- ♪ I swam all around the world ♪ ♪ I've seen this ocean on my own ♪ ♪ And then I found my way to Reeftown ♪ ♪ And I knew that I'd found my home ♪ ♪ And met my friend, Bubbles here ♪ - ♪ Our friendship is the best ♪ all: ♪ Oh, dive in ♪ ♪ With Splash and Bubbles ♪ - ♪ Dive in ♪ all: ♪ We're making friends in the ocean ♪ ♪ Come along with us and see it all ♪ - ♪ With pals like Dunk and Ripple ♪ ♪ We'll explore this world together ♪ all: ♪ When you share adventures with your friends ♪ ♪ It makes them so much better ♪ all: ♪ Oh, dive in ♪ ♪ With Splash and Bubbles ♪ - ♪ Dive in ♪ all: ♪ We're making friends in the ocean ♪ - ♪ In this world beyond belief ♪ all: ♪ Come see the greatest reef ♪ ♪ Oh, dive in ♪ ♪ With Splash and Bubbles ♪ - ♪ Dive in ♪ all: ♪ Start making friends in the ocean ♪ ♪ Come along with us ♪ ♪ Dive right in ♪ - ♪ Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh ♪ - Good morning, Wave!

- Hi!

- Good morning yourselves, kids!

Hey, hey, hey.

I’m watching you, sardines.

Stay in school now!

Stay in school.

- Wow, I never realized directing traffic could be so much work.

- You can say that again!

Usually four tentacles is enough to keep traffic moving, but today it’s been all eight-- oof!

- What’s wrong?

- I seem to have a little cramp.

Let me straighten this out.

[grunts] There we go.

See?

Good as new!

- Maybe you need a little break, Wave.

- Aw, thanks, but it’s okay.

I can keep going, see?

Oh, that’s not good.

Maybe I do need a little break.

Do you know where I can find a replacement traffic director around these parts?

both: I’ll do it!

- Huh?

- Uh... Well, I’ve lived all over the ocean-- - Oh, and I’m born and raised in Reeftown.

- [chuckles] I never thought of this as a two-fish job... but what more could I ask for?

both: Huh?

- You mean me and Splash?

- Together?

- So you’ll do it?

[laughs] Gee, thanks, guys!

- Well, no problem.

I’ve got this.

- I’ve got this.

- Great, just some basic instructions.

Simple: first a wave to the left, then a wave to the right, two to the front, then do it all over again, starting the other way!

- Did you get all that?

- Of course I got it.

- Yeah, so did I.

- All right, see you later, then; thanks a lot!

- Wait, wait!

Was it right?

- Was it two to the right?

Uh... - And remember, two to the right, and one to the left.

And keep the fish in sight.

- Yeah, that’s what I’m doing.

- Actually, Wave said go to the right and then the left.

- No, he said go left first.

Definitely left, and uh, I was listening.

- Yes, but Wave knows that I’ve been all over the ocean, so I’m better qualified-- - Oh, of course, but I know Reeftown like the back of my right fin.

- That’s your left fin.

- You know what I mean!

- [growls] - Hi, Splash and Bubbles.

- We just wanted to come and see how your day of working together is going.

- Well, it’s going fine except for the "working together" part.

- Huh?

- What do you mean?

- We don’t seem to agree on how to do it.

- Because Splash won’t listen.

- Well, that’s because Bubbles thinks she’s in charge!

- Aren’t you both supposed to be working together?

- Ha!

- Double ha!

- [whispers] Follow me.

- Okay.

- Those fish down there are swimming around in circles!

That Blue Tang passed around here twice.

- Yeah.

If they don’t find a way to work together, the whole reef will be one big traffic jam!

Oops!

too late!

What do we do now?

- Right.

- Left.

- Right.

- Left.

- Gush?

- Gush!

both: Gush!

- Splash and Bubbles are fighting?

Why?

They’re the best of friends.

- They were trying to give Wave a break so he could rest his tired tentacles.

- But now they’re arguing about how to do it and who’s in charge, and traffic is going wild.

- It’s time for them to learn about how partners help each other work together.

- They already know about teamwork and partnerships.

There are partnerships all over Reeftown.

- Well, today is going to be the day we teach Splash and Bubbles how important it is to be a good partner.

