(music plays)

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

Rosa says WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR A
LONG TIME TO DO THIS AND ARE
ALWAYS WATCHED BY A PRO COACH SO
PLEASE DON'T TRY ANY OF THE
MOVES YOU SEE US DO.
NOW ENJOY THE SHOW.

(COMPUTER NOISES)

Ella and Nick join a Hangout meeting.

Nick says OKAY.
HOW DO WE DO THIS?

Ella says EASY.
WE SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

Nick says ELLA, WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT THE DEAL WITH
THE SCARVES BY THE END
OF THE DAY OR THE
VOICE SAID THERE WILL
BE CONSEQUENCES.

Ella says OH.
SO, NOT EASY.

Nick says AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK ON
THE BULLETIN.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN.

Ella says NOBODY'S EVER BAILED ON THE
BULLETIN BEFORE.

Nick says I KNOW.
AND IT'S AXEL'S EDITION.

Ella says MAYBE HE WON'T
NEED EVERYBODY'S
HELP?
(COMPUTER NOISES)

Now all the kids join the meeting.

Axel says GUYS, I NEED EVERYONE'S HELP
BECAUSE FOR MY EDITION WE'RE
DOING A SHOWCASE.
IT'LL BE JUST LIKE WE DID AT BTA
AND I'VE GOT EVERYTHING FIGURED
OUT.
IT'S GONNA BE BIG, SPECTACULAR,
GRANDIOSE.
DID I MENTION BIG?

Nick says OR, AND, HERE ME OUT.
WE DO THE OPPOSITE.

Ella says YEAH.
SMALL.
INTIMATE.
JUST A FEW PEOPLE.
LET'S SAY 6?

Axel says WHAT?
I ALREADY TOLD MS. MARTEL.
I'VE EVEN GOT A THEME.
CIRCUS IN THE STARS.

Ella says DID YOU SAY SCARVES?

Axel says UH, NO.
IT'S STARS.
WHY WOULD IT BE SCARVES?

Celeste says THAT ALL SOUNDS AMAZING.
JUST TELL US WHAT YOU NEED.

Nick says ACTUALLY, ELLA AND I HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE TO DO TODAY.

Ella says SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

Axel says WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE BULLETIN?
AND THE WHOLE POINT I'M DOING
THE SHOWCASE WAS TO DO SOMETHING
GREAT.
TOGETHER.

Nick says I'M SORRY AXEL BUT YOU WOULDN'T
BELIEVE US IF WE TOLD YOU.

Ella says YEAH.
SORRY AXEL.

Ella and Nick leave the meeting. Everybody looks confused.

The instrumental theme song plays as the opening credits roll.

The BTA kids appear doing all kinds of acrobatic and at-home activities.

Nicholas is in his mid-teens, with short curly brown hair.

Max is in his mid-teens, with short light brown hair.

April is in her mid-teens, with long straight blond hair.

Phoenix is in her mid-teens, with long straight brown hair.

Rosa is in her mid-teens, with long straight brown hair.

Ella is in her early teens, with long straight black hair.

Celeste is in her mid-teens, with long wavy brown hair.

Axel is in his mid-teens, with short blond hair.

The name of the show appears on an illustration of a circus top. It reads "Big Top Academy. School's Out Edition."

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

The Big Top Academy Bulletin logo appears.

(music plays)

In the secret room, Ella and Nick pass the scarves to one another.

Ella says IT'S OFFICIAL.
THIS ISN'T WORKING.
WE NEED TO TRY SOMETHING
ELSE BECAUSE, TICK
TOCK, AND I DO NOT
WANT TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES
ARE.

Nick says WHAT WE NEED IS
TO GET EVERYONE
TOGETHER.

Ella says BUT EVERYONE'S
DOING THE
SHOWCASE.
WAIT.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WE STOP THE SHOWCASE?

Nick says RIGHT NOW IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
WE HAVE A CHOICE.
I JUST REALLY WANTED
TO FIGURE THIS OUT
WITHOUT MESSING UP
AXEL'S EDITION.

Ella says 8 SCARVES.
8 OF US WORKING
ON THE BULLETIN
AND WHATEVER
YOU AND ME ARE DOING
NOW OBVIOUSLY ISN'T
WORKING WITH JUST US.

Nick says I KNOW.

A caption reads "Showstopper challenge!"

Max says WELCOME TO THE SHOWSTOPPER
CHALLENGE.
I WAS CHALLENGED BY THE ONLY
PERSON TO EVER BAIL FROM A
SHOWCASE, THAT WOULD BE NICK
ZOLTA, TO ONE UP HIS ACT.
WHICH FOR ME IS NO CHALLENGE.
SURE HE CAN SHOOT HOOPS BUT CAN
HE SHOOT HOOPS ON A TRAMPOLINE?

He gets on the trampoline and starts shooting hoops.

(APPLAUSE)

He says HA HA!
TOO BAD NO ONE IS JUDGING
BECAUSE THIS IS EASILY A 9.8.
MAYBE EVEN A 10 IF THEY'RE
GIVING OUT POINTS FOR
ORIGINALITY.
NOT THAT I'M COMPETITIVE.
THOUGH I'D LOVE TO CHALLENGE
ZOLTA AGAIN BUT HE'D PROBABLY
FIND A WAY TO WEASEL OUT OF IT.
BESIDES, RULES ARE RULES.
SO ROSA, YOU'RE UP NEXT.
BRING YOUR BEST TO THE
SHOWSTOPPER CHALLENGE.

