WOW! WOW! WUBBZY!

“WUBBZY AND THE FIRE ENGINE”

SECOND DRAFT
10/18/07

Steve Daye

FADE IN:

EXT. DOWNTOWN WUZZLEBURG - DAY

It’s another ordinary day in Wuzzleburg. PAN DOWN from

the city-scape to reveal WUBBZY, DAISY, WALDEN and
WIDGET - walking down the street.

WUBBZY
Wow, it sure is quiet in
Wuzzleburg today...

Suddenly a huge object falls from the sky and splatters

on the street in front of them <SPLAT>!

WALDEN
Great Rings of Saturn! It’s a
meteorite!

WUBBZY
Wow!

Widget approaches the object and takes a closer look.

WIDGET
Hold on there, Walden - this isn’t
a meteorite, it’s a meatball!

DAISY
A meatball?

Wubbzy gives it a taste.

WUBBZY
Mmmm! With marinara sauce!

PULL-OUT as another meatball crashes to the ground, and

then another! It’s pandemonium as the panic-stricken
citizens of Wuzzleburg run for cover.

CROWD
<panicky uproar>

Wubbzy stops a PASSER-BY.

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WUBBZY
Hey - what’s going on?

PASSER-BY
There’s trouble at the spaghetti
and meatball factory! The
machines have gone kooky!

Suddenly a shiny red FIRE ENGINE races past the trio

towards the factory, its lights flashing and <SIREN>
blaring.

WUBBZY
(excited)
Wow wow wow! A fire engine!
Let’s go see!

Wubbzy bounces after the emergency vehicle with Widget

and Walden following close behind.

EXT. SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL FACTORY - CONTINUOUS

It’s a four-alarm spaghetti and meatball catastrophe!

Giant meatballs shoot out of the factory’s towering smoke
stack while large spaghetti noodles, riding a wave of
tomato sauce, gush out of the factory’s doors!

The fire engine pulls up close to the factory, and a pint-

sized crew of identical FIREFIGHTERS hop off of the truck
and spring into action! This lively team works in
unison, as hose lines are pulled into position and the
engine’s water pump levers are switched on. The FIRE
CHIEF, holding a megaphone, shouts out his orders.

FIRE CHIEF
Man the hoses! Let’s get some
water on those noodles!

Water suddenly jets out of the hoses, spraying the

menacing pile of spaghetti!

Wubbzy, Daisy, Widget and Walden look on from the crowd.

WUBBZY
(amazed)
Wow!

The firefighters continue to force the spaghetti back

with water, as it smolders and sputters.

FIRE CHIEF
Bring out the fork-lift!

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A panel on the side of the truck is opened, and a

mechanical arm holding a giant fork is cranked into
position above the large pile of spaghetti. A
firefighter then pushes a button on the engine’s control
panel, and the fork plunges into the spaghetti where it
begins to turn, twirling the spaghetti up into a huge
ball! It deposits the spaghetti into a huge cooking pot,
<SPLURSH>, while other Firefighters are rolling the
escaped meatballs up a ramp into the same pot.

WUBBZY
(more amazed)
Wow! Wow!

The catastrophe has been averted! The Fire Chief turns

to the crowd.

FIRE CHIEF
All right, who wants spaghetti?

CROWD
<CHEERS>

WUBBZY
(very impressed)
Wow wow wow! That was so cool! I
wish I had my own fire engine!

Wubbzy then does his best emergency <SIREN> imitation.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Woo-oo! Woo-oo! Woo-oo!

WIDGET
Your own fire engine? No
problemo!

CUT TO:

EXT. WIDGET’S WORKSHOP - LATER

As Wubbzy, Daisy and Walden watch, WIDGET pulls on the

ribbon of a gift-wrapped parcel, and the parcel collapses
to the ground, revealing a fully equipped, workable toy
version of a shiny red fire engine!

WIDGET
Ta-da!

WUBBZY
(very excited)
Wow wow! Is this for me, Widget?

WIDGET
It sure is, little buddy! Hop in!
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Wubbzy happily hops into the driver’s seat and takes hold
of the steering wheel.

