(UPBEAT SURF ROCK PLAYING)
ANNOUNCER: Well, it's another beautiful day down here in Malibu.
These girls are really throwing it down out there today!
That was awesome! Next up, Team Santa Monica.
Whoa, look at that bottom turn, setting it up.
Down the line, speed drive.
Carves it off the top as it lays down the rail.
There's that air reverse...
Big air!
(CROWD CHEERING) Whoa, that ripped! A solid 8.5!
Now let's see if Team Malibu can answer.
We have a real treat coming up next.
Our very own queen of the waves, Merliah Summers!
With just a minute left to go, will she find the wave she's waiting for?
(PHONE RINGING)
Hey, Fallon!
What do you think? Will she?
She will.
No way. Are you crazy?
That wave will slam you.
ANNOUNCER: Whoa! Merliah Summers is totally charging that crazy, ridonculous wave!
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
You're the queen of the waves!
Go, surfer girl!
(SINGING) She's ready, she's steady She's up on her feet
Dancing on the water to her own kind of beat
She's in it, she's on it She's rocking the skills
Tearing up the current like the girl's got gills
Pop up, lean in Side to side
Lay back, hang ten Go for a ride
Catch that curl Get into the tube
Do the mahi-mahi Make your tailfin move
She's the queen of the waves
Check it out She's spinning that board around
Queen of the waves
No one's gonna take away her crown
ANNOUNCER: Her majesty is dropping in.
(SINGING) Surf's up, bow down She's the queen of the waves
Check it out She's spinning that board around
Queen of the waves
No one's gonna take away her crown
She's the queen of the waves
Check it out She's spinning that board around
Queen of the waves
No one's gonna take away her crown
ANNOUNCER: Whoa! Freak scene on the waves!
Merliah's hair has turned pink!
(GASPS)
(ALL GASPING)
(GASPS)
Mondo bizarro, dudes! Check it out.
What's up with Merliah Summers?
What?
ANNOUNCER: I've gotta get another look at that crazy pink hair!
Whoa, gnarling wipeout! Merliah Summers just got owned!
(CROWD CHEERING)
Looks like she's okay, but that run ends this heat and the meet.
Surfers, come on in!
Let's go get Liah.
Merliah.
Huh?
(GASPS) Yes, I'm talking to you.
(STAMMERING)
It's okay. You can breathe underwater.
This way. Your friends are worried about you.
Wait!
We'll talk later!
Liah! You're okay!
Whoa! Gnarly hair, dude.
Fallon!
What? It's weird!
Cool-weird, but weird.
What happened out there?
I don't know, but it gets weirder.
When I was underwater, I was breathing.
And a dolphin spoke to me.
We actually had a conversation.
Wow! A talking dolphin, breathing underwater and mysterious pink hair.
There is something deep and intense going on here.
Yes, like a deep, intense concussion.
I'm fine. I really just want to go home.
I'll call you later, okay?
Okay, but if you get blurry vision,
have Break take you to the doctor!
Or the zoo!
The zoo?
I love the zoo.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Come in.
Hey!
Heard you ate it today. You all right?
(SIGHS)
Grandpa, when you used to surf Mavericks, did anything,
I don't know, really weird ever happen to you?
Well, that depends. You mean weird like "Whoa!"
Or weird like "Whoa-oh-oh!"
Or weird like "Whoa. "
Weird like this?
Whoa! You dyed your hair.
No, I didn't. This just happened in the middle of the meet.
Then I dove underwater, and I could breathe,
and then a dolphin spoke to me.
Whoa.
What's happening to me? Am I going crazy?
(SIGHS)
No, you're not crazy.
You just didn't know.
Know what?
Well, I told you how you first came to me, right?
Yeah. After my parents died when I was a baby.
Well, it's actually more complicated than that.
You see, your dad, he was always one for telling stories.
So when he told me he had fallen in love and married a mermaid,
well, I thought it was just another whopper.
But maybe a year after the accident,
I was on the sand working my balance...
(CHANTING)
Break?
That's me.
I'm Calissa. I believe Rip told you about me?
Huh?
(EXCLAIMING)
BREAK: It was all real. Everything Rip had said.
