Aqua Pups: Pups Save a Mer-Race/Trivia

*In Canada, this episode aired on Christmas.
**This is the last episode to air in Canada in 2022.
*This is the third episode to air on Christmas in Canada. 
**First being "Rocky Saves Himself" & "Pups and the Mystery of the Driverless Snow Cat" (2018).
**Second being "Mission PAW: Pups Save a Royal Concert" & "Mission PAW: Pups Save the Princess' Pals" (2018).
*In the US, this episode aired exactly:
**3 years after "Mighty Pups, Charged Up: Pups vs. the Copycat" premiered.
**6 years after "Pups Save a Giant Plant" and "Pups Get Stuck" premiered.
**This episode premiered on the same day as the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Abandon Twits" and "Wallhalla".
*This is the first Mer-Pup themed episode where the pups do not turn into Mer-Pups.
*This is the first Aqua Pups episode where the pups and Ryder are in their Aqua Pups gear for the entire episode.
*This is the first episode since Season 5's "Pups Save the Fizzy Pickles", where Rocky and Zuma are deployed as a duo.
*This is the tenth time an episode involves a race. 
**The preceding nine were "Pup Pup and Away", "Pups Great Race", "Pups Save the Mayor's Race", "Pups Save a Lucky Collar", "Pups Save the Hum-Mover", "Pups Save a Windy Bay", "Pups Save a Runaway Mayor", "Ready Race Rescue", and "Pups Save a Soapbox Derby".
**This is also a third time someone (Moby/McSquidly) cheat to win a race. 
***The first is Mayor Humdinger in the episodes, "Pups Save the Mayor's Race" and "Pups Save the Hum-Mover", "Pups Save a Windy Bay", "Pups Save a Runaway Mayor" and "Pups Save a Soapbox Derby" and the second is The Cheetah in "Ready Race Rescue".
**This as well references the third PAW Patrol game.
*This is the second episode where Ryder hosts a race. 
**First being "Pups Save the Hum-Mover".
*This is the third episode where Mayor Goodway wears her diving gear as well as the first time she wears it in the new animation style.
**First being in "Sea Patrol: Pups Save a Sunken Sloop" and second being in "Sea Patrol: Pups Save the Flying Diving Bell".
**This is also the first time she goes underwater without Farmer Yumi.
*This is the second time Chickaletta is in her diving gear.
**First being "Sea Patrol: Pups Save the Flying Diving Bell".
*This is the first time Mayor Goodway and Chickaletta visit Puplantis.
**Mayor Goodway also meets Coral for the first time.
*Marshall was the only pup not called into action.
**He does, however, still appear with the others near the end of the race.
**Marshall wipes out for the first time underwater.
*This is the first Aqua Pups episode to feature Moby on the title card.
*A reference to SpongeBob SquarePants was made, after Moby plants the first ink trap, a bubble transition unique to the show plays.
*This marks the first appearance of the Baby dolphin since Season 2's "Pups Save a Dolphin Pup".
**This is also the first time the baby dolphin appears in the new animation style.
*With Moby driving by The Lookout, this means that every main and side pup and cat has been to the Lookout.
*This is the first time Mer-Pups (Coral, Moby and Kelp) are on land.
*This is the second time a PAW Patrol member (Coral) wins an automobile race. 
**The first was Marshall in "Ready Race Rescue".
***This episode is also somewhat similar to "Ready Race Rescue" with the only differences being the theme, the competitors, and the race course.
***The method Coral uses to win is the same as Marshall's: Take advantage of the cheater by drifting and taking the lead.
***Both of the villains (Moby and the Cheetah) also try to retake the lead, but karma bites and the pups cross the finish line.
***Mayor Goodway and Cap'n Turbot both dropped out of the race as The Whoosh did when he was too far behind to catch up.
*During the race, Skye momentarily steps out to help every sabotaged racer except for Coral. This is most likely because Ryder and Rocky were already on their way to help her.
*Moby breaks the fourth wall when he accidentally sprays ink onto the screen and wipes it off.
*The purple crab from the episode "Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Pupmobiles" makes a cameo when Coral's seahorse vehicle falls on the ground.
*In a Nickelodeon 2023 promo, it looked like Chase was turning on disco lights from the Whale Patroller, but it was actually Robo-Dog.
**This happens to be a reused scene from "Sea Patrol: Pups Save Puplantis" where Chase was looking at the radar at the Beach Tower HQ.
*In the episode's summary, it is stated that Moby's cheating was putting Puplantis in danger. However, his cheating only put the racers (Cap'n Turbot, Mayor Goodway, Chickaletta, and Kelp) in danger by sabotaging them.
*It is unknown how Cap'n Turbot would have done the land portion of the race had Moby and McSquidly not sabotaged him as his diving bell is only able to travel underwater.
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