(music plays)

TVO Kids, Apartment 11 productions and Discovery Kids original. Produced in collaboration with "Cirque du Soleil images."

At the gym, Max does a flip and says HI THERE.
WE KNOW THE STUFF WE DO ON THE
SHOW LOOKS PRETTY COOL BUT WE'VE
BEEN TRAINING FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE COMING TO BIG TOP AND
HERE WE'RE ALWAYS
WITH A PRO COACH.
SO PLEASE DON'T TRY ANY OF THE
TRICKS YOU SEE US DO.
WE'RE COUNTING ON
YOU TO BE SAFE.
ENJOY THE SHOW.

The narrator says PREVIOUSLY ON BIG TOP
ACADEMY.

Sir Rayne says CHANGE IS NEVER EASY BUT CHANGE
IS NECESSARY TO MAKE BIG TOP
ACADEMY THE GREATEST
CIRCUS SCHOOL IN THE WORLD.

April reads rules on a board and says NO CELL PHONES.

Ella says A NEW SCHEDULE?
ONLY GYM,
TRAINING AND ACADEMICS?
THAT'S EXTREME.

Chase says to his mom I PROMISE I'LL BE GOOD.
I WON'T DO ANYTHING TO
GET KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL.

Phoenix says MAX HAS BEEN SNEAKING OUT TO GO
TO AN OLYMPIC TRAINING PROGRAM.

April says WHAT?

At Sir Rayne's office, April says I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAX.

Sir Rayne says AS OF THIS MOMENT YOU'RE
OUT OF THE DAREDEVIL SOCIETY.

Max says ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

(music plays)

As the students enter the classroom, a girl hands out whip cream cans.

Celeste says THANKS.
IT'S FINALLY
PIE DAY.

Axel says THE MOST AWESOME
DAY OF THE YEAR.
I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT
THINKING ABOUT HOW GREAT IT'S
GONNA BE.

Ella says SO YOU JUST
EAT PIES ALL DAY?
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE DIABETES
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

Axel says NO, YOU THROW
PIES AT EACH
OTHER, ALL DAY.
IT'S A HUGE ANNUAL BIG
TOP ACADEMY TRADITION.
I'VE BEEN TRAINING ALL WEEK.

Ella says COOL.
I CAN'T WAIT.
SINCE I CAN'T EAT PIES MIGHT AS
WELL SO SOMETHING FUN WITH THEM
AND THROW A WHOLE BUNCH.
SO, HOW DOES THIS
PIE DAY THING WORK?

Axel says STUDENTS HAVE TO
GO TO 5 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
THE STAIRCASE, THE SIDESHOW
CAFE, THE HALLWAY AND THE
MAKE-UP AREA.

Celeste says ONCE YOU PASS THE 4
CHECKPOINTS YOU GET TO MOVE ON
TO THE FINAL LOCATION.

Axel says BACKSTAGE.
FIRST PERSON TO SIGN THEIR
NAME AT THE BACKSTAGE CHECKPOINT
WITHOUT GETTING PIED IS THE
PIE DAY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR.

Celeste says BUT REMEMBER IF YOU GET
PIED YOU'RE OUT OF THE GAME SO
WATCH YOUR BACK.

Ella says I'VE SO GOT THIS.
YES, YES.

Wearing an apron and a chef's hat, Miss Martel walks in the classroom and says WHOOPS, CAREFUL ELLA.

Ella says SORRY.

Miss Martel says I KNOW YOU ALL MUST
BE VERY EXCITED FOR PIE DAY BUT
FIRST WE MUST COOK UP A
VERY DIFFERENT PIE.

On a screen behind them, Sir Rayne says ATTENTION STUDENTS.
DESPITE THE ANNUAL TRADITION
THERE WILL BE NO PIE DAY THIS
YEAR.
OUR ENERGIES MUST BE SPENT ON
TRAINING FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN
CIRCUS SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND TO FOCUS ON STUDIES.
ANYONE CAUGHT PARTICIPATING IN
PIE DAY WILL BE KICKED OUT OF
GROUPS, CLUBS, EXTRA
CURRICULARS AND BTA UNITED.
THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

Music plays as the opening credits roll.

In animation, pictures of the athletes appear in frames and on book pages.

Nicholas is in his early teens, with short curly brown hair and wears a blue shirt and a blue sweater.

