[Inspirational music plays]

Fruit and vegetable dinosaurs roam the land.

A narrator says, IT'S THE LATE CRUNCHIEST PERIOD, WHEN THE WORLD WAS DOMINATED BY THE JUICIEST AND FRESHEST CREATURES EVER TO RULE THE PLANET.

Screen Australia and The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Present: A Cheeky Little Media Production.

The narrator says, THE MIGHTY VEGESAURS.

Tricarrotops Ginger stands on a cliff with Pea-Rexes Minty, Wasabi and Split.

Title: Vegesaurs. Created by Gary Eck and Nick O’Sullivan.

[Gentle music plays]

The sun shines brightly over Vegesaurs Valley.

[Ginger panting]

Bananaraptors Shorty and Sleepy chase Ginger through the valley. Minty, Wasabi and Split ride on Ginger’s horns.

The narrator says, YOUNG TRICARROTOPS ARE VERY ENERGETIC FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

Ginger says, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!

[Ginger panting]

The narrator says, BABY PEA-REXES, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN BE VERY CHEEKY.

On Ginger’s back, Minty, Wasabi, Split Face Shorty and Sleep. Minty sticks out their tongue. Split crosses their eyes. Wasabi dances.

[Blowing raspberries]

[Shorty and Sleepy snarling]

[Minty, Wasabi and Split yelping]

Minty, Wasabi and Split climb onto Ginger’s horns.

[Ginger panting]

Ginger runs through a clearing toward a pile of rocks. She glances over her shoulder toward Shorty and Sleepy.

Ginger asks, WHAT ABOUT A GAME OF SLIP AND SLIDE?

[Minty, Wasabi and Split chittering]

Ginger jumps on the pile of rocks. She leaps off the pile and knocks the rocks into Sleepy and Shorty’s path.

[Ginger grunting]

Sleepy and Shorty stumble onto the rocks.

[Sleepy and Shorty grunting]

Sleepy and Shorty stumble and fall.

[Sleepy and Shorty groaning]

Ginger runs to the edge of a small cliff and jumps off.

She cheers, WHOO!

Shorty and Sleepy run to the cliff.

Sleepy says, BAN-NAN-NAN-NAH.

He points toward Ginger. Sleepy and Shorty follow Ginger down the cliff toward a deep hole in the ground.

[Ginger panting]

Ginger says, HANG ON TIGHT, GANG.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split chittering]

Ginger leaps off the edge of the hole.

[Ginger grunting]

Ginger wails, WHOA!

[Minty, Wasabi and Split cheering]

Ginger lands on the other side of the hole.

[Thudding]

[Sleepy and Shorty panting]

Ginger turns to face the two Bananaraptors. Shorty and Sleepy jump off the edge of the hole and fall in.

[Thudding]

[Sleepy and Shorty grunting]

Ginger looks in the hole.

[Ginger giggling]

Ginger asks, READY TO CALL IT QUITS?

Sleepy and Shorty try to climb out of the hole. Their banana claws slide down the wall of rock.

The narrator says, BANANARAPTORS ARE NOT GOOD AT CLIMBING.

Sleepy and Shorty claw at the rock. Minty, Wasabi and Split hop off Ginger’s horns.

Ginger says, OH, HEY, YOU REALLY ARE STUCK.

[Sleepy and Shorty grunting]

The narrator says, THEIR SLIPPERY SKINS DON'T ALLOW THEM TO GET A GOOD GRIP.

Ginger says, WE HAVE TO HELP THEM.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split grumbling]

Minty, Wasabi and Split shake their heads. Ginger walks up to the edge of the hole.

Ginger says, IF WE GET YOU OUT, YOU HAVE TO PROMISE NOT TO CHASE US. DEAL?

Sleepy and Shorty look at each other.

[Sleepy and Shorty chattering]

[Shorty grunting]

Sleepy says, NAN-NAN-NAH.

Sleepy points toward Ginger.

[Shorty groaning]

Shorty nods toward Ginger.

Ginger says I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES, THEN. NOW, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT HOLE. ANY IDEAS?

[Minty and Split chittering]

Minty and Split shake their heads. Wasabi nods.

Wasabi says, UH-HUH, UH-HUH.

[Ginger gasping]

Ginger says, GREAT! WHAT IS IT, WASABI?

[Wasabi chittering]

Wasabi looks around and frowns, then kicks a rock. The rock lands in the deep hole.

Ginger says, HMM.

[Dinging]

Ginger says, AH-HAH!

She glances at a boulder beside the hole.

Ginger says, IF WE PUSH THAT BOULDER INTO THE HOLE, THEN THEY CAN USE IT TO CLIMB OUT.

[Sleepy and Shorty chattering]

Split leans against Wasabi, and they push against the boulder.

[Wasabi and Split straining]

Minty pushes against Split.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split straining]

Ginger stands on her back feet and pushes against the boulder.

[Ginger straining]

Ginger drops onto four feet and pushes the boulder with her horns.

[Ginger straining]

[Ginger sighing]

Ginger pauses and catches her breath.

[Ginger panting]

Ginger says, IT'S NOT ENOUGH, WE'LL NEED TO USE SOMETHING ELSE TO PUSH IT IN.

