Red Text reads, “TVO.”

Logos read, “TVOkids.” “yle.” “Radio-Canada.” Text beneath the logos reads, “Original.”

Banni, a white rabbit, throws a black disc as Huhu, a purple owl, flies past.
Nooni, an orange fox, dashes past. DJ Bass, a bear, wears headphones, as she puts letters on a purple cloud.
Momolu, a black and white panda, puts a letter on the cloud.

(Playful music)

The animals cheer, YEAH! AH-HA!

(Laughing, chirping)

Text reads, “TVOkids Presents Momolu and Friends.” Momolu; Nooni; Banni; Huhu; Hiku, a black and white badger; and DJ Bass gather under the text.

The animals cheer, YAY!

Momolu says, BANNI'S FALLING STAR!

Banni hops through the forest at sunset carrying a pillow. Nooni and Momolu follow behind her carrying a blanket and pillows.

Banni asks, IS IT TIME YET?
IS IT? IS IT?

Nooni says, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
IT GETS DARK
BEFORE WE CAN SEE
THE FALLING STARS, BANNI.

Momolu says, AND EVEN WHEN IT'S DARK,
THE FALLING STARS MIGHT
NOT COME RIGHT AWAY.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO STAY UP LATE.
THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT
THE "STAR WATCHING" BLANKET.

The blanket is purple with pink stars and hearts.

Nooni says, AND PILLOWS TO LIE ON.

Nooni tosses two pillows onto the blanket. Momolu plops down onto the blanket.

Momolu says, OUCH!
SILLY PINECONE.

Banni says, LET ME HAVE IT!
HMM...

Banni arranges five pinecones in the shape of a star.

Banni says, AH-HA!

Momolu says, LOOK AT THAT! IT'S A STAR.

(Giggling)

Nooni and Momolu run into the forest and gather pinecones.
A black bear peeks out from behind a tree and waves. Momolu brings a basket of pinecones back to the blanket.
He and Nooni arrange them on the blanket into star-shaped patterns.

Banni says, HUH? LOOK! WHAT IS THIS?

(Giggling)

Banni carries her pinecones over to Momolu and Nooni. She tosses the pinecones into the air.

Banni says, FALLING STARS!

(Nooni chuckles)

Nooni says, THAT'S FUNNY.

Nooni, Momolu, and Banni lie on the blanket looking up at the sky.

(Nooni sighs)

The sun sets.

(Crickets chirping)

Banni says, OKAY, IT'S DARK!
AND I SEE LOTS OF STARS.
BUT WHERE ARE
THE FALLING STARS?

Momolu says, THEY'LL BE HERE
SOMETIME TONIGHT.
WE'RE JUST NOT SURE WHEN.

Hiko and Kimu walk through the forest.

Hiko says, GOOD. THEN WE'RE NOT TOO LATE.

Banni says, YAY! HIKO AND KIMU ARE HERE!

Hiko says, HELLO, FRIENDS.
I BROUGHT MY TELESCOPE.
IT MAKES THE FARAWAY STARS
LOOK CLOSER.

Nooni says, COOL!

Momolu says, OH!

Hiko sets up his telescope.

(Banni giggles)

Hiko says, THESE FALLING STARS,
OR METEORS,
AS WE ASTRONOMERS LIKE
TO CALL THEM,
CAN APPEAR AT ANY TIME.

Banni says, OH, I'M SO EXCITED!

Banni looks through the telescope. Everyone lies on the blanket gazing at the sky.

Momolu says, NO FALLING STARS YET.
AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!

Nooni says, FALLING STARS! WHERE ARE YOU,
FALLING STARS?

(Banni snores)

Momolu says, WHAT IS THAT?

(Banni snores)

Hiko asks, SHOULD WE WAKE HER UP?

Kimu says, SHE LOOKS PRETTY HAPPY.

Momolu says, BUT SHE REALLY WANTED
TO SEE THE FALLING STARS.

Nooni says, YOU'RE RIGHT, MOMOLU.
BANNI, BANNI! WAKE UP!

Banni says, OH, NO. DID I FALL ASLEEP?

Hiko says, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO HOME
TO BED.

Banni says, BUT I WANT TO SEE
THE FALLING STARS!
HELP ME STAY AWAKE,
PRETTY PLEASE?

Nooni says, UH, SURE. I GUESS. BUT HOW?

Momolu says, I KNOW! WE CAN SING
A STAY-UP SONG.

(Rhythmic music)

Everyone except Banni sings, BANNI BANNI
LET'S STAY UP LATE
THE STARS ARE GONNA FALL
AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT

Banni says, OH, I LOVE IT! KEEP SINGING!

