[Bright music plays]

TVO Kids and Sinking Ship Entertainment Original.

[Giggling]

[Cheerful music plays]

Word Detective Sly stands in front of his desk. He has short, curly, dark brown hair and wears a green jacket over a blue and white striped shirt.

Sly asks, DID A WORD THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO YOU GO MISSING?

Word Detective Gabby stands in front of her desk. She wears her long, black hair in a single braid over her shoulder. Gabby wears a black fedora and a teal cardigan over a white, button-down shirt.

Gabby says, AND NOW ALL YOU CAN
FEEL, DO, OR THINK
IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT WORD?

Sly says, THEN CALL US!
I'M SLY.

Gabby says, AND I'M GABBY.
WE'RE WORD DETECTIVES,
AND WE SOLVE...

Together, Gabby and Sly say, WORD MYSTERIES!

Sly says, TOGETHER WE RUN THE WORDSVILLE
ONLINE DETECTIVE AGENCY.

He takes a seat at his desk behind a laptop.

Gabby says, WE'LL FIND YOUR MISSING WORD,
FAST!

She sits behind a laptop at her desk.

Through a video call, Sly says, NOT TO MENTION BRISKLY.

Through the video call, Gabby says, AND SWIFTLY.

Sly says, YEAH,
WE'RE REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS.

Gabby and Sly announce the title.

They say, WORDSVILLE!

Created by Christin Simms.

[Gentle music plays]

In a video call at the Detective Agency, Gabby and Sly read dictionaries at their desks. Gabby lowers her dictionary.

Gabby says, READY, SLY?
LET'S GET SERIOUS!
WE HAVE TO STUDY
SOME VOCABULARY WORDS
IF WE'RE GOING TO PASS
OUR WORD DETECTIVE TEST.
SO…

She stops moving.

Sly lowers his dictionary.

Sly says, UH, GABBY?

He sets his dictionary aside and leans forward.

Sly says, I THINK YOU'RE FROZEN.

Gabby shouts, BOO!

Sly falls back in his seat.

He says, HEY!
VERY FUNNY.

Gabby puts her dictionary down. Sly pinches his ears and puffs his cheeks.

Giggling, Gabby says, WHAT IS GOING ON?
I CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

Sly says, ME EITHER!

Gabby says, IF WE DON'T GET SERIOUS,
WE WON'T PASS OUR TEST,
OR GET TO KEEP BEING
WORDSVILLE WORD DETECTIVES!
CAW-CAW!
CAW-CAW!

Sly says, SOMETHING'S UP.

Gabby nods.

Sly says, LIKE A WORD MYSTERY.

[Video call ringing]

An incoming call appears in Sly and Gabby’s video call.

Sly says, HEY, LOOK,
REPORTER READ'S CALLING.

Reporter Read joins the call. She has long, brown hair and wears a blazer over a pink sweater with an I.D. tag. Reporter Read’s background shows her on the moon.

Reporter Read says, BREAKING NEWS!
I'M ON THE MOON!

[Reporter Read giggling]

Reporter Read says, NOT REALLY.
BUT I DO NEED HELP.
MY NOTEBOOK IS MISSING.
THIS ONE.

She presses a button and a picture of a black notebook labelled, Serious, appears.

Sly says, THAT NOTEBOOK
SAYS "SERIOUS."

Reporter Read says, I KEEP NOTES IN THERE
ON ALL MY SERIOUS NEWS REPORTS.

The definition of Serious is shown with a picture of a brown-haired boy playing chess and a picture of a girl writing in a book. The definition lists the word as an adjective. Gabby reads the definition.

Gabby says, SERIOUS MEANS
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT
AND NOT TO BE JOKED ABOUT.
SINCE THE WORD SERIOUS
IS MISSING,
WE'RE ACTING THE OPPOSITE!

Gabby reads antonyms for the word Serious listed under the definition.

Gabby says, SILLY, RIDICULOUS, AND ABSURD.

Reporter Read says, AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENED
WHEN I WAS WORKING
ON A VERY SERIOUS AND
REALLY MEANINGFUL NEWS REPORT.

