The Case of the Moon

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

## Summary

The episode opens with two guinea pigs jumping in attempts to catch the moon at Cicada Beach at night. Meanwhile, Dr. Green encounters Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek by showing them a telescope, an object used to see things very far away such as the moon. Dr. Green then tells the trio a fact that it wasn't long ago when a human being landed on a spaceship and the man who took a first step on the moon was an American astronaut named Neil Armstrong in 1969. Meanwhile, one of the guinea pigs calls his mate to reach back to the shore before the waves become stronger The guinea pig's mate then decides to play in the water again before the waves become stronger. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a periwinkle conch shell and a yellow disc

Receiving the clues, the shell clue reminds Fishtronaut and that the trio should find and talk to an animal with a periwinkle shell while Dr. Green says that spots on the disc clue reminds him of the moon's surfaces as he explains that the moon affects the tides and waves, which might be related to one of the clues. Meanwhile, Fishtronaut meets a snail with a periwinkle shell to know if anything unusual happened. The snail says that he can't think of anything strange that happened to him and the snail says that the periwinkle shell clue has nothing to do with him, but the beach. Suddenly, Marina uses her AquaWatch to talk to Fishtronaut that there is something that has to do with the disc clue and the disc clue may be linked to the moon and the periwinkle snail thinks that something unusual happened in the beach. Marina also says that Dr. Green's thought may have something to do with the tides and waves at Cicada Beach.

Meanwhile at Cicada Beach, the guinea pig's mate is attempting to reach shore since the tide is rising and his mate cannot reach the beach and the mate keeps drifting far away from the beach while his friend decides to find help. Underwater, Rosy Barb and his friends are playing with each other until one of his friends, a pufferfish, alerts Rosy that he sees the guinea pig's mate on the surface. Rosy then calls Fishtronaut that she saw the guinea pig's mate clinging on a tre branch on the water at Cicada Beach. Rosy sends her fish recruits to help the guinea pig in trouble while Fishtronaut arrives at Cicada Beach. Suddenly, Marina and Zeek meet the worried guinea pig who says that his mate is in danger in the beach as she tells Fishtronaut that she and Zeek found an exhausted guinea pig who is worried about his mate in danger in the beach as Fishtronaut tells her that Rosy saw his friend on the beach. The guinea pig tells Marina that his friend is unable to reach the shore, due to the strong tide.

Back at Cicada Beach, Rosy tells the guinea pig's friend not to worry, because Fishtronaut is arriving to rescue him from drifting away. Marina and Zeek bring the brown guinea pig to the beach while Fishtronaut brings his friend the black and white guinea pig on an inflatable raft to his friend on shore. The guinea pigs are reunited with each other as Zeek tells the black and white guinea pig to be more careful when playing on the water before the tide arrives again. Marina explains that tides are formed when earth rotates and the oceans get close to the moon, which is why the moon is pulling the oceans to the earth and when the tides change, the undertow is very strong. Fishtronaut then tells Zeek that it is a good thing no one plays with the forces of nature, such as the tides, as Fishtronaut and her friends have already saved the black and white guinea pig in danger. Suddenly, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** a lunar calendar

Receiving the reward, Marina reads the lunar calendar that has myths of moon goddesses and stories about the moon.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Every day in the park, we know we can be sure of one thing that right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*We're a team, we stick together. We need our friends to be along. We all depend on one another. Together, we know we are strong!*