[The movie begins in the depths of the ocean as we see a school of jellyfish swim down.]
GRANDMAMAH: (voiceover; to the viewers) The Ocean is a mysterious world. One that land dwellers can only begin to imagine. Of course, you think you know what lies beneath the surface. Ah, but the sea creatures who live there, well, even the ones you have imagined, you've imagined them wrong.
[Pan to a sunken ship with a hole in it as a silhouetted creature moves by.]
GRANDMAMAH: (voiceover; to the viewers) Take the mythical mighty giant kraken. Bloodthirsty monster, sinker of ships, drowner of sailors. That's what you people think.
[An eye peeks through it before the creature swims away. It then swims toward the surface.]
GRANDMAMAH: (voiceover; to the viewers) You see, in real life, krakens are noble protectors. The sea will always need a kraken, and a kraken will always answer the call.
[As it reaches the top, a tentacle swings down, transitioning to a hand trying to hit a cellphone as it’s ringing. It picks it up as we see a female figure rise up from bed. She sports aquamarine skin, contrasting beautifully with her dark blue shoulder-length tentacle hair and vibrant turquoise eyes. Her most distinctive physical attribute are her ears, which resemble pectoral fins. She answers the phone call while removing her retainer and putting it in a glass of water. It was from her best friend, Margot.]
MARGOT: (on phone) Ruby-doo.
RUBY GILLMAN: (on phone) Hey, Margot.
MARGOT: (on phone) I am dying of suspense. What did your mom say?
RUBY: (on phone) Well, I chickened out last night, but I'm going to ask her now, right now, this second.
[She gets out of bed and walks as a dog-like creature, Nessie, wakes up on the floor. He smiles happily as Ruby walks by. In her room, we see a poster, some plushies, pictures of her and her friends, and a journal with doodles in it.]
MARGOT: (on phone) Did you do the confidence-building exercise I taught you?
RUBY: (on phone) I did something even better.
[Ruby puts on her best outfit: a green turtleneck sweater, purple high waisted jean short shorts, purple, dark grey, and white leggings, grey knitted socks, and dark purple boots with purplish blue laces. She notices her gills are showing on her neck, so she pulls her turtleneck up to hide them. She ties her shoes, closes her laptop, and grabs her backpack and books. Nessie gives her her tablet and Ruby leaves her room. The movie's title card appears on a chalkboard on the bedroom door. Cut to a video created by Ruby.]
RUBY: (on video) Oh, hey. Junior prom is the sacred rite of every human teenager. (as cut-out figures of Ruby and co dance on the dance floor) As a kraken who is barely pulling off this whole human thing, I need to be there so that I can blend in. (math graphics appear on screen) And, as a proud mathlete, I know that to find a potential solution, I have to evaluate the problem. (a pic of her family appears with googly eyes) Now, I know the rules. Our family is not allowed in the ocean, ever. (water rises up) For any reason. (a ton of rules scroll up as she speaks) And I love rules. I do. (pleading) I really, really do. But the prom boat is on the water, not in the water. (lightning flashes to destroy the boat) "What if there's a storm?" you might ask. (shows weather report) Well, I've analyzed weather trend data, and my trusty friend, the Internet... (A small vid of a Puss in Boots plush playing the piano is shown] has assured me that it will be smooth sailing on prom night. (shows the captain of the prom boat) And lastly, this is the captain of said prom boat. (zoom into his dreamy eyes) Look into those eyes. Tell me he hasn't seen it all. I trust him with my life, and so should you. (pulls down screen) And that is why I, Ruby Gillman, should go to prom. (puts on sunglasses) Thank you.
[The video ends, transitioning to Ruby holding her phone to her mother.]
RUBY: (pleading; to her mother) Please, please, please, please, please!
[We see her mother and father cooking up breakfast.]
AGATHA GILLMAN: (sternly; to Ruby) Strong presentation. (puts on her earring and walks away) I like the energy, but it's still a no, honey. (walks to the dining table.)
RUBY: (sits at the table; to her mother) But, Mom, evidence, science, Internet.
AGATHA: (assuring; to Ruby) Trust me, Ruby, I know what's best for you. (pours herself some cocoa) And what's best is to always stay on land. That's why we moved here. (serves Ruby a cup of cocoa) It's much safer for us.
ARTHUR GILLMAN: (serves a dish; to Ruby) Sorry, Tadpole, Mom's right.
AGATHA: (calling out; to Sam) Sam, breakfast!
[Arthur serves a dish to his son, Sam, who hangs from the ceiling before sitting down in the chair.]
SAM GILLMAN: (quizzically; to Ruby) Hey, didn't you say that prom was a postbolognal...
RUBY: (corrects; to Sam) Postcolonial patriarchal construct. It is. But we would go as a group. As a form of protest.
SAM: (sarcastically; to Ruby) Wow. So brave.
AGATHA: (holds up a sign for Gillman Real Estate) What do you think? I had these printed for my big launch party.
ARTHUR: (flirtingly; to his wife) I think I'm in love. (kisses his wife.)
SAM: (spits out his food in disgust) Blech.
RUBY: (quizzically; to her mother) Do you still need me to be there?
AGATHA: (answering; to Ruby) Yes. This is a make-or-break moment. I'm selling an entire development. (holds up a Gillman Real Estate sign)
RUBY: (gets out her phone; to her mother) But, Mom, you're...
[She holds up her phone to play a commercial of Gillman Real Estate.]
AGATHA: (in commercial) Agatha Gillman, and I slay the competition.
HOME BUYER: (in commercial) She got us our dream home, and I'm not asking how.
[Cut to a sign with text reading “AGATHA GILLMAN: REAL ESTATE WARRIOR.” Cut back to reality.]
AGATHA: (grabs toast) Well, I just want to show potential buyers what a happy Oceanside family looks like.
ARTHUR: (while cooking) I'll be closing my shop for the day so I can man the grill. (twirls frying pan and spatula) From chill man to grill man.
AGATHA: (gets an idea) Ooh, Arthur, you should think about hiring someone to help you. Business has been booming since you started Bottled Up.
[Cut to a Bottled Up episode on the Internet.]
ARTHUR: (on video; to the viewers) Hey there. Welcome back to Bottled Up. Now, let's hoist those sails. (carefully pulls up sails in a bottled ship) Magic. (runs his fingers and taps on the bottle quietly)
[Cut back to the family.]
RUBY: (rolls her eyes; to her parents) Wow, you two are quite the power couple.
SAM: (smirks; to Ruby) You think that's great? You're looking at the undefeated dodgeball champ.
[Cut to Sam dodging some balls before grabbing one to hit and ricochet off some kids.]
GYM TEACHER: (impressed) He's a legend. (gets hit by the ball) Ooh.
[Cut back to the family.]
RUBY: (sarcastic; to her family) Yeah, yeah. You guys are all crushing it.
AGATHA: (scoffs; to Ruby) Oh, Ruby, don't sell yourself short. You're amazing at math.
RUBY: (smiles; to her mother) I am the reason Connor's passing algebra.
SAM: (mockingly) Oh, Connor. So dreamy.
AGATHA: (scoldingly; to Sam) Sam. (Ruby smacks Sam)
SAM: (in pain) Ow. (smacks Ruby) You're the one in love with him.
AGATHA: (stops the two from fighting) Hey, hey. Stop. You each landed one. (notices a book Ruby has) Marine Biologist Quarterly? Oh, Ruby. You're still reading this trash? Humans don't know everything about the ocean.
RUBY: (takes back her book; to her mother) Mom, there's a whole world down there that I have never seen. Jellyfish, plankton, coral reefs...
AGATHA: (quizzically; to Ruby) But what else lives there?
RUBY: (closes the book; rolls her eyes) I know. Monsters.
AGATHA: (smiles; to Ruby) And those monsters want to hurt krakens like us. This is where we belong. Oceanside is our home.
RUBY: (puts the book in her backpack; pleading) Then help me fit in by letting me go to prom.
AGATHA: (sternly; to Ruby) Ruby, the answer is no. Time to go. (Nessie is seen on a skateboard while panting. Agatha grabs her daughter's hand and drags her out)
RUBY: (groans; to her mother) Mom. (grabs her backpack)
SAM: (throws dishes to his dad) Gillman dishes to Gillman.
ARTHUR: (puts the dishes in the sink) The fadeaway at the buzzer, and it's good!
SAM: (cheers) Yeah. (they bump bellies before he gets bumped away) Woo-hoo!
[The family gets ready for the day. Sam bounces over to Ruby's side.]
AGATHA: (to the family) Limb up, everyone.
ARTHUR: (joyfully) Let's all have a very human day.
[Ruby sees Sam stretching his legs to be at Ruby’s height, so she pushes him down to normal.]
RUBY: (worries; to her family) Does it bother you guys that we lie to everyone all the time?
AGATHA: (smiles; to Ruby) Oh, we're not lying. We're just... omitting.
RUBY: (frowns; to her mother) Yeah, okay.
ARTHUR: (joyfully; to the others) And remember...
GILLMANS: (reciting the line) If anyone asks, we're from Canada.
[They all head up as the camera pans back to show the vista of a seaside town Oceanside, California where boats sail the waters. We then follow Ruby on her way to high school. As she walks down the street, suddenly, a boat-bus stops dangerously close to her.]
FEMALE TOURIST: (confused) Whoa, what's happening?
MALE TOURIST #1: (confused) Are we supposed to be stopped?
MALE TOURIST #2: (confused) Is our tour over?
[An old sailor leans out with his pet crab perched on his shoulder.]
GORDON LIGHTHOUSE: (to the tourists) Apologies for the unplanned interruption, folks. (to Davey; referring to Ruby) Well, look what the tide dragged in, Davey.
RUBY: (nervously; to Gordon) Ahoy, Mr.-- (She clears her throat in an attempt to correct herself.) Captain Gordon Lighthouse, sir. (She salutes him, walking away from the vehicle.)
GORDON: (stares suspiciously; to Ruby) Aren't you one of them Gillmans?
RUBY: (nervously; to Gordon) Guilty. (as the ship leans toward her) Just kidding. Not guilty. Totally normal.
MALE TOURIST #3: (quizzically) Is she blue?
RUBY: (nervously; to the tourist) I'm from Canada... (She turns around to show them the Canadian flag pin on her backpack.) eh.
MALE TOURIST #3: (shrugs) Oh... That totally makes sense. (the other tourists mutter in agreement)
GORDON: (stares suspiciously; to Ruby) I've got my eye on you, Gillman girl. And my other eye, too!
[He stares at her, pointing at his other eye. Davey mimics the gesture. He then starts to drive away, continuing his tour. Ruby just smiled and waved, smiled and waved.]
GORDON: (over speaker) Our tour begins where 15 years ago, I swear I saw the monstrous giant kraken. And to your right, Oceanside's best saltwater taffy. Ask for the Gordon Lighthouse discount.
[A quacking ringtone could be heard coming from Ruby’s phone. She grabs it out of her backpack and answers it, doing a facetime call with her trio of friends on her way to school.]
RUBY: (on facetime; to her friends) Hey, guys.
TREVIN: (on facetime; to Ruby) Yo.
BLISS: (on facetime; to Ruby) Greetings.
MARGOT: (on facetime; to Ruby) So, how did it go?
BLISS: (on facetime; to Ruby) Yes. I'm dying to find out.
TREVIN: (on facetime; to Ruby) Same. I've been stress-gaming.
RUBY: (on facetime; to her friends) Well, it's official. Mom won't let me go to prom. And I know it's not what we wanted, but we still have plan B, our very cool anti-prom party. And what is the most liberated food out there? Guys, I'm talking fondue.
MARGOT: (on facetime; to Ruby) Ruby, um, I'm just gonna come right out and say it. Kayla asked me to the prom.
RUBY: (on facetime; to Margot) Oh.
MARGOT: (on facetime; to Ruby) And, uh, I said carpe diem. Aka, I said yes.
RUBY: (on facetime; to Margot) What?
MARGOT: (on facetime; to Ruby) I said yes.
RUBY: (on facetime; to Margot) No, I got that. Loud and clear.
[She squeezes between two men in a crowd of people. They move apart from her. Later, she arrives at Oceanside High School.]
RUBY: (on facetime; to Bliss and Trevin) Okay, Margot has torn our hearts into a million tiny pieces, and that's fine. More fondue for the rest of us, right, guys?
