A child says, WHEE!

TVO Kids and Apartment Eleven Productions and Fabrique Fantastique, Original.

[Child giggles, upbeat music plays, pop]

Eight-year-old Ella, who has curly black hair, runs down a staircase carrying a toy rocket ship. She wears a blue-green space suit and a helmet with animal ears.
[Children laugh, rock music plays]
Ella enters a living room and gives her little sister, Tilly, the rocket ship.
A singer sings, COME WITH ME TO THE STARS
THE GALAXY IS OURS!
Ella’s mom picks up Tilly and smiles as Ella runs outside. Outside the house, in outer space, Ella runs past her dad.

Children say, LET'S GO!

Singers sing, LOOK AT ALL THE WONDER,
INTER-STELLAR.

Ella flies her moon scooter over a planet with Madhu, a blue and green alien, and Slippy, a black-haired boy who flies a red space racer.

[Glitch whirrs]

Singers sing, LOOK UP SO MUCH SPLENDOUR,
INTER-STELLAR.

[Background shouting]

Singers sing, LOOK OUT FOR ADVENTURE
COME EXPLORE THE MILKY WAY!
Ella and Slippy explore a planet together with Maggie, a blue star. Elsewhere in space, Slippy and Madhu look startled.

They say, WOAH!

They dodge Ella and her moon scooter.

The singer sings, COME EXPLORE THE MILKY WAY!

Ella and her family sit on a spacecraft.

The singer sings, LOOK UP!
INTERSTELLAR ELLA.

Text reads, “TVO Kids presents Interstellar Ella.”

[Upbeat music plays]

Ella says, I'M SO EXCITED.

In space, Ella, Slippy, and Madhu fly through an asteroid belt.

[Engines whirr]

Madhu says, ME TOO.

[Glitch beeps]

Slippy shouts, ME TOO, AS WELL.

WAIT, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
PRIYA'S BIRTHDAY, RIGHT?
‘CAUSE I BAKED THE CAKE.

Slippy holds up a two-layer cake decorated with purple icing, a rocket ship, stars, planets, and an alien.

Ella says, NICE.
AND SINCE PRIYA
IS OUR BEST FRIEND,
I GOT HER THE PERFECT GIFT.

A BIRTHDAY STAR.

Ella and Madhu dodge asteroids.

[Whooshing]

Madhu says, OHH! A BIRTHDAY STAR.
WAIT, WHAT IS A BIRTHDAY STAR?

Ella says, IT'S A STAR
THAT'S THE SAME NUMBER
OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY AS YOUR AGE.

Maggie floats out of Ella’s bracelet.

Maggie says, CORRECT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BIRTHDAY
STAR, YOU ARE SEEING LIGHT
THAT LEFT THE STAR
THE SAME YEAR
THAT YOU WERE BORN.

Maggie projects a screen with a star and a baby on it.

Maggie says, IT IS ONLY JUST ARRIVING
AT YOUR EYES TODAY.

[Engines whirr]

Ella says, MY LAST
BIRTHDAY STAR WAS SIRIUS
BECAUSE EIGHT LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

Maggie says, SIRIUS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR
IN EARTH'S NIGHT SKY.

ITS LIGHT IS BRIGHT ENOUGH
TO CAST SHADOWS.

Madhu says, WHAT AN EXCITING STAR.

Slippy says, MY LAST BIRTHDAY STAR
WAS TAU CETI.

IT'S EIGHT LIGHT YEARS AWAY
FROM MY HOME TOWN.

TAU CETI WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST STARS

Maggie explains, HUMANS EVER SEARCHED
FOR SIGNALS OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE.

Madhu says, SO, PRIYA'S IS ABOUT TO GET
AN AMAZING STAR LIKE THAT?

Ella says, SHE'S GOING TO LOVE IT.
LET'S GO.

Ella, Slippy, and Madhu stop and stare at a fiery spinning star. Ella and Slippy frown.

Madhu says, OH, IS THIS STAR GOING
TO BURP UP A LAYER OF DUST?

OR GET HUGE AND GLOW
REALLY BRIGHT AND SPARKLY?

[Madhu creaks]

Maggie says, I AM AFRAID NOT.

THIS STAR IS SMALL AND DIM
AND WILL STAY JUST LIKE THIS
FOR 100 BILLION YEARS.

[Ella groans]

Ella asks, SO THERE IS NOTHING COOL
ABOUT IT?

Maggie replies, ROSS 154
DOES ROTATE VERY QUICKLY
AND SOMETIMES FLARES,
BUT IT IS VERY RANDOM.

IT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR DAYS
OR WEEKS.

Slippy says, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DAYS OR WEEKS.

