02x05 - Giggles

[bunniefuu]

[Sebastian]
And this is
the great crab poet

Percy soft shelley.

And this is the famous
crab mathematician

professor
buster crustydoodle.

[Giggles]

Ariel!

No laughing in class.

Oh, sorry, Sebastian.

May we continue with
no further interruptions?

-[Flounder] Hi, Ariel!
-Shh!

Quiet,
flounder.

Ariel,
when you are in school,

you must conduct yourself
with proper manners.

[Sebastian] Uh, with grace.

[Sebastian] With dignity.

Please, Ariel...

Follow my example.

[Both laughing]

Hey! What are you
doing up there?

Get down from there!

Oh!

[Crash]

Oh, mon!

What's the use?

Class dismissed.

Oh, great!

Let's have some fun.

[Sebastian]
Fun and games
and laughing.

Ariel, when are you going
to learn to be more serious?

Flounder and I are going
to play hide-and-seek.

Hide...

And seek?

W-Wait a minute.

Wait for me.

Hi.

How you doin'?

Fish are nosy.
Squid don't get it.

Octopi
are never with it.

Frowns and scowls
are what I'm after,

'cause most of all,
I hate laughter!

Gee!
I'm sorry I asked.

[Ariel giggling]

Oh!

Hide-and-seek
is for babies.

I know, but it's
Sebastian's
favorite game.

Yeah, because we have
to be quiet and he doesn't.

[Sebastian]




Ready or not,
here I come, mon!

[Giggling]

Oh,
please deliver me.

Where are you?

I'm going to find you.

Hee hee hee hee!

[Sebastian]
I see you, flounder!

Aha!

[Gulp]

Aah!

Aah!

[Giggling]

Whoa!

Aah!

Sebastian, what game
areyouplaying?

[Giggling]

Why did you do that?

Do what?

Laugh. Giggle.

Snicker. Guffaw.

Chuckle and chortle

and ha ha ha!

Um, it was...

Funny?

What's funny to you
isn't funny to me.

Henceforth,

any laughter,
and sorry you'll be!

The seabed
will quake!

The mountains
will topple!

It'll all be
your fault!

Oh, you're going
to feel awful.

Whoa!

Yeow!

[Giggles]

[Rumbling]

[Creaking]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

[Rumbling stops]

Why would you do
such a horrible thing
to me?

No one laughs at me.

Not a single
tee-hee-hee.

[Flounder]
Ariel, you all right?

Yes! Over here!

I have to warn
flounder and Sebastian
not to make me laugh.

That's what I like
about this particular spell.

The seaquakes
happen immediately

ifyou tell.

Don't laugh,
don't giggle,

don't smile or guffaw.

And you won't have
to worry at all.

Ta-ta.

Whoa,
what a seaquake!

Sebastian
bounced himself silly.

[Sebastian]
Yeah, yeah.

Yooh! Whoa!

[Giggles]

[Flounder]
Ariel?

[Sebastian]
I tell you,
your majesty,

Ariel hasn't laughed
for seven tides.

And I've even been
funnier than usual.

You wanted to see me,
daddy?

Yes, dear.

Sebastian has brought it
to my attention

that you haven't been
very, um,

happy lately.

Happy?

Well, sure,
i'm-- I'm happy.

She is most certainly
nothappy.

The girl's been mopin' around
like a sorry sea slug.

She hasn't laughed
all week.

Watch!
Name that crab.

Um...

Professor
buster crustydoodle.

Aha!

Whoops!

Whoa! Yeow!

Whoops!

Whoa!

[Gurgles and gasps]

See, your majesty?

Not even a giggle.

Now that I think about it,
ihavemissed

that wonderful laugh
of yours, Ariel.

Oh, daddy,
there's nothing wrong.

I'm just...Trying
to be more serious.

[Gasps]
[Gulp]

You should
have never told her

to be serious,
Sebastian.

Sebastian, I think
you should tell Ariel
you were wrong.

-But--
-yeah.

Being too serious
is not really her nature.

-But--
-yeah.

And you, flounder?

Uh, yeah?

Uh, help Sebastian,
uh... cheer her up.

Yeah.

Yes,
your highnity--

uh, your majesness--

uh, sir.

I want to hear my Ariel
laughing again.

Don't you worry,
sire.

Jokes are us.

[Sebastian laughs]

I'm the funniest crab
in the sea!

And we're not just talking
funny-lookin'.

Mon, I'm glad we don't
have to make him laugh.

Me, too.

[Sebastian]
Ariel!

