The Case of the Rust Bucket

**The Case of the Rust Bucket** is the thirty-third episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the eighty-fifth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek sailing on the shore in which Zeek starts to feel tired before the last lap. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio in which they returned to Cicada Beach so the trio can dance to the rhythm to open it.

**P.O.P. Clues** a black cloud and a peanut

Receiving the clues, Fishtronaut reminds him that the peanuts remind him of an elephant, an animal that likes to eat peanuts. Upon meeting the elephant, Marina tells him that the trio is investigating with the clues a black cloud and a peanut in which the elephant doesn't know if he can help the trio. The elephant explains that he ate vegetables earlier and then he started cleaning up his friend a hamster. The hamster tells Fishtronaut that he doesn't feel like taking a real bath in which the black stuff on his fur is making him dirty as he thanks the elephant for helping remove the black stuff on his fur. The hamster also explains that he also gets dirty on the other side of the parts with dirty animals. The trio decides to continue the investigation by looking at animals covered in black things. The trio is confused that animals in the park are dirty, in which the dirty animals are linked to the black cloud clue. Marina is curious what the peanut clue has to do with the investigation. Fishtronaut also thinks that the black cloud clue could mean there is a fire in the park, so he decides to do some aerial search to know if there is any fire in the park.

While trying to do an aerial search to see if there is any fire in the park, a flock of dirty parrots encounters Fishtronaut in which the reason why the parrots are dirty is that they are covered in a puff of black smoke. One of them tells them that they were dirty by the Beanstalk Care Center. Fishtronaut then tells Marina to bring Zeek and meet him at the Beanstalk Care Center. Arriving at the Beanstalk Care Center, the trio begin cleaning the dirty parrots in which Marina found out that an unknown type of cloud by the Beanstalk Care Center is making the animals dirty in which Marina doesn't know what type of cloud this is. Suddenly, Dr. Green arrives to the Beanstalk Care Center in which Fishtronaut reveals that the black cloud is actually smoke from Dr. Green's car. Fishtronaut then tells Dr. Green that the smoke from his car Old Faithful is making the animals dirty in the park. Marina then makes a suggestion to replace his car Old Faithful with a new one, in which Dr. Green is worried that the trio is suggesting him to replace Old Faithful to avoid producing black smoke that causes animals to be dirty. Dr. Green then explains that the thing causing the animals to be dirty is something else besides Old Faithful. The problem is that Old Faithful has been with Dr. Green since he first arrived in the park and Dr. Green doesn't want to replace Old Faithful.

Dr. Green then reveals his flashback that as a young adult, Old Faithful helped bring him the first tree seedlings to the park and Old Faithful has been with Dr. Green for twenty-five years. Fishtronaut is puzzled that the agents still must solve the case without making Dr. Green sad, since Dr. Green loves his trusty car Old Faithful. Zeek started thinking that the trio didn't find out what the peanut clue was for. Suddenly, Dr. Green started eating the peanut which is actually the P.O.P.'s clue. It is revealed that Dr. Green needs a little energy to fix this problem. Inside a windmill, Dr. Green reads a book and says that peanut oil can be transformed into fuel. Zeek is curious if a car can only run with peanut oil, but Fishtronaut also explains that cars can also run with other types of oil such as castor oil, soybean oil and palm oil, as Marina explains that these types of oil don't cause pollution like gas does. The types of oils mentioned by Dr. Green and Fishtronaut are clean, which means these types do not cause pollution. Fishtronaut also explains that the car's motor must be modified first before putting any of the clean oil to any car. Suddenly, Fishtronaut then brings the nutrient oil container to Dr. Green's car Old Faithful. Dr. Green is happy with the trio for saving Old Faithful by putting a different type of oil that does not produce black smoke. Having solved the case, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** a horn

Receiving the reward, Zeek plays with the horn in which Dr. Green is happy that Old Faithful is now restored with a different type of nutrient oil and Dr. Green is happy that Old Faithful is now useful without polluting the park.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Every day in the park, we know we can be sure of one thing that right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Keep an eye out, there will be clues that the P.O.P. will give us then. What's the answer gotta choose? So, we need your help, my friend!*

*Every day in the park, we know we can be sure of one thing that right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Every day in the park, we know we can be sure of one thing*

## Trivia

* This episode reveals the name of Dr. Green's car Old Faithful.
* Fishtronaut is shown to have teeth in this episode.