- How do we do that?

- We’ll ask some of our Reeftown partners to stop being partners for awhile, huh?

[chuckles] So Splash and Bubbles can see how much they need each other.

- Hey, uh, everyone, um, this way.

- Yoo-hoo!

Folks, over here!

Splash has the right way to go!

- Hey, kids, what seems to be the problem?

- Hi, Gush.

I know what you’re gonna say.

We need to work together.

- Nope.

You two decided you didn’t want to be partners anymore, so now everyone in Reeftown is acting just like you.

both: Huh?

- No more partnerships.

- What do you mean?

- Well, I’ll tell you what.

Dunk and Ripple will show you.

I’ll take over directing traffic for now.

Go on, off you go!

Go on.

[both protesting] - But hurry back!

I only have two fins!

- Okay!

- Oh, I can clear this up in no time!

- What did you want to show me?

- Oh, I just wanted to visit Denny and Maury over here.

- Oh, hey, Bubbles, good to see you.

Boy, am I hungry, though.

- Well, why don’t you eat something?

- Didn’t you hear?

When you and Splash quit working together, we decided we should all follow your example.

So I’m not cleaning Maury’s teeth anymore.

- And I’m not giving her all the yummy parasites that were stuck in my teeth.

Oh!

I think one just bit me.

- But you two really need each other.

It’s called "symbiosis" when two partners help each other out.

- Nah.

I’ll be better alone.

Say, I’m starving.

You wouldn’t happen to have any parasites, would you?

Maybe just an infected scale or two?

- Uh, not on me.

- Well, do you think you can get this thing out of my teeth, Bubbles?

Ahh.

- Hey, look, you two need to go back together.

It just makes sense.

It’s a partnership.

- You know what?

I think you’re right, Bubbles.

What do you say, Denny?

- I say... Maury, would you mind if I rid your mouth of parasites?

- Oh, I thought you’d never ask!

Ahh.

- Ugh.

- [speaks indistinctly] - Yum!

- Uh-huh.

- Does that give you any ideas, Bubbles?

- Uh, symbiosis is good?

- Uh-huh.

- And uh, I’ve gotta go!

- Uh, wait, wait!

Where’re you going?

- Oh, it’s Scout and Snap.

- Yup, let’s go see how they’re getting along since they decided to be on their own.

- What?

On their own?

What?

- Hi, Scout!

- [yelps] - [laughs] What’s shaking?

- Oh, my tail, for one thing.

That always happens when I get surprised!

- Well, what about Snap?

He’s always with you.

- He’s over there now.

- Snap!

Who goes there?

Hey, where are you guys?

- Oh, we’re over here, Snap.

- Oh, there you are.

I don’t see very well.

That’s why Scout used to perch above me.

- Right, she would look for food and warn you when predators were coming by waving her tail.

- Ah, the good old days.

- Yeah, and Snap used to protect me by making that loud "Snap" noise with his claws when I’d warn him about predators by saying the word "Now!"

- Snap!

Here we go!

Where’s the predator?

Come on!

- No, Snap, I was just giving them an example.

[whispers] You gotta be careful with that word.

- Well, uh, I’m just, uh, gonna go now-- - Snap!

Did you say "now"?

Here we go!

- Well, see you later.

Good luck.

- Wait, wait, wait, but Ripple, wait, wait wait, what will happen to them if they’re each on their own?

- Well, I guess they’ll have to each figure out how to catch food and stay safe.

- Yeah, you go on, we’ll be fine now.

- Snap!

You say "now"?

Here we go!

- That was just another false alarm.

Sorry.

- Oh, please go back together?

- You think so?

I must say I’ve missed my partner.

- Does this partnership give you any ideas?

- Yeah, it sure does.

- Good!

Maybe now you and Bubbles-- - Gotta go, Ripple.

Bye!

- No, no, no, no, but, but, but Splash, wait!

- Okay, you!

If you get out of the way, everybody else can move!

Oh, what are you doing?

both: Gush.

- Oh, hey, where are Splash and Bubbles?

This traffic thing isn’t so easy.

- I don’t think our plan worked.

Bubbles took off.

- Yeah, so did Splash!

I wonder where they could’ve gone.

