(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!"

In the spaceship, Blynk poses as Aazoo makes a clay sculpture of him.

Aazoo says HMM...
(ALIEN BABBLE)

Aazoo ends up making a sculpture in the shape of a chicken.

(EXCLAIMS)

Blynk screams.

(SQUEALING)
(SHOUTING)
(ALARM SOUNDING)

M.A.V.I.S. says INQUIRY BOOTH TRANSMITTING.
INCOMING INQUIRY.

A real life boy named Ethan pops up on a screen and says HI BLYNK AND AAZOO,
IT'S ME, ETHAN, AND I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR YOU.

Ethan is around 8 and has short wavy brown hair, he wears a blue and gray sweater.

The aliens wave at him.

(EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY)

Ethan says I JUST READ AN AMAZING BOOK
CALLED "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER
OF THE EARTH."

The aliens say OOH!

Ethan says AND IT KIND OF GOT ME THINKING,
HOW CAN I GO TO THE CENTER
OF THE EARTH?

M.A.V.I.S. says ALERT, INVENTION POTENTIAL HIGH.
BLYNK AND AAZOO WILL DIG
UP THE ANSWER.
APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT
FIND ANYTHING.

(ALIEN BABBLE)

Blynk presses the question button.

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

A real life scientist named Cat pops up on another screen and says CEGO, EVERYONE, CAT HERE.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?

Cat is in his late forties, with long wavy brown hair and wears glasses, a maroon sweater and a pendant necklace.

Ethan says HI, I'M ETHAN.
I WAS JUST READING "JOURNEY TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH,"
AND IT KIND OF GOT ME
THINKING, CAN I?

Cat says CAN YOU?

Ethan says JOURNEY TO THE CENTER
TO THE EARTH?

Cat says THAT'S A QUESTION I THOUGHT A
LOT ABOUT AS WELL.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN?

Ethan says HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY DUG
TO THE CENTER?
IT'D BE A LOT OF DIRT
TO DIG, RIGHT?

Cat says YOU WOULD THINK SO,
BUT IT TURNS OUT
THE EARTH IS MADE OF MORE
THAN JUST EARTH.

Ethan says YOU MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
DOWN THERE?

Cat says THAT'S RIGHT!
BLYNK, EARTH FILES, PLEASE.
SUBCATEGORY, THE RIDDLE
OF THE MIDDLE.
THINK OF THE EARTH AS
BEING MADE UP
OF A NUMBER OF LAYERS,
SORT OF LIKE THE LAYERS
OF AN ONION.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
THERE ARE FOUR MAIN LAYERS
TO THE EARTH.
THE CRUST, MANTLE, OUTER CORE,
AND INNER CORE.
THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS
COVERED BY ITS THINNEST LAYER,
THE CRUST.

Cat says PRECISELY.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY LAYER
WITH DIRT ON IT.

Ethan says REALLY?
THE LAYER WE LIVE ON IS THE
ONLY LAYER WITH DIRT?

Cat says YOU'VE GOT IT.
NOW, IF YOU PEELED BACK THE
LAYER OF THE CRUST,
YOU'LL FIND WHAT'S CALLED
THE MANTLE.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
THE MANTLE IS SOLID ROCK,
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT COMPLETELY
HARD.

Ethan says BUT, ISN'T ALL ROCK HARD?

M.A.V.I.S. says INTERESTINGLY,
THE HEAT INSIDE THE EARTH
IS SO HOT IT SOFTENS AND PARTLY
MELTS SOME OF THE ROCK.

Cat says IT'S SORT OF LIKE PLAY-DOH.
AND IT'S SLOWLY MOVING.
THE HOT MAGMA, OR LIQUIFIED ROCK
WITHIN THE MANTLE,
TRAVELS UP TOWARDS THE CRUST
WHERE IT COMES OUT OF...

Ethan says VOLCANOES!

Cat says EXACTLY!

M.A.V.I.S. says GOING DEEPER STILL,
WE REACH THE EARTH'S OUTER CORE,
THE PART THAT SURROUNDS THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH.

Ethan says WOW, THE TEMPERATURE'S
GETTING
REALLY HOT DOWN THERE.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
THE OUTER CORE IS MADE UP
OF IRON AND NICKEL,
BUT IT IS SO HOT, THE
IRON AND NICKEL
HAVE TURNED TO LIQUID.

Cat says THE OUTER CORE IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO EARTH
AS IT CREATES SOMETHING CALLED
A MAGNETIC FIELD.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
THE MAGNETIC FIELD WHICH THE
OUTER CORE CREATES
GOES FAR OUT INTO SPACE,
MAKING A PROTECTIVE BARRIER
AROUND THE EARTH,
SHIELDING BOTH HUMAN
AND ALIEN VISITORS FROM THE
SUN'S DAMAGING SOLAR WIND.

Cat says EXACTLY.
NOW, AT THE VERY CENTER
OF THE EARTH
IS THE INNER CORE.
THE INNER CORE IS HOT.
VERY HOT.
IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST AS
HOT AS THE SUN.

An animation shows a cross-section of the Earth with a caption that reads "Inner Core: 6,000 degrees Celsius."

Ethan says WHOA.

The aliens gasp.

Ethan says AS HOT AS THE SUN?
HOW CAN IT BE THAT HOT
IF WE LIVE ABOVE IT?
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH MUST
BE REALLY FAR DOWN.