Only he hadn't known that Calissa was pregnant with you.
And there you were.
The sweetest little grommet I'd ever seen.
Her name is Merliah.
BREAK: Hey, no fins!
No, she looks quite human, which makes it dangerous for her in Oceana.
I need to ask...
Would you raise her?
She'll fit in better here, and she'll be safe.
BREAK: Well, of course I said yes.
I mean, I loved you the minute I saw you.
Your mom did, too. She hated to leave.
But before she did, she gave you your shell necklace.
Said it would always keep you safe.
I guess I should have told you before,
but I just thought it would have been too much for you to take in.
You okay?
I'm great.
But you've had way too many mega-nasty wipeouts.
Aw, Liah...
You really want me to believe my mother's a mermaid?
And my dad was secretly, what, the Loch Ness Monster?
I'm telling you the truth, Liah. I promise.
(SCOFFS)
Liah!
I gotta go.
(DIALING)
Hey, Fallon. You and Hadley still up for the cove?
I need a major reality check.
So that's what he told me. And now I know I'm losing my mind,
because craziness clearly runs in my family.
Own it, girl!
Craziness doesn't explain your hair, but being half mermaid might.
Mermaids don't exist!
Ah-ha!
See, this website says in mythology,
mermaids come of age around 16,
and often go through physical changes,
like longer or different-colored hair.
Ha! That proves it!
Yes! It proves you can make up anything and put it on the Internet.
It's not made up, it's real mermaid fact! Liah's proof!
I'm not proof! I'm not a mermaid!
Hadley, I came to you guys to talk me out of this craziness, not deeper in.
I need help! I thought I was breathing underwater!
I thought a dolphin was speaking to me!
ZUMA: There's a reason for that...
(GASPS)
You were, and I was.
Huh?
What?
Yes! You didn't even tell us she was sparkly.
(GIGGLES) Thank you. I do have a name, though. Zuma.
Sorry for not introducing myself sooner.
Oh! Don't even worry about it. It's great to meet you.
And you, too.
This cannot be happening.
This is real! Zuma is Liah's mermaid spirit guide. Right?
(CHUCKLING) I'm just a friend. I was close with Merliah's mother.
You knew my mother?
Everyone knew your mother. She was the Queen of Oceana
until her sister Eris overthrew her.
Ever since then, Eris has ruled selfishly,
putting Oceana in great danger.
So you're saying Liah isn't just a mermaid,
she's mermaid royalty.
Tell me you're not starting to believe this.
We're talking to a pink sparkly dolphin.
A mer-princess. Oh, that's so beautiful.
Stop! Okay.
If this all happened years ago, why are you telling me now?
Because you've come of age. Your mermaid self has resurfaced.
Now you can return to Oceana and defeat Eris,
just as the Destinies foretold!
That is so deep.
Deeply crazy. My destiny is to be the best surfer in Malibu.
This mutant mermaid stuff is getting in the way of my destiny!
And as for Oceana, even if it does exist...
Which it does.
Why should I care if it's in trouble? I don't!
I don't care about any of this,
including some make-believe mermaid mother
and her make-believe protective necklace!
(BOTH GASP)
What?
(GASPS) Calissa is alive! This image proves it!
I don't understand. Is this my mother right now?
Yes. Your necklace can create that image,
because your mother filled it with Merillia,
the life force of the sea.
Is she okay?
No one in Oceana is okay. Not while Eris rules.
And you're the only one who can stop her.
I'll go down to Oceana. I'll help defeat Eris.
And fulfill your mermaid destiny!
No.
If my mother can make a magic necklace,
she can help me get rid of these crazy changes and get me back to normal.
Then I'm back here for good and we forget any of this ever happened.
That work for you?
As you wish.
Good luck, Liah!
Be careful!
Thanks. Tell Break where I've gone and that I'm okay.
Recognize that?
Is that what came out of my necklace charm?
Merillia?
Yes, the life force of the sea.
Only the royal family can spin it,
and it's their greatest pleasure.
You might do it yourself one day...
Oh, Calissa's Merillia made the coral vibrant and healthy,
but Eris' Merillia, it just isn't as strong,
so the unhealthy coral turns colors, much like your autumn leaves.
