For Better or for Worse

[ Theme Song ]

Pipo: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve... (Ricky and Annabel both hide in a fissure) Ricky: (to Ella) You coming? Ella: It doesn't look very clean in there. Pipo: Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen... Ricky: (to Ella) Come on, hurry up or he'll find us. (Ella hides in the fissure) Pipo: Eighteen, nineteen... Albert: You were my pilot fish. You have to help me. That's just the way it is. Alpha: Oh, yeah? But if I help you, you're supposed to feed me. Annabel: It's Albert and Alpha. (She and Ella both get out of the fissure to follow the sounds of Albert and Alpha) Albert: Lately I haven't been eating much myself. Ricky: Hey! Pipo: And thirty! Watch out, here I come! (Ricky, Ella, and Annabel all watch as Albert and Alpha are having a fight) Alpha: Come on, be reasonable. Albert: You know it's the only tooth I have left. You can understand that, no? Alpha: Oh, yeah? Well, what about me? Ricky: Pipo's gonna find us. Ella: Looks like a fight. Quick, let's go tell Sammy before it gets bad. Pipo: Found you! (Ella and Annabel both swim away, ignoring Pipo) Hey, where are they going? Ricky: I'll explain. Come on. (He follows Ella and Annabel) Pipo: Oh, great. The one time I win.

Albert: You know how I care about my tooth, Sammy. Well, Alpha couldn't care less. Alpha: Albert has stopped eating for fear he'll lose his tooth. So now I no longer get to eat, either. I don't mind brushing his tooth, but I have no more strength, Sammy. Sammy: Hmm. Albert: A pilot fish is always supposed to help his shark, isn't he? Alpha: A shark is supposed to feed his pilot fish. (Ricky and his friends all sigh) Sammy: My friends, the key to a good relationship between a shark and a pilot fish is helping each other out. If you want to preserve that, you are both going to have to make more of an effort. (Albert and Alpha both sigh before they both laugh in agreement)

Albert: You see, Alpha? Sammy agrees with me. You need to make more of an effort. Alpha: Are you joking? Didn't you understand what he said? It's more like you who needs to make an effort. Albert: Say what? I don't believe it. I don't even want to have this conversation. Albert and Alpha: You never listen to me... (Later, Sammy and the kids are all cleaning up the ocean floor. Ella opens a clam to reveal a can inside) Ella: Look, Sammy, even in here. (She closes the clam which causes the can to float away) Humans are so polluting. (Albert's moan is heard) Sammy: Albert. (He sees Albert chasing his own tail) Are you all right? Albert: Huh? Yeah, of course I'm all right. Sammy: Where's Alpha? (Ricky and his friends are now behind Sammy) Albert: Oh, I don't know. Sammy: You got into another fight? Albert: Well, uh... yeah. A shark without a pilot fish is like an ocean without water, like a beach without palm trees, like a turtle without a shell. Sammy, what am I going to do? Sammy: It's true, it is a problem. Ricky: Sammy, maybe we could help Albert until Alpha comes back. Annabel: Yeah! That would be super fantastically awesome! Albert: Four for the price of one. Sounds like a good deal. Sammy: (to the kids) Let's just hope Alpha comes back soon.

(Alpha notices Boris swimming by) Alpha: Hello there, sir. Alpha, pilot fish. I'm looking for a new job, and-- Boris' pilot fish: Can't you see the job's already taken? (Boris and his pilot fish both swim away from Alpha) Alpha: Whoa!

Albert: Where could she be? (Annabel arrives with a toothbrush) Annabel: Sorry I'm late, Albert. (She starts brushing Albert's tooth) Albert: Why is it you're aways late? Annabel: Hmm. Albert: Annabel, my tooth has to be brushed on time. You're fifteen minutes late. Annabel: There was this huge school of sardines I couldn't get past. Albert: Now, now, now. That sounds like one of Alpha's flimsy excuses. Annabel: But mine's a sturdy excuse.

Alpha: Oh, I am starving. (He heard someone behind him) Huh? Huh? (He notices a barracuda) A potential boss. Uh... (The barracuda roars as it about to eat Alpha, causing the pilot fish to scream and swims away from the barracuda. Alpha hides in one of the holes of a nearby rock, which lead to the barracuda swims away when the fish is unable to find Alpha) Whew!

Albert: (sniffs his food) Are you serious? Alpha always sorts out the seaweed. Ricky: But seaweed is seaweed. Albert: Ricky, I don't eat just any old seaweed. These are inedible. They taste like rotten sardines. (Ricky starts sorting out the seaweeds)

(Alpha swims next to the barracuda) Alpha: Why, hello there. Bernard: Who goes there? Alpha: It's a shame your eyesight prevents you from catching that fish. Bernard: You think you're funny? Come out from hiding. Alpha: Here I am. At your service. How would you like to have a pilot fish to help you out? I could help you see? Bernard: You think you could help me, half-pint? (He swims away) Alpha: I have experience. And I haven't eaten anything for days. Bernard: Okay, half-pint. You can be my assistant. But careful, 'cause you mess up, you're on the menu. (Alpha sighs)

(Albert yawns) Ricky: Yeah, well, it's not much fun helping Albert. I see what Alpha means. Albert: Alpha? Alpha! Ella: Alpha hasn't returned, Albert. You miss him, don't you? Ricky: We could help him find him. Albert: I don't miss him at all. Leave me alone. Now! (He swims away) (The kids all groan as they all swim away to search for Alpha)

(Bernard is eating a fish bone) Alpha: Isn't this the life, just the two of us here? In fact, thanks to who? Hey, you never told me your name. What's your name? Okay, okay, let me guess. Uh, Frankie. I don't know why, but Frankie's a name that would suit you well. No? Danny? Or-- Wait, wait, I know! Bernard! Oh, I knew it. I was sure. (Bernard swims to a nearby strait) Bernard the barracuda. Got a ring to it, yeah. Bernard: All right, now, half-pint, it's time to put a lid on it. Because now that I've had a good meal, I want to take a nice, long nap. Alpha: Okay, Bernard, no problem, my pal. Heh heh. I was just kidding. Uh, sorry. I'll stop. So, uh-- (Bernard snarls as his left eye starts to twitch in annoyance)

Ella: I hope Alpha comes back. Annabel: Albert looks so sad. Sammy: We have to fix this. Let's go find him.

