01x13 - The Lost Ring

[bunniefuu]

♪ On the Isle of Mako ♪

♪ Under the moon's

silver glow ♪

♪ The night is calm ♪

♪ But suddenly ♪

♪ There's a change

in the sea ♪

♪ Three mermaids,

magic and brave ♪

♪ True beauties

under the waves ♪

♪ Their secret will always be

mystery ♪

♪ In the depths of the sea ♪

[yawns]

And another beautiful day

begins.

- [laughs]

- What?

- Oh, Bernie, you are naked!

- Huh?

Oh! My special shell.

I've been robbed!

[laughs]

[Bernie] Aw! But I can't

go out like this.

Then again,

I could always wear this.

Huh?

That comic is so cool.

[gasps]

Dad? But who's that lady?

Did you think your dad was going

to stay single his whole life?

Emma's got a point.

Maybe she's a great person.

You might not think so after

I tell you what happened next.

Excuse me.

[dials phone]

Hello. I got your messages.

But I can't talk now.

Can we do this later?

Perfect. I'll call you back.

Hope I wasn't too long.

[Cleo] Yeah, so, what of it?

What of it? You should have

seen her smile, her tone.

I'm telling you,

she's up to something.

- Maybe they're just friends.

- Friends? No way!

That gold digger

is my future stepmother.

They're gonna get married and

she's gonna take all his money.

Wait till I tell you

what happened next.

[woman] Here's the design

I was telling you about.

- Would you like it giftwrapped?

- Mm-hmm.

I don't understand you.

Your father has a right

to rebuild his life.

I know, but my instinct

is telling me

that something's off.

I think I'll ask Lewis

to investigate her.

Look, what is it?

[screams] A walking hand.

Oh, no, it's horrible!

[all scream]

[TV] The holiday season

has truly started,

with droves of tourists

coming to town.

Bikini vendors have taken out

their latest collection.

You heard it here first,

that this season,

when it comes to swimsuits,

the most popular motif

is animals.

Last summer's trendy stripes

couldn't possibly be

more yesterday.

Have a nice day, sweetie.

You, too, Dad.

Rikki, don't wait for me

for dinner tonight.

- I've got...

- An important meeting?

Yeah, exactly, that's it.

An important meeting.

Right, an important meeting.

Lewis! Wait.

Lewis, it's mega urgent.

I really need you

to investigate someone.

Really? Who? A gangster?

A horrible polluter?

Worse. A really evil woman.

You've got to hijack her phone

or something.

It should be doable

with an electronic chip.

Give me a week

and I guarantee...

A whole week? Impossible.

I need to know by tonight.

Something terrible is going to

happen to my father otherwise.

OK, I can get on it right away

if I skip my math class.

But I'll need an excuse...

Alright, I'll do it.

- But it won't be easy.

- You're amazing! Thanks, Lewis.

You're the best.

[school bell rings]

Come on, Rikki,

your dad is a grown man.

Emma's right.

You've got to accept

- that he's rebuilding his life.

- Sure, I totally accept it.

Rikki, here, I've done it!

And it didn't take

as long as I'd figured.

It's a hacking transmitter.

Slip it into

your nasty woman's purse

and I'll be able to record

all her phone calls.

Uh, super, Lewis, thanks!

What's up?

You don't seem happy.

Well, it's just...

Is that what you call

accepting it?

But they're meeting tonight

and my dad

is bringing the ring.

He's going to ask her

to marry him, I'm sure of it.

[woman] Oh! Excuse me.

[phone rings]

Hello, Rikki. Did you do it?

Is the transmitter in place?

Alright,

just give me a second.

It works! I'm connected now.

I'll be able to hear

anything she says on the phone.

I'll call you

as soon as there's news.

Oh, darn!

I can't get any closer.

How am I going

to spy on them now?

Yes! I've got it!

You were right,

it's magnificent here.

Indeed. And the menu

is even better than the view.

It's heaven. I don't know

what I did to deserve all this.

[seethes]

Mmm!

Terry, this whole evening

has been just perfect.

Well, it's not over yet.

I wanted to... Well...

Here. This is for you.

But, Terry, what is it?

Terry! Why are you offering me

such a beautiful ring?

Well, there's something that

I wanted to ask you, Cathy.

Oh, I don't believe it.

He isn't going to kiss her,

is he?

You see, what I wanted to say...

[both yell]

Cathy!

[laughs]

Bravo. You think that's funny?

I don't know what happened.

I'm sorry.

- Give me your hand.

- Never, do you hear me? Never!

[Rikki chuckles]

[news on TV]

Morning, Dad. Sleep well?

Yeah, I guess so.

OK, well, have a good day.

That would surprise me.

Poor old dad. If only you knew

what I'd saved you from.

- [phone rings]

- Lewis?

Tell me everything. What

horrible things did you find out

- about that witch?

