Episode
Full House: A Fish Called Martin
Overview
Teaser: Michelle sings with Jesse and the Rippers. Main Synopsis: Michelle wins a goldfish at the Fun Fair and names it Martin. When Martin dies after Michelle tries to give him a bubble bath in the tub (she didn't know any better), Michelle blames herself. In an effort to help Michelle feel better, the guys get her a new fish, but she wants nothing to do with it, because she's afraid she'll somehow cause this one to die too. At the fair, D.J. met a boy named Bobby, who is a car expert, so D.J. tries to learn as much about cars as she possible can, so she can impress Bobby. Later, Becky insists on square dancing at the wedding, and Jesse doesn't like it, and while Becky is trying to teach D.J., Stephanie, and the guys how to square dance, Michelle tells everyone to come to the kitchen, where they see that the new fish has become a mother. Michelle feels better when the guys praise her for telling them about the school of new baby fish.
Details
- Series
- Full House
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1991-02-01
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
A Fish Called Martin is Episode 17 in Season 4 of Full House. It aired on 1991-02-01. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 16: Stephanie Gets Framed
Teaser: Michelle is brushing her teeth. Main Synopsis: Danny is informed that Stephanie is having problems reading at school. Stephanie is taken to an eye doctor who prescribes eyeglasses for her to use for reading. Stephanie doesn't want the glasses because she's afraid her classmates will make fun of her and think that she's a nerd because of the glasses. She feels better about having the glasses when she gets some advice from Steve Urkel, the visiting cousin of D.J.'s friend Julie. Meanwhile, Jesse must choose a best man for the wedding.
Episode 18: The Wedding (1)
Teaser: Danny tells Michelle that she'll be the flower girl at the wedding. Main Synopsis: It's the day before Jesse and Becky's wedding. Stephanie and D.J. are using Danny's camcorder to tape the events leading up to the wedding, and they also intend to tape the wedding. Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived and brought her son Howie with her, but Michelle and Howie don't remember each other from when Connie and Howie visited 2 years ago. Minutes later, Becky's parents Kenneth and Nedra arrive. Kenneth explains that they would have arrived earlier, had a man on a motorcycle not cut them off. Jesse shows up and explains that he would have been home earlier if he had not been stuck behind a slow driver. When Kenneth and Jesse see each other's faces, Kenneth realizes that Jesse was the man on the motorcycle and Jesse realizes that Kenneth was the slow driver. From the start, it seems that Jesse and Kenneth can't get along with each other. Later, Kenneth has a talk with Jesse, and
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Episode 15: Ol' Brown Eyes
Teaser: Jesse teaches Michelle how to do a cool walk. Main Synopsis: D.J. organizes a benefit to raise money for a new computer for the school, and Danny will be the host of the benefit show. To prove to D.J. that he's cool, Danny wants to sing a song at the benefit -- "My Generation" by The Who. D.J. thinks that if Danny does this, Danny would be so dorky that D.J. won't ever be able to show her face in school again. Meanwhile, Michelle has come up with a new game -- she hides an object, and whoever the object belongs to must find it, and one of the objects she has hidden is the wedding ring Jesse intends to give to Becky at the wedding, and Joey must find it.
Episode 19: The Wedding (2)
Teaser: A recap of part 1. Main Synopsis: A tomato filled truck driven by a tomato farmer parks under Jesse, who releases himself from the parachute, and falls safely into the bed of the truck. The farmer tells Jesse he's in a town known as ""Tomato Country"". Jesse then tries to use the farmer's truck to go to the church for the wedding, but that's when a cop shows up. By now, it's 10:25am, and Jesse is 25 minutes late for the wedding. The phone at the church rings, and it's Jesse, who tells Becky that he's in jail in Tomato Country. Becky heads to the jail and gets Jesse released. They make it back to the church, where they are pronounced husband and wife. After a party at the Tanner home, Jesse and Becky leave for their honeymoon.
