Delete on his side. He usually yells "you
duncebuckets!" or "half-brained, bucket of bolts!" when he is displeased
 and frustrated with them.

### The Cybersquad

Hacker
 loathes Jackie, Matt, Inez, Digit, and Slider as much as Motherboard
and Marbles, but he usually acts more calm and clever with them than
with Buzz and Delete. Sometimes he would speak sweetly, usually to
pretend that he's gone good, or to tease them, such as in the episode, *Totally Rad*,
 where he taunts Inez, to the point where she puts herself at risk.
However there have been many instances when he would call them "Earth
brats" (he uses this term the most), "goody-goody gang" and "terrestrial
 termites". Out of the whole Cybersquad, Hacker seems to hate Digit the
most. This is unsurprising due to Digit's past and experiences with him.
 Before Digit turned back to Motherboard, Digit saw Hacker's spread of
chaos in Cyberspace and knew that he was in the wrong. When he saw
Hacker cause blackouts in Cyberspace, Digit repaired them, causing an
enraged Hacker to imprison him. When Digit escapes and returns to
Motherboard and Dr. Marbles, Hacker has since felt deep hatred for him
and has targeted him a few times. In the episode "Digit's B-Day
Surprise", Hacker shows him an album of his early days, as a way to
reprogram Digit to make him loyal. Digit eventually realized that Hacker
 was just lying to him and, like in both the earlier and later episodes,
 just continues to resent him.

### Wicked

Wicked and Hacker have a very difficult relationship. Throughout
seasons 2 and 3, they would often work together to destroy Motherboard,
all of which have ended badly. Meaning that, throughout season 2, when a
 plan would fail, it mostly ends with the the two usually having a quick
 argument and would end with Wicked casting some sort of spell on him,
whether it was a change in size or attitude. In season 3, when Wicked
jumped at the opportunity to become co-ruler of Cyberspace with Hacker,
he initially rejected her, which prompted Wicked to use extreme measures
 to convince him, a plan that works. After Wicked overdoes Control
Central's new look and overspends Hacker's money once she is finally in
power, Hacker kicks her out, leaving an angry hate-filled Wicked to
inform Digit, the kids, and Slider that Hacker was going to discard
Motherboard into a black hole. Most of the episodes involving their
relationship after season 3 have been either trying to make Wicked
jealous, trying to impress her, or trying to upstage her. Wicked is
aware of all of these things and will either take advantage of the
situation, or she will let him know that she is not interested and wants
 nothing to do with him. Whenever she beats him at anything, she will
not refrain from bragging.

## Gadgets

Since Hacker needs to take over cyberspace, there are many gadgets that he must use in order to fulfill his duties.

* Grim Wreaker: used for movement from cybersite to cybersite
* Rechargeable chair: used as his power source; usually does not function to its fullest (malfunctions)
* Darksaber: When Hacker learned about The Crusaders' Lightsabers, he went to find something he could use against them, and

when he came across an old temple, he found a Darksaber, in which he
uses against the Crusaders in duels.

### Inventions

The following are gadgets that he has made; however, not all of them worked accordingly.

* Digit: went to Motherboard's side
* co-invented designs for the first and second Transformatrons : the Network Interface Card was destroyed by the Cybersquad