They're beautiful, but they're dying.
Exactly. As is the ocean itself.
But now you're here to save it.
(GASPS)
Is this Oceana? It's beautiful!
ZUMA: Yes, it is.
Come on! We need to get you a tail.
A what?
A tail. Eris mustn't hear there's a human stranger in town.
Follow me carefully and make sure to keep your legs out of sight.
(GASPS)
Whoa.
That's where we'll get your tail.
I can't believe this is real!
Coochie-coochie-coo! Hello!
(STAMMERING) Oh, hi!
(EXHALES)
(GIGGLES) I know there were only six different colors
and I couldn't decide so I bought them all!
(BOTH GIGGLING)
Whoa.
MERMAID 1: Sweet! Check this out.
Does it clash with my scales?
Kind of, can I borrow it?
Sure.
Ugh.
Do you have anything in a larger tube, darling?
(GIGGLES)
Syrenka! Syrenka, look this way!
Syrenka! How about a few shots for the Star Fish Weekly?
Ugh. I just hate the pufferazzi.
Oh, as do I.
(CHUCKLES)
Have you tried the double krabbuccino? To die for.
(CONCH BLOWING)
Ahh! Eris Festival!
Oh! It's time for the Eris Festival!
What's going on?
We need to get you inside right away.
(CONCH BLOWING)
(BOTH SIGH IN RELIEF)
My final conch flourish!
Oh! Of course!
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
Oceana, do you adore me?
(ALL CHEERING)
I said... Do you adore me?
(ALL CHEERING LOUDER)
Do you love me enough to deserve your Merillia?
(ALL CHEERING)
(EXCLAIMS) ERIS: You!
(ALL GASP)
Who? Me?
Swim forward.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
I'm sorry, darling, I was just... I got this new color and...
You dare to ignore me?
No, no. I would never.
(EXCLAIMS)
No! No, no, please, darling, I beg of you.
(ALL GASPING)
No, no, no!
(SCREAMING)
(ALL GASP)
No, please! Let me come back!
What was that? What did she do?
That's how Eris controls Oceana.
Her whirlpools are impossible to escape
and they take mer-people straight to her dungeons.
Now, who wants their Merillia?
(ALL CHEERING)
Until the next time, my subjects.
Away! Disperse!
You said it's my destiny to defeat Eris. How can I fight against that?
Did you see that mer-girl? Those ruffles went all the way down her fin.
What was she thinking?
Eris' headdress was a bit naff, don't you think?
(GASPS) Zuma!
(COOS)
No. No, no, no, no, no, no... Snouts!
(LICKING)
Snouts!
Kayla, Xylie! I want to introduce my friend Mer...
Ooh! You need to see our new toy!
Can I just...
(SCRATCHING RECORD)
A Deep Sea-3 player. Pre-programmed with over 1,000 songs.
Check this out!
(POP MUSIC PLAYING)
Let's dance!
One second...
(WHOOPING)
'Cause I...
(LAUGHING)
Isn't this great?
It's wonderful, but...
(EXCLAIMS)
(GASPS)
Hi.
(SCREAMS)
(RECORD SCRATCHES)
Xylie!
(GASPS)
What are these? Xylie, look!
Ow! Those are me.
What? What?
They're my toes.
Toes?
Ooh.
(SLURPING)
(LAUGHING) Toes! And they're very ticklish.
That's what I was trying to tell you.
Kayla, Xylie, I've brought a visitor. My friend Merliah.
(GASPS)
But she's human!
Half-human. Her mother is Calissa.
And we've seen proof that Calissa is alive.
(BOTH GASP)
Then Merliah can fulfill the prediction. She can overthrow Eris!
And Calissa can rule Oceana again!
(BARKS)
Snouts is correct.
You are our rightful princess,
and we are at your service.
No offense, but I don't want to be your princess.
I just want my normal life back
and I can't do that without my mother's help.
Oh! We should see the Destinies!
They'll know just how we should fight against Eris.
My feeling exactly, but before we leave,
I'm hoping you can do something about her...
Appendages.
Ooh.
Tail makeover! Tail makeover!
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
Let's try this one!
