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Transcript: Bouncing Batwaves
[Whistling]
Messy, a furry blue monster with a red nose and a blue tail whistles.
He says, LET'S SKI-DOODLE, OKIDOODLE!
Messy hops into a white and blue convertible. He presses a green button on the dashboard.
Singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO.
Messy sings, FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT
TO KNOW.
The singers sing, LET'S ALL GO TO OKIDO.
Messy drives through the countryside past a pond and down a road with dancing trees.
He sings, OKIDO, OKIDO
The singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO.
Messy drives through OKIDO, a large city with tall, colourful buildings.
He sings, ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT
TO KNOW.
Messy drives onto a loop de loop and underwater.
He sings, COME ALONG AND SAY HELLO.
LET'S GO SEE OUR FRIENDS!
Messy runs into a domed shaped house. Inside, he joins a blue haired boy wearing a striped blue shirt and blue hat.
Messy shouts, FELIX!
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
A red haired girl wearing red overalls and a red hat waves to Messy.
Messy shouts, ZOE!
Zoe high-fives Messy.
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
Messy cheers, ZIM, ZAM, ZOOM!
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
Zim, who has a square shaped body and computer face appears with Zam, a green triangle, and Zoom, a pink creature. Zam’s science experiment explodes, filling the room with smoke.
Messy sings, BA-BA-LA-LA, BOOM-BOOM!
In OKIDO, Messy dances down a street with his friends.
The singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO
LET'S ALL GO TO OKIDO.
FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
Messy looks through a magnifying glass.
He sings with the others, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO!
Zoom transforms into a screen that reveals the title, Messy Goes to OKIDO. Messy jumps beside the screen and smiles.
[Horn blaring]
The episode title reads, Bouncing Batwaves. Written by Charles Hodges. Messy runs across the floor in front of a couch. He blows into a red horn.
[Horn blaring]
Messy says, LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT.
IT MAKES THIS AMAZING SOUND.
He blows his horn.
[Horn blaring]
[Messy giggling]
Messy runs over to a play tunnel. He blows his horn into the tunnel.
[Horn blaring]
[Horn echoing]
Messy looks surprised.
He says, OH, WHO WAS THAT?!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy says, WHAT?
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy says, WELL, IF YOU WON'T TELL ME WHO
YOU ARE, I'M GOING TO OKIDO
TO FIND OUT.
WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW, GO TO
OKIDO!
[Magical music plays]
A green and white tunnel transports Messy to OKIDO. Messy bounces down a set of trampolines. He flips off the last trampoline and lands on his feet in front of a garden.
Messy says, HELLO!
A person calls out, HELLO.
Messy looks startled.
He says, OH, NO, HE'S FOLLOWED ME
HERE.
OH!
A bush moves toward Messy.
[Suspenseful music plays]
Messy backs away from the bush as it moves closer to him. Zoe and Felix jump out of the bush.
Zoe says, FOOLED YOU!
[Zoe giggling]
Messy says, YES, YOU DID!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE INVISIBLE
PERSON FROM MY HOUSE.
Zoe says, DON'T BE SILLY.
PEOPLE CAN'T BE INVISIBLE.
Messy says, BUT I HEARD HIM!
HE WAS COPYING WHAT I SAID.
[Watch beeping]
Zoe answers a call on her watch.
She says, HELLO?
In a video call, Zim says, HELLO, ZOE.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE'RE HEARING SOME VERY STRANGE
SOUNDS AND CAN'T FIND THE
SOURCE.
Messy says, MAYBE IT'S MY INVISIBLE
PERSON.
Zoe says, WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE, ZIM.
She ends the call.
[Beeping]
Zoe says, COME ON, ZIM NEEDS US!
[Messy whistling]
The white and blue convertible rolls up to the three friends and they hop in. Messy looks excited. The roof closes over the car.
Messy says, LET'S SKIDOODLE, OKIDOODLE!
He drives down the street. In OKIDO, the friends ride an elevator to Zim, Zam and Zoom’s laboratory.
[Elevator dinging]
The friends walk into the lab.
Zam says, HMM.
WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?
Zim and Zam look around the lab.
[Clicking]
Zim says, I JUST CAN'T IDENTIFY IT.
Zoe asks, WHAT IS IT, ZIM?
Zim says, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM THE
MOUNTAINS, WHEN WE HEARD A
CLICKING SOUND.
IT'S VERY DISTRACTING.