She looks around at piles of sticks, logs, rocks and boulders.

Ginger says, UH, HMM...

She looks thoughtful.

Ginger says, UM... UH...

She takes a few steps back and looks at a hill with smaller boulders.

Ginger says, HMM. SO, WE PUSH THAT BOULDER DOWN THE HILL, IT GOES UP THAT RAMP, HITS THAT BOULDER, WHICH FLIES THROUGH THE AIR, LANDS ON THAT LOG, RELEASING THAT BOULDER, WHICH ROLLS DOWN THAT PATH, KNOCKING THE BIGGER BOULDER ON THE EDGE OF THE HOLE IN THE HOLE!

Minty, Wasabi and Split frown.

Ginger says, AH-HAH, THAT'S IT! GOT IT?

Minty, Wasabi and Split furrow their brows.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split chittering in confusion]

Ginger says, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES.

Later, on the other side of the hole, Ginger shouts, OKAY, ON MY SIGNAL, PUSH THE BOULDER DOWN THE HILL.

She looks up at Minty, Wasabi and Split standing beside a small boulder on top of the hill.

Wasabi says, OKAY.

Minty cheers, YAY!

Ginger turns toward Sleepy and Shorty.

She says, WE'LL HAVE YOU OUT IN NO TIME, TRUST ME!

Sleepy glances at Shorty.

[Sleepy grunting]

Ginger steps away from the edge of the hole.

She says, OKAY, NOW!

Split hops onto Wasabi, and Minty hops onto Spit.

[Split and Minty grunting]

Wasabi stumbles and then leans forward against the small boulder with Minty and Split. Split pushes the boulder down the hill.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split grunting]

[Suspenseful music plays]

The small boulder rolls down the hill. It rolls up a rock ramp and knocks a second boulder into the air.

Ginger says, IT'S WORKING!

The second boulder lands on a log beside another boulder. The second boulder rolls off the log and down a path.

Ginger says, UH, UM...

The narrator says, OH DEAR, THE BOULDER IS GOING THE WRONG WAY.

The second boulder rolls up a palm tree growing on an angle. The boulder pushes the tree back.

Ginger says, OH NO!

The palm tree snaps upright and launches the boulder through the air.

Ginger says, NOT PART OF THE PLAN!

The boulder lands on top of a dead tree beside Ginger. It falls off the tree, and Ginger jumps back.

Ginger says, WHA...

Minty, Wasabi and Split run up to Ginger. The boulder splits into pieces.

Ginger yelps, WHOA!

[Ginger sighing]

Ginger says, WE GAVE IT OUR BEST SHOT.

Minty, Wasabi and Split climb onto the pieces of the boulder.

[Wasabi chattering angrily]

Wasabi kicks a rock. The rock hits the dead tree.

[Dead tree creaking]

Ginger looks down at Sleepy and Shorty.

She says, I'M REALLY SORRY, I'M HAPPY TO BRING YOU THREE MEALS A DAY.

[Dead tree creaking]

The top half of the dead tree tips toward the hole.

Ginger glances at the tree and says, HUH? LOOK OUT!

She runs away from the tree. The top of the dead tree snaps off the stump and falls toward the hole. Sleepy and Shorty dodge the falling tree.

[Sleepy and Shorty yelping]

The top half of the tree lands against the side of the hole.

[Ginger gasping]

Minty, Wasabi and Split cheer, YAY!

Ginger says, WE DID IT!

[Minty, Wasabi and Split cheering]

Ginger says, SORT OF!

Shorty glances at Sleepy.

[Shorty chattering]

[Sleepy and Shorty snickering]

Sleepy and Shorty climb up the fallen tree and out of the hole. They stand in front of Ginger and look away.

[Sleepy and Shorty grumbling]

The narrator says, BEING NICE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES NATURALLY TO BANANARAPTORS.

Sleepy and Shorty bow in front of Ginger.

Shorty says, BAN-NAN-NAH.

Ginger says, YOU'RE WELCOME! IT'S GOOD TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE FOR ONCE, RIGHT GANG?

She glances at Minty, Wasabi and Split.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split chittering]

Minty, Wasabi and Split look at Sleepy and Shorty and act cheeky. Wasabi jumps up and down. Split sticks out their tongue. Minty bounces from one foot to the other.

[Minty, Wasabi and Split chittering mockingly]

[Sleepy and Shorty grumbling]

[Ginger sighing]

Ginger says, I KNEW THIS WOULDN'T LAST.

She scoops up Minty, Wasabi and Split with her tail and continues down the path past the hole.

[Ginger panting]

Ginger says, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!

[Minty, Wasabi and Split cheering]

Sleepy and Shorty chase after Ginger, Minty, Wasabi and Split.

[Inspirational music plays]

End credits. Voice of Ginger - Mikayla Ayers. Voice of Narrator - Colin Cassidy. Voice of the Vegesaurs - Rupert Degas, Aimee Horne, Evelia Eck, Kate Murphy, Asmara Feik. Written by Gary Eck. Production funding from the Australian Government, Screen Australia. Logos: A Cheeky Little Production. Studio 100. A.B.C. France T.V. Copyright 2023 Cheeky Little Media P.T.Y. L.T.D.s and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.