Oh, how about this one?
This one will look lovely with your hair.
Hmm.
Hmm, uh-uh.
This calls for sparkles!
No. No. No. Oh!
(GIGGLES)
Uh...
Ick!
Next?
Let's try this one.
KAYLA: Oh, check this out.
Whoa.
Definitely not!
KAYLA: Next. Next. Next!
Hmm, I've got it!
I love it.
KAYLA: Perfect!
You look fantastic!
Work it, girl!
(GROWLS)
You are fierce!
Loving it! Yes!
(LICKING)
Now you're ready to go see the Destinies.
Okay. Deanne, Deandra?
I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 1 million.
BOTH: 400,220!
No way, you got it again!
I wonder if this would be more fun if we, like, weren't psychic.
(REMO CLEARS THROAT)
Destinies! The Queen requires knowledge of the future.
(BLOWS FLOURISH)
(GROANS)
You could've told me to move out of the way.
Tell me, dear Destinies,
tell me that I'm going to rule forever!
Ew! These split ends! Has it really been just one day?
And your color! Ugh.
Product, Eris. You have to use product.
The Merillia is weak.
Without a change, you will poison Oceana.
Yes, yes, I know. I've told you I'm working on that.
You won't have time. Calissa's daughter has come of age.
What?
Calissa's daughter is coming for you.
She has no daughter!
There is a daughter. A daughter who can destroy you.
Well! Well, then I will destroy the daughter first.
Where can I find her?
Deandra? Do we have any more of those breath mints?
(LAUGHS) Listen to me! I demand you answer me!
Eris, too much predicting gives us headaches! You know that!
How about we throw in some purple lowlights?
Will that make it better?
(EXCLAIMING ANGRILY)
Remo!
Yes, Your Highness.
The door!
It's right over there, Your Highness.
Get the door!
Uh, yes. Sorry.
Oh, I love coming here. The Destinies have the best magazines.
ERIS: I will destroy Calissa's daughter!
(ALL GASP) Eris!
I just need to find the girl.
XYLIE: Eris!
What are you doing here?
We were looking for you.
KAYLA: We have some mer-mazing new items in the store
that we wanted to show exclusively to...
Y-O-U! Y-O-U!
So come on, let's check out the mer-mazing merch.
It's mer-licious.
Fish-a-licious!
It is fin-tastic!
Wait! You may be the first to hear my kingdom-wide edict.
A flourish for the kingdom-wide edict!
(BLOWS RASPBERRY) ERIS: Enough!
I hereby declare that any strangers,
or anyone suspicious in Oceana
must be turned in to me immediately!
Anyone violating this rule will be sentenced to a lifetime in my dungeons!
(CHUCKLING)
Yes, I think I did see a stranger
at Seaphora after the Eris Festival.
You did? Well, what did she look like?
(STAMMERING) She looked... She looked...
Xylie, do you remember what the stranger looked like?
(CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY) Yes.
(STAMMERING) She looked strange.
And we saw her swimming away.
We can point you in the right direction!
Yes. Yes, do. Immediately!
This way. This way.
That way! That way!
(EXCLAIMS) Just show me!
Whatever you say.
She was quite confused at the time,
that's why she went that way, then this way...
(SIGHS)
Let's go!
Hey, Zuma!
These are the Destinies?
Love the pink.
Come sit.
I think we distracted Eris for a little bit.
Well, not for long. She won't rest
until she finds Calissa's daughter.
Calissa's daughter, Merliah.
You are meant to overthrow Eris,
but the three tools you need are spread far and wide.
Without them, you cannot succeed.
The Celestial Comb...
A Dreamfish...
And Eris' own protective necklace.
And if I get these things and defeat Eris,
will I be normal again?
You will get what you seek.
Wait. How do we know you're for real?
You don't.
That's all we've got for you today,
but we are having a great sale
on scale conditioner. Two-for-one!
Really? Oh, I love two-for-one.
Maybe next time. Thanks.
DESTINIES: Bye-bye!
Liah.
Tell Fallon she's going to be bumped up
to the varsity surf team before the next meet.
Okay, I will.
(LAUGHING) I don't even know what that means.
Manis and tailies?
