The Braggarts

[ Theme Song ]

(Ricky hums as he swims around) Ricky: (sees the tourist fish nearby) Hi there! (continues to hum) (Ricky sees Ray talking to a small blue baby turtle) Ray: And in high season, the crabs can gather several tons of seaweed in one swift harvest. Hey, Ricky. Come here. I want to introduce you to someone. Ricky, this is Marius, the son of my dear cousin Coco. They're visiting us. Ricky: Super! Hi there, Marius. Sorry, but I gotta hurry up and hide right now. Marius: I want to play hide-and-seek, too! Ray: Marius, I promised your mother I'd watch over you, and-- Marius: I want to play hide-and-seek! I wanna, I wanna, I wanna! Ray: All right, just one game. Marius: Yay! Ricky: But isn't he too little to be playing with us? Marius: I'm not little! Ray: Don't let him out of your sight. Ricky: That sure isn't gonna be practical while playing hide-and-seek. (Ricky and Marius both laugh as they swim away) Marius: Hey, Ricky, where are we gonna play hide-and-seek, huh? Are we gonna leave the reef? Tell me, where's the exit? Ricky: What? Surely not. It's very dangerous outside. Marius: Well, if that's the way it is, I'll go all by myself, then. (Marius swims to near the palaver tree, but Ricky follows him) Ricky: Oh, no. I'm responsible for you, so you have to listen to me. We're playing hide-and-seek inside the reef, not outside, all right? Marius: You're just a big old scaredy-cat, just like your grandpa. Ricky: What did you just say? Marius: I've traveled all the oceans far and wide with my mom. I'm not afraid of anything. What have you ever done? You think you can boss me around? Ricky: Obviously, you don't know who you're dealing with. 'Cause I happen to be a hero. I even once saved a whole village from the terrible Big Boss. Marius: Big who? Ricky: You don't know Big Boss, do you? He's the meanest, baddest guy in all of these parts. Once, he was threatening the reef, so I went outside. (A fantasy sequence is seen while Ricky explains to Marius) I barely escaped from the starving moray eels who act as his bodyguards. I knocked Big Boss out. And--And, uh... I took a pearl from his treasure-- the seahorse's super-treasure! (Fantasy sequence ends) And with it, I even saved the whole village. Marius: Whoa. Incredible! Ricky: That's right. So, when I say that outside is dangerous, you'd better believe me. (Ricky and Marius both swim to the Playground) Marius: Yeah, that's for sure. By the way, why didn't you grab all of his treasure in one go? And how did the pearl end up saving the village? And how did you escape from the starving moray eels? Ricky: Uh... hey, look! We're here!

Ella: Huh? (Ricky and Marius both arrive) Ricky: Hi, everybody. Allow me to introduce Marius. Ella and Annabel: Aww! Annabel: (hugs Marius) Isn't he just the cutest with his little pacifier? Marius: (lets go of Annabel) Yo! Easy, now. I'm not a baby doll. Ella: Oh, and he has character as well. Marius: (notices something nearby) Wow! (Albert and Alpha both swim past the playground, and Marius follows them) Ricky: Hey, Marius!

