Ricky's Betrayal

**"Ricky's Betrayal"** is the twenty-second episode of the first season of *Sammy & Co*. It premiered on December 25, 2015, on Netflix.

## Synopsis

Sammy worries when there is no news of Big Boss for a while, and Ricky tries to get information by pretending to switch sides and join the Rockfish.

## Plot

The episode opens outside the reef village where Ricky, Ella, Pipo, and Annabel are all watching light flashing from inside Big Boss's shipwreck. Annabel admits that while the flashing lights are pretty, it is actually kind of scary. Ricky suspects that Big Boss is up to no good once again and he suggests that they should go inside to see what he's doing. However, Ella doesn't like the idea since it's too dangerous and instead, they should go tell Sammy.

At the reef village, the kids all tell Sammy what they saw and hope that he'll know what to do with Big Boss's suspicious behavior. Sammy strictly forbids the kids to hang around Big Boss's shipwreck no matter what he's up to because he knows how much of a threat the seahorse is to the community. Ricky tries to protest against Sammy that he wants to sneak into the shipwreck to know what Big Boss's scheme against the reef village is so they could stop him quicker, but Sammy refuses to let the young leatherback turtle do so.

At the playground, Ricky is still upset that Sammy forbids him from spying on Big Boss and his friends all try to reason with him that if Big Boss catches them while they sneak into the shipwreck, they'll be done for. Eventually, Ricky's disappointment gets the best of him that he decides to go to the shipwreck all by himself without his friends' help despite they're all obviously worried about the consequences if he does. When Ricky leaves the playground, he encounters the Rockfish who were all eavesdropping on their conversation the entire time and they comfort him. Ricky, knowing that the Rockfish are all actually working for Big Boss, has an idea on how he could get into the shipwreck without showing any suspicion. He tells the Rockfish how "lucky" they are that they don't have to put up with Sammy when they hang out with Big Boss and Ricky "wishes" he could have fun like them. Babbles and Crudd both surprisingly agree with Ricky since the gang does have fun when they're sided with Big Boss and they support him to take over the whole reef because of their love for causing troubles. So to get himself into the shipwreck and makes the Rockfish come through him, Ricky tells Glitz that he wants to be one of them, which surprises the gang leader when Ricky informs her about his "resentment" towards Sammy that he would be willingly betraying his own friends to support Big Boss at his schemes just so he could have fun without Sammy around.

When the Rockfish and Ricky all arrive at the shipwreck, Glitz informs Big Boss that they have a "new recruit" for them. Ricky, pretending to be a traitor as part of his plan to gain some intel about Big Boss, "desperately" tells the seahorse that he had it with the reef and he manages to convince him by "begging" him that if he allows the young leatherback into his gang, he'll do whatever he wants. Big Boss, upon hearing that Ricky is "willing" to work with him to take over the reef village, allows him into the gang and gives him his first order.

Back at the reef village, Ricky arrives and tells Sammy that he has a "message" for him from Big Boss. Ricky informs Sammy that the seahorse wants to talk to him on neutral waters as well as mentioning that it must have something to do with the sparks going off in his shipwreck. Sammy, thinking that Big Boss has harassed Ricky, angrily swims to the exit of the reef with the young leatherback to tell the seahorse to never go near him again. Nearby, Ella, Pipo, and Annabel were watching Ricky and Sammy swimming to the exit as well as noticing that the two are followed by the Rockfish. Ella wonders that whatever Ricky is currently up to, she doesn't like it, so she leads Pipo and Annabel to follow them to figure out what's going on.

Sammy and Ricky both arrive outside the reef, but Big Boss, Marco, and Philippe are all waiting for them. When Sammy swims forward to ask Big Boss what he's up to, one of his flippers suddenly gets caught by a clam. Realizing that it's a trap, Sammy tells Ricky to swim away as fast as possible. However, Big Boss reveals to Sammy that Ricky is now on his side and he has helped Big Boss lure Sammy out of the reef to trap him. Ricky, realizing that he didn't think his plan all the way through, remarks that he thought he was supposed to organize a rendezvous and Big Boss never said to him anything about a trap. But when Big Boss questions Ricky's sudden change of demeanor, Ricky is forced to continue pretending he's a traitor so he could figure out what really is Big Boss's scheme. Ricky's friends, who all witness Ricky's "betrayal", swim back to the reef to report everything to the adults to rescue Sammy.

Later, Big Boss lets Ricky into the shipwreck to inform his new recruit of his secret weapon for his reef village conquest. He reveals to the young leatherback that he has tamed a fever of electric rays to make him follow his many orders after he threatened them that if they don't obey what he said, their eggs will end up as an omelet in the stomach of Marco and Philippe. This confirms Ricky's suspicion of where the light shining inside Big Boss's shipwreck is coming from earlier that day.

When Big Boss, his moray eels, and Ricky all return to where Sammy is, the captive turtle tries to reason with Ricky for betraying the entire reef community but the young leatherback pretends that he didn't listen to him. After Big Boss orders his fever of electric rays to hide in the ocean floor near Sammy and Philippe ties the captive turtle up with seaweeds to cover his mouth, the seahorse waits for the villagers to come to their trap. Ella leads a few adult villagers to rescue Sammy from Big Boss and his gang. But because Sammy's mouth was covered by the seaweed when the adults all freed him, it's too late for him to warn them that it's a trap set up by Big Boss. Much to the horror of everyone, the fever of electric rays appears and surrounds them. Sammy warns Ella, Pipo, and Annabel to swim to safety quickly and the kids all swim back to the reef. Since all the strongest villagers of the reef are cornered by Big Boss and he threatens that they'll get electrocuted by the electric rays if they don't comply with the seahorse, Sammy is forced to surrender his position as the chief of the village to Big Boss to protect himself and his fellow villagers from getting shocked.