WUBBZY
Wow! It’s got a ladder, and a
hose, and - even a siren?

Wubbzy pushes a button on the dashboard, turning on the

toy engine’s <SIREN>. Wubbzy listens for a moment before
shutting it off.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Cool!

Widget then pulls a lever on the engine’s control panel,

and a large trampoline, attached to a robotic arm, pops
out from the side of the truck.

WIDGET
And this here trampoline should
come in real handy for catching
things!

Walden hands Wubbzy a toy fireman’s helmet.

WALDEN
Here’s your fire helmet!

WUBBZY
Super cool! Wow! This is the
best fire engine ever! Now I can
help out in emergencies!

WALDEN
(the voice of reason)
Now Wubbzy - this fire engine is
only a toy. It should never be
used for real emergencies.

WIDGET
That’s right, little buddy.
Promise you won’t use it for
anything dangerous.

WUBBZY
Okay... I promise! I’ll only use
the fire engine for fun! Thanks
Widget! Thanks Walden! Come on
Daisy, let’s go for a ride!

Wubbzy turns on the toy engine’s <SIREN>, and he and

Daisy happily drive away as Widget and Walden look on.

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EXT. WUZZLEBURG PARK - CONTINUOUS

Wubbzy drives his fire engine into the park.

WUBBZY
Yippee! I’m like a real fireman!

Wubbzy suddenly stops when he hears a cry for help.

HUGGY (O.S.)
Help! Help!

DAISY
It sounds like someone’s in
trouble, Wubbzy!

WUBBZY
We’d better check it out!

Wubbzy turns on his toy <SIREN> and accelerates down the

path where he soon happens upon HUGGY, sitting on her
tricycle, stuck in a mud puddle.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Hi Huggy - are you okay?

HUGGY
Oh Wubbzy and Daisy, am I glad to
see you! I tried to ride my
tricycle through this mud puddle
and I got stuck!

CLOSE ON WUBBZY - as he thinks about the situation a

moment.

WUBBZY
Hmm - Pulling a tricycle out of a
mud puddle isn’t dangerous. I can
do that!

Wubbzy hops out of his fire engine, takes the hook from
the toy engine’s winch, and places it onto the back of
Huggy’s tricycle.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Hang on, Huggy, we’ll get you out!

Wubbzy runs back to the winch and cranks it up, pulling

Huggy out of the puddle and back onto the path.

HUGGY
Oh thank you, Wubbzy!

WUBBZY
You’re welcome! It’s all part of
the job for - Fireman Wubbzy!
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Wubbzy and Daisy drive away.

EXT. WUZZLEBURG PARK - THE WOODS

BUGGY - stares up at his kite, stuck in a nearby tree.

Wubbzy and Daisy emerge from the woods and come to a stop
beside Buggy.

DAISY
Hi Buggy!

WUBBZY
What’s wrong?

BUGGY
My kite’s stuck up in that tree.
And I can’t get it down.

CLOSE ON WUBBZY - sizing up the situation.

WUBBZY
Hmm - getting a kite out of a
little tree isn’t dangerous. I
can do that!

Wubbzy raises the toy engine’s ladder up to the tree, and

climbs the ladder.

DAISY
Be careful, Wubbzy!

Wubbzy retrieves the kite and hands it back to Buggy.

WUBBZY
Here you go!

BUGGY
Gee, thanks Wubbzy!

WUBBZY
You’re welcome! It’s all part of
the job for - Fireman Wubbzy!

Wubbzy hops back into his toy fire engine and drives away
with Daisy as Buggy waves goodbye.

EXT. WUZZLEBURG PARK - BIRD BATH AREA

Birdy-Bird and her bird friends sit atop an empty bird

bath. Wubbzy drives up the path and settles beside Birdy-
Bird.

BIRDY-BIRD
<sigh!>
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WUBBZY
Hi Birdy-Bird! You look sad,
what’s wrong?

Birdy-Bird hops up and down on the edge of the bird bath,

and scrapes her beak on the empty bath basin.

BIRDY-BIRD
<CHEEPS AND TWEETS>

Daisy looks at the empty bird bath.

