Mojo Swoptops

Descriptive Transcript

[Rock music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In an animation, Bo pushes levers and buttons on a controller in the Swop Shop Headquarters. He wears a green hat over his curly, short brown hair. Mojo, a blue vehicle, swaps from an airplane to a firetruck to a bulldozer with a crane on the back. They then swap to a truck with a wrecking ball and spin in a circle.

[Song] Jet top, fire top, dozer top, dig it up. Crane with a wrecking ball, you know they'll answer any call. Jumper top, monster top, turn it on, swop it up. Mojo and Bo to the Swop Shop, let's go.

DESCRIPTION: The headquarters garage door opens, and Bo drives Mojo to the road.

[Song] Mojo. Swoptop. Swop your top, and let's go. Together we can make it all right.

DESCRIPTION: On the road, Mojo swaps between different types of vehicles.

[Song] Mojo. Swoptop. Swop your top, and let's go. It's you and me; we're outta sight.

DESCRIPTION: Mojo zooms on the water. On the road, they drive with a ramp to a dump bed lowered, and scooter riders slide into the back of the truck. In a forest, Bo stands on a cherry picker and lifts a pig from a tree. Mojo swaps to a helicopter and a monster truck.

[Song] Boat top, dumper top, race it fast, rev it up. Cherry picker, oh-so tall. You know they'll answer any call. Chopper top, monster top, turn it on, rev it up. Mojo and Bo to the rescue. Let's go! Mojo Swoptops. Swop your top, and let's go.

[Title] Mojo Swoptops.

[Episode Title] The Sticky Sauce Situation.

[Energetic music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In the Swop Shop, Bo and Mojo wear sweatbands as they stretch.

MOJO: To the left. To the right. To the left. To the right. To the left.

[Both grunt, clunk, slide whistles, thump]

DESCRIPTION: Bo and Mojo do push-ups. They jump up and down.

MOJO: Now, up, down. Up, down. Up and jump.

[Tires screech, clank]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo drives in circles around the garage, spins to Bo, and then lands with a smile.

MOJO: And zoom!

BO: Uh, I don't think I can zoom.

MOJO: Don't worry, Bo. Nobody gets it the first time.

[Siren blares, cartoon running, bang, Mojo chuckles]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo hits a garage wall. Bo flies up into the air, runs in place, and then lands against the wall beside Mojo. Mojo falls on the floor and smiles up at Bo.

MOJO: You got it!

[Beep, static crackles]

DESCRIPTION: Bo runs to a control panel and hits the button. Fabio appears on a large computer screen.

BO: Mojo Swoptops. Helping you is what we do.

MOJO AND BO: Oh, hi, Fabio.

FABIO: Mojo, Bo, I was trying a recipe for my new sticky sauce. I think I made it too sticky. One little spill and now the pot, it is stuck.

[Creak, Fabio grunts, lid clatters]

DESCRIPTION: On the computer screen, Fabio pulls on a pot stuck to his café counter.

FABIO: Can you unstick it for me?

MOJO: Don't worry, Fabio.

BO: We'll be right over. Just stick around.

[Footsteps patter, beep, chimes, whirr, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Bo pushes a button. An opening in the ceiling closes, and Bo picks up his controller. He and Mojo look at the computer screen as the wrecking top appears.

MOJO: We could use a wrecking top. We could smash that pot clean off the counter.

BO: I don't think we want to smash up the whole café.

[Whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: The dozer top appears on the computer screen.

MOJO: Okay. How about the dozer top? We could scoop that pot right up.

BO: And probably scoop Fabio up with it. It's a very big scoop.

MOJO: We just need to get over there and clean up.

[Beep, both gasp]

BOTH: It's time to...swop that top!

[Footsteps patter, beep, chimes, whirr, rock music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Bo pushes buttons on the controller, mechanical arms remove Mojo’s tires, and then close a panel concealing a fire extinguisher. Bo jumps into Mojo and fastens his seatbelt. The garage door opens, and Mojo drives out with a fire top.

BOTH: Fire Top!

[Tires squeal, Fabio grunts, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: At the café, Fabio stands on the counter and pulls on the pot.

