-Some stories don't just have one main character... -They have two!

-And in a comedy story, we call this pair a comedy duo.

-They can be best friends, work partners or even strangers.

-But most importantly, this pair needs to be as different as can be.

-But, Sherry, putting very different characters together could cause funny frustrations and silly misunderstandings, which sounds... like a lot of fun.

-Exactly.

The more different they are, the funnier they are together.

And in fact, we don't want them just to be different.

We want them to be complete opposites.

So to create our comedy duo, we could start by imagining what they look like, choosing one detail for one of the characters, and then trying to come up with an opposite detail for the other character.

We could think about what types of characters they are, what they might wear, their hair color, their sizes, anything.

-This one's a woodchuck.

-That one's a park ranger.

-Oh, she has short, spiky fur.

-He has long, flowing hair.

-Oh, she's all gray.

-He has so many bright colors.

And when we're drawing our characters, we could even show the differences in the shapes we use.

One character could be made out of rectangles and squares and lots of angles, and the other character could be made out of very soft, round shapes.

But the most important difference about our duo should be their personality traits.

Personality means what they act like, and we could get a lot of comedy out of two characters behaving in completely opposite ways.

Examples of personality opposites are... -Fearless!

-Nervous.

-Graceful.

-Clumsy.

Whoa!

[ Clattering ] -Grumpy!

-Friendly.

And we could really show off these personality differences during the story when our characters come together to try to solve a shared problem.

-Like what if there were a potato chip twister heading towards the forest?

I bet Tronk the Grumpy Woodchuck wouldn't want to save anybody but herself.

-Really?

Because I bet Bubs, the Friendly Park Ranger would try to save Tronk, and I bet he would also try to make friends with the twister.

You know, just trying to stop it.

-Can these two even solve this problem together?

-Well, figuring that out is what's fun about a comedy duo.

Now it's your turn.

Design your own comedy duo, making them as complete opposites as possible.

Then you could write your own story about the two of them trying to solve one problem together.

We'll see you next time.

Bye!