Cat says NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN THERE.
BUT THE CENTER IS
6,371 KILOMETERS DOWN
JUST OVER THE WIDTH OF CANADA.

Ethan says SO, HOW DO WE KNOW SO
MUCH ABOUT IT
IF NOBODY'S BEEN DOWN THERE?

M.A.V.I.S. says BY OBSERVING THE EARTH'S
MAGNETIC FIELD
AND STUDYING THE WAVES THAT
EARTHQUAKES MAKE,
SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED MUCH
ABOUT THE EARTH'S MANTLE
AND ITS CORE.

Aazoo plays with the clay and takes a half an onion out of a clay ball.

Ethan says SO, HAVE WE EVER COME CLOSE
TO DIGGING A HOLE TO THE CENTER?

Cat says EXCELLENT QUESTION.
BLYNK? THE DIGGING FILES,
PLEASE.
SUBCATEGORY, THE HOLE PICTURE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE A JOURNEY
DOWN INTO SOME OF THE DEEPEST
HOLES EVER DUG.

M.A.V.I.S. says THE DEEP JOY POOL IN ITALY
IS THE DEEPEST INDOOR POOL IN
THE WORLD AT 40 METERS.
IN NORTH KOREA IS PYONGYANG
METRO,
THE WORLD'S DEEPEST SUBWAY
SYSTEM AT 110 METERS.
THE DEEPEST HAND-DUG WATER WELL
IS IN WOODINGDEAN, ENGLAND.
IT IS 392 METERS DEEP.
IN SOUTH AFRICA, THERE'S THE
WORLD'S DEEPEST MINE.
MPONENG, AT 3,400 METERS.
THE ONLY HUMAN-MADE HOLE
THAT'S DEEPER
IS THE KOLA SUPERDEEP BOREHOLE,
AT 12,262 METERS,
A PROJECT WHERE HUMANS ATTEMPTED
TO DRILL
AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE INTO
THE EARTH.

Ethan says THAT'S AMAZING!
SO DID IT GET CLOSE TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH?

Cat says NOT EVEN CLOSE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL HAVE
A LONG WAY TO GO
BEFORE BREAKING THROUGH THE
EARTH'S CRUST,
NEVER MIND DIGGING TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH.

Ethan says HMM, IS IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT?

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
THE DRILLS REQUIRED TO DIG THAT
DEEP WOULD MELT AND FAIL,
PREVENTING HUMANS FROM
DIGGING DEEPER.

Cat says BUT HEY, THERE'S ALWAYS
SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN,
EVEN FROM FAILURES.

Ethan says LIKE WHAT?

Cat says WELL, DIGGING TO THE EARTH'S
CORE MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE DISCOVERED
NEW OPTIONS
FOR CREATING POWER FOR
THE PLANET.

Ethan says WHAT KIND OF POWER?

M.A.V.I.S. says THE HEAT FROM BELOW THE
EARTH'S SURFACE
CAN BE TURNED INTO SOMETHING
CALLED GEOTHERMAL POWER.

Ethan says THAT'S AMAZING.
BUT WHAT DOES GEOTHERMAL MEAN?

M.A.V.I.S. says GEO MEANS EARTH,
AND THERMAL MEANS HEAT.

Cat says AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW
SCIENTISTS
ARE BEGINNING TO USE IT.
BLYNK, FUTURE FILES, PLEASE.

M.A.V.I.S. says GEOTHERMAL POWER
PLANTS TODAY
CAPTURE RISING HEAT FROM
INSIDE THE EARTH
TURNING IT INTO POWER.

Cat says WE CAN EVEN TAP INTO THE
POWER OF VOLCANOES.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IS
EVEN BEING USED
TO HEAT HOMES AND POWER CARS.

M.A.V.I.S. says AFFIRMATIVE.
AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY POLLUTES
LESS,
MAKING IT BETTER FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT.

Ethan says IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING IF
I COULD POWER MY COMPUTER
FROM A VOLCANO!

Blynk says YUH-HUH!

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

Blynk goes in the invention room and creates a volcano power station model.

Ethan says WHAT HAVE YOU INVENTED, BLYNK?
(ALIEN BABBLE)

M.A.V.I.S. says IMPRESSIVE.
BLYNK HAS INVENTED HANDHELD
VOLCANO POWER.

The volcano starts sputtering lava.

M.A.V.I.S. says RECALCULATING, CORRECTION.
BLYNK HAS INVENTED A
NATURAL DISASTER.

Ethan says IT'S GONNA BLOW!
(GRUNTING)
(SHOUTING)
(LAUGHS)

Aazoo puts a clay cap on the volcano's crater and says OOH!
(LAUGHING)

Aazoo says PHEW!

Ethan says WHEN I GET OLDER, I'M GONNA
HELP FIND A WAY
TO DIG WAY DOWN INSIDE
THE EARTH,
DEEPER THAN ANYONE'S DUG BEFORE.

Cat says I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL, ETHAN.

Ethan says BYE CAT! BYE BLYNK AND AAZOO!

Cat says BYE!

M.A.V.I.S. says THE SEARCH
FOR INVENTIONS CONTINUES.
ALL SYSTEMS ENGAGED.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

The song says BLYNK AND AAZOO
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

Producer, Jeannette Lookman.

Copyright 2019, Blynk Aazoo Films Inc.