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Transcript: The Stray's First Day
Pup Academy Part 2
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat music plays]
CHILD: Wee!
[Logos] T.V.O. Kids. Air Bud Entertainment.
[Text Reads] Original.
[Child giggles]
[Ball thumps, crickets chirp, upbeat music plays, chimes]
DESCRIPTION: At night, a golden retriever throws a basketball into a basketball net, and the ball leaves a trail of sparkles.
[Logo] Air Bud Entertainment]
DESCRIPTION: At night, glowing lights and tall trees line a path up a hill, leading to Pup Academy, a large building with turrets on the corners. In the sky above the Academy, a constellation twinkles.
[Opening Credits] In association with T.V.O. Kids. Starring Dan Lake, Christian Convery.
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in the academy courtyard in front of the Canis Primus statue. D.O.G., a black and white Siberian Husky, wears a golden robe, and the others wear dark blue robes. Coach K-9 is a black and white Great Dane, Professor Howard is a cream Wheaten terrier, Headmistress Gruff is a tan and white Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and Professor Fitz is a white pointer mix with red spots. Charlie is a man with short brown hair, a beard, and a moustache. He wears eyeglasses.
D.O.G.: Our academy faces its greatest challenge of all time. Humans are more distracted than ever. The bond between humankind and dog is weakening, and Canis Primus, the constellation that powers our school, is fading. I must let you know I'll be making a few unconventional choices for new students this year.
CHARLIE: Which is why D-O-G and I asked you to gather here tonight in front of Canis Primus, the Great First Dog.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Hmm. Unconventional? How?
D.O.G.: A sheep dog who, while...
[Clears his throat]
D.O.G.: Timid, makes up for it with wisdom.
[Birds chirp, pastoral music plays]
DESCRIPTION: During the day, a brown-haired boy and a black-and-white sheepdog puppy stand by a wooden fence in front of a two-storey house. The boy wears eyeglasses, a blue denim jacket, a white shirt, tan pants, and brown boots.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: Okay, Whiz, so have at it. You show those sheep who's boss.
[Sheep bleat]
DESCRIPTION: The puppy, Whiz, approaches four sheep near an open gate.
[Opening Credits] Aria Birch, Gabrielle Miller.
WHIZ: Okay, Whiz, you got this. You're in control. All your research suggests that sheep are naturally intimidated by the very sight of you.
[Sheep bleats, Whiz screams]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks to the nearest sheep, and they look at each other.
WHIZ: Sheep!
[Sheep bleat, upbeat music plays, boy gasps, thud, mud squelches, boy spits, groans, solemn music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The four sheep chase Whiz towards the boy. The boy runs and trips, falling into a mud puddle. He takes off his eyeglasses. In a barn, D.O.G. stands in a hayloft. Below, Whiz stands up from beneath a pile of hay in a wagon.
WHIZ: Phew! I lost him.
D.O.G.: Hello, Whiz.
[Whiz screams]
WHIZ: Who are you? How do you know my name?
D.O.G.: It's my job.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: A golden dog tag appears on Whiz’s collar.
D.O.G.: I also know about that new tag on your collar.
WHIZ: How did that get there?
D.O.G.: You've been selected to join a very special school for pups. Tomorrow, when you hear the whistle blow, and you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you shall go.
WHIZ: I do like learning.
[Opening Credits] With Brian George. Executive Producers: Anna McRoberts, Robert Vince.
DESCRIPTION: In front of the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue.
D.O.G.: And another with a heart of gold, who has trouble focusing, but has no trouble having fun.
[Pastoral music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In front of a dog blanket backdrop, a golden retriever puppy wears a headband and a green sweater. In front of the puppy, a girl with curly, dark brown hair stands beside a tablet on a tripod. She wears a red-and-white striped sweater and jeans with colourful pom-poms attached.
[Opening Credits] Written by Anna McRoberts.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: First, this video, and then a scholarship to the best film school in the world.
[Puppy grunts]
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Yeah, maybe one or two steps in between.
[Puppy groans]
DESCRIPTION: The puppy shakes his fur.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Whoa! Fur alert. Do not move, Corazon. Brush needed, stat. I'll be back. Stay.
[Footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: The curly-haired girl runs away from the golden retriever puppy, Corazon.
CORAZON: Focus, Corazon. You know the word "stay." You can do it. You can...Whoa!
[Chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon slowly chases his tail.
CORAZON: You can run, tail, but I will catch you.
[Opening Credits] Directed by Robert Vince, Anna McRoberts.
[Exclaims]
DESCRIPTION: D.O.G. arrives.
CORAZON: Um... Who are you? And why are you here?
D.O.G.: I'm here to invite you somewhere special.
[Chiming]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon jumps off a table, and a golden dog tag appears on Corazon’s collar.
CORAZON: Whoa! My girl Izzy will love this.
[D.O.G. chuckles]
D.O.G.: She'll not be able to see it. As long as it stays on your collar, it's invisible to the human eye.
CORAZON: Mind blown.
D.O.G.: When you hear the whistle blow, and you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you shall go.
CORAZON: What? Huh? Okay. I'm gonna need a little more info, yo.
[Professor Fitz sighs, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue, with two rows of red hydrants lining a path in front of them.
PROFESSOR FITZ: A sheepdog who's afraid of sheep? A goofy golden? I must be missing something. Pup Academy is built on pedigree.
D.O.G.: It was, but the stray will need friends. And underdogs stick together.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Excuse me. Did I just hear the word "stray?"
DESCRIPTION: On a sidewalk, the stray, a brown-and-white boxer puppy, runs away from a butcher, carrying a link of sausages in their mouth.
BUTCHER: Stop, thief!
[Stray pants, footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: The stray runs down an alley.
STRAY: Phew! I lost him.
[Light music plays, sausage thumps]
DESCRIPTION: On a nearby concrete staircase leading to a door, D.O.G. watches the stray enter a wooden box. D.O.G. walks towards the box, and the stray drops her sausage link.
STRAY: Don't get any bright ideas. I'm not sharing.
D.O.G.: Oh, I'm here to share something with you.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: A golden dog tag appears on the stray’s collar.
STRAY: Uh, this is a dog tag, which would mean I have a human, which I don't, because I'm a stray. So, not sure I'm interested in whatever you're selling.
D.O.G.: There's food. Think about it.
STRAY: Food? Okay, maybe a little bit interested.
D.O.G.: Tomorrow, when you hear the whistle blow, and you see your tag glow, through the hydrant you shall go.
STRAY: Hmm?
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Must I remind you what happened the last time we allowed a stray?
D.O.G.: The prophecy clearly states—
PROFESSOR FITZ: The prophecy. That old thing again?
D.O.G.: I believe it is the key to saving our school. The world has changed, and if Pup Academy is going to survive, so must we.
[Opening Credits] Created by Anna McRoberts.
[Chimes, upbeat music plays]
[Title] Pup Academy.
[Car engine whooshes, light music plays, children shout]
DESCRIPTION: During the day, cars drive on a two-lane street in a town. On a sidewalk, a brown-haired woman and a blond-haired boy walk past a school bus. She wears her hair tied back and a grey sweater, a white shirt, and black pants. The woman carries a large black bag. The boy wears a black jacket, blue jeans, and a blue, green, and white shirt. He carries an olive-green courier bag.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Okay, honey. Don't forget, I'm working a split shift tonight, so dinner is in the freezer.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: In the freezer. With a sticky note that says, "Love you, Morgan."
[Brown-haired woman laughs, footsteps thud]
DESCRIPTION: The two walk up stairs leading to a schoolyard, and she gives the blond-haired boy, Morgan, a folded brown bag with a sticky note attached.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Which reminds me... Whoa, whoa! I made your favourite. Meatball sandwich.
MORGAN: You know, they have these things called "phones" now, Mom. You can text this. Send an emoji. Save a tiny tree.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: All right, let's go in.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts out his hand and blocks the brown-haired woman, his mom.
MORGAN: Okay. Here's good. Don't need to be the new kid whose mom also walks him to school.
MORGAN’S MOM: Cool. It's just that is on my way to work, so...
[Children shout]
MORGAN: Ish. And you know that. I know that. They don't know that.
MORGAN’S MOM: Aw, he looks nice.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired boy, Whiz’s owner, walks toward the school, and Morgan’s mom gestures at him as he walks past. The brown-haired boy pauses, waves at her, and walks away.
MORGAN: Mom.
MORGAN’S MOM: I know, sweetie. I'm just hoping that now that we moved back, you're gonna make some new friends.
[Sniffing, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the bottom of the staircase, the stray peers up the stairs at Morgan and his mom.
MORGAN: I voted no to the move, and yet, here we are.
MORGAN’S MOM: I know, honey, but today is gonna be great.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan’s mom kisses his forehead.
[Girls giggle, birds chirp, students chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Two girls walk past, laughing at Morgan and his mom.
GIRL:How embarrassing.
MORGAN’S MOM: I love you. I'm proud of you, honey. Have fun.
[The stray sniffs, children chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan waves to his mom and walks up a concrete staircase towards the school. The stray follows Morgan and sniffs the air. Morgan leans against a concrete post at the bottom of another staircase, and three girls pass him. They walk up the stairs.
MORGAN: Hey, I'm Morgan Edwards, and you're in the middle of a conversation.
[Izzy hums, quiet music plays from earbuds]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon’s owner, Izzy, walks past Morgan.
MORGAN: Hey, I'm Morgan.
DESCRIPTION: Izzy takes an earbud out and turns to Morgan.
IZZY: Hmm? Hmm?
MORGAN AND IZZY: Nothing.
[Quiet music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Izzy puts her earbud back in her ear and walks away.
MORGAN: Well, I can tell Mom I officially tried.
[Exciting music plays, paws thump, bag rustles, stray grumbles]
DESCRIPTION: The stray runs to Morgan’s courier bag, takes his lunch bag, and runs away.
MORGAN: Oh, no! That's a meatball sandwich. Hey, get back here!
[Bell rings, footsteps run, children chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan watches the stray run away. He picks up his courier bag and joins passing children as they run towards the school entrance.
MORGAN: Argh.
[Children giggle, soft music plays, footsteps thump, children shout]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan pauses at the bottom of a staircase and looks at the schoolyard. D.O.G. steps out from behind a tree, and they look at each other. Then D.O.G. turns and walks away. Morgan runs up the stairs to school.
[Machine whirrs, buzzes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, a banner over the front entrance reads, “Where Pups Become Dogs.” In a workshop, Charlie and D.O.G. wear shaded safety glasses while Charlie does metalwork on a machine. Sparks fly from the metal as Charlie works.
D.O.G.: I know we need him, but he is younger than any apprentice we've ever had.
[Machine whirrs, buzzes]
CHARLIE: He'll be fine. I hope. The whole "Grandpa needs your help at a secret school for dogs" can be a bit overwhelming, but he'll adjust. Just like I did.
[Thump, machine powers down, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie turns off the machine and polishes a tag that reads, “Morgan.” The tag gleams.
CHARLIE: Ah. Ah, look at that.
D.O.G.: Oh, I don't know how you do it.
CHARLIE: The magic of thumbs. Look at them babies go.
[Laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie wiggles his thumbs.
D.O.G.: Big day tomorrow, old friend. Good luck with Morgan.
CHARLIE: Mm. Yes. And good luck with the new students. Are you sure the stray is key to saving the school?
D.O.G.: As sure as I can be. If the prophecy is right, the boy and the stray will save the day.
[Crickets chirp]
DESCRIPTION: The next morning, Charlie runs up the stairs at the Academy’s entrance. He stands beside D.O.G. and checks his watch.
D.O.G.: Okay, let's do this. Open the hydrants.
[Charlie exhales, lever creaks, steam hisses, whistle blows, hydrants chime, air hisses, stray whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Charli pulls a lever, and steam vents in front of the lever. The red hydrants lining the path to the school steps glow. The hydrants glow in the town. Charlie smiles and releases the lever. In town, the stray carries Morgan’s lunch bag.
[Truck motor hums, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A man and woman ride in a Wolfehead Township Animal Control truck. The man stops the truck near the stray. The woman has long blonde hair and wears a green uniform. The man has short black hair and wears a matching green uniform.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: There's the stray again.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Let's get her.
[Black-haired man chuckles sinisterly]
DESCRIPTION: The black-haired man carries a catch pole, and the blonde-haired woman carries a leash. Both slowly approach the stray.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: We got you cornered this time.
STRAY: Huh?
[Soft bark, bag rustles]
DESCRIPTION: The stray escapes, running through the woman’s legs.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Darn it!
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Had her cornered.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Hey!
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The stray enters a junkyard through a hole in the fence, still carrying the lunch bag. A brown-and-white dog watches her from inside a car.
BROWN-AND-WHITE DOG: Check it out, delivery.
[Bag rustles, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The stray drops the lunch bag.
STRAY: Oh, great. Looks like I've got company.
[Ramp creaks, crow caws]
DESCRIPTION: Dogs surround the stray. A German Shepherd walks down a ramp from a van.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: You snagged a whole human's lunch, bag and all. Very impressive. The Lost Dogs are always in the market for a pup who can carry her weight in lunch. Unless, of course, you're a pet. Then...?
[Growl]
OTHER DOGS CHANT: No pets allowed! No collars, no leashes. No humans!
[Dogs laugh]
STRAY: I'm nobody's pet. I'm a stray.
[Truck engine revs]
DESCRIPTION: The Animal Control truck parks on the other side of the fence.
STRAY: Oh, no.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: You led Animal Control to our hideout?
STRAY: I didn't know they were following me. I was just looking for a place to eat this lunch.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: Everybody scatter! Go! Go! Go!
A DOG SHOUTS: Run!
[Black-haired man grunts]
DESCRIPTION: The dogs run in different directions. The black-haired man squeezes his head and shoulders through an opening between the chained gates.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Go around.
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, D.O.G. and Charlie stand beside the lever.
D.O.G.: Blow the second whistle, Charlie.
[Steam hisses, whistle blows, hydrants chime, pups chatter, footsteps thump, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie pulls the lever, and the pups jump out of the glowing hydrants. In town, Izzy runs down the front steps of her house.
IZZY: Bye, Corazon. Be good.
[Corazon grunts]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon wiggles under a wooden gate beside the house.
CORAZON: Uh, whistle.
[Grunts]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon finishes wiggling beneath the gate and stands on the grass.
CORAZON: There's something I was supposed to do. Huh?
[Gasps]
CORAZON: Oh, yeah!
[Pants, hydrants chime, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon runs to a hydrant and jumps into a portal.
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! Whoa!
DESCRIPTION: A sheep chases Whiz up a gravel road.
WHIZ: Can't we talk about this?
[Sheep bleat, Whiz whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz runs through a gap in a gate and approaches a hydrant.
WHIZ: Please work. Please work! Whoa!
[Zap]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz jumps into a portal on the hydrant.
[Whistle blows, exciting music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a street, the Animal Control truck stops suddenly as the stray runs in front of it. As she approaches a hydrant, the black-haired man gets out of the driver’s side, carrying a net.
STRAY: When you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you will go. Well, here goes nothing. Whoa!
[Grunts, clank]
DESCRIPTION: The man throws the net over the hydrant as the stray jumps into the portal. He dives toward the hydrant and hits his head.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Ouch. That looked painful. Where did she go?
[Soft music plays]
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: I don't know. That dog is fast. But we'll catch her.
[Hydrants chime, puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, the puppies jump out of hydrants. Each arrives wearing a school uniform.
CORAZON: Wow.
WHIZ: Whoa!
STRAY: Whoa!
