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A transcript of the "Uma's Birthday!" episode.

Please note that because the characters talk in very simple sentences, the dialogue isn't grammatically correct and may be hard to understand without visuals.

Scene 1: Birthday surprise

[Oobi and Kako are in the living room, waiting for Uma to open the door so that they can surprise her.]

  • Oobi: Uma birthday.
  • Kako: Kako, Oobi...
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Surprise.
  • Oobi: Practice.
  • Kako: Practice.
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Surprise!
  • Oobi: [gasps] Oobi...
  • Kako: Kako...
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] You practice surprise.
  • Oobi: You, practice.
  • Oobi, Kako and Voices: Surprise!

[Grampu knocks at the door from off-screen. Oobi and Kako think it is Uma.]

  • Oobi: Oh! [Kako holds a finger onto his mouth.] Shh! Uma. Oobi, Kako surprise Uma.
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] You surprise Uma.
  • Oobi: Okay.

[Grampu walks inside, carrying bags of groceries.]

  • Grampu: [humming]
  • Oobi, Kako and Voices: Surprise!
  • Kako: Uh...
  • Oobi: Grampu.
  • Grampu: Grampu. Make birthday cake.
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Mmm, birthday cake. [both sigh]

[Uma jumps up from below Oobi and Kako.]

  • Uma: Hi.
  • Oobi and Kako: [both gasp]
  • Oobi: Uma surprise Oobi.
  • Oobi and Kako: [together] Surprise? Surprise, Uma! Happy birthday!

Scene 2: Uma's presents

[The scene switches to Uma at a table of birthday presents.]

  • Uma: Presents! Presents! Presents! Presents!
  • Grampu: Uma.
  • Uma: Hmm?
  • Grampu: Present.
  • Uma: Yay, present! [kisses Grampu]
  • Kako: Oh!
  • Uma: Ooh, present big. Presents! Presents! Pre--
  • Kako: Uma.
  • Uma: Hmm? Oh.
  • Kako: Present.
  • Uma: Yay, present! Ooh, present bigger. Presents! Presents! Presents! Pre--
  • Oobi: [off-screen, carrying a huge present] Uma?
  • Uma: Hmm?
  • Oobi: Present.
  • Uma: [gasps]

[Uma moves Kako's present to make room for Oobi's.]

  • Oobi: [grunting with effort]
  • Uma: Ooh, ooh, ooh. Oh, yay, present, Uma! Whoa. [almost drops the present]
  • Oobi and Uma: [both sigh with relief]

[Uma falls with the present.]

  • Oobi: Ooh! Uma? Uma?

[Uma pops out of the present, with a teddy bear inside.]

  • Uma: Present biggest.
  • Oobi: Happy birthday.

Scene 3: Playing a party game

[In the next scene, Oobi invites Uma to play a version of the party game "Pin the Tail on the Donkey."]

  • Oobi: Uma.
  • Uma: Hmm?
  • Oobi: Game.
  • Uma: Ooh.
  • Oobi: Tail.
  • Uma: [repeating] Tail.
  • Oobi: Pin.
  • Uma: Pin.
  • Oobi: Donkey.
  • Uma: Donkey.
  • Oobi: Yeah!
  • Uma: Mm-hmm.

[Oobi gives Uma a paper tail and spins her around.]

  • Uma: Tail. Oh. Whoa!
  • Oobi: Go!
  • Uma: Tail. Pin donkey. Tail pin donkey. Tail pin donkey.

[Uma walks through the house with the tail. She passes through the bathroom and the kitchen.]

  • Kako: [humming on the toilet]
  • Uma: Tail pin donkey. Tail pin donkey.
  • Grampu: [preparing a cake] Uma cake.
  • Uma: Tail...pin...donkey.

[Uma puts the tail in Grampu's cake.]

  • Uma: Tail pin donkey?
  • Grampu: Tail pin cake.
  • Uma: Oh. Cake.
  • Grampu: Cake good?
  • Uma: Delicious.
  • Grampu: [sighs happily]

Scene 4: Conga line

[In the next scene, the boys get into a conga line and sing a song for Uma. They unintentionally ignore her and she is visibly upset.]

