The Case of the Stranded Giant

**The Case of the Stranded Giant** is the twenty-fifth episode of Season 1 of Fishtronaut and the twenty-fifth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode begins with Zeek pretending to be a fortune teller (in a turban) named "The Wise One". Marina and Fishtronaut begin asking Zeek some riddles so he can answer correctly. After Zeek answers the question correctly, Fishtronaut uses his fan gadget to blow away the leaves from Zeek, which means that now is not the time to play games for a while. All of a sudden, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** scale and toy tow truck

Receiving the clues, Fishtronaut started thinking that the scale clue may have to do something very heavy and Zeek thought of an elephant (which is a heavy animal). The trio decides to go to Wavy River where an elephant is confused to be a stranded giant. Pushing the elephant, the elephant is bothered by the trio pushing him. Marina asks him if he needs help, but the elephant says he doesn't need any help, because he's not stuck on the river. The agents try pushing a grazing rhino, but the rhino tells the trio that he doesn't need help. Fishtronaut thought of a heavy animal, which is neither terrestrial nor a bird thought one heavy animal lives in the water (Marina then explains to Fishtronaut that lake fish are not heavy with the exception of Happy Plumb). Meanwhile, Fishtronaut meets Happy Plumb and he thought if Happy Plumb needs help from him. However, Rosy says that Happy Plumb doesn't need any help and Fishtronaut needs help with the mission that has a heavy animal in trouble and is tricky to find. As Fishtronaut asks Happy Plumb for help, he responds to him: "The ocean has two sides, Agent Fishtronaut: the inside and the outside."

As Marina and Zeek arrive at Cicada Beach, Marina tells her why Fishtronaut brought her to the beach. Fishtronaut then tells them by using Happy Plumb's riddle: "The ocean has two sides: the inside and the outside." After listening to Fishtronaut explaining him the riddle, Zeek sees Billy and Mac on a rowboat and they explain that they saw a giant creature in the middle of the ocean that looked like a big steam. The trio decides to go with Billy and Mac and they all hear a loud bellow. Fishtronaut then uses his binoculars and sees a large spout of water coming from a stranded baby whale. After Marina says that she with Fishtronaut and Zeek have never thought of a whale before, Fishtronaut explains that whales are rarely seen on the beach and the section of the ocean is too shallow for a whale. Marina then understands the scale clue related to the whale and Fishtronaut understands the riddle about some of the animals are out of the water.

Zeek then confuses the whale as a fish out of water that needs a helmet, but Marina corrects him, because whales are mammals, not fish. Upon approaching the whale, Fishtronaut tells the whale what happened to him. The whale explains that he lost his family while swimming all over the ocean to find them, but the whale was unable to find his family. Marina then explains how the whale ended up on the beach. The whale then explains that he was jumping to avoid the reefs and accidentally landed on the sandbar in the beach during an isolated tide. Fishtronaut then understands the tow truck clue: the whale must return to the ocean. Fishtronaut thought of a plan to bring the whale back to the ocean: create a tunnel in one of the sides of the pool and when the tide goes up, the whale would come back to the ocean without getting harmed. Fishtronaut hands Zeek a bucket of water to keep the whale wet and his skin can't be too dry in the sun. Fishtronaut tells the whale that the plan is good, but the problem to help the whale is to find his family. Suddenly, Rosy Barb appears and she tells Fishtronaut that she'll look for the whale's family while Fishtronaut and the gang dig a tunnel.

Rosy then introduces herself to the whale and she tells him what type of whale he is. He then explains that he is a humpback whale, which is a large mammal that swims around oceans worldwide. The humpback whale then explains Rosy why his species is famous for two things: singing and breaching. However, the whale cannot breach, because the water is too shallow for him to move and therefore a lack of space for the whale. Rosy decides to find his family while Marina with Billy and Mac began digging to make a tunnel before the high tides. Rosy then asks other fish if they saw the whale, but none of them have seen him. However, a swordfish appears and tells Rosy that he saw a group of whales, just like the whale calf on her photo. The swordfish also explains to him that it has been in the night near the island and the whales would head south on the next day. Rosy then asks the swordfish to come to Cicada Beach to rescue the stranded whale. The swordfish then agrees that it's his pleasure to help the group rescue the whale.

Continuing digging to make a tunnel, Fishtronaut tells the gang that the water level will rise in one minute and the passageway isn't ready for the whale. The gang decides to go back to the boat while Fishtronaut decides to use his gadget the Super Quarrying Machine to drill a tunnel for the whale to be ready. The whale was able to make his way from the sandbar to the ocean safely and the whale thanks Fishtronaut and the gang for saving him before the tides appeared. Rosy and the swordfish arrive towards the whale and Rosy explains to him that he should follow the swordfish that takes him to his family. The whale then bids a goodbye to Fishtronaut for saving him as he follows the swordfish. The gang then understands why whales are known for their breaching to breathe air. All of a sudden, another P.O.P. arrives towards the gang.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** coconuts

Receiving the rewards, the gang enjoyed the coconuts for refreshing themselves after solving the case.

## Trivia

* The early title of this episode is "The Case of the Stranded Baby".