Sure! Sure!
So what do we know about the Celestial Comb?
The Celestial Comb was once worn by the queens of Oceana.
It's been lost for centuries,
and they say it can only be retrieved
and worn by Oceana's true heir.
Mer-folk have tried to find it, but legend says it's hidden
"where mer-folk may see, but never touch. "
Oh. Doesn't give us much to go on, does it?
No, but I know how to find out more.
(BEEPING)
Yes! I have bars.
(GRUNTING)
I almost broke my record.
(COMPUTER BEEPING) Liah!
Put her on screen!
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I'm in Oceana.
Whoa! Whoa!
Are those more humans?
Do they have toes, too?
Five on each foot! Check 'em out!
Are those really mermaids?
Yup. Fallon and Hadley, meet Kayla and X ylie.
Hi!
You look fabulous.
I need your help. Can you search online for "Celestial Comb"?
Facts? Yes. Facts I can find.
(TYPING)
Hmm. Nothing comes up.
See? It doesn't exist.
We don't know that.
What did you say about it, Zuma?
It's "where mer-folk may see, but never touch"?
Where could that be?
Oh, we can't touch things on land.
Can't see them there, either.
So it would have to be underwater,
but in a place you couldn't reach.
Fallon, are there any underwater caves off the coast?
Caves that would have big air pockets inside?
Yes, the Yafos Caves.
Maybe 40 miles off the coast of Malibu, southwest.
I know where that is.
Oh, Fallon, great news.
Coach Pursely is going to bump you up
to the varsity surf team before the next meet.
Did Coach tell you that?
No. I just know.
But how did you know?
Talk to you later. Bye.
Come on. Let's go!
You're sure, Remo? No one near Seaphora saw anyone strange?
No one, Your Highness.
Fine. Then we'll just have to get our answers somewhere else.
Eris.
Hello, sister.
I spoke with the Destinies today.
Lovely girls. They gave me good news.
Guess what? I'm an aunt.
How strange. What long-lost sibling is the lucky parent?
Ooh, nice try, sis, but the baby is yours.
Only she's not a baby now, is she?
You found a way to hide her from me a long time ago,
but now she's all grown up, and here in Oceana.
Tell me how to find her.
How would I know?
Even if I did have a daughter,
I've been locked up for 15 years.
I wouldn't know anything about her.
Oh, I'm sure you know something.
Like the name of the lucky mer-man who's her father.
Unless... No, that's madness.
You wouldn't have, would you?
Is the father not a mer-man at all?
Is it that human you used to swoon over?
I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.
(LAUGHING) A half-human?
Better to give me a clue how to find her,
then maybe I'll show her some mercy.
That's your decision. But I'll find her.
And until I do, every hour you don't tell me what I want to know,
I will imprison 10 innocent mer-folk.
Nothing to say? Fine. Your choice.
Oh, and the Merillia you're spinning is still terrible.
You're poisoning Oceana.
No, Eris, you are! My Merillia reflects my emotions.
It will only improve when you set me free.
Never!
Look at the coral!
Soon all Oceana will be like this if Eris isn't stopped.
I don't think the coral is our only problem.
Aren't those the Yafos Caves?
MERLIAH: Jellyfish.
But they're huge!
Any chance giant jellyfish are friendly?
ZUMA: Just the opposite. Their shocks are deadly.
And they're very protective of their homes.
So how do we get the comb?
We can't. You can. Snouts can help you out.
If the jellyfish go after the rest of us,
Merliah can get inside, right?
Exactly.
I'm in.
Let's do it.
(COOS)
Hey, jellies! Mind if we come in?
(JELLYFISH BUZZING)
(GULPS)
Move!
"Where mer-folk may see, but never touch. "
(BARKS)
Swim!
Whoa!
(WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
It's buried too deep, Snouts. I can't get it.
Huh?
That's strange.
(GASPS)
Hmm.
Whoa.
(EXCLAIMS)
(GRUNTS)
Yes! I've got it!
(CAVE RUMBLING) Uh-oh.
(WHIMPERING)
Kayla, Xylie, over here!
On three.
One, two, three!