BLISS: (on facetime; to Ruby) Yeah, uh, once Margot was going with Kayla, Trevin said, "Oh, well, should we just go together?" And I agreed. So, Trevin and I are going to the prom together. As friends.
TREVIN: (on facetime; to Ruby) Yeah, only as friends.
RUBY: (on facetime; to her friends) What?
[She lowers her phone to show her friends in real life.]
RUBY: (shocked; to her friends) What?!
MARGOT: (guilty; to Ruby) Sorry, Ruby.
RUBY: (crushed; to her friends) We promised to always stick together. Does squad solidarity mean nothing to you?
MARGOT: (smiles; to Ruby) Well, of course it does. Which is why you should come with us. You'll be on a boat. You'll be completely safe.
BLISS: (catastrophizing; to Ruby) Unless there's a tragic accident.
MARGOT: (scoldingly; calls out Bliss) Bliss, no catastrophizing.
BLISS: (apologetically; to Ruby) Sorry.
RUBY: (frowns; to her friends) You guys know my mom, and that is why we made plan B. Margot, just bring Kayla to our anti-prom party. We will watch bad movies. We'll dip Swiss.
MARGOT: (annoyed; to Ruby) Enough with the fondue! We eat a lot of cheese.
TREVIN: (chimes in; to Ruby) Wheels of it.
MARGOT: (frowns; to Ruby) Think about how many events we've missed in squad solidarity because of your mom's irrational anti-ocean rule.
RUBY: (frowns; to Margot) I guess a few.
MARGOT: (shocked; to Ruby) What? There was the field trip to the submarine museum. The school beach day.
[As her friends list off the events, they appear in little picture bubbles, surrounding Ruby.]
BLISS: (chimes in; to Ruby) All-county surf contest.
TREVIN: (chimes in; to Ruby) The Grunion Fun Run.
MARGOT: (chimes in; to Ruby) The Oceanside Festival of the Bard.
BLISS: (chimes in; to Ruby) My grandmother's beach birthday party.
MARGOT: (chimes in; to Ruby) Kayla's beach birthday party!
TREVIN: (chimes in; to Ruby) Any birthday party but Bliss's.
BLISS: (smiles; to Ruby) You're always welcome at the graveyard.
MARGOT: (worried; to Ruby) But this isn't just any party. This is prom. And I really want to be a part of it. We all do.
RUBY: (sadly; to her friends) Yeah. No, I get it. You guys should go without me. It's one thing for my mom to ruin my life. She doesn't have to ruin yours.
TREVIN: (gets an idea; to Ruby) Uh, what if you don't tell her?
MARGOT: (amazed; to Ruby) Gasp of exclamation! Trevin's right. Your mom doesn't have to know.
BLISS: (perks up; to Ruby) Deception. I'm on board.
TREVIN: (encouraging; to Ruby) Come on, Ruby. Do it.
BLISS: (encouraging; to Ruby) Do it.
RUBY: (worries; to her friends) I want to, but if my mom finds out, uh...
MARGOT: (interrupts; to Ruby) Oh, life is not a dress rehearsal. (shakes Ruby) It's time for you to go big and go to prom. (slides down and lets go of Ruby)
RUBY: (relents; gets off Margot) Okay. Okay, okay, okay. You're right. Okay, I'll do it. I'll go to prom.
MARGOT: (beams in joy; to Ruby) Yes!
RUBY: (smiles; to her friends) And I'm gonna ask Connor.
MARGOT: (shocked; to Ruby) Connor? Okay, that's a... that's a big swing there. Whoo. But we are here for it. Step one, you're going to need a prom-posal. Blue-sky with me, people. Any ideas?
RUBY: (gets out her phone; to Margot) Maybe I can ask him with something epic, like an advanced quadratic equation. (calculates her graph on her phone) And when I solve it, the answer is... (shows the graph shaped as the word PROM) prom.
[The dumbstruck Margot leans back with the others holding her.]
MARGOT: (dumbstruck; to Ruby) Ruby, my sweet, wide-eyed, dumbest smart person ever, you cannot ask Connor to prom with homework.
RUBY: (shows them the graph; to Margot) But look how it graphs. It's cool.
MARGOT: (frowns; to Ruby) It is not cool. A good prom-posal is art.
[She moves her hands to transition to the interior of the high school building as we see students proposing to their dates.]
MARGOT: (boldly; to Ruby) Showmanship is the name of the game in this hormone-fueled benchmark of adolescence. A ritual that embodies the ultimate in high risk, high reward. Now, you get one shot at prom and one shot at persuading your Romeo that you are his Juliet. With stakes this high, the only option is to go big.
PRINCIPAL: (over PA) Everyone, don't forget to RSVP for prom, the most important day of your lives.
[Ruby looks at her graph and realizes she’s being foolish. She and Margot open their lockers.]
RUBY: (embarrassed) I almost asked Connor to prom with homework.
MARGOT: (assures Ruby) We got you, Ruby. There are so many other options. [as she rides on a unicycle] Here, this is the first draft, but with this script and my favorite prop from clown school... [hands Ruby her unicycle and script]
RUBY: (unsure) Mm, I don't know. Do you have something a little smaller?
MARGOT: (has a clown nose on her face) Tone down the drama, you say? [gets out a confetti cannon] I know just the thing.
RUBY: (quizzically) What's that?
MARGOT: (proudly) A commercial-grade DJ confetti cannon. You just ask Connor to prom, push this button, and the confetti will rain down like closing night on Broadway.
RUBY: (unsure) Uh, maybe I abandon this whole "ask your dream guy to prom" thing.
[Just then, Ruby spots an African American boy skateboarding down the hall. It’s Connor, Ruby’s crush.]
RUBY: (lovestruck) Connor.
[Fade to a fantasy of Ruby proposing to Connor.]
RUBY: (lovingly) Connor, would you do me the honor of going to human prom with me?
CONNOR: (lovingly) Oh, Ruby, yes. Oh, you've made me the happiest guy on dry land, Ruby.
RUBY: (lovestruck) Connor.
CONNOR: (lovingly) Ruby. Ruby?
[Fade out to reality to see Ruby hugging a student’s backpack.]
CONNOR: (smiles) Hi.
RUBY: (lovestruck) Connor's here.
CONNOR: (smiles) Uh, yeah. Connor's here.
RUBY: (snaps out) Oh! Oh. Hi. Hi, hi, hi.
CONNOR: (smiles) Uh... we're still on for our tutoring sesh later, right?
RUBY: (smiles nervously) Oh. Oh, yeah, Connor. We are on like polygons.
CONNOR: (smiles) All right. Team math. I'll see you later.
RUBY: (smiles) You know it. Anything for my alge-bae.
CONNOR: (confused) Your what now?
RUBY: (corrects herself) I mean bro. A-Alge-bro. Like you're my brother. You're my math brother.
[Her left leg twists around her right nervously.]
CONNOR: (smiles softly) You know, I think I liked the first one better.
[He rides away on his skateboard while Ruby smiles.]
RUBY: (to Margot) Give me that confetti cannon.
MARGOT: [appears by Ruby's side with the confetti cannon] Yes!
[Cut to a nervous Ruby holding the confetti cannon as she sees Connor giving skateboarding tips to another student.]
CONNOR: (giving a tip to a student) You gotta practice. The trick is to reject the concept of gravity. It doesn't exist. It's not real.
MALE STUDENT: (smiles) All right. Peace out. [skates away]
CONNOR: (to the student) Yo, hit me up later.
[She takes a deep breath and approaches Connor while hiding the cannon behind her back.]
RUBY: (nervously) Hey, Connor.
CONNOR: (smiles) Hey, Ruby. What's up?
RUBY: (nervously) Um, hey. So, I was wondering, did you see, like, all those prom-posals around school this morning?
CONNOR: (smiles) Yes.
RUBY: (nervously) Hmm.
CONNOR: (smiles) They kind of weird me out. Just ask someone. It doesn't have to be this big proposal. It's crazy, right?
[Ruby nervously hangs the confetti cannon in her backpack out of fear.]
RUBY: (nervously) Oh, yeah, I hear that.
CONNOR: (skates up to Ruby) And besides, prom is a postcolonial....
RUBY AND CONNOR: (in unison) Patriarchal construct. Exactly. (chuckling)
CONNOR: (smiles) It could be fun to go with the right person, though.
RUBY: (nervously) Oh. (laughs nervously) Yeah. Totally.
CONNOR: (at the same time) Ruby… Oh.
RUBY: (at the same time) Connor… Oh, sorry.
CONNOR: (at the same time) Ruby… Oh, hey.
RUBY: (at the same time) Connor… Oh, you go.
CONNOR: (laughing) No, you go.
RUBY: (laughs) No. You go.
CONNOR: (laughs) Yeah, no, you go. I go. Wait. Okay, no. But seriously, what-what did you want to say?
RUBY: (smiles) Um, Connor, I... I... (becomes nervous) ...think I'm gonna be sick.
CONNOR: (as Ruby backs away) Whoa. Hey. Are-are you okay?
RUBY: (nervously) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I get seasick sometimes when I'm next to the ocean. It's genetic.
CONNOR: (assuring Ruby) You know, my sisters do this grounding technique thing. (the confetti cannon slides out of Ruby's backpack) Ooh. Whoops. Wait, what's this?
RUBY: (nervously) Hah. Oh. That? Never seen that before.
CONNOR: (curiously) Whoa. Is this a kaleidoscope?
RUBY: (nervously) Maybe put it down.
[As she tries to grab it, she accidentally hits a button. The confetti cannon activates.]
CONFETTI CANNON: (activates) It's party time!
[The cannon blows confetti in his face, sending him reeling back onto his skateboard and sending him over the railing to fall into the water below.]
RUBY: (scared) Connor! Connor, are you okay?
[His skateboard sinks into the water. Ruby grabs a nearby life preserver.]
RUBY: (calling out) Connor, grab this!
[She throws it out, only for it to stop within a few feet due to its short rope length.]
RUBY: (dismayed) Son of an anglerfish!
[Ruby looks into the water and realizes she has no choice but to go in.]
RUBY: (whimpers) Connor!
[She nervously tries to climb up on the railing.]
RUBY: (hyperventilating) Okay. Okay. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
[She slips and falls into the water. The Gillman girl finds the unconscious Connor floating in the water, so she swims toward him. The currents blow her away before leading her near the boy. As she is about to reach Connor, she is blown away and sent floating away into some seaweed, getting tangled in it. She slowly loses her consciousness until the suction cups on her hands begin to glow, following up to her arm and then her gills. Her eyes then snap open, glowing in purple as she unleashes a shockwave that knocks back the seaweed and spreads throughout the ocean. On the unconscious Connor, we see something grab him before bringing him up to the surface on the dock. He wakes up and coughs up water. A shadow looms over him as he looks at it. We then see Ruby elsewhere, coughing after resurfacing.]
RUBY: (sighs) What just happened? (gasps) Connor.
[She gets up and runs back to high school, where she sees a crowd of students chatting outside.]
GIRL: (amazed) The new girl saved Connor.
RUBY: (looking around) Connor?
GIRL #2: (amazed) She's a hero.
RUBY: (looking around) Connor.
[She searches for Connor while pushing through the crowd. Margot comes over to Ruby.]
MARGOT: (approaches Ruby) Ruby, there you are. You missed the story of the year, girl. Connor almost drowned.
RUBY: (scared) I didn't mean to. I mean I-I didn't do it. (laughs nervously) Gosh, that's crazy. And surprising. Because it definitely didn't have anything to do with me.
MARGOT: (concerned) Are you feeling all right? Why are you wet?
[Ruby finds Connor sitting at the fountain, a blanket wrapped around him. She walks over to the skater boy.]
RUBY: (worried) Connor. Are you okay?
CONNOR: (coughs) Yeah. It was crazy. I just remember there was smoke and glitter. And then the next thing I knew, I was saved by the new girl.
RUBY: (confused) The new girl?
[Cut to the new girl being a beautiful teenager with fair skin, wavy knee-length red hair, and pale blue eyes. She wore a navy-blue zigzag choker around her neck, hoop earrings, a sleeveless, aquamarine blue ruffle crop-top, sparkling dark blue bell-bottom jeans, and a pair of white sneakers. She also has light blue nail polish.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (joyfully) The new girl. (as the crowd cheers) Thank you. Thank you.
BOY: (cheers) Whoo! New girl.
