Crystal Cavern Caper

Atlantica Day

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Ariel, a young mermaid, takes on writing a special song for the Atlantica Day celebration after her music teacher Sebastian is asked to perform one and freezes up. With her friends Lucia, Fernie and Flounder, she asks her aunt, a market full of neighbours, and others what the single most special thing about Atlantica is, but everyone names something different. Just as she fears she has failed, Ariel realises the special thing is exactly that everyone is different, all living together in one ocean. She performs the finished song, 'One Colorful Ocean,' at the celebration.

A Winner's Spirit

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Flounder decides to enter the All-Atlantica swim race, and his friends Ariel and Lucia appoint themselves his trainers to make him 'racer ready'. Through swim tests and exercises Flounder keeps saying he only wants to have fun, but no one listens until he hides instead of lining up. Ariel apologises for not listening, and Flounder rejoins the race at his own pace. He crosses the line last, the whole crowd cheers his name, and he signs up for next year.

Ursula's Magic Camp

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Lucia, a young mermaid who dreams of becoming a magician, arrives with Ariel and Flounder for the first day of Ursula's Magic Camp. Ursula teaches three small and simple tricks, but Lucia keeps making her magic too big to impress her teacher, creating a giant bubble, making her friend Fernie disappear, and unleashing a runaway whirlpool. After Ursula shares that she once made the same mistake, Lucia calms the whirlpool by casting the spell the careful way. The day ends with all the campers, including Lucia, earning their first guppy badge.

Fernie's Notebook

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At a show-and-tell in the underwater city of Atlantica, a young merboy named Fernie plans to share fish facts from his treasured notebook. When Lucia's magic trick accidentally conjures a squid that swims off with the notebook, Ariel, Flounder and the others chase it through the reef and into a deep trench lit by glowing jellyfish. The notebook is lost for good in the trench, but Fernie's friends remind him he taught them every fact along the way without ever needing it. He performs his show-and-tell from memory and ends by thanking his friends.

A Banner Moment

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In the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, King Triton and Sebastian organise a welcome parade for the grumpy Duke of Clownfish. Young Ariel feels let down when her sisters get big jobs and she is handed only a tiny banner, until she learns that whoever carries it leads the whole parade. After she loses the banner to a playful dogfish, she invents a pearl-and-fetch trick to win it back and steer everyone home. The Duke ends up smiling because he loves the dogfish, and Ariel learns that every job matters and that mistakes can be fixed.

Copy Catfish

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Ariel's young cousin Jules comes to visit the underwater kingdom and copies everything Ariel does, from her necklace to her red hair to her hobbies, which slowly frustrates Ariel. With Flounder, Ariel tries to help Jules find her own interests through magic potions and fish facts, but nothing sticks, and Ariel snaps that Jules should stop copying her. After Jules swims off hurt, Ariel's twin sisters remind her that she once copied them too. Ariel apologizes, decides that being copied is a compliment, and gives Jules a matching necklace so the two can be twins.

Happy Crabby Day

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In the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, the crab Sebastian works himself ragged preparing the annual Happy Krabby Day party. Ariel and her friends notice he never rests, so King Triton declares a holiday and the children try several ways to help him relax, from a quiet cavern to a hammock to a calming song. Sebastian keeps slipping back into work until he discovers his friends have finished the party planning themselves. He admits it is okay to take a break, and everyone relaxes together.

Smoothie Shake-Up

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Young Ariel and her friends take over Ravi the octopus's juice stand in the undersea town of Atlantica while he goes to untangle his brother. They keep mixing up orders and spilling drinks until they realise, like Ravi's tentacles, each of them should handle one task. Working that way, they fill a large order for the palace. The episode ends with Ariel delivering the juice to her father, King Triton, crediting teamwork.

Family Picture Day

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On Family Picture Day in the undersea kingdom, young mermaid Ayana wants a special 'fin hawk' hairstyle, but her sister Alana is stuck in sea traffic and cannot do it. Ariel steps in to try, and she and her friends work through one failed attempt after another with twisty tools, slippery jelly and even a magic spell, leaving Ayana's hair a mess. Ayana decides she should not be in the photo at all and swims off upset. Ariel and the others then style their own hair to look just as silly, and the whole family poses together for a happy picture.

The Clean Team

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Ariel, a young mermaid, is told it is chore day and draws the task of cleaning her messy room. Wanting to play sooner, she lets her friend Lucia cast a magic cleanup spell, but the sponge it creates multiplies and spreads mess across the whole undersea palace. The friends try several ways to stop the sponges before leading them out to the open ocean with a kelp-covered Flounder as bait. Ariel admits her father was right that magic does not replace doing the job herself, and the friends form a 'clean team' to tidy the palace by hand.

Clamming Up

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Ariel, Lucia, Fernie, and Flounder are on an undersea nature swim when they find a lone clam resting by the rocks. Hoping to befriend it, they nickname it Ruben and try one idea after another to make it open up, from knock-knock jokes and human treasures to a magic blanket, fireworks, and a song. Nothing works, and they decide to return the clam to its home. Only then does the clam speak, revealing her name is Clamilla and that she is simply shy and needs time, and the friends agree that everyone is different and welcome to be themselves.