(ZAPPING)
(ALL SIGH IN RELIEF)
(CAVE RUMBLING)
Merliah!
MERLIAH: Snouts!
(GASPS)
Okay, Snouts, it's now or never!
(SNOUTS WHIMPERS)
Snouts!
(WHIMPERING)
KAYLA: Oh, no!
Hey, guys.
(GASPS)
You made it!
(ALL EXCLAIM)
Check it out!
(BOTH CHEERING)
(BOTH GASP)
Quickly, hide!
I saw those before at the Eris Festival.
They're Eris' manta sharks.
Do you think they're looking for us?
After what we heard at the Destinies' salon, I think we can count on it.
But Eris doesn't know anything about me.
She knows you exist, that's enough.
The Destinies said we have to find a Dreamfish. What is that?
They're supposedly fish that you can never capture,
but if you impress one and earn its loyalty,
it will offer you your greatest desire.
You mean you wish on it?
Not exactly. If it commits to you, you can ask it for help
and it will offer you something.
You can only call it once,
so you're supposed to save it for when you really need a dream come true.
Like getting a sneak peek at the fall fashions.
Oh, that would be a massive dream come true for me.
In the stories, where do you find Dreamfish?
That's the thing. The story says
they live "under the horse and the bear,"
but I don't know what that means.
Hmm.
Maybe Fallon and Hadley can help.
(DIALING)
Liah! You were right, girl.
Coach Pursely bumped me up to varsity!
What do you think? Which first-day-on-the-team outfit is better?
Oh, I like the salmon one.
I like the coral one.
Shoot! Low battery, gotta be quick.
I need anything you can find online
about Dreamfish who live "under the horse and the bear. "
A fish living under a horse and a bear? That's weird.
Not as weird as getting fashion advice from mermaids, but...
Nope, nothing.
Try this. Remember our class trip to Sedona?
All those rock formations that looked like dogs, or birds, or a coffeepot?
Yes! Or the one that looked like a bunny
playing crazy eights with a kangaroo!
I thought it did.
I get it.
You're thinking the horse and bear could be rocks.
Got it!
"Rising from the middle of the Pacific Ocean's Andenato current,
"the horse and the bear majestically face one another. "
Yes!
I know the Andenato current. This way!
Gotta go. Bye!
No! You can't do this!
Oh, can't I?
Push him in!
Please, I have done nothing wrong!
(SCREAMING)
No, you can't do this. Please!
(LAUGHING MALICIOUSLY)
This is it, the Andenato current.
I've never gone inside. It's awfully strong.
How can we even tell if the Dreamfish are there?
(COOING) Snouts!
(SNOUTS EXCLAIMING)
Apparently not that way.
The current is far too strong to swim inside.
Hmm.
Why swim
when you can shred?
Come on, Liah, you've got this.
(EXCLAIMING)
Whoa!
(WHOOPING)
(GASPS)
Dreamfish. Hmm.
(MERLIAH EXCLAIMS)
Okay, anyone impressed and feeling loyal?
Guess there's only one way to find out.
Three, two, one. Here I go!
(GASPING) Liah!
Did you get one?
I guess not.
(BARKS)
Call me when you need me, and I'll be there.
KAYLA: You got him! XYLIE: You got him!
(BOTH GIGGLING)
Well done, Liah.
Now. All we need to do is get Eris' necklace.
Piece of kelp.
The only mer-folk who get close to her
are the ones she asks to prove their devotion.
Hmm. When is the next Eris Festival?
This evening, a couple hours from now.
I think I know how we can get close to Eris at the festival.
We're going to need the Deep Sea-3 player.
I just need to know one thing.
Can you dance?
Huh?
(CONCH BLOWING)
(PLAYING A FANCY FLOURISH)
(GROWLS)
(LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(CONCH BLOWING)
How about a big smile?
Perfect!
Mantas!
Hey, hey, hey. Easy, easy. Watch the camera, pal!
Oceana, do you adore me?
(ALL CHEERING)
I said, do you adore me?
(ALL CHEERING LOUDER)
Well, I don't believe you.
(ALL MURMURING)
If you truly adored me,
one of you would give me information about Calissa's daughter,
a half-human spawn of the wicked queen who abandoned us all!
