Fortune and Fib Telling

[ Theme Song ]

Sammy: The storm was raging harder and harder, but we held on. Ricky and Ella: Whoa! Awesome! Sammy: And that's how we survived the notorious Bermuda Triangle. Ricky and Ella: Me, too, I want to explore the world! Huh? Jinx! (both laugh) Annabel: I want to grow seaweed like my mother! Ha ha ha ha! Ricky: What about you, Pipo? Ella: (chuckles) He looks like he didn't find Sammy's story very interesting. (The kids all laugh as Pipo wakes up) Pipo: What--What's going on? Ricky: What do you want to do when you grow up? Pipo: Huh? I don't know. (Ricky laughs. Later, the kids are swimming to the passageways) Ricky: Hey, why don't you become a world napping champion? Annabel: Or why not even a professional snorer? Ella: Stop being silly. No. I see you as a seaweed delivery fish. Huh, Pipo? Pipo: Boy, oh, boy. Why is it so darn important to know what I'm gonna do when I grow up? (sees Albert swims rapidly towards them) Aah! Albert: Whoa! (The kids all swim out of his way) Ohh! (Ricky pushes Pipo away, but he lands on top of a black sea urchin) Ricky: No need to thank me, Pipo. Pipo: Don't worry, I wasn't intending to. Ricky: Huh? (Ricky plucks the quills off of Pipo) Albert: Sorry. I was in such a hurry. Apparently, Big Boss can predict the future. He'll be able to tell me if my tooth is gonna fall out... or no-o-o-ot! (swims to the passageway) Ella: But it's impossible to predict the future. Ricky: Yeah, sounds like another one of Big Boss' scams. Pipo: Hang on a second. If he really can, Big Boss could tell me what I'm gonna do when I grow up. (Annabel pulls the last quill on him) Ow!

(Ricky and Ella both giggle) Pipo: Stop laughing at me like that. I'm not stupid. I'll know if it's a scam or not. Billy: Big Boss predicted that I'd be the most famous stand-up comic in the whole ocean. So get ready to laugh like you never have before! (Pipo's friends all giggle) He was right! (swims away) Albert: Yay! The kids: Huh? Albert: Not only am i not going to lose my tooth, but what's more, all the others are gonna grow back! (swims away) (Pipo's friends all laugh again) Leonard: Big Boss told me that Norbert, my garden gnome, was gonna talk to me! For real! (walks away) (Pipo's friends all laugh again) Ricky: All those predictions are nothing but a bunch of hogwash. Pipo: Hey, come on! It's our turn! (The kids all swim to the ship cabin. Big Boss is behind a large pearl) Big Boss: Listen, I don't have time to lose with a bunch of kids. What do you want? Pipo: Well, I want to know what I'm gonna do when I grow up. Big Boss: Let's see. I see... that you will get good grades in school and that you'll have fun with your friends. Happy? Pipo: Well, no, I'm not. I want to know what I'm gonna do when I grow up. My pal Ricky, he's gonna be an explorer. What about me? Big Boss: Uh, yeah, well, uh... there you go. You, too, will be an explorer. But, uh, not just any explorer. You'll be the greatest explorer of all the oceans. Ricky: Huh? Pipo: Whoa! Cool! (Outside the shipwreck, the kids are swimming home) Ricky: You? The greatest explorer of all the oceans? Ella: It's true that Pipo isn't a very adventurous type. (Inside the shipwreck, Big Boss, Marco, Philippe, and Jax all watch them leave) Big Boss: It's your move now, guys.

(Marco places a fake tooth inside Albert's mouth while he's snoring)

Leonard: Do you really feel that way, Norbert? Philippe: (hiding nearby) Yes, Leonard, you're my best friend. Leonard: Oh, Norbert! I've been waitin' all my life for this moment. (Leonard carries Norbert away, unaware that Philippe is hiding behind his seaweed nearby)

Billy: All right, now, get this one, guys. Why did the whale cross the road? Well, to get to the other tide! Jax: Hmm? Hmm. (laughs) The other tide. (Billy's audience all laugh) Billy: Would you like another one, my adoring fans? This one's just for you. Ever heaer the one about the mussel, the oyster and the winkle? (Jax laughs, causing the rest of the audience to laugh again) Wait a second, I haven't told you the punch line.

Ricky: How could you ever become an explorer when you hate exploring anything? Pipo: That's nonsense. I love exploring. Ricky: You mean like you could explore the underwater rift valley? Pipo: Well, yeah, I could. Uh, except that I prefer taking a bath.

Big Boss: Perfect! Everything's going as planned. It's time now to move on to phase two of my ingenious plan. Next! (Lulu and Margaret both arrive) Hmm. I see... I see... a beautiful little village. Oh, how horrible! W-W-W-What? It's going to be ravaged by a terrible sea quake. Margaret: No! Big Boss: Yes! Unless I'm designated as chief of the reef. Lulu: Chief of the-- We'd have to talk to Sammy. Big Boss: Alas, I see as well that Sammy unfortunately won't believe in my gift for fortune-telling. He'll carry on as if everything were fine.

Leonard: Everything Big Boss has predicted has really come true! Norbert has begun talking, and Albert already has a tooth that has grown in. Pipo: Whoa! That's crazy! That means that when I grow up, I really am going to be the greatest of all explorers. Ricky: Ha ha ha ha! Give me a break. I mean, Pipo, come on, think about it. You? (sees Pipo isn't next to him) Huh?

