[Upbeat music plays]

Aazoo, an animated orange alien, flips switches on a switchboard. Blynk, a green alien, sits beside him and pilots a spaceship.

Arthika wears her black hair pulled away from her face. She wears a pink blouse and smiles as she waves. Text beneath her reads, “Arthika”.

A voice sings, BLYNK AND AAZOO
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

Text reads, “Blynk and Aazoo. Ask, Explore, Discover!”

Aazoo holds a paint pallete as it paints on a canvas on an easel. Blynk types on a computer.

[Humming, keyboard clicking]

Aazoo accidently squirts blue paint on Blynk’s face.

[Squirting]

Blynk says, AH! AAZOO!

M.A.V.I.S., a computer, says, OH, BLYNK.
TRY NOT TO LOOK SO BLUE.

[Squeaking and babbling, whoosh]

Aazoo shows Blynk its painting of Blynk wearing a black-haired wig. Blynk smiles and shakes off the paint.

[Boinging, horn beeps]

M.A.V.I.S. says, INQUIRY BOOTH
TRANSMITTING, INCOMING INQUIRY.

Blynk and Aazoo run to two screens on a wall.

[Ahhing, slide whistle]

Yowisa, a girl with curly black hair, appears on one of the screens. She wears a tank top over a white long-sleeved shirt. Text beneath her reads, “Yowisa.”

Yowisa says, HI, BLYNK AND AAZOO,
IT'S ME YOWISA, AND I HAVE A
QUESTION FOR YOU.

Aazoo and Blynk wave.

[Animated babbling]

Yowisa says, MY BEST FRIEND'S
HAIR IS SO DIFFERENT FROM
MINE. WHY IS THAT?

M.A.V.I.S. says, AWESOME
ANSWER POTENTIAL, HIGH.

[Babbling]

M.A.V.I.S. says, BLYNK AND AAZOO
HAIR YOU, BUT DO NOT KNOW
THE ANSWER.

HAIR? HEAR? GET IT?

[Yowisa laughs]

M.A.V.I.S. says, HA, HA.

[Trumpet flourish]

M.A.V.I.S. says, INTERSTELLAR
SCIENCE COUNCIL CALLING, CAPTAIN.

Eugenia appears on the second screen. She wears her black hair braided and an orange shirt. Text on the screen reads, “Eugenia. Scientist.”

Eugenia says, BLINK AND AAZOO!
GREAT TO SEE YOU.

AND YOWISA, I HEARD YOUR
GREAT QUESTION ABOUT HAIR.

Yowisa says, THANKS.

Eugenia asks, SO WHERE WOULD
YOU LIKE TO START?

Yowisa says, WELL, WHY DO SOME
PEOPLE HAVE CURLY HAIR, AND
SOME PEOPLE HAVE STRAIGHT
HAIR?

Eugenia says, EXCELLENT.

BLYNK CAN PLEASE PULL UP THE
HUMAN FILES, SUBCATEGORY HAIR.

[Beeping, whoosh]

Blynk’s hands move over a computer screen. Text on the screen reads, “Human Body Files. Hair: The Long and Short of It.” “Keratin.”

[Rhythmic music plays]

Eugenia explains, THE LONG AND
SHORT OF IT. ALL HAIR IS MADE
OF KERATIN. A SUBSTANCE THAT
HUMAN FINGERNAILS AND ANIMAL
HOOVES ARE ALSO MADE FROM.

OUR HAIR TYPE THOUGH, KINKY,
COILY, CURLY, WAVY, OR STRAIGHT
IS DETERMINED BY FOLLICLES.

M.A.V.I.S. says, FOLLICLES ARE
TINY POCKETS IN THE SKIN
AND HAIR GROWS OUT OF THEM.

THE SHAPE OF A FOLLICLE
DETERMINES THE SHAPE OF THE
HAIR.

Yowisa says, SO WHAT SHAPE
ARE MY FOLLICLES?

Eugenia says, WELL, ROUND
FOLLICLES MAKE STRAIGHT HAIR.
SEMI-OVAL MAKE WAVY. OVAL
MAKE CURLY. AND FLAT-OVAL
MAKE COILED OR KINKY.

Text reads, “Straight Hair. Wavy. Curly. Kinky/Coily.”

Eugenia says SO BOTH OF US
HAVE FLAT-OVAL FOLLICLES.

M.A.V.I.S. says, WE ARE REALLY
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THIS
QUESTION NOW.

GET IT? ROOT?