DAISY
Oh, look, Wubbzy - their bird bath
is empty.

Wubbzy turns to CAMERA.

WUBBZY
Filling a bird bath with water
isn’t dangerous - I can do that!

Wubbzy takes the hose from his truck and turns it on. He
quickly fills the bird bath.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
There you go! All filled!

The birds hop into the water and happily splash about.

BIRDY-BIRD & FRIENDS

<CHEEPS AND TWEETS>

WUBBZY
You’re welcome! It’s all part of
the job for - Fireman Wubbzy!

Wubbzy and Daisy hops back into his toy fire engine and
drive away.

EXT. WUZZLEBURG PARK - HILLTOP

Earl stands on top of the hill. Wubbzy drives up the

hillside and settles beside Earl.

WUBBZY
Hi Earl! What are you doing?

Earl gestures to downtown Wuzzleburg.

EARL
I’m looking at that big building.
I think it’s on fire.

Wubbzy looks, and sees -

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HIS POV: sure enough, SMOKE is pouring from the top of a

skyscraper!

WUBBZY
Wow Wow Wow! A real fire!

DAISY
You’d better tell the fire
department, Wubbzy!

WUBBZY
Right! Bye Earl!

Wubbzy turns on his toy engine’s <SIREN> and drives away.

EARL
Bye, Wubbzy! Bye, Daisy! Nice
fire engine!

LONG SHOT - as Wubbzy races down the hill, through the

park, and back into town.

EXT. WUZZLEBURG FIRE STATION

Wubbzy stops in front of the fire station. The big door

is open and the fire engine is missing.

WUBBZY
Oh no! The firemen aren’t here!

DAISY
Maybe they’re already at the fire!

Wubbzy starts up his <SIREN> and drives away.

EXT. WUZZLEBURG SKYSCRAPER - CONTINUOUS

Wubbzy and Daisy drive up to the building. But there are

no fire engines there.

WUBBZY
Oh no! The firemen aren’t here
either!

Wubbzy and Daisy get out of the fire engine, and look up
at the smoke, pouring from the top floor.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Wow - this looks like it could be
dangerous!

DAISY
Yes, Wubbzy, you’d better wait for
the real firemen to come!
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WUBBZY
But it’s an emergency!

Wubbzy hops into the toy fire engine and drives into the
building -

INT. WUZZLEBURG SKYSCRAPER - CONTINUOUS

- he drives through the main entrance, and right onto an

elevator, the doors closing behind him.

EXT. VIEWING DECK

The doors open, and Wubbzy speeds out of the elevator.

Wubbzy hops out of the fire engine, grabs the hose and
then stops.

WUBBZY
Okay, where’s the fire?

He sees SMOKE pouring from the penthouse door. Wubbzy

runs up to the door, kicks it open and turns on the water
<SPLURSH!> ---

INT. PENTHOUSE ROOM - CONTINUOUS

As Wubbzy moves through the door, he looks into the room.

WUBBZY
Uh-oh...

CHEF FRITZ - stands before a stove, wet and spluttering,

holding a spatula, warding off the jet of water.

CHEF FRITZ
Wubbzy! <glurrg!> What are you
doing?!

Wubbzy turns the hose off.

WUBBZY
Oops. Sorry, Chef Fritz, I was
just putting out the fire.

CHEF FRITZ
What fire?

WUBBZY
(looks around)
Ummm...

He shrugs sheepishly. Chef Fritz laughs.

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CHEF FRITZ
There’s no fire here, Wubbzy. I
was just cooking up a batch of my
world famous high-rise panny-
pancakes!

Chef Fritz points to the stove, where little wisps of

smoke are still smoldering. A stack of panny-pancakes
sits nearby, soaking in a puddle of water.

WUBBZY
Panny-pancakes! Yummy! But why do
you make them way up here?

CHEF FRITZ
Because the secret to making high-
rise panny-pancakes is to cook
them on top of a high-rise
building!

WUBBZY
Oh.

CHEF FRITZ
Sad to say, they’re a little soggy
now. I can barely flip them.

