Experimenting Overseas

Experimenting Overseas is the thirty-eighth episode and the twentieth episode of Season Two in Welcome to Fancyland!. It was written by FireMatch.
==Plot==
Wanting to experiment on surface world creatures, Zee French Scientist has to go up to the surface once again, and meets his old aquatic friends which have been recaptured since last time. 
==Synopsis==
In Zee French Scientist’s lab, he is experimenting on a sea elephant.
“Okay,” he says to himself. “She may be big, but you’re zee bigger man. You can do zis!”
The sea elephant grabs the paintbrush laid on the ground, and starts painting on ZFS’ face.
“No! No! Not me! Zee easel!” he yells. “Zee easel!”
The sea elephant then makes elephant noises and shoves the paintbrush into one of ZFS’ eyes.
“IT BURNS!” he screams, and the sea elephant stomps out of the lab, causing some things to fall and break. “Well… zere goes my laptop. Maybe that's what I get for pirating zee episodes.”
Police sirens are heard in the distance, and ZFS hides under a lab desk.
“Freeze, criminal!” a cop says. It is then revealed that outside the lab, a guy is arrested for insurance fraud.
“But this is Fancyland! We don't even have currency!” the criminal pleads.
“No currency doesn't mean no insurance, dirtbag. Now get in the car.”
The criminal is handcuffed and brought into the police car as it wails away. Cut back to the lab, where ZFS crosses out “sea elephant painting” off a paper list of experiments.
“Sea elephant painting is a bust. Next on the list is… a custom built life-size volcano. The world has never seen zat before! Where's zat ingredient list?”
ZFS rummages through a drawer filled with underwear and pulls out the ingredient list.
“Note to self: don't hide things in unwashed clothing drawers. Let's see: baking soda, basalt, magma… land salt? Oh dear, I forgot… hopefully the local supermarket has some.”
Cut to the supermarket.
“Land salt? Why do you think we'd have that stuff?” the clerk says. “I think that stuff is only found on the surface. Nobody's willing to go up there just for some salt. Sea salt works just fine.”
“Believe me, I've tried,” ZFS says. “It blew up bigger than the twin t-”
“Sorry, nothing I can do about that.”
“I guess I have no choice…” ZFS says. “It’s time to go back… to zee surface.”
Ominous music plays as the camera zooms in and out of ZFS’ face.
“What the barnacles is going on?” the clerk says.
Bubble transition to ZFS back in his lab.
“You know what?” he says to himself. “Zis is zee perfect opportunity for a surface experiment! What experiment, exactly, I do not know. But I'll figure it out when I get zere. Now, where's zat eject platform?”
His question is instantly answered when he is suddenly launched into the air, and falls back into the lab.
“Zat answers zat question. With a little tweaking, I can create a launcher to zee surface! Muhahahahaha! Wait, why am I laughing? I'm not an evil genius.”
Meanwhile…
“This is my greatest disguise yet. A police officer! HA! Now they'll have to fork over the formula or they'll be breaking the law!” Plankton says, and laughs maniacally.
SpongeRobert is playing ping pong with himself at the cash register when he hears the Krusty Krab doors open, and a police officer appears.
“FREEZE, DIRTBAG!” Plankton yells, disguised as a cop, holding a baton.
“THE POLICE!” Octoward yells off-screen. “What are they in here for?!”
“You know you weren't out of earshot, right?” SpongeRobert says in a monotone voice.
“Yeah, sometimes I forget we don't live in a cartoon,” Plankton responds.
Plankton instantly gets squashed by SpongeRobert, and screams. Back in the lab, ZFS is putting the finishing touches on the new eject launcher.
“And it is finished! Whew, zat probably took five years off my life.” A trumpet wailing sound then plays.
ZFS puts on a water helmet.
“Don't wanna get turned into fish baguettes. Anyhoo, let's test zis baby out.”
ZFS takes a small stop onto the eject platform, and instantly gets launched up into the air, much higher this time.
“It works!” ZFS cheers. “Zee surface, here I come!”
He eventually reaches the surface, and ends up on the beach. He sees several tourists laying on beach towels.
“Yuck, naked beach giraffes. Just like my cousin described zem.”
A female human gets up and drops some of her clothing.
“I did not need to see that. Also what kind of creature wears polka dots like that? I gotta get off zis beach, and quickly.”
ZFS zigzags between some humans laying on beach towels when he spots the same aquarium from last time.
“I guess zis is where I ended up last time. Just didn’t notice since I didn’t have zis water helmet,” he says to himself. “I wonder how the pufferfish and starfish are doing now.”
Cut to Pinch and Starfish in the aquarium.
“Hey Pinch, you ever wonder why we keep ending up back here?” Starfish asks.
“Yes, it's because you're too brain dead to stick to any of the escape plans,” Pinch replies, irritated.
“Well it's not my fault I'm so stupid!”
“Think about what you just said there for a second and come back to me.”
Starfish waits a second.
“I'm back.”
“For crying out loud…”
The two of them then see Zee French Scientist walking by with a water helmet.
“Water!” Pinch exclaims. “He came back and brought water!”