Gabby nods. Reporter Read changes her background to coral reefs. She moves her lips like a fish. Bubbles float around her.

[Sly and Gabby laughing]

Reporter Read removes the background, revealing the Wordsville Newsroom.

Gabby says, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TO TAKE THIS CASE
AND OUR WORD DETECTIVE
TEST SERIOUSLY,
BUT WE HAVE TO TRY!

Laughing, Sly says, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED,
AND I'LL SHOW IT TO US
WITH ANIMATION!
RECAP TIME!

In an animation, Reporter Read works on a laptop at her desk.

Reporter Read narrates, I WAS AT
THE NEWSROOM WORKING WHEN
BOTH GRAHAM AND
ARTIST CLAY CAME TO VISIT!

Reporter Read flips through her notebook. Baker Graham and Artist Clay are added to the animation. Baker Graham wears a yellow chef’s hat and a yellow apron over a blue, plaid, button-down shirt. Artist Clay has short, curly, black hair. He wears a blue beret and a blue, paint-stained apron over a blue, button-down shirt.

Reporter Read narrates, I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHY THEY STOPPED BY.

Reporter Read puts her notebook on her desk. Baker Graham shrugs.

Reporter Read continues, I WAS TOO BUSY WRITING
MY SERIOUS NEWS REPORT
TO PAY ATTENTION.
BUT AFTER ARTIST CLAY
AND BAKER GRAHAM LEFT,
I STARTED ACTING SO SILLY
THAT INSTEAD OF WRITING
MY REPORT WITH WORDS,
I USED EMOJIS AND STICKERS!

Reporter Read types smiley face emojis into her report. She glances toward her notebook.

Reporter Read narrates, THEN I SAW MY NOTEBOOK
WAS MISSING,
SO I CALLED YOU TWO.

Reporter Read looks shocked.

In the video call, Gabby looks shocked.

She says, I SMELL A WORD MYSTERY!

Sly smells a sock.

[Sly sniffing]

Sly says, I JUST SMELLED THIS SOCK.

He puts the sock down.

Sly says, REPORTER READ, CAN YOU SHOW US
THE SCENE OF THE MYSTERY?

Reporter Read says, SURE.

She flips her camera to show a plate of smiley face cookies and orange paint splatter.

Reporter Read says, THAT'S WHERE I USUALLY
KEEP MY NOTEBOOK,
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THESE GOT THERE!

Sly says, I'LL TAKE A SCREENSHOT
FOR OUR CASE NOTES.

[Camera shutter clicking]

Sly asks, GABBY, YOU READY?

Gabby says, WE'LL FIND WHO DID THE DEED
WITH SPEED, REPORTER READ.

She tips her fedora.

[Reporter Read blowing a raspberry]

Reporter Read ends her call.

Sly says, TIME TO GET BACK TO
OUR CASE NOTES, GABBERS.

An online document titled Case Notes reads, The Case of the Sillies.

Gabby says, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
SOMEONE TOOK REPORTER READ'S
SERIOUS NOTEBOOK.
AND EVERYONE IS ACTING WACKY.

Sly adds drawings to the document. In the drawings, Sly stands on his head, Reporter Read blows a raspberry, and Gabby walks with her fedora over her face.

Gabby says, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
BUT YOU
SHOULD GIVE US ALL MOUSTACHES.

She holds her finger over her lip like a moustache.

Gabby says, NEVER MIND.
I'M FOCUSING.

She returns to the Case Notes.

Gabby says, WHERE IT HAPPENED
IS THE NEWSROOM,
AND IT HAPPENED WHEN
REPORTER READ WAS WORKING
ON HER NEWS REPORT.

Gabby adds What, Where and When notes to the Case Notes.

She says, WAH-WAH-WAH!

Sly says, OUR SUSPECTS ARE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
AND FRANKENSTEIN.

He drops cartoon pictures of Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Frankenstein’s monster into the Case Notes.

[Gabby giggling]

Gabby says, SLY, WE HAVE
TO FIGHT THE SILLIES!