Ariel,
we have to talk.

Being serious
has its place,

like
in the classroom,

but it doesn't mean
you can't still have fun.

Oh! Well,
I like being serious.

Really?

Hmm.

-No more fun and games?
-No.

-No more fooling around
in class?
-No.

No more laughing
your head off at poor old,
silly, goofy Sebastian?

No.

I won't stand for it!

♪ Ariel,
I'm so confused ♪

♪ I tell joke,
you're not amused ♪

♪ given the choice,
I know you'd choose ♪

♪ the sound of laughter ♪

♪ all the creatures
in the sea ♪

♪ fish by fish,
they all agree ♪

♪ 'tis no sweeter Harmony ♪

♪ than
the sound of laughter ♪

♪ 'cause the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ only make the fun
come faster ♪

♪ and the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ 'tis a phrase
any mermaid can master ♪

♪ ah,
the sound of laughter ♪

You know what
I'm saying? Laughter.

Come on!

Ah, girl...

Listen to this, now.

♪ Like
the pounding ocean beat ♪

♪ it's the common tongue
we speak ♪

♪ 'tis the rhythm
that makes life complete ♪

♪ oh!
The sound of laughter ♪

♪ stop the quiet
and the peace ♪

♪ this serious stuff
shall now cease ♪

♪ with
the wonderful release ♪

♪ of the sound of laughter ♪

♪ 'cause the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ only makes the fun
come faster ♪

♪ yeah, the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ is a phrase
any mermaid can master ♪

♪ ah,
the sound of laughter ♪

♪ 'cause the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ only makes the fun
come faster ♪

♪ yeah, the tickle
and the chuckle
and the ha ha ha ♪

♪ 'tis a phrase
any mermaid can master ♪

♪ once it's found you,
it surrounds you ♪

♪ shakes the flounder
all around you ♪

♪ ah,
the sound of laughter ♪

Ha ha ha ha!

That's what I mean!

Come on!

Yeah, mon!

That's the sound
of laughter.

[Everyone laughing]

[Rumbling]

[Screaming]

[Girl] Oh! It's falling!

Look out!

[Screams]

We'd better begin
repairs immediately.

Another jolt like that,

then the whole palace
might come down.

That settles it.

I have to leave.

Ariel, wait!

Where are you going?

I just
want to be alone.

Can't you be alone
with us?

No.
I have to go away.

I have something
very serious
to think about.

There you go
being serious again.

Please...

Just trust me, okay?

[Gulp]

She's really going...
Without us.

Hmm. "Trust me," she says.

What kind of friend
would we be
if we did that?

Come on.

Where do you think
she's going?

I don't know, mon,
but wherever it is,

we're gonna stick to her

like barnacles stick
to whale bottoms.

[Children's voices
and singing]

They're sure havin' fun.

With this spell on me,
I'll never laugh
with my friends again.

[Laughing]

Wait! What am I thinking?

I can't give up.

What if she
never comes back?

Then, flounder,
neither will we.

[Gulp]

The place you want
is ablowcadablow.

Swim to the twin mountains
and take a left.

This is more serious
than just being serious!

This place
Ariel is going--

well, I don't want
to worry you, flounder,

but ablowcadablow
is full of nasty fish

that cast
scary magic spells

on anyone
who goes there.

Thanks
for not worrying me.

[Eerie wailing]

This is the spooky land
of ablowcadablow.

I kind of suspected
the spooky part.

Keep an eye out
for the sorcerer fish,
flounder.

They look
for any excuse

to put some kind
of spell on you.

Ha ha ha! Newcomers!

Well, well, well!

I certainly hope
they stay for a spell.

Ha ha ha ha!

What kind of spells
do they use?

Scary ones.

Aah!
You're tellin' me!

You're not gonna
eat me, are you?

Oh! Not if you
don't eat me!

Aah!

Oh! What am I now?

Aah! No! Don't tell me!

[Sorcerer fish laugh]

[Gasps]

Aah!

Why are you looking at me
like that?

Oh, mon...You
don't want to know.

[Both laugh]

[Flounder]
What are we now?
I'm afraid to look.

[Sebastian]
I think we're okay

-whoo!
-Ohhh.

[Sebastian's voice]
How do you feel, mon?

[Flounder's voice]
Well, my claws are
a little itchy.

Claws?

[Both] Aah!

Okay, okay, so
you're in my body,

and I'm in yours.

Let's stay calm and
think this over, mon.

That's easy
formeto say.

What do we do when
we're really in trouble

and have no hope
of ever escaping it?

