Splash and Bubbles
The Sea Sparkles/Tyke and Seek
Episode 32 | 23m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
The gang looks at the sparkles in the sky while camping./The kids play with Tyke the seal.
While camping, Splash and Bubbles admire all of the beautiful sparkles in the sky. The kids soon think that those sparkles may have fallen from the sky into the sea when they see a brand new light show in Reeftown. / Splash, Bubbles, Dunk and Ripple play a big game of hide and seek with Tyke, the Pacific harbor seal in the Kelp Forest.
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Splash and Bubbles
The Sea Sparkles/Tyke and Seek
Episode 32 | 23m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
While camping, Splash and Bubbles admire all of the beautiful sparkles in the sky. The kids soon think that those sparkles may have fallen from the sky into the sea when they see a brand new light show in Reeftown. / Splash, Bubbles, Dunk and Ripple play a big game of hide and seek with Tyke, the Pacific harbor seal in the Kelp Forest.
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- ♪ 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 ♪ - Whoa!
Wow!
Wow!
Wow!
Yeah!
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Oh-oh-oh!
Bubbles!
- Oh!
Whoa!
- You are a genius.
- Agreed!
[laughs] Why, again?
- Because it was your idea to spend our entire day together at Dorsal Park, and this has been the best...day...ever!
- And the best part is... - Yeah?
- It isn't over yet!
We still get to camp under the big, bright bubble!
- Yeah, I've already got the perfect campsite picked out.
[Bubble gasps] This is gonna be great!
- It's nice to get to spend time with my best friend ever!
- Absolutely!
- Ha ha!
- Whoo!
♪ ♪ ♪ To have a friend ♪ - ♪ You got to be a friend ♪ - ♪ I've got great friends all over this ocean ♪ - ♪ 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 ♪ - ♪ 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 ♪ - ♪ 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 ♪ - ♪ 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 ♪ - ♪ My best friend ever ♪ - ♪ You ♪ - ♪ We're stickin' together ♪ - ♪ You ♪ ♪ My best friend ever ♪ [Bubbles giggles] - And then--and then the sea urchin said, "Don't be so sharp!"
[both laughing] both: [sigh] - Wow!
I just love the big, bright bubble.
It's so beautiful.
- And all those little sparkles in the sky are beautiful too.
And really bright tonight!
- It's late!
- Yeah, we--we should probably get some sleep, huh?
- Yeah.
- Ha ha.
All right.
Well, good night, Bubbles.
- Night, Splash.
Oh, uh, Splash?
Thanks for a super fun day.
[sighs] - Good night.
- Best friend.
♪ ♪ - I wish those sparkles weren't so far away, 'cause I'd love to just reach out and... touch 'em.
♪ ♪ Bubbles!
- [clonk] Aah!
- Wake up!
You will not believe it!
- That you're waking me up in the middle of the night?
You're right.
- My wish came true!
My wish came true!
- All the plankton you can eat?
- Not that wish.
My other wish!
- Oh, got it.
- Oh, just come and see!
Come on, come on, come on!
- Well, this better be good!
- Okay, so earlier tonight, I wished that the sparkles in the sky would come into the water so I could reach out and touch them.
- Right... - Well... they did!
The sparkles from the sky have fallen into the water and landed right here in Reeftown!
- Sparkles from the sky... - Yes!
- Right.
Yeah, this is a dream.
- Wha-- - Yeah, and I can prove it, because in my dreams I can swim super fast, like this... Whoo!
Woosh!
Woosh!
Look at me go!
Uh...this isn't a dream.
- It is real, and I can show you right now!
I was right over about here when it happened.
Prepare...to be... amazed!
Okay... sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!
Ha!
Huh?
Huh?
- Uh... - Huh?
Uh...wha-- - It's okay, Splash.
I believe you.
The sparkles from the sky came down, and now they're back up in the sky again.
- But--but they were just here.
Well, uh, uh, maybe I was in the wrong spot.
Yeah, that's it, the wrong spot.
Here we go.
Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
Okay, that wasn't it.
Okay, how about down here?
Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha?
- Well, if you find them again, Splash, let me know, but I need to get some sleep-- - Bubbles!
I found them!
Look!
- Ah... - Look!
I told you!
Sea sparkles!
- Yeah!
This is amazing!
- They're here in the water!
You wanna do it with me?
- Oh, oh, yeah, yeah!
- Okay, here we go.
both: Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
[both sigh] Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
- Ha ha!
- Wow!
- [gasps] Wait a minute!
We should show these sparkles to Dunk and Ripple!
- Great idea!
Okay, here we go.
Come here, you sparkles!
[both giggle] - Oh.. - Hey, what happened?
- Oh, well, don't worry, I'll get 'em.
Come here, sparkles!
You can-- Eh...sparkles?
[stammers] Eh... - Yeah.
I think this is gonna be harder than we thought.
- Well, come on.
[laughing] I mean, how hard can it be to grab a few sparkles?
Come on.
- Ha ha.
both: Come here, Sparkles!
- Come here, Sparkles!
- Come on!
- Sparkles, everywhere!
- I'm gonna get you, sparkles!
- I'm gonna get you, sparkles.
- Spaaarkles!
Pretty hard, it would seem.
- Yeah.
Um...Okay, new plan.
If we can't take the sparkles with us, then we need to bring Dunk and Ripple here to see them!
- Good idea.
You go and get them, and I'll stay here to make sure those sparkles don't go anywhere.
- [laughs] Okay!
- Huh?
- I'll be right back!
- Okay.
Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
- [snoring] Meh-meh-meh-meh-meh-meh.
- Dunk, Dunk, Dunk, Dunk, Dunk, Dunk, Dunk!
Get up!
You have to come with me.
I have to show you something!
The sparkles from the sky have fallen into the water.
Yeah!
Bubbles and I are dancing with them!
Whoo-hoo!
♪ Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle ♪ - Uh...Splash?
- ♪ Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle ♪ - Yeah.
- Is this a dream?
- I asked the same thing.
Apparently, it's not.
- No, no!
C'mon you guys, let's go.
Whoo-hoo!
- Uh... - Sparkles?
- Sparkles?
- Oh, it's so unbelievable!
Feast your eyes on... - Sparkle, ha!
- This!
- Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
- Oh... - Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle... - Who knew Bubbles had such great moves?
- Ha ha.
Yeah, Bubbles--huh?
- Sparkle, ha!
Sparkle, sparkle... - What--[gasps] - Sparkle-- - Bubbles, what happened?
- I'm sorry, Splash.
One minute they were here, and the next minute they were gone!
- Whoo-hoo!
Nighttime dance party!
- Yeah!
both: Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
- Guys, the dance party's over.
- Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, ha!
- Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle--huh?
- So...I don't get it.
Why did the sparkles come into the water?
- Like we were saying, I made a wish that I could reach out and touch the sparkles in the sky and then, poof, ha, there they were in the water!
- Wow!
- Yeah, the sparkles were pretty special, but they just went home.
- Well, I wouldn't be so sure of that!
- Huh?
- Look!
They're back!
- [gasps] Oh!
- I knew they'd come back!
- Oh...wow!
- Hey, sparkles, sparkles, sparkles.
[laughter] - If you like that, check this out!
Whoo!
- Yeah, go for it, Dunk!
- Hey, let's all sparkle together!
all: Yeah!
Sparkle!
Sparkle!
Sparkle!
Sparkle!
[laughter, chatter] - Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Ah... Well, I'll be-- dinoflagellates!
Been a while since I've seen these little guys.
- I still can't believe we're playing and dancing with sparkles from the sky!
- Yeah!
- Whoo-hoo!
[cheering, chattering] - Sorry, Gush.
Did we wake you?
- Well, yes, you did, but don't worry about it at all.
I love watching bioluminescent phytoplankton.
- Phytoplankton?
No, Gush, these are the sparkles that fell from the sky.
See, I made a wish for them to come into the ocean so I could touch them and...here they are!
- Oh, well, I can see why you think that.
This phytoplankton is as beautiful as the sparkles in the sky.