Sly says, YOU'RE RIGHT.

He nods.

Sly says, OUR SUSPECTS ARE
BAKER GRAHAM AND ARTIST CLAY.

He drags a picture of Baker Graham onto the Alice in Wonderland picture and a picture of Artist Clay onto the picture of Frankenstein’s monster.

Sly says, NOW WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHO DID IT, HOW, AND WHY.
LET'S LOOK AT THE SCENE
OF THE MYSTERY.

The smiley face cookies and orange paint splatter screenshot is dropped into the Case Notes.
Gabby says, THERE'S A PLATE
OF SMILEY FACE COOKIES
AND SOME PAINT.

Sky says, COOKIES ARE
BAKER GRAHAM'S DEPARTMENT.

[Video call ringing]

In his bakery, Baker Graham answers a video call. Sly waves.

Baker Graham says, WORD DETECTIVES!
I'M MAKING GINGERBREAD VERSIONS
OF EVERYONE IN WORDSVILLE.
OH!

He grabs a gingerbread cookie.

Baker Graham says, HERE'S YOU,
WORD DETECTIVE SLY.

Imitating Sly, Baker Graham says, I SOLVE WORD MYSTERIES.

[Gabby gasping]

Gabby says, SLY,
YOU LOOK SCRUMPTIOUS!

Baker Graham says, THE MAGIC OF FROSTING.
IT ALWAYS PUTS A SMILE
ON MY FACE.
SEE?

Baker Graham smiles. Sly looks through a magnifying glass.

Sly says, I DO SEE.

Gabby says, BAKER GRAHAM, COULD YOU TELL US
WHY YOU WERE AT THE NEWSROOM
THIS MORNING?

Baker Graham says, WELL, I WANTED TO SAY HI
AND DROP OFF
SOME SMILEY FACE COOKIES
FOR REPORTER READ.

Sly adds to the Case Notes.

Baker Graham continues, SHE ALWAYS WORKS SO HARD
REPORTING ON
SERIOUS NEWS TOPICS.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY
SHE'S ALWAYS SO SERIOUS!

Gabby adds to the Case Notes.

Baker Graham says, I THOUGHT SHE COULD USE
A BREAK WITH SOMETHING
THAT WOULD MAKE HER SMILE!
AND NOW,
I'M GOING TO MAKE ME SMILE.

He bites the head of the Sly gingerbread cookie.

Sly says, HEY, THAT'S MY HEAD!

[Gabby giggling]

Baker Graham says, WHEN I REALIZED SHE WAS TOO BUSY
WITH HER BIG NEWS REPORT,
I LEFT THE COOKIES
AND CAME BACK HERE.
MAYBE ARTIST CLAY KNOWS MORE.
TALK LATER!

He waves and ends his call.

Gabby says, BAKER GRAHAM IS WORRIED
REPORTER READ
IS A LITTLE TOO NO-NONSENSE.

The Case Notes under Baker Graham’s picture read, Wanted to say hi and drop off cookies, Thinks Reporter Read works hard, Because she works on serious news topics, And that’s why she’s always so serious.

Sly says, HEY, HOW COULD YOU
NOT LIKE NONSENSE?

Gabby says, LET'S SEE IF ARTIST CLAY
HAS ANYTHING TO SAY.

[Video call ringing]

In his art studio, Artist Clay answers a video call. Artist Clay wears a rainbow clown wig and a red clown nose in his art studio.

Gabby says, ARTIST CLAY. YOU LOOK,
UH, DIFFERENT TODAY.

Artist Clay acts like a mime. He holds his hands with his palms out beside him and above him. He knocks at the air.

Sly says, OH, NO, GABBY!
HE'S TRAPPED
IN AN INVISIBLE BOX!

[Artist Clay giggling]

Artist Clay says, IT'S JUST A PRETEND BOX.

Sly says, OH, I KNEW THAT.
I THOUGHT INSTEAD OF MAKING ART,
WHY NOT BECOME THE ART?!

Sly adds to the Case Notes.

Gabby says, SPEAKING OF ART,
WE SAW SOME PAINT-SPLATTERED
IN THE NEWSROOM.