CORAZON: That was awesome! Um, what am I wearing?
WHIZ: Standard issue uniforms. Obviously.
STRAY: Where are we?
[Puppies chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon watches other puppies run up the stairs to the school.
CORAZON: Um...
[Hydrants chime]
ALL: Wow!
WHIZ: Am I dreaming?
CORAZON: Maybe this is all a dream.
STRAY: Boo!
[Corazon yelps]
CORAZON: Nope. Wide-awake.
WHIZ: Perhaps we should introduce ourselves.
CORAZON: Hey, I'm Corazon.
[Corazon sniffs]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks around his hydrant, and Corazon follows him, sniffing.
WHIZ: I'm Whiz.
DESCRIPTION: Whiz sniffs Corazon’s bottom.
STRAY: I'm Spark. And keep your cold noses to yourself.
WHIZ: How impolite.
CORAZON: Touchy.
DESCRIPTION: Headmistress Gruff walks down the path and stops in front of the stray, Spark. Puppies on the pathway turn and watch her.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: I'm Headmistress Gruff. Welcome to Pup Academy. "Where Pups Become Dogs."
[Puppies chatter]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Little do your humans know that when they go to school, so do you.
SPARK: Humans? Then what am I doing here?
[Inspiring music plays]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Each year, we select special pups to study here and take our teachings back to their community. You, the few, the proud, the furry, have no idea how special you are.
CORAZON: "Dudette" read my bio.
[Chuckles]
CORAZON: That's me. Special. With a side of awesome.
[Giggles]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom, an orange Pomeranian wearing a cheerleading uniform, arrives.
POM POM: Welcome, pup-pup puppies!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Meet our head cheerleader, Pom Pom.
POM POM: I'm Pom Pom!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: On your way to your first assembly, Pom Pom is going to take you on a tour of Pup Academy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom stands on her back legs and shakes a pom-pom between her front paws.
POM POM: Let's go! P-P for puppy! U-U are you! Everyone, follow me!
[Puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies follow Pom Pom towards the Academy.
SPARK: Well, they did say there was food here.
POM POM: Right this way, pups.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Come along, Spark.
SPARK: Okay. Here goes nothing.
DESCRIPTION: Spark follows the other puppies, and Headmistress Gruff follows her.
POM POM: Woo-hoo! Yeah!
[Puppies exclaim]
CORAZON: This place is amazing.
[Gentle music plays, refrigerator door opens, tap]
DESCRIPTION: In an apartment kitchen, Morgan opens the refrigerator covered with sticky notes and his drawings and takes out a bowl with a sticky note attached. Morgan closes the door and sticks the note with the others. He turns, and Charlie sits at the kitchen table.
CHARLIE: Milk?
[Morgan exclaims, cereal clatters]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan jumps, and cereal falls out of his bowl.
CHARLIE: Still eating Fruity O's, eh, Muffin?
[Footsteps crunch]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan walks over the spilled cereal.
MORGAN: I'm ten, Grandpa. You gotta stop calling me Muffin. It's Morgan.
CHARLIE: Okay, Morgan.
[Tap]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts his cereal bowl on the table.
MORGAN: Wait. What are you doing here so early? Are you living with us now?
[Charlie chuckles, upbeat music plays]
CHARLIE: No. How would you feel about missing school today?
MORGAN: And skip a day of awkward conversations with kids I don't know?
CHARLIE: Mm-hmm.
MORGAN: Hold up. What's the catch?
CHARLIE: Oh, it's, uh, it's take your grandson to work day.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie shrugs.
MORGAN: You mean, you're finally gonna tell me about your job?
[Door squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie opens a bathroom door and gestures inside.
CHARLIE: Oh, why tell you when I can show you?
DESCRIPTION: Morgan looks at the toilet, then at Charlie.
MORGAN: Please tell me you're a plumber.
[Puppies chatter, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the Academy, puppies run past wooden lockers in the wide hallways.
POM POM: Welcome to Pup Academy! These are your lockers. Go, lockers!
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom leads the puppies to a metal basin beneath a hose.
POM POM: There are water fountains, like these, throughout Pup Academy. Remember to get six to eight s-s slurpings a day! And when you need to go...
DESCRIPTION: Two dogs run inside from a dog park.
DOG ONE: Marked it. Bam!
DESCRIPTION: A third dog runs outside.
DOG THREE: Excuse me.
POM POM: We have the d-d dog park.
DESCRIPTION: The third dog urinates on a bush.
DOG THREE: It's mine now.
DESCRIPTION: A fourth dog runs outside and urinates on a tree.
DOG FOUR: Bam! Now it's mine.
[Upbeat music continues, puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom leads the puppies to a room with two long tables and benches along the sides. The tables have metal bowls filled with kibble.
POM POM: And every pup's favourite hangout, the Dog Bowl! Humans learn table manners. Here, you'll learn under-the-table manners. Yay kibble!
SPARK: Wait. Whoa. Is kibble your word for food? Why are we talking when we could be eating?
POM POM: We eat after assembly and morning class. K-K for kibble!
SPARK: But I'm S-S for starving!
[Puppies giggle]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom narrows her eyes at Spark.
POM POM: Hey, I do the cheers around here.
[The music stops]
DESCRIPTION: In the bathroom, Charlie stands on the toilet seat and extends his hand to Morgan.
CHARLIE: Now, take my hand, boy. It's your destiny.
MORGAN: Wait.
CHARLIE: Okay.
[Footsteps thump, toilet lid thuds, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie steps off the toilet, closes the lid, and sits on it.
MORGAN: Let me get this straight. You're a caretaker at a secret school.
CHARLIE: Precisely.
MORGAN: And we're gonna get there through a secret portal?
CHARLIE: Yes. Yes. This toilet.
MORGAN: And you can't tell me anything more.
CHARLIE: Well, not out here. You know, it's top secret.
MORGAN: Out where?
CHARLIE: Out here. Oh, and not in there.
[Charlie taps the toilet]
MORGAN: In the toilet.
CHARLIE: Now you're getting it. Yeah.
[Hands slap]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie smiles and puts his hands on his knees.
MORGAN: Grandpa, this is insane.
CHARLIE: You're right. Oh, what's gotten into me? You need your special dog tag.
[Tags jangle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie takes out the dog tag on a necklace and puts it around Morgan’s neck.
MORGAN: Okay. I'm gonna call Mom at the hospital. Check you out. Check you in. Because, you know, you can never be too careful.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: The dog tags glow. Morgan picks them up and looks at them.
MORGAN: Whoa.
CHARLIE: Morgan, I know how crazy this seems. But I need you to trust me, because I really need your help. Okay?
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie lifts the lid and stands on the toilet seat.
CHARLIE: I'll go first.
[Chimes, tag jangle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie takes out his dog tags.
CHARLIE: You'll be number two.
MORGAN: Can we really not talk about ones and twos right now?
CHARLIE: Yeah, okay. I'll see you there.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie glows and spins as he sinks into a portal in the toilet.
CHARLIE: Ho, ho, ho, ho! Whoa!
MORGAN: Wow!
[Thumps, chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan stands on the toilet seat. He glows and spins as he sinks into a portal in the toilet.
MORGAN SHOUTS: Ah!
[Morgan exclaims, door opens, door slams, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan stumbles out of an outhouse.
CHARLIE: I know. I know. It takes some getting used to.
MORGAN: We just flushed through a toilet to a whole other place.
CHARLIE: Yes, and it seems odd the first time.
MORGAN: Does every toilet do that?
CHARLIE: If you have an official Pup Academy tag, yes. Anything with water and pipes will get us here.
MORGAN: Get you where?
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gestures at the Academy.
CHARLIE: Oh. The most important school on earth.
MORGAN: And we got here through a toilet?
CHARLIE: You're really messing with the wonder of this moment.
[Puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the assembly, puppies jump into their seats.
D.O.G.: Students, take your seats for assembly.
WHIZ: Front row seat. Let the learning begin.
VOICE: I see a tushy in my cushy that's not my tushy.
SPARK: Where's that coming from?
WHIZ: Who said that?
VOICE: I did!
CORAZON: Uh...
SPARK: Oh, down there.
[Chihuahua growls]
DESCRIPTION: On the ground, a tan and white Chihuahua glares at the others.
SPARK: You have got to be kidding.
CHIHUAHUA: Keep laughing, newbie.
SPARK: Big words, small fry.
CHIHUAHUA: You know, I might look small, but I run this place. Most pups are out of here in four dog years, but they keep bringing me back.
WHIZ: I may have misunderstood how school works, but I don't think flunking out is a bragging point.
SPARK: I'm not afraid of you.
[Chihuahua growls]
DESCRIPTION: A brown-and-white border collie mix with a spot over his right eye arrives and stands beside the Chihuahua.
BORDER COLLIE MIX: Well, you should be. I'm Bite's big bestie, Rotty, and I've got chew toys bigger than you.
[Rotty growls, laughs]
DESCRIPTION: The brown-and-white border collie, Rotty, glares at Corazon, Whiz, and Spark. The Chihuahua, Bite, stands beside him.
WHIZ: I am totally afraid of you.
BITE: You must be the smart one.
CORAZON: That he is. But I'm the awesome one.
SPARK: And I'm the one bored of this conversation.
BITE: You think you're so tough? I better not see you alone in the hallway, newbie.
[Microphone feedback]
DESCRIPTION: On a stage, D.O.G. steps behind a lectern.
D.O.G.: Okay, everybody, please take your seats.
BITE: Saved by the dean. You got lucky this time. But you three just made my list.
[Corazon gulps]
D.O.G.: Welcome to Pup Academy, where you will learn to be the best "human's best friends" you can be. This great hall shares our proud history.
STUDENTS: Ooh!
[Solemn music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A stained-glass window shows a wolf standing above a glass panel that shows him touching his paw to a human child’s hand. Another panel shows the child cowering against the wolf’s side as four snarling wolves approach. In another panel, the child hugs the wolf.
D.O.G.: Long ago, The Great First Dog, a brave, wise wolf pup, rescued a small child from a pack of ferocious wolves. This small wolf pup and that child bonded, and the first friendship between human and canine was forged. The spirit of their bond was so strong, it moved stars and ignited our guiding constellation: Canis Primus.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: On the panel, stars move above the child hugging the wolf, creating a wolf’s head. The students look at D.O.G.
D.O.G.: Our academy formed to teach the world the power of friendship between human and dog, and to ensure that this great connection always remains strong. If the bond weakens, the constellation fades, and if it ever fades to black, then dogs could cease to be human's best friends, forever.
[Students exclaim]
D.O.G.: You, the chosen few, will carry forward to the world our mission of unconditional love.
[Students chatter]
[Footsteps tap, dog barks, paws thud, Morgan gasps]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie and Morgan enter the school and walk down a hallway. A black and white dog runs past them.
MORGAN: There's a dog loose in this school.
CHARLIE: Actually, only dogs in this school.
MORGAN: Yeah, of course.
CHARLIE: Mm-hmm.
MORGAN: What?
[Charlie laughs]
CHARLIE: Yeah.
[Students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the auditorium, D.O.G. stands behind the lectern.
D.O.G.: And now, Headmistress Gruff will lead you in our school howl.
[ Headmistress Gruff warms up her vocal cords, clears her throat]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Now, everybody!
[Bright music plays]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF SINGS: Here at Pup Academy. Best, best friends we will learn to be. All the things we need to know, into dogs, we will grow.
[Dogs howl]
MORGAN: Wait. What's that sound?
CHARLIE: The school howl. Oh, we're really late. C'mon!
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie and Morgan enter the side of the auditorium between the students and the stage. Morgan looks around the auditorium.
MORGAN: What is this place?
[D.O.G. barks]
CHARLIE: Oh. Hang on a second. Here comes my big intro.
D.O.G.: And this is Charlie, our Human on Campus.
[D.O.G. barks]
CHARLIE: That's me. Your H.O.C.
D.O.G.: Charlie has taken care of our academy for over 400 dog years.
[Students bark]
CHARLIE: Four-hundred dog years is not as old as it sounds, thank you very much.
[Students bark]
MORGAN: Wait. Are... Are you talking to dogs?
CHARLIE: Yeah.
MORGAN: This is amazing. So, tell me straight up here. Man to man. When these dogs bark, you can understand them? And they can understand you?
CHARLIE: Yes.
[Light music continues, broom rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Charlie uses a hand broom and brushes leaves off the Canis Primus statue in front of the Academy.
MORGAN: So, you couldn't understand me when I was trying to explain what L-O-L means, but you can talk to dogs?
CHARLIE: That's right. And one day, you'll be able to too. All of us can.
MORGAN: All of who?
CHARLIE: Our family. The Edwardses. Edwardseses? You know, I never really know how to pronounce that.
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie hits the statue base.
CHARLIE: Well, your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, he founded this place.
MORGAN: Really?
CHARLIE: Yes! Our family have been caretakers at the Pup Academy for generations. It's an incredible responsibility. And one day, all of it is gonna land on your shoulders. I'm not exaggerating when I say the very fate of friendship depends on you.
[Charlie inhales deeply]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gestures at the campus.
CHARLIE: This is your destiny. Ha ha. Pretty cool, huh?
[Morgan hiccups]
CHARLIE: Aw, you still get hiccups when you freak out.
[Footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: D.O.G. arrives.
D.O.G.: So, how's it going?
[Morgan hiccups]
CHARLIE: Ah, better than expected. Let's go get some water.
[Morgan hiccups, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the school, Corazon, Whiz, and Spark follow Pom Pom in the hallway.
POM POM: Human schools are grouped by homerooms. At Pup Academy, you're grouped by doghouses. Sniffers, Barkers, Howlers and Growlers. You guys have red ties, so you are the Howlers. Here's your L-L Lockers, H-H Howlers! Okay, gotta run. See you in class!
[Paws patter, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom runs, leaving the others beside their lockers.
CORAZON: We just partied at assembly, and now we're in the same posse? The universe talks. And it's telling me we three are meant to be buds. Dos Amigos.
WHIZ: It's tres.
CORAZON: Exactly! You get it, man! Simpático!
[Corazon chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: George, a black and white Boston Terrier, stops beside Corazon.
GEORGE: Hey, 'sup? Name's George. I'm also a Howler.
DESCRIPTION: Mullet, a small, scruffy cream mixed-breed, stops beside George.
MULLET SHOUTS: Hey, everybody! Name's Mullet! Looks like we're all in the Howler's House. Which lockers you guys taking?
WHIZ: Hey, like, we're right next to you.
MULLET SHOUTS: My human plays the drums a lot, so I yell to be heard.
MULLET: Even when I don't have to.
MULLET SHOUTS: It's a hard habit to break.
[Bell rings]
DESCRIPTION: Headmistress Gruff arrives in the hallway.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Oh! Time for your first classes. Your Pup Academy school year starts now.
[Upbeat music plays, puppies exclaim]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies run to class. In the classroom, Professor Fitz stands on a platform behind a lectern. An easel holds a drawing of a dog and a human smiling at each other, and a human mannequin stands in front of a chalkboard. The mannequin has a heart-shaped meter attached to the chest. Text on the chalkboard reads, “The Bark-o-meter. Happy human, happy dog”
PROFESSOR FITZ: Hello, I'm Professor Fitz, and this is Canine Languages. Like all classes at Pup Academy, you'll learn all the things you need to know to become a good dog. In this class, we'll work on the mastery of the bark. You, sheepish little dog.
[Light music plays]
WHIZ: Did someone say sheep? Where?
PROFESSOR FITZ: It's Whiz, right? Let's start with the most basic of barks. The "Welcome Home Human."