GIRL: [holds an APPLAUSE sign] She's going to say something. [flips it to SILENCE] Shh.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (to the crowd) Picture this, me, stunning but approachable, on my first day of school. I'm lost and confused, struggling to find my first class. When suddenly---- I spot little mister skater boy here barely above water.
CONNOR: (grateful) I'm just lucky that...
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (interrupts Connor) Oh. Shush, shush. Ooh. My story. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer, but in that moment, I remembered what my mother always told me: "You are gorgeous." Also, "Big risk, big reward. Always go big." And what is bigger than saving a life?
[The students all cheer for the new girl while Ruby is in dismay.]
GIRL #2: (cheers) Yes, queen. Get it.
GIRL #3: (holds up a MARRY ME sign) I love you so much.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (points at a random student) Love you, too, rando.
MALE STUDENT: (grins) She pointed at me. I'm Rando.
[As Ruby watches, she notices the suction cups on her hands glowing.]
RUBY: (scared) Oh, no. What's happening?
[She backs away, bumping into a student.]
BOY #2: (annoyed) Watch it.
RUBY: (scared) Ah. Excuse me.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (notices Ruby) Wait. We haven't met. (as a few students lift her over to Ruby) I'm Chelsea, Chelsea Van Der Zee. It's Dutch. Kusjes!
GIRL: (amazed) So exotic.
GIRL #2: (amazed) I love you.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (quizzically) And you are?
RUBY: (nervously) I'm, um... I'm Ruby Gillman. It's Canadian... eh.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles a bit) Okay, maybe it's the whole "don't look at me" vibe, but there's something different about you.
RUBY: (backs away nervously) I-I really gotta go now.
[She quickly hides her suction cups as her vision starts to blur.]
BOY: (concerned) Uh, are you good?
BOY #2: (concerned) What's wrong with her?
BOY #3: (concerned) Yeah, you might need to lie down for a little bit.
BOY #2: (concerned) Yeah, that's awkward.
GIRL: (concerned) What's her deal? Is she gonna barf?
GIRL #2: (concerned) Freaking out.
[Ruby hyperventilates in fear.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (concerned) Are you okay? You really look like you've been through something.
RUBY: (nervously) Yeah. I really got to go. Now.
PRINCIPAL: (over PA) All right, everyone. Show's over. Let's get back to class.
[Elsewhere, we find Agatha showing a couple around a house.]
AGATHA: (welcomes the couple) Welcome to your new home, if I may be so bold.
JANICE: (amazed) Ooh.
DOUG: (amazed) This is incredible.
AGATHA: (as they enter) Oh, you've picked a great place to raise a kid. It's so safe here in Oceanside. Moving my family here was the best decision I ever made.
JANICE: (smiles) Doug actually grew up here. We're moving back so that we can be closer to his folks when the little one comes.
DOUG: (smiles) Hello, free babysitting.
AGATHA: (chuckles) How nice. Just be careful they don't tell you how you should live your life and raise your children. I mean, it'll be so nice to have family nearby. You're very lucky.
[Back with Ruby, she goes into the library to hide with her hand still glowing. She runs through some balloons and goes into an aisle.]
RUBY: (scared) Oh, why am I glowing? (hides her hand under a stack of books) Glowing is not good. I will never go into the ocean again. Lesson learned. (gets out her phone) Call Mom.
AUTOMATED PHONE VOICE: (on phone) Video call Connor.
RUBY: (on phone) What? I didn't say that. Call Mom.
CONNOR: (on phone) Ruby, where'd you go?
RUBY: (nervously) Whoa. Hey. [tries to end the call] End call, end call, end call.
CONNOR: (on phone) Wait, I wanted to ask you some...
RUBY: (on phone) I'm going through a tunnel. [ends call] Call Mom. (realizes) No, I can't call Mom. She's gonna kill me. [notices her legs growing. ?] Mm [her legs turn into tentacles] There's three of them? [sees herself growing] Oh, this is a nightmare.
[As she grows in size, books spill out of their shelves.]
RUBY: (scared) No! Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [more books spill as she keeps growing]
[An old librarian comes out of her office.]
CAROL: (calling out) Hello? (spots a book lying around) Pride and Prejudice. You're a long way from home. What are you doing in True Crime?
[She puts the book back on the shelf when something knocks it down. Carol looks to see something big. When she puts on her glasses, she discovers Ruby, now as a giant purple kraken.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (quietly) Shh.
[The librarian screams, followed by Ruby as she continues to grow and grow.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (scared) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[Then, she bursts out of the building, yelling out loud. Meanwhile, Gordon is chatting to a few tourists on his boat.]
GORDON: (to the tourists) A lot of you have been asking about my beard regimen.
FEMALE TOURIST: (sees something) Do you see that?
GORDON: (turns around and sees it) Kraken!
FEMALE TOURIST #2: (surprised) What is that?
GORDON: (exclaims) Kraken ahoy! She's back!
FEMALE TOURIST: (surprised) Oh, my goodness.
GORDON: (takes the phone) Oh, she's coming for me.
[Ruby looks at her new form in terror and walks out of the debris as Carol runs away. Ruby hides behind some trees and sees the prom balloons going up before spotting Chelsea on the ground. She grows more nervous at this. Spotting a lighthouse in the distance, Ruby walks off toward it. Back with Agatha, she shows the couple a view of Oceanside from the balcony.]
JANICE: (amazed) Oh. Look at this view.
DOUG: (amazed) Wow. Holy migoli, this is amazing. What do you think, boo?
JANICE: (smiles) I think... we're sold!
AGATHA: (beams with joy) Oh. Fantastic. Well, I'll get the paperwork started, and we'll make this quick and easy so you can focus on your little one.
JANICE: (excited) I can't believe this is ours.
DOUG: (excited) Look at this house. This is beautiful.
[Agatha notices something moving in the distance. It’s Ruby in her kraken form.]
JANICE: (offscreen) Honey, you were saying you wanted a built-in grill, and that is built-in.
DOUG: (offscreen) Oh, man, I get to be grillmaster again.
[The mother grows nervous at this.]
AGATHA: (nervously) You make sure you enjoy every minute of quiet you have left because once the baby comes, it is going to blow up your whole life.
DOUG: (as he and Janice are pushed out) Okay. Okay.
[She gets in her car.]
AGATHA: (to the couple) Look around. Get a feel for the place. Just leave the key in the lockbox when you're done. Or-or keep it. (throws Doug the keys) Whatever. Talk soon.
[Then, she drives off. Agatha tries to call Ruby on her phone.]
AGATHA: (worries) Pick up, Ruby. Pick up. Oh, pick up, Ruby. Pick up! (sighs) Okay. Agatha, you can figure this out. Everything is gonna be fine.
[Suddenly, her car thumps as it runs over something.]
AGATHA: (exclaims) Son of an anglerfish! It's probably just a traffic cone. Oh, no.
[She stops and looks in the rear-view mirror to see a pile of leaves in the back.]
AGATHA: (to the pile) Hello?
[Then, the pile moves as something rises out of it. It appears to be a human-sized kraken.]
UNCLE BRILL: (joyfully) Heya, sis. (hugs Agatha) Good old Uncle Brill's here to see his favorite niece, Ruby.
AGATHA: (confused) What? Brill?
BRILL: (joyfully) Heya.
AGATHA: (concerned) Are you okay?
BRILL: (joyfully) Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?
AGATHA: (concerned) I just hit you with a car.
BRILL: (joyfully) How do you guys deal with the gravity here on land? It's crazy, right? (laughs) Anyway, I came to say congratulations. Ruby's all grown-up and turned into a giant...
AGATHA: (covers Brill’s mouth) Shh, shh, shh. Not so loud. [drags him to the car] Come on.
BRILL: (as he’s dragged) Whoa. I see you still got that upper body strength, huh? (gets thrown in) Ow. (then pushed in) Oof.
[As the mother drives off in her car with Brill, Ruby continues her trek when she steps on something.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (in pain) Ow!
[She picks it up to find she’s stepped on a billboard. It was for Gordon's tour bus.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (dismayed) Are you kidding me?
[She puts the sign down and notices a yellow FIAT 500 car on the road, so she hides. When it drives past her, she walks off. She holds two trees to hide herself. Cut to Agatha talking to Brill about his sudden appearance.]
AGATHA: (quizzically) What are you doing here, Brill?
BRILL: (smiles) We felt the pulse.
AGATHA: (quizzically) So Mom knows?
BRILL: (nods) Uh, yeah. She sent me to get Ruby.
AGATHA: (groans) This is exactly why she wasn't supposed to go into the ocean.
BRILL: (quizzically) Uh, then why would you live next to it?
AGATHA: (answers) We needed to stay moist.
BRILL: (disgusted) Ew. Moist.
AGATHA: (looks around) Where is she? Where is she? I need to hide her.
BRILL: (shocked) Whoa. Good luck hiding that.
[They see Ruby heading toward the lighthouse. Agatha drives toward her daughter’s direction as Brill bumps around in her car.]
BRILL: (in pain) Ow!
[Finally, at the lighthouse, as Ruby hides behind it, she finds her mother’s car parked nearby.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (scared) Oh, no.
[On Agatha and Brill, the latter is amazed at Ruby’s size.]
BRILL: (amazed) Wow...
AGATHA: (as she gets out) Brill, stay.
[She slams the door on his face and locks it before going to see her daughter.]
AGATHA: (calling out to Ruby) Ruby Gillman, come out here. We need to get you home right now.
KRAKEN RUBY: (sadly) But... I'm a... a monster. [hides in shame]
AGATHA: (tries to reassure her) Oh, honey, you're not a monster. Not even close. I don't want to yell. Can we just talk? Please, just... just talk to me.
[Ruby lowers her hand to let her mother on and lifts it up.]
AGATHA: (smiles softly) Hey, there's my girl.
KRAKEN RUBY: (sadly) Please don't be mad. I should have listened to you. But I kind of went into the ocean.
AGATHA: (guessing) Went into the ocean? I know. But right now, I just want to keep you safe, honey, and that means getting you home.
KRAKEN RUBY: (sadly) Mom, look at me. (crying) I won't even fit inside our house anymore. Mom.
AGATHA: (reassures Ruby) Hey. Hey, hey. Shh. You'll get small again. It just takes a little time. I'm here. I'll wait with you. I'm not going anywhere.
KRAKEN RUBY: (sniffs) I'm really glad you're here, Mom.
AGATHA: (smiles softly) Do you remember when you found that whale on the beach?
KRAKEN RUBY: (laughs and sniffles) You mean Clarence J. Whifferton?
AGATHA: (chuckles) How could I forget? Clarence J. Whifferton. You stood next to him with a hose for seven hours until the tide came back in.
KRAKEN RUBY: (chuckles) Oh, yeah. (sniffs) I asked you if I could keep him.
AGATHA: (chuckles softly) Where would we even have put him?
KRAKEN RUBY: (as she shrinks) We had a hose. A garage. Come on. I would have taken care of him.
AGATHA: (smiles softly) I know you would have.
[With the heartfelt conversation, Ruby shrinks back to normal.]
RUBY: (happily) Yes. I'm normal. Well, almost normal. Thank you.
AGATHA: (assures Ruby) Trust me, it's gonna be okay.
[Brill joins in on the hug.]
BRILL: (touched) Aw...
[Ruby notices and screams before hitting him in the face.]
BRILL: (shakes his face back to normal) Ooh, I see you got your mom's arm strength.
RUBY: (shocked) Mom, what is happening?!
[Later, the three krakens return to the Gillman house.]
ARTHUR: (greets Ruby) Hey, Tadpole. What's up?
RUBY: (upset) How would I know? No one tells me anything.
AGATHA: (worried) Ruby went into the ocean, Arthur.
ARTHUR: (scared) Oh, no! [drops his cup in shock]
SAM: (quizzically) And you didn't die?
BRILL: (as he enters) Die? Why would she die?
ARTHUR: (frowns) Oh, no.
SAM: (notices Brill) Who's this guy?
BRILL: (notices Sam) Who's this kid?
ARTHUR: (to Brill) Uh, that's our son, Sam.
BRILL: (surprised) Son? (lifts Sam up in joy) As in, I'm an uncle? Again?
SAM: (joyfully) I've never had an uncle before.
BRILL: (joyfully) And I've never had a nephew before.
[Agatha closes all of the windows.]
