#HOORAY S1E2

🦉 HOO-RAY! — THE PARLIAMENT

Series 1 • Episode 2: The Missing Moon

Format: 3 pages × 6 panels = 18 panels
Panel 1: Title/logo
Story: Panels 2–18
Learned Something New: Panel 11
Tone: More visual comedy, character interaction, escalating absurdity, strong final punchline.

Core gag

The moon appears to be missing from its usual position. The Parliament assumes it has been stolen and launches a full-scale investigation—only to discover that the moon was never actually in the same position to begin with.

PAGE 1 — WHERE'S THE MOON?

Panel 1 — TITLE

HOO-RAY!

THE PARLIAMENT

Series 1 • Episode 2

THE MISSING MOON

Visual: The five owls stare dramatically at an empty night sky. Nervy's head is already rotated almost 180°.

Panel 2 — SOMETHING IS WRONG

Nighttime.

The owls are outside the Parliament building.

Hooten looks up.

Hooten:
"Something is missing."

Dozy looks up sleepily.

Dozy:
"My motivation?"

Panel 3 — NERVY SPOTS IT

Nervy looks around frantically.

Nervy:
"The moon!"

Everyone looks up.

The moon isn't where they expect it to be.

Nervy:
"IT'S GONE!"

Munch:

"Can I have its parking space?"

Panel 4 — EMERGENCY MEETING

SFX:
BANG!

Hooten slams the gavel.

Hooten:
"Emergency session!"

Dozy:

"At night?"

Hooten:

"We're owls, Dozy."

Dozy:

"Exactly. I'm tired."

Panel 5 — THE INVESTIGATION

Hooten points at a giant board:

WHERE IS THE MOON?

Underneath:

  • Missing?

  • Stolen?

  • Broken?

  • On holiday?

Winky:

"Maybe it resigned."

Hooten:

"The moon cannot resign."

Winky:

"Have you checked the regulations?"

Panel 6 — MUNCH'S THEORY

Munch raises his wing.

Munch:
"I have a theory."

Everyone turns.

Munch:
"Someone ate it."

Silence.

Hooten:

"Who could eat the moon?"

Munch slowly raises his wing.

Munch:
"I don't know yet."

PAGE 2 — THE INVESTIGATION

Panel 7 — THE MOON MAP

Hooten unveils a huge map of the sky.

It has arrows, coordinates, circles and dozens of notes.

Hooten:
"According to our records, the moon should be..."

He points dramatically.

Hooten:
"...THERE!"

Everyone looks.

Nothing.

Dozy:

"Very convincing."

Panel 8 — WINKY'S THEORY

Winky examines the sky through a telescope.

Winky:
"I believe the moon has moved."

Hooten:

"Impossible."

Winky:

**"Why?"

Hooten:

"Because nobody approved the movement."

Winky smiles.

Winky:
"Ah. So it's an illegal moon."

Panel 9 — NERVY PANICS

Nervy suddenly spins his head around.

Nervy:
"WAIT!"

Everyone jumps.

Nervy:
"If the moon moved..."

His eyes widen.

Nervy:
"...what else can move?"

Munch looks at a tree.

Munch:
"My sandwich."

He discovers his sandwich is missing.

Munch:
"MY SANDWICH!"

Panel 10 — FULL PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS

Everyone starts talking at once.

Hooten:
"Order!"

Winky:
"We need evidence."

Nervy:
"THE SKY IS MOVING!"

Munch:
"MY SANDWICH IS GONE!"

Dozy:
"Can I go home?"

Hooten bangs the gavel repeatedly.

SFX:
BANG! BANG! BANG!

Panel 11 — 🧠 LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!

Winky calmly interrupts.

Winky:
"Actually, the moon isn't always in the same place in the sky."

Everyone stops.

Winky:
"The Earth rotates, and the moon orbits Earth, so its apparent position changes throughout the night."

Nervy:

"So the moon wasn't stolen?"

Winky:

**"No."

Beat.

Winky:
"It was simply somewhere else."

LEARNED SOMETHING NEW! 🌙

The Moon appears to move across the sky because Earth rotates, while the Moon also orbits Earth.

Munch:

"What about my sandwich?"

Panel 12 — THE SANDWICH MYSTERY

Everyone turns toward Munch.

Munch looks around.

Munch:
"It was right here."

Dozy points downward.

The sandwich is sitting on Munch's foot.

Dozy:
"Found it."

Munch looks down.

Munch:
"...I knew that."

PAGE 3 — THE GREAT MOON CASE

Panel 13 — HOOTEN SAVES THE DAY

Hooten proudly closes the giant investigation file.

Hooten:
"Excellent work, Parliament."

He writes:

CASE CLOSED:

MOON NOT STOLEN

Nervy looks relieved.

Nervy:
"So everything is normal?"

Hooten:

"Completely normal."

Panel 14 — WINKY FINDS SOMETHING

Winky looks through the telescope again.

Winky:
"Mayor..."

Hooten:

"Yes?"

Winky:

**"I found the moon."

Everyone rushes over.

Panel 15 — THE MOON

Everyone looks through the telescope.

There it is.

Huge and beautiful.

Munch:

**"Oh."

Dozy:

**"So it was there all along."

Nervy:

"I feel slightly embarrassed."

Winky:

"Only slightly?"

Panel 16 — THE REAL PROBLEM

Hooten suddenly looks suspicious.

Hooten:
"Wait."

Everyone turns.

Hooten points at the sky.

Hooten:
"If the moon is there..."

He looks at the Parliament building.

Hooten:
"...why is our clock showing noon?"

Everyone stares at the clock.

It says:

12:00

Dozy:

"Oh."

Panel 17 — THE REVELATION

Winky examines the clock.

Winky:
"The clock is broken."

Hooten:

**"Then why didn't anyone report it?"

Everyone slowly looks at Dozy.

Dozy shrugs.

Dozy:
"I thought it was lunchtime."

Munch immediately stands up.

Munch:
"It IS lunchtime!"

Panel 18 — FINAL PUNCHLINE

The Parliament erupts into chaos.

Hooten:

"ORDER!"

Winky:

"We need a committee."

Nervy:

"WHAT IF TIME IS BROKEN TOO?!"

Dozy immediately grabs his pillow.

Dozy:
"Finally. A reasonable excuse to sleep."

Munch:

"Can we have lunch first?"

Hooten bangs the gavel.

SFX:

BANG!

Outside, the moon shines peacefully.

CAPTION:
"The Parliament will investigate the clock tomorrow."

Dozy, already asleep:
"Tomorrow is a committee problem."

END

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