04x02 - The Last Largest Lobster

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Live action/Flash-animated educational children's television series created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin.
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04x02 - The Last Largest Lobster

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MARTIN:
Hey, we're here
in North America.

CHRIS:
On a northern coastline
of the Atlantic Ocean.

MARTIN:
Out here in a harbor,
on a lobster boat.

It's us the
Kratt Brothers. I'm Martin.

I'm Chris,
and we're on our way

to look for one of the coolest
crustaceans on the planet.

MARTIN:
Here we go!

Lobster, here we come!

The buoy marks the spot

where a lobster trap
was set on the bottom.

All right, there's
some lobster in there. Wow...

That is some lobster.

Now, this is a creature
full of Creature Powers.

The first thing you notice
when you look at a lobster

right away are these claws.
How can you miss them?

Wow, we've got to find out
more about how they work

and what they're used for.

Now, one of the great things
about the lobster too

is the exoskeleton.

It has protective armor

on every leg,
on every arm,

everywhere,
these guys are armored.

That's a pretty
cool creature defense.

Yeah, and look at
the armor on the tail.

It's got sections, plates,

so that it can bend.
The tail is the power source

for the swimming of the lobster,
so it has to be able to bend.

Now, one feature
of the lobster I love

is how the armor
extends over its eyes,

kind of like a helmet.
This, right here, is armor.

See how the eye goes in

under the armor?

That's how it protects its eyes.

Hey, let's put
him in our t*nk.

A lobster is an animal

with a lot
of Creature Powers.

CHRIS:
A powerful tail
for swimming backwards.

MARTIN:
A protective armor
called an exoskeleton.

Antenna for feeling
around in the dark.

And two powerful claws,
the pincher and the crusher.

CHRIS:
Imagine if we could have
one of those lobster powers!

Imagine if we had all
of those lobster powers!

BOTH:
What if?

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CHRIS:
Nothing like having
cheese and crackers

on the rocky
intertidal coastline.

But what's with
all the seagulls?

MARTIN:
Oh, just hungry as usual.

Ah...
(Seagull squawking)

Whoa!

Where's my cheese Kn*fe?

Hmm? Hmm? What?
Hmm? Huh?

A-ha!
My cheese Kn*fe.

(Seagull squawking)

I wonder what would it be
like to have seagull powers?

(Seagull squawking, gasping)

I don't think there are a lot
of Creature Powers there.

(Seagull squawking)

Kind of annoying.
Are you kidding?

Seagulls are the ultimate
seafaring survivors.

Well, people thought
pigeons were boring,

but we found out even pigeons

have cool
Creature Powers, right?

So do seagulls.

Uh, Martin, that's one of
your Creature Power Discs.

Huh?

Oh...
(Laughing)
(Squawking)

Which one?
Whoa! No!

No!

After that seagull!

He's clever enough to realize
that's a Creature Power Disc!

See? He dropped it!

Into the sea!

Keep an eye
on where it landed!

Let's go!

Wahoo!

Oof!

Let me see...

What would I like
for dinner tonight?

Oh!
I feel like seafood.

Lobsters rarely
get that big anymore.

It's lobster season!

Hmm...

If anyone has a nose to
find the Last Largest Lobster...

(Sniffing)
...I do.

It must've floated
down here some place.

Unless the current
grabbed it.

There!

Yes!
Yeah!

My Creature Power Disc.

In a lobster trap.

Okay.
(Gasping)

Which disc is it?

(Straining)

Let's bring the trap
to the surface.

(Grunting)

Must get Creature Power Disc.

(Groaning)

Wait!

Let's miniaturize!

BOTH:
Miniaturize!

(Gasping)

Oh, he's a big one.

(Gasping)
Not as big as that one.

That must be the
Last Largest Lobster!

Let's follow him.
We can't let him get away.

Maybe we shouldn't be this
little with that big guy around.

Big lobsters eat smaller
lobsters, you know.

(Gasping)
We're small size.

(Gulping)
Let's get back to big size.

Enlarge!

Back to real size.

Let's go!

Wait! Don't forget
the Miniaturizer.

If you leave it around,

who knows what
giant monster sea creature

you could end up making.

You're right.
Thanks, Koki.

Could you imagine what
a monster sea creature

a giant lobster would be?

It's not gonna happen today.

But right now, our mission is to
find that lobster we just saw.

BOTH:
The Last Largest Lobster.

Aviva, we need lobster powers.