[Laughter]

Eugenia says, GOOD ONE M.A.V.I.S.

Yowisa asks, SO WHY DO PEOPLE
HAVE DIFFERENT COLORED HAIR?

Eugenia says, THERE ARE FOUR
MAIN COLORS OF HAIR. BLACK,
BROWN, BLONDE, AND RED.

[Zapping]

Eugenia says, AND THE REASON
FOR THOSE DIFFERENCES IS
SOMETHING IN OUR HAIR
CALLED MELANIN.

Yowisa asks, MELON?

Text reads, “Melanin. Pheomelanin. Eumelanin.”

[Beeping, upbeat music plays]

Eugenia says, CLOSE! MELANIN.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS
OF MELANIN, PHEOMELANIN
AND EUMELANIN.

M.A.V.I.S. says, A LOT OF
EUMELANIN IN YOUR HAIR
GIVES YOU BROWN OR BLACK
HAIR. LOWER AMOUNTS GIVE
YOU BLONDE HAIR.

[Squeaking]

Yowisa asks, SO MY HAIR HAS
A LOT OF EUMELANIN?

Eugenia says, THAT'S RIGHT.
MINE TOO.

Yowisa asks, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
RED HAIR?

Eugenia says, RED HAIR IS THE
RAREST COLOR OF HAIR AND IS
PRODUCED WHEN THERE ARE
HIGH LEVELS OF PHEOMELANIN.

Yowisa says, OKAY. SO I GOT ONE
MORE QUESTION ABOUT HAIR.

Blynk says, EEKA!

Yowisa says, MY MOM SAYS I DON'T
NEED TO SHAMPOO MY HAIR AS
MUCH AS MY FRIENDS WITH
STRAIGHT HAIR.

WELL, WHY NOT?

[Shower water sprays]

Eugenia says, I WONDERED THE
SAME THING WHEN I WAS YOUR
AGE, YOWISA.

[Zapping, dripping]

Eugenia says, THE REASON IS, NATURAL
OILS IN OUR HAIR THAT CAN MAKE IT
FEEL DIRTY, MOVE DOWN STRAIGHT
HAIR MUCH QUICKER THAN DOWN
KINKY, COILY HAIR.

A person slides down a curving orange water slide.

[Sliding, yelling, water flows]

Yowisa says, THAT MAKES ME
THINK OF WATER SLIDES.

IT TAKES LONGER TO GET
DOWN A CURLY SLIDE BECAUSE
THERE'S MORE TWISTS AND TURNS.

[Squeaking]

Eugenia says, EXACTLY!

TOO MUCH WASHING ACTUALLY
DRIES OUT AFRO-TEXTURED HAIR.

M.A.V.I.S. says, DIFFERENT
CARE FOR DIFFERENT HAIR.

Yowisa says, I LOVE HOW
EVERYONE'S HAIR IS SO
DIFFERENT. IT WOULD BE
BORING IF WE ALL
LOOKED ALIKE.

[Squeaking]

Eugenia says, THAT IS SO TRUE,
YOWISA. AND IT'S TRUE IN THE
ANIMAL WORLD AS WELL. THEY
HAVE SOME AWESOME HAIRDOS.

Yowisa says, WAIT, WHAT ARE
YOU SAYING? ANIMAL FUR IS HAIR?

Eugenia says, YOU GOT IT YOWISA.

THEY'RE BOTH MADE OF KERATIN,
GROW FROM FOLLICLES, AND GET
THEIR COLOR FROM MELANIN.

[Beeping, babbling]

Text reads, “Keratin. Follicles. Melanin.”

Yowisa says, NO WAY!

Eugenia says, YEP. BLYNK, BRING
UP THE ANIMAL FILES PLEASE.
SUBCATEGORY HAIRY STYLES.

[Beeping]

Blynk’s hands move over a screen that reads, “Animal Files. Hairy Styles.”

[Mooing, upbeat music plays]

Eugenia says, ANIMAL HAIR
COMES IN ALL SORTS OF COLORS,
PATTERNS AND TEXTURES.

Yowisa says, THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.

Eugenia says, SOME OF THE COLORS
AND PATTERNS HELP ANIMALS HIDE
FROM PREDATORS OR CATCH
THEIR PREY.

[Beeping]

A white arctic fox lies curled up on snow. Text beside it reads, “Arctic Fox.”

M.A.V.I.S. says, ANIMALS LIKE THE
ARCTIC FOX CAN EVEN CHANGE THE
COLOR OF THEIR FUR TO MATCH
THE SEASON.

