A Pretend Fight

[ Theme Song ]

Ricky: And I soar forward at full speed, and yes, I grab onto the dolphin's fin! Ella: I do a triple somersault and I grab-- (Ella charges towards Ricky at full speed, but she accidentally misses him) Whoa! (Ella swims down into a sea plant) Ricky: What a shame. You almost did it. Ella: I'll never be ready for the initiation. Ricky: Of course you will. There's still two days left. Annabel: You guys are so lucky. It must be great to be able to swim with the dolphins. Pipo: Yeah, no kidding. We sure would've liked to have come, too. Ella: Without having trained, it's far too dangerous. (The Rockfish are seen racing nearby) Ricky: Dolphins swim really fast. Pipo: But I swim super-fast, too. I bet I could beat them in a race. Annabel: And I could latch onto you with my tenta-- (Glitz bumps into Annabel) Babbles: I'm gonna get there first! (swims away) Glitz: (to Annabel) Uhh! Would you move aside? Can't you see you're in the way? Annabel: I'm really sorry. Ella: You don't need to be sorry. There's plenty of room in the ocean for everyone. Glitz: I don't have time to lose with you, flipper-feet. Come on, move it, octo-girl! Annabel: Oh! Oops! Sorry! (Glitz swims away) Ricky: Hang on. We can't let her get away with this. Come on, Pipo. (Ricky and Pipo are about to swim after the Rockfish, but Annabel grabs them with her tentacles) Annabel: Uh, that's nice of you guys, but she's right. It was my fault. I was completely in the way. Ricky: Huh? Not at all! She wasn't watching where she was going. Pipo: Did you see how she spoke to you? Ella: You're just far too nice, Annabel. Pipo: You spend all your time saying you're sorry. (Annabel groans) Ricky: I think it's high time you learned how to be respected. Annabel: Hmm?

Pipo: Watch them carefully. They're gonna show you how to be respected. (Ricky shoves Ella out of the way) Ricky: Say there, Ella, has your shell put on weight or what? Ella: (to Annabel) You see? Now, you mustn't hesitate to fire back with a cheeky reply. (to Ricky) Listen, RIcky, you and I both know that it's because of your big head that you can't help bumping into people... (shoves Ricky) Mr. Show-off! Pipo: Ha ha ha! That was a good one. (Annabel laughs) Ricky: Oh, yeah? So I have a big head, do I? Well, that's no reason to play the snobby princess, Miss I Know Everything. Ella: It's not my fault that we're so different, Ricky. Sorry if I don't have the mental age of a two-year-old. Ricky: Well, it's not my fault if your shell is so stuck-up. Annabel: (to Pipo) Uh, are they still just pretending? Pipo: I'm not so sure. Maybe we ought to intervene. (swims in-between Ricky and Ella) Uh, say there, you're not really going to fight, are you? It was supposed to be pretend. Ella: (sighs) Yeah, you're right. It's silly. Annabel: But real friends never fight, right? Pipo: And what about that time Ricky pretended he was sick so he wouldn't have to go out with you? And you never held it against him, Ella. Only best friends would ever accept that. Ella: Huh? What's he talking about? Pipo: Huh? Ricky: Well... Pipo: Oops. I guess she didn't know. Ricky: Yeah, well, at least I don't go crying to Sammy whenever there's the slightest problem. Ella: You know what? I never want to see you again for as long as I live! Ricky: That's good, 'cause I don't, either! I don't understand how I could've ever been friends with you! (Ricky and Ella both swim away from each other) Pipo: Oh, come on! Come back, you guys. Why don't we play the coin game? Annabel: They're good! I really thought they were fighting for real. Pipo: Huh? (sighs)

Lulu: And that's why plankton evolves especially well in cooler temperatures. Any questions? Ricky: (to Pipo) Doesn't this make you kind of hungry? Ella: (to Pipo) Would you mind telling the turtle next to you to be quiet? I can't hear what the teacher is saying. Annabel: (shrugs to Pipo) Hmm? (After class, the kids are all outside. Ricky and Ella are sitting and facing away from each other) Annabel: So, you gonna come and play with us, guys? Ricky: No, I don't hang out with teacher's pets. Ella: And I don't hang out with liars. Hmph! (Pipo and Annabel both move aside) Pipo: Ooh, this is really starting to get on my nerves. We have to get these two to make up, whether they like it or not.