To help us find
the Last Largest Lobster!

Oye! You get me some good
Wow Facts on a lobster rapido,

and you'll have a new
Creature Power in no time.

♪ Oh, I'm on the sea ♪

♪ And the sea's calling me! ♪

(Laughing)

Ah! Zachy made this for me.

In case I need to, I'll be
able to smell underwater.

(Sniffing, gasping)

(Sneezing)

A two-pounder!

This is more of the size
we're used to seeing,

before all the big
ones were hunted out.

Whoa. Walks pretty slow for
a creature with one, two, three,

four, five, six,
seven, eight, eight legs.

Well, he does have
to carry that big tail.

BOTH:
Whoa!

How'd he do that?

Got it!
The big tail flicks

and the lobster
sh**t backwards.

MARTIN:
That big tail is full
of muscles that flex

and sweep the water forward,

that pushes the lobster
backwards for a quick getaway!

That is so cool!

Powerful tail muscles contract,

causing the fan-like tail
to push water forward,

instantly propelling the lobster
backwards through the water.

Fantastico!
On it!

I'm not interested
in any witty-bitty "wobster"

that would fit
into those "twaps."

(Chuckling)

I'm looking for
the Last Largest Lobster!

CHRIS:
Another one.
Same size.

And neither one
is gonna back down.

And I think we're going to find
out how they use their claws.

The squeeze of
a lobster is so powerful,

if our hands were that strong,

we could crush a walnut
with just a squeeze.

CHRIS:
But why are the
two claws different?

One sleek and thin,
one big and bulky.

MARTIN:
The big one, the crusher,

that is used for
crushing things.

While the little one,
the pincher,

is used for
ripping and tearing.

AVIVA:
Claws, claws, and more claws.

I didn't know
a lobster was so strong.

A regular muscle-head.

(Chuckling)
Finished!

Coming at ya, Jimmy!

And teleport!

Yes!
A Lobster Power Disc!

(Gasping)

He-- hey!

Gimme that!

You're strong...
(Grunting)

...and stubborn.
What am I gonna call you? Hmm?

Uh, I want to activate
a Creature Power over here.

Ha!
I'll name you Red Crush.

See? He just wanted a name.

(Laughing)

I think that's
called a coincidence.

You just don't understand

the mind of a lobster.

Okay, well here's something
you'll understand.

It's time to...

BOTH:
Activate Creature Powers!



Ah, feel the strength!

The tail,
ready to rocket backward.

The claws... whoa!

Really strong!

Lobster powers are awesome!
Right, Martin?

Martin? Aviva,
I think we've had a slight

Creature Power Suit malfunction.

Uh, Martin's disappeared.

No! No, no, no, no, no, no!
I was afraid of this.

Chris transformed into
the adult stage of the lobster,

but Martin, he could be in
planktonic larval stage ,

planktonic larval
stage or maybe even ,

or in the benthic stage!

Uh, come again?

Slow down Aviva.
Take a breath.

(Exhaling)
Okay, okay.

The lobster we all know,

that's what Chris's
Power Suit transformed into.

But first, a mother lobster
lays thousands of eggs,

which hatch into little
lobster larvae, like this.

These are planktonic,
meaning they float in the water

and are on their own
the moment they hatch.

Then, the lobster larvae
transforms into this.

It doesn't really look
like a lobster just yet,

but then it goes
into the benthic stage

and it hides in the rocks
on the sea bottom,

where it becomes
a full grown lobster.

It's called the life cycle.

Life cycles are
so complicated to program.

Martin's Creature Power Suit
must have malfunctioned

and transformed
him into one of those!

Chris, Martin's teeny-tiny.

He must be floating
in the water right around you.

Do you see him?

No, all I see is water.
Wait a second.

It's a slightly cloudy water
with a greenish tinge.

Of course!
It's the planktonic soup,

full of tiny plants and animals.
Martin's more than just mini.

Martin's microscopic!

Hello, anybody?
Are you out there?

Oh great, my Creature Pod
malfunctioned too!

I have no communications.
(Sighing)

Okay, so I'm in a
larval stage of the lobster.

The only problem is lobster
larvae apparently can't move!

Well, actually I can move,

it's just that
I'm not going anywhere!

And I'm too small to be seen.

Chris! Wait!

I'm right here!

You've heard about finding
a needle in a haystack?

Now, we have a new saying:

finding a lobster larvae
in a planktonic soup!