Ella says, I PROMISED PRIYA A
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE TODAY.

Slippy says, OH, I KNOW.
WHAT IF WE
ZHUZH THIS STAR UP?

Slippy holds a container with a glowing light inside.

Madhu asks, ZHUZH?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Slippy says, MAKE IT MORE EXCITING.
MY GREAT-GRAPPY
TAUGHT ME THAT.

Ella says, GREAT IDEA, SLIP.
WE CAN PUT COOL STUFF
IN FRONT OF THE STAR.

[Upbeat music plays]

Ella says, GLITCH,
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF DECORATIONS
IN YOUR COMPARTMENT RIGHT?

Slippy pulls a pennant banner out of Glitch’s front compartment. The banner has blue, red and orange triangular pennant flags. Slippy uses his space boots to fly while he hangs the banner. Madhu puts a spaceship ornament on the banner. Slippy places a floating disco ball beneath the centre of the banner. The ball shines rainbow-coloured lights. Everyone ties balloons to the banner, and the balloons float above it.

[Glitch beeps, flags flap, upbeat music plays]

They stop and look at the flags framing the top half of the star.

Madhu says, TA-DA!

[Gentle music plays]

Ella says, IF YOU TILT YOUR HEAD
AND SQUINT A BIT, IT'S STILL PRETTY .

Slippy says, RUSTIC.
ANOTHER WORD
MY GREAT-GRAPPY TAUGHT ME.

Madhu asks, OH, DOES IT MEAN GOOD?

Slippy says, NOT REALLY.

Madhu puts their arm around Ella’s shoulders.

[Ella sighs, Madhu creaks]

Madhu says, OH, DON'T WORRY, ELLA.
I THINK THIS STAR LOOKS COOL.
IT'S RED AND SMALL AND STARRY.

Ella says, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT, BUT
I'M NOT SURE PRIYA WILL.
SHE'S INTO OTHER STUFF. LIKE --

Slippy says, MECHANICS.

Madhu says, AND PUZZLES.

Ella says, AND SPACE ADVENTURES WITH US.

Slippy says, THAT'S IT.
A PRESENT FOR PRIYA
SHOULD BE THINGS PRIYA LIKES.

Ella says, AND WE CAN EACH DO
A SPECIAL THING FOR HER.

A com-bubble appears with Priya inside.

[Ella, Slippy, and Madhu gasp]

From inside the bubble, Priya says, HI ELLA, HI SLIPPY, HEY MADHU.

Madhu, Ella, and Slippy move between Priya and the star. They outstretch their arms.

Madhu says, HI PRIYA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
WE HAVE A GREAT SURPRISE
FOR YOU.

Priya says, YAY!
I'M SO EXCITED TO COME SEE IT.
I'LL BE THERE SOON.

Madhu says, UH-OH.

Ella says, GOTTA HURRY.

[Upbeat music plays]

Glitch holds a device while Slippy uses tools to work on the bottom of the device. Maggie floats in front of screens showing maps. Ella points to a dotted line over a planet surrounded by rings. Madhu flies past Ella. Madhu grabs a space rock and adds it to a pile in the crook of their left arm.

[Rock clatters]

Slippy puts his hands on his hips and looks at three small robots.

The robots say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[Whirring]

Ella frowns at the screen and closes it.

[Upbeat music continues]

Madhu puts a small rock on a larger, circular rock. They float backwards and reveal a rock puzzle forming Priya’s face and her helmet, shaped like a bunny’s head. Ella flies over and hovers beside Madhu.

Madhu says, I FOUND ALL THESE
GREAT SPACE ROCKS
JUST FLOATING AROUND THIS STAR.

Maggie says, THOSE ARE CHONDRITES
SMALL, OLD ASTEROIDS
THAT NEVER GOT HOT ENOUGH
TO MELT TOGETHER INTO A PLANET.

Ella says, YEAH, BUT
THEY MAKE A PRETTY COOL PUZZLE.

Slippy asks, IS YOUR PART OF THE PRESENT
LIKE A SECRET SURPRISE OR?

[Gentle music plays]

Ella says, NO. I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO AN EXCITING ADVENTURE
WITH THIS BORING STAR.
IT'S JUST A DIM RED BLOB.

Maggie explains, THIS STAR IS DIM
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GENERATE
AS MUCH HEAT IN ITS CORE AS
OTHER STARS.

Ella says, BUT I WANTED TO
BE HOT AND AWESOME FOR PRIYA.

Glitch holds a white orb with a wavy blue light around the centre.

[Glitch beeps]

Ella says, OH, MAYBE WE CAN USE GLITCH’S
HEATING ORBS TO HEAT UP THE STAR
AND FINALLY MAKE IT EXCITING.