- I don't know about horrible,

but she's the captain

of a cruise ship

stopping over in Dolphin City.

She doesn't want your father

to find out.

- But why?

- She worries it'll scare him.

She's away at sea a lot. Her

ship is leaving tomorrow night.

That's why she was being

so secretive.

So there's no evil plan?

She's not a gold digger?

So I've ruined

what could have been

a beautiful love story

for nothing.

So that's it,

now you know everything.

Emma, I know what

you're gonna say, so...

We told you so.

I'll fix everything.

I'll get them back together

and everybody will be happy.

How are you planning

to do that?

I'll start by finding my

father's engagement ring.

- After that, we'll improvise.

- "We'll?"

Yeah, I know. If I'd only

listened in the first place.

But I was kind of hoping

you'd help me out anyway.

[all laugh]

[both] Of course we will!

I just hope

we don't come across

that horrible

cut-off hand again.

I had nightmares about it

all night.

Look. That's where she fell.

So it means the ring

can't be far off.

This is like looking for

a drop of water in the ocean.

It's got to be here.

Unless of course

somebody stole it.

Help! Girls, the zombie hand.

Let's get out of here!

If you think I'm scared of some

dumb old hand, then think again.

Oh! Ow!

This thing is

really impractical.

Oh! What? Bernie? It was you?

But what were you doing

inside... Inside a glove?

I can't find my little toy car

and I'm sure

somebody stole it.

That's weird, because we can't

find our ring either.

If someone has stolen

the ring,

that means there's a thief

somewhere in the bay.

Over there! Maybe those mussels

saw something.

I know them. Let's ask.

[mussels chatter]

Then she tells me to clam up.

"Clam up?" I said.

"I'm a mussel."

- I get it!

- I thought it was funny.

Um, sorry to disturb you,

ladies.

What?

- Who's there?

- It's Bernie and the mermaids.

- What do they want?

- Yeah, what do they want?

We're looking for a ring.

It was over there in the sand.

Did any of you

see anyone take it?

As if we have nothing better

to do than snoop on people.

Forget it. They couldn't

have seen anything anyway.

- They don't even have eyes.

- What's that supposed to mean?

We mussels don't need eyes

to know what's going on.

- We sense changes in the water.

- Well said.

We could tell that

Enzo had passed this way

and that he'd swallowed

a metal object.

All that without having eyes

like you.

[mussel] He passed this way

just this morning

with a metal object

in his belly.

[mussel 2] Who had

a metal object in his belly?

Enzo should be

around here somewhere.

But he's kind of shy.

Hang on, there he is!

Hey! Yoo-hoo, Enzo!

How are you doing

this morning?

Ooh...

Hello there. I heard you

swallowed a ring with a diamond.

- Is that true?

- It's my father's ring

and it's been lost

because of me.

I really need to get it back.

I didn't do it on purpose.

I saw it and swallowed it,

but it tasted yuck so I spit it

out over by the coral reef.

Oh, thanks, Enzo. Thanks a lot.

Mwah!

- [fish 1] Yes, a ring.

- [fish 2] I saw it.

- She saw it.

- [fish 4] It was over there.

- [fish 3] Somebody took it.

- [fish 5] Certainly.

- [fish 6] Somebody took it.

- The grouper.

[fish 7]

It was Marcel the grouper.

- Let's go.

- [sardines continue talking]

Huh? What, a ring?

No way, not in my life.

[sardines] We saw you.

What is this, trial by sardine?

Forget it.

I ain't saying nothing.

[sardines continue chatting]

I think Marcel knows something

he doesn't want to tell us,

but I don't know how we're

ever gonna... Unless...

[all] Zita!

Who, me? Know everybody's

little secrets? Not at all.

Anyway,

it isn't exactly a secret.

Everybody knows that Marcel

has a crush on Carlotta.

He's always giving her

little gifts.

Thanks, Zita.

[screams] My ring!

Who stole my ring?

What a disaster.

My friends, this is monstrous!

Someone stole my ring.

A precious gift.

I had it with me and then it

disappeared, just like that.

The thief has struck again.

I knew it!

- So now what do we do?

- We head home.

The trail ends here.

It's my own fault.

It's me who ruined

my daddy's candlelit dinner.

I bet I've got

exactly what she needs.

[laughs] Perfect! Rikki will

think it's so magnificent

that she'll forget

all about the other one.

[screams]

- Come on, it'll work out OK.

- Says you.

Girls, help! I've been robbed.

- The robber was at my place.

- Did you see who it was?

No. The only thing I saw

was this horrible tentacle.

- A tentacle?

- Must be Dany the octopus.

The vandals! Why didn't we

think of them before?

Come on, let's go

pay those boys a visit

and take back that ring.

[gasps] Cathy's cruise ship!

[Cleo] Oh, no.