FABIO: Mojo, Bo! My customers, they'll be here any minute.

[Fabio grunts, legs whoosh, whoosh, the music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio leans against the pot and pushes it. On the café patio, Bo grabs the firehose.

BO: Don't worry, Fabio. A quick blast on the firehose will take care of this. Ready?

[Tense music plays]

FABIO: Yes.

[Water sprays, Fabio screams, shouts, pot clatters, Fabio grunts, pot clanks]

DESCRIPTION: Bo sprays the pot, and it flies off the counter, hitting Fabio, and he falls. Fabio walks to the patio with the pot stuck to his shirt. He pulls on it and takes off the lid.

FABIO: The pot! Now, it is stuck to me.

[Bo chuckles]

BO: Another quick blast, Fabio?

[Tense music notes play]

FABIO: Un momento.

[Clears his throat, lid clatters]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio puts the lid on the pot.

FABIO: Okay. You may hose.

MOJO: Let's try full power.

[Tense music plays]

BO: Three, two, one. Hose!

(Water sprays, energetic music plays, Bo and Fabio shout, whoosh, thud, Bo gasps, Fabio grunts, clank]

DESCRIPTION: Bo lets go of the hose, and it sprays wildly around the patio. Fabio spins, and sticky sauce spills onto Mojo’s hood. Fabio sits on the spilled sauce with the pot on his lap. He strains to pull himself off Mojo’s hood.

FABIO: This is not so good for me.

MOJO: It's kind of not great for me, either.

[Whoosh]

BO: Don't panic. The hose will soon get unstuck.

[Whoosh, tense music plays]

FABIO: No, please! No more hose.

BO: Then we'll have to try something else.

[Knuckles crack, whoosh, both grunt, honk, tense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Bo cracks his knuckles and then pulls on Fabio’s legs.

FABIO: Oh, no. I will be stuck forever.

BO: Don't worry, Fabio. We'll try everything.

MOJO: Everything.

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio wraps his legs and arms around a lamp post.

BO: Hold on tight.

[Engine rumbles, Fabio and Bo grunt, Fabio shouts, slide whistle, Mojo clanks, lamp post crashes]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo reverses, and Fabio’s legs and arms stretch as he holds onto the post. The lamp post bends, and Fabio pulls it out of the ground. The lamp post flies up, and Fabio flies backwards against the hood. Mojo crashes into a different lamp post, and the first lamp post lands on the fire top ladder.

[Nori chuckles, crowbar whooshes, Nori sighs, upbeat music continues]

DESCRIPTION: Nori spins a crowbar and then wedges it beneath Fabio’s bottom. His eyes widen.

NORI: Okay.

[Nori grunts, shouts, Nori screams, beams clatter]

DESCRIPTION: Nori jumps up and down on the crowbar. She bounces up in the air, lands on her bottom, and metal beams land behind her.

[Whirr, click]

DESCRIPTION: In the Swop Shop, Mojo drives onto the vehicle lift.

FABIO: Have you done this before?

[Bo laughs]

BO: Nope.

[Fabio whimpers]

DESCRIPTION: Bo holds his controller and pushes buttons. A mechanical arm holds Mojo, and mechanical arms pull each of Fabio’s legs.

FABIO: Too much! Too much!

[Whirr]

BO: Argh.

MOJO: Ugh.

[Clang, Mojo sighs, whoosh, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The lift lowers, and Mojo collapses on the floor. Bo looks at one side of Mojo’s hood and then the other.

MOJO: We've tried everything, and I mean everything.

CAPTAIN GAIL: Not everything.

[Whoosh, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The garage door opens, and Captain Gail enters.

CAPTAIN GAIL: Have you heard the story of Captain Squidbeard?

MOJO, FABIO, AND BO: Captain Squidbeard?

[Everyone gasps, pages rustle, jaunty music plays, gulls squawk]

DESCRIPTION: Captain Gail opens a book and shows the others a picture of a man with a squid stuck to his beard.

