The Undersea Storm ← Preceded by - "The Crab and Urchin" - Followed by → The Walrus Chief |
| "The Crab and Urchin" | |
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| Season 1, Episode 3 | |
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| General | |
| Airdate: | October 6th, 2010 |
| Written by: | Stephanie Simpson |
| Directed by: | Darragh O'Connell |
| Guide | |
| Previous The Undersea Storm |
Next The Walrus Chief |
It's bedtime for the Octonauts until a knocking sound wakes up Kwazii and Captain Barnacles. A snail tells them that a green-blue crab and an orange sea urchin are arguing loudly and keeping the other sea creatures up. Shellington explains to Captain Barnacles that the crab and sea urchin need each other because of symbiosis, meaning that they need each other for food and protection. Then Kwazii suggests "a break from each other," but they find each other again when Barnacles and Kwazii bump into each other (again). The urchin relies on the crab, just as the crab relies on him.
Characters[]
- Captain Barnacles
- Kwazii
- Peso (asleep, non-speaking)
- Shellington
- Dashi (asleep, non-speaking)
- Tweak
- Blue Crab
- Sea Urchin
- Sea snail
- Lobster
Synopsis[]
Someone's at the Door[]
The episode starts with Kwazii and Captain Barnacles waking up to a loud banging noise. The two decide to have a race to the door of the Octopod. Kwazii arrives at the door first, but is stuck at the point of opening it, so Barnacles helps instead. However, when they first opened the door, no one was there but when they closed the door the banging continued. So they opened the door eventually finding that a sea snail was at the door. The snail expresses his troubles to the two telling them some kind of half crab half sea urchin is keeping all the sea snails awake. Both Kwazii and Barnacles want to sort out the problem so they have a race to the Gups and then to the reef.
Arguing Halfs[]
Barnacles wins the race by going down the quickest route. The snail then shows both of them the creature who's making the noise which to no surprise is arguing with itself, but Barnacles and Kwazii don't know what the creature is and so decide to contact a sleepy Shellington. Shellington tells them that the creature is two creatures a crab with a sea urchin stuck to its back as a process of symbiosis as both creatures rely on each other for food and protection. Barnacles tries to get their attention but they start arguing about who the problem is. Kwazii suggests splitting the two apart just for a bit the urchin and crab agree. Kwazii takes the urchin to the other side of the reef while the crab stays on a rock telling Barnacles that he's fine on his own, but the crab gets scared away by a lobster so Barnacles decides to teach the crab how to protect himself.
Separation[]
Meanwhile Kwazii tries to find a spot for the urchin to stay but almost all areas according to the urchin do not have enough food for him. The urchin once finding a good spot asks Kwazii if he has any snacks which he does not so the urchin then asks Kwazii what the plan is, but Kwazii doesn't have a plan. But he knows someone who does and goes to find Barnacles. Barnacles tries to teach the crab that it's about attitude and confidence but the crab can't make himself look scary. So they decide to look for Kwazii.
Back Together[]
Barnacles and Kwazii then bump into each other while looking for each other resulting in the urchin and crab reuniting back together. Both the crab and urchin realize how important each other are. And so the episode end with Captain Barnacles and Kwazii racing each other back to the Octopod in the Gup-D and Gup-B.
Creature Report[]
- A crab and a sea urchin
Trivia/Goofs[]
- Professor Inkling and the Vegimals does not appear in this episode.
- When Dashi is shown inside the Octo-Alert, her hat is missing.
- Parallel: Barnacles and Kwazii were having the same problem that the crab and urchin were having. Competing or racing with each other to see who gets a task done faster. They both soon realize that working together is always vital.
- The crab in this episode is supposed to be a carrier crab, but he instead looks like a blue crab.
- The crab and urchin make an appearance in The Cookiecutter Sharks episode, waving to Barnacles, Kwazii, and Peso, who are being dragged along on a blue whale's tail.
Creature Report (Blue Crab and Sea Urchin)[]
Crab has an urchin on his back
So Urchin gets to share the snack
But there's more to their connection
The urchin gives the crab's protection
Crabs and urchins help each other
Symbiosis means they depend on one another