Woolly Woolly

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[Bright music plays]

A CHILD: Whee!

[Opening credits] t.v.o. kids and P.V.P. Media and Normaal Original.

[Child giggling]

[Cheerful, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In a world made of wool, the Woollys, five tightly knitted gnomes, walk behind a hedge. Text reads, “T.V.O.kids Presents, A France-Canada co-production Normaal and P.V.P Media. With the participation of France télévisions, Radio-Canada and Knowledge Kids.”

SINGER: Have you ever seen?

DESCRIPTION: A Woolly with a white beard wearing a red hat pops up from behind the hedge.

THE BEARDED WOOLLY: What?

SINGER: Playing in the sun?

DESCRIPTION: A white-haired Woolly wearing a red hat pops up with a small Woolly wearing a tall yellow hat.

THE WHITE-HAIRED AND SMALL WOOLLY: Who?

SINGER: Tiny woolly woollys?

DESCRIPTION: A brown-haired Woolly wearing a short red hat pops up with a Woolly wearing a pink bow on a yellow hat.

THE BROWN-HAIRED WOOLLY AND THE PINK BOW-WEARING WOOLLY: Hey!

SINGER: Out there having fun?

DESCRIPTION: A space opens up in the hedge, and all five Woollys appear.

THE FIVE WOOLLYS: Woolly Woolly!!!

[Opening credits continue] “Executive Producer/Creative Consultant Anna Hrachovec. Producers Alexis Lavillat and François Trudel.”

DESCRIPTION: In a forest, the Woollys walk past large trees.

THE SMALL WOOLLY CHEERS: Woo-hoo!

SINGER: Have you met BeeBee?

BEEBEE, THE SMALL WOOLLY: Hey there!

SINGER: ChooChoo, Pirouette?

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo, the brown-haired Woolly, and Pirouette, the Woolly wearing a pink bow, smile and wave.

CHOOCHOO: Hi!

PIROUETTE: Hey!

SINGER: Josie and Willy?

JOSIE, THE WHITE-HAIRED WOOLLY AND WILLY, THE BEARDED WOOLLY: Yoo-hoo!

SINGER: In their lovely tree, they're so full of charm!

[Opening credits continue] “Executive Producers François Trudel, Marc Dhrami and Vincent Leroux. Line Producer at Normaal, Damien Lévy.Production Director at PVP Media, Nicolas Dalpé.”

DESCRIPTION: The Woollys hike over a snowy mountain, through a desert, and over a rainbow. Willy is surrounded by candy.

WILLY: Like a sweet ball of yarn!

DESCRIPTION: The Woollys and other wool creatures, including Auntie Froggie and the Snowllys, come together in a grassy field with a yellow hill.

EVERYONE: Woolly Woolly!

[Title] “Woolly Woolly.

[Opening credits continue] Created and directed by Emmanuel Linderer.”

[Laughing]

[Gentle music plays]

[Episode title] Rival Arrival.

[Opening credits continue] “Written by Andrew Shenkman.” Storyboard by “Ryan Chang Lam.”

[Children laugh]

DESCRIPTION: On the playroom floor, Marco and Lila kneel in front of a cardboard theatre, with red curtains and Woollys drawn on it in crayon. On the blue wall behind the theatre is a sun, clouds, and a clay tree. Lila and Marco are playing with a toy robot.

MARCO: Lila, did you see the new kid who moved into the apartment building?

LILA: Oh yeah. Wanna go say hi?

DESCRIPTION: Marco changes the robot's face from a smile to a frown.

MARCO: I'm not sure… I'm shy, and he doesn't seem very nice… Let's just play with our Woollys.

DESCRIPTION: Lila and Marco put all the Woollys in a pile on the playroom floor.

MARCO: We'll need… All the Woollys!

LILA: And a Wowiewoo, so our adventure can be more... WOO!

MARCO: Oh… I can't wait!

DESCRIPTION: Lila takes the cardboard theatre and sets it on top of the pile of Woollys. The red curtains open, transporting the Woollys into Woollywood, an imaginary, whimsical world made entirely of wool. A knitted green landscape features a collection of knitted trees. Pirouette jumps around Gramma Josie, who is knitting on a bench.

LILA: As usual, Pirouette was very excited!

[Pirouette laughs]

[Excited cries]

PIROUETTE: Parkour! Gramma Josie! I'm almost done with my obstacle course, but I need some of your super ideas to finish it!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie does not respond and continues to knit. Pirouette taps her on the shoulder. Gramma Josie jumps into the air.

[Gramma Josie screaming]

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh, Pirouette...

PIROUETTE: Are you alright? You seem jumpy.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh yes, well, I'm just worked up because Melody is going to be here any minute and...

