Water Baby

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Water Baby
Season	1
Episode	10a
Air date	November 5, 2016
Writer	Brendan Luno
Storyboard	Unknown
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Water Baby is episode 10a of Kuu Kuu Harajuku. It originally aired on November 5, 2016.

Summary

HJ5 are practicing for their gig at the Lo Lo Sea Mall when a group of Octacorns crack the dome ceiling.

Characters

Main

• G
• Angel
• Baby
• Love
• Music
• Rudie

Major

• R.O.D
• Ottoline
• Octocorns (debut)
  • Curly
  • Pinky

Plot

The episode opens with HJ5's van speeding down the streets of Harajuku. The girls and Rudie are sitting in the passenger seats fearing for their lives. Rudie introduces him as "R.O.D" which stands for Robotic Obedience Driver. The girls question why he got them a robot driver and Rudie says it's for those long drives to gigs that are out of town. R.O.D hands Rudie a nicely pressed suit and mentions he can clean clothes, skirts, shoes and even serve tea at precisely 4pm everyday.

The girls believe R.O.D is going the wrong way, but he admits "Lord" Rudie gave him the directions. Rudie asks him not to call him Lord and that he didn't give him those directions but quietly whispers "make a left at the shell". The car turns towards the beach and the car heads underwater.

As the van begins descending, Love is able to identify various schools of fish. R.O.D tells everyone that their van has been modified to turn into a fully submersible craft, thanks to Love. She instructs R.O.D to activate it by pressing the blue button. They find the Lo Lo Sea Mall at the bottom of the ocean. Rudie says the grand opening is tonight and got the girls a gig to play. While Angel and Baby cheer, the other girls give Rudie a nasty look and assures them "what could possibly go wrong?"

As they enter the mall, Music notices the balloons in the shape of their heads are gigantic. Rudie says it was either those or the giant blimp balloons and Music agrees the small ones are better. The mall is empty now, but in a few hours the place will be jam packed with people. The girls head off to do a soundcheck while Rudie sits back and talks to R.O.D. As the girls begin practicing, the sound of their music attracts a swarm of Octocorns which proceed to bang on the glass. Music asks if it's dangerous but Love assures them it will require a lot more of them to cause any sort of impact. Another group of octocorns join in and bounce against the glass.

The dome begins to crack, and drops of water begin falling inside the mall. Rudie notices the souvenir table is being rained on and goes to save the merchandise. The girls take a roller-coaster ride in attempts to fill the crack. At the top G reveals she keeps a tarp for situations just like this but when she opens the box the only thing inside is a note saying the contents are already being used for an important purpose. Music scowls and yells "Rudie" as the camera pans to show him and R.O.D using the tarp to cover the souvenir table. G says they'll just have to use whatever they have on hand and Angel takes out her kawaii bandages, Music uses her bubble gum, and Baby takes out hairspray, which Love says the latter probably won't work.

The dome begins to crack even more as water shoots out of the areas they bandaged, gummed, and sprayed. G yells for the rollercoaster AI to get them out of there, and they are able to escape before the dome bursts completely, sending a huge torrent of water inside the mall. The water rushes throughout the building, flooding everything in it's path and seemingly chasing the girls who manage to meet up with Rudie and R.O.D. The souvenir table is decimated, but they were atleast able to safetly get inside the van and drive away.

In the background the mall collapses and Rudie laments how it took him months to set the gig up. The octocorns reappear and swarm the van. Love says they're trying to communicate with them so she takes out her translator. She says they're attracted to Baby's cuteness. The van starts slowing down, and G questions Rudie if he bought more fuel, but said he might of used that money to purchase R.O.D. Love tells them not to worry, they'll run out of air way before fuel causing Angel and Baby to panic. Love says they only have about 12 minutes left as more octocorns gather around the van.

Angel gets an idea and whispers to Baby who giggles and begins running around the van. The octocorns follow her movements outside, causing them to push the van forward and ultimately out of the ocean. The security system in the van alerts "oxygen deletion" as it safely lands on the beach. Everyone jumps out of the van.

The octocorns still want to follow Baby, who suggests they keep them, but Love tells her they won't survive on land. She says they could build a net and begins rambling when Angel suggests they build a canal and lure them in. Baby jumps in the ocean and rounds them up. As she takes video, the octocorns form into various shapes including a daisy, pony, and the shape of her face. The girls are able to see everything from the camera mounted on her head and G mentions she can't stay down there forever, but she doesn't want to leave. Rudie comes up with the idea to sell tickets to an underwater show featuring Baby and her trained octocorns, but R.O.D has a better idea.

Underwater, Baby is training the octocorns to do dance routines when HJ5's van pulls up. She immediately becomes depressed and the vacuum attached to the van sucks her inside and it speeds off, the octocorns following behind.

