The Case of the Rainmaker

**The Case of the Rainmaker** is the thirty-seventh episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the eighty-ninth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Fishtronaut and Marina exploring the forest together as Zeek arrives with a back scratcher that he made. Marina then tells Zeek that the back scratcher is remarkable, which is a synonym for "different" and "unique", like the rainbows in the sky. Above the trio, we see some rainbows in the sky, even though the weather isn't rainy. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a shower nozzle and a piece of dry earth

Receiving the clues, Fishtronaut then starts thinking that the mission has something to do with more than one rainbow in the sky. The trio decides to go to Cicada Beach to see if one of the rainbows ends in this location. Meanwhile at Cicada Beach, Zeek is curious to know how do rainbows appear. Marina then explains explains that rainbows are formed when the sun shines its light through the water droplets and separate into different colours. Fishtronaut then sees a machine on the surface of the ocean controlled by a mysterious animal as he says that water droplets are falling into the ocean. As Zeek uses the telescope to see the animal controlling the machine, the rainbows suddenly begin to disappear, disappointing the creature who is controlling the rain-making machine. Fishtronaut then praises about the machine he is using and the creature reveals his name: "Professor Jerboa", a jerboa as his name suggests. He then tells Fishtronaut that the machine he is controlling not a rainbow-making machine, but a *rainmaking* machine.

Zeek then talks to Professor Jerboa that he is an inventor, like he is trying to be by showing is back scratcher. Professor Jerboa also shows his invention, a multi-functional tool that not only is a back scratcher, but it can also play Chopin sonatas, dial telephone numbers, and can tickle. Marina then explains to Zeek that sonata is a type of music. Before the conversation can continue, Marina says that the trio must finish the mission that is about water. However, Professor Jerboa attempts to start his rainmaking machine as Marina tells him that the trio doesn't know where the water is needed. On the computer of the rainmaking machine, we see images of crocodiles, elephants, and capybaras that already have water, but two river rats who are unhappy in a drought. Fishtronaut, Marina, and Professor Jerboa decide to continue with the mission, with the exception of Zeek, who tries to be a great inventor. Having updated the rainmaking machine near the Beanstalk Care Center, Marina decides to find if any animals by a dried up pond need help. Meanwhile, Zeek uses bamboos as pipes while trying to be a great inventor. Suddenly, Professor Jerboa begins testing the updated rainmaking machine, which doesn't really work. Back again with Zeek, behind him are the two river rats whose pond is dried up. Zeek then suddenly fills the dried up pond while connecting the bamboo pipes with the water from a pond, saving the river rats' pond.

Suddenly, Marina sees an agouti, an opossum, and an anteater with his mother escaping from the water level rising, thanks to Zeek who is trying to help the river rats. Back to Fishtronaut and Professor Jerboa, Marina calls Fishtronaut that the water level keeps rising, flooding the area where Zeek brought back the water to the river rats. As Fishtronaut, Marina, and Professor Jerboa arrive, Zeek notices that the water level has gone higher and flooding the area with the river rats (the river rats are happy that the water on their pool is back). Professor Jerboa then sees a bamboo pipe, which may be one of the requirements to finish updating his new rainmaking machine. Fishtronaut then stops the overflowing water, which dried up the river rats' pool again, disappointing them. Professor Jerboa tells Zeek that the bamboo pipe should be used to connect to a screw, an object invented by a smart man named Archimedes who lived in Greece a long time ago and the thing that he invented is called "Archimedes' screw". Professor Jerboa explains that the Archimedes' screw should be inserted to control the flow, in which the water can be controlled by starting and stopping the Archimedes' screw. Suddenly, the water returns to the river rats' dried up pond and the river rats are happy that the water is back. Having brought the water back to the river rats' pond, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio and Professor Jerboa.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** rainbow umbrellas

Receiving the reward, the trio and Professor Jerboa had fun with the rainbow umbrellas to keep themselves dry from the droplets from the updated rainmaking machine.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Let's all run, let's have a race to the end of the park we go. Let's go, let's race, let's run by the lake down in the meadow.*

*Let's go, let's race, let's outrun every friend. Let's race, let's run. Who will get in the end?*