But we've go to try.

Well, try in a hurry because
the odds are against Martin.

Only in , lobster larvae
survive to adulthood.

BOTH:
What?!

Those aren't good odds.

We need help.

I'll send out an alert
to all Wild Kratt kids!

(Alarm beeping)

What now?

Uh-oh!

Chris, we've got
another problem.

Gourmand is in the area.

And something tells me

he's a guy who's
interested in lobsters.

I'll keep a lookout.
Thanks, Koki.

Whoa.

Huh?
Whoa!

Hmm...

(Beeping)

GOURMAND:
Ah, there it is,

the Last Largest Lobster!

Loading skewer harpoons.

(Beeping)

Chris?!

Gourmand!

I should've known that
lobster was too green.

(Growling)

Why have you come out here
to bother and frustrate me?

I didn't.

Well, then why are you
masquerading as a lobster?

I'm not. I'm out here
to learn about lobsters!

Well, I'm out here
trying to find

the Last Largest Lobster,
and catch him and cook him up!

Oh, no, you're not.

Oh, yes I am.
That's why I came.

Maybe so,

but you're not leaving with
the Last Largest Lobster.

He must be over years old!

(Gasping)
You've seen him then!

Oops.

We'll see who
finds him first!

You're on!

(Clacking)

Hmm...

Okay, the lobster
larvae are planktonic.

That means they
float in the water,

just float around wherever
the water currents take them.

Martin could be going anywhere.

The Wild Kratts kids
are mobilized!



Aw...
Bucket of planktonic soup.

(Beeping)

GAVIN:
Lots of plankton.

No lobster larvae...

Wait! There's one.

(Groaning)
But not Martin.

Where could he be?

(Sighing)

Uh-oh. Whoa!

Survival for a baby
lobster is sheer luck.

And a lobster larvae
has to survive like this?

For five days?

(Gasping)

There's activity in
the Creature Power Suit.

(Groaning)

(Laughing)

I've transformed out
of planktonic stage .

I'm a microscopic lobster now!

Bye, everybody!

Nice floating with ya.

I'm moving in
to the benthic zone.

Whoa!

Woo-hoo!

Whoo!
(Laughing)

Now I can actually move.

(Gasping)
Uh-oh.

There are a lot
of big sea creatures

who would like to
eat me down here too.

Act casual.

(Chuckling nervously)

Phew!

Hey, guys, room for one more?

Hello, lobster power! See ya!

(Groaning)

Time for Gourmand power!

(Laughing)

(Sniffing)

(Intense sniffing)

Here lobster, lobster!

Okay, a large lobster
would need a big space,

but one that still has
nooks and crannies to hide in.

Let's see if this Power Suit
has any lobster instinct.

Whoa! That looks perfect.

(Gasping)

I found you!

And I smell
the both of ya!

Uh-oh.

By the way, Chris,
your new Power Suit

smells like a lobster too.

It does?
(Sniffing)

Cool.

Since you've got
your lobster suit,

I want my lobster!

No way, Gourmando.
Back off!

You'll have to get
past my lobster claws.

I plan to.

From my kitchen drawer,
introducing...

my claw cr*cker...

hammer cr*cker,
and little lobster fork!

Oh, yeah?
I'm not scared.

You should be.

Bring it on!

(Grunting)
Ha!

Whoa! Ah!

Tail flick!

Ah! Ooh! Ah!

A-ha!

CHRIS:
Uh-oh.

(Grunting)
Claw block!

Argh!

Get him, Chris!

Gimme my lobster!

(Straining)
He's staying here!

Living free and in the... wild!

(Grunting)

Whoo!

Huh?

I don't think you
have much muscle

in your tiny
little walking legs.

Uh-oh.

(Groaning)

Uh-oh.

Whoa! He's bigger
than Chris now!

That's a new record for
the largest lobster, huh?

(Grunting)

(Grunting)

CHRIS:
Whoa!

Oh, broke his own record!

(Zapping)

And broke it again!

(Gasping)
Whoa...

(Yelling)

(Grunting)

CHRIS:
Ah!

(Grunting)

What's going on?

(Groaning)
Huh?

Lobster!

(Laughing)

Here, boy!
Come here, Mister Lobster.

(Laughing)

Oh, no!
The Miniaturizer!

Did you leave the Miniaturizer
lying around again?

No, it must've dropped out
when I was battling Gourmand.

Oh, no.