- I'll say!
- What you kids have been dancing with are called dinoflagellates, which are a type of plankton that glow in the dark when the water around is disturbed.
[laughs] - Ah!
So when we dance around these dinoflagellates, we're making the water all around us move, which causes them to glow?
- You got it!
- Well, if they're all around us, then how come we can't see them when they're not glowing?
- They're very, very tiny!
And they move around with the currents from place to place, making it glow!
- Ah!
If they move all around us, that explains why we kept losing them!
They were traveling with us!
- Hey, guys, I'm trying to do some nighttime feeding here.
What's with all this bright li-- What?
Whoa!
What is that?
- Hey, Zee!
Come check out our dinoflagellates.
They're the latest thing to hit Reeftown!
- Actually, Dunk, dinoflagellates have been around for millions of years.
- Like I said, a timeless classic.
Come check 'em out!
- Okay!
What do I do?
Whoa!
Did you see what my fin just--Whoa!
Did you see what my tail--Whoa!
So pretty!
[laughter] - Ah!
Uh-- Splash?
- Huh?
- You okay?
- Oh, ha... Yeah, I mean, these dinoflagellates are amazing, but, uh... - But they're not sparkles from the sky?
- Yeah.
You see, when I thought my wish brought them here, it's just seemed more special, I guess.
- Well, you know, Splash, these glowing dinoflagellates are known in many places as "sea sparkles."
They may not be from the sky, but they're still pretty special.
- Guys, we'd better keep this dance party going before these dinoflagellates move somewhere else.
- I guess you're right.
Gush, are you in?
- Are you kidding?
I'm Golden Legs Gush!
Check out these moves!
Ha ha!
[laughter, chatter] Look at me now!
[chatter] - Look at me!
- Oh, look at this glow.
Look at the glow!
- So beautiful!
- Hurry!
I can't wait to get to the kelp forest to see our new friend Tyke.
- Yeah!
- Oh, boy.
Here's the fun part!
all: Whoa!
Whoo!
- Here we go!
[laughter] - Hold on to your fins!
[all cheering] - Whoa ho ho!
- [humming] [clack] Ah!
Perfection!
- [giggling] Whee!
- Oh, Tyke!
You've made a mess again!
- Mess, mess, mess!
- Mess?
Nothing new there!
Plenty of mess in Tidy's algae bed!
- I heard that, Chipper!
We have this under control, thank you!
- Under control!
Thank you!
- Now, listen, Tyke.
[Tyke giggles] Making a mess is not funny!
We've got to keep it clean!
- Keep it clean!
- Yeah.
- Keep it clean!
- [laughing] Hey, wait a minute, personal space!
Personal space!
- Personal space!
- All right, all right.
Careful, there!
Oh!
Oh, Tyke, don't tell anyone I'm ticklish!
- Don't tell us what?
- Oh!
- Tidy is ticklish!
- It's okay, Tyke!
We won't tell anyone!
Heya, Tidy!
ah, tickle, tickle, tickle!
- [laughing] - Ahh!
- Okay!
Okay!
Never mind that.
Today I was trying to get some cleaning done, but my friend Tyke here had other ideas.
- I had other ideas!
- Oh, if only I could get this algae bed clean and keep it clean, like the old days.
- Maybe you shouldn't have had Tyke move in with you.
- I didn't.
I mean, baby harbor seal pups like Tyke often make their home in the kelp forest.
There's--there's nothing I can do about it.
- I bet you miss the quiet days.
- Ah, yes, indeed.
I just wish Tyke had someplace else to play for a while so I could get some serious cleaning done.
- Well, maybe we can help.
- Hey, Tyke, wanna go play with us in the kelp forest?
- Playtime!
Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I'll take that as a yes.
[deflate squeal] - What do you think we should play with Tyke?
- Well, she seems to really like the game of knocking things over on the algae bed.
'Course it wasn't a game before she came along!
- Uh...where'd Tyke go?
- [giggles] - There she is!
- Here I am!
- [gasps] That's it!
Tyke's thought of the perfect game for us to play-- Hide and Seek!