WHIZ: Ah.
[Stammers]
WHIZ: I guess I could do that.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks to the front of the classroom and barks. The needle on the heart-shaped bark-o-meter moves to almost 10 out of a possible 100.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Whenever you're ready.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Any time now. We're all waiting.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: The needle on the heart-shaped bark-o-meter moves to almost 10.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Is there a mouse in here? Who can show us the "Welcome Home" bark with a little more energy?
CORAZON: Oh! Oh, me!
[Corazon barks, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon jumps to the front of the classroom. He turns in circles and barks. The needle on the bark-o-meter moves erratically between zero and 50.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Corazon, that's your tail, not the human.
[Students laugh]
PROFESSOR FITZ: This sort of behaviour is beneath us at the academy.
[Corazon sighs]
CORAZON: Izzy loves it when I do that.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Who is up next? Spark, is it? Would you like to give something new a try? Hmm?
[Students chatter]
SPARK: Barking? This I can do.
[Spark barks, meter beeps, students exclaim, meter zaps]
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks to the front and braces her legs. Whiz hides his head beneath his desk. The needle on the bark-o-meter moves erratically between 50 and 100, and sparks fly out. The front of the meter falls off and dangles on a spring.
CORAZON: Whoa!
PUPPY: Uh-oh.
SPARK: Um...
PROFESSOR FITZ: Somebody needs to work on their indoor bark.
SPARK: What? That's how we bark on the streets.
[Bell rings]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Class dismissed.
[Students chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Students walk in the hallway. Corazon, Spark, and Whiz sit at desks in Headmistress Gruff’s classroom. Beside her is a living room with a television, a chair, and tables. Charlie stands with his arms crossed, and Morgan sits in the chair.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Welcome to Human Behaviour class. Where we learn to understand humans, who are very complicated. Today, we'll start with how to figure out what our human needs, even when they don't know they need it.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie nods.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Now, who knows what this human needs?
DESCRIPTION: On the floor between the students and the living room is a bone, a slipper, a leash, and a rolled-up newspaper.
GEORGE: Beats me.
POM POM: I D-D don't know?
MORGAN: How do I help?
CHARLIE: Just sit in the chair and do nothing.
MORGAN: Well, I'm gonna nail this.
[Click, dog barks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan picks up a remote, leans back in the chair, and turns on a television. A dog appears on the screen.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Does anybody know what he needs?
[Rustle, light music plays, chair creaks]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz brings the newspaper to Morgan.
WHIZ: This one's easy! What kid doesn't need to be kept abreast of the events of the day?
MORGAN: A newspaper?
[Newspaper rustles, Morgan sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan throws the newspaper away.
WHIZ: Hmm. Seems my calculations were incorrect.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Okay, somebody else give it a try?
CORAZON: Focus, Corazon. Let the force guide you. Hmm. I got it!
DESCRIPTION: Corazon brings the slipper to Morgan.
[Morgan sniffs]
MORGAN: Ugh!
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts the slipper on the table beside him.
CORAZON: That is so weird. Who doesn't like smelly slippers?
[Morgan’s chair squeaks, Spark’s stomach grumbles]
SPARK: Time to sneak outta here. I need kibble.
DESCRIPTION: Everyone watches Spark jump out of her chair and walk across the front of the room.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Spark, where are you going?
SPARK: Uh... I was, uh, just going to get this leash! Yeah! That's it!
[Students chatter]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Good dog, Spark!
CHARLIE: You're absolutely right!
SPARK: Huh?
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Well done.
SPARK: Wait. What?
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Clearly, this lazy human needs exercise and fresh air. Gold treat for you, Spark.
[Students exclaim]
CHARLIE: Good dog, Spark!
SPARK: I was a... a good dog?
CHARLIE: All right, here you go.
[Spark munches]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gives Spark a treat.
WHIZ: Way to go, Spark.
CORAZON: Yeah, that was totally awesome.
SPARK: Uh, thanks, guys. I've never been a good dog before.
[Bell rings]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Recess. Off you go, everybody.
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks down an empty hallway.
SPARK: Finally, a moment alone. Time to get to that kibble stuff.
[Bite growls, Spark sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Bite runs around the corner in front of her.
SPARK: And trouble.
DESCRIPTION: Rotty arrives beside Bite.
BITE: Now, where were we?
[Bite growls]
SPARK: Uh, you really don't want to corner me.
BITE: You want a piece of this, fleabag?
DESCRIPTION: Corazon runs down the hallway and stands beside Spark.
CORAZON: Oh, oh, oh! I do! Oh, ho, I totally want a piece of that!
[Corazon chuckles]
CORAZON: A piece of what?
ROTTY: Hey! I'll ask the questions around here. A piece of what, Bite?
BITE: Ugh!
DESCRIPTION: Whiz arrives behind Spark and Corazon.
WHIZ: Hey! Leave Spark alone!
[Bite and Rotty growl]
WHIZ: I said...
[Barks]
CORAZON: Dang!
BITE: What did you just say to me?
CORAZON: Someone found their bark.
WHIZ: I said... leave her alone. Please.
BITE: Say that again. I dare you.
[Whiz clears throat, squeaky bark, Bite laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Coach K-9 arrives behind Bite and Rotty.
WHIZ: Guess one was all I had.
BITE: You're barking back to the wrong dog.
SPARK: No, you're barking back to the wrong dog!
COACH K-9: Whoa! Time-out. What's going on over here?
[Puppies shout]
DESCRIPTION: Professor Fitz arrives behind Corazon, Spark, and Whiz.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Is this fighting at Pup Academy? Coach K-9, I'm pretty sure we have a rule about that, don't we?
COACH K-9: Oh, you bet we do, Fitz. Absolutely no fighting on campus at any time. Save it for the fetchball field. Come on, move it! Let's go, pups! Hut, hut, hut!
BITE: Let's get out of here, Rotty, before we catch some fleas. This isn't over, fleabags.
DESCRIPTION: Bite, Rotty, and the professors leave.
CORAZON: You were right, Whiz. She did need our help.
SPARK: You guys came back to help me?
CORAZON: Uh, remember? All that fun we had at the hydrants and stuff?
[Corazon snorts]
CORAZON: We're the Dos Amigos! Friends, right? Fetchball! Woo-hoo! Yeah! Let's go!
DESCRIPTION: Spark watches Corazon and Whiz run down the hallway.
SPARK: Friends? Huh?
CORAZON SHOUTS: Fetchball!
SPARK: I've never had friends before.
DISTANTLY, HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: What do you have against Spark?
SPARK: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Spark turns and walks back down the hallway towards a classroom. In the room, Headmistress Gruff stands behind a lectern and looks down at Professor Fitz, Coach K-9, and Professor Howard.
PROFESSOR FITZ: We gave Spark and those other underdogs a chance.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: But it's only their first day.
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands in the doorway and watches the headmistress and the professors.
PROFESSOR FITZ: All the more reason to cut our losses now. Hmm? The attitude. My bark meter. And fighting in the hallway. D.O.G.'s unconventional students have been a terrible influence since they've arrived.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: I'm not vibing with all this negative talk. Give a pup a chance.
[Clears his throat]
COACH K-9: You know, fetchball is a good test of character. We could see how these underdogs do on the field.
PROFESSOR FITZ: I like it. And when...
[He laughs]
PROFESSOR FITZ: I'm sorry, if they lose, we confront D-O-G and discuss removing the underdogs, and no more stray. She was the biggest mistake of all.
[Spark whimpers]
[Charlie chuckles, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Charlie wears a referee uniform and points towards the fetchball field.
CHARLIE: The fetchball field is that way. Come on. Hustle up. Come on.
CORAZON: Woo! Fetchball, let's go!
CHARLIE: Come on, that way. Let's go. Pups! Pups! Come on, it's time to play fetchball! Off you go.
[Charlie laughs, tag jangles, students chant]
DESCRIPTION: Spark stops abruptly in front of Charlie, and her tag falls off.
SPARK: Yeah, right, sorry.
CHARLIE: C'mon now, hustle up! It's fetchball time! That's it. Have fun. Have fun. Let's go fetch!
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie walks towards the fetchball field. Spark walks in the opposite direction and then stops when Whiz and Corazon arrive behind her.
CORAZON: Hold up, Spark! You're going the wrong way! Fetchball is about to start. Dos Amigos needed on the field. And you're one of us.
SPARK: They don't want me here.
WHIZ: But we need you.
SPARK: Meeting you guys was the best part about this place, but I don't belong here.
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks away from Whiz and Corazon.
CORAZON: Don't leave.
SPARK: This school isn't made for pups like me.
CORAZON: What? Why?
WHIZ: Is that a logical decision?
CORAZON: Spark?
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On the fetchball field, Morgan and Charlie stand on opposite sides of a chalkboard. Charlie holds a pointer, and the coach stands beside him. On the chalkboard, parts of the bone-shaped field are labelled. A toy launcher is beside the middle of the field, which is marked as the fetch zone. The top left corner of the field is the ball zone, the top right is the bone zone, the bottom right is the shoe zone, and the bottom left is the toy zone. A penalty box is beside the toy launcher. The students sit on bleachers, with a tower between them, where Headmistress Gruff and Professor Howard are seated. The red team sits on a bench and consists of Mullet, George, a cream dog with long ears, Whiz, and Corazon. The blue team has Bite, Rotty, a Dachshund, an English Bulldog, a small tan dog, and a grey terrier.
[Students chatter, laugh]
COACH K-9: Fetchball is the official sport of Pup Academy. Why, you ask? To teach you pups how to fetch. Humans love to throw things as far as possible, over and over, and no matter how many times you bring it back, they just keep throwing it. They find that fun. We use fetchball to hone those skills.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie points to the zones on the chalkboard, using the pointer. Morgan stands in front of a scoreboard.
CHARLIE: There are four coloured zones, each with a basket to match the item to fetch. Morgan, you're up like we rehearsed.
[Chalkboard squeaks, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie flips the chalkboard to the side with the fetchball rules. Morgan runs to the toy launcher.
CHARLIE: The human-in-training will randomly launch one item into the fetch circle.
[Toy launcher booms, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a toy frog, and it lands in the fetch zone.
STUDENT: Whoa! Wow.
[Ball thumps, bone thumps, Morgan pants, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to the corners of the field and demonstrates putting a shoe in a cubby, throwing a ball into a basketball net near ground-level, dropping a bone into a hole, and dropping a toy into a blue toy chest.
CHARLIE: Two fetchers from each team will challenge for that item, and the winner will take that item and place it into the proper zone. So, a shoe goes into the cubby. A ball gets dunked into the net. A bone gets buried in the hole. And a chew toy gets put into the toy chest. Morgan, scoreboard.
[Morgan pants]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to the scoreboard. Beside each team’s logo is a shoe, a bone, a squirrel, and a ball.
CHARLIE: Now to win, a team must place one of each item into their basket.
[Morgan groans]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a picture of a red shoe over the shoe on the scoreboard.
CHARLIE: Any questions?
CORAZON: Uh, like a million, trillion.
WHIZ: Don't worry, I get it. Not sure I can play it.
COACH K-9: Okay, let the games begin. The newbie Howlers will play the defending champs, the Growlers. Hut, hut! Hoorah!
[Students cheer, shout]
DESCRIPTION: The teams run out onto the field and face each other.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Well, fetchball season is upon us. I'm Headmistress Gruff, and giving colour commentary today is Professor Howard.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Howard?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: 'Sup, G-Money? You can call me "H-Dawg."
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: I would rather not, and please don't call me G-Money.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Coming back after another winning season for the Growlers last year, Bite has dominated the game four years running!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: In the fetch circle are the fetchers in blue, in red, Whiz and Corazon for the Howlers. And in the zones, two snatchers from each team.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Looks like Spark's not on the field. G-Money, what's the "sitch?"
[Students cheer, birds tweet]
DESCRIPTION: Professor Fitz and D.O.G. stand on the grass beneath the tower.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Seems Spark abandoned the underdogs. I told you strays have no loyalty.
D.O.G.: The game is not over yet, Fitz.
WHIZ: I can't believe Spark left. We're a player and a friend short now.
CORAZON: I know. It's a "humungo" bummer, but we gotta be in the moment.
CHARLIE: Let's go fetch!
[Whistle blares, students cheer, launcher booms, toy squeak]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a bone into the fetch zone.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And there's a bone going straight to Whiz!
WHIZ: Ah! That looks dangerous! Safety first.
DESCRIPTION: Whiz backs away from the bone, and Bite grabs it.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It's an air-grab by Bite!
COACH K-9: Keep up the good work.
[Students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Bite drops the bone into the hole.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And Bite buries the bone!
[Growlers exclaim, students cheer]
CHARLIE: Point, Growlers.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And the Growlers strike first.
[Morgan taps, launcher booms, toy squeaks, students continue cheering]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a bone picture over the bone on the Growlers' line on the scoreboard, then launches another toy.
ROTTY: That one's mine!
DESCRIPTION: Rotty grabs the toy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Rotty's on the move!
GEORGE: Oh! I got him! I got him! I don't got him.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty jumps over George, carrying the toy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's Air Rotty flying over George.
GEORG: Where did he go?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Unbelievable!
[Whistle blares]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty drops the toy into the toy chest.
CHARLIE: That's a score!
[Students cheer]
ROTTY; Woo-hoo, yeah! I scored!
PROFESSOR FITZ: This could be the shortest game in fetchball history.
[Morgan taps]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a squirrel picture over the squirrel on the Growler line on the scoreboard.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's two items for the Growlers, and nil, nada, zippo, zilch, zero, for the Howlers.
[Whistle blares, launcher booms, squeaks, ball whooshes, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a baseball into the fetch zone.
CORAZON: I got it!
DESCRIPTION: Corazon picks up the ball, and Rotty chases him.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: And Corazon picks up the pace.
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom stands in the aisle between the bleachers and waves her pom-pom.
POM POM: Woo-hoo! Yeah! H-H for Howlers!
CORAZON: Huh?
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon turns his head and looks at Pom Pom.
POM-POM, ECHOING: Corazon.
CORAZON: Uh...
POM-POM, ECHOING: You're so good at fetchball. Will you go to prom with me?
WHIZ: Corazon, in the basketball hoop! Not the box!
[Students zone, whistle blares]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon puts the ball in the toy chest.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And Corazon places the ball in the toy chest! That's a zero, G-Money.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie waves off the point.
CHARLIE: Wrong zone!
PROFESSOR FITZ: Yes!
[He laughs]
PROFESSOR FITZ: I mean, oh, no.
POM POM: Uh, is he okay?
[Corazon giggles, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon sits in the toy box, staring at Pom Pom.
GEORGE: Dude, focus! Balls go in the basketball net, not the toy chest. Pay attention.
CORAZON: I am! To Pom Pom. That dog makes my tail wag.
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie walks to the toy launcher.
CHARLIE: Morgan, the Howlers are gonna get slaughtered without Spark. Have a look for her, will ya? Yeah.
[Footsteps rustle, nails click on metal, gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs away from the launcher. On the path in front of the Academy, Spark stands on her back legs and sniffs a hydrant.
SPARK: Come on, come on. I could've sworn it was one of these. I just wanna get out of here.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan arrives.
MORGAN: Spark! You here, Spark?
[Morgan sighs, rustles, tag jangles]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan notices Spark’s tag on the ground and picks it up.
MORGAN: Huh?
[Paws tap, Morgan gasps, footsteps thud, Morgan pants, Spark whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Spark runs to a different hydrant. Morgan shoves the tag in his pocket and runs to her.