They continue singing, BANNI BANNI
STAY UP TONIGHT
YOUR FRIENDS ARE ALL HERE
EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT

(Banni snores)

Momolu says, BANNI? BANNI, WAKE UP!

Banni says, ARE THE FALLING STARS
HERE YET?

Momolu giggles and says, NOT YET. ARE YOU SURE
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED?

Banni says, NO! I WANNA STAY UP!
I KNOW! LET'S DO
A STAY-UP DANCE!

Everyone except Banni dances.

(Humming)

Banni dances with the others. She sways sleepily. Hiko pats her on the back.

Momolu says, OH NO!

Momolu jogs over to Banni, who is asleep standing up. He picks her up and carries her back to the others. They all dance.

(Rhythmic music)

(Humming)

Momolu says, OH! LOOK!

Nooni says, THE FALLING STARS!

Hiko says, OH, NO!
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
THE WRONG WAY!

Stars zoom across the night sky

Everyone except Banni says, WHOA!

(Snoring)

Banni sleeps on the blanket, then awakens.

Banni asks, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Momolu says, WELL, THERE WERE A COUPLE
OF FALLING STARS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S IT
FOR TONIGHT.

Banni says sadly, OHHHH...

Nooni says, I'M SORRY.

Banni says, THAT'S OKAY. I GUESS
I AM PRETTY TIRED.

(Banni yawns)

Banni says, I'M GOING HOME TO BED.
GOOD NIGHT.

Hiko says, IT'S TOO BAD BANNI MISSED
THE FALLING STARS.

Momolu says, OH! ROLY POLY PANDAS!
WHAT IF WE MAKE HER
SOME FALLING STARS OF HER OWN?

Nooni asks, HOW CAN WE DO THAT?

Momolu says, WE CAN MAKE HER OWN
FALLING STARS!
FIRST, WE NEED SOME PINECONES!

Kimu, Momolu, Nuni, and Hiko are in a workshop. Tools hang on a wall behind them. Momolu holds pinecones in his arms.

Momolu says, WE BEGIN BY MAKING STARS!

Momolu arranges the pinecone in star-shaped patterns.

Hiko says, BRILLIANT! NOW, ALL WE NEED
IS SOME GLUE!

Nooni says, HMM. THEY'RE THE RIGHT SHAPE,
BUT THEY AREN'T VERY SPARKLY.

Kimu says, OH! I KNOW ALL ABOUT SPARKLY!
WE CAN RE-USE SOME
OF THIS TIN FOIL.
IT'S EXTRA SPARKLY!
The animals wrap the pinecones in tin foil.

Nooni asks, HOW DO WE MAKE THEM MOVE
THE RIGHT WAY?

Momolu says, YOU KNOW HOW A FALLING STAR
GOES SO FAST IT'S EASY TO MISS?

Hiko says, TELL ME ABOUT IT.

Momolu says, WE'LL MAKE OUR STARS
FALL SLOWLY.
IT'LL BE MORE FUN!

Momolu glues blue string onto the back of a white cloth, then puts a star into the cloth and tosses it into the air.

Hiko says, YA-HOO!

(Soft triangle music)

The star floats down to the ground under the cloth like a parachute.
The animals make more stars and parachutes. Banni lies in her bed with her eyes closed. Nooni approaches her bedside.

Nooni says, BANNI! ARE YOU ASLEEP, YET?

Banni says, NO, NOT YET.

(Banni gasps)

Banni rushes to her bedroom window. Several stars with parachutes fall outside the window.

(Banni gasps)

Banni hops outside. Momolu and Hiko toss stars on parachutes into the air.

Nooni chuckles)

(Banni gasps)

Banni says, YOU MADE FALLING STARS?!
THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!

Momolu says, AND FUN!

Momolu, Nooni, and Hiko toss stars into the air. They float gently downward with their parachutes.

Banni says, OH, THANK YOU ALL!

(Joyful music)

End Credits: Momolu, Zen Blocka. Banni, Saige MacMillan. Nooni, Ella Wejr. Kimu, Veda Maharaj. Hiko, Chirag Naik.

Executive Producers. Ulla Junell, Steve Pegram, Peter Voelkle.
Producers. Joonas Rissanen, Christian Delvigne.

tvo kids

Executive Producer, Marney Malabar, tvo kids.
Production Executive, Agustin Guevara Mastretta.

In collaboration with CBC Radio-Canada, Radio-Canada Youth Programming.

Produced in association with yle, Atmosphere Media.

Knowledge: kids.