- Make way!

Here comes the traffic directing duo!

- Both of you?

- That’s right!

We are a partnership, and just like Scout and Snap, Maury and Denny, we’re better together.

- Yeah!

And friendship is the best kind of partnership!

- I’m so glad you think so.

Well, my work here is done.

[chuckles] I mean it.

Ripple, Dunk, let’s go home!

Make sure to thank Maury and Denny and Snap and Scout for helping with our plan to teach about partnerships.

- [laughs] - You got it, Gush!

- Okay.

Off you go.

both: Good-bye!

- Ready to try again, bestest friend?

- You mean bestest friend ever!

- Oh, yeah, I do!

Come on!

[upbeat music] - ♪ To have a friend ♪ - ♪ You’ve got to be a friend ♪ - ♪ I’ve got great friends all over this ocean ♪ both: ♪ But ever since we put our friendship ♪ ♪ In motion, it’s you ♪ ♪ You’re my best friend ever ♪ ♪ We have so much fun together ♪ ♪ I know I know that everything is better ♪ ♪ Whenever I’m with you ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ - ♪ We like to help each other ♪ both: ♪ In everything we do ♪ ♪ I’m so glad I got a friend like you ♪ - ♪ We love to go on adventures ♪ ♪ Could be big or small ♪ - ♪ As long as it’s you and me I’m happy ♪ both: ♪ Even if we’re doin’ nothin’ at all ♪ ♪ ’Cause you ♪ ♪ You’re my best friend ever ♪ ♪ We have so much fun together ♪ ♪ I know I know that everything is better ♪ ♪ Whenever I’m with you ♪ ♪ Even best friends don’t always agree ♪ - ♪ We find a way to work things out ♪ both: ♪ To make this ocean all it can be ♪ ♪ ’Cause you ♪ ♪ You’re my best friend ever ♪ ♪ We, we’re gonna stick together ♪ ♪ I know I know that everything is better ♪ ♪ Sharing all we do I’m so glad ♪ - ♪ I have a friend like you ♪ both: ♪ My best friend ever ♪ - ♪ You ♪ - ♪ We’re stickin’ together ♪ both: ♪ You ♪ ♪ My best friend ever ♪ - Five, six, seven, eight.

both: Wave to the left, wave to the right, two to the front, and do it again!

[laughter] - That’s so much fun!

- You two sure work well together!

Thanks for the break!

Hope it wasn’t too much trouble.

- Are you kidding?

No trouble at all, with my partner here!

- Aw, I couldn’t have done it without you, partner!

- Aww, well.

Oh!

Look at that traffic down there.

- What?

- Better get back to it.

Okay, here we go.

all: Wave to the left, wave to the right, two to the front, and do it again!

- Good job, Wave!

both: Wave to the left!

- Three... two... one!

Ready or not, here I come!

[laughs] Okay, uh, hmm.

[gasps] [laughs] Do, do, do-do-do, do, do-do, do-do.

Hey, Bubbles!

- D’oh!

Wow, that was quick!

- Well, not as quick as I found... [gasps] Do, do, do-do-do.

Ripple!

- Splash!

Wow, it’s like you’re a mind reader or something!

[both laugh] - Nope, just a super hide and seeker!

Hi, Dunk.

- Oh!

I don’t know how you do it, pal.

That’s gotta be a new record for fast finding!

- [laughs] How do you do it, Splash?

Do yellowback fusiliers have X-ray vision?

- Well, if they do, that’s cheating!

- No, it’s nothing like that!

It’s just, well, I know you guys so well.

I mean, Bubbles, you love goopy glop, so that’s the first place I looked for you.

- That’s right!

That was good thinking!

- And Ripple, you are always hungry ’cause seahorses don’t have a stomach, so I looked for you where there’s plenty to eat.

- And there was!

- And, Dunk, old pal, well, I looked for you there ’cause I know you don’t like being by yourself for very long.

- It’s true!

Why would I want to hide out all by myself when hanging with friends is so much fun?

[all cheer and laugh] - Let’s go!