MORGAN: Oh, hey. There you are.
[Morgan sighs]
MORGAN: My Grandpa wanted me to take you to the fetchfield, but it looks like you're looking to leave.
[Spark whines]
MORGAN: I'm pretty sure if you want to go through that hydrant, you'll need your tag. Um, I think you dropped it.
[Tag jingles, Spark whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan takes the tag out of his pocket.
MORGAN: You want it?
[Spark whimpers, Morgan sighs, soft music plays, Morgan sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan crouches in front of Spark. She puts her paw on Morgan’s knee, and he attaches the tag to her collar.
MORGAN: Tough first day, huh?
[Spark barks]
MORGAN: Yeah. I'm not sure where I belong either. But I get the feeling this place might be worth a chance.
[Spark whimpers]
MORGAN: Well, maybe I'll see you around.
[Footsteps tap, Charlie shouts distantly]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs towards the field and then stops and turns to Spark.
MORGAN: Oh, and by the way, you owe me a sandwich.
[Spark barks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs towards the field. Spark sits by the hydrant, listening to the play-by-play commentary from the professors.
DISTANTLY, PROFESSOR HOWARD: There's the launch!
DISTANTLY, HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Could this be it for the Howlers?
[Spark whimpers, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Spark looks down at the ground. On the field, Bite carries a ball to the basketball net.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Oh, the Howlers sure are missing Spark. If teamwork makes the dream work, this is a nightmare!
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Bite puts the ball into the net
CHARLIE: Point for the Growlers!
[Upbeat music plays]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Bite now doing his trademark victory dance.
DESCRIPTION: Bite turns in circles and then stands on his back legs.
BITE: Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Put your paws up!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Not the game I was expecting, G-Money.
CHARLIE: Halftime!
[Background chatter, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to Charlie.
CHARLIE: Oh. Did you find Spark? They could really use that pup out there.
MORGAN: Yeah, but I don't think she's coming back.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Right you are, Howard.
CORAZON: I thought this was gonna be super fun. It's the exact opposite. Super, uh, not fun.
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And we are back.
WHIZ: Do we have to go back out there?
[Paws thump]
DESCRIPTION: The Howlers jump off their bench.
CHARLIE: Let's go, pups.
BITE: Come on, team! Let's crush these chumps!
[Paws thump]
DESCRIPTION: The Growlers jump off their bench.
CHARLIE: Get on your marks! Get set!
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spark runs across the field.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Is that Spark coming on the field?
CHARLIE: Go!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It certainly is! Hurrah!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Hot diggity dog!
CORAZON AND WHIZ: Spark!
GEORGE: Hey, it's Spark!
POM POM: Yay! Woo-hoo! Spark is back!
[Bite growls, students cheer]
WHIZ: Boy, are we glad to see you.
SPARK: Hey, we're the Dos Amigos, right?
BITE: She can't play! She's a quitter!
CHARLIE: Technically, she never started.
[Bite groans, students cheer]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Ugh!
D.O.G.: Hmm. Well, the stray came back.
[Birds chirp]
PROFESSOR FITZ: The stray is still a stray. D.O.G.: She'll disappoint you, just like the last one.
SPARK: Time to kick some tail! Whiz, I'm pretty sure you're the smartest.
CORAZON: Uh, hello? I'm right here.
[Corazon chuckles, students cheer]
SPARK: Get me up to speed. What goes on here?
WHIZ: I'll call out the objects and the zone. You just go with it.
[Whistle blares]
CHARLIE: Let's play fetchball!
[Launcher booms, ball whooshes, squeaks, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a ball.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And there's the launch!
WHIZ: The ball goes in the net!
SPARK: I'm on it!
DESCRIPTION: Spark picks up the ball
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Well, she may be late, but she seems to be making up for lost time.
[Whistle blares, Charlie chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty chases Spark, and she drops the ball into the net.
CHARLIE: Point, Howlers!
POM POM: Yay!
[Tap, Morgan cheers]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan climbs a stepladder and puts the picture of the ball on the Howler’s line on the scoreboard. Charlie helps him down.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: The Howlers are finally on the board.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Well, the Howlers got lucky with that play.
[Launcher booms, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches two toys.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Double-launch! A bone and a shoe!
WHIZ: Corazon, grab the bone and bury it. Spark, grab the shoe!
SPARK: I'm on it!
WHIZ: Put it in the box!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark grabs the shoe. And Corazon gets the bone.
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Spark puts the shoe in the cubby, and Corazon drops the bone in the hole.
CHARLIE: Two points for the Howlers!
STUDENT: Double play!
POM POM: Woo-hoo!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It's a tie game!
DESCRIPTION: Charlie holds the stepladder while Morgan puts the shoe and bone on the scoreboard.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Only one more object for each team.
PROFESSOR FITZ: That is not possible.
BITE: Time-out, time-out!
[Whistle blares]
CHARLIE: And the Growlers call a time-out.
[Charlie chuckles, students cheer]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Time-out for the Growlers!
BITE: We cannot lose to these chumps. Rotty, you take down Spark, and I'm gonna show her why they call me Bite.
ROTTY: Uh, Bite's your name. Why would she call you anything else?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And we are back!
[Launcher booms, squeaks, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a ball.
WHIZ: Ball!
SPARK: I got it!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark's got the ball!
[Thud, students groan]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty knocks down Spark and lies on her.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Ooh!
SPARK: Get off of me!
[Crunch, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Bite bites Spark’s right hind leg.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark goes down hard.
COACH K-9: Oh! That's gotta hurt.
CHARLIE: Pup down! Injury on the field!
[Bite laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty and Bite walk away from Spark, who lies on the grass.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's a collision she won't soon forget!
SPARK: Anybody get the license of that truck?
[Bite chuckles]
BITE: Now you know why they call me "Bite."
CHARLIE: You bit an opposing player? That is a red penalty bone. You're out!
BITE: You've got to be kidding me.
CHARLIE: Get in the box, now!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Bite gets a red penalty bone for biting!
[Charlie sighs, paws thump]
[Students shout]
DESCRIPTION: Bite jumps onto a bench labelled “Penalty Box.”
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Isn't that... Isn't that his name, G-Money?
CORAZON: Spark, are you okay?
SPARK: Oh, yeah, better than ever.
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands.
CORAZON: That's weird, because you're not looking so good.
[Students cheer]
COACH K-9: Come on, come on. Walk it off, Spark. It's good, let's go. Good hustle, good hustle.
DESCRIPTION: The Howlers gather on the field.
SPARK: We can't lose to the Growlers. Me staying at the academy depends on it.
CORAZON: Yeah, "dude-rella."
SPARK: I might be a little slower, but I'm not leaving again. Whiz, any more tricks up your sleeve? Any ideas?
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays, chalk taps, squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: On a chalkboard, a picture of a shoe plus a frog equals the toy launches multiplied by two.
WHIZ: Thinking, and I got it. So, the Growlers need a shoe, we need a chew toy. We know it's a double launch.
[Whiz barks guitar riff plays, toy squeaks, Corazon barks, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: On the chalkboard, a drawing of Whiz grabs a shoe and runs. A frog toy appears, and a drawing of Corazon picks it up and then chases his tail.
WHIZ: If a shoe is launched, I'll grab it, run for my life, and play keep away. Corazon, if the chew toy is launched, you grab it and chase your tail wildly.
[Light music plays]
CORAZON: No problemo,"Whizallemo."
WHIZ: That's where you come in, Spark.
CORAZON: But she's injured, Whiz.
WHIZ: Exactly. Which is why they won't be watching you.
[Whoosh, toy squeaks, slide whistle, boing, slide whistle, squeaks, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: On the chalkboard, Corazon spins to Spark and drops the toy. Spark flips and lies on the toy. Spark jumps up and carries the toy frog to the toy chest.
WHIZ: Corazon, you pass Spark the chew toy, and just keep spinning. Spark, you play dead and lie on the chew toy. When I say, "Oh, no, everybody is after me!" you sneak out the back and place it in the toy box. And that's what we call "Operation Bait and Switch."
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: This next launch is critical. With both teams neck and neck, it's anybody's game.
[Launcher booms, upbeat music plays, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches the toy and the shoe.
WHIZ: Oh, boy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: It's a double play!
[Toy frog squeaks]
CORAZON: Oh! You're mine, squeaky frog!
WHIZ: I'll grab the shoe!
[Corazon whooshes, giggles, upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty follows Whiz to the shoe. Corazon picks up the frog and spins.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: What's Corazon doing?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: No clue, G-Money. But it's making me dizzy.
PUPPY: He's amazing.
[Squeak]
DESCRIPTION: The toy lands next to Spark, and she lies on it.
SPARK: Ow, my leg! It hurts so bad.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: - Uh-oh! Spark's down. Looks like Bite's bite was worse than his bark!
BITE: Hey, give that shoe back!
WHIZ: You want this shoe? Then come and get it!
CORAZON: Woo-hoo!
BITE: Rotty, ignore Corazon! Get Whiz!
WHIZ: Oh, no! Everybody is after me!
SPARK: Okay, I'm on. That's my cue.
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands and picks up the toy.
BITE: No, we've been tricked. Get Spark! Stop chasing Whiz!
DESCRIPTION: The grey terrier jumps on Rotty.
GREY TERRIER: Other way, dude!
POM POM: Go, Howlers!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Spark's on the breakaway, and Corazon's still spinning.
CHARLIE: Oh! The old bait and switch trick.
BITE: I bit her! How is she even running?
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Both teams run past Corazon chasing his tail in the fetch zone.
WHIZ: Go, Spark!
POM POM: Go, Spark!
BITE: Somebody stop her!
DESCRIPTION: Rotty chases Spark.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: And look at Spark push through that injury. Nothing can stop that pup!
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Spark puts the toy in the toy chest.
ROTTY: No way!
[Charlie laughs, students cheer]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Brilliant.
[Epic music plays]
COACH K-9: Howlers for the win!
POM POM: H-H Howlers!
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! I can stop spinning.
[Laughs]
CORAZON: Is it just me, or is the ground moving?
SPARK: We won, guys!
[Howlers exclaim]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: The Howlers have defeated the Growlers in an amazing comeback. Who could have predicted this?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's the first rule of fetchball. The unexpected is inevitable, G-Money.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Don't call me G-Money.
[Birds chirp]
D.O.G.: Well, seems like the unconventional stray pulled off an unconventional win.
PROFESSOR FITZ: She got lucky today. But remember, there's always tomorrow.
[Hydrants chime, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The professor walks away from D.O.G. Later, the hydrants in front of the school glow.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Great first day, students. Now go! Human school is out for the day, and you have to get home before your humans do.
CORAZON: We're super glad you came back, Spark.
WHIZ: We certainly are.
CORAZON: Unless this is all a dream.
SPARK: Boo!
[Corazon gasps]
CORAZON: Nope! Still wide-awake.
SPARK: I'm not sure this place is for me. But, hey, we're the Dos Amigos, right?
CORAZON: Right!
WHIZ: Actually, it's...
[Whiz sighs]
WHIZ: You know what? It's the amigos part that counts.
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! Bye!
[Hydrants chime]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon and Whiz jump into their hydrants.
WHIZ: See you later!
[Hydrant chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Spark jumps into her hydrant as D.O.G. and Headmistress Gruff watch.
D.O.G.: Well, seems like the stray might be here to stay.
[Hydrants chime, upbeat music plays, Corazon grunts, giggles, Spark whimpers, brown-haired boy chuckles, Whiz whines, Izzy’s footsteps thump]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz jumps out of his hydrant and runs towards the hole in the gate. Corazon jumps out of his hydrant, runs home, and wiggles under the backyard gate as Izzy walks up the front stairs of the house. Spark steps out of her hydrant, sniffs the sidewalk, and walks away. At Whiz’s house, the brown-haired boy pets him on the porch. In her house, Izzy walks down the basement stairs.
IZZY: I hope it wasn't too boring without me around here all day.
[Corazon whimpers, barks]
[Paws thump, Spark sighs]
DESCRIPTION: In her alley, Spark runs to her box and sits down.
SPARK: I wonder if tomorrow will be as great as today?
[Hands clap]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Morgan and Charlie stand beside the outhouse. Charlie claps his hands.
CHARLIE: Good job, Muffin.
[Upbeat music plays]
MORGAN: It's, eh...We'll let it go this time.
CHARLIE: Now get in that outhouse and flush yourself home before you're late for dinner. Promised your mom you'd be home by 6.
MORGAN: What? She knows about all of this?
CHARLIE: Of course. Why do you think you moved here? Who do you think worked out a deal with the new school so you could split your time between classes and the, uh, "family business?" As long as you keep your grades up.
MORGAN: Maybe I just work here without school?
[Charlie laughs]
CHARLIE: Nope. C'mon, outta here.
[Door creaks]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie opens the outhouse door and closes it after Morgan enters.
MORGAN: Okay. Bye, Grandpa.
[Door thuds, Charlie sighs, upbeat music continues, chimes, gentle music plays, owl hoots]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie leans against the door. He smiles, nods, and walks away. Behind him, the crescent moon cut-out in the door glows. Day turns to night at the Academy. Charlie and D.O.G. stand by the Canis Primus.
CHARLIE: Well, friend, in my humble human opinion, we made a little headway today.
[D.O.G. sighs]
D.O.G.: A little, perhaps, but we have much more to do, and there are those who live to see us fail.
DESCRIPTION: In Spark’s alley, the German Shepherd leader of the Lost Dogs notices Spark sleeping in her box. He looks at the tag on her collar.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: Well, I'll be...
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The German Shepherd walks away from Spark.
GERMAN SHEPHERD SINGS: Here at Pup Academy, the best, best friends we will learn to be. Everything we need to know, into dogs we will grow.
[Upbeat music plays]
[Song] Learning something new. There may be ups and downs, but we'll be comin' through. So, pay attention, we'll pick up a thing or two. Uh-oh-o-oh. I'll be right by your side. No matter what, no matter what. You got me day and night. No matter what, no matter what. And I know you're there for me too. And we got that bond for life. No matter what, no matter what. I got you like that.
[End Credits] Produced by Joanne Gerein. Guest starring: Clark, Michael Teigen; Lou, Lauren McGibbon; James, Nolan Hupp. Co-Starring: Spark, Riley O’Donnell; Corazon, Chance Hurstfield; Whiz, Dylan Schombing; Pom Pom, Islie Hirvonen; Bite, Zion Simpson; Rotty, Travis Turner; Mullet, Emily Delahunty; George, Luke Roessler; Professor Fitz, David Milchard; Headmistress Gruff, Ellie Harvie; Coach K-9, Jason Schombing; Professor Howard, Stuart Malinowski; King, Jed Rees; Tail, Cameron Hughes; Head, Fred Ewanuick. Original Score Composed by Brahm Wenger. Theme Song Written and Produced by Matthew Tishler. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids, Marney Malabar, Executive Producer, T.V.O. Kids. Copyright 2019 Puppy Prep Productions Incorporated. All rights reserved.
[Logo] Air Bud Entertainment.
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat music plays]
CHILD: Wee!
[Logos] T.V.O. Kids. Air Bud Entertainment.
[Text Reads] Original.
[Child giggles]
[Ball thumps, crickets chirp, upbeat music plays, chimes]
DESCRIPTION: At night, a golden retriever throws a basketball into a basketball net, and the ball leaves a trail of sparkles.
[Logo] Air Bud Entertainment]
DESCRIPTION: At night, glowing lights and tall trees line a path up a hill, leading to Pup Academy, a large building with turrets on the corners. In the sky above the Academy, a constellation twinkles.