Guess that means

we're too late.

No, I'm gonna turn

that ship around.

You two get the ring

and meet me at the port.

How is she gonna do that?

[ship horn]

We shouldn't have let her

go alone.

Do you really think

we could have stopped her?

- I hear them.

- It was there a second ago.

- Give it to me.

- I-It w-wasn't m-m-m-me.

Burke, you big lug,

this isn't funny.

- Give me back the ring.

- What ring, boss?

The one we just stole from

the jellyfish, you numbskull.

Well, this isn't good.

So what do we do now?

Hope that we get lucky.

Look over there!

So, how do I manage

to get inside it now?

Hey! This is my lucky day.

By the time I figure out

where I'm going,

we'll be

halfway across the world.

Unless...

Excellent. OK, so if I'm here...

What a labyrinth.

Obviously.

It's the only solution.

The machine room. OK.

Just a teensy bit of sabotage

and we'll be heading back

to port.

Excuse me, young lady,

can I see your boarding card?

Forget it, Cleo,

it's not here anymore.

Come on, let's head back.

[Murray] You stealer

of stolen goods!

[gasps] Look!

The ring!

Why is it moving like that?

Yippee, I've got it!

Emma, help!

Cleo, I can't use my powers.

- My arms are stuck!

- Me, too.

- What are we gonna do?

- [both scream]

Nice octopus. Please let us go.

It's not nice, Cleo.

It's a monster!

- Hey, Bernie, come help us.

- What? Come help you?

But I can't do anything.

[gasps] Oh, I can't believe it.

My toys.

Uh-huh! So that's the thief.

[both] Bernie, help us!

So, young lady,

mind telling me

how you managed

to get aboard my ship?

I always dreamed of

taking a cruise,

- so I just snuck on board.

- Listen up.

You're a minor

and not on my passenger list

so there's no way

you're staying on my ship.

We're gonna

have to drop her off.

You're dumping me in the sea?

Are you out of your mind?

I would prefer that solution,

because by dropping you off

in Dolphin City

I'm putting 200 passengers

behind schedule.

I should probably

warn my parents.

They'll be really worried.

Thanks.

Lewis! I really need your help.

I'll explain everything

to you after

but you've got to follow

my instructions exactly.

You've got to phone my dad

and tell him that...

[ship horn]

But what's it doing?

It looks like it's playing.

[Bernie] Oh, I understand now.

It stole all that stuff

because it was bored.

Poor thing.

All alone, no friends.

- Poor thing? What about us?

- Hmm...

Hang on, Cleo!

[yells]

Yoo-hoo! Hey!

[mimics car]

[Bernie chuckles]

Come on, Emma.

Bernie's distracting it.

Now's our chance!

[Bernie] I'm having

a great time!

Hey-hey! Whoo-hoo!

Oh, no, the ring!

Got it.

OK, we can get out of here.

Hey, girls! Help!

Oh, boy.

Thanks!

She's not really a monster.

Poor thing just wants

someone to play with.

The ship, look!

It's heading back to port.

Amazing. I don't know

how she did it,

but Rikki managed to bring

the ship back to port.

And look, there she is.

She's with the captain.

That's great,

but we still don't know

what we're supposed to do

with the ring.

It's Lewis!

Over here!

Did you get the ring?

Yes, but

what are you doing here?

Did Rikki tell you

what's going on?

I don't have time to explain.

Quick, the ring!

Do you understand

that your actions

have inconvenienced

hundreds of people?

What about

your father and mother?

They must be worried sick!

I just live with my dad.

- [Cathy gasps]

- [Rikki] Hi, Dad.

What does this mean?

Did you know?

No. Know what?

Rikki, what are you doing here?

Why did Lewis say it was urgent

that I meet him down here?

I'm starting to understand.

And you, Cathy, why are you

dressed as a sailor?

[clears throat] Well...

You're a cruise ship captain?

And you were leaving tonight?

Why didn't you tell me?

I was afraid

you wouldn't be interested

in a woman

who traveled so much.

We're gonna have to have

a little talk later, Rikki.

- Rikki, over here!

- Great, I'm coming.

I can never thank you guys

enough.

I want to hear the whole story

about how you managed

to find the ring.

As long as you tell us

how you managed

to turn that ship around.

Girls, since when did Lewis

have a mustache?

[Rikki] Since he became

a waiter, I guess.

[all laugh]

Hup! Whoa, oh. Oh, oh!

[chuckles] Hup, hup, hup.

Careful!

Hey, what are you doing?

There you go.

That boy is crazy.

[Cathy] My ring!

Cathy, I wanted to ask you

if you'd like to be...

[ship horn]

I'm late!

[both laugh]

We did it.

- [Rikki] Nice mustache.

- [girls laugh]

Oh, boy, talk about heavy.

And heave h*!

There. That's for you.

Go on, have some fun!