Artist Clay says, IT'S MINE.
I ASKED
REPORTER READ TO MODEL FOR
MY PORTRAIT OF A SERIOUS PERSON.

He crosses his arms.

Artist Clay continues, SHE'S PERFECT FOR IT,
SINCE SHE RARELY JOKES AROUND.

Sly says, THAT'S TRUE.

Artist Clay says, BUT WHEN I OPENED MY PAINT,
SHE ASKED ME TO
STOP MAKING NOISE.

He squeezes his clown nose.

[Clown nose honking]

Artist Clay says, SO I GRABBED A COOKIE,
CLEANED UP MY PAINT, AND LEFT.

Gabby adds to the Case Notes. Under Artist Clay’s picture, the Case Notes read, Has decided to become art, Wanted to paint a portrait of a serious person, Reporter Read was perfect for it, She asked Artist Clay to stop making noise, He grabbed a cookie.

Artist Clay says, NOW I SHOULD GO.

He slowly lowers out of view and ends his call.

Gabby asks, WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY, SLY?

Sly says, THIS CAT LOVES
PLAYING THE PIANO.

He drags a video of a cat playing a piano into the Case Notes.

[Gabby and Sly giggling]

Gabby says, CASE NOTES, SLY!
CASE NOTES.

[Sly clapping once]

[Sly sighing]

Sly says, RIGHT.
BAKER GRAHAM BROUGHT
THE SMILEY FACE COOKIES
TO MAKE REPORTER READ SMILE.

Gabby says, THIS BABY
MAKES ME SMILE.

She drags a video of a baby licking a lemon into the Case Notes. In the video, the baby cringes.

[Gabby and Sly laughing]

Gabby says, OH, WE HAVE TO STOP.
WHAT ELSE?

Sly says, ARTIST CLAY WANTED TO PAINT
A PORTRAIT OF A SERIOUS PERSON.

Gabby says, THAT'S RIGHT!
HE WANTED
REPORTER READ TO BE SERIOUS.
BUT I KNOW WHO DIDN'T!

Sky says, ME TOO!
LET'S SHOW EVERYONE
HOW IT HAPPENED.

Gabby nods.

[Video call ringing]

Gabby and Sly connect with Reporter Read, Baker Graham and Artist Clay in a video call. They all eat popcorn.

[Sly imitating trumpet fanfare]

Sly says, NOW PRESENTING
THE WORD MYSTERY
ANIMATED REENACTMENT OF...

[Drumroll]

An animation shows the Wordsville News building.

Sly says, THE CASE OF THE SILLIES!

In the animation, Artist Clay walks into the Newsroom, where Reporter Read works on her laptop at her desk with her notebook beside her.

As Artist Clay, Sly says, REPORTER READ,
I'M TRYING TO CAPTURE
THE ESSENCE OF SERIOUS,
AND YOU'RE PERFECT.
JUST SIT RIGHT THERE,
AND I'LL PAINT YOU.

Artist Clay squirts paint onto Reporter Read’s desk.

[Squirting]

As Artist Read, Gabby says, CLICK, CLACK,
I'M TRYING TO TYPE.
I CAN'T FOCUS
WITH ALL THAT NOISE.

As Artist Clay, Sly says, HMM,
I GUESS I SHOULD JUST GO.

Artist Clay drops paintbrushes on the floor beside the desk. He reaches for the paintbrushes.

[Fabric tearing]

As Artist Clay, Sly says, OOPS!
I RIPPED MY PANTS.

[Artist Clay laughing]

In the video call, Artist Clay says, HEY, THAT NEVER HAPPENED!

[Sly giggling]

In the animation, Baker Graham carries a plate of smiley face cookies into the Newsroom.

As Baker Graham, Gabby says, REPORTER READ,
I BAKED YOU COOKIES.
I HOPE THEY MAKE YOU SMILE!

Artist Clay grabs a cookie.

As Baker Graham, Gabby says, SHE'S SO SERIOUS ABOUT WRITING.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN
NOTICE THE COOKIES.
BUT I KNOW
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.

