Big Boss the Hero

**"Big Boss the Hero"** is the fifty-first episode of the first season of *Sammy & Co*. It premiered on February 29, 2016, on Netflix.

## Synopsis

Big Boss gives up on becoming the leader of the reef and takes his minions off on new adventures, until a school of barracudas teaches him a lesson.

## Plot

The episode begins at night and Big Boss is at his shipwreck trying to get some sleep. However, Big Boss starts having nightmares about his past failures for being unable to fully take control of the reef village. He dreamed about being a coward when he was unable to stand up to the Monster Shoe-Glove from "The Abominable Seamonster", being tricked by Jax into wearing a coral instead of the precious ring which makes him a laughing stock to the villagers from "The Precious Ring", and the time when Lucille visited him and she scolds him by calling him a "loser" from "Big Mama". Big Boss wakes up from his nightmare and screams very loud that Marco, Philippe, and Jax all wake up from their sleep. Marco asks Big Boss if he's all right since the three all heard his outburst, but Big Boss claims that he "just wanted to test [them] in case there was an attack" before he demands his henchmen to all go back to bed right away. As soon as Marco, Philippe, and Jax are all out of his sight, Big Boss moans to himself that he'll never be the village leader after his nightmare about his constant past failures.

In fact, Big Boss loses all hope for conquering the reef village that he announces to his henchmen at the very next morning that they're all leaving the shipwreck forever. Marco is surprised to hear his boss suddenly decided to move and asks him what about the reef, to which Big Boss says that they'll have to find another one somewhere else that's much better than Sammy's. He also informs his henchmen that he has officially given up conquering Sammy's reef since he gets foiled every single time in the past, so the four should leave the turtles alone and let them keep it. Outside the shipwreck, Jimbo overheard the conversation between Big Boss and Marco when the latter starts sobbing and mentioning that the shipwreck was their "home sweet home" that he's sure going miss it. Jimbo watches Big Boss and his henchmen all sadly swim away from the shipwreck with the tyrannical seahorse mentioning that "greater things await [them], an immense reef full of docile fish that obey [them]".

Realizing that Big Boss and his henchmen are moving away for real, Jimbo is full of relief that he happily swim back to the reef village and spread the news to everyone that Big Boss is gone for good and he'll finally going to leave them in peace. When he announces to Ricky, Ella, Pipo, and Annabel at the playground, however, the four kids all find it hard to believe and assume it's another one of his evil schemes so they head to the shipwreck to investigate if it's true.

When the four kids arrive at the shipwreck and check to make sure that Big Boss and his associates are still around, they find that their enemies are all really gone for good. Wanting to have some fun, the kids start playing around at the shipwreck and decide they should turn the shipwreck into their new playground so they don't have to share the one in the reef with the Rockfish.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the ocean, Big Boss, Marco, Philippe, and Jax are all lost during their long journey that Philippe gets hungry. But the four all run into danger when two barracudas arrive and they're prepared to eat them up. Knowing that he should've stayed at his shipwreck so he and his henchmen wouldn't all be put in danger of being eaten by hungry predators, Big Boss buys for the time by informing the barracudas that he knows "a paradise-like reef full of inoffensive and extremely tasty fish" to get them to leave him and his henchmen alone. The barracudas both didn't believe him, so Big Boss is forced to take them to the reef village in exchange for them to let him and his henchmen, but if Big Boss is lying, he's going to let the barracudas eat Jax, Marco, and Philippe up.

Back at the shipwreck, the four kids are having fun playing a game of hide-and-seek. But then the Rockfish all arrive and they demand the four to leave the shipwreck immediately since it's rightfully belongs to the scorpionfish. Since the children are all fighting over the shipwreck, Annabel suggests they play the pearl in the hole game to decide who'll be the new owners of the shipwreck, which the seven all agree with the deal.

Meanwhile, Big Boss, Marco, Philippe, and Jax are all guiding the barracudas to the reef village. Jax informs Big Boss overheard the two barracudas are whispering to each other that they agreed that they should eat him and his henchmen all up as an appetizer as soon as they showed them where the reef is. Philippe worries that what Jax heard is true and asks Big Boss what they're going to do next. Big Boss assures his henchmen that the barracudas are only bluffing, but Marco reminds him that "bad guys lie all the time" since "that's all they ever do", which gives Big Boss flashbacks to the time when he lied to the villagers about his "ability" to know the future to manipulate them into letting him gain control of the reef from "Fortune and Fib Telling". Jax even informs Big Boss that the barracudas are also going to have the whole reef to themselves once they've eaten everybody. Big Boss, now having his hope restored, tells his henchmen that there'll be a change of plans and they'll be going straight to the shipwreck instead since he doesn't want the barracudas to eat everyone up since "the reef belongs to [him]". Big Boss looks up at the barracudas and informs them that they're going to another direction as a "shortcut", so the six all head to the shipwreck, unaware that the children are all inside there.

