Sealed Away

This is the 43rd episode of Hoopla's Fantastic Beach, and the 4th episode of season 4.
==Transcript==
(The episode begins with Hoopla in the kitchen pouring a bowl of a hearty breakfast: Cheerios)
Hoopla: Ahh… oh who am I kidding it’s just an average day. 
(On the kitchen TV, a news report is playing)
Perch Perkins: This is Perch Perkins, reporting live from the beach. A horrible storm is going to hit us any moment now. Prepare to stay inside for the time being, and let's not forget today’s sponsor, NordVPN-
(Hoopla grabs the remote to turn the TV off)
Hoopla: Bo-ring! Maybe if I visit my parents or something I won't be so bored.
(Hoopla gets up from his chair and heads out of his apartment-made hotel, and heads for his parents’ room on the same floor)
Hoopla: (knocking) Hello? It's your son, Hoopla!
(Someone opens the door)
Woopla: Oh, hi son! We haven't seen you in months!
Hoopla: I-uh…
Woopla: Well enough about your antisocial personality, come on in!
Hoopla: Sure.
(Hoopla comes into his parents’ hotel room, and has a seat at the dining room table)
Woopla: So how's life been treating ya?
Hoopla: …it's a long, long story.
Woopla: Is it now? And you're not gonna tell me anything about it?
Hoopla: Haha, I wish.
Woopla: Well we always appreciate your company. Right, honey?
(Silence)
Woopla: Honey?
Hoopla: Where's mom?
Woopla: Well since you were gone, we got a pet seal. Her name’s Sally. Cute thing. I bet your mother is playing with her right now.
(More silence)
Woopla: Where the hell is she?
Hoopla: Bro that’s what I just asked.
Woopla: I’m assuming she’s in her bedroom. I’ll go check.
(Woopla enters his wife’s bedroom, and Sally makes seal noises off-screen)
Hoopla: Better go check it out.
(Hoopla also enters Zoopla’s bedroom, and sees that she is giving Sally belly rubs)
Zoopla: Who’s a good sealy? Who’s a good sealy?
Sally: (seal noises)
Zoopla: So cute! Here’s a treat!
(She gives Sally a raw fish from her pocket, and Sally gulps it immediately)
Hoopla: Wow, she eats food better than I do.
Woopla: That’s right. We’ve entered her into quite a few animal eating contests in the past. How do you think we…
(Woopla pulls out a Tesla car key and shows it off)
Hoopla: Why in the world did you get a Tesla?
Woopla: BECAUSE WE GOT MONEY! IT’S AWESOME!
Hoopla: You know money can’t-
Woopla: Buy you happiness? Yeah, I thought that too, until we bought our first Tesla car together. It drives like a dream! I love breaking the speed limits with our bad boy.
Zoopla: For legal reasons that’s a joke.
Hoopla: o
Woopla: Speaking of us, we’re going on a fancy dinner tonight with our good friends. We’ve been looking for someone who can babysit Sally, but it’s hard to find pet sitters for exotic animals around here. Luckily you showed up, so we’re bringing that responsibility onto you!
Hoopla: Me? Really?
Zoopla: Yup. We’re sure you’ll take great care of Sally! (looks at her watch) Uh oh, dear, it seems we’re running a little late. To the Tesla we go! Son, we’ll see you in three hours!
(Zoopla and Woopla rush downstairs, leaving Hoopla alone with Sally)
Hoopla: Well, Sally girl, I guess it’s just you and me. (sniffs) You smell like fish.
Sally: (seal noises)
Hoopla: Well, we have the entire hotel room alone to ourselves. What do you want to do now?
(Sally makes more seal noises and exits the room)
Hoopla: I guess do something not in my parents’ bedroom. Fine by me. 
(Hoopla exits the bedroom and looks around for Sally)
Hoopla: Heh, she’s such a funny kid. Now where is she? Sally? (louder) Sally? (even louder) SALLY? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
(SIlence)
Hoopla: Great, I think I lost her! I gotta check every room in the hotel!
(A montage of Hoopla looking for Sally in every room begins. He looks under the sofa in the living room, the sock drawers in the bedroom, the toilet in the bathroom, the cabinets in the kitchen, etc. No dice.)
Hoopla: NOOOO! I LOST HER!
(Hoopla starts hyperventilating, but quickly stops himself)
Hoopla: It’s okay, Hoopla, it’s okay. Everything will be juuust fine. You just gotta somehow find Sally before your parents come back. But… where could she possibly be? She isn’t in my parents’ hotel room, so she escaped somehow. I know what I must do.
(Hoopla puts on a determined face as he takes the elevator to the lobby, and goes up to the lady who is at the desk)
Lobby lady: Good evening, sir. Do you need help with something?
Hoopla: So, um, my parents left for me to take care of their pet… seal, and… (gulps) she’s not in their hotel room right now.
Lobby lady: Oh dear. That is a predicament. We’ll find her lickety split.
(The lady blows a whistle, and suddenly a bunch of animal rescue volunteers show up)
Hoopla: You just have those guys on cue?
Lobby lady: Oh, they work here. They’re masters of many crafts. Animal rescuing is just one of them.
Hoopla: Well then. I’ll be on my way now, just in case she’s elsewhere.
Lobby lady: Hey, we’ll let you know if we find her.
Hoopla: Good deal. HOOPLA!
(Hoopla makes a mad dash for the hotel entrance and starts looking for Sally outside the hotel)
Hoopla: Now, if I were a seal, where would I be?
(Hoopla thinks for a moment while royalty-free thinking music plays)
Hoopla: I got it!