[Opening Credits] In association with T.V.O. Kids. Starring Dan Lake, Christian Convery.
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in the academy courtyard in front of the Canis Primus statue. D.O.G., a black and white Siberian Husky, wears a golden robe, and the others wear dark blue robes. Coach K-9 is a black and white Great Dane, Professor Howard is a cream Wheaten terrier, Headmistress Gruff is a tan and white Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and Professor Fitz is a white pointer mix with red spots. Charlie is a man with short brown hair, a beard, and a moustache. He wears eyeglasses.
D.O.G.: Our academy faces its greatest challenge of all time. Humans are more distracted than ever. The bond between humankind and dog is weakening, and Canis Primus, the constellation that powers our school, is fading. I must let you know I'll be making a few unconventional choices for new students this year.
CHARLIE: Which is why D-O-G and I asked you to gather here tonight in front of Canis Primus, the Great First Dog.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Hmm. Unconventional? How?
D.O.G.: A sheep dog who, while...
[Clears his throat]
D.O.G.: Timid, makes up for it with wisdom.
[Birds chirp, pastoral music plays]
DESCRIPTION: During the day, a brown-haired boy and a black-and-white sheepdog puppy stand by a wooden fence in front of a two-storey house. The boy wears eyeglasses, a blue denim jacket, a white shirt, tan pants, and brown boots.
BROWN-HAIRED BOY: Okay, Whiz, so have at it. You show those sheep who's boss.
[Sheep bleat]
DESCRIPTION: The puppy, Whiz, approaches four sheep near an open gate.
[Opening Credits] Aria Birch, Gabrielle Miller.
WHIZ: Okay, Whiz, you got this. You're in control. All your research suggests that sheep are naturally intimidated by the very sight of you.
[Sheep bleats, Whiz screams]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks to the nearest sheep, and they look at each other.
WHIZ: Sheep!
[Sheep bleat, upbeat music plays, boy gasps, thud, mud squelches, boy spits, groans, solemn music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The four sheep chase Whiz towards the boy. The boy runs and trips, falling into a mud puddle. He takes off his eyeglasses. In a barn, D.O.G. stands in a hayloft. Below, Whiz stands up from beneath a pile of hay in a wagon.
WHIZ: Phew! I lost him.
D.O.G.: Hello, Whiz.
[Whiz screams]
WHIZ: Who are you? How do you know my name?
D.O.G.: It's my job.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: A golden dog tag appears on Whiz’s collar.
D.O.G.: I also know about that new tag on your collar.
WHIZ: How did that get there?
D.O.G.: You've been selected to join a very special school for pups. Tomorrow, when you hear the whistle blow, and you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you shall go.
WHIZ: I do like learning.
[Opening Credits] With Brian George. Executive Producers: Anna McRoberts, Robert Vince.
DESCRIPTION: In front of the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue.
D.O.G.: And another with a heart of gold, who has trouble focusing, but has no trouble having fun.
[Pastoral music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In front of a dog blanket backdrop, a golden retriever puppy wears a headband and a green sweater. In front of the puppy, a girl with curly, dark brown hair stands beside a tablet on a tripod. She wears a red-and-white striped sweater and jeans with colourful pom-poms attached.
[Opening Credits] Written by Anna McRoberts.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: First, this video, and then a scholarship to the best film school in the world.
[Puppy grunts]
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Yeah, maybe one or two steps in between.
[Puppy groans]
DESCRIPTION: The puppy shakes his fur.
CURLY-HAIRED GIRL: Whoa! Fur alert. Do not move, Corazon. Brush needed, stat. I'll be back. Stay.
[Footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: The curly-haired girl runs away from the golden retriever puppy, Corazon.
CORAZON: Focus, Corazon. You know the word "stay." You can do it. You can...Whoa!
[Chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon slowly chases his tail.
CORAZON: You can run, tail, but I will catch you.
[Opening Credits] Directed by Robert Vince, Anna McRoberts.
[Exclaims]
DESCRIPTION: D.O.G. arrives.
CORAZON: Um... Who are you? And why are you here?
D.O.G.: I'm here to invite you somewhere special.
[Chiming]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon jumps off a table, and a golden dog tag appears on Corazon’s collar.
CORAZON: Whoa! My girl Izzy will love this.
[D.O.G. chuckles]
D.O.G.: She'll not be able to see it. As long as it stays on your collar, it's invisible to the human eye.
CORAZON: Mind blown.
D.O.G.: When you hear the whistle blow, and you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you shall go.
CORAZON: What? Huh? Okay. I'm gonna need a little more info, yo.
[Professor Fitz sighs, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue, with two rows of red hydrants lining a path in front of them.
PROFESSOR FITZ: A sheepdog who's afraid of sheep? A goofy golden? I must be missing something. Pup Academy is built on pedigree.
D.O.G.: It was, but the stray will need friends. And underdogs stick together.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Excuse me. Did I just hear the word "stray?"
DESCRIPTION: On a sidewalk, the stray, a brown-and-white boxer puppy, runs away from a butcher, carrying a link of sausages in their mouth.
BUTCHER: Stop, thief!
[Stray pants, footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: The stray runs down an alley.
STRAY: Phew! I lost him.
[Light music plays, sausage thumps]
DESCRIPTION: On a nearby concrete staircase leading to a door, D.O.G. watches the stray enter a wooden box. D.O.G. walks towards the box, and the stray drops her sausage link.
STRAY: Don't get any bright ideas. I'm not sharing.
D.O.G.: Oh, I'm here to share something with you.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: A golden dog tag appears on the stray’s collar.
STRAY: Uh, this is a dog tag, which would mean I have a human, which I don't, because I'm a stray. So, not sure I'm interested in whatever you're selling.
D.O.G.: There's food. Think about it.
STRAY: Food? Okay, maybe a little bit interested.
D.O.G.: Tomorrow, when you hear the whistle blow, and you see your tag glow, through the hydrant you shall go.
STRAY: Hmm?
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Charlie, D.O.G., Coach K-9, Professor Howard, Headmistress Gruff, and Professor Fitz stand in front of the statue.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Must I remind you what happened the last time we allowed a stray?
D.O.G.: The prophecy clearly states—
PROFESSOR FITZ: The prophecy. That old thing again?
D.O.G.: I believe it is the key to saving our school. The world has changed, and if Pup Academy is going to survive, so must we.
[Opening Credits] Created by Anna McRoberts.
[Chimes, upbeat music plays]
[Title] Pup Academy.
[Car engine whooshes, light music plays, children shout]
DESCRIPTION: During the day, cars drive on a two-lane street in a town. On a sidewalk, a brown-haired woman and a blond-haired boy walk past a school bus. She wears her hair tied back and a grey sweater, a white shirt, and black pants. The woman carries a large black bag. The boy wears a black jacket, blue jeans, and a blue, green, and white shirt. He carries an olive-green courier bag.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Okay, honey. Don't forget, I'm working a split shift tonight, so dinner is in the freezer.
BLOND-HAIRED BOY: In the freezer. With a sticky note that says, "Love you, Morgan."
[Brown-haired woman laughs, footsteps thud]
DESCRIPTION: The two walk up stairs leading to a schoolyard, and she gives the blond-haired boy, Morgan, a folded brown bag with a sticky note attached.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Which reminds me... Whoa, whoa! I made your favourite. Meatball sandwich.
MORGAN: You know, they have these things called "phones" now, Mom. You can text this. Send an emoji. Save a tiny tree.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: All right, let's go in.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts out his hand and blocks the brown-haired woman, his mom.
MORGAN: Okay. Here's good. Don't need to be the new kid whose mom also walks him to school.
MORGAN’S MOM: Cool. It's just that is on my way to work, so...
[Children shout]
MORGAN: Ish. And you know that. I know that. They don't know that.
MORGAN’S MOM: Aw, he looks nice.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired boy, Whiz’s owner, walks toward the school, and Morgan’s mom gestures at him as he walks past. The brown-haired boy pauses, waves at her, and walks away.
MORGAN: Mom.
MORGAN’S MOM: I know, sweetie. I'm just hoping that now that we moved back, you're gonna make some new friends.
[Sniffing, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the bottom of the staircase, the stray peers up the stairs at Morgan and his mom.
MORGAN: I voted no to the move, and yet, here we are.
MORGAN’S MOM: I know, honey, but today is gonna be great.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan’s mom kisses his forehead.
[Girls giggle, birds chirp, students chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Two girls walk past, laughing at Morgan and his mom.
GIRL:How embarrassing.
MORGAN’S MOM: I love you. I'm proud of you, honey. Have fun.
[The stray sniffs, children chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan waves to his mom and walks up a concrete staircase towards the school. The stray follows Morgan and sniffs the air. Morgan leans against a concrete post at the bottom of another staircase, and three girls pass him. They walk up the stairs.
MORGAN: Hey, I'm Morgan Edwards, and you're in the middle of a conversation.
[Izzy hums, quiet music plays from earbuds]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon’s owner, Izzy, walks past Morgan.
MORGAN: Hey, I'm Morgan.
DESCRIPTION: Izzy takes an earbud out and turns to Morgan.
IZZY: Hmm? Hmm?
MORGAN AND IZZY: Nothing.
[Quiet music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Izzy puts her earbud back in her ear and walks away.
MORGAN: Well, I can tell Mom I officially tried.
[Exciting music plays, paws thump, bag rustles, stray grumbles]
DESCRIPTION: The stray runs to Morgan’s courier bag, takes his lunch bag, and runs away.
MORGAN: Oh, no! That's a meatball sandwich. Hey, get back here!
[Bell rings, footsteps run, children chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan watches the stray run away. He picks up his courier bag and joins passing children as they run towards the school entrance.
MORGAN: Argh.
[Children giggle, soft music plays, footsteps thump, children shout]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan pauses at the bottom of a staircase and looks at the schoolyard. D.O.G. steps out from behind a tree, and they look at each other. Then D.O.G. turns and walks away. Morgan runs up the stairs to school.
[Machine whirrs, buzzes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, a banner over the front entrance reads, “Where Pups Become Dogs.” In a workshop, Charlie and D.O.G. wear shaded safety glasses while Charlie does metalwork on a machine. Sparks fly from the metal as Charlie works.
D.O.G.: I know we need him, but he is younger than any apprentice we've ever had.
[Machine whirrs, buzzes]
CHARLIE: He'll be fine. I hope. The whole "Grandpa needs your help at a secret school for dogs" can be a bit overwhelming, but he'll adjust. Just like I did.
[Thump, machine powers down, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie turns off the machine and polishes a tag that reads, “Morgan.” The tag gleams.
CHARLIE: Ah. Ah, look at that.
D.O.G.: Oh, I don't know how you do it.
CHARLIE: The magic of thumbs. Look at them babies go.
[Laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie wiggles his thumbs.
D.O.G.: Big day tomorrow, old friend. Good luck with Morgan.
CHARLIE: Mm. Yes. And good luck with the new students. Are you sure the stray is key to saving the school?
D.O.G.: As sure as I can be. If the prophecy is right, the boy and the stray will save the day.
[Crickets chirp]
DESCRIPTION: The next morning, Charlie runs up the stairs at the Academy’s entrance. He stands beside D.O.G. and checks his watch.
D.O.G.: Okay, let's do this. Open the hydrants.
[Charlie exhales, lever creaks, steam hisses, whistle blows, hydrants chime, air hisses, stray whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Charli pulls a lever, and steam vents in front of the lever. The red hydrants lining the path to the school steps glow. The hydrants glow in the town. Charlie smiles and releases the lever. In town, the stray carries Morgan’s lunch bag.
[Truck motor hums, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A man and woman ride in a Wolfehead Township Animal Control truck. The man stops the truck near the stray. The woman has long blonde hair and wears a green uniform. The man has short black hair and wears a matching green uniform.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: There's the stray again.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Let's get her.
[Black-haired man chuckles sinisterly]
DESCRIPTION: The black-haired man carries a catch pole, and the blonde-haired woman carries a leash. Both slowly approach the stray.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: We got you cornered this time.
STRAY: Huh?
[Soft bark, bag rustles]
DESCRIPTION: The stray escapes, running through the woman’s legs.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Darn it!
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Had her cornered.
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: Hey!
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The stray enters a junkyard through a hole in the fence, still carrying the lunch bag. A brown-and-white dog watches her from inside a car.
BROWN-AND-WHITE DOG: Check it out, delivery.
[Bag rustles, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The stray drops the lunch bag.
STRAY: Oh, great. Looks like I've got company.
[Ramp creaks, crow caws]
DESCRIPTION: Dogs surround the stray. A German Shepherd walks down a ramp from a van.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: You snagged a whole human's lunch, bag and all. Very impressive. The Lost Dogs are always in the market for a pup who can carry her weight in lunch. Unless, of course, you're a pet. Then...?
[Growl]
OTHER DOGS CHANT: No pets allowed! No collars, no leashes. No humans!
[Dogs laugh]
STRAY: I'm nobody's pet. I'm a stray.
[Truck engine revs]
DESCRIPTION: The Animal Control truck parks on the other side of the fence.
STRAY: Oh, no.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: You led Animal Control to our hideout?
STRAY: I didn't know they were following me. I was just looking for a place to eat this lunch.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: Everybody scatter! Go! Go! Go!
A DOG SHOUTS: Run!
[Black-haired man grunts]
DESCRIPTION: The dogs run in different directions. The black-haired man squeezes his head and shoulders through an opening between the chained gates.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Go around.
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, D.O.G. and Charlie stand beside the lever.
D.O.G.: Blow the second whistle, Charlie.
[Steam hisses, whistle blows, hydrants chime, pups chatter, footsteps thump, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie pulls the lever, and the pups jump out of the glowing hydrants. In town, Izzy runs down the front steps of her house.
IZZY: Bye, Corazon. Be good.
[Corazon grunts]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon wiggles under a wooden gate beside the house.
CORAZON: Uh, whistle.
[Grunts]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon finishes wiggling beneath the gate and stands on the grass.
CORAZON: There's something I was supposed to do. Huh?
[Gasps]
CORAZON: Oh, yeah!
[Pants, hydrants chime, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon runs to a hydrant and jumps into a portal.
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! Whoa!
DESCRIPTION: A sheep chases Whiz up a gravel road.
WHIZ: Can't we talk about this?
[Sheep bleat, Whiz whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz runs through a gap in a gate and approaches a hydrant.
WHIZ: Please work. Please work! Whoa!
[Zap]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz jumps into a portal on the hydrant.
[Whistle blows, exciting music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a street, the Animal Control truck stops suddenly as the stray runs in front of it. As she approaches a hydrant, the black-haired man gets out of the driver’s side, carrying a net.
STRAY: When you see the hydrant glow, through the doorway you will go. Well, here goes nothing. Whoa!
[Grunts, clank]
DESCRIPTION: The man throws the net over the hydrant as the stray jumps into the portal. He dives toward the hydrant and hits his head.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: Ouch. That looked painful. Where did she go?
[Soft music plays]
BLACK-HAIRED MAN: I don't know. That dog is fast. But we'll catch her.
[Hydrants chime, puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, the puppies jump out of hydrants. Each arrives wearing a school uniform.
CORAZON: Wow.
WHIZ: Whoa!
STRAY: Whoa!
CORAZON: That was awesome! Um, what am I wearing?
WHIZ: Standard issue uniforms. Obviously.
STRAY: Where are we?
[Puppies chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon watches other puppies run up the stairs to the school.
CORAZON: Um...
[Hydrants chime]
ALL: Wow!