Maggie says, ELLA,
IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE
FOR YOU TO CHANGE
THE TEMPERATURE OF A STAR.

Ella says, PRIYA WILL BE HERE SOON.

WE'VE GOT TO AT LEAST
TRY AND MAKE THE STAR BETTER.

MADHU, CAN YOU DISTRACT PRIYA
UNTIL WE'RE DONE?

Madhu says, I SURE CAN.

[Upbeat music plays]

Slippy, Glitch, and Ella fly towards the star. Glitch offers Ella the heating orb.

[Whooshing, Glitch beeps]

Slippy says, ELLA, DIDN'T MAGGIE
SAY THIS WOULDN'T WORK.
WE USE THESE ORBS TO
MELT ICE, NOT WARM
UP A STAR.

Ella uses her space-grabber to fire the orb into the star.

[Whirring, beeping, whooshing, gentle music plays]

The orb catches on fire and falls apart.

[Ella groans, Glitch beeps]

Glitch gives Ella another orb, and she fires it at the star.

Priya arrives on her hoverboard and flies to Madhu.

Priya says, MADHU.
ARE YOU THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE?

Madhu says, YES, I AM.

Priya says, I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

[Upbeat music plays]

Madhu says, ACTUALLY,
UM, FIRST WE SHOULD,
UM, UH, OOH, OH, PLAY HIDE AND SEEK.

Priya looks around.

Priya says, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO HIDE BEHIND.

I'LL COUNT FROM TEN.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN.

An orb floats towards the star and breaks apart. Ella shades her eyes with her hand and peers towards the star. Orbs float in space around her.

[Whirring]

Maggie says, ELLA, THOSE HEATERS
ARE NOT AFFECTING THE STAR.
IT IS LIKE THROWING A TWIG
INTO A VOLCANO.

Slippy says, YEAH.
OR PUTTING A DROP OF
WATER IN THE OCEAN.

OR FLY ON A DINOSAUR
OR BLADE OF GRASS IN A FIELD.

Ella fires another orb.

[Whirring]

Ella says, SO YOU JUST WANT TO
SHOW PRIYA A BORING RED BLOB?

[Glitch beeps]

Glitch releases more orbs from his compartment. They float up above Slippy, Maggie, and Ella.

Ella asks, WHAT DID HE SAY?

Slippy says, HE SAID...
LET'S DO THIS.

Slippy and Ella fire more orbs at the star.

[Whirring, gentle music plays]

Elsewhere, Priya counts, THREE, TWO, ONE.
HERE I COME MADHU.

Priya floats to a glowing pink ball. Priya cautiously pokes the ball with her finger.

Priya asks, MADHU?

Madhu uncurls.

[Rustling]

Madhu says, SURPRISE.
YOU FOUND ME.

Priya says, I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD
DO THAT.

WAIT. IS THIS A SMALL SURPRISE
TO GET ME READY FOR THE
BIG SURPRISE?

Madhu says, UH, YES?
DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN?

[Madhu creaks]

Priya says, COME ON MADHU,
YOU GOT ME SO EXCITED
FOR MY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
CAN WE PLEASE GO SEE IT?

Madhu says UH-HUH.

Two orbs catch fire.

[Whooshing]

Ella says, YOU WERE RIGHT, MAGGIE.
WE CAN'T CHANGE
PRIYA’S BIRTHDAY STAR.

Maggie says, ALERT!
I AM PICKING UP
SOMETHING FROM THE STAR.
A FLARE APPROACHING.

Ella cheers, WE DID IT.

Maggie says, NO. IF YOU RECALL,
I MENTIONED THAT ROSS 154
ROTATES QUICKLY, TEN TIMES
FASTER THAN EARTH'S SUN.

Slippy says, SO YOU'RE SAYING
THE FLARE WASN'T
CAUSED BY THE HEATING ORBS?

Maggie says, THE SOLAR STORM THAT MAKES
FLARES WAS FACING AWAY FROM US
SO WE COULD NOT SEE IT.

BUT THE FLARE IS HEADED
RIGHT FOR US. WE MUST LEAVE.

[Exciting music plays]

Ella, Slippy, Glitch, and Maggie fly away from the star.

Ella and Slippy shout, WHOA!

They arrive at the moon scooter and space racer.

Maggie says, THE FLARE IS
MOVING TOO FAST.
YOU MUST FIND SHELTER.

Ella asks, WHAT ABOUT THIS ICE CHUNK?

Maggie says, THAT IS A START.
BUT YOU WILL NEED
A BIGGER SHELTER
TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE FLARE.

Ella and Slippy fly behind an ice chunk. A solar flare bursts from the planet.