Baby points it out, but G says they won't be following her for long. The van speeds by a crude statue of Baby, and the octocorns swim towards it and begin dancing around it. Baby is sad that she'll be leaving her friends, but G reminds her she can always come and visit. Music berates Rudie for giving them gigs in bad locations such as space, underwater, and from the amazon rainforest. Rudie whispers to R.O.D to cancel the rainforest gig. R.O.D asks what to do with the vines Rudie had already ordered, causing Rudie to give a nervous smile and ending the episode.

Quotes

• Baby: It's aqua-kawaii!

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• Love: It would require a lot more octocorns to break it.
• Baby: [gasps] Look, a lot more octocorns!

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• Translator: Love you, kawaii Baby!

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• G: Forget about horsepower, we have octocorn power!

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• Music: From now on, no more gigs underwater, or in space, or suspended from trees in the Amazon rainforest.
• Rudie: OK! OK! As if."

Trivia

• The fish that Love notices is the Foxface Rabbitfish and Azure Damselfish
• This episode is similar to the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Spongehenge".
  • The octocorns were attracted to Baby's cuteness, just like the jellyfish were attracted to Spongebob's whistling pores.
  • No matter where the character went, the respective creatures would find them.
  • A statue was created in order to detract attention away from the character the respective creatures were attracted to.
  • Both episodes took place underwater.

HJ5: Whoaah!

G: Can he drive?

Rudie: Of course he can drive. I wouldn't let him drive if he couldn't drive. You are programmed to drive, aren't you, R.O.D?

R.O.D: I am licensed to drive automobiles, motorcycles, large trucks, jumbo jets, and a variety of watercraft.

Rudie: Told ya!

G: So his name's R.O.D?

Rudie: Not exactly; his name is really Robotic Obedient Driver, but R.O.D's shorter.

Music: Why'd you get a robotic driver?

Rudie: Hey, I did it for you for all of you. I figured it would be nice for you to have a driver for those long drives to out-of-town gigs. Don't worry, I know he's shiny and kind of pretty for a robot, but he was on ultra-deep discount at the embassy's going out of business sale.

R.O.D: Your shirt, sir. I do laundry, hem skirts, repair shoes, and serve tea at precisely four every afternoon.

G: Shouldn't you be watching the road?

R.O.D: Not to worry, miss. I have eyes in the back of my head.

Rudie: We have a gig to get to. Come on, R.O.D, step on it.

R.O.D: I must observe the speed limit, sir.

HJ5: Whoaaah!

G: This can't be right.

R.O.D: These were the exact directions given to me by Lord Rudie, miss.

Rudie: Look, he doesn't have to call me Lord Rudie. It's not like I made him. I think that's just the factory setting or something. R.O.D, just call me Rudie. Forget the Lord thing. And R.O.D, these are not the directions I gave you. Take a left at that seashell.

R.O.D: Very good, Rudie.

Love: Look! A Creceptor of Hemisthenia! And there's a Cygnus Fulfonus!

Baby: It's aqua-kawaii!

Angel: We can't keep driving on the bottom of the ocean in this van, can we?

R.O.D: No, Miss. I believe this vehicle has been modified to transform into a fully submersible craft.

G: But how?

Love: He's right! I did it last weekend. R.O.D, press the blue button. What? Someone posted a tutorial online and I followed it. Of course I made quite a few modifications.

R.O.D: Nicely done, if I may say so, miss.

Love: Thanks, R.O.D!

G: So you knew all along we'd be safe in our van-marine?

Rudie: Of course I did! Would I have driven us into the ocean if I didn't? Especially when I'm in the van, too? Look, that's where our gig is happening. The new Harajuku Lolo Sea Mall. The official opening is tonight. Everyone who's anyone will be there, and you are the main act.

Angel: Woo!

Rudie: What? A completely untested new underwater mall at the bottom of the ocean? What could go wrong? No expense spared!

Music: Are you trying to say we've got big heads?

Rudie: It was between that and this.

Music: Big heads is better.

Rudie: Thought so. Okay, you girls ready for sound check? The place is completely empty now, but in a couple of hours it'll be pumping!

HJ5: Woo-hoo!

Rudie: Take a memo for me, R.O.D. Note to self. Wow, I am amazing.

G: Hit it!

[HJ5 sound check]

Baby: They're so cute! They love our music! Mwah! Mwah!

Music: Uh, is that dangerous?

Love: According to the online specs of this mall, the dome wall is built of a highly resistant nanopolymer. It would require a lot more octocorns to breach it.

Baby: Look! A lot more octocorns!

