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, HOLD ON TIGHT!

Written by Allison Whalen.

[Laughing]

Outside Game Catchers headquarters, Pigi and Boxy kick a soccer ball back and forth while the other Game Catchers run around.

[Boxy grunting]

Boxy kicks the ball high into the air.

He says, OOPS, OH!
NO!

The ball bounces around on the roof. Kate, Nina and Dino run over.

Boxy says, UH-OH...

Kate wails, AH!

[Nina gasping]

The ball bounces into a tube on the roof.

Kate says, THE BALL WENT INSIDE!
QUICK!
TO THE SLIDE ROOM!

Everyone runs inside to the slide room. The soccer ball bounces out of the slide.

Everyone says, OOOH!

The ball bounces over them.

Kate says, OH NO!
NOT THE COMPUTER ROOM!

The ball bounces into the game machine computer room where Mr. Moustache is working. The ball bounces off his head.

Mr. Moustache says, HUH?! WHAT?

The ball bounces off the computer keyboard.

[Computer beeping]

The computer shows a purple planet.

[Computer beeping]

Mr. Moustache says, AH! A PLANET!

The Game Catchers run up to Mr. Moustache.

Kate says, MISTER MOUSTACHE!
WE HOPE THE BALL DIDN'T BREAK

Mr. Moustache says, ANYTHING, DID IT?
BALL? WHAT BALL?

[Laughing]

Mr. Moustache says, OH! CAN YOU HEAR THAT?

He turns to the computer.

He says, CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER!

The computer shows a dark forest with glowing mushrooms on the purple planet.

Nina says, AND IF THERE ARE CHILDREN,
THERE ARE GAMES!

Mr. Moustache says, GAME CATCHERS,
READY TO GO?

The Game Catchers cheer, READY!

In the slide room, they stand in the elevator.

They 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.

[Whirring]

[Sloshing]

A cookie-like creature flies by in a teacup of milk, 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 purple planet and lower their ships through the dark forest.

[Game Catchers giggling]

The Game Catchers walk through the forest.

They say, WOW!

Fireflies flutter around the forest.

Nina says, THERE ARE A LOT OF LIGHTS!
THIS PLANET IS SO CUTE!

[Dino giggling]

Dino jumps up and down.

He says, WOW!

[Others giggling]

Someone says, HELLO!

Another says, HELLO!

Someone else says, OVER HERE!

[Dino giggling]

Dino gazes at the fireflies while the others wander further through the forest.

The first someone says, HI!

The second says, YOO-HOO!

Dino says, HEY! WAIT FOR ME!

He runs after the others.

[Pigi cooing]

The fireflies follow the Game Catchers through the forest.

[Dino giggling]

The Game Catchers meet three one-eyed, slug-like creatures resting on a giant mushroom. One is red, one is purple, and one is blue.


The blue creature says, GREETINGS!

He slides off the mushroom with the others.

He says, OH!

The purple creature says, I'M STARLIGHT.
THIS IS MOONBEAM AND
SPARK.

The Game Catchers all say, HI!

Nina says, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS...

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

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

[Pigi cooing]

Fireflies rest on Dino.

The other Game Catchers say, DINO!?

Dino says, HUH?
NEW GAMES!

Spark says, HOW NICE!
WE LOVE TO PLAY
SARDINES IN A CAN!
WANT TO PLAY?

Kate says, YES, SURE!
HOW DO WE PLAY?

Moonbeam says, IT'S EASY!
ONE PLAYER MUST HIDE.

Boxy says, I'LL HIDE!

He runs away.

[Upbeat music plays]

Moonbeam continues, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE
HAS TO CLOSE THEIR EYES
AND COUNT TO 10.

The others count, ONE, TWO...

Moonbeam explains, THE PLAYER WHO HAS TO HIDE,
NEEDS TO FIND A HIDING SPOT
BIG ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE
TO FIT INSIDE.

Boxy looks at a hollow log.

He says, NOT WIDE ENOUGH!

[Boxy gasping]

[Boxy laughing]

Boxy jumps behind a mushroom bush.

[Boxy grunting]

Boxy says, HMM...
NOT TALL ENOUGH!

He keeps searching.

[Boxy laughing]

Boxy runs up to a large, hollow rock.

He says, OH!
HA!

He steps through the jelly-like walls of the rock.

He says, PERFECT!
THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE!

The others count, NINE!
TEN!

[Pigi cooing]

Moonbeam explains, AFTER COUNTING, EVERYBODY
LOOKS FOR THE HIDDEN PLAYER.

Starlight wanders past the jelly rock.

[Starlight gasping]

Starlight looks back at the rock.

Starlight says, IS SOMEONE THERE?

Boxy says, NO! OOPS!

He covers his mouth.

[Starlight giggling]

Moonbeam says, IF YOU FIND THE HIDDEN
PLAYER,
YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE INTO THE
HIDING SPOT WITH THEM
LIKE SARDINES IN A CAN!

Starlight sits beside Boxy in the jelly rock.

[Starlight and Boxy giggling]

At the hollow log, Dino squeezes inside. In darkness, a pair of eyes look at him and he leaves the log.