(Laughing)

I smell you now,
lobster! Woo-hoo!

Oh, no, Gourmand's gone
mad with lobster mania!

You'll be the Last Largest
Lobster when I'm done with ya!

(Grunting)

Bull's Eye!

(Laughing)

Here I come.

Yeah!
Seasoning!

You're gonna taste so good!

(Grunting)

(Laughing)

Oh, I can taste ya!

Oh, I can smell ya!

You're not gonna cr*ck that
shell. Just leave him alone!

(Laughing)
Oh! It's so much fun.

AVIVA:
Chris, you've got
to help Gourmand!

KOKI:
He's tangled up and going down.

I'll need a boatload of butter!

(Laughing)

To the Gourmand Rescue!

That felt weird.
Did it sound weird?

Just get going!

Help him!

Okay, okay!

Get outta here.

I'm not having
shrimp for dinner.

I'm having
la-la-la-lobster!

No!

Woo-hoo!

(Screaming)

Oof!

(Sobbing)

I wanted a big
lobster for dinner.

(Sobbing)

(Sobbing)
It's not fair.

I've gotta fix this!

Switch to Miniaturize mode.

Miniaturize!

Miniaturize!

(Sighing)
Find a new hiding place, buddy.

you're still
the Last Largest Lobster,

living free and in the wild!

Way to deal with
Gourmand, Chris.

Way to take care of the
Miniaturizer... kind of.

(Laughing)

Way to keep the
Last Largest Lobster

living free and in the wild.

Uh... but
where's your brother?

Ooh...
What about Martin?

He's teeny-tiny.

KOKI:
And he's out
there somewhere.

(Gulping)

MARTIN:
I'm right here!

There he is,
in his baby lobster suit.

I hitched a ride in
that monster-lobster battle.

I think the next stage
of the lobster life cycle

transformation is happening.

(Gasping)

BOTH:
Whoa!

(Chris groaning)

All right, I've got
full-grown lobster powers now,

and I am ready for action!

You might wanna go back out and
get your Creature Power Dis--

Oh, never mind.
(Chuckling)

Which one is it?

AVIVA:
It's... blank.

(Martin laughing)

MARTIN:
Blank?

All that for a
blank Power Disc?

Well, at least you
have it for programming

the next Creature Power.

How about...

BOTH:
Seagull power!

(Seagulls squawking)

Ow!

(Both grunting and moaning)

(Laughing)

There are millions of
lobsters on the sea bottom.

MARTIN:
And a cool creature with
lots of Creature Powers.

Hey, look, under the tail. Eggs!

This is an egg bearing female,

and with these eggs, the life
cycle of the lobster begins.

We've got to throw her back.
That's one important thing

about lobster conservation,
you always throw

the egg bearing females back.

So, those eggs are glued

beneath the abdomen of the
female lobster for nine months

until the embryo
inside get big enough

to chew their way
out of the egg casing,

into the newly
hatched larva stage.

The little larvae floats

and it floats up
into the water column,

and that's where it will
live for the next few stages.

MARTIN:
It molts and then goes
from stage to stage ,

and then there's another molt,
turning into stage .

They look really cool.

These are the stage larvae.

CHRIS:
And then they move
into stage .

Their body grows again,

and this time, they really start
looking like mini lobsters,

and they sink to the bottom
and then they become benthic,

bottom living.

Within the next years,
this little lobster,

she'll be about this big.

And ready to lay eggs of her own

to keep that life cycle
of the lobster going around.

CHRIS:
All right!

MARTIN:
Loaded with lobsters!

Come on in, guys.
CHRIS: Wow. Come on in.

So, take us through
to show us what you know.

How do you open
the trap for starters?

You know how to do that?
Awesome.

BOY:
Whoa...

MARTIN:
Whoo! Look at
all those lobsters.

Wow, that's a nice one.

CHRIS:
Now, what do you
do next with that guy?

You got to measure it.
You measure it.

MARTIN:
Do you guys know why you
measure the lobsters like that?

For conservation purposes.

MARTIN:
So the big lobsters get to go

back to the sea,
so they can lay more eggs,

right, and have babies.

And the smaller ones, you
give a chance to grow, right?

Right.

So, you just
take the medium ones.

All right that
was awesome, guys!

All right, way to go, guys!
Thanks. That was great.

Good job.
You guys are Wild Kratts kids

who are lobster
experts. Love it.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We'll see you on
the creature trail.



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