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 TRICKY LABYRINTH.

Written by Pascale Bilodeau.

[Whimsical music plays]

Outside Game Catchers headquarters, Dino, Nina and Pigi hold different paper airplanes.

Boxy says, THE RACE FOR THE BEST
AIRPLANE CAN START!

Together, he and Kate say, PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF!
IN THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!

Dino, Nina and Pigi throw their paper airplanes. Nina’s rainbow plane and Dino’s red jet plane fall.

They sigh, AW...

Pigi’s white paper airplane continues through the air.

[Pigi cooing excitedly]

Nina and Dino gasp, HUH?

Boxy and Kate cheer, YEAH, PIGI!

Mr. Moustache steps outside as Pigi’s paper airplane zooms past.

He says, HUH? OH!
COME QUICKLY, GAME CATCHERS!
I FOUND A PLANET
WITH GAME TRACES!

The Game Catchers cheer, WE'RE COMING!

They join Mr. Moustache in the game machine room where he works on the game machine computer.

He says, LOOK AT THIS!

The computer shows a planet full of colourful trees, bushes, and hula hoops on the ground.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

Boxy says, GAME TRACES! HULA HOOPS!

Mr. Moustache says, THAT'S RIGHT!
ARE YOU READY TO GO?

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!

They run to a tube in the slide room.

They cheer, 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.

[Engine rumbling]

A dog-like creature with long flowing hair flies by in a pink dog bowl ship, 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 colourful tree planet and start to explore.

[Bright music plays]

[Nina gasping]

Nina says, LOOK!

A swarm of pink, one eyed insects fly to a tree.

[Insects buzzing]

The insects trim the tree into the shape of a star.

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

Two plant-like creatures run over to the tree. One wears purple shorts and has a purple flower, the other wears a pink skirt and has a pink flower.

The pink flower creature says, HELLO! WELCOME TO OUR PLANET!

The purple flower creature asks, WHO ARE YOU?

Nina says, WE'RE THE GAME CATCHERS!

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

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

[Pigi cooing]

Dino gazes at a swarm of the pink insects buzzing around a plant. The insects trim the tree into the shape of Dino.

[Insects buzzing]

Dino says, OH!

The other Game Catchers say, DINO?!

Dino says, UH...

[Dino giggling]

Dino says, NEW GAMES!

The pink flower creature says, HOW NICE!
OUR FAVOURITE GAME IS...

She and the purple flower creature say, SHIVER AND FREEZE!
WANT TO PLAY?

Kate says, YES, OF COURSE!
BUT WHO ARE THEY?

A swarm of pink insects fly around Kate.

The pink flower creature says, THEY'RE LITTLE GARDENERS!

[Little Gardner giggling]

The pink flower creature continues, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CUT
THE PLANTS AND HEDGES
OF OUR PLANET.

The swarm of Little Gardner’s fly around the star shaped tree and trim it into the shape of a tea pot.

[Little Gardeners buzzing]

The Game Catchers say, WOW!

[Pigi cooing]

Nina says, THEY'RE VERY CUTE!

The purple flower creature says, YES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO
A LITTLE NAUGHTY.
WITH ALL THE CUTTING THEY DO,
THEY CHANGE THE WAY
EVERYTHING LOOKS,
AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE WE CAN PLAY!

The pink flower creature says, WE'D BETTER MOVE FURTHER AWAY!

The Game Catchers and their new friends wander into a meadow in a forest. Swarms of Little Gardeners fill the space.

[Little Gardeners buzzing]

The Game Catchers and their friends gasp, OH!

The purple flower friend says, OH NO! THEY FOLLOWED US!

The large swarm of Little Gardeners trim all the trees around the meadow into hedges that form a maze.

[Gasping]

The pink flower friend says, NAUGHTY! YOU'VE MADE A MAZE!

[Little Gardener blowing a raspberry]

[Little Gardener laughing]

Dino wails, OH NO!
WE'RE TRAPPED!

The pink flower friend says, NO REALLY, DON'T WORRY!
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND, UH...
THE EXIT!

Dino says, HUH?

The purple flower friend says, COME ON, THEN!
LET'S TRY THIS WAY!

He leads the group through the maze. A group of three Little Gardeners trim a plant into the shape of an arrow.

[Little Gardeners buzzing]

The purple flower friend says, LOOK! THAT ARROW IS A SIGN!
LET'S FOLLOW IT!

He leads Nina and Pigi to a path on their right. Little Gardeners trim the arrow, so it points to the other way.

Boxy says, THE ARROW SAYS TO GO DOWN!
FOLLOW ME!

He leads the others to their left. Ahead of them, Little Gardeners trim another plant into the shape of an arrow.

Dino says, ARROW SAYS, TO THE RIGHT!

He runs to the right with the pink flower friend. Little Gardeners trim the arrow, so it points left.

Kate says, TO THE LEFT!

More plants are trimmed into arrows pointing in different directions.

[Little Gardeners buzzing]

Pigi, Nina and the blue flower friend follow an orange arrow.

[Pigi cooing]

The purple flower friend says, DEAD-END!

He, Nina and Pigi turn around.

Split into groups, everyone says, WHERE DID THE OTHERS GO?!
HELLO?!
WHERE ARE YOU?!

In three groups, the friends are in different parts of the maze.

Nina calls out, KATE! DINO!

Boxy calls out, PIGI!

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi, Nina and the purple flower friend watch Little Gardeners trim an orange plant into the shape of an arrow.

[Little Gardeners buzzing]

A Little Gardener hovers near the plant.

Nina says, HELLO, LITTLE ONE.
COULD YOU STOP CUTTING?
WE’RE LOST!

The Little Gardener trims the plant to look like Nina.

