Lucas is in his twenties, with short puffy brown hair and wears jeans and an orange T-shirt.

Laura is in her twenties, with above the shoulders straight brown hair with bangs and wears jeans and a purple T-shirt.

As a song plays, Lucas and Laura walk in the woods, cross a bridge, balance on a fallen tree trunk, cross a stream, run across the city and in a park full of geese. Fast clips show them next to Greg playing and having fun in the tree fort. Greg is in his twenties, with short black hair. He wears a blue sweater.

The song says PACK UP YOUR BAGS KISS YOUR TURTLE GOOD-BYE COME UP AND CLIMB WHERE WE CAN TOUCH THE SKY SO MUCH TO SEE SO MUCH TO DO IN OUR TREE FORT WE'VE GOT A SHOW FOR YOU THAT TVOkids SHOW THAT TVOkids SHOW THAT TVOkids SHOW THAT TVOkids SHOW.

[Greg shrieking]

Laura says PASSWORD, PLEASE.

The word "Shadow" appears in the sky.

In animation, a dialogue bubble pops out of a map with the title of the show: "That TVO Kids Show."

The song continues LA, LA, LA, DO, DO, DO, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH THAT TVOKIDS SHOW! THAT TVOkids SHOW.

Laurel stands inside the tree fort wearing a camouflaged cape.

She says A HA! IT'S ME, QUEEN MAYOR LAUREL. I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE ME BECAUSE I AM WEARING MY CAMOUFLAGA. MY CAMOUFLAGE CLOAK. BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOMETHING EVIL AND SPECIAL PLANNED FOR TODAY. THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME DID NOT KNOW, TODAY IS THE DAY OF THE GROUNDHOG. THAT'S RIGHT! GROUNDHOG DAY. OOF. IN OTHER WORDS, THE DAY WHEN WE ALL WAIT FOR A LITTLE HAIRY RODENT TO COME OUT OF A HOLE AND TELL US IF WINTER WILL BE OVER OR NOT. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT AROUND AND LET A RODENT TELL ME WHAT TO DO. THAT'S RIGHT. THIS WINTER HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG AND TAXING ON ME. I DEMAND IT BE OVER NOW! SO I'VE COME UP WITH A LITTLE PLAN. I REVEAL TO YOU MY SECURITY FOOTAGE.

A montage shows four recordings of different caves with the captions "Cam 1, Cam 2, Cam 3" and "Cam 4."

Laurel says HERE IT IS. I'VE GOT SECURITY CAMERAS SET UP ALL AROUND THIS LITTLE GROUNDHOG'S BURROW, SO WHEN IT COMES OUT TO SEE ITS SHADOW, IN WHICH CASE IT DOES AND IT DEMANDS SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, I WILL INSTEAD BAN IT FROM EVER LEAVING THE HOLE. THEREFORE, IT WILL NEVER SEE ITS SHADOW. THEREFORE, IT WILL BE SPRING SOON ENOUGH! LUCIUS AND I WILL BE OUT. LISTEN TO ME, GROUNDHOG, AND OBEY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND! OKAY. WELL, NOW THAT THAT'S THAT.

[FROG HORN]

Laurel says I SUPPOSE SOMEBODY IS CALLING ME AND I SHOULD ANSWER. HELLO? OH. HELLO? WHO'S THERE.

A voice says IT'S BRUCE.

Laurel says BRUCE. EVIL BRUCE. BRUCE, WHAT IS THE PASSWORD FOR TODAY?

Bruce says "SHADOW."

Laurel says "SHADOW" IS CORRECT!

Bruce appears in the sky. He has short dark hair and bangs.

A caption reads "Bruce. Age 6."

Laurel says BRUCE, WELCOME TO THE FORT IN THE TREE. BRUCE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Bruce says I'M DOING GOOD.

Laurel says BRUCE, BRUCE, BRUCE. WHERE DO WE BEGIN ON THE DAY OF THE GROUNDHOG? I'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN BUT FIRST I WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EVIL GROUNDHOGS?

Bruce says UH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS EVIL GROUNDHOGS.

Laurel says REALLY? SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THEY'RE ALL GOOD?

Bruce says MM-HMM. I THINK SO.

Laurel says HMM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BRUCE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS: DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT LIKE WINTER?

Bruce says I DON'T REALLY LIKE WINTER, BUT I LIKE SOME THINGS ABOUT WINTER.

Laurel says YOU LIKE SOME THINGS ABOUT WINTER, BRUCE? TELL ME WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE.