CAP'N GAIL: Squidbeard had a squid stuck to his beard. Sailed twice around the world in a quest to get it unstuck, but nothing worked. That squid stayed stuck until he was old and his beard was grey.

FABIO: I don't like this story.

[Page flips, bird tweets]

DESCRIPTION: In the book, a picture shows Squidbeard on a mountain peak.

CAPTAIN GAIL: But then, Squidbeard climbed all the way to the top of Mount Swoppiton, and when he came down, the squid was gone, as if by magic.

MOJO: What happened?

FABIO: Tell us.

BO: How?

[Book thumps, the music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Captain Gail closes the book.

CAPTAIN GAIL: I don't know. I haven't got to that bit. Good luck.

DESCRIPTION: Captain Gail leaves with her book.

BO: So, Captain Squidbeard had to climb to the top of Mount Swoppiton to get unstuck. Eh, I suppose it's worth a try.

MOJO: If we're going up a mountain, we're going to need a hot swop.

FABIO: But what about me?

[Hands slap]

DESCRIPTION: Bo high-fives Fabio.

BO: Just sit tight.

[Rock music plays, clang, engine rumbles]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo rises on the vehicle lift. Bo pushes buttons on the controller, and a mechanical arm lowers spotlights onto Mojo. Bo jumps into Mojo and fastens his seatbelt.

FABIO: Ooh! Oh. Oh, no. Watch out.

[Engine rumbles]

DESCRIPTION: The garage door opens, and Mojo drives out with the monster top.

ALL: Monster Top!

[Engine rumbles, Fabio shouts, whoosh, thump, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo drives up the side of the mountain, jumping on ledges.

FABIO: I can see my café from here.

BO: Well, I can't see anything.

[Tires screech, thump]

DESCRIPTION: They reach a flat clearing with trees on the top of the mountain, and Bo jumps out of Mojo’s cab.

BO, ECHOING: We made it to the top of Mount Swoppiton!

[Jaunty music plays]

BO: According to the Captain Squidbeard story, you should be unstuck by now. Has it worked?

[Fabio grunts, pot clanks, thumps]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio tries to pull the pot off his lap and tries to get off the hood. He pats Mojo’s hood.

FABIO: No. I suppose we are stuck like this forever. Maybe it won't be so bad. You can come and work with me in my café.

[Upbeat music plays]

FABIO: Ha-ha! We shall sing cooking songs.

FABIO SINGS: Oh.

MOJO, ECHOING: We have to get unstuck!

[Needle scratches a record]

ECHO: Unstuck. Unstuck...

[Loud bleat, tense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The mountain shakes. Bo stands against Mojo’s wheel.

FABIO: What was that?

MOJO: Uh, Bo, was that you?

[Hooves patter, tense music plays, goat bleats]

DESCRIPTION: A goat runs around everyone and then stands on a nearby rock.

BO: Oh. Uh, hello, goat.

[Sniffs, bleats, pot clanks, tongue slurps, tense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio looks down at the pot, and the goat licks their lips.

MOJO: He looks hungry. Hungry for sticky sauce.

DESCRIPTION: Fabio hugs the pot.

FABIO: No, no. My sticky sauce is not for goats.

[Boing, tongue slurps]

DESCRIPTION: The goat jumps off the rock and slowly walks forward, licking their lips.

BO: Let's, uh, just back away slowly.

[Second goat bleats, everyone screams]

DESCRIPTION: A second goat stands behind Mojo.

BO: Let's just, uh, back away a different way.

[Goat bleats, thump, everyone gasps, tense music continues]

DESCRIPTION: A third goat leaps over a rock and approaches.

BO: Let's just drive!

[Exciting music plays, hooves thump, Fabio screams, thump, pebbles clatter, everyone screams, bush rustles, Fabio vocalizes]

DESCRIPTION: Bo hops into Mojo’s cab, and they drive with the goats chasing them. Mojo drives off the mountain peak and bounces off a ledge, and the goats follow. Mojo drives down the grassy slope and through a bush. Bo looks out the window.

BO: Huh? Where'd they go?