AGATHA: (calmly) Ruby, take a deep breath. Let me explain. You see, when you went in the ocean, it triggered... Uh, it released...
BRILL: (dramatically) The kraken! (blows on the party blower)
AGATHA: (sighs) What Brill means is you turn into a giant kraken. I know this is a lot to process, Ruby, but you're not alone. (the suction cups on both of their hands glow) I turn into a giant kraken, too.
RUBY: (shocked) What? What? You knew? [gets out a bottle with a kraken terrorizing a ship] So, I'm this? The horrible stereotype of krakens that you said humans made up.
BRILL: (offended) I'm offended.
ARTHUR: (retorts) It sells. (Brill blows on the party blower)
RUBY: (angrily) So what else is true about me, Mom? Do I sink ships now? Do I terrorize sailors?
AGATHA: (takes the bottle) No. No, honey. Not at all.
RUBY: (betrayed) All this time, you told me we were hiding from monsters, and it turns out I'm the monster. You lied to me.
AGATHA: (tries to reassure Ruby) Think of it more as a tiny omission.
SAM: (gets out his phone) Come on. Turn giant. I'm recording.
AGATHA: (to Sam) Sam, put it away.
SAM: (pleading) But this is the coolest thing ever.
RUBY: (scared) It is not cool. I was already a little weird, but this? I can't hide this.
AGATHA: (tries to reassure Ruby) Yes, you can.
RUBY: (upset) You don't get it, Mom. Every single day, I make sure no one notices all the ways that I am different. I push my hair in front of my gills, and I stand like I have a spine. It's hard, but this is impossible.
AGATHA: (tries to reassure Ruby) No, because you can control it, Ruby. Just like I have for all these years.
RUBY: (angrily) Yeah, but you didn't have to go to high school with tentacles.
SAM: (quizzically) Do I get tentacles, too?
ARTHUR: (answers his son's question) Sorry, son. Only the women in our family turn giant.
BRILL: (as he puts on clothes) The men just become older, rounder versions of ourselves. It's not great.
[Ruby notices texts on her phone. It’s from her friends talking about her giant kraken form earlier today.]
AGATHA: (tries to assure Ruby) Ruby, listen. The ocean triggers the transformation. But if you stay on dry land, you'll stay small and on two legs.
RUBY: (sarcastic) Cool. Everyone at school is talking about the monster that destroyed the library.
AGATHA: (tries to assure Ruby) As long as no one figures out it was you, we're safe.
ARTHUR: (explaining) Your body is going through changes. Think of it as blossoming.
RUBY: (disgusted) Ugh, Dad.
SAM: (quizzically) Do your tentacles ooze poison?
AGATHA: (shocked) Sam!
RUBY: (nervously) How is this even happening right now?
AGATHA: (tries to assure Ruby) As long as you stay out of the ocean...
ARTHUR: (explaining) Your body is a flower.
SAM: (quizzically) Do you grow any extra arms?
ARTHUR: (explaining) Blossoming.
BRILL: (chimes in) Women are so lucky.
AGATHA: (tries to assure Ruby) Things will go back to normal.
RUBY: (snaps) Can everyone just stop?! (to her dad) Dad, this isn't a good thing. (to her brother) Sam, I'm going to strangle you with my tentacles. (to her mom) And, Mom, I can't. I just can't right now.
[She storms off to her room.]
BRILL: (chimes in) Ah, she forgot to do me.
RUBY: (offscreen) I don't even know you!
[In her room, she screams head-first into her bean-bag chair. Her frustrations cleared, she lies in the chair and curls up.]
BRILL: (offscreen) Well, why can't we just talk about it?
AGATHA: (offscreen) Because it doesn't matter. Keep it down, Brill.
[Ruby hears the conversation outside, so she leaves her room to eavesdrop on Agatha and Brill.]
BRILL: (offscreen) Sis, if I could find you, then it's only a matter of time before the rest of the ocean can, too.
AGATHA: (sternly) I can handle this on my own.
BRILL: (pleading) Just come home and talk to her. She wants to help Ruby.
AGATHA: (scoffs) She never just helps, though, does she?
BRILL: (sighs) At least tell Ruby the whole truth.
AGATHA: (sternly) Ruby's life is on land now, Brill. I know you mean well, but you need to stop. Go home and let me take care of my daughter.
BRILL: (pleading) Aggie...
[She closes the door on Brill.]
RUBY: (upset) I can't believe Mom is still hiding things from me.
[Nessie spits out Brill’s party blower, giving Ruby an idea.]
RUBY: (amazed) Nessie, you tiny genius. That guy can't hide anything.
[She heads out while Nessie eats the party blower. Ruby leaves the house.]
MAN: (offscreen) Oh, put those on ice.
MAN #2: (offscreen) Good idea.
WOMAN: (offscreen) I can do both for you.
[As she runs off, she stops as the boat-bus passes by.]
RUBY: (scared) Wha...
GORDON: (over speaker) Lock your doors! The kraken has returned!
[She runs through town and looks around.]
RUBY: (looks around) Brill? Where is he? Where is he? Where is he?
[Eventually, she hears her uncle's scream nearby.]
RUBY: (hears his scream) Brill?
[She sees Brill at the docks being attacked by seagulls while holding a corn dog.]
BRILL: (while being attacked) Get off me, you feathery demons. Ow! You winged dopes. Ow, hey, hey. Save yourself. It's too late for me.
RUBY: (grabs the corn dog) Forget the corn dog.
[She throws it away, leaving the seagulls to fly after it.]
BRILL: (gasps) Did you see that? They took my stick snack.
RUBY: (brings him up to her face) Uncle Brill, focus. I need to know.
BRILL: (nods) Mm-hmm?
RUBY: (quizzically) Who sent you here?
BRILL: (frowns) Mmm. No. No, no, no. No. Please don't ask me things. I'm so bad at keeping secrets. Just talk to your mom.
RUBY: (upset) Mom won't tell me anything.
BRILL: (upset) Well, neither will I. She should be the one to tell you about your grandmother. (realizes and winces)
RUBY: (shocked) My what?
BRILL: (nervously) Nothing. I didn't say grandmother. What? Uh, I said landlubber. Ahoy?
RUBY: (shocked) I have a grandmother?
BRILL: (scared) No, no, no. Please, uh, don't listen to me. I don't know what I'm saying. I'm hungry, and I'm traumatized from before.
RUBY: (realizes something) Wait.
BRILL: (in the background) It's the birds...
RUBY: (realizes something) If only the women in our family turn into giant krakens, then she's a giant kraken, too.
BRILL: (nervously) Uh, let the record show I kept that part a secret.
RUBY: (quizzically) Is she here?
BRILL: (smiles) What? No. Your grandmother would never leave the ocean. Honestly, I don't know how your mom did it all these years. Land is not built for a giant kraken.
RUBY: (looks back at her house) You're right.
BRILL: (nods) Mm-hmm.
RUBY: (frowns) It's not. (sighs) I don't know the first thing about being a giant kraken. But it's not fair to keep me in the dark.
BRILL: (agreeing) Nope. Not at all.
RUBY: (frowns) I can't keep waiting for answers.
[The lamps on the pier turn on, leading to the edge of it. Seeing the ocean before her, Ruby gets an idea.]
RUBY: (determined) I need to take control of my own life.
BRILL: (cheers) You go, girl.
RUBY: (determined) I'm a kraken.
BRILL: (cheers) Preach.
RUBY: (determined) And if I want answers, then there's only one person who can help me.
BRILL: (cheers) Your mom.
RUBY: My grandmother.
BRILL: (cheers) Yeah. (then) No. What? I can't let you do that. Your mom will kill me.
RUBY: (groans and sighs) Uncle Brill... you have been more helpful than you can imagine. (hugs Brill)
BRILL: (sighs warmly and hugs Ruby) You know, this is the first hug we've had in 15 years.
RUBY: (frowns) Then I'm really sorry.
BRILL: (confused) For what?
RUBY: (frowns) This.
[She grabs another corndog from a trash can and offers it to Brill.]
BRILL: (beams in joy) Oh! A stick snack. (seagulls surround and attack him) Help!
[Ruby runs up to the end of the dock, overlooking the waters below. She takes a deep breath and jumps in, turning into her kraken form. Brill swims in.]
BRILL: (smirks) Real clever with the stick trick. I admit that, but... (sees Ruby's kraken form) Whoa.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) Yeah. It's kind of amazing.
BRILL: (smiles nervously) So, there's no way I'm getting you out of the water now, is there? (Ruby shakes her head; sighs) Well, follow me.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) Wait, Uncle Brill. (some seaweed tangles her) Whoa, oh.
[She swims after Brill while glowing. The kraken swims beneath Gordon's ship as the sailor stares in suspicion before laughing evilly. She comes across an old friend of hers among a herd of whales.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (recognizes the whale) Clarence? Clarence J. Whifferton. I'm so glad you made it. You look great.
CLARENCE J. WHIFFERTON: (in whale talk) Thank yooooou!
[She swims past some jellyfish.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Uncle Brill, being in the ocean is more wonderful than anything I could imagine.
BRILL: (smiles) It only gets better from here.
[She follows Brill as they swim through a huge crack in the floor. Ruby finds a current nearby and runs her hand alongside it. She then goes into the current.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (while inside the current) Whoa, oh.
[She swims out of it.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (laughs) Wow. That was wild.
BRILL: (smiles) Welcome to the Kingdom of the Krakens.
[They arrive at a big undersea castle and head inside.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Whoa.
BRILL: (smiles) Yeah, I know what you're thinking. It's a little over the top. But you know royals.
KRAKEN RUBY: (surprised) Royals? You mean my grandmother's a...
GRANDMAMAH: (offscreen) A queen!
[Ruby looks to see a big green kraken swimming down to her.]
GRANDMAMAH: (proudly) A warrior queen, Ultimate Lordess, Ruler of the Seven Seas, et cetera, et cetera. Give me a hug. (hugs Ruby)
KRAKEN RUBY: (while being hugged) So tight.
BRILL: (prepares to hug) Oh.
GRANDMAMAH: (frowns) Not now, Brill. It's Ruby's time now. You said you'd be okay with it, huh?
BRILL: (smiles while wincing) Of course, Mamah. I'm not that needy, so...
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) I can't believe you're my grandmother.
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Please, call me Grandmamah. You seem surprised by the level of general majesty and royal splendor.
KRAKEN RUBY: (surprised) I definitely wasn't expecting the whole queen thing.
GRANDMAMAH: (quizzically) Your mother never told you you were royalty?
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) I guess it was another tiny omission.
GRANDMAMAH: (angered) Tiny omission?! Agatha! (calms down) Don't worry. I go to therapy now. I see a wise hammerhead shark on Wednesdays and Fridays, and I've let my rage go. Away, rage. (a jellyfish brings up cookies) Ah, cookies. Help yourself, Ruby.
KRAKEN RUBY: (eats one) Mmm. They're really... they're really good. A little mushy.
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) I made someone make them myself. Now, talk to your grandmamah. Tell me everything. Was it horrible living among the hairy crust dwellers?
KRAKEN RUBY: (corrects Grandmamah) You mean people?
GRANDMAMAH: (chuckles) Even the word makes my tentacles squirm.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) People are kinda nice, actually. I have a couple of friends. I asked a boy to prom, but, you know, it... it did not go great.
GRANDMAMAH: (assuring Ruby) Well, deary, you can put all that behind you. You're made for bigger things. Come with me.
[She leads Ruby to a huge throne room, where krakens swim around and see Ruby.]
MALE KRAKEN: (sees Ruby) I see her. It's Ruby.
FEMALE KRAKEN: (sees Ruby) Whoa. It's Ruby.
FEMALE KRAKEN #2: (sees Ruby) It's her.
FEMALE KRAKEN #3: (sees Ruby) Look, it's the princess.
FEMALE KRAKEN #2: (sees Ruby) Is this actually her?
[One kraken gives her a coral reef like a bouquet.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (touched) Aw. Thank you.
MALE KRAKEN 2: (sees Ruby) Is that Ruby?
FEMALE KRAKEN 2: (sees Ruby) Look, look. It's her.
FEMALE KRAKEN 3: (amazed) She's so pretty.
FEMALE KRAKEN 4: (greets Ruby) Hi, Ruby.
[Grandmamah addresses her people about Ruby.]
GRANDMAMAH: (to the crowd) Fellow krakens, here at last is my granddaughter. After 15 years, Princess Ruby has finally returned home to be my successor.