[Nina giggling]

Nina says, THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE ME!
YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT THIS!
SINCE YOU'RE SO GOOD,
CAN YOU MAKE
A HOLE IN THE HEDGE
SO WE CAN FIND OUR FRIENDS?

The Little Gardener nods.

[Little Gardener giggling]

Nina calls out, WHERE ARE YOU?!

Dino shouts, OVER HERE!

Nina says, WE HAVE TO GO THIS WAY!
CUT, COME ON!

The Little Gardener cuts a hole into the hedge blocking the friend’s path.

[Little Gardener buzzing]

[Giggling]

[Pigi cooing]

Nina says, GOOD BOY!

The Little Gardener follows Nina, the purple flower friend and Pigi through the hole.

Nina says, LET'S GO!

[Little Gardener buzzing]

[Pink flower friend and Dido gasping]

The Little Gardener cuts through another hedge and the purple flower friend steps through.

He says, THERE YOU ARE!

Nina cheers, WE DID IT!

Dino cheers, HURRAY!

The pink flower friend says, WELL DONE!

Nina says, THANK YOU!
WILL YOU HELP US
FIND THE OTHERS?

[Little Gardener giggling]

The Little Gardener nods. Elsewhere in the maze, Boxy and Kate sit on the ground.

[Buzzing]

Dino and Kate gasp, OH!

The Little Gardener cuts a hole into the hedge behind Boxy and Kate. Dino and Nina step through the hole.

They say, WE'RE HERE!

Kate says, BRAVO, NINA!
BUT HOW DID YOU DO IT?

Nina says, HE HELPED ME!
HE'S A GREAT LITTLE GARDENER!

She points to the Little Gardener.

[Little Gardener giggling]

The Little Gardener leads the Game Catchers and their friends through a hole in the maze.

The friends cheer, YEAH!

Nina says, WE'RE FINALLY OUT!
THANK YOU, LITTLE FRIEND!

Everyone says, BYE!

They wave as the Little Gardener flies away.

The pink flower friend asks, READY TO PLAY
SHIVER AND FREEZE?

The Game Catchers cheer, YEAH!

[Pigi cooing]

The purple flower friend explains, FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED
TO PREPARE THE FIELD
BY PUTTING HULA HOOPS
ON THE GROUND.

In a field, Nina, Kate, and the pink flower friend place hula hoops on the ground.

The purple flower friend continues, AND THEN MAKE TWO TEAMS,
THE ICICLES TEAM
AND THE FLAME TEAM.
THE ICICLES MUST CATCH
THE FLAMES!

The Icicles, Kate, Pigi and the purple flower friend, chase the Flames, the pink flower friend, Boxy, Nina and Dino.

[Excited giggling]

Kate says, WE'LL CATCH YOU ALL!

The purple flower friend chases Boxy.

He explains, IF A FLAME IS TOUCHED,
THEY MUST FREEZE AND NOT MOVE.

The purple flower friend tags Boxy, who then freezes.

The purple flower friend says, GOTCHA!

Elsewhere in the field, Pigi chases Nina.

[Pigi cooing]

[Nina giggling]

The purple flower friend says, IF THE FLAME JUMPS
IN THE HOOP,
THEY ARE SAFE.

Nina jumps in a hula hoop.

The purple flower friend continues, BUT THEY CAN'T STAY THERE LONG.

Nina counts, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN EIGHT…

The purple flower friend says, THEY HAVE TO COUNT TO TEN
AND THEN GET OUT!

Nine continues, ...NINE, TEN!

She jumps out of the hoop and runs away.

[Nina giggling]

[Pigi cooing]

Pigi chases Nina. Still frozen, Boxy watches the Icicle team chase the Flame team.

The purple flower friend says, IF THE FLAMES ARE STILL FREE,
THEY CAN SAVE THE OTHERS.
THEY JUST HAVE TO TOUCH THEM
TO THAW THEM OUT!

Dino tags Boxy as he runs past with the purple flower friend close behind.

[Dino laughing]

Dino and Boxy run away.

The purple flower friend says, THE GAME ENDS
WHEN THE ICICLES
HAVE FROZEN ALL THE FLAMES.

Pigi and the purple flower friend tag Boxy and Dino, freezing them.

[Panting]

Kate chases the pink flower friend. Stretching her arm, Kate tags the pink flower friend.

Kate says, GOTCHA!
WE WON!

[Pigi cooing]

The Icicle teammates cheer, HURRAY!

The Flame teammates cheer, LET'S PLAY ANOTHER ONE!

[Upbeat music plays]

The friends start another game of Shiver and Freeze.

[Giggling]

Pigi and the purple flower friend jump in a hula hoop and high five. Elsewhere in the field, Boxy chases Kate.

Kate says, YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!

She runs to the hula hoop with Pigi and the purple flower friend. On the other side of the hoop, Nina, and the pink flower friend chase Dino.

[Panting]

Dino shouts, MAKE SOME ROOM!!

He runs into Kate, the purple flower friend and Pigi, knocking them out of the hula hoop and onto Boxy.

[Grunting]

[Pigi cooing]

Boxy says, I GOT YOU ALL!

[All laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

The Game Catchers return to headquarters on their planet.

Mr. Moustache says, ANOTHER NEW
GAME FOR OUR COLLECTION!

In the archive room, he places an orange game sphere on a shelf among others. A plain paper airplane glides by.

Kate says, WOW!
PIGI, YOUR AIRPLANE
IS STILL FLYING!

The airplane glides out of the room.

[Pigi cooing proudly]

Mr. Moustache says, I OFFICIALLY DECREE
THAT PIGI'S PLANE
IS THE BEST IN THE UNIVERSE!

[Laughing]

[Cheerful music plays]

End credits.

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