[upbeat music] all: ♪ Hangin’ with friends on the continental shelf ♪ ♪ Shake a fin, swim on in ♪ ♪ And tell us about yourself ♪ - ♪ I’m Splash, a fusilier ♪ ♪ You know I’m mobile ♪ ♪ I really love to explore ♪ ♪ I’m goin’ global ♪ - ♪ Bubbles!

That’s me ♪ ♪ I’m a mandarin dragonet ♪ ♪ Do I like stuff that’s gross and gooey?

♪ ♪ You bet!

♪ all: ♪ Hangin’ with friends from near and far ♪ ♪ Time to shine ♪ ♪ Friend of mine ♪ ♪ Tell us who you are ♪ - ♪ I’m the artist known as Dunk ♪ ♪ That’s one talent I got ♪ ♪ I’m a pufferfish ♪ ♪ And I know a lot about a lot ♪ - ♪ Ripple!

I’m a seahorse ♪ ♪ I work well with others ♪ ♪ That’s ’cause I have 499 brothers ♪ all: ♪ Hangin’ with friends ♪ ♪ We love to explore ♪ ♪ Hangin’ with friends ♪ ♪ We’re always looking for more ♪ ♪ When we get together the fun never ends ♪ ♪ ’Cause nothing is better ♪ ♪ Than hangin’ with friends ♪ ♪ ♪ [laughter] [all cheering] - Ripple!

Time for dinner, mija!

- Un momentito, papa!

I gotta get going, guys.

Like Splash said, I’m always hungry!

- Me too, but uh, well, are you guys up for some more hide and seek tomorrow?

- Yeah!

Sounds great!

- Sure!

- Not me!

But I am up for some ultimate hide and seek!

- Whoa!

What’s that?

- You’ll find out tomorrow, and I promise you it won’t be easy, Mr. super-duper hide-and-seek finder!

- Ooh, I am looking forward to it!

[laughter] Okay, bye, guys!

- Bye, Splash!

- Bye!

- So, Bubbles, what’s ultimate hide and seek?

- I don’t know.

both: Huh?

- But I do know if we want to challenge Splash, we’ve gotta change the game!

- Oh, but I like hide and seek.

- It’ll still be hide and seek, but it will be even more so, ’cause you know, when ya-- Whoa!

Oops!

Sorry, Gush.

I didn’t see you there!

Gosh, when you’re holding still like that, you’re practically invisible.

- No problem.

[snoring] - [gasps] That’s it!

Gosh, Gush doesn’t need to hide.

He uses camouflage to blend in with his environment!

- Ultimate hide and seek is with creatures that use camouflage?

- Well, I haven’t gotten that far yet, but... yeah!

- That sounds amazing!

But, uh...

I can’t camouflage.

I’m more of a puffer-upper than a blender-inner.

- How do we camouflage ourselves?

- Well, we’re not going to!

But we’re going to invite our friends who are camouflage experts!

- Splash’ll never find ’em!

Great idea, Bubbles.

- Aww, thanks, Ripple!

Okay, so I’m gonna talk to Gush about being one of our hiders.

And oh, can each of you invite another camouflage friend?

- Yep!

I know exactly who I’m going to invite.

- Me too!

But where should we do this ultimate hide and seek?

- Well, the kelp forest has a lot of places to hide.

- [gasps] Done!

I’ll go tell Splash to meet us at the kelp forest first thing in the morning.

Okay?

- Okay!

- Bye!

- See you tomorrow.

- Bye!

- Enjoy your dinner, Ripple.

Say hi to your brothers for me!

- All 499 of them?

Boy, that’s gonna take a while.

Okay.

Hey, 366!

Dunk says hi!

- Everybody get ready!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Showtime!

- Okay, get ready.

Here he comes!

- Hey, guys!

- Are you ready for the first ever ultimate game of hide and seek?

- Sure.

Found you all!

That was easy!

[laughs] Next?

- No, no, no!

We’re not hiding this time!

- Nope!

That’s right!

Your challenge is to find three of your friends right here at the kelp forest.

And we don’t count.

- And you--you said they’re already here?

- Well, they sure are!

Good luck!

You’re gonna need it.

[laughter] - Ready, set... Go!

- Okay.

Uh, let’s see.

Uh... Well, they gotta be here somewhere.

Um, hmm.

- Oh.

[laughs] - Hmm.

Huh?