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm gonna be a, a what now?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Ruby, you're a princess. Address the crowd.
KRAKEN RUBY: (scared) I think... I am having a panic attack!
[The crowd cheers.]
MALE KRAKEN: (cheers) Panic attack!
[Back at the house, Agatha is sadly looking through her laptop. She looks up and heads to Ruby's room to find her daughter sleeping. She sighs before leaving, not knowing it's actually Nessie in bed. Back in the undersea castle, two krakens try to put a crown on Ruby's head, but she swims away.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (asks Grandmamah) So, Grandma...
GRANDMAMAH: (corrects Ruby) Uh, "Grandmamah." It goes up on the second "mah."
KRAKEN RUBY: (apologetically) Oh, sorry. Um, Grandmamah, um, you have the wrong person. I'm just Ruby Gillman, normal teenager.
GRANDMAMAH: (frowns) Normal according to who? The women in our family have been gifted the mighty power to turn into giant kraken. You are only one of three giant krakens on this Earth, Ruby. We must protect the ocean and its creatures. But many monsters have coveted our position and have tried to seize the throne for themselves. Brag alert, they never succeeded. The Leviathan, Umibozu, and the most power-hungry and dangerous of them all...
KRAKEN RUBY: (confused) The mermaid?
GRANDMAMAH: (dramatically) Yes, the mermaid!
KRAKEN RUBY: (confused) But people love mermaids.
GRANDMAMAH: (frowns) Of course they do. People are stupid. Mermaids are selfish, vain narcissists with mediocre hair, and their queen, Nerissa, the worst of them all. She wanted to control the ocean and force its creatures to serve her and her alone. Normally, mermaids would be no match for us giant kraken-- much too puny-- but their queen found an ancient weapon, the Trident of Oceanus. The only weapon powerful enough to defeat a giant kraken. We formed the front lines against her, and for that... we paid a terrible price. Frankly, I suppose we'd all be kelp toast if it wasn't for your mother.
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) No way. That's my mom? Was she actually cool?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) She was our greatest warrior. I mean, of course she was. I taught her everything I know. She engaged in a great battle with the tyrant mermaid and wrested away the Trident. I called it her "queen-making moment." It was glorious. Nerissa fled in disgrace. We had a chance to crush the mermaids forever, but your mother did the unfathomable. She hid the Trident away, left her kingdom, left her kind, all to play human?
[She fires lasers from her eyes.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Whoa. You have laser eyes?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Well, it's electrically charged bioluminescence, but, yeah, they do pack a wallop. You have the powers, too, you know.
KRAKEN RUBY: (quizzically) Besides growing big at super awkward moments?
GRANDMAMAH: (assures Ruby) You're special, Ruby. You feel it in the core of your being. Let me teach you.
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) But my mom told me that if I stay out of the ocean, I won't turn into a...
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) A giant kraken? You are not a human who turns into a kraken. You're a kraken hiding as a human. Once you know what you're capable of, you'll want to be the next kraken queen. It's your birthright. And fight as you might, fight as you will, you can never outswim your destiny.
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) I don't know, Grandmamah. I like math and Connor. You know, teen stuff.
GRANDMAMAH: (understanding) Very well. I loved spending this time with you, Ruby.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles softly) Me, too. Thank you for telling me the truth.
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Until we meet again.
[Ruby swim off.]
BRILL: (confused) Wait. You're just gonna let her go?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) She'll be back. A kraken always answers the call.
BRILL: (sadly) That's what you said about Agatha.
[As she swims out of the kingdom, she says goodbye to her whale friend.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (waves goodbye to Clarence) Bye, Clarence.
CLARENCE J. WHIFFERTON: (in whale talk) Good byeeeee!
[As she swims home, her leg is suddenly caught by some rope. It tugs at a buoy, getting Gordon’s attention. It was a trap.]
GORDON: (shouts) Kraken ahoy!
[Ruby tries to get out of the trap.]
GORDON: (to Davey) Davey, hard to port. Full power!
[Davey turns the wheel while Gordon loads a harpoon into a cannon. The buoy gets pulled as Ruby gets more tangled.]
GORDON: (laughs) Fly. Fly, me beauties.
[He fires a harpoon into the water, and it zips by Ruby.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (as the harpoon zips by) Wha...
GORDON: (looks out) Let's get a closer look at ya.
KRAKEN RUBY: (tries to activate laser eyes) Laser eyes, go! Laser eyes, go! Laser eyes?
[She tries to shoot lasers from her eyes but to no avail.]
GORDON: (to Davey) Hold her steady, Davey.
[As he fires another harpoon, it is suddenly caught by a figure who uses it to free Ruby.]
GORDON: (laughs) Bit of a spicy tuna, aren't ya?
[Ruby looks at the figure and realizes in shock.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) Wait. Is that...?
[Queen Nerissa/Chelsea swims down, revealing herself as a mermaid.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (as she swims down) The new girl. Oh, my gosh. Hey.
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) Chelsea? H-How are you even down here?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles) Because I'm a motherflippin' mermaid. I figured I owed you an underwater rescue since I kinda, sorta, 100% got credit for yours.
GORDON: (determined) Time for the Gordon special. (gets out a bomb) Surprise. It's a bomb!
[He throws the bomb into the water.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (in a hurry) We should get going or, like, die. Your call.
[Ruby thinks before making a decision. She and Chelsea swim away as the bomb explodes, sending Gordon and Davey flying before landing back on the boat. They see Ruby swimming away and Davey glares at Gordon.]
GORDON: (not amused) Don't say it, Davey. You're such a naysayer.
[Cut back to Ruby and Queen Nerissa/Chelsea swimming to safety.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) Okay. I still can't believe you're a...
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles) A ten with a fin? A fish come true? A mermaid? Ooh, I can't believe I can finally have a friend to share things with. A super sea-girl bestie.
KRAKEN RUBY: (worried) Look, Chelsea, thanks for what you did back there, but I started this day thinking that my biggest issue was prom. And now, I got a whole lot more going on. So, I just need to go home, get some sleep and pretend this day never happened.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (upset) Look, I just thought we had a lot in common, but if you're gonna be salty about it, then bye-bye.
[Ruby swims back home. She gets back in her bed in her normal form. Nessie rests next to her and she hugs him. Then, the sun rises and the alarm clock rings. She wakes up, panting before shutting off the alarm.]
RUBY: (to herself; tries to reassure herself) Okay, Ruby, you got this. You just need to make it to school and have a completely, totally ordinary day. Huh?
[She grabs her stuff and prepares to leave, but she sees Nessie panting. She checks her breath then sprays perfume into her mouth. Downstairs, Agatha checks through family photos on the computer, feeling awful about earlier. Arthur approaches his sad wife.]
ARTHUR: (as he brings in cups of coffee; to his wife) Honey, you've gotta stop beating yourself up.
AGATHA: (guilty; to her husband) Oh, Arthur. I can't believe I didn't tell her any of this sooner. I mean, what was I thinking?
ARTHUR: (reassuring his wife; to his wife) You were thinking about protecting her, like you always have.
AGATHA: (guilty; to her husband) What if she drops out of school? I mean, what if she doesn't get a job and runs away like I did? What if she hates me like I hate my mom? It's a slippery slope, Arthur.
[As they chat, Ruby sneaks by in the background.]
ARTHUR: (hugs his wife; to his wife) Hate's a strong word. And she loves you. She'll never run away.
[They hear the door creaking open as they see Ruby trying to sneak out.]
ARTHUR: (frowns; then) Huh. This doesn't help my case.
AGATHA: (slips out of her husband's arms) Ruby, hey. How are you feeling? Did you sleep okay? Everything back to normal?
RUBY: (nervously) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Totally fine.
AGATHA: (worried) Are you sure? Oh, you look a little flushed.
RUBY: (nervously) Mom, I'm fine. Really.
AGATHA: (sniffs) Ruby, is that salt water on your breath?
RUBY: (nervously) Salt water? What? No. I really gotta go.
AGATHA: (worried) Good. Okay. Well, if you do want to talk, I'll be right here. I just... I just really want you to know that you never have to hide things from me.
RUBY: (quietly) Hmm, like you?
AGATHA: (quizzically) What did you say, honey?
RUBY: (nervously) Nothing. Bye, Mom.
AGATHA: (smiles; to her daughter) Love you. Make good choices.
[Ruby closes the door and her mother frowns. The teenage kraken sighs heavily before putting on headphones and walks to school, where she finds some scientists wearing yellow hazmat suits while a hazmat is scanning with a green radiation device and another hazmat checks a computer on a white truck after they investigated the crash site of the meteorite looks like a heart in Los Angeles on two years ago who investigate the ruined library. Ruby puts on her jacket hood while getting scared. Carol speaks to a news reporter while holding a book. Yellow tape covers the ruins of the site while hazmats check around. Ruby turns away in fear.]
CAROL: (panicking; to the reporter) It destroyed the YA Zombie Romance section. The YA Zombie Romance section!
[She hugs the book and hyperventilates. A hazmat spots a book among the ruins and tells his partner.]
HAZMAT: (to his partner) Eric.
ERIC: (notices) Yeah.
HAZMAT: (shows him the book) Take a look at this.
ERIC: (quizzically) Nonfiction?
[Ruby spots some students gossiping about the incident. She grows more scared by this. One student is calling her mother.]
FEMALE STUDENT: (on phone) Mom, I changed my mind. I want to be homeschooled again.
FEMALE STUDENT #2: (honestly) I never liked that library anyway.
MALE STUDENT: (confused) We have a library?
MALE STUDENT #2: (to his friend) Godzilla could not beat that thing in a fight.
MALE STUDENT #3: (concerned) A tentacled freak from the deep shows up, and I'm supposed to learn math?
MALE STUDENT #2: (disgusted) So gross.
[Ruby covers her head and quickly walks off. As Ruby continues walking in fear, Margot and Ruby's friends come over to her, startling her. Her hood comes off.]
MARGOT: (walks to Ruby; concerned) There you are! Why'd you stop answering our texts last night? I was worried that monster got to you.
BLISS: (gets out wooden whistles) I carved us each a whistle out of juniper wood. Blowing it could give you precious seconds to abscond with your lives.
TREVIN: (takes one) Sick. Juniper wood has been known to have kraken-defeating powers.
RUBY: (nervously) What? Kraken? Why would you say that? Ev-Everyone knows that krakens aren't real, so...
MARGOT: (dramatically) Behold, a plot twist.
[She shows Ruby a video of Gordon Lighthouse having spotted her kraken form.]
GORDON: (on video) 15 years ago, you all laughed at me. (Davey pinches his ear) Sorry. Not you, Davey. You're right, you always believed me. But now I finally have proof that krakens exist.
[He gets out a radio TV and Davey turns it on.]
GORDON: (on video) A lot of you have been asking about my beard regimen. (spots Kraken Ruby in the distance) Kraken! Kraken ahoy! She's back! Oh, she's coming for me. Davey, get the picturephone.
[He falls off the boat.]
WOMAN: (on video) Do you see it?
[The radio TV shuts off.]
GORDON: (on video) With your help, we will drag this abomination into the light and finally reveal what it truly is. (cackles)
[The video ends. Ruby is more scared than ever.]
TREVIN: (chuckles) Can't help but root for that guy.
BLISS: (dramatically) A great darkness has risen from the depths to claim us all.
MARGOT: (zips up beside Bliss) And this time, she is not catastrophizing.
RUBY: (nervously) I mean, this is wacky Gordon. You can't take him seriously. He only has, like, ten subscribers.
TREVIN: (chimes in) For now.
RUBY: (confused) Huh?
BLISS: (explaining) Trevin is sharing it across all of his socials.
RUBY: (scared) He's what?
TREVIN: (as he's sharing the video) What? You've never heard of my channel? A lot of people watch my gaming live streams.
RUBY: (nervously) How many is a lot?
TREVIN: (as he's sharing the video) About a hundred and forty... thousand. And... video posted. There, it's out there forever now.
RUBY: (scared) Wait.
[He posts the video. The students all receive Gordon’s video and immediately chat about the kraken.]
STUDENT: (to his friend) Dude, can you believe it?
[Ruby sees Connor talking to his friend about the kraken.]
CONNOR: (to his friend) That old boat dude was right. That thing is legit a monster. A real-life monster.
