Oobi: Dinosaur!

A transcript of "Dinosaur!", an episode of Oobi.

Script
'' [ Oobi is outside, drawing on a bunch of papers. Birds are chirping in the distance.]''

Oobi: Hmm. Oh, hi. Oobi make storybook. Almost done. [scribbles] There. Done. [calls out] Grampu, Uma, Kako!

Uma: Uma here.

Grampu: Yes, Oobi?

Kako: You rang?

Oobi and Kako: [laughter]

Oobi: Look, Oobi make storybook.

Uma, Kako, and Grampu: [together] Ooh.

Uma: Pretty.

Grampu: Lovely. Oobi author.

Uma: Author?

Grampu: Oh, uh, author write story.

Oobi: Wow. Author. Oobi author!

Grampu: Mm-hmm.

Kako: So, Oobi, story about... what?

Oobi: Dinosaurs. Story called The Lost Umasaurus.

''[Oobi holds up his book. It shows Uma as a dinosaur.]''

Uma: [gasps] Umasaurus? Oh, look, Umasaurus barrette, Uma barrette. See, Grampu?

Grampu: Oh, yes.

Uma and Kako: Read story!

Oobi: Okay, okay.

Grampu: Ooh, lovely.

Oobi: The Lost Umasaurus, by Oobi.

''[Oobi starts narrating the book. The story unfolds in a prehistoric jungle, where a dinosaur in Uma's likeness is caught in some vines.]''

Oobi: [narrating] Once upon time, Umasaurus lost.

Umasaurus: [whimpers] Umasaurus lost. H-home, this way? Huh? Oh, hmm. Mm, nuh-uh. Umasaurus lost. [straining] Uh-oh. Umasaurus lost and stuck.

''[Another dinosaur walks by. He is brown and looks like Oobi.]''

Umasaurus: Oh! Dinosaur! [gasps] Dinosaur help Umasaurus. Dinosaur, dinosaur! [turns to the viewers] Oh, Umasaurus call dinosaur, you call dinosaur. Ready? You, call dinosaur.

Uma and Voices: [all] Dinosaur! Dinosaur! Dinosaur!

Voice #1: [boy] Dinosaur, over here.

[The dinosaur hears and comes over to Umasaurus.]

Umasaurus: Thanks. Hello, dinosaur.

Oobi-Rex: Hello. Oobi-Rex, king dinosaur.

Umasaurus: Umasaurus, stuck dinosaur.

Oobi-Rex: Oh, Oobi-Rex help Umasaurus.

Umasaurus: But how?

Oobi-Rex: Hmm. Oobi-Rex eat vines.

Umasaurus: Ohh.

Oobi-Rex: [munches through the vines]

Umasaurus: Oh! Umasaurus free. Umasaurus free! Thank you, Oobi-Rex.

Oobi-Rex: Welcome.

Umasaurus: Uh-oh, Umasaurus still lost.

Oobi-Rex: Lost?

Umasaurus: Mm-hmm.

Oobi-Rex: Umasaurus live where?

Umasaurus: Red house, white fence. Grampusaurus waiting.

Oobi-Rex: Oobi-Rex help Umasaurus find home.

Umasaurus: Really? Nice! Uh, how?

Oobi-Rex: Um, Oobi-Rex, Umasaurus walk, this way.

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both humming]

[They come across a white fence, obscured by fog and leaves.]

Oobi-Rex: [gasps] Umasaurus, look. White fence!

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both gasp]

Umasaurus: White fence near red house.

Oobi-Rex: Red house where?

Umasaurus: Oh, follow white fence, find red house.

Oobi-Rex: Yeah, follow white fence, find red house. Umasaurus, Oobi-Rex find red house together!

Umasaurus: Together.

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [singing] Umasaurus home today. friends help find way! Umasaurus home today, friends help find way.

[The scene cuts back to Oobi reading the story.]

Oobi: [narrating] Umasaurus home today, friends help find way.

Uma: Ooh, Umasaurus lost.

Kako: Story good!

Grampu: Mm, yes.

Oobi: Thanks.

Grampu: Umasaurus find red house? Umasaurus find Grampusaurus? Get home how?

Uma: Oobi? Read.

Oobi: Mm-hmm.

Kako: Ooh.

Oobi: [narrating] Umasaurus, Oobi-Rex walk and sing.

''[Back in the story, Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus are following the path to Umasaurus's house. They stop at a giant boulder in the middle of the path.]''

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both] Umasaurus home today, friends help find way! Umasa--

Oobi-Rex: Uh-oh. Big rock.

Umasaurus: Big, big rock.

Oobi-Rex: Oobi-Rex strong! Oobi-Rex push rock.

[He tries to push the rock away, but it doesn't budge.]

Oobi-Rex: [straining] Oof. Um, Umasaurus help Oobi-Rex?

Umasaurus: Okay.

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both straining]

Umasaurus: Oy.

Oobi-Rex: Rock too big.

Umasaurus: Umasaurus still lost.

[Umasaurus leans up against the rock, distraught.]

Umasaurus: Umasaurus live here... with rock.

[A third dinosaur, Dino-Kako, overhears the others struggling and walks over.]

Dino-Kako: Wazzup?