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie frowns and shakes when she says Melody’s name.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Oh.. What a mess… This is terrible! I'm never going to be ready… I need more supplies… Mustn't disappoint Melody!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie grabs her knitting and runs off.

PIROUETTE: Hmm... but, what about my obstacle course?

GRAMMA JOSIE: It'll have to wait, dear. Oh, the terror! Haha!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette walks up the hill to Grampa Willy, who is staring at a painted portrait.

PIROUETTE: Hey, Grampa Willy!

DESCRIPTION: Willy does not respond.

PIROUETTE: Hmm, Grampa Willy?

DESCRIPTION: Without looking away from the painting, Grampa Willy touches Pirouette’s face to identify her.

GRAMPA WILLY: Eh? Sorry Pirouette… I'm a little distracted. It's a staring contest! I didn't start it but, sweet ball of yarn, I'm going to win it!

PIROUETTE: Do you know who Melody is?

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette shakes and frowns when she says Melody’s name.

GRAMPA WILLY: Huh... Melody? I don't know but you sound scary when you say it.

PIROUETTE: If my fearless Gramma Josie is scared of her, she must be a terrible terror, this Melody!

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy looks away from the portrait.

GRAMPA WILLY: Oh! You win this round…

DESCRIPTION: Later, Pirouette is talking to ChooChoo, who is collecting flowers.

PIROUETTE: So you see, ChooChoo, you have to help me protect Gramma Josie from this awful Melody.

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala! I am sure Gramma Josie is brave enough to protect herself. Oh! I do not have this colour yet.

PIROUETTE: You wouldn't say that if you had seen her!

CHOOCHOO: Well, I did not…

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo approaches a tall, silver cylinder with silver flowers emerging from its top. ChooChoo climbs on top of it and picks the flowers.

CHOOCHOO: Wow! What is this strange Wowie thingy? My beautiful bouquet will be even more beautiful with you, you and you!

PIROUETTE: Hey, you're not listening! We have to deal with this Melody! Like this!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette kicks and punches the air.

[Combat cries]

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette kicks over the silver cylinder. It has a perforated top and is hollow inside.

PIROUETTE: Wow! There's a big hole under those little holes! We could totally hide in here!

[Piercing scream]

PIROUETTE: I know how we'll deal with Melody! Follow me!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette and ChooChoo jump on top of the silver cylinder and roll away on it. Later that day, Pirouette and ChooChoo roll the silver cylinder through trees, fields, and mushrooms. They stop at a tree-lined road.

PIROUETTE: This is the only road to Gramma Josie's house… which means if we can pull down this tree, we'll completely block the way.

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette and ChooChoo attach a rope from a tree to the silver cylinder. They roll the cylinder away and pull the tree over the road.

PIROUETTE: Timber! Woohoo! And now let's hide!

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo and Pirouette hide behind a tree in the silver cylinder. A deep voice calls out from behind the tree.

THE DEEP VOICE: What are you doing here?!

CHOOCHOO: Is that… Melody?

DESCRIPTION: Suddenly, a Woolly picks up the fallen tree and throws it off the road. The Woolly has black hair and is wearing a green dress.

[Grunting]

[ChooChoo gasping]

DESCRIPTION: Melody furrows her brow and walks off down the street. Pirouette pops out and yells at the tree, but Melody is already gone.

PIROUETTE: Excuse me! Go back where you came from! Leave! You're not welcome here! Uh? Melody? Yoohoo! Mmm... We need to think of another plan to deal with her!

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo looks down the road.

CHOOCHOO: It looks like BeeBee is already dealing with her… sort of…

DESCRIPTION: Down the road, Melody picks up BeeBee and throws him into a tree.

[BeeBee laughs]

DESCRIPTION: Melody continues walking down the road. ChooChoo and Pirouette run up to BeeBee.

PIROUETTE: We're coming to save you, BeeBee!

CHOOCHOO: Ooh-lala...

PIROUETTE: Oh! BeeBee! Are you okay? That Melody, did she scare you?

BEEBEE: I'm okay! She helped me get my ball, which was stuck in the tree.

PIROUETTE: Hmm…

BEEBEE: She told me she was on her way to see an old friend, but first she wanted to stop for a snack.

CHOOCHOO: Ooh lala, BeeBee, no, no, no! It is not her friend!

PIROUETTE: Stopping for a snack, you say? That means we still have time. BeeBee, stay here and play for a while. ChooChoo and I are on a mission!

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo and Pirouette race down the road. BeeBee accidentally throws his ball into another tree.

BEEBEE: Oh no…

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette and ChooChoo hide in their silver cylinder and watch as Melody eats a cob of corn in the corn field.