[Horrified, Ruby hyperventilates. Things are getting worse and worse for the teenage kraken.]
MARGOT: (concerned) Ruby? Cue Ruby. (to Bliss) Bliss, get the smelling salts. (Ruby gets scared and runs off) Where are you going? You forgot your whistle!
[She runs down the halls as more and more students watch the video.]
STAFF MEMBER: (while watching the video on his phone) No running in the halls.
[She hides in a stall of the girls’ bathroom and curls in a ball. She pants before hanging her head down in sadness. Then, she hears a door open and peeks through a crack in the door to see two students chatting to Chelsea. Chelsea admires herself in the mirror.]
JOCK: (discussing an idea) With a kraken running loose, you could use a bodyguard.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (touched) Aw, you're sweet.
GIRL: (scared) The monster could be lurking around any corner.
JOCK: (volunteering) I'd fight it for you.
RUBY: (comes out) Chelsea? (the jock screams like a girl) Can I talk to you?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (to the two) Okay, everyone out. Private talk time. Bye. (the two students leave; to Ruby) So, what's up?
RUBY: (guilty) Chelsea, about last night, I am sorry that I ran...
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (interrupts Ruby) Oh. Apologies are so corny. Just skip to the part where you tell me everything.
RUBY: (sadly) Look, I... You are here on land one day, and you already fit in. I've been here all of my life, and I still feel like a freak. I-I just want to be Ruby Gillman, normal teenager.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (scoffs) Oh, boo. Where's the fun in that? Ruby, you're a giant kraken. Don't you think you could aim a little bit higher than "normal teenager"? Oh, my cute little, floppy, baby guppy girl. You know what you need?
RUBY: (quizzically) Great hair and a mermaid tail?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (chuckles) No, but it would help. What you need, Ruby Gillman, is to see how great your life could be. You need a super sea-girl ditch day!
RUBY: (relents) Okay. Let's do it.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (cheers) Yay!
[The two leave the bathroom. Chelsea runs down the hallway, dragging Ruby along.]
PRINCIPAL: (over PA) Just four more days until prom, the last evening of joy before entering the drudgery of adulthood.
[We cut to Ruby and Chelsea swimming underwater in their kraken and mermaid forms. Chelsea jumps out of the water gracefully.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (joyfully) Woo-hoo!
[Ruby leaps out, though not so gracefully.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (stumbles) Whoa!
[She lands with a big splash. Then, Chelsea holds onto Ruby’s hand as the kraken swims through the cavern filled with jellyfish. Ruby launches Chelsea before transitioning to them jumping out and into the water. Later, they lie down on the ocean floor.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) This day's been amazing. I mean, seven seas in seven hours? And don't get me started about how wrong they got the crystal jellyfish in the Marine Biologist Quarterly. Sorry. Am I geeking out too much?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles) No. I still can't believe your mom hid all of this from you.
KRAKEN RUBY: (recites the motto) "Hiding is surviving." That's the Gillman family motto.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles) Mottoes are stupid. That's my motto. I hate hiding.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) But you're crushing it at school. Everyone loves you. You really do have everything.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (sadly) No, I don't. Ever since the Battle of the Trident, all us mermaids have been in hiding. I couldn't take it anymore. I felt trapped, so I ran away. But when I ended up at Oceanside High, I was alone. No one could see the real me. And then I found you, my super sea-girl bestie, and now everything is right in the world.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles softly) If it wasn't for this whole mermaid versus kraken war, you and I could be this free all the time.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (frowns) Oh, sure. Yeah. But, I mean, two teenage girls can't fix history.
KRAKEN RUBY: (gets an idea) Wait. What's the first rule of being a mathlete?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (perks up) Hmm. Never talk about being a mathlete?
KRAKEN RUBY: (shakes her head) No. We have to evaluate the problem. Chelsea, come on. There must be some way to end this war, so you won't have to hide from the krakens, and I won't have to become a prophesied princess warrior of an interspecies vendetta.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (gets an idea) Well, there is one way. [Ruby becomes curious] Picture this.
[We transition to a chalk drawing of Chelsea’s plan.]
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (swims with Ruby) Chelsea Van Der Zee and Ruby Gillman save the seas by finding the Trident of Oceanus.
RUBY: (quizzically) That giant fork my grandma's so obsessed with?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (beams in joy) Yes. The Trident. Stay with me. Once we have the Trident, we can show that there doesn't have to be a war anymore. It can be a symbol of peace.
RUBY: (smiles) Then my grandmother wouldn't have to train me for battle. I can live in the ocean and on land as the real me. No more fighting.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (smiles) And the mermaids wouldn't have to live in fear anymore. No more hiding.
RUBY: (excited) No fighting.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (excited) No hiding.
RUBY AND QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (excited) No fighting! No hiding! No fighting! No hiding!
[Back at the Gillman home, Agatha speaks to Carol on the phone.]
CAROL: (on phone) I'm nervous about the barbecue.
AGATHA: (on phone) Oh, Carol, come on. No one knows what happened exactly to the library.
ARTHUR: (scolds Sam) Sam, no headphones at the table.
[Arthur shakes the headphones off Sam in the background.]
CAROL: (on phone) It's completely gone.
AGATHA: (on phone) It could have been a gas leak. Trust me, your buyers are gonna love Oceanside's tranquility.
[Suddenly, a news report plays on Sam’s phone.]
REPORTER: (on video) Tranquility has turned to terror here in Oceanside as more and more witnesses report having seen the giant kraken.
[Just then, Brill enters the house.]
BRILL: (laughs) Knock, knock. Who's there? It's Uncle Brill. I'm already inside. (sees food on the table) Ooh, don't mind if I do.
AGATHA: (on phone) Just one second, Carol. (hangs up and grabs Brill) What are you doing here?
BRILL: (frowns) When I came back empty-handed, Mom hit the roof. I need a place to crash till she cools down. A few months, a couple years. Century, tops.
ARTHUR: (while watching the report) Um, hon, uh, this isn't good.
REPORTER: (on video) I'm here with Captain Gordon Lighthouse. Now, Mr. Lighthouse, you allegedly claim to have seen...
GORDON: (on video) The face of death!
REPORTER: (on video) Allegedly. (Davey attacks the reporter) Ow, ow, ow. Ow.
GORDON: (on video; to the viewers) You out there, I need any able-bodied man, woman or child to help crew my vessel...
REPORTER: (on video; in the background) Get off. Ow! Ooh.
GORDON: (on video; to the viewers) ...and capture the kraken!
BRILL: (screams) That guy's terrifying, and I live with a warlord.
ARTHUR: (scared) Aggie, he's got her on video.
CAROL: (on phone) Agatha, are you still there? What's going on?
AGATHA: (on phone) No, it's nothing. Bring your buyers Saturday.
[She hangs up and smirks at the boys.]
ARTHUR: (notices the smirk) Uh-oh. She's got that look.
BRILL: (knowingly) The one where she wants us to do something we don't want to do.
[Cut to the three having a job interview with Gordon.]
GORDON: (boldly) I've been searching for kraken me entire life. And it cost me dearly. (Davey chitters) Oh, fine, yes. But if it wasn't for the kraken, I wouldn't have bought the boat, and without the boat, I wouldn't have mortgaged my house, and if I didn't mortgage my house, Tammy wouldn't have left me.
BRILL: (frowns) Huh. Been there. (whispers to Arthur) Are we still talking about krakens?
ARTHUR: (to Gordon) Gordon, if it's from the ocean, I'm your man.
SAM: (holds a harpoon gun) And I can wield this baby, no problem.
ARTHUR: (laughs nervously and takes it away) He knows this should only be handled by a responsible adult.
BRILL: (looks at the harpoon gun) Ooh, pointy.
GORDON: (stares at Brill) And who might you be?
BRILL: (exclaims and holds the harpoon gun) Name's Brill. Born of the dirt, live in the dirt, will be buried in the dirt. Don't like water.
[He pulls the trigger, and the harpoon launches into the air before falling onto his head. Luckily, he’s okay.]
GORDON: (stares) Hmm.
ARTHUR: (takes harpoon off and puts a bucket over Brill’s head) We call him Buckethead. He's not too bright, but he can take a lot of punishment. (chuckles)
GORDON: (impressed) Impressive. You're hired! (to Brill) Buckethead, you're with me. (Davey chitters) Ah, now, don't be jelly, Davey.
[Back with Ruby, she and Chelsea come to an old well with many glowing currents coming out of it.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Whoa. What is this place?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (explains) The Well of Seas. The source of all the ocean's energy. That's where your mother hid the Trident of Oceanus.
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) She did? How did you know that?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (sadly) Because she took it from my mother, the mermaid queen, and hid it in there. My mom died trying to get it back.
KRAKEN RUBY: (feeling bad) I am so sorry.
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (assuring Ruby) It's not your fault. They were enemies.
KRAKEN RUBY: (quizzically) So how are we supposed to get it?
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (explains) Each current has its own force, its own power. You have to swim through all of the currents to get to the center where the Trident is hidden. Only a giant kraken can survive it. It has to be you, Ruby.
KRAKEN RUBY: (nervously) Okay. It's just an underwater volcano of death. So, step one: Evaluate the problem.
[She throws an old ship into the well and it bounces around before landing back, all mangled up in a ball.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (picks up the ball) Okay. The problem is bad. It's really bad. (it turns to dust)
QUEEN NERISSA/CHELSEA: (concerned) Uh, we might need some help.
[Later, Ruby swims over to Grandmamah.]
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Ruby. Oh, what a surprise.
KRAKEN RUBY: (pleading) Show me how to use my powers.
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Oh, I thought you'd never ask.
[She leads Ruby to a training building.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (excited) Okay, where do we start? Laser eyes?
GRANDMAMAH: (calmly) Before you fly through the ocean, you must first learn to swim.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) You know my swimming is pretty good, so maybe I could skip ahead and we could unleash my laser eyes. Pew, pew. Pew, pew.
[Grandmamah presses a button, and Ruby is hit by a strong current.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (gets hit by the current) Whoa.
[She hits a wall in pain.]
GRANDMAMAH: (as she pulls Ruby off) You must accept your "kraken-ness" and leave your land self behind.
[Ruby begins her training. She starts swimming against the current.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (stumbles) Uh, whoa.
[At the Well of Seas, she swims toward one of the currents.]
CHELSEA: (cheers) Yay!
[She enters one and swims into another as we see text messages from her friends pop up on screen, wondering where she is. Ruby enters another current, only to get knocked out of it by a rock. She lands in another current, sending her flying out and landing near Chelsea.]
CHELSEA: (winces) Ooh.
[In the kitchen, Agatha prepares to leave when she finds a note from Ruby. “WENT OUT EARLY. BE BACK LATE,” it said. Cut to another lesson from Grandmamah.]
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) A giant kraken's greatest weapon...
KRAKEN RUBY: (excited) Laser eyes?
GRANDMAMAH: (corrects Ruby) No. It's our strength. Both inner and outer.
[Cut to Ruby lifting up part of a ship with her Grandmamah on top. She nods, pleased. Then…]
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Now you can say it.
KRAKEN RUBY AND GRANDMAMAH: (in unison) Laser eyes.
[Grandmamah shoots lasers from her eyes, blasting down bubbles.]
GRANDMAMAH: (grins) The first step is to summon your passionate fury.
KRAKEN RUBY: (excited) Passionate fury? Like when my locker jams right before class.
GRANDMAMAH: (encouraging) Dig deeper.
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) My friends ditching me for prom.
GRANDMAMAH: (encouraging) Deeper.
KRAKEN RUBY: (angrily) When my mom lies to my face! (fires lasers everywhere from her eyes) How do you shut them off?
[On the prom boat, Ruby’s friends set up decorations for the party when Connor walks up to them.]
CONNOR: (quizzically) Have you guys seen Ruby?
MARGOT: (shakes her head) No, not really. (notices a rose sticking out of Connor’s backpack) Gasp. A rose.
[We then see Agatha walking through town when she spots a daughter trying on a prom dress before hugging her mother. Agatha frowns in sadness. Back at the Well of Seas, Ruby shoots down rocks with her laser eyes.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Whoa.
[Her skin starts to heat up and turn red. Ruby screams in pain. Cut to her waking up in bed. The alarm clock rings, only to get destroyed by her laser eyes. Later, she continues her training with Grandmamah, swimming around geysers before getting knocked out by one]
GRANDMAMAH: (swims to a geyser) Ruby, I see in you a heart as big as the ocean. (her skin puts on body armor as she holds her arm in the geyser) Honey, a thick skin is a queen's ultimate defense. Body armor.