Ricky and Ella: Hmm? Hmm! (Ricky and Ella both swim away from each other, causing Pipo and Annabel to become upset)

(Annabel and Ella are playing the coin game, but Annabel tosses it to far that Ella have to come and get it. Just then, Ricky and Pipo both arrive. Ricky has a seaweed blindfold, but Annabel takes it out and shows him to Ella who's getting the coin) Ella: Huh? Hmm. (Ella throws down the coin and swims away. Ricky swims away from Pipo and Annabel) Pipo: Huh?

(Pipo and Annabel both arrive at the habitat to let Ella come out. Pipo and Annabel also arrive at Ray's habitat to let Ricky come out. However, Ricky and Ella both see each other and they both start looking away) Ella: Hmph! (Ricky and Pipo both swim away, but Annabel comes to grab Ella) Huh? (Annabel grabs Ella, and they both follow Ricky and Pipo)

(Aroun and Mika are between Ella and Annabel, and Pipo and Ricky. Pipo shoves Ricky to the right, while Annabel shoves Ella to the left, in hope that the two would talk to each other. Aroun and Mika both swim up) Ella: Huh? Ricky: Uhh! (Ricky and Ella both swim away, causing Annabel and Pipo to both collide into each other) Lulu: Huh? Pipo: We're not out of the woods yet. Annabel: Tomorrow they're supposed to swim with the dolphins. They'll have to make up.

Ray: Go on, Ricky. Really use your flippers. Faster. Sammy: And you, Ella, try to get in sync with him. Ella: Ricky! Do a somersault! Ricky: (pushes Ella away) Oh, sorry. I didn't see you there. (Both Ricky and Ella continue to swim) Sammy: You really have to be extremely attentive of one another in order to latch on each side of the dolphin at the same time. Ella: (pushes Ricky aside) Oops! Looks like I lost balance. Ricky: (pushes Ella down into a blue sea anemone) I'm not surprised. Your somersaults were never any good. (Ella slaps Ricky by her flipper) Ow! Ella: My, oh, my. How clumsy of me. Sammy: Stop! This isn't like you two. What is going on here? Ricky and Ella: Hmm! Ray: You're both incredibly lucky to get to swim with the dolphins tomorrow, and you won't stop bickering. (Nearby, Pipo and Annabel are both watching the turtles) Sammy: There are plenty of children who'd love to take your place. So either you behave correctly, or you won't participate. It's up to you. Ricky and Ella: Let's just stop! I don't want to spend a second longer... Ella: (at the same time with Ricky) ...with him! Ricky: (at the same time with Ella) ...with her! (Ricky and Ella both swim away from each other) Ray: Whoa. (Ray and Sammy both swim away. Pipo and Annabel both sigh and swim away) Pipo: Oh, they're both so stubborn, they'd rather miss swimming with the dolphins than say they're sorry. Annabel: It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so nice to Glitz, none of this would've ever happened. Pipo: Of course it's not your fault. Me, on the other hand, should've kept my big mouth shut. There's gotta be something that can make them become friends again. Annabel: Yeah, but what? Hmm. (She and Pipo both see a shark fin ahead) A sha-sha--A shark! (Pipo and Annabel both scream as they huddle each other in fear, but it turns out the shark is Albert) Albert: Oh. It's you, children. I thought we were being attacked. Don't tell Alpha. I was taking a little nap. Annabel: Sorry, Albert. We thought you were a shark. Pipo: We mean a shark from outside the reef. Albert: Oh, I see. Then you can let go of each other now. I'm not going to eat you. Annabel: (to Pipo) Hey, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Pipo: (nods) Thanks, Albert. (Pipo and Annabel both swim away) Albert: Oh, don't mention it.