[Bleat, Bo screams, Fabio whimpers, thump, smack, bleats, Fabio shouts]

DESCRIPTION: Bo looks into the rearview mirror, and a goat stares back. The goat jumps out of the truck bed and walks across the roof. The goat leaps at Fabio and bounces off his head.

MOJO: Where are they, Bo?

BO: I think we lost them.

[Exciting music continues, goats bleat, tires screech, Fabio whimpers, creak]

DESCRIPTION: Bo looks out the window and then sits forward. A goat sits in the passenger seat beside him, and a second goat peers through the driver’s side window. Both bleat at the same time, and Bo jumps. Mojo drives erratically down the slope. On the hood, the goats pull on the pot.

FABIO: No, no! Not my sticky sauce.

MOJO: Hold on. I'm going to try something.

[Everyone shouts, whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo spins, and the goats fly off the hood.

BO: That's better.

[Thunk, bang, tires screech]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo bounces off a rock.

MOJO: No, it's not.

[Dramatic music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Mojo stops and looks at a tall rock wall blocking their way.

BO: Oh, no! Now, we're stuck.

FABIO: Some of us were stuck already.

[Grass rustles, everyone gasps, ominous orchestral music plays, hooves clomp, wheel thumps, tongue slurps, Fabio whimpers, screams, slurp]

DESCRIPTION: The goats slide down a nearby hill, and Mojo backs into the rocks. A grey goat licks their lips, and Fabio hugs the pot. The goat jumps onto the hood and licks the sauce.

FABIO: Oh!

[Clanks, triumphant music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The pot and the lid fall on the ground.

BO: The pot! It came unstuck.

MOJO: This must've been what happened to Captain Squidbeard.

FABIO: But now the sauce is all gone!

[Ting, tense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The pot gleams, and the goats look at Fabio and Mojo.

FABIO: And the pot, it is clean.

[Thump, Fabio shouts]

DESCRIPTION: The goats jump on the hood beside Fabio.

FABIO: Get off. Go away.

MOJO: No, Fabio. Let them. I think it's going to be okay.

[Goats slurp, Fabio whimpers, laughs, happy music plays]

FABIO: That tickles.

[Fabio shouts, grunts, giggles, creak, pop]

DESCRIPTION: The goats leap away, and Fabio slides off Mojo’s hood. His head lands in the pot, and he sits. Fabio stands and pulls the pot off his head.

MOJO: Woo-hoo! Yay-yay! We did it.

DESCRIPTION: Bo pets the grey goat.

BO: Thanks, goats.

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Fabio scratches beneath a yellow goat’s chin.

FABIO: Yes. Thank you, goats. I am sorry I ever doubted you.

[Goats belch, whoosh, hooves thump]

DESCRIPTION: The goats walk away.

BO: Nice.

[Upbeat music plays, hooves thump]

DESCRIPTION: The goats jump up the side of the mountain.

ALL: Bye, goats.

FABIO: Well, the sauce is all gone, and my pot is unstuck, so now, I can make a sauce that's even more sticky.

BO AND MOJO SHOUT: No!

MOJO: Although it did look yummy.

[Everyone laughs, upbeat music plays]

[Song] Mojo. Swoptops. Mojo. Swoptops. Mojo. Swoptops.

[End Credits] Series Director: Dominic Minns. Episodic Director: Oliver Brown. Head Writer: Doug Sinclair. Cast: Mojo, Rosa Brass; Bo, Sammy Cosgrove; Animals, Jim Johnson; Betty, Lu Corfield; Bryan, John Wark; Captain Gail, Sandra Dickinson; Didi, Lucy Montgomery; Dot, Elodie Lippiatt; Fabio, Giovanni Noto; Filo, Lucian Moabi; Jackson, Inel Tomlinson; Lot, Evangeline Menezes; Mayor Sunita, Anjili Mohindra; Nan, Rachel Atkins; Nori, Laura Checkley; Preston, Paul Litchfield; Tao, Christopher Chung; Ted, Keith Wickham; Tot, Camilla Birkett. Blue Zoo Production in association with Tararaboom for B.B.C. Copyright 2024 Blue Mojo Rights Limited. All Rights Reserved.

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