Baker Graham grabs Reporter Read’s notebook off the desk and leaves. Artist Clay eats his smiley face cookie, packs up his gear and leaves.

In the video call, Sly says, BAKER GRAHAM IS WHO DID IT!

[Reporter Read and Artist Clay gasping]

Baker Graham looks guilty.

Gabby says, HE SWIPED THE NOTEBOOK
WHILE REPORTER READ
AND ARTIST CLAY WERE BUSY.
THAT'S HOW HE DID IT!

Baker Graham lowers his gaze.

Sly says, HE WANTED REPORTER READ TO STOP
ACTING SO SERIOUS ALL THE TIME!

Gabby says, THAT'S WHY HE TOOK IT!

She throws her popcorn.

Baker Graham says, YES, I DID IT!
REPORTER READ,
YOU WERE SO SERIOUS
ABOUT YOUR BIG NEWS REPORT.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
WANT TO TAKE A BREAK
AND HAVE SOME FUN.

Artist Clay nods.

Baker Graham says, BUT I'M SORRY FOR
TAKING YOUR NOTEBOOK.

He holds up Reporter Read’s notebook.

Baker Graham says, I'LL BRING IT RIGHT BACK.
OR WILL I?

Sly raises his eyebrows.

Baker Graham says, NO, I'M JUST JOKING.
I WILL.

[Video call ringing]

In another video call with everyone, Reporter Read holds her notebook.

Reporter Read says, NOW THAT WORDSVILLE
IS NO LONGER SILLY,
MY SERIOUS NEWS REPORT
IS COMING OUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT BAKER GRAHAM
AND HOW HARD HE WORKS
TO BAKE TREATS
FOR ALL OF WORDSVILLE!

Bake Graham looks amazed.

Reporter Read says, THAT TAKES SERIOUS EFFORT.

Baker Graham says, IT'S ABOUT ME?

Reporter Read nods.

Baker Graham says, AW, THANKS!
I SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE DECISIONS
ON HOW YOU SHOULD ACT OR FEEL.
I'LL TAKE OTHER
PEOPLE'S FEELINGS
MORE SERIOUSLY FROM NOW ON.

Artist Clay says, I'M READY TO PAINT
MY SERIOUS PORTRAIT
IF YOU ARE, REPORTER READ.

Reporter Read asks, WHY DON'T WE ALL SHARE
SMILEY FACE COOKIES FIRST?

She holds up a smiley face cookie.

Baker Graham says, I SERIOUSLY LOVE THAT IDEA.

Reporter Read, Baker Graham and Artist Clay say, THANKS, WORD DETECTIVES!

They end their calls.

Gabby says, WE DID IT!
WE SOLVED
THE CASE OF THE SILLIES!
NOW WE CAN GET BACK TO STUDYING
FOR OUR WORD DETECTIVES TEST.

Sly says, I GUESS THE FUN'S OVER NOW.
BUT HERE,
I MADE US A PRACTICE TEST.

A file reads, Totally Serious Practice Test. It opens and reveals a picture of Sly sticking his tongue out.

[Gabby giggling]

Sly says, GOTCHA!

[Gabby and Sly laughing]

Gabby says, NOW LET'S GET SERIOUS!

Gabby and Sly read their dictionaries.

[Gentle, cheerful music plays]

End credits: Directed by Tiffany Hsiung, J.J. Johnson, Faran Moradi, Christin Simms. Written by Desmond Sargeant. Featuring: Word Detective Sly, Baeyen Hoffman. Word Detective Gabby, Mia Swaminathan. Reporter Read, Zahara Kerner. Baker Graham, Mason McLoughlin. Artist Clay, Desmond Sivan.

Singers sing, IT'S WORDSVILLE!
YEAH!
WHOO!

Copyright 2024 Sinking Ship (Wordsville) Productions Inc.

The singers sing, IT'S GABBY!
AND SLY!

Produced in Association with The WNET Group, Knowledge: Kids, TVO Kids.

The singers sing, IT'S WORDSVILLE!

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