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, CHASE THE BEAN!

Written by Allison Whalen.

[Exciting music plays]

Two ships are flown through space.

Kate says, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO FIND
THE GREEN PLANET.

Boxy says, NOT IF I FIND IT BEFORE YOU!

Kate says, THERE IT IS!

A green planet is Pigi.

[Pigi cooing]

At Game Catchers headquarters, in the game machine room, Pigi stands in front of Kate and Boxy’s remote control spaceships.

[Kate and boxy laughing]

At the game machine computer, Mr. Moustache says, HEY, LOOK! I FOUND
A PLANET WITH GAME TRACES.

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

The computer shows a forest planet with monkey-like planet creature running on large vines.

[Laughing]

Boxy says, THERE'S KIDS RUNNING!

Mr. Moustache says, AND IF THERE ARE KIDS,
THERE ARE GAMES!
GAME CATCHERS, ARE YOU 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.

[Sizzling]

A fried egg in a frying pan ship 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!

[Playful music plays]

They fly to the forest planet. With their ships parked on one vine, they ride down another like a slide.

[Laughing]

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

They stand up at the bottom of the vine.

Kate says, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLANET!

Dino says, HA-HA-HA! HOW DO I LOOK?

He wraps a small vine around his head.

[Distant giggling]

Someone says, YOU LOOK GREAT.

The Game Catchers look surprised.

Boxy says, OH?

The Game Catchers turn to three monkey-like creatures of different colours.

The blue creature says, I'M PAT.

The yellow creature says, I'M PERRY.

The pink creature says, AND I'M PETAL.

Together they say, WHO ARE YOU?

Nina says, WE’RE THE GAME CATCHERS...

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

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

[Pigi cooing]

[Dino grunting]

Dino pulls wrapped around his head off.

He says, ...NEW GAMES!

Pat says, HOW NICE! OUR FAVOURITE GAME
IS BEAN...

Perry says, ...BAG...

Petal says, ...TOSS!

Pat asks, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH US?

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

[Pigi cooing]

Pat says, YOU PLAY WITH THIS.

He takes out a red bag with a hole in the bottom.

Perry says, HUH?

Pat says, OH…

Perry says, OH NO. THERE'S A HOLE IN
THE BAG!
AND THE BEANS ARE GONE.

A single bean falls out of the bag. It turns upright.

Everyone gasps, HUH?

Legs appear under the bean and walks it under the big vine the new friends stand on, then crawls under the vine with other beans.

[Gentle music plays]

Kate asks, DO BEAN ALWAYS RUN ON YOUR
PLANET?

Petal says, NO! NOT AT ALL!

One-eyed bug creatures appear under the vine, carrying the beans.

The three monkey-like creatures say, IT'S THE SCAMPERS!

Nina says, AW, THEY'RE SO CUTE!

The Scampers scurry away.

Boxy says, WE NEED TO GET THE BEANS BACK!

Kate says, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FAST!

The Game Catchers chase after the Scampers with their new friends.

[Playful music plays]

[Scampers chittering]

The group of friends chase the Scampers to another vine. The Scampers run inside the vine.

Petal says, IT'S A SCAMPER HOME.

Nina looks into a hole in the vine.

She says, HELLO? SCAMPERS?

A scamper appears at the hole in the vine holding a bean.

[Scamper chittering]

Nina asks, HI! CAN WE HAVE OUR BEANS BACK?

The Scamper shakes their head.

They grunt, MM-HMM.

Dino runs over and asks, PLEASE?

[Scamper chittering]

The Scamper leaves.

Nina says, WAIT, WHAT IF WE GIVE YOU
SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR
THE BEANS?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT,
SCAMPERS?

Multiple Scampers appear at the hole holding beans.

[Excited chittering]

Boxy says, HMM, MAYBE THEY'RE HUNGRY.

The Scampers nod.

[Excited chittering]

Kate asks, WHAT DO THEY LIKE TO EAT?

Pat says, THE SCAMPERS LOVE A SWEET
FRUIT CALLED THE BANACOCO!

[Pigi cooing]

Boxy says, GOOD THINKING, PIGGI. IF
WE GIVE THE SCAMPERS A BANACOCO,
MAYBE THEY WILL GIVE BACK
THE BEANS!

Everyone cheers, YAY!

[Pigi cooing]

[Cheerful music plays]

The monkey-like friends lead the Game Catchers through the jungle of vines to a hanging yellow fruit.

Pat says, THIS BANACOCO IS RIPE,
PERFECT FOR THE SCAMPERS.

Standing on Dino, who stands on Petal, Pat pulls the banacoco down. He passes it to Dino, who smells it.

