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, THE NAUGHTY CLAM!

Written by Allen Markuze.

[Soft, bright music plays]

In the telescope room, Kate and Nina watch Mr. Moustache presses buttons on the telescope control box panel.

Late says, MR. MOUSTACHE,
DOES THE TELESCOPE WORK NOW?

[Telescope control panel beeping]

Mr. Moustache sighs, NO, IT'S STUCK!

Boxy runs into the room with Dino and Pigi.

[Laughing]

[Pigi cooing]

Boxy stops and sneezes.

He says, ACHOO!

Dino bumps into Boxy, and Pigi bumps into Dino, and they all fall.

Boxy yelps, WOAH!

[Grunting]

A ball bounces out of Boxy into Dino’s hands.

Dino says, WOW!

Boxy says, HEY, DINO!
THAT IS THE SUPER
BOUNCY BALL!

Dino spins the ball on one finger.

Boxy warns, BE CAREFUL! DON'T...

Dino drops the ball, and it bounces off the floor.

Boxy says, ...DROP IT.

[Dino gasping]

The ball bounces around the room and off the telescope control box.

Kate says, OH!

Nina says, HUH?

Lights on the control box stop flashing.

Mr. Moustache says, NICE SHOT!

[Quiet giggling]

Mr. Moustache says, NOW IT WORKS!

[Celebratory music plays]

Mr. Moustache says, LET'S GO LOOK
ON THE GAME MACHINE!

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

In the game machine room, Mr. Moustache types on the machine’s computer.

[Beeping]

A planet appears on the computer screen that looks like the bottom of the ocean.

[Laughing]

Kate says, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
THOSE ARE KIDS LAUGHING!

Mr. Moustache says, AND IF THERE ARE CHILDREN,
THERE ARE GAMES!
READY TO GO?

The Game Catchers cheer, LET'S GO!

[Pigi trilling]

In the elevator, the Game Catchers say, 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.

[Yelping]

In slow motion, a one-eyed creature zooms by on a firework, 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!

They fly to the ocean-like planet.

[Serene music plays]

The Game Catchers land their ships on the sandy ground, blowing sand everywhere. Kate and Pigi appear from behind colourful shells the same size as them.

Kate says, LOOK AT ALL THESE SHELLS!

Nina and Boxy appear beside Kate.

Nina says, THEY ARE SO CUTE!

Two seahorses say, HELLO!

One is pink and one is blue.

They both ask, WHO ARE YOU?

Nina says, HELLO!

She jumps over the shells with the other Game Catchers.

She says, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

Boxy says, AND WE GO FROM
PLANET TO PLANET...

Kate and Pigi say, ...TO LEARN...

[Pigi cooing]

They say with Boxy and Nina, DINO?

Dino slides down a sand hill behind them.

He cheers, YAHOO!

He slides behind a collection of colourful shells.

[Thudding]

Dino cheers, NEW GAMES!

The pink seahorse says, HOW NICE!
OUR FAVOURITE GAME
IS LOWER AND LOWER!

The blue seahorse asks, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH US?

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

The pink seahorse explains, TO PLAY, WE NEED
A BAR AND SOME MUSIC.

[Upbeat music plays]

The blue seahorse asks, COULD YOU PLEASE HOLD
THIS BAR FOR A MOMENT?

He passes a Kate a long pink stick, the bar.

Kate says, OF COURSE!

She twirls the bar like a baton.

She says, HEY, LOOK AT ME!

She twirls the bar.

She grunts, HA! HA! HA! HO! HA!

[Others laughing]

Kate says, HA!

She twirls the bar into the air.

The others say, WHOA!

Kate catches, then twirls the bar into the air again.

She says, HA!

The bar twirls away from Kate.

Kate says, HUH?

[Crunching]

Kate says, OH NO!

[Kate gasping]

A clam creature holds the bar in their mouth. Kate runs over.

She asks, CAN YOU PLEASE
GIVE US THE BAR BACK
SO WE CAN PLAY
LOWER AND LOWER?

The clam turns away from Kate.

Nine asks, PRETTY, PRETTY PLEASE?

She runs up to Kate.

Boxy says, DON'T WORRY. I GOT IT!

He runs up to the clam and pulls on the bar.

[Boxy grunting]

Boxy says, LET IT GO!

His hold on the bar slips and he falls.

He yelps, OH!

[Thudding]

The clam walks away with the bar.

The others say, OH NO!

They watch the clam walk up the sand hill.

The blue seahorse says, IT'S THE ONLY BAR WE HAVE!

Boxy says, LET'S FOLLOW HER!

He leads the others up the hill after the clam. Elsewhere in the sand, they stop in front of the clam, who glares at them.

Boxy says, MISS CLAM, WHAT CAN WE DO
TO GET THE BAR BACK?

The clam, Miss Clam, looks excited. She drags the bar through the sand.

Kate says, WAIT!
SHE'S DRAWING SOMETHING!

[Mystical music plays]

The Game Catchers and their new seahorse friends watch Miss Clam.

Kate says, SHE DREW A TREE
AND THREE ROCKS.

Miss Clam’s drawing shows a palm tree.

Kate says, MAYBE SHE WANTS
TO SHOW US A PLACE!
IS THERE SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANT OVER THERE?

Miss Clam nods.

Kate asks, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S
A PLACE LIKE THAT
ON YOUR PLANET?

The pink seahorse says, THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES
LIKE THAT
ON THIS PLANET!

