01x04 - The Guardian of the Pearls

[bunniefuu]

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ The Mermaid magic power

♪ Lights the world ♪

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

-In moments lost at sea ♪

-Oh! ♪

-My friends are there for me ♪

-Yeah! ♪

♪ Together we can do anything ♪

♪ You can do anything! ♪

-With courage, love and friendship ♪

-Hey! ♪

-Believing deep in your heart ♪

-Ah! ♪

♪ We're making waves ♪

♪ There is no stopping us ♪

♪ We'll swim together till forever ♪

♪ We're sparkling on our way ♪

♪ We've got the mermaid power ♪

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

Come on! Get up there!

-You've got this, Merlinda.

-I'm not sure I do.

Concentrate. Feel the water.

Great, Merlinda!

Believe in yourself.

All right.

Just believe.

That's it. Yes!

You've got control.

[straining]

This is so cool.

[chuckles]

Stay focused. Stay confident.

-[sighs]

-[gasps]

[grunting]

That was more mer-mazing!

Sorry, little fish.

Sasha's right.

You were awesome.

[laughs]

If I'm going to take on Barbarossa

and find the pearls of Neptune,

I need to train harder.

You're not alone.

You've got all of us.

I don't know

how much longer Mertropia has.

Or my dad.

I can't afford to fail.

Well, I have total faith in you.

[buzzing]

Hey!

Hands off the princess!

You're getting so great at waterspouts!

And I'm here to track your progress

on our HeyYou! account.

FYI, we're totally trending.

[beeping]

Oh!

Enough with

this social media obsession.

You can't post us using magic

on your live feed.

Do you want to be captured

and turned into a science experiment?

They won't know it's magic.

They'll think it's a really cool filter.

I think Nerissa is right, Sasha.

Please, delete the video.

[disappointed] Oh, fine.

But my followers expect fresh content.

I am an influencer, you know.

[Nerissa] Mm-hm.

-[phone beeping]

-Huh?

Tyler, Merlinda.

It's Dad. He says Sailor is back

at the rescue center.

And he's brought

a baby whale with him.

A baby whale? Without its mother?

-Something's wrong.

-Let's go.

[honking]

[barking]

-[honking]

-So what's he saying?

Something about

his mom's a trapeze artist.

-And she lost her hairnet.

-Huh?

Someone slept through

Marine Languages 101.

He's saying his mother is caught

in something and can't move.

Sounds like fishing gear, or a drift net.

They'll lead us to her.

You go ahead.

We'll follow you in the Silver II.

Nerissa, Sasha, let's go.

They're slowing down.

There, to starboard.

Did you find her?

She's right below us,

wrapped tight in a net.

Fishermen set nets adrift out here.

They don't care if they trap

all kinds of innocent sea life.

I'll go ahead with Merlinda.

-I'll get the crane ready.

-Jet ski.

Let's go.

[through radio] I wonder how long

she's been like this.

She's too weak to reach the surface.

She's going to run out of air.

-[whale moaning]

-Shh.

It's going to be fine.

We're going to get you free.

[squeaking and clicking]

[squeaking and clicking]

Don't worry, little whale.

Your mom is in good hands.

[through radio] She's really tangled up.

You're going to be all right, I promise.

I'll try to give her some air.

[panting]

It's taking too long.

I have an idea. Come on.

[baby whale calling and clicking]

I'll make a current to lift her,

give the net some slack

for a second.

-You'll have to be quick.

-Got it.

[straining]

-Now!

-[grunts]

It worked!

[gasping]

She's still too weak.

She's sinking!

[baby whale squeaking and clicking]

Merlinda, you can do this.

[Tyler, through radio] Lift her up.

[moaning]

[moaning continues]

[squeaking]

[straining]

[squeaking and clicking]

[Nerissa] We did everything we could.

We need to get the baby whale

back to the surface.

[Sasha] Come on, little one.

You have to come with us.

We'll take care of you.

[clicking]

[crying]

[crying] Mama!

[grunting]

[straining]

It can't be!

[buzzing]

-Argh!

-I've lost them.

There was a huge surge of energy

at the bottom of the trench.

Yes! They saved her.

Yes!

[honking]

[Nerissa] Tyler, Celia,

Help us get her on the boat.

[barking]

Huh? What happened?

Whatever that blue-light magic is,

it takes a lot out of you.

-You saved the whale.

-You were incredible.

Ooh, sparkly.

Can I have a look?

I've seen this in the palace.

Check out the color.

This is a piece of a magic oyster shell.

-And where there are magic oysters

-There are pearls of Neptune.

Ha haha!

Who's a good boy?

[silly voice] Who's a good boy?

If it was caught in a net

that's been drifting on the current,

how do we find it?

We can help with that.

Mm-hm, we sure can.

By tracking the ocean current

over the past few days

and entering the coordinates

of where we found the net

We can get a good idea

of the drift pattern

and then we can trace the net's path

back to the oyster bed.

-Boom!

-That's brilliant.

[pop music playing on deck]

I see you, girl ♪

I see you, girl ♪

Oh, my girl's like ♪

[humming]

[laughing]

If this turns out to be a magic oyster bed

and we find five pearls,

we could be home tonight.

My father would be okay.

Mertropia will be safe.

You'll be a hero.

We'll be heroes.

-Remember? We're a team.

-We have a hit.

There's something beneath us

on the ocean floor.

Is it the oyster bed?

There's only one way to find out.

[both] Whoa!

There.

They're all empty.

Look around.

There may be more shells

hidden in this sea fog.

[panting]

I hate sea fog.

Wait for me Beau Jr.

[barks]

[straining]

[both gasp]

[straining]

Would you please open?

You don't happen to speak clam,

do you, Beau Jr?