Episode 14: Working Girl
Teaser: Michelle plays with drums. Main Synopsis: 14-year-old D.J. desperately wants to buy an expensive pair of shoes, so when she doesn't get the money from Danny, she asks Danny to let her get a job so she can earn enough money to get the shoes. Danny reluctantly lets D.J. start working for a photographer named Jack, and her job is to make reluctant kids smile for the camera. Danny allows D.J. to have the job under one condition -- D.J. must make sure her grades don't drop. D.J.'s science grade has been suffering lately, but she believes that the job will not only get her enough money to buy the shoes, but she also believes that this job will prove to Danny that she's not a little kid anymore, but D.J. ends up in a sticky situation when she brings home a science exam with an "F" on it, and when D.J. tells Danny that she thought that this job would prove to Danny that she's not a little kid anymore, Danny tells D.J. that there is nothing wrong with being a kid, and Danny also tells
Episode 20: Fuller House
Teaser: Jesse and Becky have arrived home from their honeymoon. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Becky return from their honeymoon, which took place in Bora Bora, an island near Tahiti. Becky reminds Jesse that he needs to start packing if he's going to move to Becky's home. Michelle doesn't take this very well, because she doesn't want Jesse to move out, so Michelle starts packing to go with Jesse, who explains things to Michelle. Jesse's belongings are moved to Becky's house, but Jesse still has feelings of emptiness. Danny and Joey can't seem to cheer Michelle up, until Jesse arrives for a visit on the next morning. Becky sets it up to where she and Jesse will be spending the night at the Tanner house, sleeping on two cots in the attic. That night, Becky tells Jesse that she talked to Danny, who has agreed to let Jesse renovate the house's 1300 square foot attic into a family sized apartment so Jesse doesn't have to move out. As a result, a new arrangement is made -- Joey will move into J
Episode 13: Happy New Year
Teaser: Michelle and a caterpillar. Main Synopsis: Joey has not yet found a date for New Year's Eve. Therefore, Danny and Jesse secretly videotape Joey and send the tape to a local video dating service. Joey's date ends up being a woman named Christine, and he and Christine fall in love at first sight when they see that they have almost everything in common. Joey wants to take Christine to Las Vegas and get married, but later realizes that they need to take the time to get to really know each other first. Meanwhile, when Kimmy and D.J. throw a New Year's Eve party at Kimmy's house with the intention of inviting ""just a few close friends"", they end up with more than 400 guests.
Episode 21: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
Teaser: Michelle helps Joey move into the bedroom that used to be Jesse's bedroom. Main Synopsis: Stephanie wants to be just like D.J., so she starts dressing like D.J., and tries to act like D.J., who is getting ready to go to the food court of a local mall with Kimmy. D.J. wants to wear something "fun" to the mall, so she, Kimmy, Stephanie, and Michelle head to Danny's bedroom, where D.J. starts looking for something to wear from Danny's closet. Stephanie tries to do the same thing, but when D.J. tries to stop her, they end up accidentally pulling out the rod that Danny's shirts are hung on. This is when D.J. and Stephanie argue over who is going to put the rod back in the closet, and when D.J. tells Stephanie to let go of the rod, that's exactly what she does -- and accidentally sends the rod into the wall, putting a hole in the wall. That's when Kimmy goes home. The girls go to the attic, where Jesse is working on renovating the attic and not letting Joey do anything to help him.
Episode 12: Danny in Charge
Teaser: The guys put Michelle to bed on the night of her 4th birthday. Main Synopsis: While Jesse and Joey are in the forest to try to find a fox to film for a commercial and Becky is out of town, Danny is home by himself with the girls, and he sees an opportunity to prove that he's a "superdad". Danny promises to attend a school science fair that Stephanie has entered a project in. Later, Danny promises to see "Romeo and Juliet", a school play where D.J. will play as Juliet. Danny then realizes that he has a big problem -- both events are scheduled to take place on the same day at the same time and Stephanie and D.J. each try their best to get Danny to attend the event that they want him to attend. Stephanie wants Danny to go to the science fair, and D.J. wants him to go to the play, but on the big night, Danny doesn't show up. After the play and the science fair are over, D.J. and Stephanie go home and discover that Danny fell asleep and missed the play and the science fair, and th
Episode 22: Stephanie Plays the Field
Teaser: Danny arrives home from shopping. Main Synopsis: Danny is the head coach of the Giants, a local little league baseball team. Stephanie has fallen for Brett Davis, who plays for a rival team called the Cubs. This makes Stephanie want to join the Giants and play for Danny, and her surprisingly good pitching makes it easy for her to become a member of the team. In an upcoming game, the Giants are scheduled to play against the Cubs, so Brett tells Stephanie to take it easy and not throw the "Tanner Twister" whenever Brett's at bat because Brett's father will be at the game videotaping Brett, and Brett doesn't want his father to see him get outdone by a girl, but Stephanie just can't bring herself to throw the game for Brett, and the Giants win when Stephanie strikes Brett out for the third out in the last inning of the game. Fortunately, Brett understands why Stephanie did this, and admits that he shouldn't have asked Stephanie to go easy on him at the game. Meanwhile, Becky and
Episode 11: Secret Admirer
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle eat the cream filling out of their cookies. Main Synopsis: D.J. has fallen for Ricky, the paperboy. This gives Rusty the idea for his latest prank. Rusty writes a love letter and plans to make D.J. think the letter is from Ricky. Rusty tells Michelle to give the letter to D.J., and the trick backfires when Michelle gives the letter to Stephanie instead and tells Stephanie that the letter is from Rusty. This starts a chain reaction where everyone else in the house intercepts the letter and falls for it.
Episode 23: Joey Goes Hollywood
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle play with puppets. Main Synopsis: Joey lands a part in a new comedy show, starring alongside Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. The family accompanies Joey to Los Angeles for the taping of the series opener, and after this, the new comedy show is turned into a cartoon with Joey, Frankie, and Annette providing the main voices in the show. Meanwhile, Stephanie wants to change her name because she's being harassed by classmates who call her ""Step On Me"".