Zam says, WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, SO WE
THOUGHT YOU COULD HELP US LOOK.
[Clicking]
Zam says, OVER THERE.
She points across the lab. Zim picks up an empty glass beaker and looks inside. He frowns.
[Clicking]
[Zoe gasping]
Zoe asks, WHAT WAS THAT?
A blue creature flies through a doorway. Zoe furrows her brow and follows the creature into the living room.
[Clicking]
Zoe smiles.
She says, OH, HELLO.
The creature, a bat, hangs upside down off a coat rack. Felix joins Zoe.
Felix says, OH, HELLO.
[Bat clicking]
Felix asks, WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?
Zoe says, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THROUGH
THERE.
She points to an open window. Messy looks excited as he jumps in front of the bat.
He loudly says, WHOA!
The bat looks scared.
[Terrified squeaking]
The bat flies out of the room.
Messy says, OOPS.
Back in the lab, Messy says, HELLO, LITTLE BAT.
The bat hangs off a shelf.
Zam says, OH, SO THAT'S WHAT WAS MAKING
THE CLICKING SOUND.
Zim says, A BAT!
MY FAVOURITE MAMMAL.
WELL DONE, YOU THREE.
He flips through pictures of bats until he finds the blue one.
Zim says, AH-HAH, YES, JUST AS I THOUGHT.
IT'S AN OKIDO LONG-EARED BAT.
QUITE A YOUNG ONE, I'D SAY,
AND IT LIVES IN CAVES IN THE
OKIDO MOUNTAINS.
Zam says, WHERE WE'VE JUST COME BACK
FROM.
HOW DID IT GET IN?
Zoe says, SOMEONE LEFT A WINDOW OPEN.
Zam angrily asks, ZIM?
Zim says, OOPS.
Zam says, OH, WELL, IT CAN'T LIVE HERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE WITH ITS FRIENDS.
WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT HOME
AGAIN.
Zoe says, WE'RE GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS!
Messy says, GREAT SOCKS!
DID YOU HEAR THAT, BAT?
WE'RE TAKING YOU HOME.
[Bat clicking]
The bat smiles and nods.
[Engine humming]
Zim and Zam’s ship rises from the building’s roof. Inside, Zim and Zam sit at the control panel.
[Zim clearing his throat]
Zim says, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY TURN TO
DRIVE.
Zam says, NO, IT'S YOUR TURN TO PRESS
THE BOOSTER BUTTON.
Zim says, ANYBODY CAN PRESS A BUTTON.
He presses a red button on the control panel.
Zim grumbles, I ALWAYS PRESS THE BOOSTER
BUTTON.
Zam flies the ship out of OKIDO and over mountains.
In the lab, Zoe says, YOU CAN COME DOWN NOW, LITTLE
BAT.
WE WON'T HURT YOU.
ARE YOU THIRSTY?
[Bat clicking]
The bat nods. It flies to a countertop in the lab.
Messy says, HERE YOU GO, BATTY-BAT.
He offers the bat a water bottle.
[Bat clicking]
Zoe says, I DON'T THINK BATS DRINK FROM
BOTTLES, MESSY.
Felix says, I CAN FIND OUT HOW BATS
DRINK.
He looks at a monitor on the wall. A video shows a bat drinking water from a lake by skimming the water’s surface.
Felix says, LOOK! IS THAT HOW YOU DRINK?
FROM A LAKE OR A RIVER?
[Bat clicking]
The bat nods.
Zoe says, I'LL ASK ZAM IF SHE CAN FIND
ONE FOR YOU.
[Bat clicking]
At night, Zam lands the ship beside a lake. Zoe and Messy follow the bat outside. Felix looks nervous.
[Owl hooting]
[Spooky music plays]
Felix says, OH, IT'S DARK.
HOW'S THE BAT GOING TO FIND
ITS WAY?
He walks out of the ship. On the lake, the bat skims the water’s surface. It splashes the water as it takes a drink.
[Bat clicking]
Zim says, BATS ARE USED TO THE DARK.
THEY'RE AWAKE AT NIGHT RATHER
THAN IN THE DAYTIME AND SO THEY
USE SOUND TO FIND THEIR WAY
AROUND AND TO FIND FOOD.
Messy says, THE BAT IS STILL MAKING THAT
CLICKING NOISE.
WHY DOES IT DO THAT?
