Swim Scouts

"Swim Scouts" is the second segment of the sixteenth episode of Ariel. It premiered on November 8, 2024 alongside "The Lost Dogfish".
==Plot==
Ariel and friends are getting ready for their Swim Scouts field trip. Ariel assumes that Fernie is very excited because they'll be exploring the open sea and studying sea creatures. Afterwards, Fernie arrives with two whales and tells everyone more fish facts, like whales being mammals. Everyone likes the whales' characteristics when Ronaldo and Chantale arrive, greeting the sea scouts. Ariel and Flounder are delighted to see Ronaldo, who is from another Swim Scouts group and will be joining them for the field trip. Ronaldo shares more facts about whales to Fernie and the others. Fernie wonders if his friends start liking Ronaldo more than him. He decides to find a really good fish fact.
Firstly, the group will explore the kelp forest. Fernie then shares a fact that sea urchins live in the forest. However, Ronaldo reveals that he has a fish facts notebook, as well. He shares some more facts and decides to find the tallest kelp leaf. Fernie notices that Ronald's notebook has more facts than his, and decides to find more facts. Later, the group comes across a group of jellyfish. Fernie shares some facts about them, and Ronaldo likes it. He reads more facts about the jellyfish, and this impresses everyone else. Fernie is disappointed that Ronaldo's facts are better than his.
The final stop for the Swim Scouts is the search for starfish. They can be hard to find, so they'll need to look carefully along the sand. Eventually, Ronaldo shares facts about starfish, and Fernie decides to find a starfish himself. However, he becomes too aggressive with the sand, and as a result, the starfish get startled and stick to him. Ronaldo knows how to get them unstuck, but Fernie rejects his help. As Chantale arrives to talk to Ronaldo, Ariel, Flounder, and Lucia decide to talk to Fernie.
Fernie tells them that he's sad because none of them want to be his friend anymore, as he thought they wanted to play with Ronaldo all day instead of him. Ariel tells Fernie that they still want him to be their friend, and that they only wanted to make Ronaldo feel welcome. Fernie still knows lots of important fish facts, and he, Ariel, Lucia, and Flounder are best friends forever. Fernie then decides to ask Ronaldo to remove the starfish, and he does so when they combine their fish facts about sand cherries being starfish's favorite food. Chantale and Ariel notice it. Ronaldo then shows Fernie the coral he saw, and Ariel notices what a good time they're having. The Swim Scouts then join in on the fun.
==Cast==
*Mykal-Michelle Harris as Ariel
*Elizabeth Phoenix Caro as Lucia
*Cruz Flateau as Fernie
*Gracen Newton as Flounder
*Danni Washington as Chantale
*Ayush Rajmachikar as Ronaldo
category:Ariel episodes