Maxwell is in his mid-teens, with short light brown hair and wears a burgundy shirt.

April is in her early teens, with long straight blond hair and wears and orange sweater.

Phoenix is in her early teens, with long straight brown hair in pigtails and wears a plaid shirt.

Chase is around 11, with curly brown hair and wears a blue shirt, blue tie and blue blazer.

Ella is round 10, with long straight black hair and wears an orange hooded sweatshirt.

Celeste is in her early teens, with long straight brown hair in a high ponytail and wears a purple top.

Axel is in his mid-teens, with slightly long blond hair and wears a multi-coloured blazer.

As the theme song plays, clips show the athletes performing at the circus school.

The song goes CIRCUS IN MY SOUL,
HAPPINESS IN MY HEART.
BEATING IN TIME,
FULL OF RHYTHM.
AND READY TO START.

The name of the show appears on an illustration of a circus top. It reads "Big Top Academy."

A caption reads "Produced in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil Images."

April runs into Chase in the dorms.

She says HEY CHASE, YOU
CLEAN UP NICE.

Chase says WHEN MY MOM LEFT I PROMISED HER
I'D BE THE BEST CHASE I COULD
POSSIBLY BE.

April says I STILL DON'T
GET THE SUIT.

Chase says ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
YOU CAN'T DO BAD
STUFF IN A SUIT.
IT FORCES YOU TO BE
PRIM, PROPER AND BORING.

April says I GUESS IT'S A GOOD THING THAT
SIR RAYNE CANCELLED PIE DAY.

Chase says I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO RESIST THROWING PIES.
WAIT.
YOU'RE PRIM, PROPER AND BORING.

April says I'LL TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT.

Chase says I'M HANGING OUT WITH YOU TODAY.
YOU'LL KEEP ME OUT OF TROUBLE.

Ella, Celeste and Axel sneak into the dressing room.

Celeste says OKAY, AXE, WHAT'S WITH
ALL THE CREEPING AROUND?

Axel says VOILA.

He shows them a stash of pies in a dresser.

Axel says MY SECRET STASH.

Ella says SO, PIE DAY'S BACK ON?

Axel says PIE DAY'S BEEN
CANCELLED BUT NOT PIE NIGHT.

Celeste says GUYS, SIR RAYNE
WAS REALLY CLEAR.
ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK GETTING
KICKED OFF THE BTA UNITED AND
NOT PARTICIPATING IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Axel says IT'LL BE AFTER LIGHTS OUT.
HE'LL NEVER KNOW.
COME ON IT'S A TRADITION.

Ella says WATCH OUT.

She pretends to throw him a pie and says GOTCHA.
I SO WOULD HAVE
PIED YOU GUYS.

Axel says I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM ELLA
PICCOLO BUT WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT.
WE CAN'T BLOW OUR COVER.

Ella says GOTCHA.
CELESTE, ARE YOU IN?

Celeste grabs a whip cream can and draws a smiley face on a tray.

Ella says YES.

Axel says IT'S GONNA BE THE
BEST PIE NIGHT EVER.

Celeste walks in the gym and gives Phoenix a note that reads "Pie night 9:00 p.m."

She whispers PASS IT ON.

Phoenix whispers PIE NIGHT.

Axel passes another note to Nicholas.

Axel says SIR RAYNE, LOVELY
TRAINING SESSION ISN'T IT?

Sir Rayne says SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.

Axel shows him his empty hands.

Sir Rayne looks at Nicholas and Nicholas shows him his empty hands.

Sir Rayne says HMM.

He walks away.

Nicholas approaches Axel and says PIE NIGHT?
I'M SO IN.

Nicholas approaches Phoenix and says I'M GLAD WE'RE
FINALLY ON THE SAME TEAM.

Phoenix says ME TOO.
READY FOR
PIE NIGHT?

Nicholas says OBVIOUSLY.

Phoenix says HE MUST BE
REALLY BUMMED.

Nicholas says BECAUSE HE WAS
KICKED OUT OF THE DDS?

Phoenix says AND PULLED FROM HIS
OLYMPICS PROGRAM.
WE SHOULD INCLUDE
HIM IN PIE NIGHT.

Nicholas says AS OF MAX
WOULD EVER DO IT.

