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, PASS THE PARCEL!

Written by Allison Whalen.

[Soft music plays]

In the Game Catchers headquarters telescope room, a mini make-shift game machine stands on toy blocks.

Kate says, WE HAVE FINISHED IT!
OUR GAME MACHINE IS READY!
LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS!

She presses a button on the mini game machine.

[Beeping]

[Beeping faster]

The mini game machine shakes.

The Game Catchers say, OH!

[Rapid beeping]

The mini game machine fires our mini game spheres. Dino dodges a sphere.

He says, OH, OH!
WHEW...

Another sphere hits his nose.

He yelps, AH! OH!
AH!

More spheres burst out of the mini game machine.

[Dino yelping]

The Game Catchers say, OH NO!

A sphere hits Nina.

She says, OUCH! HA!

Nina blocks the other game spheres with an umbrella.

She says, NOW I'M SAFE!

Boxy ducks and jumps, dodging spheres.

He says, WHOA, WHOA!

Spheres land in his box.

He says, HUH?! AH, COME ON!

One last sphere pops out of the mini game machine. Empty of spheres, the machine stops shaking.

Dino says, WELL, AT LEAST
WE KNOW IT WORKED!

[Laughing]

Mr. Moustache says, GAME CATCHERS!

He steps into the room.

He says, I'VE FOUND A NEW GAME PLANET!
COME QUICKLY!

In the game machine room, he stands at the game machine’s computer facing the Game Catchers.

He says, LOOK AT THIS!

The computer shows a planet full of different shapes.

[Computer beeping]

The computer shows gift-wrapped boxes on the planet with gift wrapped parcels.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

[Pigi cooing]

Kate says, PRESENTS!
THOSE ARE REAL TRACES
OF CHILDREN PLAYING!

Mr. Moustache says, THAT'S RIGHT! 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 striped, cat-like creature in a cardboard ship flies by, then the light turns green.

[Meowing]

[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!

The fly to the shape filled parcel planet and explore.

[Gentle music plays]

A lightbulb shaped robot stands beside a blender shaped robot while a radio shaped robot swings beside them.

[Robots laughing]

The radio robot leaps off the swing.

She says, HEY, HELLO!
I AM MELODY,
AND THIS IS NUT AND BOLT!
WHO ARE YOU?

Nina says, OH, HI!
WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

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

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

[Pigi cooing]

Dino taps drumsticks on a nearby gear.

[Drum roll]

Dino says, ...NEW GAMES!

Nut, the light bulb robot says, HOW NICE!
OUR FAVOURITE GAME
IS PASS THE PARCEL!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY WITH US?

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

[Pigi cooing]

Bolt, the blender robot, explains, TO PLAY PASS THE PARCEL,
YOU NEED –

Dino says, UH, A PARCEL?

[Bolt laughing]

Bolt says, YES!
ON OUR PLANET, WE HAVE
A GIFT-WRAPPING MACHINE
CALLED GIFT-BOT 5000!

The Game Catchers say, OOH!

[Pigi cooing]

Melody, the radio robot, Nut and Bold leads the Game Catchers to a small building.

Nut says, IT'S BEHIND THIS DOOR,
WHICH ONLY CHILDREN CAN ENTER!
COME ON!

A robotic voice says, ONLY ROBOT
CHILDREN ALLOWED ENTRY.

A scanner extends out of the building.

The robotic voice says, ROBOT CHILDREN SCAN ACTIVATED.

The scanner scans Melody, Nut and Bolt.

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED. ALLOWED. ALLOWED.
NEXT ROBOT CHILDREN!

Melody says, OH NO!
YOU'RE CHILDREN,
BUT YOU'RE NOT ROBOTS!

Nina says, WHAT WILL WE DO?

[Pigi cooing]

Kare says, RIGHT, PIGI!
LET'S ACT LIKE ROBOTS!

Dino moves like a robot.

He says, OH!

[Dino beatboxing]

The scanner scans Dino.

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED.

The scanner scans Nina.

Nina says, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED.

The scanner scans Pigi, who moves like a robot.

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED.

The scanner scans Boxy.

[Boxy making robotic noises]

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED.

The scanner scans Kate as she stretches her arms, bending them like a robot.

The robotic voice says, ALLOWED.

[Kate giggling]

The robotic voice says, WELCOME, ROBOT CHILDREN.
ENTER.

The building door opens.

[Beeping]

Everyone cheers, YAY!

They run inside.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

The look at the egg shaped Gift-Bot 5000 machine that holds a stack of colourful paper and has the green recycling symbol on the side.

Melody says, NOW, WE'LL GET THE PARCEL!

She pulls a lever on the Gift-Bot machine.

[Melody grunting]

[Machine whirring]

A red light on the machine flashes.

