Jellyfishing

"**Jellyfishing**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 1. In this episode, Maggie and Kira takes Helen jellyfishing.

## Characters

* English Narrator
* Jellyfish
* Maggie Muffin
* Kira Moonhead
* Helen Luggins
* Queen jellyfish (debut)

## Synopsis

The episode begins with a jellyfish swimming by Maggie's house, where Maggie and Kira then observe it through a massive telescope protruding from a window in Maggie's house. They then slide down ropes (causing them to get rope burn that literally produces flames on their hands) and assemble their jellyfish nets, before Maggie puts on his glasses. They prepare for jellyfishing like professionals, but then meet Helen and ask him if he wants to join them. He says that he cannot go with them because he is "busy" and goes bicycling instead. Maggie asks Helen if he can join them next time. Helen sarcastically says yes and goes down the road. Maggie does not understand the sarcasm and suspects Helen never has time for them; Kira says it's because Helen doesn't like them, but Maggie convinces Kira that's not the case and plans to go jellyfishing with him eventually.

Unfortunately, while he is biking, Helen has an accident involving a jellyfish and gets his tentacles tangled in his bike's pedals, causing him to veer out of control, tumble down a cliff, and inexplicably explode when he hits the bottom, leaving him ultimately wheelchair-bound. Maggie and Kira decide that what Helen needs is a "Best Day Ever" when he returns home, bandaged essentially everywhere on his body besides his eyes. The Best Day Ever begins at Helen's house, where Kira offers Helen some alphabet soup. Kira blows the hot soup onto Helen's bandaged face several times before Maggie says that soup is not a good idea. Maggie then suggests that some music would be good, and gets Helen's clarinet. He blows a horrible note before realizing that his lips are too dry, and goes through several exaggerated motions of trying to wet his lips. A disgusted Kira soon violently snatches the instrument away from Maggie, declaring music not to be a good thing for Helen either.

Maggie and Kira then declare that a jellyfishing expedition would be in order for the "Best Day Ever." They then go to Jellyfish Fields, Maggie tells Kira to give a net to Helen, while he finds "a good specimen." Kira explains that Helen must, "firmly grasp [the net] in [his] hand," but when Kira fails to put a jellyfishing net in Helen's cast-covered hand, he gets frustrated and he stabs it through Helen's palm, much to his chagrin and pain.

He is not into it at first, but when a jellyfish stings him, he wheels after it for revenge. He manages to catch the jellyfish and bangs his net triumphantly against a pink mass. While Helen does this, the pink mass arises to reveal itself as a queen jellyfish who is irritated by the banging. Enraged, the queen jellyfish chases after Helen, while Maggie and Kira obliviously cheer him on until the queen jellyfish zaps Helen with an extremely massive sting, leaving their cheering replaced with cringing at poor Helen's literally shocking misfortune.

The next day, Maggie and Kira covered in band-aids meet outside Helen's house, where they see he is now life-support-bound and attempt to talk to him but are ignored. After he is unable to enter his home, they apologize and give Helen the jellyfish that he caught the previous day as an apology. Maggie hopefully asks Helen if he still isn't mad at them. Sure enough, he opens the jar and frees the jellyfish, and Kira takes it as a yes, before he and Maggie run off into the distance while being stung. As Helen laughs, the queen jellyfish finds him and stings him again, destroying his life-support and shattering his body cast. A completely blackened Helen can only say, "Ow" as the episode abruptly ends.