03x02 - King Crab

[bunniefuu]

He's here!

It's the snailman.

A letter for me?

From...

Flounder?

Mm-hmm.

But, Flounder,
you see me every day.

I know, but if
I write you a letter,

then maybe you'll
write me a letter.

I like getting letters,

don't you?

Yes, I do.

Thanks.

"And, I don't like to brag,

"but I am in charge
of everything around here.

"I tell everybody what to do.

The kingdom can't
stay afloat without me."

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

"Your loving son, Sebastian."

Hee hee!

"Dear Sebastian,

"we're so proud of you
for being in charge,

"for telling everybody
what to do.

The kingdom can't
stay afloat with out you."

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

"Love, papa and mama."

Mmm.

Ahh, mon, they know me so well.

"P.s. We are coming
to visit you.

We'll be arriving
in six months."

Hello, mother. Hello, father.

Aah!

Mother... father.

I thought you weren't
coming for six months.

Ooh, we sent that letter
six months ago, child.

The snailman is so slow.

Oh, come give mama
the big crustacean hug, eh?

Come on, let's hug.

Come on, let's hug.

Come on, let's hug.

Yay!

Kisses!

Mmm! Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!

I love you, mom and dad.

Ha ha ha!

Cool pen, your majesty, sir.

Thank you, Flounder.

Hey, Flounder.

Thanks for the letter.

Oh, you're welcome, urchin.

Answer it soon.

Well, I have an important
document signing

in another part of the ocean.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Have a good trip, daddy.

Good luck, your majesty.

Drop us a letter
if you get the chance.

Hey, everybody.

I'd like you to meet my mom
and dad, Mr. and Mrs. Crab.

These are my friends...

Flounder...

Hi. Ow.

Urchin...

Ohh! Eesh!

And Ariel.

Ohh!

So nice to meet you.

Hoo hoo.

Dad likes the firm clawshake.

Mummy and daddy
are just here for today.

You see, I...

I've been showing them
around the palace...

Where I do all
of my important work.

Hee hee.

You must be very proud
of Sebastian.

Oh, yes!

To think our little baby
is king of atlantica.

Ahh!

Sebastian?

King?

Huh?

It amazes us, too.

Is that your throne, son?

Heh heh.

Uh, could I talk to you guys?

I need to give you
a few royal orders.

Somehow, they think
I'm the king.

They must have misunderstood
my extremely modest letters.

Hoo hoo hoo hoo!

Look how happy they are.

They always took
such good care of me

when I was a baby crabbie.

All they ever wanted in return

was to be proud of me.

Now I have to tell them

I am not really the king.

Good luck, Sebastian.

Mother, father.

I have something to tell you.

It's kind of funny, actually.

Hee hee.

Well, not really.

I...

Well, enough family talk.

Better get to work,
king Sebastian.

Uh, here's your crown, sire.

And here's your royal trident.

Thank you.

And I do mean thank you.

Ah, so, urchin,

what's on the royal
agenda for today?

Why, I believe his
great crustacean majesty

is inspecting the outer regions.

Ohh! Good, son!

h* h* h*!

And I can't wait to
ride in the royal chariot.

Oh! They are so proud of him.

Yeah, you guys were great.

What can I do to help?

Sebastian's parents
are really having fun.

Yeah. Wish we could say
the same for Flounder.

Whoa!

Stop here, royal chariot puller.

Pbbbll!

This is the edge of my domain.

A peaceful, untroubled,

and I might add,
well-run kingdom.

Hope we get to see you blast
something with your trident,

your majesty.

I most certainly will, dad.

Especially if any
of those nasty sharkanians

stick their big, ugly noses
around here.

Your majesty?

Hey, that's not king Triton.

Somehow, that stupid little
crab has taken over atlantica.

Emperor shaga will
want to know of this.

Hah! So...

That dimwitted crab
has taken over atlantica, huh?

What do you think,
emperor shaga? Hmm?

I believe this to be
an opportunity

of which we must take advantage.

Ohh! Great grammar,
your excellency.

Thank you.

The time has come for
us to employ our, uh...

Secret weapon.

Secret weapon?

Why didn't you tell us
about this secret weapon?

If we had...

It wouldn't be a secret!

Ha ha ha ha!

Ah, yes.

The legendary...

Magic lump.

All you gotta do is
rub it, and... ha ha ha!

You get any wish you want. Ha!

Right, emperor shaga?

Wrong legend, commander shabala.

You don't rub the magic lump.

You smash it!

Give me the power
to destroy atlantica.

Thank you for wishing for...

A monster.

You'll do nicely,

or should I say,

you'll do not so nicely?

Rrarrh!

I am at your command,
lord shaga.

Good.

Return to the magic lump.

But, I... I...

I thought we were
going to destroy atlantica.

Yeah. What gives, huh?

Yeah.

Oh, we'll destroy atlantica,

but I want
our monster friend here

to be a, uh...

Surprise.

Ha! Hoo hoo! Ha ha!

To atlantica!

I can't thank you all enough

for helping me
pretend to be the king.

Of course, I am
a natural for the role.

And my parents are
enjoying it so much, mon.

I think you're enjoying it
more than your parents are.

Don't worry, Flounder,
it's high tide.