Chef Fritz tries to flip a soggy pancake, and it sails

past Wubbzy, <wobble-wobble>, landing with a <SPLAT> on
the toy fire engine, hitting a lever on the control panel
-

The TRAMPOLINE suddenly shoots out of the truck and

scoops up Wubbzy. The robotic arm holding the trampoline
antics and flings Wubbzy up into the air.

WUBBZY
Whooaaa!

Wubbzy falls back onto the trampoline and bounces back up

<BOING!>, high into the air ---

ON FLAGPOLE - Wubbzy lands on the top of a flagpole, at

the very peak of the skyscraper! Wubbzy looks down.

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
(nervous)
Wow wow wow! There’s no way I can
get down from here! I need help!
HELP! HELP! HEEELLLLLP!

EXT. BUILDING - STREET

Daisy yells up to Wubbzy with concern.

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DAISY
Hang on, Wubbzy!

EXT. WUZZLEBURG PARK - HILLTOP

Earl still stands on top of the hill. Widget and Walden

walk up the hillside and settle beside Earl.

WALDEN
Hi Earl! What are you doing?

Earl points to the distant building.

EARL
I’m looking at Wubbzy. He’s stuck
on top of that big building.

THEIR POV: The skyscraper in the distance, with a tiny

Wubbzy on the flagpole.

WUBBZY
(very distant)
...helllllp...!

WALDEN
Great Saskatchewan Salmon!

WIDGET
That wasn’t supposed to happen!

Widget and Walden dash OFFSCREEN.

EARL
Bye Widget! Bye Walden!

EXT. WUZZLEBURG FIRE STATION

Widget and Walden run up to the fire station, where the

fire engine is just backing into the garage.

WIDGET
Chief! Wubbzy’s in trouble!

Walden points up towards the skyscraper.

WALDEN
He’s stuck on top of that
building!

The Fire Chief looks up and spots Wubbzy.

FIRE CHIEF
Super Spotless Dalmations! We’ve
got an emergency here!!!
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The fire chief quickly sounds the <ALARM BELL>.

Firefighters slide down the fire pole, grab their gear
and hop onto the shiny red fire engine.

As the truck pulls out of the station and onto the

street, Widget and Walden hop onto the back. The engine’s
emergency lights flash and its <SIREN> blares as it races
to the rescue!

EXT. SKYSCRAPER - STREET

The fire engine pulls up to the skyscraper. Daisy is

waiting for them.

DAISY
Hurry! He can’t hang on much
longer!

One of the firefighters hops onto the engine’s cherry-

picker and is lifted up, up, up into the sky!

EXT. FLAGPOLE

ON WUBBZY - still clinging to the top of the flagpole, as

it bends in the wind.

WUBBZY
(anxious)
Wow! It’s getting windy up
here...!

Suddenly a gust of wind blows Wubbzy off the flagpole!

Wubbzy drops off screen!

WUBBZY (CONT'D)
Whoaaaa...!

Moments later Wubbzy reemerges, holding onto the

Firefighter as the cherry-picker settles into frame!

CROWD
<CHEERS>

WUBBZY
Wow!

EXT. STREET

Wubbzy is safely lowered to the ground. The Fire Chief

takes Wubbzy from the Firefighter and hands him to his
relieved friends.

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FIRE CHIEF
There you are, Wubbzy! Safe and
sound!

WUBBZY
(sheepish)
Thanks, Chief.

DAISY
Are you okay, Wubbzy?

WUBBZY
I guess so. You guys were right.
I never should have used the fire
engine for something dangerous.
I’m sorry.

The Fire Chief steps up.

FIRE CHIEF
I know you were just trying to be
helpful, Wubbzy. That’s why I’m
making you an honorary
firefighter.

The Fire Chief puts a shiny new helmet on Wubbzy’s head

<DING!>.

WUBBZY
Wow!

FIRE CHIEF
Would you like a ride home in the
fire engine?

WUBBZY
(excited)
Can I work the siren?

FIRE CHIEF
(laughing)
Of course!

Everyone happily hops onto the fire engine. As it starts

to pull away, Wubbzy turns on the <SIREN>, grins to
camera and we...

IRIS OUT.