"The Lost Dogfish" is the first segment of the sixteenth episode of Ariel. It premiered on November 8, 2024 alongside "Swim Scouts".
Plot[]
Ariel and her friends are playing ball when Fernie misses it, and a dogfish catches it. She has a name tag, revealing her name to be "Tica". That means she has a family, and Lucia assumes that they will come by soon to get her. Ariel and her friends then play with the dogfish until her family shows up while stating that there's nothing better than a dogfish joining the fun. Meanwhile, King Triton hears the dogfish while talking to Sebastian, and wonders where her family is. Ariel tells him everything, followed by Flounder, Lucia, and Fernie. Triton states that she has a family, and that lost pets should always be returned to their family. That is why they've been playing and waiting for the family to show up. Triton suggests them to search for the family, even though they may not find them.
They start with the open market. Ariel tells Tica that if the family can't be found, she can be her family, to which Tica likes. So far, Ariel and her friends have no luck, but keep searching. Lucia suggests putting up signs that say they found a lost dogfish and put them up all around Atlantica. Ariel reluctantly accepts. In the Crystal Cavern, Fernie and Flounder make some signs while Ariel is continuing to play with Tica; she made a drawing of her. Fernie, Lucia, and Flounder go to post up the signs while Ariel continues to play with Tica, and joins along with the drawing she made. She decides to put up the sign in an empty space, which doesn't work as no one notices. Lucia decides to put the signs in a place that has more Atlanticans swimming by, like the market. Ariel agrees, as soon as she feeds Tica.
Flounder and Tica then have their snacks. King Triton arrives, and Ariel tells him about her progress so far. He wonders if she really tried her best, and Ariel states that they put signs all around Atlantica, with one being up at Soca Sands. Just then, Tica is sad, as she misses her family. Ariel states that she didn't try hard enough to find her family like Triton told her too, and she didn't listen to her friends. Ariel apologizes to Tica, as she'll do a better job of searching; if Tica is missing her family, that means her family is missing her, as well.
Meanwhile, Lucia and Fernie are questioning everyone if they lost a dogfish named Tica as Ariel and Flounder arrive with their own signs. Delfino then arrives, noticing Flounder spinning the Tica sign. He states that the sign looks just like Tica, who he lost this morning and haven't found her all day. This means Delfino is Tica's family, and the two are reunited. Ariel concludes that that is why lost pets should always be returned to their families. She then says goodbye to Tica, but Delfino tells her that they can play together anytime. Delfino and Tica love making new friends. Delfino and Tica then return home with Ariel's friends waving goodbye.
Cast[]
- Mykal-Michelle Harris as Ariel
- Elizabeth Phoenix Caro as Lucia
- Cruz Flateau as Fernie
- Gracen Newton as Flounder
- Taye Diggs as King Triton
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Sebastian
- Ron Funches as Delfino
Song[]
- "Puppy Dog"