Phoenix says HE'S GONE THROUGH
A LOT WITH HIS DAD
LATELY AND SOME OF
IT WAS MY FAULT.
HE MIGHT LOOSEN UP
BY THROWING PIES.

Nicholas says MAX?
LOOSEN UP?
FAT CHANCE.
CAN WE EVEN
TRUST HIM?
IF HE TELLS HIS
DAD PIE NIGHT
WILL BE TOAST.

Phoenix says MAX WON'T TELL HIS DAD ABOUT
PIE NIGHT IF HE'S A PART OF IT.

She approaches Max and says HEY WHAT IF I TOLD YOU A VERSION
OF PIE DAY MIGHT BE BACK ON?

Max says NOT INTERESTED.

Phoenix says COME ON MAN, IT'LL BE FUN.
MY FATHER'S ALREADY MAD AT ME.

Phoenix says OKAY.
I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D BE
REALLY GOOD AT THROWING PIES.
YOU HAVE A GREAT EYE.
I FIGURED YOU WIN.

Max says PHOENIX, HOLD ON.
PROMISE YOU WON'T
TELL YOUR DAD?
WE'RE BASICALLY
NOT TALKING.
THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

Axel says 3.
2.
1.
9 PM.

Axel says IT'S PIE TIME.

Celeste says YES.

Chase knocks on April's room door.

(KNOCKING)

April says YEAH.
(KNOCKING HARDER)

April says YES, HELLO.

Chase says APRIL, APRIL.
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

April says CAN'T A GIRL DO
HOMEWORK IN PEACE?

Chase says NOT TONIGHT.
SECRET PIE NIGHT IS ON.
I DON'T THINK I
CAN CONTROL MYSELF.
I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.

April says FINE.
NOW SHUSH.
BACK STRAIGHT.
FEET ON THE GROUND.

Chase says WHY DO I HAVE THIS
BOOK ON MY HEAD?

April says IF YOU WANT TO BE GOOD
YOU NEED TO LOOK GOOD.
POSTURE IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN LOOKING GOOD.

Chase says OKAY.

April says SHUFFLE TOWARDS ME.
GOOD.
NOW BACK.
GOOD.
NOW LEFT.
NOW RIGHT.

Chase looks at the mopping slippers on his shoes and says AIT A SECOND.
ARE WE JUST CLEANING YOUR
FLOOR?

A MAYBE BUT IT'S
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

Chase says I AGREED TO BE GOOD NOT TO
HELP YOU CLEAN YOUR ROOM.

Axel walks in and says SORRY GUYS.
JUST LAYING LOW TO PROTECT
THE SECRECY OF PIE NIGHT.

Chase says AXEL, YOU'RE MY HERO.
SECRET PIE NIGHT IS WAY
AWESOMER THAN REGULAR PIE DAY.

April says AND YOU'LL ALSO GET WAY MORE
IN TROUBLE IF YOU GET CAUGHT.

Chase says WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHY IT'S SO AWESOME.

Axel says SO JUMP IN.
HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
PASS IT AROUND.
IT'S ALREADY STARTED.

April says I THOUGHT YOU WERE
TRYING TO BE GOOD?
FOR YOUR MOM.

Chase gives back the stuff to Axel and says KEEP THIS STUFF AWAY FROM ME.

Chase says ALRIGHT THEN.
YOU GUYS HAVE FUN DOING WHATEVER
NON FUN THINGS YOU GUYS WERE
DOING.
I GOTTA GO.

Chase says WHAT'S MY NEXT TASK?
HURRY.
GIVE ME MORE CHORES SO
I STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.

April gives him one of his trophies and says HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT POLISHING?

Chase says A-HA.

Meanwhile, the guys run around the courtyard carrying pies.

Nicholas walks in the café and opens the fridge.

Rosa shows up and aims a pie at him.

Nicholas says WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
OKAY.
IF WE BOTH THROW OUR PIES RIGHT
NOW WE'LL BOTH BE OUT OF THE
GAME.
RIGHT?
SO, WHY DON'T WE PRETEND WE
NEVER SAW EACH OTHER AND GO OUR
SEPARATE WAYS.

Rosa says HOW ABOUT I GIVE YOU A
THIRTY SECOND HEAD START?

Nicholas says DEAL.

Rosa says COUNTING NOW.