KRAKEN RUBY: (amazed) Whoa. That's almost cooler than laser eyes.
GRANDMAMAH: (blows her arm and smirks) Almost.
[In high school, students watch Gordon’s video on their phones, only for Ruby to destroy them with her laser eyes.]
STUDENT: (annoyed) Hey.
[Ruby walks out of the school building with Chelsea.]
MARGOT: (to Ruby) Ruby? We have been looking all over for you.
[She walks past her friends, ignoring them.]
MARGOT: (frowns) So much for squad solidarity.
[Later, using her body armor, Ruby swims through the current again before finding a big bubble in the middle of the well. She tries to swim toward the bubble until she starts hearing various thoughts from people.]
MALE STUDENT 3: (voiceover) A freak from the deep shows up, and I'm supposed to learn math?
GRANDMAMAH: (voiceover) You're a kraken hiding as a human.
AGATHA GILLMAN: (voiceover) If you stay on dry land, you'll stay small.
CONNOR: (voiceover) That thing is a monster. A real-life monster.
[This causes Ruby to lose her focus, and she gets flung back.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (while being flung back) Whoa! Whoa!
[Soon, she lands outside of the Well of Seas.]
CHELSEA: (quizzically) So... can you get it?
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) I was so close. I could see it.
CHELSEA: (quizzically) Well, then how did your mom make it through?
KRAKEN RUBY: (frowns) I don't know. But I guess I'll have to do something I never thought I'd do.
CHELSEA: (quizzically) What's that?
KRAKEN RUBY: (nervously) Ask my mom for advice.
[Meanwhile, Arthur sails Gordon’s ship through the sea as he sings a tune.]
ARTHUR: (sings) There once was a ship that put to sea. The name of the ship was Billy of Tea. The wind blew up...
GORDON: (annoyed) Argh! What is going on down there? (to Brill) First, you burned out me engines. Then you clogged up my bilge pump. And now we've been off course for hours. Now, where is my kraken?
BRILL: (points out) Kraken ahoy.
ARTHUR: (to Sam) Sam, that's our signal. It's go time.
SAM: (smirks) Got it.
GORDON: (to Davey) Davey, cue music!
[Davey turns the radio on to play Christopher Cross’s “Ride like the Wind.” Sam throws a glowing object into the water.]
GORDON: (boldly) There'll be no escaping this time!
[Gordon fires a harpoon at the glowing object, and it catches it. He pulls on the rope to bring it aboard.]
ARTHUR: (pretends to be amazed) Wow. Gordon, you did it. You've slayed the beast! And here's your proof, the kraken's baby itself.
GORDON: (shocked) But it's so tiny.
[Davey inches his claw toward the thing.]
ARTHUR: (pretends to be cautious) Careful. The babies are the most deadly.
GORDON: (confused) Deadly? But it looks almost, uh, cute.
[Suddenly, the glowing Nessie latches onto him.]
GORDON: (runs around) Ah, Davey! Davey!
BRILL: (pretends to be terrified) Oh, no.
GORDON: (scared) Don't kill me. Oh, please don't kill me, kraken monster!
[Arthur gets Nessie off of Gordon and the pet pretends to play dead.]
GORDON: (proudly) Oh, I did it. I survived a deadly kraken baby attack. Oh, finally, I've got my proof. Wouldn't want to divorce me now, would ya, Tammy? (to Sam) Cabin boy, take a picture. This is for all my haters.
[Sam takes the picture with his phone while texting to Agatha that they've got Gordon off their case.]
GORDON: (proudly) Your one-star reviews mean nothing. (to the boys) Boys, this calls for a celebratory sea chantey. You go low. (sings) I'll go high!
[As the grown-ups walk away, Nessie springs back to life and licks Sam's face.]
SAM: (proudly) Nessie, you tiny genius.
[Back with Ruby and Chelsea, they walk to the house party.]
CHELSEA: (nervously) Ooh, I'm so nervous to meet your mom. She's gonna know that I'm a mermaid right away. How's my hair? Feels like it's frizzing up, and you can't trust a person with frizz, Ruby.
RUBY: (reassures Chelsea) Chelsea, you're my super sea-girl bestie. It's gonna be fine. No fighting.
CHELSEA: (smiles) No hiding.
[Ruby receives a phone call from Connor, but she chooses to ignore it. At the house party, Brill and Sam serve corn dogs to the guests.]
BRILL: (offering corn dogs) A stick snack? A stick snack?
SAM: (offering corn dogs) Get your stick snack.
BRILL: (offering corn dogs) Can I offer you a stick snack? Stick snack for he? Stick snack for she?
[We see Agatha chatting to the adults.]
AGATHA: (to Gary) Hey, Gary. Make sure you check out the pool house.
CAROL: (thanks Agatha) Oh, Agatha, you were right. What was I ever worried about?
AGATHA: (smiles) I told you, Carol. There's no better place to raise a family. Now, if you'll excuse me.
[She walks off and texts to her daughter before approaching her husband, who’s cooking up burgers.]
ARTHUR: (happily) There she is. Aggie, I'm so proud of you. This is everything you've worked for all these years.
AGATHA: (smiles) Well, I couldn't have done it without my... kraken crew. Say, have you heard from... (Ruby arrives and hugs her) Ruby. Hey, stranger. I knew you'd make it.
RUBY: (smiles) Mom, I need to talk to you about something big.
AGATHA: (quizzically) Is it about prom? Because...
RUBY: (smiles) No. And yes. But no. It's about something so much more than prom. The ocean. Peace. Happiness. We want all the same stuff you wanted, and we have a plan. But we need your help.
AGATHA: (confused) We?
RUBY: (smiles) I want you to meet my super sea-girl bestie, Chelsea.
[However, she notices Chelsea is gone.]
AGATHA: (confused) What is going on, Ruby?
RUBY: (reassuring her mother) Before you freak out, she is a mermaid, but you're gonna love her.
AGATHA: (concerned) Inside. Now.
[The two go inside the house.]
AGATHA: (concerned) Ruby, you have to listen to me. You don't understand the danger you're in. We left the ocean because of a mermaid.
RUBY: (reassuring her mother) Don't worry. She's not like her mom.
AGATHA: (confused) Her mom?
RUBY: (smiles) The mermaid queen.
AGATHA: (shocked) She's the mermaid queen's daughter?
RUBY: (smiles) Yeah, but she's my friend.
AGATHA: (concerned) She is not your friend. She is dangerous.
RUBY: (groans) You sound like Grandmamah.
AGATHA: (upset) I'm sorry. I sound like who?
RUBY: (frowns) Grandmamah. She's been training me. She told me why you left.
AGATHA: (shocked) Training you? For what?
RUBY: (pleading) Mom, don't you see? This is our chance to fix everything.
AGATHA: (concerned) Ruby, you are in over your head. You do not know the whole story.
RUBY: (angrily) And whose fault is that?
AGATHA: (upset) Hey, I tried to talk to you. I wanted to tell you everything sooner, but I also needed to keep you safe and give you a normal life.
RUBY: (angrily) Normal? Normal isn't hiding in this fake town, living a fake life.
AGATHA: (angrily) I sacrificed everything to give you this "fake life."
RUBY: (angrily) I'm not gonna hide anymore!
[The lights flicker and Arthur notices this.]
ARTHUR: (scared) Oh. No, no, no, no, no. (to Brill) Brill! Distraction.
BRILL: (to the crowd) Hey, everybody. Um, watch how high I can throw my nephew.
[He grabs Sam and throws him up in the air. He falls into Brill’s body.]
MAN: (confused) Where'd he go?
[Sam’s head pops out of Brill.]
SAM: (pops out) Ta-da!
[We cut back to Ruby and her mother arguing.]
RUBY: (angrily) We are gonna change the world with or without you.
AGATHA: (tries to reassure Ruby) Ruby, I get it. You're angry. You want to fight. So did I when I was your age. But trust me, this is the wrong fight. You're on the wrong side.
RUBY: (angrily) You can't tell me how to live my life.
AGATHA: (angrily) Oh, yes, I can. I am still your mother. You are forbidden from going in the ocean again. Now go home and calm down!
[Outraged, Ruby yells, grows into her kraken form, and storms off, destroying part of the house in the process. Arthur runs inside to check on his wife.]
ARTHUR: (worried) Agatha, are you okay? What happened?
AGATHA: (frowns) Ruby's made friends with Nerissa's daughter.
ARTHUR: (scared) Oh, no.
AGATHA: (frowns) And my mother has been training her. 15 years, and she still has her tentacles around me.
ARTHUR: (quizzically) What about Ruby?
AGATHA: (frowns) Oh, she hates me right now. Go find her. Make sure she's safe. I'm gonna deal with my mother.
[As Agatha heads out, Kraken Ruby swims through the ocean. Chelsea catches up to her.]
CHELSEA: (worried) Ruby, wait. Are you okay? What happened back there?
KRAKEN RUBY: (angrily) My mom just wants things to stay the same. She wants me to stay the same. But this time, I'm not turning back.
[They head out, not knowing Brill’s following them. Elsewhere, Agatha, in her kraken form, swims into the kraken kingdom to confront her mother.]
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) Mother!
GRANDMAMAH: (smirks) And here I thought I knew how to make an entrance.
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) Stay away from my daughter.
GRANDMAMAH: (frowns) You mean my granddaughter? The princess? The heir to the throne?
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) Still trying to get your way. Some things never change.
GRANDMAMAH: (smirks) You're trying to force your daughter into a life she doesn't want. Now, where have I heard that before?
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) The difference is I didn't raise my daughter to be a reflection of my glory.
GRANDMAMAH: (upset) Well, that's certainly true. You raised her to run away and hide.
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) You still think I was scared to fight. You think it was easy to start over? To risk everything? I never stopped fighting. I fight for my family. I fight for who I love. You? You just love to fight! She's just a kid. A sweet, naive kid. And now she's in trouble. She made friends with a mermaid.
GRANDMAMAH: (shocked) What?
KRAKEN AGATHA: (confirms) Yes. The daughter of the mermaid queen.
GRANDMAMAH: (confused) Daughter? Nerissa never had a daughter.
KRAKEN AGATHA: (realizes in horror) Ruby.
[Meanwhile, at the Well of Seas, Ruby swims through the current, blasting down debris. She then enters the bubble in the middle of the well, where she finds the trident. The kraken grabs it and smiles. She then swims out of the well with the trident in hand.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles) We did it.
CHELSEA: (evilly) I've waited 15 years for this. (as she grabs the trident) 15 years of waiting to get revenge on your mother...
KRAKEN RUBY: (confused) What?
CHELSEA: (evilly) ...dethrone your grandmother and lay waste to the kraken kingdom.
KRAKEN RUBY: (confused) Chelsea?
CHELSEA: (evilly) Oh, there is no Chelsea.
[She transforms into her true form: Nerissa, queen of the mermaids.]
NERISSA: (evilly) I am Nerissa.
KRAKEN RUBY: (shocked) What's... What's happening to you?
NERISSA: (sneers) Surprised? I'm a flippin' mermaid. (stabs Ruby’s arm with the trident) And you're just a dumb teenager. All that rah-rah-rah was so that you could free this for me, me, me. My super sea-girl bestie.
KRAKEN RUBY: (crushed) I trusted you.
NERISSA: (sneers) You just got played, dum-dum.
[She knocks Ruby to a floating rock, breaking it apart. The kraken falls down, getting buried underneath the rubble. Nerissa laughs evilly as she swims upwards. On the surface, we see the high schoolers partying in the prom boat. While Bliss and Trevin hang out, Margot is glumly checking her phone while a depressed Connor throws flower petals into the water. Then, Nerissa rises out of the water, shocking the citizens of Oceanside. As the students panic, Bliss blows her whistle. Among the panicking citizens, Gordon sees the giant mermaid queen.]
GORDON: (gasps) The face of death.
ARTHUR: (scared) Oh, no.
[Nessie cowers under the blanket as Nerissa approaches the house.]
NERISSA: (as she approaches) Hello? Is Mrs. Gillman home? Knock, knock!
[She punches through the house. Agatha notices this while resurfacing.]
KRAKEN AGATHA: (angrily) Hey! That house was in escrow!
