The Case of Zeek's Cousin

**The Case of Zeek's Cousin** is the twentieth episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and the seventy-second episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Billy and Mac juggling apples in which the apples landed into a bush. The twins try to find the apples, but the apples have disappeared. The twins encounter a lemur, who likes to juggle like the twins, in which the twins are impressed with his juggling. The lemur then encounters Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek, in which Marina explains to Zeek that lemurs are distant relatives of monkeys and these animals live in Madagascar, which is very far from Smiling Trees Park. Marina tells the lemur to know how he arrived at Smiling Trees Park, and before the lemur can continue explaining, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio and the lemur walks away from the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a clown nose and a birdcage

Receiving the clues, Marina is curious that the clues have something to do with the lemur in which Zeek explains that the trio must find a performing animal locked in a cage and free him from entertainment. Marina thought the birdcage clue has something to do with captured birds in the park. Fishtronaut uses the Critterdex, which has photos of many birds in the park in which examples include bananaquits, macaws, swallows, and puffins. Upon seeing the image of the puffin on the Critterdex, Marina is curious that the puffins have a resemblance to clowns. The trio decides to go to Cicada Beach, in which the puffins live here.

While looking at the nests, Zeek is disappointed that the puffins aren't in their homes. When Marina thinks that the puffins are trapped, two puffins started arriving towards the beach. The puffins ask the trio what they can do for them. Marina asks one of them if they are captured for the circus, but the mother puffin says that she and her husband are not captured for the circus. The father puffin tells the trio that he and her wife are trying to teach their son how to fly and the puffins tell the trio that their son can land perfectly during flight, just like his father. Fishtronaut is disappointed that this case is difficult and decides to talk to Happy Plumb about the clues. Meanwhile, behind Marina and Zeek is the lemur in which Marina is curious that the lemur has something to do with the mission. Far away from the beach, the lemur continues walking far away.

Upon meeting Happy Plumb, he tells Fishtronaut a riddle: "Fun can only be had with someone when he is free to have fun too." Fishtronaut is curious that some animal is put in captivity for entertainment. Back to Marina and Zeek, they continue following the lemur far away. As Fishtronaut arrives back to the beach, he notices that Marina and Zeek are not here, but Billy and Mac juggling apples again. Billy and Mac explains to him that they want to perform in a real circus. Meanwhile, Marina started calling Fishtronaut that she and Zeek reached an abandoned circus with animals locked up for the entertainment and the lemur lives in a circus tent (this is the reason why the lemur came far away to them). Fishtronaut remembers Happy Plumb's riddle, in which the clues are linked to the circus with animals locked up for entertainment and Marina tells them that the mission is to free the animals from the circus. Fishtronaut and the twins decide to arrive to the spot where the circus has animals caged for the entertainment (the twins are excited that they want to perform in a real circus).

Meanwhile at the circus, a panda, a koala, and a kangaroo are enjoying their snacks while inside the cages. The lemur then tells them to enjoy their snacks before going back to the circus for performance. As the twins arrive to the circus, the animals are unhappy that all four must perform in the circus again. We then notice that the animals are tired for performing in the circus. The gang then arrives to the spot in which Fishtronaut decides to free the animals from their cages so the four don't have to perform in the circus again by using pliers to open the cages and free the animals. The animals are now free from entertainment and are happy with their freedom, but Marina says that the animals must return to their native homes (the panda belongs to China, the koala and the kangaroo to Australia, and the lemur to Madagascar). Before the animals can return back to the wild, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** circus supplies

Receiving the rewards, the trio and the twins decide to put on a circus without any animals that live in the park. During the performance, the animals that previously performed in the abandoned circus are impressed with their performances.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Come on along and join the circus. This is the place you want to be. We treat the animals with justice out here with everybody's free*

*Come on along and join the party. Come on and sing a different song. You'll see we're magical and funny. Come on and watch us play along!*

## Trivia

* It is not known at the end of the episode, whether the animals that are rescued from the circus returned to their native homes or if the animals decide to roam freely in the park.