An animated yellow and green fish swims.

The fish sings, BLOOP, BLOOP,
BLOOP, BLOOP, BLOOP.

A brown monkey sings, OOH, OOH,
OOH, OOH, OOH.

An animated snake, elephant, pig, peacock, and zebra walk in a line.

The animals sing, ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS, ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS, ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS.

A white puff sings, ANIMANIMALS.

The line of animals stops walking and looks confused.

The line of animals says, HUH?

A sheep lifts its head out of its puffy white fleece.

The sheep sings, ANIMANIMALS.

All animals sing, ANIMANIMALS.

[Elephant trumpets]

Animals sing, ANIMANIMALS.

The pig holds up a white umbrella as it lands on text. The text reads, “Animanimals. By Julia Ocker.”

[Pig meows]

Text reads, “Tadpole.”

[Relaxing music plays]

[Bubbling]

Nine small eggs with black dots in the centre lie on seaweed. One egg moves.

[Squeaking, straining, pop]

A frog picks up the moving egg. The frog wears a pink bowtie with an orange centre.

[Grunting, squeaking]

The frog with the pink bowtie carries the to a frog with an orange bowtie with pink centre.

The egg hatches a small black tadpole swims between the two frogs.

[Pop, cry]

Both frogs say, AWWW.

The frogs hug with the tadpole between them.

The tadpole swims in circles. The two frogs watch and clap.

[Hum, clapping]

[Popping]

The frogs say, OH!

The other eight tadpoles hatch. Each new tadpole is dark green. They swim to the frogs and gather in a circle around the black tadpole.

[Popping, squeaking]

[Humming, gibberish, clapping]

The frog with the pink bowtie feeds the circle of green tadpoles. The black tadpole in the centre does not eat. The tadpole ride in a bicycle basket. A frog pushes the circle of tadpoles on a swing.

[Grunting, bike wheel rattles, creaking swing]

The frogs play badmonton. The black tadpole leaps and hits the birdie. The other tadpoles hit him with their racquets.

[Whoosh, smacking]

The frog with the orange bowtie kisses the top green tadpoles. The green tadpoles shut their eyes and fall asleep. The black tadpole watches sadly as the frog pulls a light cord and turns off the light. The frog climbs up a ladder and sits at a table with the other frog.

[Kissing, click, bubbling, grunting]

The black tadpole tries to push out from beneath the green tadpoles.

[Grunting, snoring, grumbling]

The frog with the pink bowtie pours liquid from a bottle into wine glasses.

[Liquid pouring, insects chirp, snoring]

The black tadpole pushes against the green tadpoles around it.

[Whoosh, grumbling]

The black tadpole pushes the others out of the way and swims to the ladder. It turns and sticks its tongue out at the sleeping green tadpoles and climbs up the ladder.

[Whooshing, clunk, raspberry]

The frogs say, OH.

The frog with the orange bowtie pats the tadpole on the head.

[Patting]

The black tadpole walks to the edge of a lily pad and flips on to the next lily pad. The frogs watch and clap.

[Humming, clapping]

The black tadpole says, HUH?

The green tadpoles hop excitedly around the frogs.

[Squeaking, gibberish]

[Black tadpole calls]

[Squeaking, gibberish]

The black tadpole flips on the lily pad. A green tadpole jumps on the arm of the frog with the orange bow tie. The frog kisses it.

[Kissing, gibberish]

The black tadpole jumps up and down.

[Angry grunting, whooshing]

The black tadpole spins in the air as the green tadpoles watch.

[Gasping, clapping, relaxing music plays]

The green tadpoles surround the black tadpole again. The frogs pick the circle of tadpoles up and hug them.

End credits roll.

[Animal sounds]

“Producer: Tomas Meyer-Hermann.
Script and Direction: Julia Ocker.”