[Gordon pushes through the scared crowd.]
WOMAN: (scared) Run! Run!
GORDON: (to Davey) To the boat, Davey. There's kraken to kill.
ARTHUR: (stops Gordon) Wait!
GORDON: (surprised) Gillman. Are you here to help me kill the monsters?
ARTHUR: (concerned) No. That's my wife.
GORDON: (shocked) What? But if she is a... and-and you're her... that means... (scared) Please don't kill me, kraken monster.
ARTHUR: (slaps Gordon) Pull yourself together, man. We've got a mermaid to hunt.
GORDON: (calmed down) Thanks. I needed that.
[Meanwhile, Agatha confronts Nerissa.]
KRAKEN AGATHA: (confronting) Where is my daughter?
NERISSA: (sneers) Oh, we already said our goodbyes. But not before she gave me this. (holds up the trident and laughs evilly) The greatest warrior in the sea, hiding amongst humans. What a waste.
[Then, Grandmamah rises up from the water.]
GRANDMAMAH: (angrily) No one talks to my daughter like that. Except me.
NERISSA: (sneers) You've grown older, Queen.
GRANDMAMAH: (glares at Nerissa) Older and meaner.
NERISSA: (sneers) Lucky for me, mermaids don't age. Well, I hope you both put up more of a fight than Ruby.
[As the three proceed to fight, Brill searches for Ruby underwater.]
BRILL: (looking around) Ruby? Ruby?
[He hears Ruby’s crying coming from the rubble.]
BRILL: (worried) Ruby! Don't worry. I'll get you out of here... (strains to pull one rock) slowly. I will get you out of here slowly.
[He pulls the rock out and swims into the opening to find his granddaughter feeling miserable.]
BRILL: (sadly) Oh, no. What happened?
KRAKEN RUBY: (sniffs) Getting the Trident was supposed to make things better, but all I did was ruin everything. My mom was right. I should have just gone home like she said... ...gone back to hiding and stayed small.
BRILL: (reassures Ruby) What? No. Ruby, that's not what your mom meant. I promise.
KRAKEN RUBY: (sadly) You weren't there.
BRILL: (smiles softly) Well, I may not know a lot about a lot, but I know my sister. Growing up, I was so proud to be her brother. She was powerful, confident. Everyone loved her. But then she left, and I could never understand why she chose to leave the ocean until I saw the awesome life she created on land. And I realized, your mom chose her own path. She chose you.
[Inspired by his words, Ruby glows brightly and breaks out of the rubble.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (confidently) It's time to destroy that Trident once and for all.
BRILL: (cheers) Yeah! Go get her, kiddo!
[Kraken Ruby zooms past Brill.]
BRILL: (as she zooms past him) Whoa! I'll be right there.
[He starts to swim… very slowly.]
BRILL: (while swimming slowly) Don't wait up, though.
[Back in Oceanside, Nerissa easily takes down Agatha and Grandmamah.]
NERISSA: (evilly) Oh, it feels so good to be back. And this time, I'm getting rid of you for good.
[Suddenly, Ruby rises up from the water.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (angrily) Stay away from my mother!
NERISSA: (shocked) Ruby Gillman?
[The students gasp at the revelation.]
MARGOT: (gasps) Pause. Rewind. Ruby?
NERISSA: (shocked) You should be dead.
[She charges the trident at Ruby, but the kraken holds her at bay while students film the battle on their phone.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (as she holds Nerissa back) Picture this. Quirky girl fulfills destiny by foiling fake friend!
[She pushes Nerissa near the students, startling them. The two giants fight as Agatha and Grandmamah watch from shore.]
AGATHA: (worries) What is she doing?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles) Answering the call.
[Ruby and Nerissa push at both sides of the trident. Nerissa grabs the trident and tries to stab Ruby, but the kraken uses her body armor to protect herself. The mermaid then sweeps the kraken with her tail, knocking her down and shaking the prom boat nearby. Nerissa laughs evilly until a ball is thrown at her. She looks to see Sam and Arthur on top of Gordon’s boat bus, holding balls.]
SAM: (angrily) Leave my sister alone.
[Nerissa tries to grab them, but Agatha throws a house at the mermaid queen. Doug and Janice are among the people watching the fight.]
DOUG: (amazed) Aw, yeah. That's what I'm talking about.
JANICE: (irked) Doug, that's our house.
[Ruby then charges toward Nerissa.]
NERISSA: (angrily) Enough with these childish games. (lifts Ruby up with the trident) I hate high school.
[She throws Ruby aside, sending a tidal wave toward the prom boat.]
BLISS: (proudly) If this is our end, then we'll face it unafraid!
[She throws away her whistle and prepares for death. As the tidal wave lifts the boat up, the students hang on for their lives. Luckily, Ruby saves them and sets them down. They cheer for her.]
MARGOT: (sees Nerissa coming from behind) Ruby, behind you!
[Nerissa charges from behind and knocks the kraken away.]
NERISSA: (sneers) You'll never win, Ruby Gillman. You're just a dumb teenager! (pins Ruby down with the trident) You know what's really pathetic? That you thought someone like me could ever be friends with a monster like you.
KRAKEN RUBY: (confidently) I am not a monster. I'm a kraken!
[She fires lasers at the trident, knocking it out of Nerissa’s hands. As the queen goes to look for it, Ruby swims to her mother and grandmother.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (to her mother) Mom, we need to shoot the Trident together.
KRAKEN AGATHA: (frowns) No, it-it can't be destroyed. That's... that's why I hid it.
KRAKEN RUBY: (reassures her mother) We can do it if we join together at the same time. It's the exponential growth formula. We've got to shoot it more and longer. Trust me, I'm a mathlete.
[Agatha smiles at her daughter before seeing Nerissa. Ruby moves out of the way as Nerissa stabs down with the trident. Ruby blasts the queen back and approaches her.]
KRAKEN RUBY: (calls out to Nerissa) It doesn't have to end like this. Just give up the Trident.
NERISSA: (angrily) You'll never get this away from me.
KRAKEN RUBY: (confidently) Maybe I can't, but we can.
[She fires her laser at the trident. Her mother and her grandmother join her by holding hands and firing their lasers.]
NERISSA: (in horror) No!
[The powers overload the trident, causing it to blow up and unleash a shockwave that briefly shakes the town. As the dust clears, the three krakens emerge victoriously and the citizens all cheer for them.]
SAM: (cheers) Woo-hoo!
[He and Arthur fist-bump while Nessie chitters happily at the house window.]
MARGOT: (cheers) Go, Ruby!
[Nerissa, shrunken down to her Chelsea form, falls into the water. Gordon’s boat lowers down a cage to grab the treacherous mermaid.]
GORDON: (victoriously) Woo-hoo! Now, that's a successful monster hunt. We got us a little mermaid, Davey!
CHELSEA: (feigning pity) Please. Please, please, please. I'm not evil. I'm just pretty... and misunderstood.
[Davey pinches her nose with his claw. Cut to the three kraken women.]
GRANDMAMAH: (smirks) Now, what about the mermaid? Everyone likes fried fish.
KRAKEN RUBY: (scolds Gradmamah) No. Away, rage.
GRANDMAMAH: (scoffs) Teenagers. Away, rage.
KRAKEN AGATHA: (apologetically) Ruby, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I should have trusted you with the truth, and so from now on, no more lying.
KRAKEN RUBY: (smiles softly) And no more hiding.
[The three all hug each other.]
KRAKEN AGATHA: (smiles to her daughter) I think you can still make the last dance.
[Ruby swims over to the prom boat.]
GRANDMAMAH: (goes to her daughter) Now, let's talk about her coronation.
AGATHA: (shakes her head) Mom, don't start.
GRANDMAMAH: (relents) Fine. A mother knows best.
BRILL: (arrives) Brill's here. (sees Grandmamah) Mamah! What are you doing here? (sees Agatha’s kraken form) And with Agatha? Are-are... are you okay? Is everyone okay? Is Ruby okay?
GRANDMAMAH: (shushes him) It's Brill's time now.
[She and Agatha hug Brill.]
BRILL: (about to cry) Oh. I've waited 15 years for this. Oh, who's crying? You're crying.
[Ruby leaps onto the boat, turning to her humanoid form, but now in a beautiful prom dress.]
GIRL: (cheering) You're our hero.
GIRL 2: (holds up a MARRY ME sign) I love you so much!
BOY: (cheering) Yeah!
BOY 2: (cheering) Ruby for prom queen.
GIRL: (cheering) You really saved us.
[She approaches her friend group.]
RUBY: (guilty) I'm sorry I didn't tell you everything sooner, and I'm sorry for ditching you. I shouldn't have lied to you.
MARGOT: (smiles) Ruby, my sweet, magnificent, giant-sized best friend, you never ever have to hide things from us.
BLISS: (smiles) Yeah, we will always be by your side, even when you almost ended life as we know it. Sorry, no catastrophizing.
TREVIN: (smiles) Kraken, Canadian or otherwise, we'll always love you, Rubes.
RUBY: (smiles) Squad solidarity?
RUBY'S FRIENDS: (smiles) Squad solidarity.
RUBY: (to Connor) Hey, you.
CONNOR: (smiles) Ruby. H-Hey. So, that was you out there?
RUBY: (smiles sheepishly) Guilty. (chuckles) Connor...
CONNOR: (at the same time) Ruby... Oh, you go.
RUBY: (at the same time) No, you go. (they chuckle) Okay, I go. Connor, will you go to prom with me?
[Connor graphs something on his phone and shows it to her. She looks at it and it says “YES.”]
RUBY: (perks up) Wait. Connor, are these quadratic derivative graphs?
CONNOR: (smiles) Let's just say I had a good tutor. (Ruby grabs his hand and twirls him) Whoa.
RUBY: (smiles) Let's dance.
[All of the students dance in the prom boat. Cut to Grandmamah, she notices little Sam.]
GRANDMAMAH: (notices Sam) And who is this fine young kraken?
ARTHUR: (to Grandmamah) This is Sam, our son.
GRANDMAMAH: (surprised) Son? As in, I'm a grandmamah again?
SAM: (amazed) This is the coolest thing ever. (as he climbs up Grandmamah) Do your tentacles ooze poison? Have you ever wrestled a Hydra? Better yet, have you ever played dodgeball?
GRANDMAMAH: (smiles at Sam) Oh, I am gonna like you.
[Cut to Gordon speaking to his viewers during his stream.]
GORDON: (to his viewers) Okay, guys. Gordon here. Uh, this be my official apology video. Look, I said some insensitive things about the kraken.
CHELSEA: (notices) OMG, are you live streaming? Ugh, my hair is terrible.
GORDON: (to his viewers) Now, t...
CHELSEA: (quizzically) How many likes are we getting, though?
[Ruby waves to her parents in the distance while they watch proudly. She and her friends, including Connor, dance on the prom boat. As a picture is taken of this moment, it transitions to Ruby’s cellphone. First, she watches a commercial for Gillman Real Estate. Doug and Janice are in it, now with a baby.]
AGATHA: (on commercial) Agatha Gillman here, Realtor and kraken protector of Oceanside. It's the safest place to raise a family, thanks to my daughter.
[Then, she watches a new Bottled Up episode.]
ARTHUR: (on video) Welcome back to Bottled Up. This week, we're embracing our inner seaside. (shows a bottle with Kraken Ruby saving the prom boat in it) Whoo. Let's get kraken.
[Next, she watches a video of her brother Sam ready for dodgeball.]
SAM: (excited) I'm taking dodgeball to a whole new level.
[He dodges some balls thrown at him and uses him to ricochet off and knock down the other kids, even the gym teacher.]
SAM: (grins) I'm a legend.
[Transition to the high school building, a new emblem is added of Kraken Ruby. As Ruby and her friends approach the building, Gordon’s boat-bus stops near them.]
BRILL: (pokes out of the window; to Ruby) Ruby, the Devil Whale has been spotted and is headed straight for the kraken kingdom!
MARGOT: (smiles; to Ruby) Well, leading lady?
RUBY GILLMAN: (confidently; to Connor) Hold my books.
[She gives him her backpack and runs off, but not before kissing him on the cheek.]
GRANDMAMAH: (voiceover; to the viewers) See? I told you people. The ocean will always need a kraken, and a kraken will always answer the call.
[Ruby runs down the pier and jumps into the water below. Underwater, her kraken form takes off, ready to save the day. Roll credits.]