Bugtime Adventures

“A Giant Problem”

Story Synopsis

Produced by Lightning Bug Flix

•	2D animation
•	comedy adventure 
•	for children ages 5 to 8

Logline
Bible stories spring to life through the eyes of a community of friendly, cartoony Bugs.

Format
Two separate yet connected stories, the bug story and the Bible story, that are presented in an interwoven 3 Act format over 23 minutes.

Story Synopsis

Bible Story:  The Philistine warrior, Goliath, a 9 foot  “giant among the giants”, has challenged the Israelites to send out a warrior to fight him “one-on-one”.  The winner of that battle wins the whole war.  So far no one has wanted to try for fear of not only being killed, but also then losing the whole war.  David, a shepherd boy, arrives in camp to bring supplies to his Israelite soldier brothers.  He learns of Goliath and is amazed that anyone would defy the army of God in this way and even more amazed that not one of the Israelite soldiers would fight Goliath.  David then volunteers to fight, confident that God will be with him and help him.  David takes the field with only a slingshot and five smooth stones.  Goliath taunts him.  David walks towards Goliath and launches a stone out of his slingshot.  David’s stone makes a direct hit on Goliath’s forehead and he begins to topple.  He crashes with a thud.   David has defeated Goliath and won the war.  The Philistines run away and the Israelites cheer David as the victor.

Bug Story:  There’s an emergency in Buggelsville - their dam is leaking and the water level is rising in the bug valley, threatening to drown out their town.  The dam is actually near a small spring halfway between the warring camps of the Israelites and the Philistines.  It was Goliath’s heavy steps that caused the leak in the first place.  After consulting with Spud, the town's civil engineer, Mayor Green suggests that one of them could climb to the top of the dam and try to stop the leak; however, given the nature of the dam, that would be a terribly dangerous act.  Megan wants to help but is too afraid of the danger and even more concerned about failing.  The "Plan B" is to scale the steep valley wall to escape.  As they are trying, Megan is caught up in the "giant's world" and sees what’s going on with David and how, because he is confident that God will be with him, he’s willing to risk failing to fight Goliath.  With this in mind, Megan is inspired to 

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have Iggy drop her at the top of the dam where she needs to push a very large stone into a hole to stop the leak.  She strains but can’t move the stone.  The pressure of the water is building and the dam will break apart completely at any moment.  The shaking of Goliath falling to the ground after David hits him with the stone vibrates the earth and that vibration is the added push that Megan needs to send the rock rolling into the hole.  With the hole plugged the water is stopped and the town is saved. The bugs cheer Megan as their rescuer.