Bruce says WELL, I LOVE GOING... I LOVE GOING DOWN BLUE MOUNTAIN WITH MY SLED AND I LOVE DRINKING HOT CHOCOLATE.

Laurel says SO EVIL, A HOT STEAMING HOT CHOCOLATE DRINK AND GIANT BIG MOUNTAINS. BRUCE, YOU MUST BE EVIL. ARE YOU EVIL?

Bruce says NO!

Laurel says BRUCE, ARE YOU SURE?

Bruce says YES.

Laurel says HMM. WELL, I WILL STILL BE SENDING YOU AN APPLICATION TO THE EVIL TEAM BECAUSE YOU SEEM VERY EVIL TO ME. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOME EVIL CUTE VIDEOS. HERE THEY ARE.

A voice says Champion!

A short video shows a brown dog and a gray cat cuddling.

Laurel says EW, DISGUSTING. I SIMPLY CAN'T EVEN BEAR TO LOOK AT THIS ONE. THERE SEEM TO BE TWO FUZZY CREATURES ENJOYING THEIR LIFE AND I DON'T LIKE IT. BRUCE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Bruce says I WOULD GIVE IT 1 OUT OF 1.

Laurel says 1 OUT OF 1? WELL, BRUCE, THAT'S NEARLY 100 PERCENT! IT IS 100 PERCENT! BRUCE, THAT'S VERY EVIL OF YOU. WE MUST TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER VIDEO.

A voice says Challenger!

A short video shows two baby groundhogs and an adult one walking on green grass.

Laurel says OH, DEAR BRUCE. THIS APPEARS TO BE SOME BABY GROUNDHOGS. EW. ONE OF THE MOST EVIL THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN. WELL, IF THEY GO AND FIND THEIR SHADOWS, WE'LL BE STUCK IN WINTER FOREVER! NOW, BRUCE, WHAT WOULD YOU RATE THIS VIDEO?

Bruce says I WOULD RATE IT OUT OF 100 OUT OF 100.

Laurel says 100 OUT OF 100. BRUCE! THAT IS THE MOST EVIL SCORE I'VE EVER HEARD! NOW, WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE AS THE WINNER?

Bruce says I CHOOSE THE GROUNDHOGS.

Laurel says BRUCE! BRUCE, HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU CHOOSE THE SIDE OF THE GROUNDHOG ON GROUNDHOG DAY WHEN I'M TRYING TO DEFEAT IT. BRUCE, YOU EVIL... YOU ARE EVIL! AND I LOVE IT! THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. CALL BACK AGAIN ANY TIME AND PLEASE JOIN THE EVIL TEAM. GOOD-BYE, BRUCE.

Bruce says GOOD-BYE.

Laurel says GOOD-BYE.

Bruce disappears.

[APPLAUSE]

Laurel says I MUST GET THE GROUNDHOG VIDEOS OUT OF MY HEAD. PLEASE, SAY SOMETHING ELSE IMMEDIATELY!

In a colourful animated slate, the forest characters say HEAR ME OUT.

A voice says EXPLAIN WINTER TO AN ALIEN.

Laura says WINTER IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT IT GETS REALLY COLD AND IT GETS DARKER EARLIER IN THE DAY AND SOMETIMES IT SNOWS.

Dance Dad says THAT'S RIGHT. WINTER IS A HARD TIME WHEN YOU OWN A DANCE STUDIO BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST BRING IN THEIR SLOPPY SHOES AND THEY GET ALL OVER THE DANCE FLOOR AND THEN YOU SLIP AND YOU SLIDE AND IT'S NOT AS FUN AS IT IS DURING THE SUMMER.

Greg Grylls says ALIEN, MY WINTER AIN'T NOTHING TO MESS WITH. IT'S A FRIGID WASTELAND OUT THERE. YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED. YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A FIRE. SURVIVE WITH NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK AND SEAL BLUBBER. SORRY, TVOKIDS, I MEANT TO SAY YOU CAN RIDE A TOBOGGAN OR BUILD A SNOWMAN. YEAH.

Dance Dad says THAT'S BETTER.

Greg Grylls says GOOD.

Lucas says THE SUN IS OUT FOR LESS OF THE DAY HERE IN CANADA SO IT GETS DARKER QUICKER AND YOU'RE COLD, YOU START WEARING LIKE LAYERS ON ALL THE TIME SO THAT YOU CAN STAY WARM.