Nina says, WELL THEN, WE JUST NEED
TO FIND THE RIGHT ONE!

[Playful music plays]

The group of friends run up a big hill and look around.

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi points to his right. Boxy looks though a spyglass.

He says, OH, THREE ROCKS!

Two turtles have pink, rock-like shells.

Boxy sighs, AW...

Nina says, HEY!

Boxy says, HMM?

Nina says, LOOK THERE!

Boxy runs over to Nina and looks through his spyglass at a palm tree with pink leaves.

He says, I SEE A PALM TREE
AND A FEW ROCKS!
EXACTLY LIKE ON THE DRAWING!
GREAT, NINA, YOU FOUND IT!

He puts away the spyglass and walks over to the palm tree and colourful rocks with the others.

Everyone says, HERE WE ARE!

Kate says, AND NOW?

Dino says, HMM, MAYBE MISS CLAM
WANTS THIS TREE!

He runs over to the tree and tries to pull it out of the ground.

[Dino grunting]

Dino sighs, AW.

He slides down the tree.

He says, IT'S TOO HEAVY.

Nina says, MAYBE SHE WANTS
ONE OF THESE ROCKS?

A one-eyed, pink, octopus-like creature climbs onto one of the rocks.

Nina says, OH! HELLO, CUTIE PIE!

[Boxy gasping]

Boxy says, LOOK AT THOSE FRUITS!
MAYBE MISS CLAM WANTS THOSE!

He points at coconuts on the tree.

The blue seahorse says, OH, YES! THOSE FRUITS
ARE NICE AND JUICY!

Kate says, I'LL DO IT!

She stretches her arms up high to the coconuts and knocks them down to the ground.

[Nina giggling]

Nina says, LET'S TAKE THEM
TO MISS CLAM!

Everyone says, MISS CLAM!
LOOK WHAT WE BROUGHT YOU!

Kate, Nina and Dino each hold a coconut with straws in them. Miss Clam walks over to Kate and drops the bar.

The others cheer, HURRAY!
THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED!

Miss Clam drinks from a coconut.

[Slurping]

Dino says, NOW, WE CAN PLAY
LOWER AND LOWER!

He holds up the bar.

The pink seahorse says, THE GAME IS EASY!
TWO CHILDREN MUST GENTLY
HOLD THE BAR ABOVE THE GROUND.

Dino and the blue seahorse hold the bar between them.

The pink seahorse continues, THEN, WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS,
ALL THE OTHERS HAVE TO PASS
UNDER THE BAR IN TURN,
BENT BACKWARDS.

Music plays from a seashell radio.

[Light, playful music plays]

The other friends bend backwards as they pass under the bar.

The pink seahorse says, WHEN EVERYONE HAS HAD
THEIR TURN,
YOU LOWER THE BAR
A LITTLE BIT,
AND THE GAME BECOMES
MORE DIFFICULT.

Dino and the blue seahorse hold the bar lower. Kate passes under it.

The pink seahorse explains, IF A PLAYER TOUCHES THE BAR...

She tries to pass under the bar and bumps it with her snout.

[Buzzer]

The pink seahorse says, ...MAKES IT FALL...

Boxy bumps into the bar and it falls.

[Buzzer]

He says, RATS!

Pigi tries to pass under the bar and falls.

[Buzzer]

[Pigi cooing]

The pink seahorse continues, ...OR IF HE FALLS DOWN,
HE IS ELIMINATED!
EACH TURN, THE BAR
IS LOWERED MORE AND MORE.

Dino and the blue seahorse hold the bar lower. Nina struggles to pass under it.

[Nina grunting]

Nina’s horn taps the bar, and it falls.

[Buzzer]

Nina groans, OHH.

The pink seahorse says, THE LAST PLAYER REMAINING
IN THE GAME WINS!

Kate successfully passes under the bar.

She cheers, HA, I WON! I WON!

The others cheer, BRAVO, KATE!

Dino says, LET'S PLAY AGAIN!

The others cheer, YAY!

[Playful music continues]

Kate and the pink seahorse hold the bar. Boxy looks at the bar thoughtfully.

He says, HMM... HA!

[Boxy gasping]

He reaches inside his box.

[Rattling]

Kate says, HUH?

Boxy slides under the bar on a skateboard.

Kate says, IT DOESN'T COUNT!

Nina quietly chants, I CAN DO IT! I CAN DO IT!
I CAN DO IT!

The others behind her say, NINA, COME ON!

Nina glances at the line of friends behind her.

Giggling, she says, OKAY, ALL RIGHT!

[Everyone laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet.

In the game machine room, Dino says, WE PLAYED LOWER AND LOWER!

Mr. Moustache stands at the game machine computer.

Boxy says, YOU HAD TO BEND UNDER SO MUCH!
OH, TOO MUCH FUN!

Kate says, I BENT UNDER BACKWARDS
AND I MANAGED TO WIN!

Mr. Moustache says, VERY AMUSING!

[Mr. Moustache chuckling]

Mr. Moustache looks at the game machine.

He says, HERE COMES THE GAME SPHERE!

The claw game-like machine fills a sphere with a yellow light and memories of the Lower and Lower game.

[Triumphant music plays]

The game machine claw drops the sphere out of the machine. In the archive room, Mr. Moustache puts the sphere on a shelf among others.

He says, ANOTHER GAME SPHERE
FOR OUR COLLECTION!
GREAT JOB, GAME CATCHERS!

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

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