Marius: What a super-awesome shark! Can you roam around the village without anyone bothering you? How come you don't eat him? Where are you going? Can I play with you? Can I? Can I? Can I? Albert: (laughs) That little guy sure is funny. Marius: I'm not little! (Ricky arrives) Ricky: All right, now, Marius, leave them alone and come play with us. Marius: No way! I'd rather hang out with the super-cool shark than play hide-and-seek with your friends. It's way more fun. Albert: Am I the super-cool shark? Pipo: (from the playground) Ricky! We're waiting for you! Ricky: I'm coming! (sighs) Fine. (to Albert) Would you mind looking after him a bit? Just long enough for one game? Marius: Yay! Albert: Go ahead, Ricky. We'll look after the little-- I mean, big guy. Ricky: Super! Thanks, Albert. (Ricky swims back to the playground, while Albert, Alpha, and Marius all swim to Albert's den) Marius: Have you ever eaten very many of the villagers before? They must be afraid of you, I bet. Uh, have you traveled much? Have you ever been confronted with other sharks? And what about Big Boss? You ever seen him? (Albert and Alpha both laugh) What? What? Albert: No, big guy, I'm a vegetarian. And what's more, I only have one tooth left. Marius: Talk about boring! I'd rather go play with Ricky. You don't need to accompany me. (swims away) Alpha: You sure? (Albert groans) Hmm. (Albert and Alpha both swim to the den, unaware that Marius has turn around) Marius: Boy, what kind of an unexciting village is this? Huh? I'm gonna have a look outside the reef. (He puts on his pacifier, and he swims to the entranceways. He hides when he sees César talking to Ray) Crab: Hey there, little guy. Would you mind playing somewhere else? Marius: First of all, I'm not little. And who are you to talk when you can't even walk straight? Crab: I'll teach you some manners, I will. (takes Marius's pacifier) There! Confiscated! Marius: Hey! Give that back to me! (The crab tosses the pacifier to another crab, and that crab tosses it to another one) You're lucky this time. I gotta save my strength for Big Boss. Otherwise, I would've crushed you! (swims through the entranceways) Crab: (laughs) Yeah, right. Of course you would've.

Marius: Outside at last! Off to great adventures! (notices someone) Hey, you! Yeah, I'm talking to you! Come on, wake up. Do you know where Big Boss is? (a barracuda wakes up and growls at him) Oops. (The barracuda growls as he chases after Marius) Ha ha ha! You'll never catch me! This way! (Marius swims to a coral tree, and the barracuda get himself stuck between the branches) Hmm? (He laughs at the barracuda, before he swims to Big Boss's shipwreck) It's just you and me now, Big Boss. I'm gonna bring back a pearl from your treasure, just like Ricky did. And that way, nobody will ever call me little again.

Philippe: So, Marco, you see anything good to snack on? Marco: Nothing any good, Philippe. Philippe: The boss sure ain't gonna be happy. Marius: It's the seahorse's treasure. Huh? (Big Boss's shadow from the cabin appears) Big Boss: Philippe? Marco? (Philippe and Marco both swim to Big Boss's cabin. Marco swims inside) Marius: Huh? So, there must be a pearl somewhere around here. (Big Boss, Marco, and Philippe all arrive) Big Boss: What's this little guy doing here? Marius: I am not little! Hang on a second. Are you Big Boss? Are you the big, bad seahorse? Big Boss: Big? I don't know about that. But bad? That's for sure. Marius: Ha ha ha! You're not very scary at all. How could anyone in the village ever be afraid of you? Big Boss: Hey there, you, I'll teach you how to show some respect. And you're gonna start by learning to keep your trap shut. Unless you want my moray eels to devour you. Philippe: Oh, come on, he's just a kid. Marco: And what's more, turtles with their hard shells hurt your teeth. Marius: Ha ha! You think they scare me? Why, just on my way here, I beat up a huge monster, so-- Big Boss: All right already. (to Marco and Philippe) Take this little squirt back to the reef. He's giving me a headache. Go! Marius: I'm not little! (The barracuda arrives) Barracuda: Hello in there. I know you have a little turtle inside there with you. I saw him go in. Big Boss: Huh? What's this all about? Philippe: A barracuda! And he doesn't seem too happy, boss. Marius: That's because I taught him a good lesson earlier on. I told you I did. Big Boss: (to the barracuda) Uh, you're mistaken. There's nobody in here. No little turtle in sight. Uh, that's right. Heh heh heh. (Marius innocently swims out) Marius: No! There's a big turtle in here! So, did you get untied all by yourself? Barracuda: You. All right. You asked for it. (growls) (Philippe carries Marius by using his mouth and he swims to the shipwreck cabin. The barracuda chases after Philippe, but Big Boss covers the cabin entrance with planks) Big Boss: Block up all the entrances! Marius: Hey! Let me go! I'm gonna show him what I'm really made of. Big Boss: Oh, give it a rest, will ya? I can't believe this kid. Marius: Don't you worry, guys. Ricky's gonna come and save us all. Don't you remember when Ricky knocked you out and took one of your pearls? Huh? So if you think a teeny-tiny barracuda could... Big Boss: What are you talking about? Marius: Ricky? Ray's little grandson? Big Boss: (laughs) He never knocked me out, and he never took any pearl from me. Marius: You mean, then... he's not gonna save us? And I don't even have my pacifier!

