The Case of the Bright Night

**The Case of the Bright Night** is the twenty-fifth episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the seventy-seventh episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Dr. Green, Marina, the twins ready to go to sleep at the Beanstalk Care Center while Fishtronaut prepares to go to sleep. The next day, Zeek sees the moon with his telescope and is curious how the moon and sun can appear at the same time. Marina says that the sun and the moon can both appear at the sky the same time as the moon and the sun are both celestial bodies as Fishtronaut says that it is possible to see both: the moon and the sun during the day. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio..

**P.O.P. Clues:** a miniature underwater flipper and a flashlight

Receiving the clues, Marina is curious that someone visited the park with a camera with flash on and Fishtronaut thinks that the flash clue is linked to an animal that lights up at night. Marina thought of lightning bugs that light up in the dark. The trio arrives to the spot with the lightning bugs, in which Fishtronaut talks to one of them, who says that the other light was the one that started moving and then suddenly disappeared. One of them also explains that the light occurred in the beach and bothered the glowing termite mound. While Zeek tries to show the two lightning bugs to Fishtronaut and Marina, their lights begin to turn off while Fishtronaut says that the actual light interrupts their ability of bioluminescence, the transformation of energy that is turned into light (Marina explains that some animals like lightning bugs can use bioluminesence). Zeek understands why lightning bugs glow in the dark, as one of them says that they can't defend themselves from predators that try to eat them nor they can increase their numbers of bioluminescence when they are out during the sunlight. Marina is curious to know find out what is bothering the lightning bugs and the termite mound. The trio continues their investigation at the termite mound, in which a glowing termite (a type of lightning bug that lives inside the mound as larvae and glowing termite larvae glow just like Christmas lights and other lightning bugs) is used to seeing light which is different from other lightning bugs (the mound is the one that glows at night). The glowing termite also explains that the lights he noticed are beams that come from the beach and he then says that the lights from the beach come from the horizon.

Meanwhile at Cicada Beach, the trio found nothing at the horizon, except for a flock of ducks, who have no problems with the light. Fishtronaut found out that the gang must wait until nighttime to finish the investigation to know where the lights are coming from. That night, neither Marina nor Zeek saw any lights from the horizon yet. The trio decides to investigate to know where the lights are coming from. Suddenly, Fishtronaut found some sea turtles (linked to the underwater flipper clue) in which one of them says that they are sensitive to the light coming from the horizon and they wouldn't stay in the beach to lay their eggs. She also explains that moonlight is good for the turtles, but not the other light from the horizon. Zeek found out that the flipper and the flashlight clues are linked to the sea turtles having trouble and the lights disturbing them. Marina and Fishtronaut explain that sea turtle hatchlings arrive to the water where they follow the moonlight trail when they hatch. Fishtronaut thought of a plan: use the other light to help lead the turtle hatchlings to the water. The trio decides to help the turtles and resolve the problems with the light. Suddenly, Dr. Green arrives to the beach with a flashlight with blue light filter. Suddenly, the light starts coming from the tour boat during a nighttime tour. It is revealed that the light from the nighttime tour is bothering the turtles and Dr. Green found out that the flashlights need to be filtered with blue and red filters to avoid bothering the turtles. Fishtronaut was able to fix this problem by filtering the lights from blue to red to avoid bothering the animals. Meanwhile, the hatchlings and the adults arrive to the water with the red and blue filters. Having finished the mission, everyone decides to go back to bed.

The next day, the trio starts recycling the egg shells from the turtles that hatched last night. Suddenly, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P Rewards:** a plush turtle with a bow on it

Receiving the reward, Marina is excited with the plush turtle and decides to play with it.