WHIZ: Am I dreaming?
CORAZON: Maybe this is all a dream.
STRAY: Boo!
[Corazon yelps]
CORAZON: Nope. Wide-awake.
WHIZ: Perhaps we should introduce ourselves.
CORAZON: Hey, I'm Corazon.
[Corazon sniffs]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks around his hydrant, and Corazon follows him, sniffing.
WHIZ: I'm Whiz.
DESCRIPTION: Whiz sniffs Corazon’s bottom.
STRAY: I'm Spark. And keep your cold noses to yourself.
WHIZ: How impolite.
CORAZON: Touchy.
DESCRIPTION: Headmistress Gruff walks down the path and stops in front of the stray, Spark. Puppies on the pathway turn and watch her.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: I'm Headmistress Gruff. Welcome to Pup Academy. "Where Pups Become Dogs."
[Puppies chatter]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Little do your humans know that when they go to school, so do you.
SPARK: Humans? Then what am I doing here?
[Inspiring music plays]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Each year, we select special pups to study here and take our teachings back to their community. You, the few, the proud, the furry, have no idea how special you are.
CORAZON: "Dudette" read my bio.
[Chuckles]
CORAZON: That's me. Special. With a side of awesome.
[Giggles]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom, an orange Pomeranian wearing a cheerleading uniform, arrives.
POM POM: Welcome, pup-pup puppies!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Meet our head cheerleader, Pom Pom.
POM POM: I'm Pom Pom!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: On your way to your first assembly, Pom Pom is going to take you on a tour of Pup Academy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom stands on her back legs and shakes a pom-pom between her front paws.
POM POM: Let's go! P-P for puppy! U-U are you! Everyone, follow me!
[Puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies follow Pom Pom towards the Academy.
SPARK: Well, they did say there was food here.
POM POM: Right this way, pups.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Come along, Spark.
SPARK: Okay. Here goes nothing.
DESCRIPTION: Spark follows the other puppies, and Headmistress Gruff follows her.
POM POM: Woo-hoo! Yeah!
[Puppies exclaim]
CORAZON: This place is amazing.
[Gentle music plays, refrigerator door opens, tap]
DESCRIPTION: In an apartment kitchen, Morgan opens the refrigerator covered with sticky notes and his drawings and takes out a bowl with a sticky note attached. Morgan closes the door and sticks the note with the others. He turns, and Charlie sits at the kitchen table.
CHARLIE: Milk?
[Morgan exclaims, cereal clatters]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan jumps, and cereal falls out of his bowl.
CHARLIE: Still eating Fruity O's, eh, Muffin?
[Footsteps crunch]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan walks over the spilled cereal.
MORGAN: I'm ten, Grandpa. You gotta stop calling me Muffin. It's Morgan.
CHARLIE: Okay, Morgan.
[Tap]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts his cereal bowl on the table.
MORGAN: Wait. What are you doing here so early? Are you living with us now?
[Charlie chuckles, upbeat music plays]
CHARLIE: No. How would you feel about missing school today?
MORGAN: And skip a day of awkward conversations with kids I don't know?
CHARLIE: Mm-hmm.
MORGAN: Hold up. What's the catch?
CHARLIE: Oh, it's, uh, it's take your grandson to work day.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie shrugs.
MORGAN: You mean, you're finally gonna tell me about your job?
[Door squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie opens a bathroom door and gestures inside.
CHARLIE: Oh, why tell you when I can show you?
DESCRIPTION: Morgan looks at the toilet, then at Charlie.
MORGAN: Please tell me you're a plumber.
[Puppies chatter, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the Academy, puppies run past wooden lockers in the wide hallways.
POM POM: Welcome to Pup Academy! These are your lockers. Go, lockers!
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom leads the puppies to a metal basin beneath a hose.
POM POM: There are water fountains, like these, throughout Pup Academy. Remember to get six to eight s-s slurpings a day! And when you need to go...
DESCRIPTION: Two dogs run inside from a dog park.
DOG ONE: Marked it. Bam!
DESCRIPTION: A third dog runs outside.
DOG THREE: Excuse me.
POM POM: We have the d-d dog park.
DESCRIPTION: The third dog urinates on a bush.
DOG THREE: It's mine now.
DESCRIPTION: A fourth dog runs outside and urinates on a tree.
DOG FOUR: Bam! Now it's mine.
[Upbeat music continues, puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom leads the puppies to a room with two long tables and benches along the sides. The tables have metal bowls filled with kibble.
POM POM: And every pup's favourite hangout, the Dog Bowl! Humans learn table manners. Here, you'll learn under-the-table manners. Yay kibble!
SPARK: Wait. Whoa. Is kibble your word for food? Why are we talking when we could be eating?
POM POM: We eat after assembly and morning class. K-K for kibble!
SPARK: But I'm S-S for starving!
[Puppies giggle]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom narrows her eyes at Spark.
POM POM: Hey, I do the cheers around here.
[The music stops]
DESCRIPTION: In the bathroom, Charlie stands on the toilet seat and extends his hand to Morgan.
CHARLIE: Now, take my hand, boy. It's your destiny.
MORGAN: Wait.
CHARLIE: Okay.
[Footsteps thump, toilet lid thuds, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie steps off the toilet, closes the lid, and sits on it.
MORGAN: Let me get this straight. You're a caretaker at a secret school.
CHARLIE: Precisely.
MORGAN: And we're gonna get there through a secret portal?
CHARLIE: Yes. Yes. This toilet.
MORGAN: And you can't tell me anything more.
CHARLIE: Well, not out here. You know, it's top secret.
MORGAN: Out where?
CHARLIE: Out here. Oh, and not in there.
[Charlie taps the toilet]
MORGAN: In the toilet.
CHARLIE: Now you're getting it. Yeah.
[Hands slap]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie smiles and puts his hands on his knees.
MORGAN: Grandpa, this is insane.
CHARLIE: You're right. Oh, what's gotten into me? You need your special dog tag.
[Tags jangle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie takes out the dog tag on a necklace and puts it around Morgan’s neck.
MORGAN: Okay. I'm gonna call Mom at the hospital. Check you out. Check you in. Because, you know, you can never be too careful.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: The dog tags glow. Morgan picks them up and looks at them.
MORGAN: Whoa.
CHARLIE: Morgan, I know how crazy this seems. But I need you to trust me, because I really need your help. Okay?
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie lifts the lid and stands on the toilet seat.
CHARLIE: I'll go first.
[Chimes, tag jangle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie takes out his dog tags.
CHARLIE: You'll be number two.
MORGAN: Can we really not talk about ones and twos right now?
CHARLIE: Yeah, okay. I'll see you there.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie glows and spins as he sinks into a portal in the toilet.
CHARLIE: Ho, ho, ho, ho! Whoa!
MORGAN: Wow!
[Thumps, chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan stands on the toilet seat. He glows and spins as he sinks into a portal in the toilet.
MORGAN SHOUTS: Ah!
[Morgan exclaims, door opens, door slams, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan stumbles out of an outhouse.
CHARLIE: I know. I know. It takes some getting used to.
MORGAN: We just flushed through a toilet to a whole other place.
CHARLIE: Yes, and it seems odd the first time.
MORGAN: Does every toilet do that?
CHARLIE: If you have an official Pup Academy tag, yes. Anything with water and pipes will get us here.
MORGAN: Get you where?
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gestures at the Academy.
CHARLIE: Oh. The most important school on earth.
MORGAN: And we got here through a toilet?
CHARLIE: You're really messing with the wonder of this moment.
[Puppies chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the assembly, puppies jump into their seats.
D.O.G.: Students, take your seats for assembly.
WHIZ: Front row seat. Let the learning begin.
VOICE: I see a tushy in my cushy that's not my tushy.
SPARK: Where's that coming from?
WHIZ: Who said that?
VOICE: I did!
CORAZON: Uh...
SPARK: Oh, down there.
[Chihuahua growls]
DESCRIPTION: On the ground, a tan and white Chihuahua glares at the others.
SPARK: You have got to be kidding.
CHIHUAHUA: Keep laughing, newbie.
SPARK: Big words, small fry.
CHIHUAHUA: You know, I might look small, but I run this place. Most pups are out of here in four dog years, but they keep bringing me back.
WHIZ: I may have misunderstood how school works, but I don't think flunking out is a bragging point.
SPARK: I'm not afraid of you.
[Chihuahua growls]
DESCRIPTION: A brown-and-white border collie mix with a spot over his right eye arrives and stands beside the Chihuahua.
BORDER COLLIE MIX: Well, you should be. I'm Bite's big bestie, Rotty, and I've got chew toys bigger than you.
[Rotty growls, laughs]
DESCRIPTION: The brown-and-white border collie, Rotty, glares at Corazon, Whiz, and Spark. The Chihuahua, Bite, stands beside him.
WHIZ: I am totally afraid of you.
BITE: You must be the smart one.
CORAZON: That he is. But I'm the awesome one.
SPARK: And I'm the one bored of this conversation.
BITE: You think you're so tough? I better not see you alone in the hallway, newbie.
[Microphone feedback]
DESCRIPTION: On a stage, D.O.G. steps behind a lectern.
D.O.G.: Okay, everybody, please take your seats.
BITE: Saved by the dean. You got lucky this time. But you three just made my list.
[Corazon gulps]
D.O.G.: Welcome to Pup Academy, where you will learn to be the best "human's best friends" you can be. This great hall shares our proud history.
STUDENTS: Ooh!
[Solemn music plays]
DESCRIPTION: A stained-glass window shows a wolf standing above a glass panel that shows him touching his paw to a human child’s hand. Another panel shows the child cowering against the wolf’s side as four snarling wolves approach. In another panel, the child hugs the wolf.
D.O.G.: Long ago, The Great First Dog, a brave, wise wolf pup, rescued a small child from a pack of ferocious wolves. This small wolf pup and that child bonded, and the first friendship between human and canine was forged. The spirit of their bond was so strong, it moved stars and ignited our guiding constellation: Canis Primus.
[Chimes]
DESCRIPTION: On the panel, stars move above the child hugging the wolf, creating a wolf’s head. The students look at D.O.G.
D.O.G.: Our academy formed to teach the world the power of friendship between human and dog, and to ensure that this great connection always remains strong. If the bond weakens, the constellation fades, and if it ever fades to black, then dogs could cease to be human's best friends, forever.
[Students exclaim]
D.O.G.: You, the chosen few, will carry forward to the world our mission of unconditional love.
[Students chatter]
[Footsteps tap, dog barks, paws thud, Morgan gasps]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie and Morgan enter the school and walk down a hallway. A black and white dog runs past them.
MORGAN: There's a dog loose in this school.
CHARLIE: Actually, only dogs in this school.
MORGAN: Yeah, of course.
CHARLIE: Mm-hmm.
MORGAN: What?
[Charlie laughs]
CHARLIE: Yeah.
[Students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the auditorium, D.O.G. stands behind the lectern.
D.O.G.: And now, Headmistress Gruff will lead you in our school howl.
[ Headmistress Gruff warms up her vocal cords, clears her throat]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Now, everybody!
[Bright music plays]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF SINGS: Here at Pup Academy. Best, best friends we will learn to be. All the things we need to know, into dogs, we will grow.
[Dogs howl]
MORGAN: Wait. What's that sound?
CHARLIE: The school howl. Oh, we're really late. C'mon!
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie and Morgan enter the side of the auditorium between the students and the stage. Morgan looks around the auditorium.
MORGAN: What is this place?
[D.O.G. barks]
CHARLIE: Oh. Hang on a second. Here comes my big intro.
D.O.G.: And this is Charlie, our Human on Campus.
[D.O.G. barks]
CHARLIE: That's me. Your H.O.C.
D.O.G.: Charlie has taken care of our academy for over 400 dog years.
[Students bark]
CHARLIE: Four-hundred dog years is not as old as it sounds, thank you very much.
[Students bark]
MORGAN: Wait. Are... Are you talking to dogs?
CHARLIE: Yeah.
MORGAN: This is amazing. So, tell me straight up here. Man to man. When these dogs bark, you can understand them? And they can understand you?
CHARLIE: Yes.
[Light music continues, broom rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Charlie uses a hand broom and brushes leaves off the Canis Primus statue in front of the Academy.
MORGAN: So, you couldn't understand me when I was trying to explain what L-O-L means, but you can talk to dogs?
CHARLIE: That's right. And one day, you'll be able to too. All of us can.
MORGAN: All of who?
CHARLIE: Our family. The Edwardses. Edwardseses? You know, I never really know how to pronounce that.
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie hits the statue base.
CHARLIE: Well, your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, he founded this place.
MORGAN: Really?
CHARLIE: Yes! Our family have been caretakers at the Pup Academy for generations. It's an incredible responsibility. And one day, all of it is gonna land on your shoulders. I'm not exaggerating when I say the very fate of friendship depends on you.
[Charlie inhales deeply]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gestures at the campus.
CHARLIE: This is your destiny. Ha ha. Pretty cool, huh?
[Morgan hiccups]
CHARLIE: Aw, you still get hiccups when you freak out.
[Footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: D.O.G. arrives.
D.O.G.: So, how's it going?
[Morgan hiccups]
CHARLIE: Ah, better than expected. Let's go get some water.
[Morgan hiccups, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the school, Corazon, Whiz, and Spark follow Pom Pom in the hallway.
POM POM: Human schools are grouped by homerooms. At Pup Academy, you're grouped by doghouses. Sniffers, Barkers, Howlers and Growlers. You guys have red ties, so you are the Howlers. Here's your L-L Lockers, H-H Howlers! Okay, gotta run. See you in class!
[Paws patter, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom runs, leaving the others beside their lockers.
CORAZON: We just partied at assembly, and now we're in the same posse? The universe talks. And it's telling me we three are meant to be buds. Dos Amigos.
WHIZ: It's tres.
CORAZON: Exactly! You get it, man! Simpático!
[Corazon chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: George, a black and white Boston Terrier, stops beside Corazon.
GEORGE: Hey, 'sup? Name's George. I'm also a Howler.
DESCRIPTION: Mullet, a small, scruffy cream mixed-breed, stops beside George.
MULLET SHOUTS: Hey, everybody! Name's Mullet! Looks like we're all in the Howler's House. Which lockers you guys taking?
WHIZ: Hey, like, we're right next to you.
MULLET SHOUTS: My human plays the drums a lot, so I yell to be heard.
MULLET: Even when I don't have to.
MULLET SHOUTS: It's a hard habit to break.
[Bell rings]
DESCRIPTION: Headmistress Gruff arrives in the hallway.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Oh! Time for your first classes. Your Pup Academy school year starts now.
[Upbeat music plays, puppies exclaim]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies run to class. In the classroom, Professor Fitz stands on a platform behind a lectern. An easel holds a drawing of a dog and a human smiling at each other, and a human mannequin stands in front of a chalkboard. The mannequin has a heart-shaped meter attached to the chest. Text on the chalkboard reads, “The Bark-o-meter. Happy human, happy dog”
PROFESSOR FITZ: Hello, I'm Professor Fitz, and this is Canine Languages. Like all classes at Pup Academy, you'll learn all the things you need to know to become a good dog. In this class, we'll work on the mastery of the bark. You, sheepish little dog.
[Light music plays]
WHIZ: Did someone say sheep? Where?
PROFESSOR FITZ: It's Whiz, right? Let's start with the most basic of barks. The "Welcome Home Human."
WHIZ: Ah.