Zim explains, WHEN BATS MAKE THEIR CLICKING
NOISE, THEY'RE SENDING OUT TINY
BITS OF SOUND CALLED "SOUND
WAVES."
Zoom, as a screen, shows a bat’s sound waves hitting a tree.
Zim continues, WHEN THOSE SOUND WAVES HIT
SOMETHING, THEY BOUNCE BACK.
Zoom’s video shows the sound waves bouncing back to the bat.
Felix says, SO, SOUND CAN BOUNCE OFF
THINGS?
Zim says, EXACTLY!
Zoom returns to his normal ball-like self. He throws one of his spinning balls against a mountain. It bounces off.
Zim says, SOUND BOUNCES AND COMES BACK
JUST LIKE A BALL.
He catches Zoom’s ball.
Zim continues, IF IT HITS SOMETHING AND YOU'RE
THE RIGHT DISTANCE AWAY, YOU
HEAR IT COMING BACK.
He returns Zoom’s ball.
Zim says, THAT'S CALLED AN ECHO, AND NOW
COMES THE CLEVER BIT.
THE BAT HAS VERY LARGE EARS.
THE BAT'S EARS CAN HEAR THE
ECHOES MUCH BETTER THAN WE CAN,
AND THEN ITS BRAIN USES THE
ECHOES TO WORK OUT WHERE THINGS
ARE AND WHAT SHAPE THEY ARE.
Zoom, as a screen, shows a bat’s path through a maze leading to a cave in mountain.
Zim continues, BATS CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SIZE AND SHAPE AND
FEEL OF THINGS, EVEN THINGS LIKE WATER,
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SOUND
WAVES BOUNCE.
WHALES AND DOLPHINS CAN DO IT
TOO, AND ANOTHER THING THAT'S
VERY INTERESTING IS THAT...
[Ship door opening]
Behind the group, Zam opens the ship’s door.
Zim gasps, OH!
Zam says, YOU DO GO ON.
HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN?
WE'VE GOT A CAVE TO FIND.
The group hurries back to the ship.
Zim says, I BELIEVE IT'S MY TURN TO
DRIVE.
The door closes behind him.
Zam says, HMM, WE'LL SEE.
The ship is flown through the mountains. At the controls, Zim pushes a lever.
Zoe asks, WHAT ABOUT THOSE CAVES?
ARE ANY OF THEM YOUR HOME?
[Bat clicking]
[Messy giggling]
Messy bounces one of Zoom’s balls against the floor.
He says, I'M BOUNCING SOUND WAVES.
[Zoom beeping]
Messy says, BEEP, BEEP!
He throws the ball across the ship.
He says, BEEP, BEEP!
The ball bounces off the walls. It flies past Zoom. Zoom’s head spins.
[Zoom buzzing]
Zam says, MESSY, IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL,
YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE...
The ball bounces off the red button.
Zam says, OH, BOOSTER BUTTON!
The ship zooms through the sky.
[Screaming]
Zim wails TOLD YOU ANYONE CAN
PRESS A BUTTON!
Zam pulls a lever on the control panel. The ship slows. Zoom, as a hand, catches Messy as he flies across the ship.
[Zoom beeping]
Messy says, OH, SORRY.
[Bat clicking]
The bat, who rests on a lever beside Zoe, points toward the window with their wing.
Zoe asks, IS THAT WHERE YOUR CAVE IS?
Messy says, HEY-HEY, WE FOUND THE
WAY!
OKI-TASTIC!
The ship is flown over a river.
Zam says, OH, CAREFUL!
She navigates a narrow path between two cliffs. She flies the ship to a cave in a mountain top.
Zoe says, OH, WE'RE THERE.
At the cliff’s entrance, Messy, Felix and Zoe follow the bat off the ship.
Messy says, LET'S OKI-GO!
The bat flies into the cave. The three friends pause at the entrance.
Messy says, WOW!
[Dramatic music plays]
Messy loudly says, HEY, LITTLE BAT!
WHERE ARE YOU?
[Wings fluttering]
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy loudly says, WHO'S THERE?
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy whispers, HEY, HE DID FOLLOW US HERE
AFTER ALL.
Speaking normally, Zoe asks, WHO DID?
Messy quietly says, THE INVISIBLE PERSON IN MY
GARDEN.
HE'S IN THE CAVE, NOW.
Speaking normally, Zoe says, COME ON.
IT'S TIME WE FOUND THIS
INVISIBLE PERSON.
