♪ Who's gonna help when the danger overwhelms ♪
♪ And the mysteries are piled high? ♪
♪ Who's gonna be around, never gonna let you down ♪
♪ When you're on a wild ride?
♪ Your friends are always by your side ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek, he's gonna save the day ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek
♪♪
Got it! Got it! Got it!
Come on, fish.
I just wanna pet you and show you affection.
Why don't you understand that?!
The trick is to create a whirlpool
and pull the fish towards you.
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah,
yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah! Ah!
Ha! Stop!
You're scaring them all away.
We just need to chill out.
[ Tranquil music plays ]
♪♪
Craig! Greetings!
Oh, my... Hey, Wren.
Did I interrupt some sort of aquatic experiment?
I've been told I have a tendency to interrupt.
It wasn't an experiment. I -- I was just trying to --
Observe!
I have detected a sharp spike in the levels
of saltwater in the creek!
Some people in the Alliance of Science, aka Carl,
have speculated that the rise in salinity
is just from kids' pee-peeing in the creek,
but I theorize that the salt is evidence of a pathway
connecting our creek to the ocean![ Splashes ]
A path to the ocean? That's incredible.
It's just a hypothesis, but to find out if it's correct,
I'd like to charter your raft for a scientific expedition!
Interesting. Tell me more.
If we're following the saltwater,
the pathway to the ocean starts here.
Rocky Rapids?
That's one of the most dangerous stretches of the creek.
No kid has ever made it through there.
What if I were to offer a scientific grant?
Together: Whoa!
-Rocks! -They're not rocks.
It's rock candy!
-Together: Whoa! -JP: Even better!
I grew them myself, and there's more where these came from
if you take me up the creek.
What do you say?
The ocean is, like, the world's creek.
-I'm in. -We're definitely in.
I have yet to test my battle skills on the water,
and Mortimer wants to catch a shark.
-[ Chirps ] -Yo-ho!
A chance to sail the open seas
My cowlick's blowing in the breeze
My sea legs damp up to the knees
Yea, count me in if you do please
Did you just, like, make that up on the spot?
Oh, no, I wrote that a couple weeks ago.
It's weirdly appropriate for this situation, right?
Well, it sounds like we're all in, but for this journey,
I think our raft is going to need some upgrades.
♪♪
[ Whirring ]
♪♪
[ Boing! ]
♪♪
[ Inhales sharply ]
Ah, I can smell the salty air already.
[ Smacks lips ] Tastes like bubbling tears.
Captain Craig says he's not sure when we'll return,
maybe not until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon,
but I will come back with enough candy to last us a lifetime.
Scowl all you want, Carl,
but soon enough you'll have to replace that doubtful scowl
with a begrudging scowl of respect!
♪♪
Goodbye! [ Grunts ][ Splashes ]
-See you later! -So long! -Goodbye!
-See you later. -See ya!
♪♪
Rapids ahoy!
All right, crew. From this point on,
we'll be in uncharted territory!
Everyone stay in the center of the raft...
if you value your lives.
-Whoa... -Ahh...
[ Grunts ]
[ All shouting ]
Glumpy!
-Ohh! -Ohh!
-Ah! -Ugh!
-Ah! -Ah!
Aaaaah!
[ Gasping ] Everyone all right?
All souls accounted for except for one Glumpy the Duck.
A moment of silence for our fallen crewmate.
Okay. Let's move forward...
for Glumpy.For Glumpy!
♪♪
Craig: Onward we floated to the edge of the unknown creek.
The journey was long, but we were a hearty crew.
Science officer Wren passed the time with her experiments,
continuing to test the salt levels of the creek.
Wren: I was right!
Kelsey, chief officer of fighting stuff,
kept a keen eye out for danger.
And so did Mortimer, for sharks.
And Lieutenant JP, uh... enjoyed his time in the sun.
Ooh, all in one piece.
[ Thud ]Ah-ah-ah!
Something's wrong with the motor.
-It -- it's stuck. -Pull it up.
Let's see what we're working with.
[ Grunts ]
It's some sort of shoe, a sea shoe!
I think it's just a regular shoe.
But what's a shoe doing in this part of the creek?
What do you mean?
