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"Tortuga Tune Up" "Roadrunner"

Martin: "Are we there yet?"
Chris: "Where?"
Martin: "Anywhere but in the middle of the ocean?"
Chris: "Nope."
(source)

"Blowfish Blowout" is the 16th episode of Season 2 of the PBS Kids show Wild Kratts. It is the 56th episode of the series overall. It premiered on January 21, 2013 along with "Speaking Dolphinese" during the Wild Kratts: Lost at Sea special.

Plot[]

The episode begins with a live action segment. The Kratt brothers find a coral reef and count as many types of fish as they can. Afterwards, the Kratt brothers say their "What if?" question and the show transitions into the cartoon segment.

On what appears to be a small research boat, the Wild Kratts are having a boys vs. girls water balloon fight, where Koki and Aviva declare victory after releasing their biggest balloon on the Kratt brothers and Jimmy. But right after, they notice Donita's yacht and get curious about why she's here. She would definitely be doing something not very nice to creatures. The Kratt brothers are given their Manta Riders, and they sneak up to the boat, but an underwater periscope comes down from under the hull, so they miniaturize. Luckily for them, they are not easily detected. Then they get themselves into a cloud of plankton and developing fish. They then find a slightly bigger fish, and Martin names it Blimpy. Aviva calls and they try to get the Kratt brothers back on track, but a rip current sucks them away from Donita's yacht. They try to return to normal size, but they lose the Miniaturizer in the fray, and they fall out of range of the Wild Kratts boat's communications. The crew follows the green swath of plankton in the boat, even if that means abandoning their chase for Donita.

After floating aimlessly on the current for what felt like an eternity, Chris starts seeing bright tropical colors in the distance. Martin is concerned that being adrift for so long is making his brother hallucinate until he sees a faint structure. That structure is a coral reef. The brothers and Blimpy leave the current in relief to settle down.

Meanwhile, Aviva orders Jimmy to stop the boat because they are in front of a coral reef, but so is Donita. Aviva and Koki take the Amphi-Sub down for a double mission: to find the Kratt brothers and what Donita is up to.

Inside a cave, the Kratt brothers find a blowfish Martin later calls Puffy, confirming that Blimpy is a blowfish as well. They then watch as Puffy finds a crab by squirting water into the sand.

Meanwhile, Aviva dispatches the Amphi-Sub's telescoping camera. They find out that Donita is planning to use a fish as a hat. Aviva tries to find what fish Donita plans to use, but Dabio is blocking her view. Donita then orders Dabio to prepare her Hydro Vacuum.

Puffy gets stuck in a grouper's mouth. To get Puffy out, Chris goes through the grouper's gills and into its body. Chris pushes Puffy, while Martin pulls, freeing him.

Aviva is finally getting a view when Koki finds the fish Donita is after: a blowfish. They also find out that Kratt brothers are creature-adventuring with a blowfish. Not long after, Dabio finishes installing the Hydro Vacuum and heads to find the fish. Aviva explains how blowfish defend themselves with a water balloon as an example, which later expels a bunch of water after expanding too much.

Dabio finds a blowfish, and he tosses the nozzle of the vacuum into the water and turns the pump on. While the Kratt brothers try pulling Puffy away, Aviva sends them a Creature Power Disc, which Martin grabs. He then activates Blowfish Powers. This blocks the suction, but Dabio simply manually siphons with his mouth, which unfortunately causes Martin to end up lodged in Dabio's mouth, making both of them uncomfortable. However, Puffy comes out of the vacuum and Donita is able to grab the blowfish, and she puts him in suspended animation. Martin tells Donita that there is only one way out of this mess: Donita should give up the hat so that Martin can deflate and dislodge himself from Dabio and leave the boat in peace, which would make everyone happier. Donita is still hesitant to give it up, but Dabio heard what Martin said and incoherently pleads with him. Donita promises to do it. Martin deflates and Dabio spits him out, after which Martin says he never wants to be in situation like this again. However, Donita still refuses to give up her new head-wear. It turns out that Donita had her fingers crossed the whole time and only promised so that Martin could get himself unstuck. Aviva sends Chris onto the yacht, and he uses the Hydro Vacuum to pump water into a balloon, which greatly expands and bursts, sending water across the yacht. Martin then turns the Pose Beam for Puffy off, and the two jump into the water. Donita and Dabio are soaked. Donita finally admits that the hat that she was wearing would hurt and it's not suitable for a fashion queen. Dabio also agrees to find a hat that doesn't hurt so much. They admit defeat and leave.

Later, Puffy reunites with Blimpy; leaving the Kratt brothers still with the matter of being stuck mini. That is, until Puffy uncovers the Miniaturizer which was buried under the sand right by the reef the whole time. The bros use it return to normal size and the team officially announces that its mission accomplished.

The show transitions into the concluding live action segment. The Kratt brothers return to the reef and talk about the features of a blowfish. Afterward, they conclude the episode by saying "Keep on creature adventuring, we'll see you on the creature trail!"

Characters[]

Animals[]

Animation[]

Note: Featured animals are in bold.

Mentioned[]

Note: Mentioned action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Live Action[]

Note: Live action animals are linked to Wikipedia.

Trivia[]

  • This is the second time the Tortuga is not shown in an episode.
  • Some of the larval fish in the plankton include bluestreak cleaning wrasses, which are not native to the Caribbean.

Key Facts and Creature Moments[]

  • When threatened, blowfish let water into their stretchy body, causing them to turn into a spiky ball. This is the blowfish's defense.
  • Reef fish start out their lives in strings of plankton. They exit the plankton when they grow big enough.
  • Most fish know never to mess with a blowfish. However, for those that don't, sometimes blowfish can get stuck inside another fish's mouth and then both fish could die.
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