True Lovin’

"**True Lovin‘**" is a Antonio Cool Guy from season one. In this episode, Antonio meets Rachel Castro. It is based off the Spongebob Episode “**Tea at the Treedome**”

## Plot

Out in Besse Park, Antonio is happily jellyfishing with his friends Boonsong and Kayden. Suddenly, he gets a call from Jaison and Warren telling Antonio ride his bike to the park near Kool Kone. Curious, Antonio, Boon, and Kayden ride their bikes over to the park and see a girl fighting with a grizzly bear/shark/octopus with a large crowd surrounding her. Antonio takes out his phone, and texts his other friends to come to the park and see this. Then, all of the other friends come over. Everyone in the circle starts recording this. Believing her to be in trouble after seeing the mutant trap her in his tentacles, Antonio goes to wrestle the hybrid himself. The girl manages to escape the mutant, but Antonio ends up inside it. The girl then rescues Antonio and slices the mutant in half. Everyone applauds at them. Antonio introduces himself, and the girl says that her name is Rachel.

Antonio inquires about the sword she has, and Antonio tells him that it's her sword and needs it for self defense. She also tells Antonio that she loves the ocean, And Antonio says that he loves the Great Barrier Reef, and the pleasantly surprised Rachel invites him to her reef lair for a movie viewing of “Finding Nemo”. After bidding Rachel farewell, Antonio quickly runs over to his parents, and asks them to explain how to attract a woman. Corrin, Antonio’s mother says to be himself. While T.J, Antonio’s father tells him that is fancy talk, and that holding his pinky finger high above him will make Antonio fancy as well.

When Antonio arrives at Rachel’s reef lair the next day, he goes into the entryway with a bouquet of flowers and his pinky aloft. While waiting to be let in, he notices too late that the water inside has flooded the entryway. He panics and tries to tell Rachel of the lack of air before taking in the full scope of the water-filled dome as big as the ocean itself. Rachel, who now has an air helmet, remarks that this environment is quite natural for her, and asks if he has any problem with it. Antonio bucks up and lets her lead the way inside, though he struggles to breathe.

Rachel gives him a tour of her reef lair, showing him that among other things, she has a drop off and a pocket of air for the dolphins, manatees and whales. During her explanation, Antonio quickly sneaks over to the air pocket and breaths in as much air as he can, much to the dolphin’s displeasure. Boon, Kayden, Jaison, Warren, and T.J knocks on the dome and holds up his pinky to remind Antonio of what to do, though Antonio has physical difficulty following through.

Sitting on a rock under a plate coral, Antonio gives Rachel the flowers. Rachel is very pleased but has trouble keeping a hold of them from Antonio’s shriveled fingers. She asks Antonio if he needs anything, and he weakly replies, "an air helmet would be nice," though Antonio takes this to mean a tank for the flowers and heads off. Antonio seizes his chance to flee, but can't pry open the door. Remembering Rachel’s kind words and T.J’s advice, Antonio hoists his pinky high and disavows his need for air.

Antonio arrives back at the plate coral only for him to see Rachel with all of the food and drinks for the movie, and a diving outfit for cosplay pourposes. Antonio sees this as an out, so he can breath and not drown. Rachel asks Antonio what he knows about the reef ecosystem. But then gets a doorbell ring, and that means that she got the package which was a the Finding Nemo 3D Blu Ray That she ordered off of Amazon.

Antonio, locked in a mental battle for control, stares at the giving outfit and the fact that it lets people breath underwater, Finally, he succumbs to his primal urge and breaths down as much air as he can, runs for the exit of the reef lair, and declares he is a quitter. T.J and the squad, thinking that Antonio is being shy around Rachel, quickly enters the reef lair and convinces him to stay. However, They soon see for themself the affects of the airless environment. The seven guys struggle to escape the lair and are unsuccesful.

When Rachel comes back, she then sees that everyone has passed out in the lair, and she then realizes that she forgot to give Antonio a air helmet and she then says that she knew she forgot something. She helps them by giving all seven of them air filled helmets and says that she forgot to bring them air helmets, but Antonio says that she doesn’t need to worry about a thing. Rachel offers a toast to her new friends, but the seven guys are all unable to drink the Kool Aid or eat anything, so Rachel has an idea. She builds a machine that can feed seven people without theme having to bite into anything. Then Rachel, The seven dudes, and all of the fish, sharks, dolphins, rays, manatees, whales, eels, jellyfish, and other marine life end up watching “Finding Nemo“ and get to the part where Pearl talks about her tentacles, which then has Antonio declare, “I’m gonna be a furry” as the episode ends.