Ricky: Hey there, guys. Well, I'm all done playing hide-and-seek. Where's Marius? Albert: Isn't he with you? He said he was going to join you. Ricky: What? We gotta find him, and fast. Oh, poor little guy. Alpha: Considering the way he speaks to people, he might very well run into some serious problems. Ricky: Right. It'll be faster if we split up. But discreetly. If Ray ever finds out we lost the little guy, he'll be super-mad. Oh, boy, oh, boy. (Ricky is about to swim away) Albert: Marius! Marius! Ricky: Albert, I said discreetly. Albert: (softly) Marius. Marius. (Ricky swims to the entranceways) Ricky: Huh? Huh? (notices something inside the entranceways) Huh? (He picks up Marius's pacifier, when the crab arrives) Um, sorry to bother you, but did you happen to see the little turtle this pacifier belongs to? Crab: Ha! You mean that little wiseguy? He said he was gonna go knock out Big Boss. (walks away and laughs) Ricky: Big Boss?

Big Boss: If you start crying, I'll throw you out. Marius: (notices an empty can of sardine) Huh. Good idea. (Outside, Ricky have swim to the shipwreck to look inside) Ricky: Oh, no! It's worse than I thought. (A can is thrown into the barracuda. The barracuda looks up at the entrance) Barracuda: (a large spoon is drop onto him) Ow! (The barracuda growls and get knocked out. Marius, hiding inside a sardine can, swims to Ricky) Marius: Ricky! Ricky: Huh? Marius! Whatever got into you to leave the reef like that? You see how dangerus it is? Marius: Well, I'm a hero. And I'm not afraid of danger. I fight with monsters and win for real. Ricky: You? Knock out a monster? Come on, get real, little guy. Marius: I am not little! (The barracuda wakes up) Barracuda: Ahh. (Ricky grabs onto Marius's flipper and they both swim as fast as possible while being chase by the barracuda)

(Ricky and Marius swims inside a small tunnel, and the barracuda didn't get inside. The two turtles then swim and hide in a seaweed field, which made the barracuda swim past them. Ricky and Marius both sigh in relief. They then swim out and laugh that they're safe, but suddenly Albert arrives and closes his mouth onto them) Albert: Yum. (The barracuda notices Albert, and he swims away in fear. Albert opens his mouth to let Ricky and Marius out) Marius: Wow! That was too cool! Ricky: Thanks, Albert.

Ricky: Right, now, remember, we don't say a word about any of this to Ray, okay? (They arrive at Ray's habitat, where Ray is waking up from his nap) Ray: Did everything go all right? Ricky: Perfect. Marius: Yeah, it was super! I snuck out of the reef and knocked out a barracuda. And Big Boss held me prisoner. But I managed to escape on my own, and then Albert swallowed me whole! Ray: Whoa. You can tell you're one of the family. Ha! We all tend to exaggerate. Ricky: (put Marius's pacifier on his mouth to keep him quiet) Look, your pacifier. I found it. (Marius sucks on his pacifier. Ricky swims back to the playground)

Annabel: Hey, where did your little friend go? He was so adorable. Ricky: He's gone off again with his mother to travel the oceans far and wide. (Ella, Pipo, and Annabel all sigh) Heh heh.