Greg says I LOVE EXPLAINING THE SEASONS. SO, LIKE THE EARTH, RIGHT? IT'S ROTATING ON AN AXIS, RIGHT? HERE'S NORTH, HERE'S SOUTH. IT'S ALSO AT THE SAME TIME ROTATING AROUND THE SUN, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTHERN PART AND YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE SUN, IT'S WINTER BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING LESS SUNLIGHT AND CONVERSELY IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN, THEN THE NORTH PART IS FACING THE SUN SO IT'S GETTING MORE SUN SO IT'S SUMMER. THEN IF YOU'RE IN THE SOUTHERN PART, YOU'RE AWAY, SO IT'S WINTER. AND IF IT'S ON THIS SIDE, IT'S CLOSER TO THE SUN SO IT'S SUMMER.

Unshirley says PEOPLE TAKE THEIR DRINKS HOT.

Count Angela says IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING TURNS STILL AND THE EVIL SUN IS IN RETREAT, BACK INTO THE SKY, AND IN THE STILLNESS AND THE DARKNESS YOU CAN SENSE THE TINIEST BIT OF LIFE FROM MILES AWAY.

Lucas says SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE PREDATOR. BUT THAT'S WINTER.

The clip ends.

Laurel reads a book titled "A guide to groundhogs for evil villains."

She says HMM. IF I'M GOING TO CATCH THIS LITTLE GROUNDHOG MARMOT RODENT AS IT LEAVES ITS LITTLE UNDERGROUND HOLE, THEN I BETTER LEARN EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN ABOUT THEM. THAT'S RIGHT. SO LOOK AT ME. I'M DOING MY RESEARCH. THAT'S RIGHT. I'VE PICKED OUT THIS BOOK, "A GUIDE TO GROUNDHOGS FOR EVIL VILLAINS" AKA ME. NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE. OH, INTERESTING. IT SAYS THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL RESCUE GROUNDHOG BY THE NAME OF ALAN AT A RESCUE CENTRE NOT FAR FROM THE FOREST CALLED SOAPER CREEK. I WILL CALL THEM AND HAVE THEM TELL ME ABOUT GROUNDHOGS. OKAY, HERE'S THIS PHONE.

She dials on the frog horn phone.

(DIALING)

Laurel says HELLO?

A voice says HELLO?

A boy and a girl appear in the sky. The boy holds a groundhog in his arms.

Laurel says HELLO! AH, YES. THERE YOU ARE. NOW, YOU MUST BE BRYCE AND ELLA, IS THAT CORRECT?

A caption reads "Bryce. Ella."

Bryce says YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

Laurel says FROM SOPERCREEK WILDLIFE RESCUE. WHO IT IS YOU HAVE THERE WITH YOU? IS THAT ALAN HIMSELF?

Bryce says YES, WE HAVE THE ONE AND ONLY ALAN.

Laurel says ALAN! ALAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH, EVIL VILLAIN ALAN.

Bryce says NO, HE DOES NOT.

Laurel says HE DOES NOT. BRYCE OR ELLA, CAN YOU SPEAK GROUNDHOG? CAN YOU TRANSLATE FOR ME?

Bryce says YES, WE CAN.

Laurel says EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. NOW, FIRST OFF, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALAN HIMSELF. WHAT IS HIS STORY?

Bryce says ALAN'S STORY... SO PEOPLE WASN'T... OH.

Laurel says I BELIEVE I READ SOMETHING IN THE BOOK ABOUT A HAMSTER?

Bryce says HE WAS A PET AND PEOPLE... PEOPLE BROUGHT HIM INTO HIS HOUSE AND FED HIM... SO HE ATE ALL HIS FUR.

Laurel says SO YOU'RE TELLING ME PEOPLE ONCE THOUGHT ALAN WAS A HAMSTER, FED HIM HAMSTER FOOD, AND THEN HE STARTED TO LOSE SOME OF HIS FUR.

Bryce says NO, HE ATE HIS FUR.

Laurel says HE ATE HIS FUR? MY WORD! WHAT DOES THE GROUNDHOG ACTUALLY EAT?

Bryce says THEY ACTUALLY EAT VEGETABLES, LIKE GRASS, PLANTS.

Laurel says INTERESTING. AND WHAT ABOUT ALAN?

Bryce says AND THEY LIKE CHEESE.

Laurel says ALAN LIKES TO EAT CHEESE?

Bryce says YES.

Laurel says WHAT KIND OF CHEESE?

