Parakeet's Cookies/script

TITLE CARD - Parakeet’s Cookies! (green title card)

(*The star-shaped iris-in shows Parakeet hovering near a kitchen counter. He is wearing a white short-sleeved chef outfit, complete with a white toque. On his counter is his stuffed brown monkey named Bouncy. Daytime sky is visible through the window behind Parakeet. The camera moves in slowly.*)

* **Parakeet:** Hi, followers! I’m Parakeet, and welcome to another episode of *Parakeet’s Cookies*!

(*He puts his hands together with thumbs/fingers curved to form a heart, and two bright green ones pop briefly into view to flank his grinning face — an online video in progress.*)

* **Parakeet:** In just one class, you too can become a certified cookie master!

(*Camera cuts to Bouncy; Parakeet puts a white chef’s toque on his head. Parakeet leans into view with a happy little gasp.*)

* **Parakeet:** Let’s get started. Yay!

(*Double thumbs-up, accompanied by three gold stars winking into view around them both for a moment. From here, the camera cuts to a series of close-ups of cabinets being opened and ingredients being snatched up.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*offscreen*) Yeah! Ooh! Yes, please! Tasty! You’re gonna be delicious!

(*On the end of this, he leans into view next to Bouncy for just long enough to deposit the lot in the counter. He stands over a mixing bowl as the wooly head leans on a particular container.*)

* **Parakeet:** Now, step two—making cookies!

(*The sweet stuff is plucked out of reach, leaving the toy to fall onto his back. Close-ups of ingredients being measured up and added to the bowl.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*offscreen*) Cup of sugar…tablespoon of baking powder…dash of vanilla…pinch of salt. And for our final ingredient…

(*Sapphire and Canary peek into view and extend their fingers to get a taste of the mix during this line, but are unceremoniously picked up and hugged by Parakeet.*)

* **Parakeet:** …a hug for both sisters!
* **Canary:** (*nervously*) Yay! I love hugs.
* **Sapphire:** (*trying to play it cool*) Yeah. Don’t mind us. We’re just going outside!

(*Off they go; Parakeet gets a dab of dough on a finger for a taste test.*)

* **Parakeet:** Mmmm! (*Gasp.*) Cotton candy! This is ta-a-a-a-asty!

(*He leans over Bouncy and speaks in a slightly higher pitched voice to “speak” for the toy.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*as Bouncy*) You’ve really outdone yourself, Parakeet! (*own voice*) Why, thank you, Bouncy! (*rooting around in his hair*) Now for the not-so-secret ingredient…

(*The follicular foraging yields a bowl piled how with morsels of…*)

* **Parakeet:** …CHOCOLATE!!

(*This is set down on the counter, prompting Scarlet and Twilight — they peek into view — to begin reaching out eagerly for some bit, and Parakeet pops one into his mouth. Scarlet and Twilight quickly hide.*)

* **Parakeet:** Mmmm! (*He takes another.*) MMMMM!

(*The height of the chocolate begins to drop slowly with remarkable speed as he opens his mouth to wolf them down with a suction wind coming from his mouth; close-up of Bouncy as Twilight “voices” for the toy with high-pitched tone.*)

* **Twilight:** (*as Bouncy*) Don’t eat all the chips!

(*After Parakeet swallows his latest mouthful, he begins to cough.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*straining*) Whoa… (*Cough.*) I think some went down the wrong hole. (*Cut to Tangelo, nearly reaching for the bowl and then hiding; he continues offscreen.*) Someone once told me there’s such thing as too much chocolate.

(*The bowl is pulled away, much to Tangelo’s annoyance. Parakeet pounds a fist on his chest and swallows, and his breathing settles as he dumps the remaining chocolate chips into the bowl of dough and sets to mixing them in.*)

* **Parakeet:** Now, to bake our creations!

(*A cookie sheet is laid out and two balls of dough are transferred onto it, after which ten more pop into place on their own to form three rows of four. Parakeet loads the sheet into the oven and closes the door; cut to him and Bouncy sitting on a row of stools. His siblings peek over the edge of the table. The baking time quickly ticks down on a floating graphic of a kitchen timer.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*pulling a cupcake from his hair*) Mmm-mmm-mmm!

(*The timer rings and disappears before he can bite down on it.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*gasping, tossing it over shoulder*) They’re ready!

(*The treat splats down on a spot on the table in front of Scarlet, but the mess is position just right to leave her with some frosting on her face, much to her disgust. The rest of the Starpuffs brighten with a smile as two oven-mitted hands bring out the cookie sheet, whose dough has become a dozen sparkly goodies, and Parakeet’s eyes become twinkling green hearts for a moment once he gets a lungful of the aroma. The green irises pop wide in surprise after they have returned to normal; he turns to direct a sly over-the-shoulder glance toward Bouncy, who leans over an unoccupied blender.*)

* **Parakeet:** What’s that, Bouncy? You think you saw five cookie lovers behind the table? Well, wait ‘til they get a taste of these. (*Camera shows the five Starpuffs still in hiding; he continues offscreen.*) And now, for the final and best part…

(*He has shed his oven mitts at this point, and the camera moves out as he pulls out a shaker can of…*)

* **Parakeet:** …SPRINKLES!!

(*This shot puts Bouncy and the cookies all on the counter. The baked goods get a load dumped all over them, which detonates in a burst of green smoke; when the view clears, the cookies are now piled on a plate and shown in a close-up view and slow pan amid bright yellow flecks of light.*)

* **Parakeet:** (*voice over*) *Et voila*! Two dozen ultra-scrumptious cookies—

(*The kitchen again; the blast has splattered dough all over him, Bouncy, the other five Starpuffs, and most of the room and has Bouncy laying flat on the counter. He is holding up the plate.*)

* **Parakeet:** —for a sophisticated snack time.
* **Tangelo:** Sweet!

(*Parakeet sets it down and the rest help themselves to a cookie or two, their sour moods brightening.*)

* **Parakeet:** Until next time on *Parakeet’s Cookies*— (*pulling a cookie from his hair, picking up Bouncy*) —this is Parakeet— (*Sapphire and Tangelo goof around behind him.*) —bidding you a sweet evening and a most delicious morrow.
* **Scarlet:** Don’t forget to like and subscribe! (*wearily*) And clean up.

End of short.