Ella throws a pie at him and says GOT YA.
YEAH.
ZOLTA'S OUT.

Celeste says GOOD JOB TINY DANCER.

Ella says GET IN HERE BRIGHT
LIGHTS I NEED TO RELOAD.

Nicholas says HERE, JUST TAKE MY PIE.

Celeste says COME ON.
LET'S GO TO THE
HALLWAY CHECKPOINT.

Max says WE'RE SO BEHIND BUT I
FIGURED OUT A NEW ROUTE THROUGH
ALL THE CHECKPOINTS THAT HAS
BETTER VANTAGE POINTS TO PIE
PEOPLE.

He shows Phoenix the route on a plan.

Phoenix says THIS IS BRILLIANT.

Max says OBVIOUSLY.
I KNOW MY WAY AROUND THIS
SCHOOL BETTER THAN ANYONE.

Phoenix says THEN LET'S GO.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SO
MUCH FUN, YOU'RE GONNA WIN.

Max says WAIT.
WHY DO YOU CARE SO
MUCH ABOUT ME HAVING FUN?

Phoenix says WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Max says YOU SAID "MAX, YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN.
MAX, YOU'RE GONNA WIN."
WHAT'S THE CATCH?

Phoenix says IT'S JUST...
I FEEL BAD, OKAY.
I'M THE ONE THAT TOLD APRIL
ABOUT YOUR OLYMPIC PROGRAM.
IT'S MY FAULT YOU GOT
KICKED OUT OF THE TEAM.

Max says SO YOU'RE JUST BEING NICE
BECAUSE YOU FEEL SORRY FOR ME?

Phoenix says MAX.

Max says I'M NOT YOUR PITY PROJECT OKAY?
I'M NOT NICHOLAS.

In the hallway, someone throws a pie at Axel. He dodges it.

Axel aims a pie at Nicholas.

Nicholas says WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA.
RELAX, I'VE ALREADY
BEEN PIED.
YOU SCARED THE
HEEBIE-JEEBIES
OUT OF ME.
WHO PIED YOU?

Nicholas says ELLA.

Axel says HEY, IF YOU'RE OUT THEN
WHO THREW THAT PIE AT ME?

Nicholas looks out the door. Rosa does a triumphant dance.

Axel goes after her.

Chase polishes April's trophies and says UGH.
WHAT'S THAT?

April says TEA.

Rosa kicks the door open.

April says NO, WAIT.
WE'RE NOT IN THE GAME.

Rosa says WHAT?
WHY NOT?

Chase says BECAUSE WE'RE THE MOST
BORING PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY.
I PROMISED MY MOM I'D BE
GOOD AND APRIL IS HELPING.

Rosa says YOUR MOM WANTS YOU TO
BE PERFECT, FOREVER?

Chase says I GUESS.

Rosa says IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE PERFECT
ALL THE TIME YOU MISS THE GREAT
THINGS IN LIFE.

Chase says ROSA'S RIGHT.
I'M BEING TOO PERFECT.
YOU COMING?

April says NO.
I'M FINE BEING PERFECT.

He takes off his blazer, throws it at her and says SUIT YOURSELF.

Axel pies Celeste and says YES, ANOTHER ONE DOWN.

Ella says I'D WATCH MY BACK
IF I WERE YOU.

Sir Rayne says WHO'S IN HERE?

They hide.

Sir Rayne walks out.

Axel says THAT WAS SO CLOSE.

Celeste says I CAN BASICALLY SEE THE
NACSC FLYING OUT THE WINDOW.

Ella says THANKFULLY I'M VERY FLEXIBLE.

Axel says NOW THAT THE COAST IS CLEAR,
LET'S GET BACK TO PIE FIGHTING.

Celeste says YOU GUYS GO AHEAD.
I'M OUT.
REMEMBER?

Ella says BUT I'M STILL IN.

Phoenix throws a pie at Axel but pies Celeste instead.

Celeste says I'M OUT.

Axel says WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
SO WHO'S STILL IN THE GAME?

Phoenix says AS FAR AS I KNOW IT'S ME, A FEW
OTHER PEEPS, BOTH OF YOU, ROSA
AND WHO KNOWS ABOUT MAX.
LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HIM
THINGS DID NOT GO WELL.

Axel says SO, NO ONE'S WON YET.