Bryce says GOUDA CHEESE. IT'S HIS TREAT TO HAVE.

Laurel says GOUDA CHEESE, THAT'S BRILLIANTLY EVIL! THIS IS WONDERFUL INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRYCE AND ELLA. NOW, I'VE GOT ANOTHER EVIL CREATURE TO SHOW BUT WILL YOU STILL AROUND FOR SOME TRIVIA?

Bryce says YES, I WILL.

Laurel says EXCELLENT. HERE'S ANOTHER EVIL CREATURE, HEDGEHOG.

Music plays as an animated slate reads MEET MY PET!

A girl holds a hedgehog in her arms.

She says HI, MY NAME IS AUDREY. I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD AND THIS IS MY PET LEROY. LEROY IS A HEDGEHOG AND HE'S TWO YEARS OLD. I THINK KIDS SHOULD HAVE A HEDGEHOG BECAUSE THEY'RE COOL. LEROY IS VERY SHY. HIS NOSE LOOKS LIKE A BLUEBERRY. USUALLY WE HOLD HIM IN A TOWEL SO HIS SPIKES DON'T HURT OUR HANDS. OW! SO SPIKEY. I HELP MY MOM CLEAN HIS CAGE. HERE, LEROY. I ALSO GIVE HIM A BATH IN THE BATHROOM SINK. HI, LEROY. LEROY THINKS TREATS ARE MALEWORMS. I THINK HEDGEHOGS ARE COOL PETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPIKES ON THEIR BACKS. THAT'S MY PET LEROY. WHO IS YOUR PET?

The clip ends.

Laurel says ALL RIGHT, BRYCE, ELLA, ALAN THE GROUNDHOG, LET'S PLAY SOME GROUNDHOG EVIL TRIVIA. ARE YOU READY?

Bryce says YES, I AM.

Laurel says EXCELLENT. QUESTION NUMBER ONE: TRUE OR FALSE? GROUNDHOGS ARE PART OF THE SQUIRREL FAMILY?

Bryce says YES, THEY ARE.

Laurel says CORRECT! YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR GROUNDHOG FACTS. OKAY, QUESTION NUMBER TWO. GROUNDHOG BURROWS ARE WHERE GROUNDHOGS LIVE. THEIR BURROWS ARE SO COMPLEX, THEY EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOM CHAMBER. TRUE OR FALSE?

Bryce says YES, THEY DO.

Laurel says TRUE. CORRECT AGAIN! OOH, THAT IS RATHER DISGUSTING BUT ALSO GOOD FOR THEM. THAT'S VERY COMPLEX. NEXT QUESTION. GROUNDHOGS ARE A TYPE OF POKEMON, TRUE OR FALSE?

Bryce says FALSE.

Laurel says CORRECT! THEY ARE NOT A POKEMON. THEY ARE IN FACT AN ANIMAL, A REAL ANIMAL. MOVING ON. LAST QUESTION: GROUNDHOG IS A FRENCH WORD FOR BROWN RAT-LIKE ANIMAL THAT LIVES IN THE GROUND WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE FOREST MAYOR?

Bryce says NO.

Laurel says FALSE, THAT IS CORRECT. I MAY HAVE MADE THAT ONE UP, BUT WHAT DOES IT MATTER? I'M THE MAYOR. I CAN MAKE UP WHATEVER I WANT. WELL, BRYCE AND ELLA, THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME ABOUT GROUNDHOGS, AND DO YOU HEAR THAT NOISE?

[RUSTLING SOUNDS]

Laurel says THAT FUNNY LITTLE NOISE.

[RUSTLING SOUNDS]

Laurel says WHAT IS THAT NOISE? OOH, DEAR. THE GROUNDHOG, IT MUST BE COMING OUT OF THE BURROW. I HAVE SECURITY FOOTAGE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

Cam 1 footage plays on screen.

[RUSTLING SOUNDS]

Laurel says WHERE IS IT? IT SHOULD BE COMING.

[BEAR ROAR]

Laurel says WAIT. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GROUNDHOG, DOES IT? IT KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING LARGER THAN A GROUNDHOG.

A menacing brown bear pops up near the cave.

Laurel says OH! HELP ME. I'M AFRAID OF BEARS. I DON'T DO BEARS. I SIMPLY CAN'T. YOU, FINISH OFF... OH, NO! OH, NO!

As the tree fort shakes, Laurel escapes.

[BEAR ROAR]

Music plays as a slate shows the end credits.