Logo: Direzione Generale, Cinema e AudioVisivo.

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catcher friends: cardboard box Boxy, one-eyed alien Kate, red dinosaur Dino, green pigeon Pigi, and unicorn Nina skip around a star.

They sing, WE LOVE GAMES,
PLAYING IS OUR MISSION.
TO FIND GAMES,
WE'RE ON AN EXPEDITION.

Studio Bozzetto and Sardine Productions present, a series created by Andrea Bozzetto, Brank Rakic, Corrado Colleoni in collaboration with Rai Ragazzi.

The Game Catchers sing, WE'RE TRAVELLING AROUND
THE UNIVERSE
IN SEARCH OF FRIENDS
AND FUN.

In space, they fly around a planet in their ships.

The Game Catchers sing, COLLECTING GAMES TO SHARE
WITH EVERYONE.
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS,
CATCHERS,
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS,
CATCHERS.
YEAH!

They return to headquarters and meet multi-armed blue haired Mr. Moustache.

They cheer, GOOD MORNING!

Startled, Mr. Moustache jumps out of his seat.

He says, OH! GOOD MORNING!

[Mr. Moustache chuckling]

Title, The Game Catchers.

A Game Catcher reads the episode title.

They say, A MUSHROOM TO HELP!

Written by Demetrio Bargellini.

[Soft music plays]

At Game Catchers headquarters, Kate looks through the telescope.

She says, I WONDER WHAT THE NEXT PLANET
WE VISIT WILL BE LIKE.

Nina says, I HOPE IT'S FULL OF COLOURS
LIKE THE RAINBOW.

Boxy says, AND WITH SOFT MOUNTAINS.
AND...

Dino says, A ROOM FULL OF STRAWBERRY
YOGURT! MMM!

He licks his lips. The others frown.

Dino says, OH! I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT SNACK TIME.

[Laughing]

Mr. Moustache runs into the room.

He says, GAME CATCHERS, COME QUICK!
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE FOUND
A GAME PLANET!

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

They follow Mr. Moustache into the sphere machine room where he types on the computer.

[Beeping]

A video shows a kite being flown on a planet.

The Game Catchers say, OH, BEAUTIFUL!
A KITE! A DEFINITE GAME TRACE.
READY TO GO?

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!
THERE'S A NEW GAME TO CATCH!
GO!

They fly out of headquarters in their ships.

[Upbeat music plays]

The Game Catchers sing, LET'S TAKE OFF
EXPLORING,
THROUGH SPACE OUR SHIP
IS SOARING,
AS WE SEARCH FOR GAMES
AND NEW FRIENDS.

[Tires screeching]

[Music stops]

The Game Catchers stop at a red light.

[Whirring]

A one-eyed juggling clown flies by, then the light turns green.

[Upbeat music continues]

The Game Catchers sing, WE DO LOVE EXPLORING,
WE NEVER FIND IT BORING,
TOURING GALAXIES
WITHOUT ENDS!

They fly through space.

They sing, OUR UNIVERSE IS
FULL OF GAMES AND FUN!

[Pigi cooing]

The Game Catchers sing, FOR EVERYONE

[Pigi cooing]

The Game Catchers cheer, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

[Gentle music plays]

The Game Catchers land their ships on a planet full of trees. Leaves blow past them as they explore.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

Nina says, THIS PLACE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

An orange mushroom creature with glasses hops out of a pile of leaves.

They say, HI!

[Game Catchers gasping]

The orange mushroom asks, WHO ARE YOU?

Nina, Pigi, Kate and Boxy say, OH HI!
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS
AND WE GO FROM PLANET TO PLANET,
TO LEARN...

Nearby, Dino climbs through a pile of leaves.

The others say, DINO?

Dino says, NEW GAMES!

Leaves fall on his head.

He says, OH...

[Laughing]

The Game Catchers new mushroom friend says, I LOVE GAMES TOO!
MY FAVOURITE
IS COPS AND ROBBERS.

Nina asks, CAN WE PLAY?