Pipo: (to Ricky) Hey, did you hear the news? Apparently, there are dolphins scoping out the area around Fin's Rock. Annabel: (to Ella) Before the big parade tomorrow. You should go check them out. That way, you could at least get to see them. And without Ricky. Pipo: (to Ricky) You'll be all alone.

Ricky: Ahh! (He swims to the Fin's Rock. There, he encounters Ella and gasps) It's not what you think. Ella: Me, neither. I couldn't care less about dolphins. Ricky: And first of all, I don't even know why I'm talking to you. Ricky and Ella: (notice something in front of them) Huh? (Annabel and Pipo are swimming toward them, each wearing a disguise. Annabel is wearing a pink glove on her head, while Pipo covers himself in seaweeds) Huh? (both laugh at Annabel and Pipo) (Ricky and Ella both swim to Pipo and Annabel) Ricky: Annabel, what happened to you? It looks like you split into two? Ella: And, Pipo, with all that seaweed on your fins, you look like a jellyfish! (Ricky and Ella both laugh at PIpo and Annabel) Ricky: Yeah! That's too much. (Ricky and Ella continue to laugh) Pipo: (to Annabel) So, it's been pretty obvious from the start that your idea would never work. You weren't playing your part very well. Annabel: (to Pipo) Why didn't you tell me? We could've rehearsed more. Ricky: No! Your disguise was really great. You looked like a-- Ella: (notices something nearby) A barracuda! Ricky: Yeah, that's right. A scary barracuda. Ella: Whoa! Ricky: But kind of weird-looking all the same. Ella: Behind you! (The kids all turn around and see the barracuda. They all scream and swim away from him, but the barracuda chases after Ella while her friends are hiding behind the Fin's Rock. Pipo swims out of the rock) Pipo: Ohh! Ricky: Huh? Pipo: Here, take that! (throws his seaweeds onto the barracuda, covering his eyes and allowing Ella to escape) Ricky: Hey, fatso! Over here! (Pipo and Annabel both swim away as Ricky swims to the barracuda and taunts him. The barracuda shakes the seaweeds out of his face and he chases after Ricky. Ricky hides behind the Fin's Rock) Hey, where's Annabel? Ella: She must've swam away. (The barracuda find Ricky, Ella, and Pipo) Ricky: Yeah, we should've done the same. (Just then, Annabel arrives and scares the barracuda away because of her disguise) Annabel: And how was I this time? Ricky: I'm really sorry, Ella, for everything I said. I didn't mean it. Ella: Me, neither. I didn't mean it. It was silly of us to fight like that. I'm sorry, too. (Annabel and Pipo start dancing with happiness)

(Annabel and Pipo both wave to the turtles, good-bye) Ray: Say there, you're not gonna start pouting again, are you? Sammy: I thought you two had made up and were ready to go see the dolphins together as friends. Ricky: That's the whole problem. Ella: It's not what you think. It's just that we wanted to know if Pipo and Annabel could come with us, at least to watch the dolphins. Ray and Sammy: Of course! (Pipo and Annabel both heard them, and they're swimming to the turtles. Just then, Glitz bumps into Annabel again) Glitz: Ow! I don't believe it! You really are a nitwit, Annabel! Annabel: Well, Glitz, you aren't, uh-- you aren't-- (Ricky and Ella both arrive) Ella: Forget it, Annabel. Glitz isn't worth it. And actually, you were right all along. (she and Ricky swims with Annabel) Sometimes it's not worth getting upset. It can only make things worse. Glitz: Go ahead and scram, you bunch of losers.

The kids: Whoa! Sammy: You ready, children? Soon it's gonna be up to you. (Three dolphins are swimming nearby) Ray: And go! (The three dolphins swim past them, but the kids all follow them) Ricky: Yeah! (the three dolphins swim behind the kids, but they all dodge them) Yeah! (Sammy waves at Ella as she holds onto a dolphin's fin. The dolphin pod all swim up to the surface with the kids riding them) Ray: Those four are inseperable. Sammy: There's nothing better than friendship, is there, Ray? (The kids all ride onto a dolphin's fin, as they laugh and the dolphin squeaks)