My parents will be leaving
sooner than you can say,

"goodbye, mama. Goodbye, papa."

Good.

Whoo! We did it.

We're lucky Sebastian's
parents are leaving

before the real king comes back.

Oh, yes, mon!

He'd have fried
our little tails,

especially mine. Ha ha ha!

You sure have
lots of room here, son.

Who that, child?

Hmm?

Hee hee hoo hoo!

Who knows?

Hmm.

So, having fun, mother?

We're having so much fun,

we decided to stay forever.

Come, honey. Let's
go brag about our son

to anyone who will listen.

Ha ha!

They aren't leaving.

They're staying forever.

Aah!

What will we do
when the king comes back?

A-Ahem!

"Hear ye! Hear ye!

The king will be away
longer than expected."

Oh, waiter.

Yes.

Some more plankton paté, please.

Yes, your highness.

Hmm. Ooh,

and some of those
teeny tiny cupcakes

with the little seaweed
candies on the top.

I love those.

Grr, yes, your majesty.

Uh, your highness.

We have to do something...

Before daddy...

Gets home.

You are right, serving girl.

I have an announcement to make.

I want to see
more bowing around here.

And, I am officially
replacing "your highness"

with the more
politically correct

"grand high crab guy."

O royal subjects,

and of course mumsy and dadsy,

I would like to announce...

Not another announcement.

The building of
the royal pyramid.

I've had just about enough
of "king" Sebastian.

Me, too.

We also have
an announcement to make.

We decided to go home.

So we can tell all our
friends about Sebastian.

All right!

That's fantastic!

Great!

We're excited, too.

Not as excited as you are,

but fairly excited.

We have just one more request.

Anything.

We'd like to see
our son the king...

Give a state
of the kingdom speech

to the entire population
of atlantica.

Soon as we've had our nap.

Come on, you guys.
So I'm the king

for a while longer.

What harm can it do?

Well, I know it's a lot to ask,

but we'd consider it
a great favor

if you all would pretend

Sebastian is king of atlantica.

Oh, just until
his parents leave.

Oh, that's sweet,

making Sebastian's parents
proud of him.

Yeah. It'll be fun.

Presenting...

The state of the kingdom
speech by...

The grand high crab guy.

Long live Sebastian!

The grand high crab guy!

Ah ha ha!

Thank you,
my loyal little subjects.

I've called you here

to tell you about
the state of atlantica.

But first,

I'm going to put up big pictures
of myself all over the place.

Long live the grand high...

Those pictures ought to
keep our enemies away.

Sharkanians?

Whoo. You guys.

Fantastic.

How did you get a sharkanian to
go along with this whole thing?

Sebastian.

Well, well, well.

A big man sharkanian
dares to face

the great king Sebastian...

Mummy, daddy, pay attention.

Ahem.

So, where is your
chubby little emperor, hmm?

Right here!

Emperor shaga.

You in on this, too?

Ahem.

Don't mess with king Sebastian,

you nasty old sharkanian.

You better get out of here.

Sebastian, what have you done?

Well, I forgot my trident
was really only an ink pen.

That's what I done... uh, did.

Release the monster

of destruction.

Aah!

Rrarrh!

Rrarrh!

When one destroys a kingdom,

one should start with...

Neptune!

You will be sorry

if you go after
the king, I'll tell you.

Wait a moment.

I'll be the one
who's gonna be sorry,

'cause... 'cause... 'cause.

'Cause you're the king, dear.

Aah!

What about us, huh?

When do we get to
destroy something, huh?

Flounder, you went to get daddy.

How'd you know where he was?

He sent me a letter.

It's Triton!

Ha ha.

No matter.

We have a monster on our side.

Rrarrh!

Rrarrh!

Rrarrh!

Ohh!

Rrarrh!

The monster came out of that.

We've got to get
the thing back into it.

Rrarrh!

You were saying, emperor shaga?

Uh...

Let me get back to you on that.

Ohh...

You ought to hire
this fellow, son.

Father, no.

Oh, he could be a big help
to you running the kingdom.

Oh, I agree.

You should give him a job.

If he gets a haircut.

Aah!

I'm not even going to ask.

Thank you, your majesty.

But we thought you
were your majesty, Sonny.

Take a deep breath, Sebastian.

I am not the king.

That's why I didn't ask.

I only pretended,

and my friends... helped.

We didn't want to disappoint
you, Mr. and Mrs. Crab.

Now, son,
we're still proud of you.

Sebastian.

Eh...

Hmm.

I'm... glad you pretended
you were the king.

You are?

Yes. You...

You confused the sharkanians

long enough for Flounder
to come and get me.

You deserve a...

Yes...

A reward.

I know.

Sebastian...

I proclaim you king for a day.

And now I have to
go Bury this magic lump

where no one will ever find it.

Can I sit on the throne?

Uh... certainly.

Can I order a royal banquet?

Of course.

Ooh, mon!

Can I give myself a new
title, like "almost the king"

or "next-best thing
to the king"?

Don't push it, Sebastian.

Oh, Sebastian!

We're so proud of you

for being
the grand high crab guy.

Ohh...

Give us the big crustacean hug.

Oh, family hug, family hug.