“Who?”
“The French guy!”
“Ohh yeah. Wow, has it been a whole year already?”
“You keep track of time?”
“Yeah, of course.” Starfish then draws a new minute hand onto his drawn-on watch.
“So that's what's kept you occupied for so long.”
“Hey guys!” ZFS yells from below. “How would you like to help with zis experiment?”
“An experiment?” Starfish says. “Count me in!”
“Now just hold on a second. What exactly is this experiment?” Pinch asks.
“Well first, we need to get some… land salt,” ZFS explains.
“Land salt? Sounds like something you'd make in a lab,” Starfish says.
“You can get it from the supermarket, you buffoon,” Pinch replies.
Starfish gasps. “How did you know?!”
“I've been to many stores. The supermarket, the laundromat, the gift shop.”
“The gift shop?! Oh Neptune no!”
“Relax, we won't ever see that place again.”
“Looks like I missed a lot since I left,” ZFS remarks.
“Yeah, but it's way more boring than it sounds. Let's go to the store,” Pinch says, hopping out of the tank.
“Hold on just a second.” ZFS puts a small water helmet onto Pinch and Starfish. “Zere. No more suffocation for you.”
Starfish licks the inside of his water helmet. “Tastes like my aunt Norma!”
“I'm extremely concerned but we have to move on,” ZFS says.
Wave transition to the trio just exiting the aquarium.
“So, do either of you know where zee supermarket is?” ZFS asks.
“Uhh… I remember the building being square,” Starfish responds.
“Wow, that really narrows it down,” Pinch says sarcastically. “I know where it is, c’mon.”
The three of them walk a sizable distance from the aquarium and meet several more humans.
“Eek! What are those?!” Starfish says in fright.
“Relax, they aren’t hurting us,” Pinch says.
“Zose are called ‘beach giraffes’,” ZFS explains. “Before I only saw zem naked, but now it looks like zey have some clothes on.”
Pinch uses his fin to point towards the supermarket.
“Look! There’s the supermarket!” he points out.
“Let’s a go!” ZFS declares, and rushes towards the supermarket’s doors.
“Wahoo!” Starfish yells as he follows ZFS.
“Now where have I heard that before?” Pinch wonders, following the other two.
A ding-dong sound is heard as the three of them enter the supermarket. They all sniff the air around them.
“Smells like metal,” Starfish notes.
“You might wanna get used to it then,” Pinch says to him. “Now where would the land salt be?”
The camera zooms in onto a hanging sign that says “Salts”.
“Maybe zere?” ZFS says.
“Yeah, seems reasonable to me,” Starfish says.
The trio are then seen walking down the aisle, with humans not even noticing their existence.
“Are we really that tiny?” Starfish asks.
The camera zooms out to see how tiny they are.
“Yeah, we are,” Pinch answers him.
“Wow, we’re smaller than shrimp.”
A piece of shrimp is then seen on the ground, and all three of them scream.
“He’s DEAD!” Starfish yells.
“Not the first or the last time I’ve seen shrimp like this,” Pinch remarks, picking up the shrimp and promptly eating it. “Hmm… a bit dirty, but tasty.”
“What the heck is wrong with you?” Starfish says, visibly concerned.
“Hey, it’s the circle of life. Can’t blame me for it.”
“Okay, let’s just get zis over and done with,” ZFS says. He then tries to jump onto a shelf, but fails miserably, and keeps trying to hop onto one anyway.
“So, what is this experiment anyway?” Pinch asks. “You haven’t told us what it is yet.”
“Well... okay forget zis, I need to find another way up. Anyway, it’s a life-size volcano. Zat’s what I need zis land salt for. Zere’s also another experiment I want to do with you two, but I haven’t figured zat one out yet.”
Pinch then puffs up, startling ZFS and launching him up to the land salt shelf.
“Eek! Oh, uh, thanks.” ZFS blushes.
“No problemo. That’s what pufferfish are here for.”
“‘Land Salt’. Zat’s it!” ZFS pushes the land salt off of the shelf and it lands on the floor, miraculously not breaking.
“Woo-hoo! Salt obtained!” Starfish cheers.
“So, do we like buy this or are we gonna do it the illegal way?” Pinch asks.
“Eh, I've committed various crimes on my laptop as it is, so stealing it is,” ZFS answers as he starts walking towards the exit with the salt shaker.
“Hooray for war crimes!” Starfish cheers.
“Let's just get out of here,” Pinch says, irritated.
Just as the three of them step out the door, an alarm goes off.
“I almost forgot supermarkets have security measures,” Starfish says.
“Freeze, dirtbag-!” the security officer does a double take. “How can a fish steal a salt shaker? Eh, I've seen weirder things in my bedroom.”
The officer then starts reaching for the trio with his hand. 
“Can he even do anything to us?” ZFS says.
“Can't do anything to this!” Pinch then inflates, inflicting pain onto the officer.
“YOUCH!” The officer then pulls out his walkie talkie. “Sir, we need backup!”
“Run!” Pinch yells, and the trio run away just before backup shows up.
“I don't see anything,” one of the backup officers says. “Are you sure you're okay?”