The orange mushroom friend says, OF COURSE!
BUT SIX PLAYERS ISN'T ENOUGH.
IT'S MORE FUN TO PLAY
COPS AND ROBBERS
WITH LOTS OF PLAYERS.
LET'S GO SEE
IF ANY OF THE MUSHROOM CHILDREN
HAVE GROWN!

The Game Catchers say, HUH?

Boxy says, GROWN?

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi shrugs. The Game Catchers follow their orange mushroom friend.

The orange mushroom friend says, CHILDREN ON THIS PLANET
ARE BORN OUT OF THE GROUND.

The Game Catchers say, HUH?

They look around.

They say, UH...

Kate says, HEY, LOOK AT THAT!

She points to a pile of leaves.

[Leaves rustling]

The Game Catchers and their orange mushroom friend run over to the leaves. Two mushroom kids pop out. One is pink and one is red and white.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

The mushroom kids each say, HI!

The Game Catchers and their orange mushroom friend say, HI!

A muffled voice says, HI...

Dino says, OH! HI!

He looks around.

He says, WHERE ARE YOU?

The muffled voice says, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M STUCK!

Kate says, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL FIND YOU!

The pink mushroom kid says, WE HAVE TO LOOK
UNDER THE LEAVES!

[Rhythmic music plays]

Everyone searches through the piles of leaves.

[Croaking]

[Dino gasping]

Dino asks, IS THAT YOU?

A green creature sits in the leaves.

[Creature croaking]

Dino says, HUH, I GUESS NOT.

[Nearby, Nina lifts leaves off a pile.

[High pitched shouting]

Nina says, HUH?

A bug in the leaves glares at her.

[Bug speaking gibberish]

Nina says, OOPS, SORRY.

She puts down the leaves and walks away. Pigi searches another big pile of leaves.

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi uncovers a blue and pink mushroom kid.

[Pigi cooing]

The others join Pigi.

Kate says, THERE YOU ARE!

[Muffled giggling]

The blue and pink mushroom kid says, I'M STUCK!

Boxy says, LEAVE IT TO ME!

He takes out a plunger and tries to plunge the blue and pink mushroom kid out of the leaves.

[Boxy grunting]

Boxy says, I CAN'T DO IT.

Dino holds a watering can.

He says, IF WE WATER IT, MAYBE
SHE WILL GROW LIKE A PLANT.

[Dino giggling]

Dino slips and falls on the pile of leaves.

He yelps, WHOA!

[Thudding]

The blue and pink mushroom kid’s head pops out of the leaves.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

Dino slides down the pile of leaves.

The blue and pink mushroom kid says, I'VE COME OUT A LITTLE.
CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN?

Kate says, OF COURSE! DO WHAT I DO!
JUMP!

She jumps.

She and Dino jump and say, JUMP!

The other Game Catchers join in.

They all jump and say, JUMP! JUMP!
JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!

The mushroom friends join.

Everyone says, JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!

Pounding the ground with their jumps, the blue and pink mushroom kid pops out of the pile of leaves.

She cheers, YAY!

[Kate giggling]

Kate says, WELL DONE, YOU DID IT!

The blue and pink mushroom kid says, OH, THANKS FOR HELPING ME OUT!

The orange mushroom friend asks, SHOULD WE CELEBRATE
WITH A GAME OF COPS AND ROBBERS?

Everyone cheers, YEAH!

The orange mushroom friend says, THE RULES ARE EASY.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PLAYERS
SPLIT UP INTO TWO TEAMS,
COPS AND ROBBERS,
IN SUCH A WAY THAT
THERE IS ONE COP
FOR EVERY TWO ROBBERS.
THE COPS GIVE THE ROBBERS
A HEAD START.

Nina, Dino, and the blue and pink mushroom kid, the cops, wait while the others, the robbers, run away.

The robbers count, ONE, TWO...

The orange mushroom friend continues, SO THEY CAN ESCAPE.

[Robbers giggling]

The cop friends count, ...NINE, TEN!

The orange mushroom friend continues, AND THEN, THEY BEGIN
TO CHASE AFTER THEM.