[laughter] What?

[laughter] What?

- Nothing!

Nothing!

Uh... Dunk just told a funny joke.

That’s all.

- Huh?

Oh, yeah!

[laughter] - Hmm.

Well, let’s see.

Huh?

What?

[laughter] - What?

It was a really funny joke.

- Yeah!

- Uh-huh.

Uh... [gasps] Ooh!

Ugh.

This is tougher than I thought.

Can you give me a hint?

Am I at least getting warm?

- Warm?

You are boiling!

- Boiling?

What are you talking about?

There’s nothing here but a rock.

[groans] Uh, hmm.

- Warmer!

Warmer!

Hot, hot!

- So hot!

- Hot hot hot!

- Hot hot hot!

Hot hot hot!

- What?

Where?

- The champ seems to be struggling with this match-up!

[gasps] Will he find a single friend?

[laughs] The pressure is on!

- You’re not helping.

- They don’t call it the ultimate hide and seek for nothing!

- [laughs] - Oh, boy.

There is nothing here!

No turtle, no whale, no--no urchin, no snail.

Why am I rhyming?

Ugh.

Better question is... [sighs] where can these friends of mine be?

They’re hiding so well.

- [laughs] - It’s almost like they’re-- [gasps] Wait a minute!

Incredibly good hiders, huh?

If I can’t see them, I’ll have to make them come to me.

[laughs] Hmm.

Let’s see.

[clears throat] What an interesting pile of coral and sponges.

My, Myshell, are those new decorations you have there?

- They sure are, Splash!

How did you know where I was?

- Well, I just figured you must be here somewhere because you’re one of the best hiders we know!

- Aw!

Thanks.

- [laughs] All right!

Hmm.

Uh... [gasps] Oh, yes, Myshell, you really are an expert at, uh... Oh, what’s that word again?

Geesh.

When a creature blends in with its environment?

Oh, if only Gush were here.

He would know.

- Camouflage!

- [laughs] - It helps animals to not be seen by potential predators.

but--oh!

You knew that already, didn’t you, Splash?

Pretty smart, kiddo!

You got me!

- Yeah, I did!

Now, just one more friend to find.

Now, who else do I know who can blend in and practically disappear into a kelp-- [gasps] I got it!

[chuckles] Knock, knock.

- [gasps] - Knock, knock!

- [whimpers] - Knock, knock!

- Who’s there?

- [gasps] The ultimate hide and seek champion!

- The ultimate hide and seek champion who?

- [laughs] Me!

Found you, Mrs. Leafy!

It’s great to see you... finally!

- Ah, Splash, you know me too well!

I never can resist a good knock-knock joke!

- I know, me neither.

[laughs] You guys!

I did it!

- Congratulations, Splash!

You are the ultimate hide and seek champion!

- I can’t believe you found them all!

- Yeah...

Sorry, Splash.

I was trying to give you a challenge in hide and seek... for once.

- A challenge?

Bubbles, that was the most challenging game of hide and seek ever!

It took me forever to find them.

Good job, you guys!

- Really?

- Oh, yeah!

Only in the ocean can you have this much fun with such amazing creatures!

- Yeah!

- [laughs] [all cheering] I love this place!

[upbeat music] all: ♪ Only in the ocean ♪ - ♪ There’s so much to see ♪ all: ♪ Only in the ocean ♪ both: ♪ Can you believe ♪ ♪ All the wonders we saw ♪ both: ♪ The colors and life ♪ ♪ Brought such amazement and awe ♪ all: ♪ Every day there’s more surprise ♪ ♪ In this world that we find ♪ ♪ Only in the ocean ♪ - ♪ So much to see ♪ all: ♪ Only in the ocean ♪ [all cheering] - What a game!

Thanks for inviting everyone here, you guys.

And since you’re all here, we might as well celebrate my victory!

- Yeah!

[all cheering] - Let’s do it!

- Whoo-hoo!

[all chanting "Party!"]

- Hey, let’s play hide and go seek again!

all: Okay!

- Let’s see.

Uh, Dunk... [all chattering indistinctly] - ♪ Da-da, da-da ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Oooh ♪ ♪ Da-da, da-da ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Da da da da da ♪ [dragonfly buzzing]