He yelps, AH!
YIKES!

He runs away. Inside the log, the pair of eyes are two pink, one-eyed creatures who shrug.

They say, HMM?

[Dino wailing]

Running away, Dino stumbles into the jelly rock.

Boxy says, YOU FOUND US, DINO!

[Giggling]

Moonbeam says, THE LAST PERSON TO FIND
THE HIDING SPOT
GETS TO HIDE NEXT TIME.

[Giggling]

Someone in the rock says, THIS IS FUN!

Dino says, I REALLY FEEL
LIKE A SARDINE IN A CAN!

Spark says, WE ARE ALMOST ALL HERE,
WE'RE ONLY MISSING...

Nina says, OH, KATE!
SHE'S USUALLY VERY GOOD AT
FINDING HIDING PLACES,
IT'S WEIRD!

Dino says, YES, WE'VE BEEN WAITING
TOO LONG!
LET'S GO FIND HER!

He leads the others out of the rock.

They all call out, KATE!
WHERE ARE YOU?

Dino yells, KATE! WHERE ARE –

A firefly flutters in front of Dino, who stops walking.

Dino says, OH!

The firefly points ahead of the group.

Nina says, IT'S TRYING TO TELL US
SOMETHING!

Boxy says, YOU'RE RIGHT!
LET'S FOLLOW IT!

The group follows the firefly through the forest and across a leaf over a hole in the ground.

Dino says, OH AND THERE'S KATE!

Kate pulls on a green creature in a cocoon.

[Kate grunting]

Kate says, YOU GUYS ARE JUST IN TIME
TO HELP MRS. LUNA!

Mrs. Luna, the creature, says, I GOT STUCK IN MY COCOON...

[Mrs. Luna laughing]

Mrs. Luna says, ...AND I ASKED KATE
TO HELP ME OUT!

Kate says, EVERYONE HELP ME PULL!

In a line, the Game Catchers and their new friends pull together.

Kate says, READY? ON THREE!
ONE, TWO, THREE
PULL!

Everyone pulls on each other.

Kate says, PULL!

[Straining]

Mrs. Luna slips out of her cocoon.

[Thudding]

[Grunting]

Everyone says, WOAH!

Lying on the ground, they look up.

They say, OH!

[Pigi cooing]

Mrs. Luna says, THANK YOU, MY DEARS!

She flies above the friends with her multiple large, butterfly-like wings.

Nina says, IT WAS A PLEASURE!

Kate says, NOW WE CAN PLAY A GAME

The others cheer, YEAH!

Everyone but Kate counts, NINE, TEN!

Kate hides in an underground spot in a hole in the ground.

[Kate giggling]

Dino falls into the hole, joining Kate.

He yelps, OUCH!

[Kate and Dino giggling]

Kate and Dino are joined by Spark, then Boxy.

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi jumps over the hole in the ground. He pauses, then turns around and jumps in the hole, onto Box.

[Pigi cooing]

During another game of Sardines in a Can, Moonbeam finds Dino, Boxy, Pigi, Starlight and Nina under a giant mushroom.

He says, AH!

[Dino giggling]

Moonbeam jumps on Dino’s back and hides with the others. During another round of the game, Nina’s legs stick out of the hallow log, where she hides with Pigi and Dino.

[Pigi cooing]

[Boxy laughing]

Boxy runs up to the log.

He says, OH.

[Boxy laughing]

Boxy jumps in the tightly packed log with the others.

The others inside say, WOAH!

Dino, Nina and Pigi, along with Kate, slip out of the log.

Boxy says, WHOOPS!

[Giggling]

Later, Kate says, WE HAVE TO GO BACK
HOME NOW.

Starlight, Moonbeam and Spark smile.

Boxy says, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
WITH YOU!

Everyone says, BYE!

They wave to each other.

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet.

[Giggling]

Inside, Kate says, WE PLAYED SARDINES IN A CAN,
A BEAUTIFUL GAME!

In the game machine room, Mr. Moustache works on the game machine computer.

Boxy says, YOU HAD TO SQUISH TOGETHER
REALLY TIGHT!

He and Nina squish Pigi between them.

Dino says, AND WE HELPED MRS. LUNA
OUT OF HER COCOON!

Chuckling, Mr. Moustache says, HOW MARVELOUS!

He glances at the computer.

He says, OH, HERE COMES
THE GAME SPHERE!

The claw game-like sphere machine fills a sphere with a green light and memories of the Sardines in a Can game.

[Triumphant music plays]

The game machine claw drops the sphere out of the machine onto a stand.

[Nina squealing]

In the archive room, Kate carries the sphere.

Mr. Moustache says, ANOTHER AMAZING GAME FOR
OUR COLLECTION,
GOOD JOB, GAME CATCHERS!

Kate puts the sphere on a shelf among others.

Nina says, I WONDER WHAT GAME
WE'LL CATCH NEXT TIME!

Boxy says, WHO KNOWS!
BUT FOR NOW...

He pops out the soccer ball.

He says, LET'S PLAY BALL!

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

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