She shins a flashlight from Felix’s backpack.
She loudly calls out, HELLO!
[Zoe’s voice echoing]
The friends stop suddenly.
Speaking normally, Messy says, SEE?
Felix loudly calls out, WHO IS IT?
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Speaking normally, Felix says, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
IT SAID WHAT I SAID.
LISTEN.
He loudly says, I'M FELIX.
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Speaking normally, Felix says, I THINK THAT'S MY SOUND WAVE
BOUNCING BACK TO ME.
I THINK WHAT YOU HEARD…
Felix loudly says …WAS AN
ECHO.
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Zoe says, LIKE THE ECHOES THE BAT MADE.
Messy loudly says, WOW!
BA-LA-BA-L-A BOOM-BOOM!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy looks excited. The bat flies over them. Zoe shines her flashlight on the cave’s ceiling, where other bats hang upside down.
Zoe says, AH, THERE YOU ARE, LITTLE
BAT.
Two bats join the blue bat.
[Watch beeping]
Zoe answers a call on her watch.
In a video call, Zim says, HI, ZOE.
YOU'D ALL BETTER GET BACK TO THE
CLOUD SHIP QUICKLY.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
Zoe ends the call and says, COME ON, WE'D BETTER HURRY.
She hurries through the cave with Felix and Messy. The blue bat follows them.
At the entrance, Zoe asks, WHAT IS IT?
Zoe makes a call on her watch.
In video call, Zam says, IT'S THE OKIDO SNEAKY FURRY
FOG.
She and Zim look worried.
Zam says, IT APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE, WHEN
YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.
The different coloured OKIDO Sneaky Furry Fog is cloud shaped. The clouds have smiling and frowning faces. The fog swarms toward the cave.
Zim says, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FLY
THROUGH.
WE COULD BE HERE FOR DAYS.
Zoe ends the call.
[Watch beeping]
Messy says, FOR DAYS?
BUT THERE AREN'T ANY SOCKS HERE.
WHAT WILL WE EAT?
Felix says, WAIT A MINUTE.
MAYBE THE BAT CAN HELP US.
Messy asks, HOW?
Zoe looks thoughtful.
She says, OH, YES.
IT COULD USE ITS ECHOES TO GUIDE
US THROUGH THE CLOUD.
COULD YOU DO THAT, BAT?
She looks at the bat hopefully.
[Bat clicking]
The bat smiles and flies through the fog clouds. A mechanical arm reaches out from the ship with a metal triangle.
[Bat clicking]
The bat hangs off the triangle in front of the ship’s window. Zoe sits at the control panel with Zim and Zam.
She says, OKAY, LET'S GO!
[Anticipatory music plays]
The ship is flown through the many Sneaky Furry Fog clouds.
[Bat clicking]
Zoe says, GO RIGHT, ZAM.
Felix looks tense.
Zoe says, STEADY!
LITTLE BIT MORE.
Zam navigates through the fog.
Zoe says, AND KEEP IT GOING.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
[Bat clicking]
The team escapes the fog.
[Zoe sighing]
Zoe says, THE BAT GOT US THROUGH OKIDO
SNEAKY FURRY FOG!
[Team cheering]
Zim says, THANK YOU, LITTLE BAT.
[Bat clicking]
The bat flies away from the ship.
[Bat clicking]
Bat at home, in the dark, Messy, Felix and Zoe look tired.
Felix says, OH, WOW, WHAT AN ADVENTURE.
Messy nods.
Yawning, Felix says, TIME FOR BED.
Messy says, OH, ME TOO, BUT FIRST THERE'S
SOMETHING I HAVE TO TRY OUT.
BYE!
Felix says, BYE, MESSY!
Zoe says, BYE, MESSY!
Messy returns to the play tunnel.
He says, SO, IT WASN'T AN INVISIBLE
PERSON AFTER ALL.
Messy yells into the tunnel, BA-LA-BA-LA BOOM-BOOM!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
[Messy giggling]
Messy says, IT'S MY ECHO!
End credits.
Messy sings, BA-LA-BA-LA-BOOM-BOOM!
Voice artists: Adam Buxton, Kate Harbour, Shelley Longworth, Rob Rockstraw.
Messy Goes to OKIDO. Copyright Doodle Productions 2015.
Based on OKIDO Magazine by Sophie Dauvois and Rachel Ortas.
Messy, a furry blue monster with a red nose and a blue tail whistles.