[Both] Ariel!

[Both laugh]

I've been looking
for you.

Go away.
Don't stay, okay?

I'm not leaving until you take
this seaquake spell off me.

So you can laugh
and giggle again?

I'd rather be hooked
by a fisherman.

Look, are you gonna
help me or not?

I'd rather doubt it.

Why? What are you going
to do about it?

I can't have fun.
I can't play with my friends.
I can't enjoy anything!

You've ruined my life!
So there's only
one thing for me to do--

laugh about it.

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Oh! Help! Help!

Grab onto some kelp!

[Rumbling]

So. Want me
to laugh again?

Or don't you find
your spell funny anymore?

All right,
all right, okay.

I shall take
the spell away.

Ahhhh...

I can't even outdo

a little mermaid
like you.

Well, thank you
very much,

but why outdo anybody?

Oh, it's
the other blowfish.

They make me feel
so oafish.

Their wizardry
makes a fool out of me.

You mean you
feel your magic
isn't as good

as the other blowfish
of ablowcadablow?

They're superior.

I'm inferior.

So you see,
I couldn't be

drearier.

[Flounder's voice]
Ariel!

[Gulp]

Ariel!

[Ariel]
Flounder!

Sebastian!

You followed me.

Yes, but some
nasty sorcerer blowfish
switched us around!

We were swimming along
when-- bl-l-l-l.

These bubbles hit us!

First Sebastian turned
into a shark. Grrr!

Then I was
a k*ller whale. Rawr!

Then we became
a giant squid! Hiss!

And then
a humpback whale!
Then each other!

Now I'm a silly fish,

and he-- well, he's a
mere shell of his former self.

That's terrible.

Worst of all...

My nose itches,

and these fins
are too short
to scratch it.

Oh...

Oh...

Thanks, flounder.

If only I knew a magician
powerful enough

to remove those spells
from my friends?

Don't look at me.
I'm second-rate... magically.

You never know
unless you try.

Okie... dokie.

Ahhhh...

Are you...

You?

Then I must be me!
Ha ha ha ha!

Oh, mon!
I'm so glad
I'm not you!

[Both laughing]

-[Sebastian] Yes!
-[Flounder] Me, too!

[Laughing]

Oh, come on, cheer up!
Why are you such a grouch?

I get ferociously mad

at anyone who's glad.

-Ha ha--
-ha ha--

uh, me, too.

[Laughs]

You know...

Ah, it sure
feels good to laugh.

Sounds good
to us, too, Ariel.

Yes. Music
to our ears, girl.

[Laughs] It's wrong
to take off
another's spell,

and against the law
as well.

I didn't want
to do it.

They talked me
into it.

The penalty for
such heinous crimes

is imprisonment
in the bubble mines!

Bubble...

-Mines?
-Bubble mines?

I don't intend
to spend my life
mining bubbles.

At least
they aren't
very heavy.

Oh! We gotta
get outta here!

But if we try to escape,
won't those sorcerer
blowfish use magic on us?

Yes, but we have
a sorcerer blowfish
onourside, too.

Your magic will have to
be strong enough to
resist their magic.

To trust my magic
might prove tragic.

You're good and
you know it!

I know that
I'll blow it.

Oh, stop your whining.
It's all in the timing.

Oh, no.
Nowi'mrhyming.

Look. The other
sorcerer blowfish
are always cheerful.

Maybe that's what makes
their spells so...
So powerful.

They enjoy it.

Do you mean...
If I was happier,

my magic might be
zappier?

[Gasps]

For goodness sake!

It's a mine snake!

We're in for it!
Swim for it!

Wait a bubble.
We're not in trouble.

We should
be able to turn

that great
big snake into
a tiny worm.

Ahhhh...
Ahhhh...

Try again,
my bubbly friend.

[Cough]

[Wheeze]

[Roar]

Oh! I'm through.
How 'bout you?

Ha ha ha ha ha!

That's the most fun
I've had

since I was
a blowfish lad.

I told you
it would work.

[Laughs] Did you see them go?

[All laughing]

Doesn't it feel great
to laugh?

Ahhh... it sure does.

-Sorry I was...
-[Sebastian] So grouchy?

[Laughs]

Well, it's like
I always say, mon--

when you're
in a good mood,

you can really
make magic!

Ah!

♪ Like the pounding
ocean beat, ooh ♪

♪ it's the common tongue
we speak ♪

♪ it is the rhythm
that makes life complete ♪

♪ oh, the sound
of laughter ♪

Ha ha ha ha!