Kids lose their shoes in the creek all the time.
I lost one before we took off.
But no kids have ever made it
to this side of the rapids before.
There isn't any signs of kid life anywhere
in this part of the creek.
Motor back up and runnin', Captain Craig-jamin.
Perhaps a scientific inquiry for another afternoon,
but for now, the ocean awaits us.
♪♪
Orange gummy? It's to fight off scurvy.
Oh, yeah, I'm feeling very scurvy-ish.
I'm going to need at least eight.
[ Chomp! ] So what's scurvy?
Well, Kelsey, when a child stops dreaming, a fairy cries,
and if the tear goes in your mouth,
you get a parasite that eats your teeth.
Neat!
According to my map, we're approximately
12,000 nautical backyards from the ocean,
so, yeah, we should be able to get there
and back before dinner.[ Flatulent sound ]
Ahem, it wasn't me.
It wasn't me.Wasn't me.
It wasn't me. [ Chuckles ]
I would tell you if it was me because --[ Thud ]
[ Gasps ] Kelsey, what do you see up there?
Nothing on the starboard side or the moonboard side
or the motherboard side or the boogie-board side.
[ Pops ]
♪♪
Ugh!
[ Gasps ] Kid overboard!
JP!
Quick, somethin' touched my foot!
-Somethin' touched my foot! -Get in the boat!
Get in the boat!Come on, swim!
Agh! It's gonna eat me! It's gonna eat me!
-Ugh! [ Thud ]
-Ugh! -Ooh!
What was that?
It felt like a fish, a big fish,
like a sleeping bag filled with pudding!
But it also had bones and skin and anger!
Impossible! The ecosystem of the creek
can't support a marine animal that ginormous!
I felt what I felt, and it was slimy.
Well, what you felt is scientifically impossible!
The boy almost got eaten, Wren!
I believe you, JP. Mortimer, too.
[ Chirps ]
No, Mortimer. Wren's right.
There are no fish that big in the creek.
I think this path to the ocean
is bringing in more than saltwater.
It's bringing in a monster,
and it eats kids for breakfast.
[ All gasp ] -Do you know what this means?
We're all going to be published!
Who gives a hooey about salt levels?
If we could get a picture of this monster,
I could get my name in a scientific journal!
Have fun at space camp, Carl!
I'll be busy accepting science awards!
Craig, you got to help me get proof!
I won't put my crew in danger.
I'm not scared, and neither is Mortimer.
[ Chirps ]
JP?
I want that rock candy, Craig.
Hmm. Ahh!
Stations!
♪♪
Full speed ahead!
♪♪
Whoa.
♪♪
There, the monster!
Yes, it's swimming right to us.
I don't think it's swimming to us.
I think it's swimming at us!
Battle stations!
Launching depth charge!
-Ah! -Ugh!
Ah! Hyah! Hyah!
Hyah! It's too fast!
Captain, what do we do?![ Splashing ]
[ Yelling ]
[ All shouting ]
Everybody, stop! [ Echoes ]
It's scared, like the minnow.
[ Grunts softly ]
Craig, wait. What are you doing?
-No, no, no! -Craig, don't!
Craig, no!
[ Gasps ]
[ Exhales sharply ]
Just chill out.
Ah!
You're not a monster. You're just a kid.
♪♪
A mer-kid.
[ Gasps ]
Those clothes!
JP, toss me the shoe.
[ Gasps ]
♪♪
Is this why you were swimming around our raft?
Were you looking for this?
Kelsey: The shoe must've floated away
when they shed their land legs.
[ Bubbles pop ]
Sorry we scared you.
How fascinating.
Have you been putting saltwater in the creek?!
[ Bubble pops ]
Look, I know salt creates an authentic ocean experience,
but it's dangerous to the creek-o-system.
Now come here so I can take a selfie!
♪♪
Maney!
We're set for life.
There, if you zoom in right there, you can see them.
Well, you can see their eyes, which counts as them.
Heh? Huh?
So, Craig, meeting a mer-kid --
a lot cooler than a minnow, don't you think?
Yeah. [ Chomp! ]
♪ When it's time to go to bed
♪ I know I don't have to feel alone ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll see you tomorrow
♪ At the creek
Just like I drew it.