He says, LET'S SKI-DOODLE, OKIDOODLE!
Messy hops into a white and blue convertible. He presses a green button on the dashboard.
Singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO.
Messy sings, FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT
TO KNOW.
The singers sing, LET'S ALL GO TO OKIDO.
Messy drives through the countryside past a pond and down a road with dancing trees.
He sings, OKIDO, OKIDO
The singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO.
Messy drives through OKIDO, a large city with tall, colourful buildings.
He sings, ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT
TO KNOW.
Messy drives onto a loop de loop and underwater.
He sings, COME ALONG AND SAY HELLO.
LET'S GO SEE OUR FRIENDS!
Messy runs into a domed shaped house. Inside, he joins a blue haired boy wearing a striped blue shirt and blue hat.
Messy shouts, FELIX!
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
A red haired girl wearing red overalls and a red hat waves to Messy.
Messy shouts, ZOE!
Zoe high-fives Messy.
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
Messy cheers, ZIM, ZAM, ZOOM!
The singers sing, IN OKIDO.
Zim, who has a square shaped body and computer face appears with Zam, a green triangle, and Zoom, a pink creature. Zam’s science experiment explodes, filling the room with smoke.
Messy sings, BA-BA-LA-LA, BOOM-BOOM!
In OKIDO, Messy dances down a street with his friends.
The singers sing, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO
LET'S ALL GO TO OKIDO.
FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
Messy looks through a magnifying glass.
He sings with the others, MESSY GOES TO OKIDO!
Zoom transforms into a screen that reveals the title, Messy Goes to OKIDO. Messy jumps beside the screen and smiles.
[Horn blaring]
The episode title reads, Bouncing Batwaves. Written by Charles Hodges. Messy runs across the floor in front of a couch. He blows into a red horn.
[Horn blaring]
Messy says, LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT.
IT MAKES THIS AMAZING SOUND.
He blows his horn.
[Horn blaring]
[Messy giggling]
Messy runs over to a play tunnel. He blows his horn into the tunnel.
[Horn blaring]
[Horn echoing]
Messy looks surprised.
He says, OH, WHO WAS THAT?!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy says, WHAT?
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy says, WELL, IF YOU WON'T TELL ME WHO
YOU ARE, I'M GOING TO OKIDO
TO FIND OUT.
WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW, GO TO
OKIDO!
[Magical music plays]
A green and white tunnel transports Messy to OKIDO. Messy bounces down a set of trampolines. He flips off the last trampoline and lands on his feet in front of a garden.
Messy says, HELLO!
A person calls out, HELLO.
Messy looks startled.
He says, OH, NO, HE'S FOLLOWED ME
HERE.
OH!
A bush moves toward Messy.
[Suspenseful music plays]
Messy backs away from the bush as it moves closer to him. Zoe and Felix jump out of the bush.
Zoe says, FOOLED YOU!
[Zoe giggling]
Messy says, YES, YOU DID!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE INVISIBLE
PERSON FROM MY HOUSE.
Zoe says, DON'T BE SILLY.
PEOPLE CAN'T BE INVISIBLE.
Messy says, BUT I HEARD HIM!
HE WAS COPYING WHAT I SAID.
[Watch beeping]
Zoe answers a call on her watch.
She says, HELLO?
In a video call, Zim says, HELLO, ZOE.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE'RE HEARING SOME VERY STRANGE
SOUNDS AND CAN'T FIND THE
SOURCE.
Messy says, MAYBE IT'S MY INVISIBLE
PERSON.
Zoe says, WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE, ZIM.
She ends the call.
[Beeping]
Zoe says, COME ON, ZIM NEEDS US!
[Messy whistling]
The white and blue convertible rolls up to the three friends and they hop in. Messy looks excited. The roof closes over the car.
Messy says, LET'S SKIDOODLE, OKIDOODLE!
He drives down the street. In OKIDO, the friends ride an elevator to Zim, Zam and Zoom’s laboratory.
[Elevator dinging]
The friends walk into the lab.
Zam says, HMM.
WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?
Zim and Zam look around the lab.
[Clicking]
Zim says, I JUST CAN'T IDENTIFY IT.
Zoe asks, WHAT IS IT, ZIM?
Zim says, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM THE
MOUNTAINS, WHEN WE HEARD A
CLICKING SOUND.
IT'S VERY DISTRACTING.