[Stammers]
WHIZ: I guess I could do that.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz walks to the front of the classroom and barks. The needle on the heart-shaped bark-o-meter moves to almost 10 out of a possible 100.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Whenever you're ready.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Any time now. We're all waiting.
[High-pitch bark, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: The needle on the heart-shaped bark-o-meter moves to almost 10.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Is there a mouse in here? Who can show us the "Welcome Home" bark with a little more energy?
CORAZON: Oh! Oh, me!
[Corazon barks, meter beeps]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon jumps to the front of the classroom. He turns in circles and barks. The needle on the bark-o-meter moves erratically between zero and 50.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Corazon, that's your tail, not the human.
[Students laugh]
PROFESSOR FITZ: This sort of behaviour is beneath us at the academy.
[Corazon sighs]
CORAZON: Izzy loves it when I do that.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Who is up next? Spark, is it? Would you like to give something new a try? Hmm?
[Students chatter]
SPARK: Barking? This I can do.
[Spark barks, meter beeps, students exclaim, meter zaps]
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks to the front and braces her legs. Whiz hides his head beneath his desk. The needle on the bark-o-meter moves erratically between 50 and 100, and sparks fly out. The front of the meter falls off and dangles on a spring.
CORAZON: Whoa!
PUPPY: Uh-oh.
SPARK: Um...
PROFESSOR FITZ: Somebody needs to work on their indoor bark.
SPARK: What? That's how we bark on the streets.
[Bell rings]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Class dismissed.
[Students chatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Students walk in the hallway. Corazon, Spark, and Whiz sit at desks in Headmistress Gruff’s classroom. Beside her is a living room with a television, a chair, and tables. Charlie stands with his arms crossed, and Morgan sits in the chair.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Welcome to Human Behaviour class. Where we learn to understand humans, who are very complicated. Today, we'll start with how to figure out what our human needs, even when they don't know they need it.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie nods.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Now, who knows what this human needs?
DESCRIPTION: On the floor between the students and the living room is a bone, a slipper, a leash, and a rolled-up newspaper.
GEORGE: Beats me.
POM POM: I D-D don't know?
MORGAN: How do I help?
CHARLIE: Just sit in the chair and do nothing.
MORGAN: Well, I'm gonna nail this.
[Click, dog barks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan picks up a remote, leans back in the chair, and turns on a television. A dog appears on the screen.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Does anybody know what he needs?
[Rustle, light music plays, chair creaks]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz brings the newspaper to Morgan.
WHIZ: This one's easy! What kid doesn't need to be kept abreast of the events of the day?
MORGAN: A newspaper?
[Newspaper rustles, Morgan sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan throws the newspaper away.
WHIZ: Hmm. Seems my calculations were incorrect.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Okay, somebody else give it a try?
CORAZON: Focus, Corazon. Let the force guide you. Hmm. I got it!
DESCRIPTION: Corazon brings the slipper to Morgan.
[Morgan sniffs]
MORGAN: Ugh!
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts the slipper on the table beside him.
CORAZON: That is so weird. Who doesn't like smelly slippers?
[Morgan’s chair squeaks, Spark’s stomach grumbles]
SPARK: Time to sneak outta here. I need kibble.
DESCRIPTION: Everyone watches Spark jump out of her chair and walk across the front of the room.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Spark, where are you going?
SPARK: Uh... I was, uh, just going to get this leash! Yeah! That's it!
[Students chatter]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Good dog, Spark!
CHARLIE: You're absolutely right!
SPARK: Huh?
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Well done.
SPARK: Wait. What?
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Clearly, this lazy human needs exercise and fresh air. Gold treat for you, Spark.
[Students exclaim]
CHARLIE: Good dog, Spark!
SPARK: I was a... a good dog?
CHARLIE: All right, here you go.
[Spark munches]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie gives Spark a treat.
WHIZ: Way to go, Spark.
CORAZON: Yeah, that was totally awesome.
SPARK: Uh, thanks, guys. I've never been a good dog before.
[Bell rings]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Recess. Off you go, everybody.
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks down an empty hallway.
SPARK: Finally, a moment alone. Time to get to that kibble stuff.
[Bite growls, Spark sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Bite runs around the corner in front of her.
SPARK: And trouble.
DESCRIPTION: Rotty arrives beside Bite.
BITE: Now, where were we?
[Bite growls]
SPARK: Uh, you really don't want to corner me.
BITE: You want a piece of this, fleabag?
DESCRIPTION: Corazon runs down the hallway and stands beside Spark.
CORAZON: Oh, oh, oh! I do! Oh, ho, I totally want a piece of that!
[Corazon chuckles]
CORAZON: A piece of what?
ROTTY: Hey! I'll ask the questions around here. A piece of what, Bite?
BITE: Ugh!
DESCRIPTION: Whiz arrives behind Spark and Corazon.
WHIZ: Hey! Leave Spark alone!
[Bite and Rotty growl]
WHIZ: I said...
[Barks]
CORAZON: Dang!
BITE: What did you just say to me?
CORAZON: Someone found their bark.
WHIZ: I said... leave her alone. Please.
BITE: Say that again. I dare you.
[Whiz clears throat, squeaky bark, Bite laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Coach K-9 arrives behind Bite and Rotty.
WHIZ: Guess one was all I had.
BITE: You're barking back to the wrong dog.
SPARK: No, you're barking back to the wrong dog!
COACH K-9: Whoa! Time-out. What's going on over here?
[Puppies shout]
DESCRIPTION: Professor Fitz arrives behind Corazon, Spark, and Whiz.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Is this fighting at Pup Academy? Coach K-9, I'm pretty sure we have a rule about that, don't we?
COACH K-9: Oh, you bet we do, Fitz. Absolutely no fighting on campus at any time. Save it for the fetchball field. Come on, move it! Let's go, pups! Hut, hut, hut!
BITE: Let's get out of here, Rotty, before we catch some fleas. This isn't over, fleabags.
DESCRIPTION: Bite, Rotty, and the professors leave.
CORAZON: You were right, Whiz. She did need our help.
SPARK: You guys came back to help me?
CORAZON: Uh, remember? All that fun we had at the hydrants and stuff?
[Corazon snorts]
CORAZON: We're the Dos Amigos! Friends, right? Fetchball! Woo-hoo! Yeah! Let's go!
DESCRIPTION: Spark watches Corazon and Whiz run down the hallway.
SPARK: Friends? Huh?
CORAZON SHOUTS: Fetchball!
SPARK: I've never had friends before.
DISTANTLY, HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: What do you have against Spark?
SPARK: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Spark turns and walks back down the hallway towards a classroom. In the room, Headmistress Gruff stands behind a lectern and looks down at Professor Fitz, Coach K-9, and Professor Howard.
PROFESSOR FITZ: We gave Spark and those other underdogs a chance.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: But it's only their first day.
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands in the doorway and watches the headmistress and the professors.
PROFESSOR FITZ: All the more reason to cut our losses now. Hmm? The attitude. My bark meter. And fighting in the hallway. D.O.G.'s unconventional students have been a terrible influence since they've arrived.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: I'm not vibing with all this negative talk. Give a pup a chance.
[Clears his throat]
COACH K-9: You know, fetchball is a good test of character. We could see how these underdogs do on the field.
PROFESSOR FITZ: I like it. And when...
[He laughs]
PROFESSOR FITZ: I'm sorry, if they lose, we confront D-O-G and discuss removing the underdogs, and no more stray. She was the biggest mistake of all.
[Spark whimpers]
[Charlie chuckles, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Charlie wears a referee uniform and points towards the fetchball field.
CHARLIE: The fetchball field is that way. Come on. Hustle up. Come on.
CORAZON: Woo! Fetchball, let's go!
CHARLIE: Come on, that way. Let's go. Pups! Pups! Come on, it's time to play fetchball! Off you go.
[Charlie laughs, tag jangles, students chant]
DESCRIPTION: Spark stops abruptly in front of Charlie, and her tag falls off.
SPARK: Yeah, right, sorry.
CHARLIE: C'mon now, hustle up! It's fetchball time! That's it. Have fun. Have fun. Let's go fetch!
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie walks towards the fetchball field. Spark walks in the opposite direction and then stops when Whiz and Corazon arrive behind her.
CORAZON: Hold up, Spark! You're going the wrong way! Fetchball is about to start. Dos Amigos needed on the field. And you're one of us.
SPARK: They don't want me here.
WHIZ: But we need you.
SPARK: Meeting you guys was the best part about this place, but I don't belong here.
DESCRIPTION: Spark walks away from Whiz and Corazon.
CORAZON: Don't leave.
SPARK: This school isn't made for pups like me.
CORAZON: What? Why?
WHIZ: Is that a logical decision?
CORAZON: Spark?
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On the fetchball field, Morgan and Charlie stand on opposite sides of a chalkboard. Charlie holds a pointer, and the coach stands beside him. On the chalkboard, parts of the bone-shaped field are labelled. A toy launcher is beside the middle of the field, which is marked as the fetch zone. The top left corner of the field is the ball zone, the top right is the bone zone, the bottom right is the shoe zone, and the bottom left is the toy zone. A penalty box is beside the toy launcher. The students sit on bleachers, with a tower between them, where Headmistress Gruff and Professor Howard are seated. The red team sits on a bench and consists of Mullet, George, a cream dog with long ears, Whiz, and Corazon. The blue team has Bite, Rotty, a Dachshund, an English Bulldog, a small tan dog, and a grey terrier.
[Students chatter, laugh]
COACH K-9: Fetchball is the official sport of Pup Academy. Why, you ask? To teach you pups how to fetch. Humans love to throw things as far as possible, over and over, and no matter how many times you bring it back, they just keep throwing it. They find that fun. We use fetchball to hone those skills.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie points to the zones on the chalkboard, using the pointer. Morgan stands in front of a scoreboard.
CHARLIE: There are four coloured zones, each with a basket to match the item to fetch. Morgan, you're up like we rehearsed.
[Chalkboard squeaks, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie flips the chalkboard to the side with the fetchball rules. Morgan runs to the toy launcher.
CHARLIE: The human-in-training will randomly launch one item into the fetch circle.
[Toy launcher booms, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a toy frog, and it lands in the fetch zone.
STUDENT: Whoa! Wow.
[Ball thumps, bone thumps, Morgan pants, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to the corners of the field and demonstrates putting a shoe in a cubby, throwing a ball into a basketball net near ground-level, dropping a bone into a hole, and dropping a toy into a blue toy chest.
CHARLIE: Two fetchers from each team will challenge for that item, and the winner will take that item and place it into the proper zone. So, a shoe goes into the cubby. A ball gets dunked into the net. A bone gets buried in the hole. And a chew toy gets put into the toy chest. Morgan, scoreboard.
[Morgan pants]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to the scoreboard. Beside each team’s logo is a shoe, a bone, a squirrel, and a ball.
CHARLIE: Now to win, a team must place one of each item into their basket.
[Morgan groans]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a picture of a red shoe over the shoe on the scoreboard.
CHARLIE: Any questions?
CORAZON: Uh, like a million, trillion.
WHIZ: Don't worry, I get it. Not sure I can play it.
COACH K-9: Okay, let the games begin. The newbie Howlers will play the defending champs, the Growlers. Hut, hut! Hoorah!
[Students cheer, shout]
DESCRIPTION: The teams run out onto the field and face each other.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Well, fetchball season is upon us. I'm Headmistress Gruff, and giving colour commentary today is Professor Howard.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Howard?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: 'Sup, G-Money? You can call me "H-Dawg."
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: I would rather not, and please don't call me G-Money.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Coming back after another winning season for the Growlers last year, Bite has dominated the game four years running!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: In the fetch circle are the fetchers in blue, in red, Whiz and Corazon for the Howlers. And in the zones, two snatchers from each team.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Looks like Spark's not on the field. G-Money, what's the "sitch?"
[Students cheer, birds tweet]
DESCRIPTION: Professor Fitz and D.O.G. stand on the grass beneath the tower.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Seems Spark abandoned the underdogs. I told you strays have no loyalty.
D.O.G.: The game is not over yet, Fitz.
WHIZ: I can't believe Spark left. We're a player and a friend short now.
CORAZON: I know. It's a "humungo" bummer, but we gotta be in the moment.
CHARLIE: Let's go fetch!
[Whistle blares, students cheer, launcher booms, toy squeak]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a bone into the fetch zone.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And there's a bone going straight to Whiz!
WHIZ: Ah! That looks dangerous! Safety first.
DESCRIPTION: Whiz backs away from the bone, and Bite grabs it.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It's an air-grab by Bite!
COACH K-9: Keep up the good work.
[Students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Bite drops the bone into the hole.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And Bite buries the bone!
[Growlers exclaim, students cheer]
CHARLIE: Point, Growlers.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And the Growlers strike first.
[Morgan taps, launcher booms, toy squeaks, students continue cheering]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a bone picture over the bone on the Growlers' line on the scoreboard, then launches another toy.
ROTTY: That one's mine!
DESCRIPTION: Rotty grabs the toy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Rotty's on the move!
GEORGE: Oh! I got him! I got him! I don't got him.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty jumps over George, carrying the toy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's Air Rotty flying over George.
GEORG: Where did he go?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Unbelievable!
[Whistle blares]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty drops the toy into the toy chest.
CHARLIE: That's a score!
[Students cheer]
ROTTY; Woo-hoo, yeah! I scored!
PROFESSOR FITZ: This could be the shortest game in fetchball history.
[Morgan taps]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan puts a squirrel picture over the squirrel on the Growler line on the scoreboard.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's two items for the Growlers, and nil, nada, zippo, zilch, zero, for the Howlers.
[Whistle blares, launcher booms, squeaks, ball whooshes, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a baseball into the fetch zone.
CORAZON: I got it!
DESCRIPTION: Corazon picks up the ball, and Rotty chases him.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: And Corazon picks up the pace.
DESCRIPTION: Pom Pom stands in the aisle between the bleachers and waves her pom-pom.
POM POM: Woo-hoo! Yeah! H-H for Howlers!
CORAZON: Huh?
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon turns his head and looks at Pom Pom.
POM-POM, ECHOING: Corazon.
CORAZON: Uh...
POM-POM, ECHOING: You're so good at fetchball. Will you go to prom with me?
WHIZ: Corazon, in the basketball hoop! Not the box!
[Students zone, whistle blares]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon puts the ball in the toy chest.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And Corazon places the ball in the toy chest! That's a zero, G-Money.
DESCRIPTION: Charlie waves off the point.
CHARLIE: Wrong zone!
PROFESSOR FITZ: Yes!
[He laughs]
PROFESSOR FITZ: I mean, oh, no.
POM POM: Uh, is he okay?
[Corazon giggles, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon sits in the toy box, staring at Pom Pom.
GEORGE: Dude, focus! Balls go in the basketball net, not the toy chest. Pay attention.
CORAZON: I am! To Pom Pom. That dog makes my tail wag.
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie walks to the toy launcher.
CHARLIE: Morgan, the Howlers are gonna get slaughtered without Spark. Have a look for her, will ya? Yeah.
[Footsteps rustle, nails click on metal, gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs away from the launcher. On the path in front of the Academy, Spark stands on her back legs and sniffs a hydrant.
SPARK: Come on, come on. I could've sworn it was one of these. I just wanna get out of here.
DESCRIPTION: Morgan arrives.
MORGAN: Spark! You here, Spark?
[Morgan sighs, rustles, tag jangles]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan notices Spark’s tag on the ground and picks it up.
MORGAN: Huh?
[Paws tap, Morgan gasps, footsteps thud, Morgan pants, Spark whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Spark runs to a different hydrant. Morgan shoves the tag in his pocket and runs to her.