Eugenia says, YEP! IN THE WINTER,
THEY'RE WHITE TO MATCH THE SNOW.
AND IN THE SUMMER, THEY'RE BROWN
TO MATCH THEIR WARMER ENVIRONMENT.

Yowisa says, WHOA, NATURE'S SO SMART.

Eugenia says, BUT MY PERSONAL FAVORITE
FOR HAIRSTYLING IN THE ANIMAL WORLD,
HAS TO BE THE KOMONDOR MOP DOG.

A dog with knotted grey hair sits on grass. Text beneath it reads, “Komondor Mop.”

[Beeping]

Yowisa says,THEY LOOK JUST LIKE A MOP.

[Laughter]

Yowisa says, ONCE I SAW A RABBIT
THAT WAS SO FLUFFY IT LOOKED
LIKE A CLOUD.

M.A.V.I.S. says, AH, YES.
I BELIEVE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE ANGORA RABBIT.

[Beeping]

Text beneath a fluffy white rabbit with long, drooping ears reads, “Angora Rabbit.”

Eugenia says, GOOD ONE YOWISA.
HEY, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT
I THINK YOU'LL LIKE, THE MINI
HIGHLAND COW. LOOK HOW CUTE
IT IS.

Text beneath a brown cow with long hair and two horns reads, “Mini Highland Cow.”

[Whoosh, beeping]

Yowisa says, AWW.

Blynk and Aazoo say, AWW.

M.A.V.I.S. says, I BELIEVE
YOU WILL ALSO BE AMUSED
BY THE ALPACA.

Text beneath a brown and white alpaca reads, “Alpaca.” Text beneath a spiky yellow catapillar reads, “Hairy Caterpillar.”

[Beeping]

Eugenia says, AND THE HAIRY
CATERPILLAR.

Yowisa says, WOW! ALL THESE
DIFFERENT HAIRSTYLES, JUST
LIKE US.

Eugenia says, AND THE THING
I LOVE ABOUT HAIR IS THAT
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO EXPRESS
OURSELVES. IN FACT, CHECK OUT
LAETITIA KY.

Yowisa says, WOW!

Two photographs show Laetitia Ky with their long black hair twisted into different shapes. In the first photograph, their hair resembles the outline of a big cat’s face. In the second photograph, their hair resembles three flowers. Text beneath the photographs reads, “Laetitia Ky.”

Eugenia says, AN ARTIST FROM
THE IVORY COAST WHO HAS
MADE THEIR HAIR INTO ART.

[Whooshing]

Photographs show Laetitia Ky with their hair shaped as a tall giraffe, a fish, and a flamingo.

Yowisa says, WHOA!
A GIRAFFE! A FISH!
A PINK FLAMINGO!

I WONDER IF MY HAIR CAN
DO THAT TOO.

Blynk says, GA-HA.

M.A.V.I.S. says, INSPIRATION
DETECTED. HERE WE GO AGAIN.

[Excited gibberish, whoosh, rattling, dripping, upbeat music plays]

Yowisa asks, BLYNK, IS THAT
SOME TYPE OF HAIR POTION?

[Excited gibberish, dripping, laughter]

Aazoo drips a drop of the potion on its head and on Blynk’s head. Hair grows on both their heads. Eggs appear and hatch in Blynk’s hair.

Yowisa says, BIRDS!

M.A.V.I.S. says, IT APPEARS WE
WILL SOON HAVE MORE WOODPECK
HOLES ON THE SHIP, CAPTAIN.

[Sad gibberish, tweeting, flapping]

Yowisa says, AW. THEY'RE
FLYING AWAY.

Eugenia says, WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY SAY. HAIR TODAY.
GONE TOMORROW.

M.A.V.I.S. says, THE QUEST
FOR ANSWERS CONTINUES.
ALL SYSTEMS ENGAGED.

Text reads, “Blynk and Aazoo. Ask, Explore, Discover!”

[Excited gibberish, upbeat music plays]

A voice sings, BLYNK AND AAZOO
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

End Credits Roll.

“Aazoo and Mavis: Lizzie Haines.
Blynk: WK Davis.

Series Producers/Directors: Lizzie Haines, WK Davis.

Produced in association with TVO. TVOkids.
Executive Producer, TVOkids: Marney Malabar.
Executive in Charge, TVOkids: Kirsten Hurd.

Little Scooter Media.”