Zam says, WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, SO WE
THOUGHT YOU COULD HELP US LOOK.
[Clicking]
Zam says, OVER THERE.
She points across the lab. Zim picks up an empty glass beaker and looks inside. He frowns.
[Clicking]
[Zoe gasping]
Zoe asks, WHAT WAS THAT?
A blue creature flies through a doorway. Zoe furrows her brow and follows the creature into the living room.
[Clicking]
Zoe smiles.
She says, OH, HELLO.
The creature, a bat, hangs upside down off a coat rack. Felix joins Zoe.
Felix says, OH, HELLO.
[Bat clicking]
Felix asks, WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?
Zoe says, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THROUGH
THERE.
She points to an open window. Messy looks excited as he jumps in front of the bat.
He loudly says, WHOA!
The bat looks scared.
[Terrified squeaking]
The bat flies out of the room.
Messy says, OOPS.
Back in the lab, Messy says, HELLO, LITTLE BAT.
The bat hangs off a shelf.
Zam says, OH, SO THAT'S WHAT WAS MAKING
THE CLICKING SOUND.
Zim says, A BAT!
MY FAVOURITE MAMMAL.
WELL DONE, YOU THREE.
He flips through pictures of bats until he finds the blue one.
Zim says, AH-HAH, YES, JUST AS I THOUGHT.
IT'S AN OKIDO LONG-EARED BAT.
QUITE A YOUNG ONE, I'D SAY,
AND IT LIVES IN CAVES IN THE
OKIDO MOUNTAINS.
Zam says, WHERE WE'VE JUST COME BACK
FROM.
HOW DID IT GET IN?
Zoe says, SOMEONE LEFT A WINDOW OPEN.
Zam angrily asks, ZIM?
Zim says, OOPS.
Zam says, OH, WELL, IT CAN'T LIVE HERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE WITH ITS FRIENDS.
WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT HOME
AGAIN.
Zoe says, WE'RE GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS!
Messy says, GREAT SOCKS!
DID YOU HEAR THAT, BAT?
WE'RE TAKING YOU HOME.
[Bat clicking]
The bat smiles and nods.
[Engine humming]
Zim and Zam’s ship rises from the building’s roof. Inside, Zim and Zam sit at the control panel.
[Zim clearing his throat]
Zim says, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY TURN TO
DRIVE.
Zam says, NO, IT'S YOUR TURN TO PRESS
THE BOOSTER BUTTON.
Zim says, ANYBODY CAN PRESS A BUTTON.
He presses a red button on the control panel.
Zim grumbles, I ALWAYS PRESS THE BOOSTER
BUTTON.
Zam flies the ship out of OKIDO and over mountains.
In the lab, Zoe says, YOU CAN COME DOWN NOW, LITTLE
BAT.
WE WON'T HURT YOU.
ARE YOU THIRSTY?
[Bat clicking]
The bat nods. It flies to a countertop in the lab.
Messy says, HERE YOU GO, BATTY-BAT.
He offers the bat a water bottle.
[Bat clicking]
Zoe says, I DON'T THINK BATS DRINK FROM
BOTTLES, MESSY.
Felix says, I CAN FIND OUT HOW BATS
DRINK.
He looks at a monitor on the wall. A video shows a bat drinking water from a lake by skimming the water’s surface.
Felix says, LOOK! IS THAT HOW YOU DRINK?
FROM A LAKE OR A RIVER?
[Bat clicking]
The bat nods.
Zoe says, I'LL ASK ZAM IF SHE CAN FIND
ONE FOR YOU.
[Bat clicking]
At night, Zam lands the ship beside a lake. Zoe and Messy follow the bat outside. Felix looks nervous.
[Owl hooting]
[Spooky music plays]
Felix says, OH, IT'S DARK.
HOW'S THE BAT GOING TO FIND
ITS WAY?
He walks out of the ship. On the lake, the bat skims the water’s surface. It splashes the water as it takes a drink.
[Bat clicking]
Zim says, BATS ARE USED TO THE DARK.
THEY'RE AWAKE AT NIGHT RATHER
THAN IN THE DAYTIME AND SO THEY
USE SOUND TO FIND THEIR WAY
AROUND AND TO FIND FOOD.
Messy says, THE BAT IS STILL MAKING THAT
CLICKING NOISE.
WHY DOES IT DO THAT?