Oobi-Rex: Hi. Oobi-Rex, king dinosaur.

Dino-Kako: Ah. Dino-Kako, best friend dinosaur.

Oobi-Rex and Dino-Kako: [both laughing]

Umasaurus: Oh. Umasaurus, lost dinosaur, with rock.

Dino-Kako: Oh, Umasaurus lost?

Umasaurus: Mm-hmm.

Dino-Kako: Umasaurus live where?

Umasaurus: There, rock. Other side.

Dino-Kako: Oh. No problemo! Dino-Kako strong. [grunts] Dino-Kako move rock.

Umasaurus: [gasps] Ooh.

[Dino-Kako tries to push the rock by himself, but it still doesn't move.]

Dino-Kako: [straining] Heh. Oh.

''[He picks up some leaves and quickly eats them. Oobi-Rex gives him a confused look.]''

Dino-Kako: [explaining himself] More protein.

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both] Ohhhh! Protein. Yeah.

Dino-Kako: [still straining] Ohhhh-eeee-narrrr!

Umasaurus: Uh, Dino-Kako? Dino-Kako? Umasaurus, Oobi-Rex push rock same time?

Dino-Kako: Uhh, okay. If Umasaurus insist.

Oobi-Rex: [to the viewers] Yeah, ooh, hey, you help? You say, "One, two, three, push." Ready? You say, "One, two, three, push."

Oobi-Rex and Voices: [all] One, two, three, push.

Oobi-Rex, Umasaurus, and Dino-Kako: [all straining]

''[The rock finally starts to move. It rolls off of their path and crashes.]''

Umasaurus: Rock pushed. Thank you!

Oobi-Rex: Wow, path clear.

Dino-Kako: Perfecto.

Umasaurus: Now follow white fence, find red house, together!

Oobi-Rex and Umasaurus: [both] Together!

Umasaurus: Sing now.

Oobi-Rex, Umasaurus, and Dino-Kako: Umasaurus home today, friends help find way. Umasaurus home today, friends help find way. Umasaurus home today, friends help find way.

''[The dinosaurs continue down the path. The scene cuts to an interview segment with Inka.]''

Inka: Hello, Zack.

Zack: Hi!

Inka: Zack write story?

Zack: Mm-hmm.

Inka: Oh. Show Inka, tell Inka. --- Zack: [holds up a drawing] Well, it's about me and my mom and my dog, Ollie.

Inka: Oh, Ollie. See, picture? Zack draw picture?

Zack: Uh-huh.

Inka: What happening in picture?

Zack: Well, me and my mom are sitting on the couch. That's my mom, and that's me. [points] No, that's me, and that's my mom. And this is Ollie.

Inka: Oh, very nice. Zack author. Write story. [chuckles] Very good.

[Back in Oobi's backyard, he is showing everyone the next few pages of the story.]

Kako: Ooh. Kako like Dino-Kako.

Uma: Story great.

Grampu: But, Oobi, Umasaurus get home? When? How?

Uma: Oobi, read.

Oobi: Mm-hmm.

''[He opens the book again. The pages crinkle, and the scene fades back to the dinosaurs.]''

Oobi: [narrating] Dinosaurs walk and sing. Umasaurus home today, friends help find way.

Oobi-Rex, Umasaurus, and Dino-Kako: Umasaurus home today, friends help find way.

[Umasaurus notices a tree and a patch of flowers.]

Umasaurus: Oh, dinosaurs, stop! Tree, Umasaurus know. Oh, Umasaurus know flowers. [excited] Oh, red house!

Oobi-Rex and Dino-Kako: [both] Red house?

''[Umasaurus walks to the front door. She sees the family's garden gnome, Fritz.]''

Umasaurus: Oh! Garden gnome: Fritz! Umasaurus home. Umasaurus home!

[Grampusaurus comes outside.]

Umasaurus: Oh, Grampusaurus!

Grampusaurus: Umasaurus? Umasaurus home! Oh, lovely. [kisses her] Mmwuh!

Umasaurus: Grampusaurus, friends help Umasaurus find home.

Grampusaurus: Oh, thank you. Well, uh, hungry, must be. Dino snacks?

[He pulls up a plate of brownies.]

Oobi-Rex, Umasaurus, and Dino-Kako: [all] Dino snacks! [chanting] Dino snacks, dino snacks, dino snacks.

Oobi: [narrating] Dino snacks, dino snacks! Dinosaurs live happily ever after.

Uma, Kako, and Grampu: Yay! [applause]

Grampu: Book lovely!

Kako: Perfecto.

Uma: Nice!

Oobi: Thanks.

Grampu: Oobi author.

Oobi: Oobi author.

Kako: Author, Kako's best friend.

Uma: Author, Uma's brother.

Oobi: Um, book for Uma.

[Oobi gives his book to Uma.]

Uma: [gasps] For Uma? Oh, Uma kiss author?

Oobi: [shyly] Uma kiss author.

Uma: Mmwuh! [kisses him] Thank you. Nice book.

Oobi: [to the viewers] Oh, Oobi-Rex--oops. Oobi, you friends! Bye.

Voice #2: [girl] Bye, Oobi. [laughs]