The Case of the Little Big Friend

**The Case of the Little Big Friend** is the forty-fourth episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the ninety-sixth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek playing Frisbee at Cicada Beach. Underwater, we see images of a whale calf playing with some fish in the ocean rather than following its mother. Back to Cicada Beach, the whale calf reaches the upper surface and begins using its blowhole as the trio is curious to know what is happening on the water. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a toy submarine and a windsock

Receiving the clues, Marina is curious that the mission is at the bottom of the ocean as she tells him that the windsock clue Zeek is using on the butterfly *isn't* for chasing butterflies and it's not nice to chase harmless butterflies as Zeek is curious about the windsock clue. Marina then tells Zeek that a windsock measures the direction and speed of the wind. Suddenly, Rosy tells Fishtronaut via Communicator Shell that the recruits have disappeared and can't find them anywhere; therefore, Rosy needs help from Fishtronaut and his friends. It then turns out that the mission is at the bottom of the ocean where the recruits must be found. Marina is curious to know if the windsock clue has something to do with the bottom of the ocean Fishtronaut gives a surprise for Zeek: a large inflatable island for Zeek which has a TV for Zeek to see how his friends are doing on the surface while Fishtronaut makes a plan to find the missing recruits down at the bottom of the ocean.

Suddenly, the whale calf reaches the spot where Zeek is at the spot where the inflatable island is at. Zeek confuses the whale calf for a fish and a fountain as Marina tells Zeek again that whales are actually mammals. The whale calf explains that the reason why he is a mammal is that whales need to reach the surface for air and can spray water like a fountain. The mother whale suddenly arrives to her son, telling him that he had to say goodbye to his friends he was playing with. The whale calf asks his mother that if he wants to play with his friends again, but Fishtronaut tells him that the mission is to find the missing fish recruits. The whale calf asks his mother to know if he can go with Fishtronaut and his friends; the mother agrees, but the whale calf has to promise not to go too far from the inflatable island. Marina then suddenly learned at school that right whales can measure up to 55-60, the same meter of 10 people standing on top of each other and can weigh more than 70 tons, similar to the weight of 10 elephants.

Underwater, Fishtronaut, Marina, Rosy, and the whale calf are on a mission to find the missing fish recruits. They find a clam, a squid, and an eel in which none of them have seen the recruits. Meanwhile, Zeek switches locations of the ocean on the TV screen and thinks he sees the recruits on one of the screens. However, we see three baby salmons following an underwater current. Rosy explains that baby salmons always take advantage of the underwater current to go far away from where they were born. Fishtronaut hands Marina the windsock clue to know that underwater currents are like winds, but are underwater and the underwater current is linked to the windsock clue. Fishtronaut is curious if the recruits are carried off by the currents as Marina found out that they have to follow the current. While in the current, Fishtronaut sees the three fish recruits that Rosy is missing. The recruits are unable to escape the current by themselves, since the current is very strong. Suddenly above land, Zeek doesn't notice that the inflatable island he is on is moving. Meanwhile underwater, the whale calf tells the recruits to get ready to escape from the strong current. He then swallows the recruits, alongside Fishtronaut and Rosy, saving them from the current. Rosy is then curious to know what it would be like to travel inside a whale, similar to a submarine. It is then revealed that the baby whale is linked to the submarine clue. The recruits, Fishtronaut, Rosy, and the whale calf escape the current as they find the mother whale who helped bring Zeek to his friends. Suddenly, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio

**P.O.P. Rewards:** a rainbow ball

Receiving the reward, the whale calf and the mother have fun playing with the rainbow ball while Rosy and her recruits, alongside Marina and Zeek, watch them play with the ball.