Felix wears a blue hoodie over a striped shirt in front of a building with text that reads, tvokids presents.

Felix asks, IS THERE A DOCTOR
IN THE HOUSE?

In a window of the building, Annie wears a pink dress.

Annie says, YES AND HE'S A MOUSE.

In a window above Annie, Dr. Cheddar wears a stethoscope. He waves.

A narrator says, YOU’LL FEEL BETTER WITH DR. CHEDDAR.

Text on the building reads, Dr. Cheddar.

[Bright music plays]

In his office, Dr. Cheddar adjusts a bow on a flower pot that holds a sunflower.

[Dr. Cheddar grunting]

Dr. Cheddar says, THERE, NOW YOU'RE
ALL READY TO HAVE FUN
WITH YOUR FLOWERY FRIENDS.

[Dr. Cheddar chuckling]

He moves the flower pot to the left of his desk.

[Ringing]

Dr. Cheddar says, HMM.

He presses a button on his keyboard. He answers a call on his tablet.

Dr. Cheddar says, OH!
AH, HELLO ANNIE.
HAPPY EARTH DAY!

In a video call, Annie wears a blue superhero mask and cape. Toy farm animals are on the table in front of her.

Annie groans, DR. CHEDDAR,
CAN YOU MAKE HIM
LIKE, STOP PLEASE?!

Dr. Cheddar says, OH, STOP WHAT EXACTLY?

Annie says, HE BROUGHT THEM INTO
THE HOUSE, AND THEY'RE…

[Annie cringing]

Annie says, …GROSS!

Felix calls out, HEY, DR. C.!
WANNA MEET MY NEW FRIENDS?

Annie waves her hands in front of her.

Dr. Cheddar says, OH, I'D LOVE TO, FELIX.

Felix calls, GREAT,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Annie says, OH, WHY'D YOU SAY THAT?
NOW HE'S GONNA
BRING THEM IN HERE.

She covers her eyes.

She groans, OH!

Dr. Cheddar says, YOU STILL HAVEN'T
TOLD ME WHAT THEY ARE.

Annie says, THEY'RE SLIMY AND
THEY'RE WRIGGLY,
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE...

Felix carries a jar over to the table.

He says, THEY'RE WORMS!

[Celebratory music plays]

Half the jar is filled with dirt. A worm is at the edge of the glass.

Annie groans, UGGH.

Dr. Cheddar says, OH YES!
LOOK AT THEM, THE
LITTLE RASCALS.

Annie says, WHAT? YOU LIKE THEM
TOO, DR. CHEDDAR?
BUT…OOH, THEY'RE DISGUSTING.

Felix looks at his jar of worms.

Dr. Cheddar says, OH, WORMS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,
ANNIE.
THEY TAKE THINGS LIKE
FOOD AND LEAVES AND GRASS,
AND TURN THEM INTO HEALTHY
FERTILIZER FOR PLANTS.

Felix and Dr. Cheddar nod.

Annie says, FERTILIZER? I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS,
BUT THAT SOUNDS GROSS TOO.

[Dr. Cheddar laughing]

Dr. Cheddar says, OH FAR FROM IT.
FERTILIZER IS A
SPECIAL SUPER FOOD
THAT HELPS PLANTS
GROW BIG AND STRONG.

Annie glances at Felix’s jar of worms.

Dr. Cheddar continues, JUST LIKE CERTAIN FOODS HELP
YOU GROW BIG AND STRONG.

Annie says, HUH. SO MAKING SUPER FOOD
FOR PLANTS IS KIND OF
LIKE A WORM'S SUPER POWER?

Dr. Cheddar says, OH, PRECISELY!
A PERFECT POWER FOR EARTH DAY.

He nods.

Felix says, YEAH. AND I LIKE
HOW SLIMY THEY ARE.

Annie says, WELL, I WANNA HELP
MAKE SOME FERTILIZER TOO.

Annie looks at the jar of worms.

She says, HEY, MAYBE FINDING WORMS
CAN BE MY SUPERPOWER.

Annie nods.

Felix says, OKAY, LET'S GO.
BYE. DR. CHEDDAR!

Annie follows him away from the table.

Dr. Cheddar says, HAVE FUN, YOU TWO!

He waves and ends the call.

[Celebratory music plays]

A video shows worms on the ground. A stick is used to lift a worm.

Annie says, OH YEAH!
HERE'S A BIG ONE.

Felix says, WHOA! PUT HIM IN THE JAR!

Annie lowers the worm into the jar using the stick.

She says, YEAH!

Felix says, OH, HE'S GONNA MAKE
SOME SUPER FERTILIZER.

Annie says, OH YEAH!

She and Felix nod.

In his office, Dr. Cheddar admires his sunflower.

He says, HMM.

Dr. Cheddar looks thoughtfully at it. He looks up.

He says, OH, THIS IS DR. CHEDDAR,
HOPING YOU FEEL BETTER
ABOUT TAKING CARE
OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND REMEMBER, EVERY
DAY IS EARTH DAY.

[Dr. Cheddar sighing thoughtfully]

Dr. Cheddar looks at his flower.

He says, SO PRETTY.

[Soft music plays]

Felix, Dr. Cheddar and Annie watch fireworks go off in the sky at night.

They say, WOAH!

Dr. Cheddar says, WOW, LOVELY.

Ontario Creates. tvokids. Canada Media Fund. Canada, The Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit. ACTRA.

Production Executive, TVOkids Agustin Guevara.

Created and Produced by Frank Meschkuleit and Dina Meschkuleit.

Copyright 2023 Dr. Cheddar Productions Inc.