Daddy Balloon

Daddy Balloon is a TV film based on the Touchoo book app of the same name by Eran B.Y. and his daughter Noam.

Summary
Naomi has a useful dad; normal-sized, and not at all bad. But then, one day, Naomi's daddy begins to grow fat, but in no ordinary way. In fact, Naomi's dad is turning into a balloon! Larger and larger he grows, even becoming famous and popular, and doing good for everyone in the city, until the day comes when Naomi's dad gets so big, he clouds out the sun!

Plot
The film begins, showing a girl called Naomi, and her dad, who is useful, normal sized, and not at all bad. He buys her presents, and takes her to school twice a week, and they have all sorts of fun at other days.

But then, one day, with no explanation whatsoever, Naomi's daddy suddenly begins to grow fat - first, it starts with his belly, and only a bit, but soon, his bottom also gets hit. The doctor gives Naomi's dad a check-up, and he, as well as the scientists around the country, and soon, the world, are baffled by such a strange, yet unexplainable condition to happen to people, and they have no idea what made Naomi's daddy get fat.

At home, Naomi's daddy gradually expands bigger and bigger, and rounder and rounder, taking up more and more space. He eventually becomes so big, nobody else can fit in the rooms of the house. Naomi manages to push her daddy outside where there's more room, however, her dad shows no sign of recovering, and strangely enough, begins hovering. At first, it's only small spurts of hovering, but soon, he rises higher, and higher, and higher still, even higher than the roof of the house. Naomi, afraid her daddy will fly away, brings a rope to help him stay, and ties one of his legs to a firmly-fixed and sturdy peg.

Despite his rather peculiar state, her dad accompanies Naomi everywhere, and is cheerful to everyone he sees down below. At night, he's tied to Naomi's bike stand, and before he closes his eyes, he sends her a kiss with love.

Before long, her dad immediately becomes famous for 'being the first man to become a huge balloon', with video clips getting millions of views. However, her daddy is getting bigger day by day, and soon becomes about the size of a airship. Soon, people begin to state he should do some good, if he's up in the sky, anyway. So, they put signs on him, as many as they can. Soon, he starts advertising numerous campaigns, helping the police as a lookout, and sorting out traffic incidents and disputes.

Naomi is glad that her high and mighty father makes her proud, but, secretly, she is sad, cause she misses her former, normal-sized dad. But one day, her dad balloons so big, and gets so high up in the sky, he completely clouds out the sun. Knowing this may cause problems for the planet, a government meeting is called, all knowing Naomi's dad has to be brought outta the sky before the earth gets too cold for habitation.

The most brilliant minds in all the nation design a machine to bring him down safely, a robot with a mechanical arm to provide a pin to pop the balloonified Naomi's dad, and that evening, they set the machine into action, jabbing the pin up into Naomi's dad's rear. Naomi consoles her dad, saying it will be alright, like how he used to do for her. Immediately after the jab, Naomi's Dad suddenly whizzes off like a mighty rocket, whizzing back and forth wildly freestyle.

Eventually, the deflation ends, and Naomi's dad, now as flat as a pancake, floats toward Naomi's house, and lies spread across Naomi's washing line. Naomi brings her deflated dad inside, and the next day, Naomi's dad is back to his normal state. Though he was used to being up high, he admits that he missed Naomi too, when he became a balloon. They both hug each other, happy and relieved that the matter has ended, for both them, and the world.

Then, they both play football in the garden again, the one noticeable reminder of the 'Daddy Balloon' escapade is that the clothes Naomi's dad was wearing when he became a balloon are now enormously stretched.

In a post-credits scene, the head scientist, who is reading about the Daddy Balloon events, suddenly gets a surprise when he notices his belly puff up a little bit.

Voice Cast

 * Hugh Bonneville as Narrator
 * TBA as Naomi
 * TBA as Naomi's Daddy
 * Dr Ranj Singh as Head Scientist

Script
Daddy Balloon/Script