Phoenix says NOT YET.

He throws a pie at Phoenix but pies Celeste instead.

Axel says FIRST ONE TO THE FINAL
CHECKPOINT'S THE WINNER.

Max says PIE NIGHT.
LOOK AT THESE CHILDREN.

April says THEY'RE HAVING
MORE FUN THAN
WE ARE.
MAYBE WE NEED
TO LET LOOSE
A LITTLE.
WITH OUR FRIENDS.

Max says I DON'T DO FRIENDS.

April says BUT YOU AND PHOENIX.

Max says I WAS JUST HER SAD PROJECT.

April says REALLY?
BECAUSE I KNOW MY ROOMMATE AND
PHOENIX WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING SHE
DOESN'T WANT TO DO.
IF SHE WAS TRYING TO BE YOUR
FRIEND SHE LEGIT WANTED TO BE
YOUR FRIEND.
I'M GOING TO PIE NIGHT.

Max says BUT IT'S LATE.
THERE'S NO CHANCE
YOU'RE GONNA WIN.

April says WATCH ME AND, HEY,
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN.

Axel and Ella keep throwing pies at each other and missing.

Sir Rayne walks in the gym and sees whipped cream on a chair.

He says WHIPPED CREAM.

Chase throws a pie at April and says AH.

Rosa pies April.

April says UGH.

April aims her pie at Rosa.

Chase says WAIT, YOU CAN'T.
YOU'RE OUT.

April says NEW RULE.
IN HERE EVERYTHING GOES.

Nicholas says OH IT'S ON MAN.
(LAUGHING)

Everybody starts throwing pies at everyone.

Sir Rayne walks in and says STOP THIS NOW.

He gets pied.

Sir Rayne says WHO...DID...THIS?
I WILL FIND OUT AND THERE
WILL BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES.
SO SOMEONE BETTER
COME CLEAN NOW.

Phoenix says IT WAS ME.

Sir Rayne says MY OFFICE.

Max says ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T PHOENIX.
I THREW THAT PIE.

Phoenix says MAX, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Max says WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?

April says ACTUALLY SIR RAYNE,
I THREW THAT PIE.

Axel says NOPE, I THREW THAT PIE.

Chase says YOU'RE ALL WRONG.
IT WAS ME.

Rosa says I DID.

Ella says I THREW IT.

Celeste says SIR RAYNE CAN'T KICK US
ALL OFF THE BTA UNITED TEAM.
CAN HE?

Sir Rayne says I CANCELLED PIE DAY.

Max says WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
THIS IS PIE NIGHT.

Sir Rayne says VERY CLEVER.
WELL LET'S SEE HOW CLEVER YOU
FEEL WHEN YOU SPEND THE REST OF
THE NIGHT CLEANING
UP THIS PLACE.
AND YOUR SATURDAYS MOPPING
AND CLEANING THIS SCHOOL.
OH AND I'M MOVING TOMORROW'S
TRAINING SESSION TO 6 AM.
SO ALL OF YOU BETTER BE WIDE
AWAKE AND ON YOUR TOES.
(LAUGHING)

They all laugh and start shooting whipped cream at one another.

As they clean up, the team sing a song that goes I LOVE MY LIFE,
I LOVE MY FRIENDS.
I FEEL ALIVE,
WITH THEM I GO.
I DRAW MY WORLD,
WITH MY OWN HANDS.
IN THAT WORLD I AM FREE,
TO LET MY SPIRIT GLOW.
I'M JUST LIKE THIS,
NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND I REALLY LIKE
BEING THAT WAY.
I'M JUST LIKE THIS,
NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND I REALLY LIKE
BEING THIS WAY.

Ella starts rapping YO, YO.
YEAH.
COME ON MAN.
HEY.
YEAH, YEAH.
BE BRAVE, BE BOLD,
YOU'RE MY DESTINY.
CAUSE I'M THE BEST FRIEND THAT
COULD EVER BE.
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING,
I GOT WHAT IT TAKES.
MY HEART GUIDES ME,
I DON'T PUMP THE BRAKES.
I DON'T PUMP THE BRAKES.
NO, NO, NO, NO.

The song continues I'M JUST LIKE THIS,
NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE BEING
THAT WAY.

Music plays as the end credits roll.

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