Marco: Ding-dong! We're back! (A frenzy of hammerhead sharks appear) Shark: Where's that super meal you promised us? We're starving. Big Boss: Uh, right in front of you. Jax: You'll have to catch me first, you big oafs! (The shark frenzy chases after Jax) Big Boss: Bon appetit. (Jax swims to where the passageways are) Jax: Give up already? (The sharks bump into the passagways, causing to make it seems like a sea quake is happening)

Margaret: (to Lulu) It's already begun! Huh? Lulu: The sea quake! Run for shelter! (The villagers all swim away) Sammy: Come on, calm down. These tremors are far too weak to destroy the village. There's nothing to be afraid of. Lulu: Incredible! Big Boss predicted that Sammy would say that. (runs away) Help! (Near the passageways, Jax and Big Boss are about to enter the reef) Jax: Ugh. Don't ask me to do anything ever again. Big Boss: Well, it looked like it worked.

Pipo: I'm gonna prove to RIcky that I can be a great explorer. (A fish swims rapidly past him) Aah!

Big Boss: My friends, I came as quick as I could. I saw in my pearl that you want me to become chief of the reef in order to protect you. Lulu: Yeah! You have to save the village before it's too late. Sammy: Spare us from all your nonsense, Big Boss. Everybody's on to your game. Big Boss: I cannot turn away from my destiny. I accept your offer. Villagers: Long live Big Boss! Long live our savior! Sammy: Big Boss? Chief of the reef? I'd rather not be a part of this. (swims away) Annabel: (to Ricky and Ella) Hey, guys! Pipo has disappeared! Ricky: I think I know where he is. (The kids swim away) Big Boss: All right, I'm gonna set up my quarters at the shell school. I saw in my pearl that that's what you were gonna propose to me. Lulu: Hmm.

Pipo: I'm gonna bring back something from this hole, and that'll keep Ricky quiet. (Pipo is about to swim down, but his friends all grab him) Ricky: Whew, that was close. Sorry I didn't believe in you, Pipo. Pipo: What are you talking about? You were right. How could I ever become a great explorer when I can't even go down into a hole? Big Boss is sure gonna hear from me with him and his phony predictions. (The kids all swim back to the village)

Big Boss: My ingenious plan worked like a charm. They're so easy to manipulate. (Marco, Philippe, and Jax all briefly laugh) Now's not the time to let our guard down. If one of my predictions ends up being wrong, they could find out that I made everything up. Pipo: Huh? (hides from Marco's view) Big Boss: When I'm fully settled in as the chief, I'll just tell them that my gift disappeared as fast as it came. Ha ha ha ha! I am such a genius! (laughs) (Outside the school, the kids were all eavesdropping them the entire time) Ricky: We gotta warn everybody, fast!

Villager 1: Big Boss, a con artist? You must be joking. Villager 2: What are those kids going to invent next? (Ricky swims into Albert's mouth, causing him to gulp. He spits Ricky out) Ricky: Sorry, Albert, but your tooth didn't grow back. It was Marco who stuck this in while you were sleeping. Albert: It's true that it doesn't really look like a shark's tooth. Annabel: And you, Leonard, did you actually see the lips of your garden gnome move? Leonard: Uh... uh... Ella: That's normal. It's because it was Philippe who was talking. And finally, let's hear a joke from Billy. Billy: Hey, do you know what a mussel with seaweed around its neck is? Super-Mussel, of course! ♫ Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tah ♫ (Nobody laugh at his joke) Hmm. Ella: You are very funny, Billy, but, um, you'd better stick to just one joke a day. Lulu: You were right, Sammy. We should've trusted Big Boss. Sorry. Sammy: Believe me, it's Big Boss who's gonna be sorry to have taken us for fools.

Big Boss: It needs some major redecorating. Annabel: Big Boss! Big Boss! Big Boss: Huh? (Big Boss looks out and sees Norbert "talking" to him) Annabel: Albert wants to see you. He says it's urgent. (Big Boss swims away, unaware that both Annabel and Leonard are hiding nearby)

Albert: You were right. Look! All my teeth have grown back. Thanks, Big Boss. Big Boss: Uh, don't mention it. Albert: Want to have a closer look? They're nice and solid. Come and see. Big Boss: Uh... later. I--I gotta go. Bye. (Big Boss swims away, unaware that Albert has a deep-water fish inside his mouth to give out an illusion that he has his teeth grow back. Albert spits out the deep-water fish, making Ricky laugh) (On his way back to the shell school, Big Boss sees an audience laughing at Billy's joke) Billy: Because I'm crabby! (Everyone laugh at the joke) Big Boss: This is impossible. I really do have a gift for fortune-telling.

Big Boss: Everything I said came true. I am extraordinary! Marco: Does that mean the village is really gonna be destroyed? Villagers: Help! Help! There's a sea quake! Pipo: There's a sea quake! We're all doomed! (The school starts to rumble) Big Boss: Mommy! (Big Boss and the moray eels all swim back to their shipwreck, unaware that Sammy, the kids, Lulu, and Leonard were all pranking them by shaking the school) Sammy: You really fooled them, Pipo. What an actor. Pipo: Why, yes. Of course! That's what I'll be when I grow up. An actor! (The kids all laugh)

Big Boss: Hmm. I see... nothing! Aaah!