(COMPUTER NOISES)

Now Nick video calls Axel. Axel first rejects the call, then accepts it.

Axel says DUDE, I'M A LITTLE BUSY.
I KNOW YOU DON'T
CARE BUT I'VE GOT A
SHOWCASE TO PUT ON.

Nick says LOOK, I KNOW BUT
YOU'VE GOTTA
CANCEL IT.

Axel says ARE YOU JOKING ME?

Nick says LOOK, SOME SERIOUS
STUFF IS GOING ON AND
ELLA AND I NEED
EVERYONE'S HELP.

Axel says SO, FIRST YOU BAIL ON ME AND NOW
MOMENTS BEFORE WE'RE ABOUT TO GO
ON YOU WANT ME TO JUST PULL THE
PLUG?

Nick says TRUST ME.
THIS IS THE LAST THING I WANT.
OKAY, BUT REMEMBER WHEN I FOUND
THAT SECRET ROOM?
WELL THEN A VOICE
STARTED TALKING TO ME
AND ELLA AND SENT
US 8 SCARVES.

Axel says SCARVES?
TELL ME MORE.
ACTUALLY DON'T.

Nick says WAIT WAIT WAIT.
LOOK, I THINK THE
SCARVES ARE SOME
KIND OF PUZZLE
AND I THINK ONE
OF THEM BELONGS
TO EACH OF US.

Axel says BELONGS?

Nick says WELL, TWO OF
THEM ALREADY
CHANGED COLOUR.
ONE WHEN I GOT IT
AND ONE WHEN I
PASSED IT TO ELLA.

Axel says ARE WE TALKING WINTER
SCARVES OR
FLOATY SCARVES?

Nick says REAL FLOATY.
LOOK SOMEHOW
WE NEED TO GET A
SCARF TO EVERYONE.
THERE'S ALMOST
NO TIME AND IF WE
DON'T SOLVE THIS
WE'VE BEEN TOLD
THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES.
SO AGAIN, I REALLY
DON'T WANT TO MESS
UP YOUR SHOW
BUT WE CAN'T
DO THE PERFORMANCE
AND SOLVE THE PUZZLE.

Axel says UNLESS WE FOLLOW
CIRCUS RULE
NUMBER ONE.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

The caption changes to "A word from the editor."

Axel says AND NOW FOR THE GRAND FINALE.
I HAD BIG PLANS FOR THIS ONE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST
TIME ALL OF US WOULD BE
PERFORMING TOGETHER IN A LONG
TIME.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE APART I STILL
WANTED TO PUT ON A CLASSIC BTA
SHOWCASE AND FOR A WHILE THERE
IT REALLY FELT LIKE WE WERE
FARTHER
APART THEN EVER.
UNTIL WE FOUND A WAY TOGETHER TO
CONNECT US.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS
AND GIRLS STEP RIGHT UP AND
ENJOY THE SHOW.
TAKE IT AWAY NICK.

(music plays)

INSTRUMENTAL CIRCUS MUSIC

A caption reads "Showcase."

(music plays)

In his back yard, Nick starts juggling with 8 blue floaty scarves.
(VIOLIN MUSIC)

He tosses the scarves to April and she plays around with them. One turns yellow.

She keeps the yellow one and then passes the rest on to Axel, who climbs poles and juggles with the scarves. Another one turns yellow.

Axel keeps the yellow one and throws the rest to Rosa, who juggles with them as she does a back flip.

She keeps her yellow one and then tosses the rest to Max as he plays the violin. Max stops his practice and starts juggling with the scarves. Then tosses the scarves to Celeste and goes back to the violin. Celeste juggles and tosses one to Phoenix, who's on a park bench. The Phoenix tosses it to Ella as she Hula hoops.

(music plays)

Now everyone ends up with a yellow scarf each.

Everyone shakes a scarf and takes a bow.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Phoenix says THAT WAS EPIC.

Max says YEAH BUT I STILL
HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

Celeste says I CAN'T WAIT TO ANALYZE THE
METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THIS
SPECIMEN.

Miss Martel says I LOVED IT.
WHAT A FABULOUS EDITION AXEL.

Axel says THANKS MS. MARTEL.

Miss Martel says AND THE SHOWCASE SO CREATIVE, SO
ORIGINAL AND I LOVED THE USE OF
PROPS.
I HAPPEN TO HAVE QUITE A
COLLECTION OF SCARVES MYSELF.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
EDITION.

April says OKAY.
SO NOW WE HAVE FASHIONABLE NEW
ACCESSORIES, BUT WHAT NOW?

Ella says FIND A SOLUTION OR HELLO
CONSEQUENCES.
TICK TOCK.

Rosa says ARE THESE PART OF A PUZZLE?

Celeste says OR A MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION?

Nick says WELL, LET'S SEE
WHAT THEY LOOK
LIKE.
HOLD 'EM UP.

Everyone holds up their scarf.

Nick says IT'S A MAP.

Phoenix says BUT TO WHAT?

Rosa says X MARKS THE SPOT.

Phoenix says RIGHT, BUT TO WHAT?

The theme song plays as the end credits roll.