- Look, she's already hiding and popping out from behind that rock.
- Yeah!
- Aw.
- [laughing] Hide and Seek.
Perfect!
Why didn't I think of that?
When she's hiding in the kelp forest, she won't be anywhere near my precious algae bed!
- [laughs] Hide and Seek it is, then.
- Not a moment too soon, if you ask me!
- Yeah.
- Heya, Tyke!
Let's go!
- Hide and Seek!
Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!
[laughter] - All right, then.
Have fun!
- Okay!
- Be back by nighttime!
- Okay.
- Bye, Tidy!
- Or by next week!
- C'mon, Tyke!
- Or whenever you're ready.
No rush at all!
At all!
- Okay, so here are the rules for Hide and Seek.
- Got it.
- Okay, all right.
I'm going to close my eyes, like this... - Got it.
- Yeah.
And then when I open them, I'm gonna come find you!
Got it?
Uh...Tyke?
- Uh...whoa!
I think Tyke is gone!
- Well, where is she?
I was still explaining Hide and Seek.
- Well, I think she started the hiding part without us.
- I don't see her anywhere.
Where could she be?
- Tyke!
all: Tyke!
- Tyke!
- Do you think she knows where to find us again?
- I don't know.
She's pretty independent.
- But she's still young.
She doesn't know everything about the kelp forest.
- Maybe she went back to see Tidy.
- Hey, everyone!
all: Oh!
- Thanks for playing with Tyke!
I'm getting so much cleaning done!
Yay-hee!
- Tidy thinks Tyke is with us!
- That means she's not with Tidy.
Where could she be?
- We've gotta find her.
Everyone, Hide and Seek is over.
Finding Tyke is now our Reeftown Rangers mission!
Come on!
- Yeah!
all: ♪ From the coves to the caves ♪ ♪ To the forests of kelp ♪ ♪ We're on the case ♪ ♪ We need everyone's help ♪ ♪ To keep our great ocean so clean and so blue ♪ ♪ Dive in, lend a fin, there's so much to do ♪ [upbeat vocal music] - ♪ No reef is too big, no job is too small ♪ - ♪ We're protecting the ocean for one and for all ♪ all: ♪ We are the Reeftown Rangers ♪ - ♪ Makin' a difference, working together ♪ all: ♪ Let's go!
We are the Reeftown Rangers ♪ ♪ Ocean friends forever ♪ - ♪ Wherever we're needed, we'll be there, you know ♪ - ♪ It's time to get right to it ♪ all: ♪ We're up for adventure, and we're ready to go ♪ ♪ We love to help, and we can't wait to do it ♪ ♪ Come on!
♪ - ♪ We're leading the way ♪ ♪ To excitement and fun ♪ - ♪ We're protecting the ocean, there's much to be done ♪ all: ♪ From the coves to the caves ♪ ♪ To the forests of kelp ♪ ♪ We're on the case ♪ ♪ We need everyone's help ♪ ♪ To keep our great ocean so clean and so blue ♪ ♪ Dive in, lend a fin, there's so much to do ♪ ♪ We are the Reeftown Rangers ♪ - ♪ Makin' a difference, working together ♪ all: ♪ Let's go!
We are the Reeftown Rangers ♪ ♪ Ocean friends forever ♪ ♪ Ocean friends forever ♪ - Okay, we've gotta plan to find Tyke.
Bubbles and I will go out into the ocean.
- And Ripple and I will check the kelp blades here.
- Good idea.
She may be a good hider... - But the Reeftown Rangers are on the case!
all: Yeah!
- Let's go find her!
- Ahh, I tell ya.
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Finally.
A clean algae bed.
And no one around to mess it up.
Oh, I love it, it's perfect.
I just, uh... Oh.
It's kinda quiet, though.
Not that I miss Tyke or anything...ha ha!
But, uh, I wonder...
I wonder how she is.
- Maybe she's up there.
- Huh?
I think someone's back there.
- Hello?
Who's there?
- [whimpers] Uh...is that you, Tyke?
- Tyke?
Tyke?