“Yes, I'm fine! Just go and get ‘em!” the officer barks.
“Sir, we can't do anything if we don't know where they are. It's just a salt shaker anyway, we have plenty more.”
A slug then strolls by the officers’ feet.
“Yum, escargot. Get me the salt. And send more backup!”
Cutting back to the trio, they stop running and pant.
“Whew. I think it's safe to say we're not welcome there again!,” ZFS says.
“No kidding. They could still be chasing after us!” Starfish cowers in fear.
“Chillax, we're good. Too small for them to notice us from far away,” Pinch says. “Now c'mon, let's do this experiment!”
“Zere’s actually another experiment I have in mind,” ZFS says.
Bubble transition to them back at the beach.
“Oh boy, the beach!” Starfish exclaims. “Are we gonna play bally ball?”
“It's volleyball, Starfish,” Pinch corrects him.
“We're not here to play sport,” ZFS answers. “We're here… to observe zee beach giraffes.”
“I'm not so sure about this…” Starfish says.
“Come on, Starfish man, it’ll be fine,” Pinch reassures him. “Besides, there’s nobody here out after us anyway.”
“Well okay then…” Starfish says with caution.
“I wonder what zese animals are made out of,” ZFS says.
“Oh no, don’t tell me you’re gonna go touch one!” Starfish says to him.
“Zere is no other way, mister sea star.” ZFS approaches a shirtless man and rubs his belly.
“Ohohoho that tickles!” the man exclaims. “HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Hmm… feels rather hairy, but not as hairy as a beast,” ZFS notes as he puts this down on a notepad.
Starfish then observes a police officer from the supermarket approaching some of the humans and asking them questions.
“I-i-IT’S HIM!” Starfish screams.
“Pipe down, Starfish, we don’t wanna alarm anybody,” Pinch says to him. “Besides, you’re just being a worrywart.”
“No, really! Look!”
Pinch looks to see that Starfish is indeed telling the truth.
“Oh… uh… we need to get outta here!” Pinch grabs Starfish by one of his arms and goes over to Zee French Scientist.
“Zis one’s skin is smoother than a baby’s bum,” he notes. “Why so different? Gender, maybe?” He then gets tapped on the shoulder by Pinch.
“We need to go, now,” Pinch demands.
“Why? We just got started!”
An officer looks down to see the creatures from before.
“Hey look, it’s them! Maybe my job isn’t toast after all!” he says with a grin on his face. He tightly grabs all three of them, succeeding this time.
“Urgh! Captured thrice!” Pinch grunts.
“Probably not to the aquarium this time…” Starfish grunts back.
“We need to think of a plan, and quickly,” ZFS says.
“But how? His grasp is… urgh… too strong!” Pinch asks.
“You can puff up again and leave zee rest to me.”
“If you say so!” Pinch then puffs up to full size, causing the officer to flinch, but not let go of them. “It’s not working!”
“Drat! We need a new strategy. Any ideas?”
“What usually causes the most pain to someone?”
“Punching someone in the face,” Starfish answers.
“In the face? That wouldn’t work,” Pinch tells him.
“Surely punching in the hand would do something.”
“Well, we can sure try.”
“I have little of zee upper strength, but I can still try,” ZFS says. “Ready? GO!”
All three of them start kicking and punching.
“I’m better at kicking than punching,” Starfish says.
“Never mind that, just keep doing it!” Pinch yells.
“This is taking too long!” Starfish yells, and bites one of the officer’s fingers, turning it red.
“YEEEOW!” the officer exclaims, and starts sucking his thumb, releasing his grasp from the trio.
“We did it!” Pinch exclaims triumphantly. “I guess a broken clock is right twice a day after all.”
“Aw, shucks,” Starfish blushes.
“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s build zat volcano!” ZFS says excitedly.
“Actually… you go on your own. I think it’s best we just stay up here,” Pinch says.
“What? Why? You have to get back to zee family!”
“There’s no point. The whole ‘third time’s the charm thing’ is just a myth. Besides, I think we have something going on between the three of us.”
“We’re not having a threesome!” Starfish says.
“Whoa, where did that come from?” Pinch asks.
“I forget.”
Pinch and ZFS sigh.
“Well, I guess zis is goodbye for now,” ZFS says.
“Goodbye for now. Maybe we’ll see each other in another year.”
“Who knows at zis point? Anything could happen. Ciao…”
ZFS heads underwater as the other two wave goodbye.
“So… wanna go to the club?” Pinch asks.
A brief shot of Pinch and Starfish doing dance moves at a club is shown. Cut back to ZFS, who is now back in his lab.
“Zis will take a while. Cousin, if you would?”
“Fine,” the French Narrator says. “Three hours later…”
Zee French Scientist has just finished the life-size volcano. Outside the lab, a parent and her son walk past it.
“Mommy, mommy, what is that thing?” he asks his mother. His mother gives it a look.
“Uhh… I’ll tell you when you’re older, honey,” she tells him.
“Aww…”
The two of them continue their walk.
“Not everything has to be zat inappropriate, jeez!” ZFS exclaims. The episode then ends.
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