MORGAN: Oh, hey. There you are.
[Morgan sighs]
MORGAN: My Grandpa wanted me to take you to the fetchfield, but it looks like you're looking to leave.
[Spark whines]
MORGAN: I'm pretty sure if you want to go through that hydrant, you'll need your tag. Um, I think you dropped it.
[Tag jingles, Spark whimpers]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan takes the tag out of his pocket.
MORGAN: You want it?
[Spark whimpers, Morgan sighs, soft music plays, Morgan sighs]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan crouches in front of Spark. She puts her paw on Morgan’s knee, and he attaches the tag to her collar.
MORGAN: Tough first day, huh?
[Spark barks]
MORGAN: Yeah. I'm not sure where I belong either. But I get the feeling this place might be worth a chance.
[Spark whimpers]
MORGAN: Well, maybe I'll see you around.
[Footsteps tap, Charlie shouts distantly]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs towards the field and then stops and turns to Spark.
MORGAN: Oh, and by the way, you owe me a sandwich.
[Spark barks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs towards the field. Spark sits by the hydrant, listening to the play-by-play commentary from the professors.
DISTANTLY, PROFESSOR HOWARD: There's the launch!
DISTANTLY, HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Could this be it for the Howlers?
[Spark whimpers, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Spark looks down at the ground. On the field, Bite carries a ball to the basketball net.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Oh, the Howlers sure are missing Spark. If teamwork makes the dream work, this is a nightmare!
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Bite puts the ball into the net
CHARLIE: Point for the Growlers!
[Upbeat music plays]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Bite now doing his trademark victory dance.
DESCRIPTION: Bite turns in circles and then stands on his back legs.
BITE: Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Put your paws up!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Not the game I was expecting, G-Money.
CHARLIE: Halftime!
[Background chatter, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan runs to Charlie.
CHARLIE: Oh. Did you find Spark? They could really use that pup out there.
MORGAN: Yeah, but I don't think she's coming back.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Right you are, Howard.
CORAZON: I thought this was gonna be super fun. It's the exact opposite. Super, uh, not fun.
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And we are back.
WHIZ: Do we have to go back out there?
[Paws thump]
DESCRIPTION: The Howlers jump off their bench.
CHARLIE: Let's go, pups.
BITE: Come on, team! Let's crush these chumps!
[Paws thump]
DESCRIPTION: The Growlers jump off their bench.
CHARLIE: Get on your marks! Get set!
[Inspiring music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spark runs across the field.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Is that Spark coming on the field?
CHARLIE: Go!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It certainly is! Hurrah!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Hot diggity dog!
CORAZON AND WHIZ: Spark!
GEORGE: Hey, it's Spark!
POM POM: Yay! Woo-hoo! Spark is back!
[Bite growls, students cheer]
WHIZ: Boy, are we glad to see you.
SPARK: Hey, we're the Dos Amigos, right?
BITE: She can't play! She's a quitter!
CHARLIE: Technically, she never started.
[Bite groans, students cheer]
PROFESSOR FITZ: Ugh!
D.O.G.: Hmm. Well, the stray came back.
[Birds chirp]
PROFESSOR FITZ: The stray is still a stray. D.O.G.: She'll disappoint you, just like the last one.
SPARK: Time to kick some tail! Whiz, I'm pretty sure you're the smartest.
CORAZON: Uh, hello? I'm right here.
[Corazon chuckles, students cheer]
SPARK: Get me up to speed. What goes on here?
WHIZ: I'll call out the objects and the zone. You just go with it.
[Whistle blares]
CHARLIE: Let's play fetchball!
[Launcher booms, ball whooshes, squeaks, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a ball.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And there's the launch!
WHIZ: The ball goes in the net!
SPARK: I'm on it!
DESCRIPTION: Spark picks up the ball
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Well, she may be late, but she seems to be making up for lost time.
[Whistle blares, Charlie chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty chases Spark, and she drops the ball into the net.
CHARLIE: Point, Howlers!
POM POM: Yay!
[Tap, Morgan cheers]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan climbs a stepladder and puts the picture of the ball on the Howler’s line on the scoreboard. Charlie helps him down.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: The Howlers are finally on the board.
PROFESSOR FITZ: Well, the Howlers got lucky with that play.
[Launcher booms, toy squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches two toys.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Double-launch! A bone and a shoe!
WHIZ: Corazon, grab the bone and bury it. Spark, grab the shoe!
SPARK: I'm on it!
WHIZ: Put it in the box!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark grabs the shoe. And Corazon gets the bone.
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Spark puts the shoe in the cubby, and Corazon drops the bone in the hole.
CHARLIE: Two points for the Howlers!
STUDENT: Double play!
POM POM: Woo-hoo!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: It's a tie game!
DESCRIPTION: Charlie holds the stepladder while Morgan puts the shoe and bone on the scoreboard.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Only one more object for each team.
PROFESSOR FITZ: That is not possible.
BITE: Time-out, time-out!
[Whistle blares]
CHARLIE: And the Growlers call a time-out.
[Charlie chuckles, students cheer]
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Time-out for the Growlers!
BITE: We cannot lose to these chumps. Rotty, you take down Spark, and I'm gonna show her why they call me Bite.
ROTTY: Uh, Bite's your name. Why would she call you anything else?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: And we are back!
[Launcher booms, squeaks, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches a ball.
WHIZ: Ball!
SPARK: I got it!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark's got the ball!
[Thud, students groan]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty knocks down Spark and lies on her.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Ooh!
SPARK: Get off of me!
[Crunch, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Bite bites Spark’s right hind leg.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Spark goes down hard.
COACH K-9: Oh! That's gotta hurt.
CHARLIE: Pup down! Injury on the field!
[Bite laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty and Bite walk away from Spark, who lies on the grass.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's a collision she won't soon forget!
SPARK: Anybody get the license of that truck?
[Bite chuckles]
BITE: Now you know why they call me "Bite."
CHARLIE: You bit an opposing player? That is a red penalty bone. You're out!
BITE: You've got to be kidding me.
CHARLIE: Get in the box, now!
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Bite gets a red penalty bone for biting!
[Charlie sighs, paws thump]
[Students shout]
DESCRIPTION: Bite jumps onto a bench labelled “Penalty Box.”
PROFESSOR HOWARD: Isn't that... Isn't that his name, G-Money?
CORAZON: Spark, are you okay?
SPARK: Oh, yeah, better than ever.
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands.
CORAZON: That's weird, because you're not looking so good.
[Students cheer]
COACH K-9: Come on, come on. Walk it off, Spark. It's good, let's go. Good hustle, good hustle.
DESCRIPTION: The Howlers gather on the field.
SPARK: We can't lose to the Growlers. Me staying at the academy depends on it.
CORAZON: Yeah, "dude-rella."
SPARK: I might be a little slower, but I'm not leaving again. Whiz, any more tricks up your sleeve? Any ideas?
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays, chalk taps, squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: On a chalkboard, a picture of a shoe plus a frog equals the toy launches multiplied by two.
WHIZ: Thinking, and I got it. So, the Growlers need a shoe, we need a chew toy. We know it's a double launch.
[Whiz barks guitar riff plays, toy squeaks, Corazon barks, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: On the chalkboard, a drawing of Whiz grabs a shoe and runs. A frog toy appears, and a drawing of Corazon picks it up and then chases his tail.
WHIZ: If a shoe is launched, I'll grab it, run for my life, and play keep away. Corazon, if the chew toy is launched, you grab it and chase your tail wildly.
[Light music plays]
CORAZON: No problemo,"Whizallemo."
WHIZ: That's where you come in, Spark.
CORAZON: But she's injured, Whiz.
WHIZ: Exactly. Which is why they won't be watching you.
[Whoosh, toy squeaks, slide whistle, boing, slide whistle, squeaks, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: On the chalkboard, Corazon spins to Spark and drops the toy. Spark flips and lies on the toy. Spark jumps up and carries the toy frog to the toy chest.
WHIZ: Corazon, you pass Spark the chew toy, and just keep spinning. Spark, you play dead and lie on the chew toy. When I say, "Oh, no, everybody is after me!" you sneak out the back and place it in the toy box. And that's what we call "Operation Bait and Switch."
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: This next launch is critical. With both teams neck and neck, it's anybody's game.
[Launcher booms, upbeat music plays, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Morgan launches the toy and the shoe.
WHIZ: Oh, boy.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: It's a double play!
[Toy frog squeaks]
CORAZON: Oh! You're mine, squeaky frog!
WHIZ: I'll grab the shoe!
[Corazon whooshes, giggles, upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Rotty follows Whiz to the shoe. Corazon picks up the frog and spins.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: What's Corazon doing?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: No clue, G-Money. But it's making me dizzy.
PUPPY: He's amazing.
[Squeak]
DESCRIPTION: The toy lands next to Spark, and she lies on it.
SPARK: Ow, my leg! It hurts so bad.
PROFESSOR HOWARD: - Uh-oh! Spark's down. Looks like Bite's bite was worse than his bark!
BITE: Hey, give that shoe back!
WHIZ: You want this shoe? Then come and get it!
CORAZON: Woo-hoo!
BITE: Rotty, ignore Corazon! Get Whiz!
WHIZ: Oh, no! Everybody is after me!
SPARK: Okay, I'm on. That's my cue.
DESCRIPTION: Spark stands and picks up the toy.
BITE: No, we've been tricked. Get Spark! Stop chasing Whiz!
DESCRIPTION: The grey terrier jumps on Rotty.
GREY TERRIER: Other way, dude!
POM POM: Go, Howlers!
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Spark's on the breakaway, and Corazon's still spinning.
CHARLIE: Oh! The old bait and switch trick.
BITE: I bit her! How is she even running?
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Both teams run past Corazon chasing his tail in the fetch zone.
WHIZ: Go, Spark!
POM POM: Go, Spark!
BITE: Somebody stop her!
DESCRIPTION: Rotty chases Spark.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: And look at Spark push through that injury. Nothing can stop that pup!
[Whistle blares, students cheer]
DESCRIPTION: Spark puts the toy in the toy chest.
ROTTY: No way!
[Charlie laughs, students cheer]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Brilliant.
[Epic music plays]
COACH K-9: Howlers for the win!
POM POM: H-H Howlers!
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! I can stop spinning.
[Laughs]
CORAZON: Is it just me, or is the ground moving?
SPARK: We won, guys!
[Howlers exclaim]
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: The Howlers have defeated the Growlers in an amazing comeback. Who could have predicted this?
PROFESSOR HOWARD: That's the first rule of fetchball. The unexpected is inevitable, G-Money.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Don't call me G-Money.
[Birds chirp]
D.O.G.: Well, seems like the unconventional stray pulled off an unconventional win.
PROFESSOR FITZ: She got lucky today. But remember, there's always tomorrow.
[Hydrants chime, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The professor walks away from D.O.G. Later, the hydrants in front of the school glow.
HEADMISTRESS GRUFF: Great first day, students. Now go! Human school is out for the day, and you have to get home before your humans do.
CORAZON: We're super glad you came back, Spark.
WHIZ: We certainly are.
CORAZON: Unless this is all a dream.
SPARK: Boo!
[Corazon gasps]
CORAZON: Nope! Still wide-awake.
SPARK: I'm not sure this place is for me. But, hey, we're the Dos Amigos, right?
CORAZON: Right!
WHIZ: Actually, it's...
[Whiz sighs]
WHIZ: You know what? It's the amigos part that counts.
CORAZON: Woo-hoo! Bye!
[Hydrants chime]
DESCRIPTION: Corazon and Whiz jump into their hydrants.
WHIZ: See you later!
[Hydrant chimes]
DESCRIPTION: Spark jumps into her hydrant as D.O.G. and Headmistress Gruff watch.
D.O.G.: Well, seems like the stray might be here to stay.
[Hydrants chime, upbeat music plays, Corazon grunts, giggles, Spark whimpers, brown-haired boy chuckles, Whiz whines, Izzy’s footsteps thump]
DESCRIPTION: Whiz jumps out of his hydrant and runs towards the hole in the gate. Corazon jumps out of his hydrant, runs home, and wiggles under the backyard gate as Izzy walks up the front stairs of the house. Spark steps out of her hydrant, sniffs the sidewalk, and walks away. At Whiz’s house, the brown-haired boy pets him on the porch. In her house, Izzy walks down the basement stairs.
IZZY: I hope it wasn't too boring without me around here all day.
[Corazon whimpers, barks]
[Paws thump, Spark sighs]
DESCRIPTION: In her alley, Spark runs to her box and sits down.
SPARK: I wonder if tomorrow will be as great as today?
[Hands clap]
DESCRIPTION: At the Academy, Morgan and Charlie stand beside the outhouse. Charlie claps his hands.
CHARLIE: Good job, Muffin.
[Upbeat music plays]
MORGAN: It's, eh...We'll let it go this time.
CHARLIE: Now get in that outhouse and flush yourself home before you're late for dinner. Promised your mom you'd be home by 6.
MORGAN: What? She knows about all of this?
CHARLIE: Of course. Why do you think you moved here? Who do you think worked out a deal with the new school so you could split your time between classes and the, uh, "family business?" As long as you keep your grades up.
MORGAN: Maybe I just work here without school?
[Charlie laughs]
CHARLIE: Nope. C'mon, outta here.
[Door creaks]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie opens the outhouse door and closes it after Morgan enters.
MORGAN: Okay. Bye, Grandpa.
[Door thuds, Charlie sighs, upbeat music continues, chimes, gentle music plays, owl hoots]
DESCRIPTION: Charlie leans against the door. He smiles, nods, and walks away. Behind him, the crescent moon cut-out in the door glows. Day turns to night at the Academy. Charlie and D.O.G. stand by the Canis Primus.
CHARLIE: Well, friend, in my humble human opinion, we made a little headway today.
[D.O.G. sighs]
D.O.G.: A little, perhaps, but we have much more to do, and there are those who live to see us fail.
DESCRIPTION: In Spark’s alley, the German Shepherd leader of the Lost Dogs notices Spark sleeping in her box. He looks at the tag on her collar.
GERMAN SHEPHERD: Well, I'll be...
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The German Shepherd walks away from Spark.
GERMAN SHEPHERD SINGS: Here at Pup Academy, the best, best friends we will learn to be. Everything we need to know, into dogs we will grow.
[Upbeat music plays]
[Song] Learning something new. There may be ups and downs, but we'll be comin' through. So, pay attention, we'll pick up a thing or two. Uh-oh-o-oh. I'll be right by your side. No matter what, no matter what. You got me day and night. No matter what, no matter what. And I know you're there for me too. And we got that bond for life. No matter what, no matter what. I got you like that.
[End Credits] Produced by Joanne Gerein. Guest starring: Clark, Michael Teigen; Lou, Lauren McGibbon; James, Nolan Hupp. Co-Starring: Spark, Riley O’Donnell; Corazon, Chance Hurstfield; Whiz, Dylan Schombing; Pom Pom, Islie Hirvonen; Bite, Zion Simpson; Rotty, Travis Turner; Mullet, Emily Delahunty; George, Luke Roessler; Professor Fitz, David Milchard; Headmistress Gruff, Ellie Harvie; Coach K-9, Jason Schombing; Professor Howard, Stuart Malinowski; King, Jed Rees; Tail, Cameron Hughes; Head, Fred Ewanuick. Original Score Composed by Brahm Wenger. Theme Song Written and Produced by Matthew Tishler. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids, Marney Malabar, Executive Producer, T.V.O. Kids. Copyright 2019 Puppy Prep Productions Incorporated. All rights reserved.
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