Episode
Snorks: Das Boot
Overview
In the middle of a seahorse polo game, a giant boot crashes down on the field. Everyone thinks that it is an alien from beyond the limits. Galeo tries to communicate with it while the governor thinks that the boot will attack Snorkland. Tooter finds out the truth about the so-called invader and examines it. While examining it, Junior comes up and Tooter plays a trick on him, making him think that the aliens are attacking. Junior starts a story that gets out of hand. Tooter tells All-Star that there are no alins at all. Galeo uses his machine to contact, but it calls a giant crab toward the boot.
Details
- Series
- Snorks
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1984-09-29
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Das Boot is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Snorks. It aired on 1984-09-29. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 4: The New Neighbors
While on a field trip at the kelp factory, Tooter meets a hummerfish who follows him home. When the Snorks find out that the Hummerfish is to be killed, Tooter tries his best to protect him from Junior's dad. Tooter lets it go, but there is a whole lot of hummers in town and they are in a mad feeding frenzy.
Episode 6: Which Snork Snitched?
All-Star and Junior compete against each other in a gymnastics event and Junior cheats. All-Star finds out and gets Junior in trouble. To get back at All-Star, Junior buys a myna bird to spy on all of the Snorks' plans.
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Episode 7: Allstar's All-Star Band
To make some money for All-Star's uncle Galleo, All-Star and his friends put together a band. The singing might be a little bit bad, but Occy fooling around as a keyboardist proves to be a great success. Soon, Occy is a huge star of Snorkland. Junior, however, wants to ruin Occy's success in any way he can. He even goes to his Dad, the Governor, who wants the band to stop playing so that he can promote his bad playing band. With Occy's help, that band starts playing perfectly. Both the Governor and Junior's plans backfire on them when the steam power controlling the instruments goes out of control and hits the Elder's house!
Episode 2: Vandal Scandal
The Governor unveils a new painting of himself in the town square, which is ruined by the mark of a red crayon. Interestingly enough, Casey was missing a red crayon from her set. Junior and his family blame All-Star and his friends for ruining the painting. Tooter later finds the red crayon and starts scribbling with it. Unfortunately, Junior catches Tooter with the evidence. Tooter is charged with defacing property, but when the trial begins, Tooter is nowhere to be found. The Snorks find Tooter by using Professor Galleo's secret weapon, the Silver Fish. While the Snorks find Tooter, someone else is scribbling red mustaches on the Governor's painting. The Snorks find Tooter being chased by a giant crab and almost gets caught in a bad sea current. Casey finds her red crayon when Baby Smallstar is found scribbling red mustaches on the painting! The charges against Tooter are dropped.
Episode 8: Snorky Mania
A barrel from the world above falls into the ocean, letting out a reddish fluid that makes people frightningly zany. Meanwhile, the Snorks are performing in a talent show and Dimmy really sets a bomb with his jokes. Then the red stuff seeps in and makes everyone laugh. Of course, it gets out of hand when the entire town starts laughing crazily. The Snorks go out in the Silverfish to find the the problem at the Great Reef. The barrel is about to fall in the reef, but the Snorks get it out in time. But Junior and Occy, under the spell of the red stuff, take over the Silverfish! Eventually, Occy gets back to normal and so does Junior.
Episode 1: Journey to the Source
Snorkland gets ready for a big Steam Festival, which is voluntarily called off due to a steam shortage. There is a reward for 5000 pearls for anyone who can go to the Source and try to restore the town's steam. The Snorks, along with Junior, travel to the Source where they find out that a space rocket particle had fallen on the steam source when a rocket blasted off into space a little while earlier.
Episode 9: A Snorking We Will Go
The Snorks go on a snorking trip. Everyone is having the time of their lives, except Junior. Junior is all shook up after a story about a sea creature. While on a nature hike, they get lost thanks to Junior's ""sophisticated"" compass. While finding the way back, they come across an old sunken ship. As they explore the ship, they almost get caught by a strange giant form reaching into the ship. All-Star gets them all out safely, and he is commended for his efforts. The strange form just happened to be a diver just exploring under the sea.
Episode 10: Now You Seahorse, Now You Don't
The Snorks enter a seahorse race. Junior, with the help of little Willie, cheats in the race. All-Star and Junior have to compete in a Snorkel chase. Junior thinks that All-Star's seahorse is all washed up because his horse ""won"". All-Star tries to prove him wrong by training his horse Sea Biscuit. Galeo creates a machine for the Silverfish with a magnetic compass. All-Star takes it by mistake and finds out that Junior and his horse cheated. All-Star and the Snorks cook up a plan to get back at Junior.
Episode 11: Snork Dance
It's the last day of school and everyone is looking forward to the Snork Prom. All-Star gets cheated by Junior during a football game, but the Snorks see through his trick and win the game. All-Star makes the winning shot, but breaks his foot. All-Star gets Tooter to go out with Casey, but Junior tries to ruin the date by making himself like Tooter, right down to the green makeup. Occy knows the difference, but no one listens. Galeo makes up a new dance without knowing it and All-Star goes to the prom with his new dance. Junior gets uncovered and has to dance with an overexcited Snork girl who has been chasing him throughout the episode.
Episode 12: Snork Marks the Spot
The Snorks check out a construction site where Junior builds his empire. Occy digs up an old treasure map. Galleo tells the Snorks that the map was left by ancient Snorks. Junior steals the map and gives the Snorks a fake map to follow. They encounter a whole lot of dangers along the way while Junior thinks that the treasure is buried right in his own front yard. Galeo finds out that the treasure map is actually a warning about molten lava, an unfortunate proposition for Junior and his family.
Episode 13: Junior's Secret
Junior talks about All-Star and his toy drive buit he forgets to mention that he sleeps with a toy turtle. Willie accidentally gives away Junior's turtle and Junior secretly pines for it. Junior then breaks into the school to get the toy turtle back, and gets caught by a guard. The Governor bails him out and he makes up a story about donating toys. At the toy drive, Junior tries to take his turtle back, but Baby Smallstar claims it as her own. Knowing that all is lost, Junior goes out and buys a stuffed seahorse.