Zim explains, WHEN BATS MAKE THEIR CLICKING
NOISE, THEY'RE SENDING OUT TINY
BITS OF SOUND CALLED "SOUND
WAVES."
Zoom, as a screen, shows a bat’s sound waves hitting a tree.
Zim continues, WHEN THOSE SOUND WAVES HIT
SOMETHING, THEY BOUNCE BACK.
Zoom’s video shows the sound waves bouncing back to the bat.
Felix says, SO, SOUND CAN BOUNCE OFF
THINGS?
Zim says, EXACTLY!
Zoom returns to his normal ball-like self. He throws one of his spinning balls against a mountain. It bounces off.
Zim says, SOUND BOUNCES AND COMES BACK
JUST LIKE A BALL.
He catches Zoom’s ball.
Zim continues, IF IT HITS SOMETHING AND YOU'RE
THE RIGHT DISTANCE AWAY, YOU
HEAR IT COMING BACK.
He returns Zoom’s ball.
Zim says, THAT'S CALLED AN ECHO, AND NOW
COMES THE CLEVER BIT.
THE BAT HAS VERY LARGE EARS.
THE BAT'S EARS CAN HEAR THE
ECHOES MUCH BETTER THAN WE CAN,
AND THEN ITS BRAIN USES THE
ECHOES TO WORK OUT WHERE THINGS
ARE AND WHAT SHAPE THEY ARE.
Zoom, as a screen, shows a bat’s path through a maze leading to a cave in mountain.
Zim continues, BATS CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SIZE AND SHAPE AND
FEEL OF THINGS, EVEN THINGS LIKE WATER,
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SOUND
WAVES BOUNCE.
WHALES AND DOLPHINS CAN DO IT
TOO, AND ANOTHER THING THAT'S
VERY INTERESTING IS THAT...
[Ship door opening]
Behind the group, Zam opens the ship’s door.
Zim gasps, OH!
Zam says, YOU DO GO ON.
HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN?
WE'VE GOT A CAVE TO FIND.
The group hurries back to the ship.
Zim says, I BELIEVE IT'S MY TURN TO
DRIVE.
The door closes behind him.
Zam says, HMM, WE'LL SEE.
The ship is flown through the mountains. At the controls, Zim pushes a lever.
Zoe asks, WHAT ABOUT THOSE CAVES?
ARE ANY OF THEM YOUR HOME?
[Bat clicking]
[Messy giggling]
Messy bounces one of Zoom’s balls against the floor.
He says, I'M BOUNCING SOUND WAVES.
[Zoom beeping]
Messy says, BEEP, BEEP!
He throws the ball across the ship.
He says, BEEP, BEEP!
The ball bounces off the walls. It flies past Zoom. Zoom’s head spins.
[Zoom buzzing]
Zam says, MESSY, IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL,
YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE...
The ball bounces off the red button.
Zam says, OH, BOOSTER BUTTON!
The ship zooms through the sky.
[Screaming]
Zim wails TOLD YOU ANYONE CAN
PRESS A BUTTON!
Zam pulls a lever on the control panel. The ship slows. Zoom, as a hand, catches Messy as he flies across the ship.
[Zoom beeping]
Messy says, OH, SORRY.
[Bat clicking]
The bat, who rests on a lever beside Zoe, points toward the window with their wing.
Zoe asks, IS THAT WHERE YOUR CAVE IS?
Messy says, HEY-HEY, WE FOUND THE
WAY!
OKI-TASTIC!
The ship is flown over a river.
Zam says, OH, CAREFUL!
She navigates a narrow path between two cliffs. She flies the ship to a cave in a mountain top.
Zoe says, OH, WE'RE THERE.
At the cliff’s entrance, Messy, Felix and Zoe follow the bat off the ship.
Messy says, LET'S OKI-GO!
The bat flies into the cave. The three friends pause at the entrance.
Messy says, WOW!
[Dramatic music plays]
Messy loudly says, HEY, LITTLE BAT!
WHERE ARE YOU?
[Wings fluttering]
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy loudly says, WHO'S THERE?
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy whispers, HEY, HE DID FOLLOW US HERE
AFTER ALL.
Speaking normally, Zoe asks, WHO DID?
Messy quietly says, THE INVISIBLE PERSON IN MY
GARDEN.
HE'S IN THE CAVE, NOW.
Speaking normally, Zoe says, COME ON.
IT'S TIME WE FOUND THIS
INVISIBLE PERSON.