[Glass cracks]

Rudie: Aaah! The souvenir t-shirts are getting wet! R.O.D, we've got to save the merchandise!

R.O.D: Might I suggest the bobbleheads first, sir? They are prone to rust.

G: We've got bigger problems than that. We've got to fill the cracks!

Angel: How do we get up there?

G: Roller coaster ride, anyone?

Rudie: I'll stay here and look after the t-shirts!

Ottoline: Welcome aboard! I'm Ottoline, your driver for today and every other day... Except Tuesdays. I don't like Tuesdays.

G: Take us to the top!

Ottoline: You get right to the point, don't you?

Music: Yeah, the view of our impending doom is way clearer from up here.

G: Stop here, please.

Ottoline: Okay, but downhill's the best part.

G: Let's plug those gaps. I keep a super-sealed tarp on hand for situations just like this. It's empty!

Angel: There's a note. The contents of this box are being used for important purposes.

Music: Rudie!

G: We'll just have to use whatever we've got.

Angel: I've got kawaii bandages!

Music: I've got bubblegum.

Baby: I've got hairspray.

Love: I'm not sure that'll work.

Baby: It's super-hold.

[Water gushing]

Music: Not super enough!

G: It's gonna blow! Get us out of here, fast!

Ottoline: Now you're talking!

HJ5: Whoa!

Music: Aaah!

HJ5: Come on, let's go!

G: Hit it, R.O.D!

R.O.D: Pleased to be of service.

Rudie: What have you done? It took me months to set that gig up!

Music: We avoided being squashed on the bottom of the ocean. Sorry if that caused any "inconvenience".

Angel: They're still following us, but we're not singing anymore.

Baby: They just like us. Yay!

Love: They're trying to communicate. Let's see... Program octocorn into my little translator and boom!

Octocorn: Love you! Kawaii, Baby!

Love: It's Baby! They're attracted to her cuteness.

Baby: I can't help it! Aww!

G: They're slowing us down and... Rudie, did you fuel up the van like you were supposed to?

Rudie: I might have maybe perhaps used that money to purchase R.O.D. I can't say for certain. I'd have to check my records.

G: Great, we're about to run out of fuel!

Angel: [Gasp]

Love: Don't worry. We'll run out of air way before that happens. We've got exactly 12 minutes and 23 seconds left. 22 seconds. 21 seconds. 20...

Music: Okay, we get the idea. What do we do about it?

[Thump]

HJ5: Whoa!

Angel: That's it!

Baby: [Laughing] Hi! [Laughs] Yay!

G: Forget about horsepower, we've got octocorn power!

[Thud]

Tour Bus: Warning! Oxygen depletion! Warning! Oxygen depletion!

Rudie: [Deep gasp] Fresh air!

R.O.D: Yes, it was a terrifying quarter of a second. May I offer anyone a towel? Tea will be served shortly.

[Splash]

Angel: They still want to follow Baby.

Baby: Ooh, can I keep them?

Love: Sorry, Baby. They can't survive on land.

Baby: Aww.

Love: We could build a net. 200 meters of high tensile steel...

Angel: What if we dig a canal from here to our place?

G: Could we lure them back with some kind of food?

Music: It'll all take too long.

Baby: Then there's only one thing to do. [Screeches] Wait until the others see this! Guys, hello? Can you hear me? Check this out! There's a Baby, and a pony, and that's me!

Angel: Can they do a panda bear? I love panda bears!

G: It is pretty amazing, but you can't stay there forever.

Baby: But they love me! I don't want to leave!

G: Baby, you'll have to.

Rudie: Maybe not. I've got an idea! How about we sell tickets to an underwater show featuring Baby and her trained octocorns?

Music: No.

R.O.D: Pardon me, sir. May I offer a suggestion?

Baby: Okay! Let's try it one more time. One, two, three, step and... Good one, Curly.

Pinkie: [Groan]

Baby: You'll get it Pinkie, it's not your fault you've got six left legs. My air thingy is running out of air. Where are they?

G: Right here.

Baby: [Slowly losing oxygen] Then step to the left, turn, high, kick- [Gasps] Thanks, guys. That was, like, totally in the nick of time. Yay! But they're still following me.

G: Not for long.

Baby: Aww, guys! It's beautiful.

Music: Great idea, R.O.D.

R.O.D: My goal is to make everyone happy, miss.

Angel: They look really happy.

G: Time to go home.

Baby: Aww.

G: Don't worry. You can visit them anytime.

Music: From now on, no more gigs underwater, or in space, or suspended from trees in the Amazon rainforest!

Rudie: Okay, okay, as if. R.O.D? Cancel that rainforest gig.

R.O.D: Very good, sir. What shall I do with the vines you ordered?