[Melody buzzes while eating corn]

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo and Pirouette sneak past Melody and roll in their cylinder all the way back to Claudine, the treehouse.

PIROUETTE: We made it, ChooChoo! Now, we need a back-up, back-up plan.

CHOOCHOO: What… what can we do? Melody seems too strong to block and too tricky to trick.

PIROUETTE: It's quite a puzzle, ChooChoo, but we have to think really hard for Gramma Josie!

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette and ChooChoo furrow their eyebrows and walk in circles, thinking.

CHOOCHOO/ PIROUETTE: Hmm.... Hmm… Hmm… Hmm…

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo accidentally falls into the silver cylinder. Pirouette’s eyes light up.

PIROUETTE: I've got it! My obstacle course!

CHOOCHOO: Huh?

PIROUETTE: I needed Gramma Josie to help me find new ideas, but now I've got a great one! Come on, ChooChoo! We're gonna need this Wowie thingy!

DESCRIPTION: Grampa Willy continues to stare at the painted portrait.

GRAMPA WILLY: Could you two please keep it down?

DESCRIPTION: Later, Pirouette and ChooChoo set up signs all the way up a hill. Down the hill are mushrooms, sheep, and a springboard that leads to the silver cylinder tied between two trees.

PIROUETTE: We made it, ChooChoo! And thanks to the signs we placed along our path, Melody should be coming this way soon. Yeah! She's gonna bounce on the mushrooms, slide between the sheep, jump on the springboard, and land in the spider web to wind up trapped in the Wowie thingy!

CHOOCHOO: Gramma Josie will never be scared of her again!

DESCRIPTION: Just then, Gramma Josie walks up beside Pirouette and ChooChoo. She looks at their obstacle course and trap.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Scared of who?

DESCRIPTION: Pirouette and ChooChoo jump in surprise.

PIROUETTE: Gramma Josie! What are you doing here?

GRAMMA JOSIE: I followed those strange signs. I was curious to see where they led. Children, can you help me think of a fun activity to amuse Melody?

PIROUETTE: Amuse her? Melody? The terrible terror?

CHOOCHOO: Aren't you scared of her?

GRAMMA JOSIE: Hoho! Scared? Of Melody? Hoho! She is a little salty, but she's one of my dearest friends!

PIROUETTE: But you said: "Oh! The terror!"

GRAMMA JOSIE: Hoho! Children! I was just scared I wouldn't find things to amuse her. Haha! She's a ton of fun!

DESCRIPTION: Melody appears at the top of the hill.

[Melody grunting]

PIROUETTE: Oh no!

MELODY: Josie! I'm here!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Melody!

DESCRIPTION: Melody falls down the hill, past the mushrooms and sheep.

[Melody screaming and laughing]

PIROUETTE: I'll save you... Melody!

[Melody laughing]

DESCRIPTION: Melody and Pirouette fly off the springboard.

GRAMMA JOSIE: Hey, wait for me!

DESCRIPTION: Gramma Josie leaps off the springboard.

[Gramma Josie laughing]

CHOOCHOO: I'll save you, Gramma Josie!

DESCRIPTION: ChooChoo jumps off the springboard. One by one, all of the Woollys land in the silver cylinder suspended between two trees.

MELODY: Josie, that was a ton of fun!

GRAMMA JOSIE: You'll have to thank my two darling friends!

MELODY: Thank you, darlings!

CHOOCHOO: You are welcome.

PIROUETTE: I guess you're not so salty after all, Melody!

MELODY: So how do we get out of here, darlings?

PIROUETTE: Uh... Grampa Willy! Grampa Willy!

DESCRIPTION: Back at the treehouse, Grampa Willy is asleep in front of the painted portrait.

[Grampa Willy snoring]

CHOOCHOO: Grampa Willy!

GRAMMA JOSIE: Willy!

[Grampa Willy snoring]

DESCRIPTION: The red curtains close on the cardboard theatre. In the playroom, Lila and Marco clean up all the toys.

MARCO: You know, Lila, maybe we should say "hi" to the new kid. He might be nice…

DESCRIPTION: Marco and Lila put two toy robots next to each other.

LILA: Great idea Marco. I bet he's a ton of fun!

[End credits] Original Music by Tim Rideout. Original Voice Director Thor Bishopric. With the voices of Sonja Ball, Josie. Lucinda Davis, BeeBee. Terrence Scammel, Willy. Jodie Resther, ChooChoo. Dalal Sabra, Pirouette. Simon Peacock, Snowllys. Gaëlle Serra, Lila. Viggo Hanvelt, Marco. Theme song performed by Gaëlle Serra, Lila. Copyright Normaal, P.V.P. Media, V.I. Incorporated, 2024.