(Happy music)

Cars travel on the streets of a large colourful city. A family leaves a red brick condo. A family enters a pizza shop. Another family stands outside a large yellow house. A fourth family meets in front of a yellow trailer just outside the city. The kids from the four families climb a hill in a park.

Text reads, “TVO Kids and ABC presents Big Words, Small Stories”

Text continues, “Captain Crankypants, written by Ray Boseley”

A dark-haired twin winds the handle of a jack in the box. A clown on a spring pops out.

(Laughs)

The other twin says,
NEVER GETS OLD!

Cris chases an orange Frisbee. He flips in the air and catches it. Cris raises his arms in the air.

He says,
YES! SEE THAT, CRAT?!
AMAZING OR WHAT!?

Carat replies,
HMM...
NOT BAD FOR A BEGINNER, CRIS.
BUT NOW, WATCH A REAL EXPERT
IN ACTION.

Cris tosses the Frisbee. Crat leaps into the air and the Frisbee sails over his head.

Crat says, WHOA!

He lands on the ground. The Frisbee is stuck in a tree. Cris and Crat approach the tall tree.

Cris responds,
HAH! WAY TO GO, MR EXPERT.

Crat replies,
EHH... WIND MUST'VE CHANGED.
I'LL GET IT!

Crat climbs the tree.

Cris says,
NO, CRAT, YOU MIGHT FALL!
AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO LAND
IN CAPTAIN CRANKYPANTS' YARD!
KIDS SAY HE'S A GRUMP
WHO KEEPS A HUGE PILE OF BALLS
AND STUFF THAT LAND IN HIS YARD.
AND IF YOU ASK FOR IT BACK,
HE CHASES YOU AWAY!

Crat groans.

Captain Crankypants shouts,
OH, IF I EVER
SEE THAT FISH AGAIN!

Cris says,
SEE? HE'S MAD AT EVERYTHING!
SERIOUSLY,
HE'S A REAL... REAL...
CURMUDGEON!

Colourful creatures repeat,
CURMUDGEON!

The Sprinkle Fairy swoops in.

Text reads, “Curmudgeon”

She adds,
A CURMUDGEON!
IS SOMEONE WHO'S GRUMPY
AND GETS ANGRY ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEIR NEIGHBOR -
A REAL, WELL... CRANKYPANTS!

Cris asks,
SPRINKLE FAIRY,
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FLY UP
AND GRAB THE FRISBEE
FROM THE TREE FOR ME? PLEASE?

The Sprinkle Fairy replies,
SORRY, MY BUS HAS GOT
A FROG IN ITS THROAT -
I NEED TO RUSH IT
TO A MECHANIC. TOODLES!

The Frisbee falls into Captain Crankypants’ yard. Cris runs to a white fence.

He shouts,
NOOO!

(Sighs)

Cris turns to Crat.

He says,
THAT'S IT FOR FRISBEE, CRAT.

Cris jumps on a trampoline.

He shouts,
WHEEE!
CHECK IT OUT, CRAT! YAY!

The yellow creatures climb up a leg of the trampoline. They slide down. A pink creature catches them.

Crat approaches the fence.

He says,
HMM... MUST BE SOME WAY
TO GET THAT FRISBEE BACK.

Crat turns to the twins. They blow bubbles.

(Both giggle)

Crat turns to the jack in a box.

See says, AH-HAH!

Crat grabs the jack in the box and carries it to the fence. He steps on top of if it and looks through a knot in the wood. The jack in the box begins to wind.

(Yells)

Crat is flung over the fence.

(Thud)

Cris says, OH NO! CRAT?!

He runs to the fence.

Cris adds,
ARE YOU OKAY?!

Captain Crankypants carries Crat into his house.

He says,
COME ON THEN!

(Gasp)

Cris peers through the knot. The creatures jump on the trampoline. A yellow creature flips onto the head of a pink creature. The other yellow creature knocks the pink and yellow creatures over.

Cris and the twins stand at Captain Crankypants' front door.

(Doorbell ringing)

Captain Crankypants waters a vegetable garden in his backyard. Cris looks at the twins.

He states,
MAYBE HE DIDN'T HEAR IT.

One of the twins says,
HE'S PROBABLY IGNORING IT.
YOU KNOW, 'COS HE'S SUCH
A MEAN OLD CURMUDGEON!

Text reads, “Curmudgeon”

Cris replies,
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT HELPING?

The twins nod.

They respond, MMMM.

Cris adds,
I HOPE CRAT'S OKAY.
YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES -
WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT ANGRY
CURMUDGEON COULD BE DOING?!

Captain Crankypants holds Crat by the neck in a thought bubble.

(Evil laughter)

Captain Crankypants tosses Crat onto a pile of kites and balls.

(Gasp)

Cris states,
WE HAVE TO TRY THE BACK DOOR!

Cris and the twins run to the backyard. They hide behind a barrel.

A twin asks,
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS, CRIS?

Cris replies,
NOT AT ALL.
BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE BRAVE.
WE CAN'T LEAVE CRAT IN THERE
WITH THAT GRUMPY OLD CURMUDGEON.

Text reads, “Curmudgeon”

Cris and the twins run toward the house. They look scared as they sneak toward the back door.

Cris repeats to himself,
BE BRAVE...

A twin says, PSST! CRIS?

She points at Captain Crankypants who continues to water his garden.

Cris responds,
NOT BRAVE! HIDE!

Cris and the twins leap into a bush. Captain Crankypants approaches them and waters the bush. Cris and the twins are soaked. Captain Crankypants turns off his hose and tosses it on the patio. He walks inside.

Cris walks out from behind the bush. The twins glare at him.

Cris says,
OKAY, YES, I CHICKENED OUT,
BUT SO DID YOU.
AND YOU'RE OLDER.

The twins shrug.

They respond, HMM…

Cris looks in a window.

He says,
OH! THERE HE IS!
CRAT! CRAT!

Captain Crankypants picks up Crat.

Cris adds,
OH NO! I'M COMING, CRAT!

He bangs his fists on Captain Crankypants' back door. Captain Crankypants opens it.

He asks,
WHAT ARE YA DOIN'
BANGIN' ON MY DOOR?!

The twins gasp.

Cris states,
GIVE MY CAT BACK,
OR YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE, YOU...
YOU CURMUDGEON!

(Gasps)

Captain Crankypants asks,
HE'S YOUR CAT, IS HE?
I FOUND THE POOR FELLA
IN ME YARD.
LOOKED HUNGRY SO I GAVE HIM
SOME SARDINES.

Crat eats a bowl of sardines on the kitchen floor.

He says,
MMM! HEY!
THIS GUY'S GOT THE BEST FISH!

(Chuckles)

Captain Crankypants replies,
OH-HO, YOU BE' TOO KIND!
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU AND
YER PARENTS COME OVER FOR TEA?

An orange creature winds the jack in the box. Two yellow creatures stand on top of it. They are shot into the tree.

Cris, Crat, and their family join Captain Crankypants in his backyard.

Captain Crankypants states
...THEN I JUMPED IN THE WATER,
WRESTLED THE FISH, AND I GOT
ME HAT BACK!

(All chuckling)

Cris says,
WELL, THAT'LL TEACH ME
TO BELIEVE KIDS' SILLY STORIES.
HE'S NOT A CURMUDGEON AT ALL!
HE'S A REALLY NICE PERSON.

Crat adds,
WITH THE BEST SARDINES IN TOWN!

(Both chuckle)

Text reads, “Produced in association with TVO Kids. A Canada - Ireland / Canada - Australia Co-production Between, Big Jump, Telegael, and Moody Street Kids”.