A yellow fish with yellow stiped green fins glides through bright blue water.

The fish continuously says, BLOOP, BLOOP, BLOOP,
BLOOP, BLOOP.

A brown monkey continuously says, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH.

A galloping zebra sings, ANIMANIMALS.

A yellow snake with pink dots has its tail tied in a knot.

The snake sings, ANIMANIMALS.

An elephant sings, ANIMANIMALS.

A peacock sings, ANIMANIMALS.

A pig sings, ANIMANIMALS.

It rides on the elephant with an umbrella. The animals walk in a line.

Together they sing, ANIMANIMALS.

A cloud appears to sing, ANIMANIMALS.

The singing animals stop and say, HUH?

The cloud is revealed to be a sheep.

The sheep sings, ANIMANIMALS.

All the animals sing, ANIMANIMALS.

[Elephant trumpeting]

The pig flies off the elephants trunk.

The animals sing, ANIMANIMALS.

The pig lands on the title, Animanimals. By Julia Ocker.

[Pig meowing]

[Soft music plays]

Title, Deer.

[Rooster crowing]

Apples grow on a tree. The sun rises in the distance. A young deer with antlers, a fawn, looks up at the tree.

[Bleating]

An apple falls from the tree. The fawn trots over to the apple.

[Bleating]

The fawn leans down toward the apple with their mouth open.

[Gasping]

[Trotting]

The fawn pauses.

They say, UH…

They look up.

They say, OH.

A fully grown deer with large antlers faces the fawn.

[Braying]

The fawn says, OH…

The deer approaches and glares at the fawn.

[Loud braying]

The deer leans toward the apple.

[Fawn gasping]

[Deer bleating]

The fawn looks between their small antlers and the deer’s larger antlers.

[Deer snorting]

[Fawn sighing loudly]

The fawn nudges the apple toward the deer.

[Braying]

The deer leans toward the apple.

[Loud braying in the distance]

The deer rises.

[Braying]

[Deer and fawn gasping]

A second deer with larger antlers than the first walks over.

[Loud braying]

The fawn backs up toward the first deer.

[Soft bleating]

The second deer approaches the apple.

[Loud braying]

Both adult deer lean down to the fawn’s level and glare at each other. The fawn looks between them and their different sized antlers.

[Both deer grunting]

[Fawn grunting]

The deer each take a step back. The fawn steps back toward the first deer and nudges the apple toward the second one, with the larger antlers.

[Second deer braying]

[First deer gasping and grunting]

The first deer looks angry. The fawn turns to face the deer.

The deer says, HUH?

The first deer’s antlers grow larger than the second deers.

[Grunting between the two deer]

The second deer’s antlers grow.

[Grunting]

The first deer’s antlers grow.

[Grunting]

Back and forth, the two deer grow their antlers bigger and bigger. They end with their antlers equal in size.

[Grunting]

[Panting]

The fawn says, HUH?

[Both deer braying]

The fawn says, HUH.

The two deer back up while glaring at each other. They lower their antlers. The fawn looks worried and quickly hides behind the apple tree.

[Snorting]

The deer charge and attack each other with their antlers. Their antlers get locked together.

[Grunting]

The deer try to free themselves.

[Grunting]

The deer’s antlers remain locked together.

Both deer say, HUH?

They look worried. They try again to free themselves.

[Grunting]

The first deer stumbles backward, pulling the second deer closer to the apple. The second deer tries to bite the apple. The first deer lifts the deer by their antlers.

[First deer laughing]

The first deer leans toward the apple, which lowers the second deer and nearly tips them both over.

The first deer says, HUH?

They try again to lean toward the apple, lowering the second deer, and almost tipping them both over. The first deer regains balance.

[Grunting]

Upside down above the first deer, the second deer is beside the apples in the tree. They try and reach an apple.

[Grunting]

The second deer sticks their tongue out toward an apple in the tree. The first deer looks annoyed.

[Snorting]

The first deer looks annoyed. They glance up at the second.

[First deer laughing]

The second deer nearly reaches an apple but is suddenly pulled back. The first deer flips the two of them so that the second deer is on the ground and the first deer is upside down beside the apples. The first deer tries to reach an apple.

[Soft bleating]

The second deer flips them again. Both deer flip themselves back and forth.

[Grunting]

[Groaning]

The two deer stumble away from the apple tree. The fawn peaks out from behind it. The two deer stumble to and from the tree with their antlers still locked together.

[Grunting]

[Thudding]

[Cracking]

In front of the tree the deer’s antlers break into pieces. They lie on either side of the apple on the ground.

[Deer groaning]

The fawn says, HUH?

[Deer grunting]

[Fawn bleating]

The fawn walks out from behind the tree and stands beside the apple. The two deer stand, both now without antlers.

[Both deer grunt sadly]

The fawn looks between the deer.

[Confused grunting]

The fawn looks at their antlers, now the biggest of the three. The fawn grins.

They say, AH!

[Bleating cheerfully]

The two deer step back from the fawn.

[Deer groaning]

The fawn takes a bite of the apple. They toss it in the air and catch it with their mouth, finishing it.

[Chomping]

The two deer watch the fawn enjoy the apple.

[Deer groaning sadly]

[Fawn bleating cheerfully]

The two deer look sad. The Fawn smiles.

End credits.

Producer, Thomas Meyer-Herman.

Design, Julia Ocker, Kiana Naghshineh.

Direction, Julia Ocker.

Animatic, Nora Marie Back.

Script, An Vrombaut.

[Animals singing]

Copyright Studio Film Bilder - KiKA/ARD & SWR 2022.