(Cut to Hoopla at a fancy restaurant, peeking in from one of the bushes near the entrance)
Hoopla: Now, if I can get a good look into that window…
(Hoopla tries to peek into the restaurant, but it is blocked by the backside of his father)
Hoopla: Dad? Is that my dad? Ohh right, the fancy dinner they were talking about. God, I hope they don’t know that Sally is missing.
(Inside the restaurant, Zoopla, Woopla, Fred, and Shubie are all having a conversation)
Fred: So, Zoopla, what have you been up to lately?
Zoopla: Well, we’ve been wanting to do something special for our seal Sally since she’s turning five on Friday. We’re getting her a cod cake and everything!
Fred: Niiiice. And you, Woopla?
Woopla: Well I uh… construction work as usual.
(Everyone has a hearty laugh as Hoopla groans)
Hoopla: God I hate this stupid adult talk. And no sign of Sally anywhere!
(Just then, Zoopla gets whiff of a very fishy smell)
Zoopla: What in the world is that smell? It smells like fish.
Woopla: (sniffs) You’re right. And as far as I know, we didn’t order fish.
Shubie: (looking at the menu) I can’t even see any seafood on the menu.
Zoopla: That’s odd. I love seafood.
(Woopla jabs Zoopla in the shoulder)
Zoopla: OW! What was that for?!
(Outside, Hoopla also smells the fishy stench)
Hoopla: Wowee. That’s a fish smell alright. And if I remember correctly, that’s the smell of Sally. (gulps) I gotta get in somehow. Here goes nothing…
(Hoopla hops out of the bush, and enters the restaurant with no issues whatsoever)
Hoopla: Huh, that was easy.
Waitress: Good evening, table for one tonight?
Hoopla: Actually, I was just looking for something.
Waitress: Oh? And that is?
Hoopla: My… sunglasses. Yeah, they’re really expensive. I must’ve dropped them somewhere.
Waitress: Well, we usually don’t let people just wander around, but I’ll make an exception. Go on now.
Hoopla: Alrighty.
(Hoopla starts following the stench, and it leads him to the women’s restroom)
Hoopla: Ugh, is she really in here? (angrily sighs) Only one way to find out…
(Hoopla slowly opens the women’s restroom door, and a single woman is seen washing her hands)
Woman: Huh?
(Hoopla says nothing as he checks all the stalls for Sally. In the first one, the toilet is not flushed, and filled with urine. In the second one, nothing. But in the third one, Sally is on the toilet, playing with the toilet paper roll)
Hoopla: (whispering) What in the barnacles are you doing in here, girl?! This is a restaurant!
Sally: (joyful seal noises)
Hoopla: (groans) Let’s just get out of here before-
Woman: (off-screen) Yeah, I think there’s a boy in the women’s restroom.
Manager: (off-screen) Is there now?
Hoopla: Oh god, my worst fears have come true. Not only am I in the women’s restroom, I’m gonna get caught for it!
(The manager is now on-screen)
Manager: YOU! WHY!
Hoopla: Look, I was looking for my parent’s pet! She got lost in the girls bathroom!
Manager: Sure she was! And next thing you’re gonna tell me is that she’s right behind you!
Hoopla: As a matter of fact… (he sees that Sally has escaped again) She is… not.
Manager: Uh-huh, that’s what I thought. Now GET OUT before we call the police on ya!
Hoopla: Fine! I didn’t need your snobby food anyway!
(Hoopla runs out of the restroom, and goes to look for Sally, who is now feasting on his parents’ food)
Hoopla: Oh NO! They’re gonna find out for sure!
(He then sees that his parents and their friends have already left)
Hoopla: Huh, guess she’s only eating their leftovers. Less food waste I suppose.
Manager: HEY! I said to leave the premises now before I call the cops!
Hoopla: I need to get (points to Sally) her out of here with me!
Manager: I don’t care! Just… get OUT!
Hoopla: (grabbing Sally by the flipper) Fine!
Sally: (sad seal noises as she is rushed out of the restaurant)
Manager: (angrily sighs) Stupid seal in the restaurant. What’s next, a sea lion?
(A literal sea lion roars, mauling the manager’s face off-screen)
Manager: I HOPE I HAVE INSURANCE!
(A laugh track plays as the scene cuts back to Hoopla’s parents’ hotel. Hoopla’s parents are already inside the hotel, and Hoopla is just arriving with Sally)
Zoopla: Hoopla! There you are! Sally too! Where’ve you two been?
Hoopla: Well… um… we decided… to go out for a little walk! Yeah, yeah, that’s all!
(Silence as his parents look at him)
Woopla: That’s great! Sally always needed the outdoors experience. Neptune knows how long she’s been indoors all this time. (puts his hand on Hoopla’s shoulder) Good job, son!
Zoopla: We’re proud of you, Hoopla. 
Hoopla: Aw, shucks.
Woopla: In fact, Hoopla, I think you deserve… (out of his pocket, he pulls out his old pocket watch) this.
Hoopla: A watch?
Woopla: Not just any watch, sonny. It’s a very rare watch. Only one thousand of these bad boys were ever made.
Hoopla: That’s super rare.
Woopla: Indeed it is. Now, you must promise me one thing: Never sell it. It’s a family heirloom, so it must be treated as such.
Hoopla: I understand, dad.
Woopla: Now, you go have fun at your own place. I’m gonna watch some Cod News.
Hoopla: Cod what?
Sally: (curious seal noises)
(the episode ends)
==Trivia==
*This is the first solo-written episode since Hoopla's Pillow.
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