(LIVELY ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

In animation, two aliens fly across space in a spaceship.

Blynk is a rectangular green alien with spiky hair and long fangs.

Aazoo is a round orange alien with 3 eyes.

With the help of M.A.V.I.S., the spaceship computer, and real Earth scientists, they listen to real Earth children's questions and try to find answers.

A song plays that says BLYNK AND AAZOO
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU

The name of the show reads "Blynk and Aazoo. Imagine, investigate, invent!"

(HUMMING)

In the spaceship, Blynk welds a tree log.

M.A.V.I.S. says OH, OH, OOH, AH, EEH!
THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT
BY A CAPTAIN'S LOG, BLYNK.

Blynk says HUH? (ALIEN BABBLE)

M.A.V.I.S. says A CAPTAIN'S LOG IS LIKE A DIARY
YOU WRITE IN,
NOT AN ACTUAL LOG.

Blynk puts the log on his head as a hat and says OH, TA-DA!
OOH, HUH, HM!

A woodpecker start pecking on the log.

Blynk says WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA!

Aazoo comes along and says WEE!
OH!

Blynk says OH!

M.A.V.I.S. says IT WOULD SEEM AAZOO IS
TAKING CARE
OF A HUNGRY, RARE WOODPECKOID.
(ALARM BLASTING)

Aazoo says OH!
INQUIRY BOOTH TRANSMITTING,
INCOMING INQUIRY.
(ALIEN BABBLE)

A real life girl named Maddie pops up on a screen and says HI, BLYNK AND AAZOO!
MY NAME IS MADDIE AND I HAVE A
QUESTION FOR YOU.

Maddie is around 9, with long wavy brown hair in a low ponytail and wears a printed shirt.

(ALIEN BABBLE)

Maddie says I WAS PLAYING WITH MY BABY
DINO TODAY.

The aliens say HUH?

Maddie says JUST JOKING, IT'S ACTUALLY A
LIZARD.

Blynk says OH!

Maddie says BUT THAT DID GET ME
THINKING, WOULDN'T IT BE COOL
TO MEET A REAL DINOSAUR LIKE A
BRONTOSAURUS?

The aliens say OH!

M.A.V.I.S. says ALERT, INVENTION POTENTIAL HIGH.
DINO SIZE BRAIN ACTIVITY
DETECTED.
PREPARE TO DINO-ROAR.
(SHRIEKING)

M.A.V.I.S. says ERROR, ZERO RESULTS FOUND.
THAT WAS MORE OF A DINO-SNORE,
GET IT, DINO-SNORE?
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(ALIEN BABBLE)

The woodpecker keeps pecking on Blynk's log hat.

Blynk presses the question button.

M.A.V.I.S. says CALLING INTERSTELLAR SCIENCE
COUNCIL, CAPTAIN.

A real life scientist named Sam pops up on a different screen and OH HEY, EVERYONE, I'M SAM,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

Sam is in her thirties, with long slightly wavy brown hair and wears a light gray sweater.

Maddie says HI SAM, I'M MADDIE,
I WAS WONDERING
IF IT WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE TO
MEET A REAL DINOSAUR?

Sam says MEET A DINOSAUR?
NOW THAT WOULD BE QUITE AN
ADVENTURE.
BLYNK, PULL UP THE DINO FILES,
PLEASE,
LET'S TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME.
LET'S GO WAY BACK,
243 MILLION YEARS AGO,
WHEN DINOSAURS FIRST ROAMED THE
EARTH.

Maddie says DINOSAURS WERE AROUND
WAY BEFORE HUMANS.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE, AND THEY LIVED ON
EARTH
FOR 177 MILLION YEARS,
GIANT, ALIEN-EATING LIZARDS.

The aliens shriek.

M.A.V.I.S. says JUST JOKING, HA HA!

Maddie says SO WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?

Sam says MOST SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
THAT THE DINOSAURS BECAME
EXTINCT
WHEN A GIANT ASTEROID HIT EARTH.

M.A.V.I.S. says THE ASTEROID WAS AS BIG
AS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN ON
EARTH, MOUNT EVEREST.
THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT WAS
SO GREAT,
IT FORMED A CRATER NEAR
CHICXULUB, MEXICO
THAT WAS NEARLY 170 KILOMETERS
WIDE AND 20 KILOMETERS DEEP,
THAT'S AS BIG AS HAWAII AND AS
DEEP AS 40 CN TOWERS.

Maddie says THAT'S HUGE!

Sam says SURE IS, IT WAS SUCH A
BIG EXPLOSION,
IT ALSO CREATED GIANT
EARTHQUAKES AND TIDAL WAVES
AND THREW SO MUCH MATERIAL INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE,
IT MADE THE PLANET COLD,
TOTALLY RUINED DINO-PICNICS.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE,
AND RESULTED IN THE EXTINCTION
OF MOST DINOSAURS.

Maddie says WAIT, YOU SAID MOST DINOSAURS.

Sam says I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT PICK UP
ON THAT,
YOU SEE, WHILE MOST OF THE
DINOSAURS WE KNOW ARE EXTINCT,
TURNS OUT SOME DINOSAURS HAVE
EVOLVED INTO...

Maddie says BIRDS!
YEAH, I REMEMBER HEARING THAT!

Aazoo looks at the woodpecker and says OOH! (GASPING)

Sam says SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE
THAT BIRDS ARE THE MODERN DAY
RELATIVES
OF TWO-LEGGED THEROPOD
DINOSAURS,
A GROUP THAT ALSO INCLUDES ONE
OF THE MOST FAMOUS.