At the reef village, Big Boss arrives in his shell chariot to celebrate his victory of conquering the reef. But while the villagers, except the Rockfish, all bow to their new leader, Ricky notices his friends hiding behind the sea anemones and swims towards them to ask for their help. However, his friends are all mad at him for "betraying" everyone in the reef and they're about to beat him up for it. Ricky explains to his friends that he wanted to find out what Big Boss was cooking up, so he pretended to change sides. However, his plan goes out of hand and he apologizes for not telling them about his plan. So to make up for it, he's going to betray Big Boss and his gang since he knows how Big Boss controls the electric rays and he needs to stop him if he wants to save everyone.

At the shipwreck, Marco is guarding the electric rays' eggs when Ricky arrives and informs him that Big Boss "sent" the young leatherback to replace the moray eel as well as telling him that Big Boss could let Marco raid the reef's pantry. Marco falls for the trickery and he swims away from the shipwreck to head to the reef, allowing Ricky's friends to come out of hiding and retrieve the eggs. However, at the reef, Marco inadvertently reveals to Big Boss that the latter let Ricky take over watching the eggs for the moray eel, so Big Boss immediately realizes that Ricky is still on Sammy's side and that it is Big Boss who was betrayed by the young leatherback. Big Boss and his moray eels all head back to the shipwreck to see the kids all carrying the eggs on a seaweed. Big Boss comforts the kids and asks them that they're at the shipwreck to "kidnap" his eggs. The kids immediately pretend that Ricky is still the "traitor" to avoid any suspicions when Ella "scolds" Ricky for wanting to hand them over to Big Boss and after Annabel hits Big Boss on the head to distract him, the kids all swim away to escape from the shipwreck. However, Philippe captures the kids and brings them back to the ship cabin.

At the ship cabin, Big Boss orders the electric rays to electrocute the kids, but Ricky leads two electric rays to electrocute *him* instead. Big Boss demands Philippe to hard-boil the eggs for the two electric rays disobeying his orders, but Philippe reveals to the seahorse that the eggs aren't where they were supposed to be. Big Boss, angry that Ricky has betrayed him, swims out of the shipwreck with his moray eels when the electric rays all chase after them. As soon as the three left, Ricky reveals to his friends that he has hidden the electric ray eggs inside an old can and he covered it with seaweed to prevent Big Boss and his moray eels from seeing them. The kids all carry the eggs out to where the electric rays are some of the villagers. Sammy is glad to see how brave the kids are for rescuing the eggs and therefore, the electric rays leave the reef villagers alone. Just then, Big Boss, Marco, and Philippe all arrive and they're looking for a place to hide from the approaching electric rays. Sammy points at the open clam and instructs Big Boss to get inside it, which he closes the clam and locks the seahorse in as payback for trapping Sammy earlier. But as for Marco and Philippe, Sammy has another idea in mind for the two moray eels.

Back at the reef village, the turtles all gathered up at the palaver tree with Pipo and Annabel to thank Ricky for saving them. Ricky apologizes to everyone for putting them in danger all because of his curiosity to know what Big Boss was doing earlier. Everyone forgives Ricky and they're glad he's still on their side after what he did. While Marco and Philippe are forced by Sammy to babysit the electric ray eggs, Big Boss is still trapped inside the clam outside the reef and he's unable to open it from the inside.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Ricky
* Ella
* Pipo
* Annabel
* Sammy
* Big Boss (antagonist)
* Marco (antagonist)
* Philippe (antagonist)
* Electric rays (antagonists)

### Minor characters

* Glitz
* Crudd
* Babbles
* Margaret
* Ray
* Rita
* Albert
* Mika (background)
* Shelly (background)
* Reef inhabitants

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "La trahison de Ricky".
* Despite this episode is the twenty-second to aired on TiJi like its US airing order, it's the seventeenth episode to aired in France on M6.
* This is the second episode in which Big Boss managed to temporarily take over the reef village after "The Abominable Seamonster".
* The way Big Boss enters the reef is a combination of the ancient Roman and Greek cultures. He's riding in a seashell chariot like the Romans, but he has a seaweed laurel wreath on his head like the Greeks.
* This is the first episode in which Sammy gets captured by Big Boss.
* This is the second episode in which Albert is seen electrocuted after "The Shark's Tooth". However, unlike the first episode in which Glitz electrocutes him, this time it is from the electric rays.
* Ricky is still aware of the Rockfish are on Big Boss's side after he and his friends found out about it in "Yum".
* While the Netflix synopsis stated that Ricky joins the Rockfish to gain intel on Big Boss, the gang only play a minor role in the episode itself.

### Errors

* During the scene when Big Boss said, "So, you little planktons, you want to kidnap my eggs?", the seaweed laurel wreath is missing on his head.

## References

1. ↑ https://instantwatcher.com/title/80042306
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/m6/08-10-2014/
3. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/tiji/15-03-2015/
4. ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80042177