[barking]

Wow!

Uh

This place gives me the creeps.

Merlinda, Nerissa, check it out.

Guess what I found?

What glows bright and shiny

and is absolutely fin-tastic?

A pearl of Neptune!

[screaming]

[grunting]

It's the guardian of the pearls.

He's here to protect the pearls

for all Merpeople

so we'll always have

our source of magic power.

Guardian, we are from Mertropia.

Our pearls of Neptune are dying

and we need your hel

Aargh!

It's not working.

It's like he doesn't understand me.

The guardian may not

be happy about it,

but we are taking that pearl.

I'm in.

Me too.

[all] Pearl power!

I am strong, I stay true ♪

I feel the pearl, the miracle ♪

I got the powers of the pearl ♪

Pearl power! ♪

You got the power to love ♪

You got the strength to be tough ♪

You got the magic

when the pearl's by your side ♪

Under the moon down below ♪

Mermaids will shine and glow ♪

Strong as the ocean's spirit

We unite ♪

Now's our chance.

I'll keep us hidden.

[unsure] For as long as I can?

[Nerissa] Ouch!

Can you stop bumping into me?

[Sasha] Sorry. You're invisible.

I can't see you.

[Merlinda] There's the pearl.

Go get it, Sasha.

[Sasha] Why me? You go!

[Merlinda] You're the one

with the invisibility power.

[Nerissa] I'll do it.

[growling]

[Sasha gasping]

[Sasha] Invisible time is over.

[juddering screams]

[Tyler] Don't worry.

We've got your backs.

We'll blind it with our lights.

[screams]

[gasping]

[grunting]

Electro-expl*si*n!

-Nice save, Celia.

-You're welcome.

[grunting]

Ohh! Aarghh!

Waterspout!

-You got the pearl.

-Here you go. Take it, Merlinda.

We did it.

Ohh!

Keep the pearl moving.

I'll hold him off.

Ocean shield!

[gasping]

It's huge!

Sasha, really?

Ohh!

[straining]

Could you move to the left

so I can get you with the giant octopus?

Sasha, not the time!

At least stop moving.

You're out of focus.

I know what I'm doing.

I think we lost him.

For the first time

since we went through the portal,

I really believe

this is going to work.

We're going to find the pearls

and save Mertropia.

[tinkling]

My ring, it's fixed!

Yes!

Oh, we totally match again.

Go pearl!

And you have your trident back.

[Merlinda] Just four more pearls to go.

[thwack]

Our propellers!

It's the kelp. Ohh!

[screaming]

-Merlinda!

-Go after her.

We'll take care of the seaweed.

[muffled screams]

Hmm.

[muffled screams]

You have her eyes.

[Nerissa] Merlinda!

[muffled cries]

[grunts]

[evil laugh]

[evil laugh continues]

[laughter continues]

[whirring]

[straining]

[Celia] Oh, no.

[sobbing]

[Nerissa] Merlinda. It's okay.

We've got you.

[growling]

[grunts]

Reveal yourself.

Captain Barbarossa.

Tempesta, you miserable witch!

The last time I saw you,

you promised me victory over Mertropia.

Instead, I suffered a humiliating defeat.

A minor setback.

Your victory is yet at hand.

Setback?

Because of you,

I spent 400 years

imprisoned by mer-magic

in the blade of my own sword.

Had it not been for that idiot, Redd,

I would have been rotting there forever.

"Darkness will battle light

for the fate of land and sea

and they who become

the power of the pearl

shall the victor be."

You are the darkness

of which the prophecy speaks.

Your destiny is to crush Mertropia.

And who is this light I must battle?

The mer warrior princess, Merlinda.

You sensed her power too,

did you not?

This all seems like more

of your scheming tricks.

Give me one reason

I shouldn't burn you to ashes right now.

Observe, my dashing pirate.

The answer lies with the pearls.

They fuel the magic of Mertropia.

And, with the talisman I gave you,

they can fuel you.

Oh!

Incredible.

I can feel its power.

[roars]

[evil laugh]

The princess has come to find

new pearls to save her kingdom,

but we will seize them instead

and secure your revenge

against these merfolk

who sunk your ship and imprisoned you.

And how will we do that?

With this royal map.

It contains the secret hiding places

of the pearls.

Aah.

[evil laugh]

Go, my beasts!

Retrieve every pearl you can find!

[laughs]

[laughs]

[laughter continues]

[laughter continues]

[calypso music playing]

[whooshing]

[Celia] This post is great, Sasha.

Our followers will see

how horrible drift nets are for sea life.

[Sasha] I just need

to add a few fun emojis and

oh, maybe a rainbow filter.

Don't even think about posting that one.

[whining] Oh!

But the rest aren't bad.

Maybe we didn't get a pearl,

but I've got to admit,

we couldn't have come

as close as we did without you today.

Yay!

You too, Beau Jr.

You found the shell piece.

[barking]

Aw. You guys were bonding.

Do it again. I want to get a pic.

Hey. Where's Merlinda?

-Hi.

-Oh Hi.

So, do you have stars in Mertropia?

In a way we do.

The dome is covered

by a bio-luminescent life form.

It changes colors like your sky.

And at night,

it's filled with twinkling stars.

They're not quite like this sky, though.

[sighs]

I had it in my hand, Tyler.

That sea witch came out of nowhere.

It was a total cheap move.

I need to be ready for anything,

and I wasn't.

Maybe I'm not up for this.

You, Merlinda,

more than anyone I've ever met,

are up for whatever comes at you.

Uh, we'll find more pearls, together,

and then maybe your dad

will make me an honorary merman.

Or if not, a key to the city

would be pretty cool.

Thank you, Tyler.

It means a lot to know

that I'm not in this alone.