Episode
Snorks: The Old Shell Game
Overview
Mrs. Butfish asks All-Star and Dimmy to housesit for her and she wants them to watch her seashell collection. Junior then finds out about the job and he tries to ruin it for them. Then Junior gets Occy to chase Polly, his myna bird, and they accidentally change the address number on the houses. The house next door is going to be demolished the next day and the changed addresses make the workers think that the Butfish house is the one that they are to tear down. While all this is happening, Junior steals the seashells and then tells her that All-Star and Dimmy stole the shells. Luckily, Occy had the foresight to hide the shells.
Details
- Series
- Snorks
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1984-12-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Old Shell Game is Episode 24 in Season 1 of Snorks. It aired on 1984-12-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 23: Me Jo-Jo, You Daffney
Daffney wants Dimmy to appreciate her, but when he doesn't oblige, an accident brings her and Jo Jo together. Jo Jo tries his best to woo Daffney. Dimmy is jealous when Jo Jo goes with Daffney to the Debutante Ball. Jo Jo learns to be civilized and a refined gentleman. Dimmy tries to prove that he can be as brave as Jo Jo, too. He tries to tame a wild fish and totally crashes the party. Jo Jo saves the day by luring the fish away.
Episode 25: The King of Kelp
Snorkland is getting ready for the Kelp Festival. All-Star and Junior vie in the kelp harvest competition. It seems like Junior's machine is better than All-Star's, put picks up a lot faster. Junior then picks a girl octopus to keep Occy busy while he sabotages All-Star's machine. All-Star's machine starts to go out of control and crashes. Occy then enters the race and tries all his might to pick the most kelp to help All-Star win the contest.
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Episode 22: Time Out for Sissies
To work on his football skills, Dimmy takes ballet lessons. He is ridiculed by a buch of bullies who instantly dub Dimmy a sissy. But Dimmy proves them wrong by using a few moves on the team. Dimmy then gets the whole team to take ballet lessons. The bullies then take over the dance school where the football team really gets at them.
Episode 26: Whales Tales
A baby whale gets separated from its mother when another whale chases them. Casey gives Daffney a driving lesson and they come across the whale in the net. They try to help the whale find its mother, but they try to hide it from anyone, especially Junior. Junior comes across the whale when he tries to snitch on All-Star, Casey and Daffney. The killer whale gives chase again and eats the Silverfish. The baby whale bumps into the whale and gets knocked out. The mother whale finds her baby when it comes to.
Episode 21: Fine Fettered Friends
At school, Galeo shows the Snorks some great archaeological finds. One of the interesting items is ancient handcuffs. Galeo fastens the cuffs on Junior's and All Star's arms and they spend the whole day handcuffed together. Galeo suggests that they climb the mountain where Galeo found the handcuffs and they have to work together to find the key.
Episode 20: Allstar's Double Trouble
All-Star has a date with Casey, but his mother wants him to take Samantha, a friend of the family, out to show her around Snorkland. All-Stra cannot be in two places at the same time, and he doesn't want Casey to know about his visiting friend. At the movies, Samantha tells All-Star about a boyfriend that she has back home, and he's a big one at that. All-Star then tries to be at both the movies and the prom with the help of Dimmy and Tooter. Just then, Bubba, Samantha's boyfriend, comes to visit and goes after All-Star. As All-Star goes to be with Casey, Junior joins Samantha! Bubba gets on Junior!
Episode 19: A Snork on the Wild Side
A wild creature with two snorks named Jo-Jo meets the Snorks. The Snorks try to get him and his pet Fenji to see that Snorkland is a good place to live. They show him how to have fun and to be like all of the Snorks. Junior tries his best to catch Fenji and take him to the zoo. Jo-Jo and the Snorks then go to the zoo to get back Fenji. Jo Jo doesn't understand why all the fish are in cages and lets them go. The Governor catches Jo Jo and locks him up. All-Star and Casey try to get him out so he can free Fenji. Of course, the famed Wolf-fish chases Junior and Jo Jo saves him by scaring away the Wolf fish. The Governor then frees all of the fish for Jo Jo.
Episode 18: The Snorkness Monster
The Snorks take a field trip to the Snork Ness. They can go anywhere except any of the caves because of the Snorkness monster. An old man tells them that the Monster likes kids- for mysterious reasons. Casey encounters the moster while picking weeds and Occy goes into the cave. The Snorks check it out and find a big pearl. It turns out that the pearl is an egg laid by the Monster. The Snorks take the Silverfish with a communicator that lets them talk to the monster. Casey tames the monster and the monster tells them that her egg is gone and she wants it back. All-Star goes to Junior's house and try to get the Egg back, but the Wetworths catch them. The egg hatches and out pops a baby Snorkness monster!
Episode 17: Snorkin Surf Party
It is a very HOT day in Snorkland. The Snorks venture to the beach. Junior introduces two surfer girls whom he brags to about beating All-Star. All-Star goes to the cove and is a great surfer, but Junior tries to prove him wrong. He challenges him to a Snorkboard race at the Big Reef. All-Star says it's dangerous and Junior calls him a ""Yellow snorkfish"". All-Star then builds a sand castle and Junior shows off by building an even bigger castle. Junior overhears All-Star talking about Galeo's motor for his invention and Junior steals the motor, unbeknownst to him that the machine is out of whack! Junior accidentally makes it work when trying to cheat, and Junior ends up with a cold. The two girls choose Galeo over Junior because of his invention.
Episode 16: Up, Up & Awave
Two oceanographers are exploring communication skills of porpoises and pick up the Snorks. The Snorks are having a balloon contest. Something goes wrong with Junior's balloon and anchors All-Star's balloon to a rock. All-Star fixes it and is in the race again. In order to finish, the teams all face the wrath of Junior's cheating and a big sea current. Now, after saving Junior, they get lost and Tooter, Dimmy, and Daffney's balloon gets carried away by the porpoises. The baloons are caught by the oceanographer's net and are saved by the porpoises. Then, they are caught by a giant funnel, and the town loses hope. The porpoises save all of the balloons in time.
Episode 15: The Blue Coral Necklace
Daffney gets a new blue coral necklace and Casey wants one as well. All-Star gets a hold of his mother's necklace and gives it to Casey, but then Occy gets it crushed under a steam roller. All-Star tries to tell his mom about the necklace when she mentions that she will wear it at a picnic! All-Star then scrambles to find a rare coral necklace. he finds it in a cave and as Tooter and Occy find blue coral, Tooter gets caught in a cave-in. All-Star uses the Grappler, a new invention, to get Tooter out and to mine some blue coral. New necklaces are made for all the gang and All-Star tells his mother what happened. His mother then tells him that the coral necklace that was destroyed was costume jewelry! It seems that All-Star and the gang went through all that trouble for nothing.
Episode 14: The Big Scoop
Junior makes up a story about a big wolf-fish for the newspaper, so he employs Willie to make his story come true. A sea current comes along and blows Willie away and Junior gets it all on film. All-Star notices that the fish was fake, and Junior vows to get a picture of a real wolf-fish. The Governor is worried about Junior (and Willie who followed him) and All-Star and the Snorks try to find him. Junior finds a real wolf-fish, and it chases him. All-Star and the rest of the gang get him in no time. The story is in the newspaper and Junior is mad again.