The robot friends say, HUH?

The machine powers down and the lever rises.

Nut says, OH NO! IT DOESN'T WORK!
NOW, HOW CAN WE PLAY
PASS THE PARCEL?

Boxy says, LET'S TRY TO FIX IT!

Pigi gives a thumbs up.

[Pigi cooing]

[Bright music plays]

Dino taps the machine.

He says, HMM...

Nina looks at the machine thoughtfully.

She says, OOH... HMM...

She reaches inside.

[Nina humming]

Pigi opens a door on the machine, revealing two mice sipping coffee.

[Slurping]

The mice sigh, AH...

They spot Pigi.

[Panicked squealing]

The mice jump out of the machine and the gears inside start turning.

[Nina laughing]

Nina says, THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T WORK!

Melody says, LET'S TRY AGAIN!

She pulls the lever on the machine.

[Melody grunting]

[Machine whirring]

Everyone says, COME ON, GIFT-BOT 5000!

The machine opens, revealing a conveyer belt. The stack of colourful paper lowers into the machine. The machine closes, then opens, revealing a perfectly wrapped parcel.

Everyone says, WOW!

The parcel rolls to the end of the conveyer belt as a second parcel is wrapped by the machine.

[Melody giggling]

Melody grabs the first parcel off the conveyer belt and tosses it to Bolt.

[Melody grunting]

[Bolt giggling]

Bolt catches the second parcel. The number of parcels grows.

Melody says, I THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH PARCELS!

Bolt says, NOW, WE CAN PLAY
PASS THE PARCEL!

The Game Catchers cheer, YAY!

Nut explains, THE GAME IS EASY!
WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS,
EVERYONE PASSES THE PARCEL!

The friends sit in a circle.

Melody says, I'LL PLAY THE MUSIC!

She plays music from her radio.

[Rhythmic music plays]

The friends pass a wrapped parcel around the circle.

Nut says, BUT WHEN
THE MUSIC STOPS,
WHOEVER HAS THE PARCEL
MUST TAKE OFF A LAYER OF PAPER!

The music stops with Boxy holding the parcel. He rips off a layer of paper.

Nut explains, THE MUSIC WILL START AND STOP
UNTIL A PLAYER REACHES
THE GIFT INSIDE THE PARCEL!

[Rhythmic music plays]

Nut says, WHOEVER FINDS IT
KEEPS IT AND WINS!

The music stops with Nina holding the parcel. She rips off a layer of paper.

She sighs, OH...

The parcel has more wrapping.

[Rhythmic music plays]

Nina passes the parcel to Nut. The music stops with Bolt holding the parcel. He rips off a layer of paper. Others rip off layers of paper. The parcel lands in Pigi’s hands. He rips off a layer of people, revealing a gift box.

[Triumphant music plays]

[Excited cooing]

Pigi takes a toy car out of the box.

The others say, WOW!

Kate says, YOU WON, PIGI!

Dino says, I WANT A GIFT TOO!
CAN WE KEEP PLAYING?

The others cheer, YAY!

[Upbeat music plays]

The friends start another round of Pass the Parcel. Layers of paper are ripped off. A parcel is handed to Kate.

Kate says, OH, THAT'S BIG!

The parcel moves and she lets puts it down.

Kate says, OH?

The paper rips, revealing Boxy.

Boxy says, TA-DA!

Kate says, OH!

[Kate and Boxy laughing]

Other rounds of Pass the Parcel show Nut, Bold and Melody unwrapping the last layer of paper, discovering the gift boxes under the wrapping.

[Laughing]

Dino pulls at a layer of striped, yellow paper.

[Dino grunting]

Dino grunts, I CAN’T GET IT!

The others say, OH!

[Thudding]

Wrapped up in paper and a bow, Dino lies beside an open box. He spots a toy plane.

He says, OH…

[Dino laughing]

Nina unwraps a parcel.

She says, AH!

She takes out a toy crown.

[Nina giggling]

Nina says, LOOK AT ME!

The others say, BEAUTIFUL!

[Laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet. In the game machine room, Mr. Moustache works on the game machine computer.

[Pigi cooing excitedly]

Boxy says, AND WE FIXED
THEIR GIFT MACHINE!

Kate adds, AND WE PLAYED
PASS THE PARCEL!

Dino adds, AND I FOUND
THE GIFT AND WON!

[Mr. Moustache chuckling]

Mr. Moustache says, WHAT A FUN GAME!

He glances at the game machine.

He says, INCOMING GAME SPHERE!

The claw game-like machine fills a sphere with a green light and memories of the Pass the Parcel game.

[Triumphant music plays]

In the archive room, Nina places the sphere, with her crown on it, on a shelf among others.

She says, THERE!
I CAN FIND IT EASILY NOW!

[Laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

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