[Giggling]

The new friends are shown playing together.

The orange mushroom friend explains, WHEN A ROBBER IS TAGGED
BY A COP...

Nina tags Boxy.

She says, GOTCHA!

[Nina giggling]

The orange mushroom friend continues, ...HE MUST GO TO JAIL.

[Pigi cooing]

The blue and pink mushroom friend tags Gigi.

She says, GOTCHA!

The orange mushroom friend says, THE ROBBERS WHO ARE IN JAIL
MUST FORM A HUMAN CHAIN.

Boxy, Pigi and the orange mushroom friend are shown holding hands in a jail made of leaves.

The orange mushroom friend continues, IF A FREE ROBBER MANAGES
TO SLAP ONE OF THEIR HANDS,
THEY CAN ALL ESCAPE!

Kate frees the robbers.

The orange mushroom friend says, THE GAME FINISHES WHEN
ALL THE ROBBERS ARE IN JAIL.

The robbers are all in jail.

The cops cheer, YAY!

The robbers say, LET'S PLAY AGAIN!

[Everyone laughing]

In another round of the game, Kate stretches her arms high and pulls herself into a tree.

Nina says, THAT'S NOT FAIR!

[Both giggling]

Dino yells says, HEY!

The red and white mushroom friend says, HUH?

They run from Dino.

[Both giggling]

Dino stops running.

He says, UH? HUH?

The red and white mushroom friend hides among mushroom shaped rocks. They pop up behind Dino.

[Giggling]

The red and white mushroom friend runs away from Dino, while Boxy runs from the blue and pink mushroom friend.

[Giggling]

The game continues with the others. Kate slips and falls on a leaf. Nina tags her.

Nina says, GOTCHA!

Kate smiles.

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi tries to fly away from the pink and blue mushroom friend.

[Giggling]

The pink and blue mushroom friend catches Pigi as he falls.

She says, GOTCHA!

In the jail, the red and white mushroom friend, Kate, Pigi and the pink mushroom friend hold hands in a chain. Dino, the blue and pink mushroom friend, and Nina stand around them.

Dino says, YOU LOOK FOR THE OTHERS,
I'LL GUARD THEM.

The blue and pink mushroom friend runs away with Nina.

[Giggling]

A strawberry hangs beside Dino.

Dino says, OH? MMM, STRAWBERRY.
NUM-NUM!

Boxy hangs the strawberry beside Dino using a fishing pole.

[Boxy giggling]

While Boxy leads Dino away from the jail with the mushroom, the orange mushroom friend frees the other robbers.

The robbers cheer, YAY!

Boxy sneaks away from Dino. The blue and pink mushroom friend returns with Nina.

Nina says, DINO?

Dino says, HUH? OH!
OH, I'M SORRY.

He looks at the empty jail.

[Robbers laughing]

The cops chase the robbers. Dino trips and falls on a rock.

He yelps, AH!

The others yell, OH, NO!

[Dino yelling]

Dino slides into a pile of leaves. He pops up from the leaves with the green creature on his head.

[Croaking]

[All laughing]

The Game Catchers fly back to their planet and return to headquarters. Inside, Mr. Moustache places a yellow sphere on a shelf in the archive room.

He says, HA-HA! GOOD JOB,
GAME CATCHERS.
YOU FOUND ANOTHER SPLENDID
NEW GAME FOR OUR COLLECTION!

Boxy says, I WONDER WHAT THE NEXT GAME
WILL BE LIKE.

Kate says, I HOPE IT'S SUPER FUN
LIKE THIS ONE.

[Pigi cooing eagerly]

Nina says, AND WITH TWIRLS.

Dino says, AND WITH LOTS OF MILK,
AND CEREAL, AND BERRIES!
NUM-NUM! UH, WHAT?
WEREN'T YOU TALKING
ABOUT TOMORROW'S BREAKFAST?

[Laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

Logos: Direzione Generale, Cinema e AudioVisivo.
Studio Bozzetto & Co.
Sardine Productions.