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Summary[]

After the Gup-A is struck by lightning, Captain Barnacles crash lands on the ocean floor and his paw ends up stuck in a giant clam, but he doesn't ask for help as he wants the others to go help a herd of manatees escape from a thunderstorm. As the others handle the mission, Barnacles goes through a lot due to being unable to swim such as avoiding hungry barracudas and losing air.

Plot[]

Trapped![]

On the open water, Captain Barnacles is gathering Octo-floats when Dashi and Shellington call him. They warn him of a dangerous lightning storm approaching. Shellington tells him that when lightning strikes the ocean, the electricity spreads out through the water near the surface. Dashi adds by saying he could still gets zapped, even if it doesn’t hit him directly. Barnacles dives underwater in the Gup-A, but gets struck by lightning. This makes the Gup go wild, as the Captain tries to steer. He runs into a herd of manatees, and crashes the Gup. Then after breathing a sigh of relief and after hearing a snapping sound, Barnacles finds his paw trapped inside a giant clam!

He tries to get it out, but fails to do so. After hearing lightning and realizing it’s heading for the manatee herd, he tries to sound the Octo-Alert, only to find his Octo-Compass on the floor, having come loose in the crash. He tries to get it, but due to the clam’s heaviness, he can barely move. He finds a sticky limpet on the clam and grabs a strand of seaweed. He connects them both to make a lasso. Barnacles uses it to grab his compass and uses it to sound the Octo-Alert.

The mission[]

Everyone else arrives at HQ and Barnacles informs them on the mission. When Peso asks if he’s with the manatees, Barnacles tells him that he’s “doing something else at the moment” and says he’ll guide the mission from where he is. He tells Dashi to keep track of the storm and everyone else to move the manatees to deeper water. However, Shellington and Professor Inkling counter this and tell him that manatees need air to breathe. Barnacles tells them to move the manatees to the Octopod (which he accidentally pronounces as the "Ouchopod", due to getting stung by a jellyfish). Everyone gets to the Gups and start getting to the herd.

The Octonauts see the manatees enjoying fresh air. Peso informs Barnacles that they’ve arrived, and the team starts to get to work. But the manatees swim very slowly and the crew questions how they catch fish if they're slow. One manatee claims they only eat plants. So Barnacles tells that the Octonauts to stack the manatees onto the Gups and Tunip to gather seagrass for them, but sees hungry barracudas swimming around him. So, he says he better make himself invisible.

Kwazii tells the manatees about the lightning storm and Peso tells them to climb onto a Gup. The manatees reveal to be very slow and say they only eat plants. Kwazii calls Barnacles, who is hiding from the barracuda, about the situation and Peso tells him that the manatees are a little disorganized. Barnacles tells the Octonauts to line the manatees up and get them onto the Gups one by one. His Octo-Compass shines a light, which attracts the barracudas’ attention, forcing him to end the call. The barracudas surround Barnacles...

Tweak gets all the manatees onto a Gup, except one. The team drives the rest of the manatees to the Octopod, where they happily get fed with seagrass by the Vegimals.

Barnacles' dilemma[]

Barnacles moves the clam and he inadvertently heads toward a cliff, where he spots a blue whale down below. So, after seeing that the barracudas are right behind him, he jumps onto the blue whale. He tumbles across it‘s back, due to the clam. Peso tells him that all the manatees are safe inside the Octopod, only one left. Dashi finds that the lightning is right over the last manatee, and Peso worries that they won’t get her back to the Octopod in time. When Peso asks if it’s too late to save the manatee, Barnacles accidentally says yes. He corrects his words and says they’ll rescue the last manatee. He tells him and Kwazii to bring Gups D and C to the surface, and to call him when they get there. He flies through the air and smashes into a shipwreck. He finds out that his air tank is getting near empty, and he won’t be able to breathe underwater much longer. And he won’t be able to move, due to the clam holding him down.

The lightning has almost reached the last manatee, but Kwazii and Peso arrive to get her just in time. Kwazii calls the Captain, and Barnacles tells the two to flip the Gup-D over and open it’s windscreen, making it a air pocket so the manatee can breathe. He then tells them to tow the Gup-D with the Gup-C deep underwater away from the lightning. After seeing his air tank is almost empty, he decides that he must get his paw out of the giant clam before he runs out of air. He grabs a piece of wood and strains to free himself.

Kwazii flips the Gup-D over and Peso attaches it to the Gup-C. The manatee swims into the Gup-D and says that she can breathe all right in there. Kwazii and Peso then get into the Gup-C and tow the Gup-D underwater just in time.

Finally free![]

Meanwhile, Barnacles is still struggling to free himself. As he sees his air tank is almost empty all the way, he takes a deep breath and strains even more than he already is. Peso tells him of the success, but the Captain mumbles, much to his and Kwazii's confusion. After some brute groaning and extreme strength, Barnacles finally frees himself and swims out of the shipwreck. As he passes the Gup-C, Kwazii asks if he‘s all right, but the captain mumbles again. He swims into the Gup-D and gasps for breath. He meets the manatee and they are both fine.

Dashi tells Barnacles that the storm has passed, and all the manatees can be released. Tweak opens the Octo-Hatch and releases the manatees. At the surface, Peso and Kwazii are curious of what happened with the captain. Barnacles tells the truth and tells the confused Kwazii and Peso what he’s been through. The episode ends with everyone chattering about the day.

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Trivia[]

  • This is the second time an Octonaut gets stuck in a giant clam.
  • This is the second episode where Barnacles gets stung by a jellyfish.
  • This is the first time near-drowning is shown.
  • This is the first time an oxygen gauge is shown.
  • Moral: You can’t look after others if you don’t take care of yourself.
  • When Barnacles jumps onto the blue whale's back, the whale shark's theme from the porcupine puffer episode can be heard.

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