Slippy says, OKAY.
WE'LL USE SOME OF THE SPACE
JUNK AND MADHU'S ROCKS.

Ella asks, WHAT ABOUT YOUR ROBOTS?

Slippy winks at Ella.

[Exciting music continues]

Slippy says, THERE!

Slippy uses his space-grabber and drags space junk, party decorations, and robots to the ice chunk.

A robot says, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

The solar flare passes by their hiding place.

[Whooshing]

Ella asks, IS THIS GOOD
ENOUGH TO PROTECT US?

Maggie says, IT SHOULD BE.

A robot says (distorted), HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

[Beeping, gentle music plays]

Slippy says, PHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE.

The three robots lie in a pile.

[Beeping, garbled chatter]

Ella says, SLIP, YOUR ROBOTS. THE FLARE
MUST HAVE FRIED THEIR CIRCUITS.

Small ice chunks move through space around Ella and Slippy.

Slippy asks, AND WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THOSE ICE CHUNKS?

Maggie explains, THE HEAT FROM THE FLARE
TURNED PARTS OF THE ICE INTO GAS,
WHICH IS MAKING THEM ZOOM AROUND
LIKE MINI COMETS.

Ella says, THOSE MINI COMETS WRECKED
MADHU'S ROCK PUZZLE. WHAT NOW?
PRIYA WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

Priya says, HEY ELLA. HEY SLIPPY.

Priya and Madhu float behind Ella and Slippy.

Ella and Slippy say, SURPRISE.

[Glitch beeps, ice chunks zip]

A purple and orange robot floats past Priya.

The robot says, HA-HA HAPPY BIRTH-BIRTHDAY.

[Gentle music plays]

Slippy explains, THOSE WERE SOME ROBOTS
THAT WERE SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Ella says, WE REMEMBERED
YOU LOVED MECHANICS.

Madhu says, AND THESE ROCKS WERE
A PUZZLE FOR YOU TO DO.

Priya says, YOU REMEMBERED I LOVE PUZZLES?

Ella says, ELLA EVEN TRIED TO GET
THIS STAR TO FLARE FOR YOU.

Ella says, BUT IT ALL GOT MIXED UP.
SORRY WE WRECKED YOUR BIRTHDAY, PRIYA.

Priya says, ARE YOU KIDDING?
THIS IS THE SWEETEST BIRTHDAY
PRESENT ANYONE'S EVER GIVEN ME.

Ella asks, WHAT?

Priya says, YOU SHOWED YOU REALLY
KNOW ME. YOU WENT THROUGH SO MUCH
TROUBLE ALL FOR MY SPECIAL DAY?

I LOVE IT.

Ella hugs Priya.

[Gentle music plays]

Priya suggests WE COULD ZHUZH THIS UP A BIT.

Madhu says, ZHUZH. THAT MEANS
MAKE IT EXCITING.

The rocks and the banners are tied together, forming the number 10. The number floats in front of the star.

Ella says, INTERSTELLAR.
IT'S LIKE A GIANT SPACE PUZZLE
YOU CAN TAKE HOME.

Priya says, I HOPE MY MOM WILL
LET ME KEEP IT.

[Everyone laughs]

Slippy says, HEY, I STILL HAVE CAKE.

Slippy takes his cake out of Glitch’s front compartment. The side of the cake is smashed.

[Whirring, Slippy chuckles]

Slippy says, IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN
TOSSED AROUND WHILE
WE WERE ESCAPING THE FLARES.

Madhu pokes their finger in the cake and tastes some.

Madhu says, MMM. IT STILL TASTES GOOD.

[Everyone laughs]

[Rock music plays]

The singer sings, COME WITH ME TO THE STARS
THE GALAXY IS OURS!

Children say, LET'S GO!

Singers sing, LOOK AT ALL THE WONDER,
INTER-STELLAR.

LOOK UP SO MUCH SPLENDOUR,
INTER-STELLAR.

LOOK OUT FOR ADVENTURE
COME EXPLORE THE MILKY WAY!

LOOK UP!
INTERSTELLAR ELLA.

End credits: Cast. Ella: Ava Augustin. Slippy: Jack Malloy-Legault. Madhu: Eleanor Noble. Maggie: Felicia Shulman. Priya: Layla Tuk-Soy. Executive Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein. Madeleine Levesque. Geert Torfs. Tom Van Gestel. Co-Executive Producer: Matt Schiller. Directors: Freek Quartier. Tom Van Gestel. Written by: Matt Schiller. Created by: Adam Long. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein. Tom Van Gestel. Produced by Fabrique Fantastique and Apartment Eleven Productions. Logos: Fabrique Fantastique, Apartment Eleven Productions.