At the shipwreck, the children all stop their tournament when they see Big Boss and his associates are returning, but worse, they all see that Big Boss has two barracudas with him and his henchmen. The children are all forced to clean up the mess they made and sneak out quietly before Big Boss gets inside. Outside the shipwreck, one of the barracudas is unhappy to see the shipwreck and after demanding to know where's the big paradise-like reef full of tasty fish, Big Boss claims that "there's a whole bunch of fish" inside the shipwreck. But by sheer coincidence, the children accidentally knock a large board over which causes a loud thump to be heard from the outside. Big Boss, not knowing what's going on, tells the barracudas that there is a whole bunch of fish inside, which leads to the barracudas to both swim inside the shipwreck.

Inside the shipwreck, a mishap while cleaning up the mess accidentally causes the children to all trap themselves inside a lobster cage. And just in time, the barracudas all look inside the cabin to see the trapped children and they ominously tell them that they're going to let them so they can eat them. Outside, Big Boss and his henchmen are all surprised when they see what's going on inside the cabin room. Jax suggests it's time to escape, but Marco is worried about the kids and asks Big Boss what they should do to help them. Big Boss scoffs off at the idea of saving the kids to "play the hero", before realizing that he could become an actual hero so that the villagers would all win his approval. Big Boss tells his henchmen to make sure the barracudas don't eat the kids before he swims to the reef and ask for their help to rescue them.

But back at the reef, nobody believes what Big Boss said when he's trying to tell them the truth since they already experienced being lied from him many times before. Ray wants Big Boss to admit to them that he missed them already and he came back because he can't live without them. Big Boss pleads to everyone that the children are in danger in his shipwreck because of two enormous barracudas and needs their help to rescue them, admitting to them he's telling the truth this time.

Back at the shipwreck, while the children are trying to get themselves out of the lobster trap, the barracudas reveal to them that "the seahorse promised [them] a paradise-like reef full of plenty of fish for [them] to devour". The children are all mortified to hear that Big Boss has supposedly tricked the villagers into thinking he and his henchmen are leaving for real and he instead crosses the line by promising the barracudas to eat everyone up. Since they can't trust Big Boss, the children have to escape on their own since there's no one else around to help them out. The Rockfish all electrocutes on the metal lobster cage, creating static electricity and shock the barracudas that knock them both out and the cage door to finally open. The kids all swim out of the shipwreck, but Marco, Philippe, and Jax all block their way out to prevent them from leaving under Big Boss's order.

Just then, Big Boss and the villagers all arrive too late and Big Boss only sees that the children have already escaped on their own and the barracudas swim out of his home. Sammy and Shelly both thank Big Boss for coming to get the villagers and having wanted to save the children that they even let him live in the reef any time he wants. The children, however, reveal to everyone that Big Boss is lying and inform them about the promise he gave to the barracudas. Big Boss is mortified that what the children heard from the barracudas is a complete miscommunication that he calls it a "heinous accusation" and tries to get to the Rockfish to believe him when he claims that Ricky and his friends must have heard what the barracudas said is wrong. However, Glitz surprisingly turns against Big Boss and accuses him as a liar for putting everyone in great danger because of the barracudas. The villagers all swim away back to the reef after hearing enough of Big Boss's so-called lies that they no longer trust him again. Ella thanks Glitz for standing up for her and her friends, but Glitz tells her that despite Big Boss and his henchmen all got what they deserve, she only did it because she is upset about Big Boss's lies. Glitz informs Ella that the Rockfish aren't friends with her and her friends yet and they're still at war with "the stingers against the flippers". Meanwhile, since Big Boss has his hope back, he happily announces to his henchmen that they're not going to move away again and instead, they're going to move back to the shipwreck to continue their scheme to take over the reef village and kick the turtles out.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Ricky
* Ella
* Pipo
* Annabel
* Glitz
* Crudd
* Babbles
* Big Boss
* Barracudas (antagonists)

### Minor characters

* Marco
* Philippe
* Jax
* Jimbo
* Ray
* Rita (background)
* Albert (background)
* Billy (background)
* Alpha (background)
* Shelly (background)
* Lucille (flashback)
* Margaret (flashback)
* Lulu (flashback)
* Aroun (flashback)
* Mika (background)
* Reef inhabitants

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "Big Boss ce héros".
* Despite this episode is the fifty-first to aired on TiJi like its US airing order, it's the fifty-second episode to aired in France on M6. And thus, it's the final Season 1 episode to released on M6.
* This episode contains flashbacks from "The Abominable Seamonster", "The Precious Ring", "Big Mama", "The Bottomless Hole", "Yum", and "Fortune and Fib Telling".
* This is the only episode in which the Rockfish all turn against Big Boss.
* When the Rockfish are challenging Ricky and his friends for a game to decide which group would own the shipwreck, they chose to play the same game Annabel accidentally invented in "Game Crazy".
* This is the second episode in which Ricky and his friends all challenge the Rockfish to a game to determine which group would have the ownership of a shipwreck as their playground after "The War of the Fish".

## References

1. ↑ https://instantwatcher.com/title/80042306
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/m6/09-03-2015/
3. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/tiji/18-04-2015/
4. ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80042177