Maddie says TYRANNOSAURUS REX!

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE,
THEROPOD DINOSAURS AND BIRDS
SHARE MANY SIMILARITIES,
THE SHAPE OF THEIR EGGS IS
THE SAME,
THEY HAVE SIMILARLY SHAPED
BONES, INCLUDING A WISH BONE,
SOME THEROPODS EVEN HAD
FEATHERS.

Maddie says SO THE T-REX WAS JUST ONE
BIG TURKEY.
(LAUGHING)

Sam says THAT'S FUNNY!

M.A.V.I.S. says AAZOO NOW BELIEVES
THEIR RARE BIRD
IS THE LAST OF THE DINOSAURS.

Sam says WELL, THAT'S PARTLY RIGHT.
TODAY, THERE ARE ABOUT 18,000
SPECIES OF BIRDS
AND THEY'RE ALL DESCENDANTS OF
DINOSAURS.
(GASPING)

Maddie says SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT
IT,
I SEE FLYING DINOS ALMOST EVERY
DAY,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL!

Blynk says OOH, AH, EEH!

Maddie says BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO MEET A
BRONTOSAURUS,
IS THERE ANY WAY TO BRING THEM
BACK LIKE IN THE MOVIES?

Sam says AH, YES, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT USING DNA
TO BRING AN ANIMAL BACK FROM
EXTINCTION.

Maddie says YES, DNA, I LOVE DNA!
WHAT DOES DNA DO AGAIN?

M.A.V.I.S. says DNA,
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID,
IT HOLDS THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOW ALL LIVING THINGS GROW
AND FUNCTION.

Sam says AND DNA COULD BE THE KEY TO
BRINGING BACK EXTINCT ANIMALS.
BLYNK, THE FUTURE FILES, PLEASE!
(ALIEN BABBLE)

Sam says OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
DINOSAURS,
AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ANIMALS
HAVE BECOME EXTINCT,
BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE OR
HUMAN ACTIVITY.

Maddie says WELL, THAT'S TERRIBLE!

Sam says IT IS, BUT SOME SCIENTISTS ARE
NOW LOOKING AT WAYS
TO USE THE DNA FOUND IN THE
REMAINS OF EXTINCT ANIMALS
TO BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
THE PROBLEM IS,
DINOSAUR DNA IS SO OLD,
THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LEFT TO
WORK WITH.

M.A.V.I.S. says A WARNING TO HUMANS,
BRINGING ANIMALS BACK FROM
EXTINCTION
MUST BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED,
SO AS NOT TO DISRUPT NATURE'S
COMPLEX BALANCE.
(SHRIEKING)

Maddie says MAYBE BRINGING BACK DINOSAURS
WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA,
EVEN IF WE COULD.

Sam says WHAT WE HUMANS SHOULD TRY
TO DO NOW
IS HELP ANIMALS THAT ARE CLOSE
TO EXTINCTION SURVIVE.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE, OVER THE NEXT
FEW YEARS
ANIMALS SUCH AS THE BORNEAN
ORANGUTAN, BELUGA WHALE,
SWIFT FOX, SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS
AND HAWKSBILL TURTLE
MAY ALL BECOME EXTINCT.

Sam says THAT TURTLE HAS BEEN ON
THIS PLANET
FOR OVER 100 MILLION YEARS,
NOT QUITE AS LONG AS DINOSAURS,
BUT MUCH LONGER THAN HUMANS.

Maddie says OH NO, WE CAN'T LET THEM GO
EXTINCT,
WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO
SAVE THEM.

Blynk says AH HA!

M.A.V.I.S. says INSPIRATION DETECTED.
INVENTION STATION IS READY,
CAPTAIN.
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

Blynk goes in the invention station and comes out carrying a contraption.

Maddie says WHAT'S THAT, BLYNK?

He pulls down a lever in the contraption and a small woodpecker comes out.

M.A.V.I.S. says IT APPEARS BLYNK HAS
INVENTED A MACHINE
TO SAVE ENDANGERED ANIMALS.

Blynk says HA HA!

Maddie says OH, IT'S SO CUTE,
NOW AAZOO'S PET HAS A SISTER.

The contraption starts spitting out woodpeckers.

Blynk says AH!
UH, UH!
OH!
(ALIEN BABBLE)

Blynk sees Aazoo pulling the lever up and down constantly.

He shoots out woodpeckers and they all hit Blynk in the head.

Blynk says OH!

Aazoo finally breaks the lever and says OOH!
AH!

M.A.V.I.S. says IT WOULD APPEAR
THE WOODPECKOID IS NO
LONGER RARE
AND THEY ALL BELIEVE BLYNK IS
THEIR MOTHER.

Blynk gets buried in woodpeckers.

Sam says WELL MOMMA BLYNK,
SOMETIMES INVENTING
CAN HAVE SURPRISING RESULTS YOU
DIDN'T QUITE PREDICT.

Blynk says AAZOO

Maddie says YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN I GROW UP,
I WANNA BE A SCIENTIST,
WHO STOPS ANIMALS FROM BECOMING
EXTINCT.

Sam says I'M SURE THE ANIMALS WILL LOVE
YOU
AS MUCH AS THESE ONES LOVE
BLYNK.

Maddie says THANKS EVERYONE, BYE!

Sam says BYE MADDIE, BYE EVERYONE!

M.A.V.I.S. says THE SEARCH FOR
INVENTIONS CONTINUES,
ALL SYSTEMS ENGAGED.
(ALIEN BABBLE)
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

Producer, Jeannette Lookman.

Copyright 2019, Blynk Aazoo Films Inc.