She shins a flashlight from Felix’s backpack.
She loudly calls out, HELLO!
[Zoe’s voice echoing]
The friends stop suddenly.
Speaking normally, Messy says, SEE?
Felix loudly calls out, WHO IS IT?
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Speaking normally, Felix says, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
IT SAID WHAT I SAID.
LISTEN.
He loudly says, I'M FELIX.
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Speaking normally, Felix says, I THINK THAT'S MY SOUND WAVE
BOUNCING BACK TO ME.
I THINK WHAT YOU HEARD…
Felix loudly says …WAS AN
ECHO.
[Felix’s voice echoing]
Zoe says, LIKE THE ECHOES THE BAT MADE.
Messy loudly says, WOW!
BA-LA-BA-L-A BOOM-BOOM!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
Messy looks excited. The bat flies over them. Zoe shines her flashlight on the cave’s ceiling, where other bats hang upside down.
Zoe says, AH, THERE YOU ARE, LITTLE
BAT.
Two bats join the blue bat.
[Watch beeping]
Zoe answers a call on her watch.
In a video call, Zim says, HI, ZOE.
YOU'D ALL BETTER GET BACK TO THE
CLOUD SHIP QUICKLY.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
Zoe ends the call and says, COME ON, WE'D BETTER HURRY.
She hurries through the cave with Felix and Messy. The blue bat follows them.
At the entrance, Zoe asks, WHAT IS IT?
Zoe makes a call on her watch.
In video call, Zam says, IT'S THE OKIDO SNEAKY FURRY
FOG.
She and Zim look worried.
Zam says, IT APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE, WHEN
YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.
The different coloured OKIDO Sneaky Furry Fog is cloud shaped. The clouds have smiling and frowning faces. The fog swarms toward the cave.
Zim says, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FLY
THROUGH.
WE COULD BE HERE FOR DAYS.
Zoe ends the call.
[Watch beeping]
Messy says, FOR DAYS?
BUT THERE AREN'T ANY SOCKS HERE.
WHAT WILL WE EAT?
Felix says, WAIT A MINUTE.
MAYBE THE BAT CAN HELP US.
Messy asks, HOW?
Zoe looks thoughtful.
She says, OH, YES.
IT COULD USE ITS ECHOES TO GUIDE
US THROUGH THE CLOUD.
COULD YOU DO THAT, BAT?
She looks at the bat hopefully.
[Bat clicking]
The bat smiles and flies through the fog clouds. A mechanical arm reaches out from the ship with a metal triangle.
[Bat clicking]
The bat hangs off the triangle in front of the ship’s window. Zoe sits at the control panel with Zim and Zam.
She says, OKAY, LET'S GO!
[Anticipatory music plays]
The ship is flown through the many Sneaky Furry Fog clouds.
[Bat clicking]
Zoe says, GO RIGHT, ZAM.
Felix looks tense.
Zoe says, STEADY!
LITTLE BIT MORE.
Zam navigates through the fog.
Zoe says, AND KEEP IT GOING.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
[Bat clicking]
The team escapes the fog.
[Zoe sighing]
Zoe says, THE BAT GOT US THROUGH OKIDO
SNEAKY FURRY FOG!
[Team cheering]
Zim says, THANK YOU, LITTLE BAT.
[Bat clicking]
The bat flies away from the ship.
[Bat clicking]
Bat at home, in the dark, Messy, Felix and Zoe look tired.
Felix says, OH, WOW, WHAT AN ADVENTURE.
Messy nods.
Yawning, Felix says, TIME FOR BED.
Messy says, OH, ME TOO, BUT FIRST THERE'S
SOMETHING I HAVE TO TRY OUT.
BYE!
Felix says, BYE, MESSY!
Zoe says, BYE, MESSY!
Messy returns to the play tunnel.
He says, SO, IT WASN'T AN INVISIBLE
PERSON AFTER ALL.
Messy yells into the tunnel, BA-LA-BA-LA BOOM-BOOM!
[Messy’s voice echoing]
[Messy giggling]
Messy says, IT'S MY ECHO!
End credits.
Messy sings, BA-LA-BA-LA-BOOM-BOOM!
Voice artists: Adam Buxton, Kate Harbour, Shelley Longworth, Rob Rockstraw.
Messy Goes to OKIDO. Copyright Doodle Productions 2015.
Based on OKIDO Magazine by Sophie Dauvois and Rachel Ortas.
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