Did you say Tyke?
Oh-- [deflate squeal] [laughing] - Tidy!
What are you doing here?
- Oh, uh, well, I, uh, I just wanted to, uh, check and see how you're doing with Tyke.
Yeah, that's it.
- Uh, well, she's fine.
I'm pretty sure.
Why, were you checking up on her?
- Me?
[loud laugh] Of course not.
You--you guys are so funny.
I was just in the area, and I thought she might be here.
So, uh, where is she?
- Uh, let's just say she's really good at Hide and Seek.
We can't find her.
- You can't find her.
Wha-- You can't find her?
Oh, no!
Where is she?
Oh, no!
She's just a young seal pup!
- Don't worry.
We're looking for her.
- Worry?
Why would you think I was worrying?
[laughing loudly] I'm not worried at all.
I'm just gonna go look for her in a non-worried way!
- He is very worried.
- I heard that!
both: Oh!
Ohh... - Do you think Tyke would have gone this far?
- Oh, I don't know... - Hey-ey!
There are my adventurous Reeftown Rangers!
- Hi, Flo!
- Flo!
Are we glad to see you!
- So what brings you all the way out here?
Seems like you're looking for something.
- We were playing Hide and Seek with Tyke-- - Yeah, and now she's hide and seeking somewhere, and, uh, we can't find her!
- Isn't that the point of Hide and Seek?
- Yes, but... what if she's too young to be on her own?
- Young harbor seals are very independent.
Ha.
I'm sure you've already noticed how curious they are and love to explore.
- Definitely!
- Yeah.
So you're saying she could be off anywhere, exploring?
- Except harbor seal pups would not want to explore far from their home, not unless their family and friends were nearby.
- I guess Tidy is kind of her friend...and family.
- Hey, Bubbles, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
- Have you looked back to where Tyke feels most at home?
- That's what I'm thinking!
- Yeah!
- Come on, Splash!
- Yeah.
Thanks, Flo!
- Bye!
- Sure thing.
You're welcome.
Happy seeking!
- Tidy!
- Wha-- - Wait up!
I don't get it.
I thought you'd be glad Tyke was gone playing Hide and Seek.
- Yeah.
Didn't you want your algae bed clean and quiet?
- Well, uh, I do love having a clean algae bed, but, uh, well, I, uh... - You kind of miss her, huh?
- Well...Tyke is so curious about everything.
I mean, she makes me look at the kelp forest in a different light.
You know, she really appreciates living here.
- Huh, I never thought about it that way.
- Well, neither did I, until Tyke showed up.
- So you miss her!
- I didn't say that.
Well, uh... all I know is we have to find her!
Oh, this is all my fault for letting her go out and play Hide and Seek.
- Don't worry, Tidy.
The Reeftown Rangers are on the job.
- Guys, guys, guess what!
I think I know where Tyke is.
- Yeah, Flo says that even though harbor seals are really independent, they still like to stay close to their home and family.
- Well, that's great, because Tidy here really wants to find her.
- You do?
- Well, I-I...
I guess I miss her a little bit.
- Aw... - Oh, boy.
- He misses her a lot!
- I heard that!
all: Oh!
[all giggling] - [gasps] Oh, my starfish!
Oh, no!
What's this huge mess on my nice clean algae bed?
- Ta-da!
- [gasps] - I was hiding!
- Tyke!
You're back!
- Aww.
We couldn't find you anywhere!
- I'm a good hider.
I win!
- You really missed Tyke a lot.
- Let's not go too far.
Ha.
Harbor seal pups are a lot of work.
- Ohhh, but they're a lot of fun, too!
- [laughing] Yeah.
- Ha ha ha.
Well... Oh!
Hey, there, hey, there, personal space!
Personal space!
Oh, Tyke, I love you!
all: Oh!
We heard that!
[laughter] - Yeah, you did!
Oh, welcome back, Tyke.
[all chattering] - ♪ Da-da, da-da ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Oooh ♪ ♪ Da-da, da-da ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Da da da da da ♪ [children giggling] [dragonfly buzzing]
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