(A sardine swims pass Boris and his pilot fish) Boris' pilot fish: Huh? (Alpha and Bernard both swim past them at a rapid speed) Boris: Ooh! (Alpha looks back and notices Boris' pilot fish. He sticks out his tongue) Alpha: Blblblblbl! Boris' pilot fish: Blblblblbl! (The pilot fish follows Boris) Alpha: You know, Bernard, like my mother always said-- (He and Bernard encounters a seaweed forest) Here, take a left, yeah. She said, "My son, the bigger the predator is--" Here, take a right. "The more mean-spirited they are." Watch out, there's an obstacle. I think we took the wrong exit. (He and Bernard are heading to a swarm of jellyfish) Uh, more to the left. To the right! Speed up! No, slow down! (Bernard bumps into a jellyfish, shocking him) There, you see? You don't listen. I said take a left. Bernard: No, I don't believe this! Alpha: Oh, that's nothing. Bernard: But I'm completely blind. From now on, you'll have to hunt for me. Otherwise, I guarantee you'll be my next meal... half-pint! Alpha: Of course, Bernard. (He did a nervous laugh) You certainly do have a way with words. (He swins away from Bernard, but he notices two more barracudas) Aah! (He gasps, and Alpha swims back to Bernard) Bernard: You weren't trying to run away, now, were you? Alpha: Me? How could you even say that? After all we've been through together? (Meanwhile, Sammy and the kids are swimming through the passageway and get outside the reef village. Sammy asks Billy if he have seen Alpha, but he shakes his head. He then asks a moorish idol, but he too shakes his head. He then asks Margaret, but she did a shrug and shakes her head. Later at dawn, Sammy is seen asking a powder-blue tang, but the fish shakes his head) Sammy: We'll keep on looking tomorrow. (Everyone, except Ricky, swim away. Ricky looks up and sees Boris and his pilot fish) Ricky: Hmm. Huh? Sammy, look over there. A pilot fish, like Alpha. Sammy: Ricky, it's almost night. It's too dangerous to stay out at night. (Ricky swims up to talk to Boris' pilot fish) Ricky! Ricky: (to pilot fish) Hi there. Have you seen a pink pilot fish, by any chance? Boris' pilot fish: If you friend is chatty and rude, then yes, I have. Ricky: Yeah! Where did he go? Boris' pilot fish: Last time I saw him, he was over there with a barracuda. (The pilot fish swims away, and Sammy and the kids appear next to Ricky) Sammy and the kids: A barracuda? Boris' pilot fish: I must say your friend isn't a very good pilot. In my opinion, he'll soon be devoured. (Sammy and the kids all gasp. Meanwhile, Bernard is swimming towards Alpha) Alpha: But I'm telling you, Bernard, I almost had him. A big, fat octopus, at least three-hundred pounds. It's such a shame he emptied his ink pouch just at the last minute. I was caught by surprise. Bernard: We're going around in circles, half-pint. What do you take me for? Alpha: But what-- what do you mean? Bernard: I mean I'm so hungry, I might have you as my appetizer. Alpha: Now, now, Bernard, don't get upset. I'm telling you, it was the cloud of ink that blinded me. Come on, you know what it's like. I mean, no offense. (Bernard starts chasing after Alpha, as the barracuda roars while the pilot fish screams. Alpha stops when he notices a sting ray on the ocean floor behind him) Aah! Hey, over here! Bet you can't catch me! (Bernard heard Alpha's voice and charges to where the sting ray is, shocking him) Huh? (The fishing bait falls out of Bernard's eye) Huh? Bernard: It's a miracle! I can see! Alpha: You can see? That's great! Bernard: Meal time! (He charges to Alpha, but the pilot fish swims away) (Nearby, Sammy and the kids all noticed Alpha being chased by Bernard) Sammy: Hey there, barracuda. Shame on you for attacking a poor, defenseless fish. (Bernard stops chasing Alpha) Bernard: How right you are. I'd rather attack poor, defenseless turtles! (Bernard charges to Sammy, but the latter uses his flippers to swat him away. Bernard is about to charge to Alpha, but Albert arrives and slaps the barracuda upward) Albert: Take that! (Sammy, Alpha, and the kids all gasp) Alpha: Albert! My friend! Albert: So, then, you thought you could live without me, did you? (Albert and Alpha both laugh) Sammy: Hmm.

Albert: You know, Alpha, I've decided to change. (Albert opens his mouth so Alpha could brush his tooth) Sammy: And there you have it. You see, children, there's always a solution. Always. Albert: Alpha, stop! You're gonna hurtmy tooth brushing it so hard! Alpha: Make up your mind, for crying out loud. You want me to brush it or not? Sammy: And for some, disputing is part of friendship. Albert: You were brushing like a maniac! Alpha: I'm fed up!