## Production

### Art

Model Sheet for JellyfishModel Sheet for Other SharksModel sheet for Albert, Bruno, Alfred, Fluffy, Bruce (Reef Shark) and MegalodonModel Sheet for Marlin, Nemo, Dory and Clownfish Specimens
### Music

* Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer *[Title card.]*
* SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr *[The opening.]*
* On Fire - Gregor F. Narholz *[Rachel fights a shark/bear/octopus.]*
* Death Trap - Gregor F. Narholz *[The hybrid attacks Rachel.]*
* War Blowers - The Blue Hawaiians *[Antonio tries to fight this hybrid]*

## Characters

### Major

* Antonio
* Rachel (debut)

### Supporting

* Boon
* Kayden (debut)
* Jaison (debut)
* Andrew (debut)
* Warren (debut)
* T.J (debut)

### Minor

* Corrin C. (debut)
* Marlin (debut)
* Nemo (debut)
* Dory (debut)
* Clownfish Specimens (debut)
* Tang Specimens (debut)
* Bubbles (debut)
* Butterfly Fish Specimens (debut)
* Tad (debut)
* Bill (debut)
* SeaHorse Specimens (debut)
* Sheldon (debut)
* Bob (debut)
* Cephalopod Specimens (debut)
* Hank (debut)
* Pearl (debut)
* Ted (debut)
* Barracuda Specimens (debut)
* Fang (debut)
* Mackerel Shark Specimens (debut)
* Bruce (debut)
* Albert (debut)
* Chum (debut)
* Alfred (debut)
* Requiem Shark Specimens (debut)
* Deji (debut)
* Bruce [Reef Shark] (debut)
* Ground Shark Specimens (debut)
* Anchor (debut)
* Bruno (debut)
* Carpet Shark Specimens (debut)
* Destiny (debut)
* AnglerFish Specimens (debut)
* Gulper Eel Specimens (debut)
* Blob fish Specimens (debut)
* Sea Turtle Specimens (debut)
* Crush (debut)
* Squirt (debut)
* Moorish Idol Specimens (debut)
* Gill (debut)
* Fairy Basslets (debut)
* Gurgle (debut)
* Shrimp Specimens (debut)
* Jacques (debut)
* Damselfish Specimens (debut)
* Deb and Flo (debut)
* Pufferfish Specimens (debut)
* Bloat (debut)
* Starfish Specimens (debut)
* Peach (debut)
* Jellyfish Specimens (debut)
* Stingray Specimens (debut)
* Mr. Ray (debut)
* Beluga Whale Specimens (debut)
* Bailey (debut)
* Grouper Specimens (debut)
* Flounder Specimens (debut)
* Mr. Johanson (debut)
* Swordfish Specimens (debut)
* Moray Eel Soecimens (debut)
* Crab Specimens (debut)
* Whale Specimens (debut)
* Urchin Specimens (debut)
* Coral Specimens (debut)
* Dolphin Specimens (debut)

## Trivia

* The sea life in this episode would be seen again in ”Antonio’s Big Birthday Blowout”
* This is the first appearence of Rachel.
* This episode reveals that Antonio is one of the biggest fans of Finding Nemo
* This episode is the debut of Antonio’s parents
* This episode debuts Rachel’s Reef Lair, it is a major location in the series.
* According to the creator, The reef lair will lead to a pool in Antonio’s secret basement in later episodes by Rachel and Antonio’s construction.
* The episode’s tone makes it the first intense episode, the next is “SICK BEATS”
* This is the first instance where blood appears in the series.

## Timeline

* Before “The Pilot“, “The Blower” and every episode that Antonio knows who Rachel is.
* Before every episode that shows Antonio having Marlin, Nemo, and Dory as pets
* Before All of the Hooking Nemo and Finding Marlin Shorts along with “Hooking Nemo” and “Finding Marlin” Part 1 and 2