[Dino sniffing]

Dino says, MMM, MMM, IT LOOKS DELICIOUS!

He passes the banacoco to Petal, who passes it to Boxy. The group returns to the Scamper home.

They shout, SCAMPERS! LOOK WHAT
WE BROUGHT YOU!

A Scamper peaks out of the hole in the vine.

[Excited chittering]

Two other Scampers help the first carry the banacoco into their home. Beans are then thrown out to the group of friends.

The friends say, OOOH!
WE DID IT! HURRAY!

Dino fills Pat’s now repaired bag with the beans.

Pat says, HERE IT IS!

He and Dino say, IT'S BEAN BAG TOSS
TIME!

[Playful music plays]

Perry says, TO PLAY BEAN BAG TOSS,
PLAYERS HAVE TO TOSS
THE BEAN BAG INTO THE CIRCLE.

Scampers stand in a line beside three different sized hoops.

Perry continues, EACH PLAYER GETS THREE TURNS.
THE BIGGEST CIRCLE COUNTS
FOR ONE POINT.

One Scamper stands beside the biggest circle.

Perry says, THE MIDDLE CIRCLE COUNTS FOR
TWO.

Two Scampers stand beside the medium sized circle.

Perry adds, AND THE SMALLEST, FARTHEST
CIRCLE COUNTS FOR THREE POINTS.

Three Scampers stand beside the smallest circle. Kate throws the beanbag toward the hoop circles.

[Kate grunting]

Perry says, WHOEVER GETS
THE MOST POINTS WINS!

Kate’s first throw gets her 1 point. Her second throw misses the circles.

[Buzzer]

[Kate sighing sadly]

The others cheer, COME ON, KATE!

Kate throws the bean bag into the smallest circle.

She cheers, I GOT FOUR POINTS, YAY!

Dino says, MY TURN! MY TURN!

He throws the bean bag into the smallest circle.

He cheers, WOO-HOO!

Dino throws the bean bag again.

[Dino grunting]

Dino cheers, YEAH!

The bean bag bounces out of the largest circle, then in and out of the medium circle.

Dino says, OOH...

[Dino squealing]

The bean bag rolls into the smallest circle, then out onto the ground past it.

[Buzzer]

Dino groans, AW.

He holds the bean bag.

He says, COME ON, LITTLE BAG.

He throws the bean bag to the smallest circle.

Dino cheers, WOO-HOO! SIX POINTS!

Boxy throws the bean bag past the circles.

[Thudding]

Beans fall alongside the circles.

[Buzzer]

Boxy says, OOPS.

He tries throwing the bean bag again.

[Boxy grunting]

The bean bag lands in front of the biggest circle.

[Buzzer]

Boxy says, OOPS.

He throws the bag with his eyes closed and it lands in the middle circle. He opens his eyes.

[Boxy gasping]

Boxy cheers, YAY!

Pat throws the bean bag to the middle circle with his tail.

He says, AH-HA!

His second and third throws land beside the circles.

[Buzzer]

As scoreboard shows Scampers as points earned. The scoreboard shows Pat and Boxy’s 2 points, Perry with 3 points, Kate’s 4 points, Petal with 5 points, and Dino with 6 points. Pigi spins as he throws the bean bag, throwing it at Dino.

[Pigi cooing]

The friends say, OH!

The bean bag lands on Dino’s head.

[Buzzer]

[Laughing]

Nina throws the bean bag into the smallest circle three times in a row.

[Nina grunting]

Pat announces, NINA'S THE WINNER WITH
NINE POINTS!

The scoreboard shows her 9 points.

Everyone cheers, BRAVO, NINA!
YAY!

[Pigi cooing]

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet.

In the game machine room, Kate says, AND THE SCAMPERS STOLE
ALL THE BEANS!

Boxy says, THEN WE PLAYED BEAN BAG TOSS
AND NINA WON!

Chuckling, Mr. Moustache says, VERY GOOD!

He turns to the game machine.

He says, OH,
HERE COMES A NEW GAME SPHERE!

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

[Triumphant music plays]

In the archive room, Nina places the game sphere on a shelf among others.

[Nina grunting]

Nina says, THERE!

Mr. Moustache says, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
IT'S SNACK TIME.

He carries a tray with bowls of chopped fruit.

[Game Catchers exclaiming]

Mr. Moustache asks, WHO WANTS FRUIT SALAD?

Boxy, Nina, Pigi and Kate say, ME! I DO!

[Pigi cooing]

Dino hesitates.

Mr. Moustache asks, WHAT'S THE MATTER, DINO?

Dino says, I WAS WONDERING,
IS THERE BANACOCO IN THE FRUIT
SALAD AS WELL? YUM!

He licks his lips.

[Laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

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