  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [together] Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma.
  • Uma: Oobi?
  • Oobi: [ignores Uma] Oobi sing. You sing. You, sing!
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma.
  • Uma: Grampu? Grampu?
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [still singing] Happy birthday, Uma!
  • Uma: Kako? [leaves]
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [together] Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma! Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Umaaaaaa! [all laugh]

[They notice that Uma has left.]

  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: Uma? Uma? Uma! Uma?

Scene 5: A smaller party

[Oobi walks into the bedroom that he and Uma share. Uma is there, sitting sadly.]

  • Oobi: Uma? Uma? Uma, party?
  • Uma: [shaking her head "no"] Mm-mm.
  • Oobi: No party? Why?
  • Uma: Surprise, presents, cake, donkey, dancing. Too much! Too much party. Not enough...not enough Uma.
  • Oobi: Oobi understand. Uma, new party?
  • Uma: Hmm? New party?
  • Oobi: Mm-hmm. Kako, Grampu!
  • Uma: New party? [gasps] New party!

[Oobi leads Kako and Grampu into the bedroom. Grampu brings in a small cupcake with a candle on top.]

  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [quietly] Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma.
  • Oobi: Hey, you sing. You, sing! [clears throat]
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma.
  • Uma: [laughs]
  • Kako: Uma?
  • Uma: Hmm?
  • Kako: Present.

[He gives her a gift box. She opens it and finds a small teddy bear.]

  • Uma: Oh, teddy! Thank you.
  • Grampu: Uma? Cupcake.
  • Uma: [gasps] Mmm, cupcake! [blows the candle out] Oh, thank you.
  • Oobi: Oobi...
  • Kako: Kako...
  • Grampu: Grampu...
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: [together] Love Uma!
  • Uma: Uma love Grampu... [kisses him] Oobi... [kisses him] and Kako.

[Uma gives Kako a kiss. He turns to the camera, surprised and happy.]

  • Uma: Uma love birthday!
  • Oobi, Kako, and Grampu: Aww.
  • Oobi, Uma, Kako, and Grampu: Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma. Happy birthday, Uma.

Scene 6: Game segment

[The scene switches to Uma in the kitchen. She is looking at three slices of cake.]

  • Uma: Uma game. Game game, game game. Game game, game game. Game! Count game. Oh, Kako!
  • Kako: Uma!
  • Uma: Kako. [to the viewers] Uma, Kako, you count cake. You, count!
  • Uma and Voices: [all] One...two...three.
  • Uma: Cake three. Kako?
  • Kako: Hmm?
  • Uma: Eat.
  • Kako: Kako eat?
  • Uma: Mm-hmm.
  • Kako: Ooh. [gobbles it up] Ah.
  • Uma: Uma, Kako, you count. You, count!
  • Uma and Voices: [all] One...two.
  • Uma: Cake two. Kako?
  • Uma: Eat.
  • Kako: Kako eat?
  • Uma: Mm-hmm.
  • Kako: Hmm. [eats the second slice] Ah.
  • Uma: Kako, you count. You, count!
  • Uma and Voices: [all] One.
  • Uma: Cake one. Kako?
  • Uma: Eat.
  • Kako: Kako eat?
  • Uma: Mm-hmm.

[Kako is stuffed but does not want to disappoint Uma, so he forces himself to eat the third slice.]

  • Kako: Uh, um... [swallows]
  • Uma: Cake gone.
  • Kako: [groans] Count game... over?
  • Uma: [shakes her head] Uh-uh. [hums]

[She shows Kako three bowls of ice cream.]

  • Uma: Count ice cream!
  • Kako: [moans and passes out]
  • Uma: Huh?

[Uma shrugs and starts to eat some of the ice cream. The interview segments start.]

Scene 7: Interviews

  • Oobi: You, birthday party?
  • Kid #1: I like birthdays because I can put cake on my nose.
  • Kid #2: My favorite part is the cake, 'cause I... sometimes I get hungry at my parties.
  • Kid #3: One time, I went to a surprise birthday party... and, well, when someone said they were coming, I panicked. And I didn't know where to hide, so first I hid behind my father. Then I didn't think that was good. Then I hid behind my mother. I didn't think that was good. I hid behind the table. I thought that was good.
  • Oobi: Birthdays. Friends, family, fun. [laughs] Oobi, you, friends. Bye.
  • Voice #1: [girl] Bye-bye, Oobi.
  • Voice #2: [boy] Bye-bye, Oobi!
  • Voice #3: [girl] Bye, Oobi.

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