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The Albino Humpback Whale

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Plot[]

Very early one morning, before the sun came up, the Octonauts discover a rare, but sunburnt, Albino Humpback Whale who needs help. Captain Barnacles orders to have all the Gups do an emergency whale transport to not only help the whale move but to cure his sunburn, using mucus from mushroom coral.

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Synopsis[]

Spooky Sound[]

Peso is reading a book in his room when suddenly he hears a sound coming from his closet. He goes to see what it is, only for it to be a couple of Vegimals playing around with his medical equipment. They leave and he begins to tidy up, but he hears another sound coming from outside. This also alerts the rest of the Octonauts. Barnacles activates the Octo-Alert and everyone goes to the launch bay.

"Ghost Whale"[]

Kwazii explains that it is a "ghost whale": a whale that plays tricks on ships. Peso, Barnacles, and Kwazii mobilize in the Gup-A, which Tweak equipped with special goggles, to find the whale. When they find it, the whale is ticked. He explains that he is a humpback who just so happens to be completely white; he is pink on his back because he got sunburnt there. He explains that yesterday he spent too much time at the surface and got a nasty burn from the sun. Peso explains that he should stay underwater and out of the sun, but the whale says he has to go up to breathe air every 15 minutes. Peso begins applying sunscreen, but they quickly run out. Barnacles reads the ingredients and finds one to be mushroom coral mucus. Kwazii remembers back in one of his old pirate days that mushroom coral can create its own sunscreen.

The Trip Before Dawn[]

The Octonauts locate a patch of mushroom coral pretty far from where they currently are, but the whale isn't fit for a trip that far. So, Barnacles calls for all the Gups to arrive at the whale. The Octonauts use them to transport the whale over to the coral, often taking him up to the surface to breathe. Shellington explains to Peso that the whale is albino, meaning completely white other than the sunburn; albino whales are very rare. They make it to the mushroom coral patch, but a school of small squid arrives. They drop the whale, quite literally, on to the ground of the ocean so they can apply the coral mucus. Once the sun rises, the sunburn is cured.

Creature Report[]

Trivia/Goofs[]

  • This is the first albino animal in the series, as well as the first humpback whale in the series.
  • When the Octo-Alert is sounded, it showed Kwazii in his room, but Barnacles told him to sound the Octo-Alert, and Kwazii was in the HQ.
    • Unless he's gotten back there to get his spyglass
  • When Peso got out of his bed to see what was making the strange noise in the closet, his medical bag can be seen beside his bed and nightstand, despite the two Vegimals playing around with what was inside when Peso looked inside the closet to find them. Tunip's eyes also have a rendering error. In the next scene where Peso leaves his room, the bag beside his bed is gone.

Creature Report Lyrics (Albino Humpback Whale)[]

Humpback whales live in the sea

They breathe air like you and me

If humpback whales get too much sun

Their skin will burn which isn't fun

A few of them are very pale

Albino means their skin is white from head to tail

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