The Case of the Shining Gnomes

**The Case of the Shining Gnomes** is the fortieth episode of Season 1 of Fishtronaut and the foriteth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Fishtronaut and Marina playing frisbee while Zeek appears towards the two. He tells the two that he was visiting a newborn kangaroo joey in the park. The trio then decides to visit the newborn kangaroo in the park. Upon meeting Dr. Green and an adult kangaroo, Dr. Green explains to the trio that baby kangaroos are tiny when born after three weeks of gestation and kangaroo joeys stay in their mother's pouch until they are six months old. He also explains that in the seventh month, joeys will become adults to take their first steps to become an independent kangaroo. Dr. Green says that there are so many baby kangaroos, which makes him want to build an enclosure for them. The trio then decides to go back playing frisbee again. All of a sudden, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a spring and a toy firefly with an "ON" switch

Receiving the clues, the trio started thinking to know what else shines at night besides the fireflies. Marina and Zeek thought there were gnomes in the park, but Fishtronaut says that gnomes don't exist in the park. The trio then decides to look for the "gnomes" in the park. While trying to look for the "gnomes", Marina says that there's nothing to see near the bush. Fishtronaut then explains what they look like and Zeek explains that they look like mysterious creatures with green hats that glow in the dark. Zeek doesn't understand what the word "fluorescent" means. Fishtronaut never found any gnome footprints in the park. Marina then thought of learning more about gnomes by reading a book about fairies and gnomes in the forest. The trio then decides to investigate if there are any gnomes in the park.

Meanwhile, the trio goes to Marina's home where Marina reads a book about gnomes and fairies and Fishtronaut thought to look for gnomes that glow in the dark. Marina tells Fishtronaut to take a look at the book to know that some gnomes and fairies come out at night and it is now nighttime during the research on gnomes and fairies. The trio decides to bring the camera by leaving it rolling to detect gnomes in the park. The trio then decides to walk quietly to know if there are any gnomes around in the park. Fishtronaut then saw four glowing fungi that are confused to be gnomes, and before the trio could approach slowly, they decide to check on the camera to know if it recorded anything. Upon looking at the camera, the trio sees the four "gnomes" on the camera and Marina doesn't understand why these "gnomes" are motionless.

The trio found out that the fluorescent objects they approached are not gnomes, but real fluorescent mushrooms, since there are no actual gnomes that disguise themselves as mushrooms in the park. Fishtronaut then decides to use the Whatzit Scanner and the Scanner says that it can't recognize this type of mushroom. After solving one of the clues, Fishtronaut is curious about the spring clue (one that hops). After thinking of some hopping objects, Zeek thought of hopping like a kangaroo. Marina then thought of her grandfather making a new space for the kangaroos. Fishtronaut then decides to bring Dr. Green to look at the glowing mushrooms and Dr. Green tells the trio that he'll call his biologist friend Dr. Carmen to classify and announce the new species of fungi the next day. Dr. Green thought of moving the kangaroos to some place far away from the mushrooms. The next day, Dr. Carmen arrives towards the unclassified mushrooms. The mushrooms are then given a name in honour of the trio who discovered the mushrooms: the "Zeekluorescent mushrooms from Smiling Trees Park". The trio then arrives to the new home for the kangaroos and the mother kangaroo is happy to live in the new home. All of a sudden, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** a fluorescent frisbee

Receiving the reward, the trio decides to play with the fluorescent frisbee at night at Cicada Beach.

## Trivia

* This episode was originally titled "The Case of the Fluorescent Garden".

* This episode was included in the film compilation *Fishtronaut: Secret Agent of S.E.A.*.