Half-human? Ooh! She sounds like a monster.
Hey! Uh, I mean, she may be really nice.
Now, who can lead me to her?
Swim forward.
Fine, then! Mantas, get me an answer!
Now!
(GROWLING)
(CROWD SCREAMING)
Wait!
Do you have information about Calissa's daughter?
No, but I do have something for you.
A gift to prove our love and devotion.
I think you're really going to like it.
I'd better. If not, you know what's waiting.
Hit it!
(RECORD SCRATCHING)
(UPBEAT SURF MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINGING) Calling all mermaids Now's your chance
To give it up for Eris With a brand new dance
She razzles, she dazzles She rules the sea
So let's rock the reef for Her Majesty
Pop up, lean in Side to side
Lay back, hang ten Go for a ride
Catch that curl Get into the tube
Do the mahi-mahi Make your tailfin move
She's the queen of the waves
Check her out She's spinning that pool around
Queen of the waves
No one's gonna take away her crown
Her Majesty is mighty fine
Surf's up, bow down She's the queen of the waves
Her smile, her style You just gotta stare
The envy of mer-girls everywhere
A beauty, a cutie And so in the know
Her charms pull you in like undertow
Pop up, lean in Side to side
Lay back, hang ten Go for a ride
Catch that curl Get into the tube
Do the mahi-mahi Make your tailfin move
She's the queen of the waves
Check her out She's spinning that pool around
Queen of the waves
No one's gonna take away her crown
Her Majesty will knock 'em dead
Surf's up, bow down
Yes! You got it!
Come on. Something happen.
(GROWLS)
Stop her!
(PANTING)
(ALL GASPING)
It's her!
(WHIMPERING)
Well, look who's come to visit,
my long-lost niece.
Sorry you have to leave so soon.
Behold!
(ALL GASPING)
(GASPS)
Push her in!
No!
(ALL GASP)
No! No!
(MERLIAH GRUNTING)
Merliah!
This whirlpool will take her to the bottom
of the deepest trench in the entire ocean,
where she'll never be heard from again!
(LAUGHS MALICIOUSLY)
No.
Dreamfish? Dreamfish, I need you!
You called? Yes!
Yes, I need help. Please.
I'll offer you your greatest desire.
I'll send you back home to Malibu,
and your mermaid half will go away.
You'll be just a normal girl,
and it'll be like none of this ever happened.
You can do that?
It is your greatest desire.
If you wish it, it's yours.
But all this trouble in Oceana will still be happening, right?
I just won't be a part of it.
But you would have your dream come true.
Yes, and everyone else would pay for it.
Will you accept the wish?
No.
Whatever else I am, I am Merliah,
half-mermaid Princess of Oceana,
and it is my duty to protect my subjects.
Whoa! What's happening?
You don't know? You're not doing this?
It's not me. It must be coming from you.
From me? Dreamfish?
Dreamfish!
(GASPS)
A tail! A real mermaid tail!
And it's strong!
Once again I've come to your rescue, my subjects.
Calissa's daughter will never threaten us again.
(EXCLAIMS)
(ALL GASP)
(GASPING) A real tail!
What? That's impossible!
But that... But you... But how?
Don't just stand there gawking, get her!
Wait! You don't have to take orders from Eris.
She's not the rightful heir to the throne of Oceana.
I am, and I can prove it.
I have the Celestial Comb!
(ALL MURMURING)
Oh, it is! It's the Celestial Comb!
Never mind the comb. She's half-human!
She can't spin Merillia!
If you want the sea to survive, you need me!
You don't need Eris to spin Merillia. Look!
(EXCLAIMS)
Yes, that is Queen Calissa, right now, spinning Merillia.
Mmm.
Spinning Merillia.
You could have destroyed my mother, but you didn't.
You needed her to spin Merillia,
because you can't.
That's what makes you so angry and jealous, isn't it?
You're the only one in the royal family who can't make Merillia.
You're different and you hate it.
That's ridiculous!
Mantas, Remo, someone seize her!
You've been pretending my mother's Merillia is yours.
But Calissa isn't happy shut away,
and that's why her Merillia is too weak to keep the sea healthy.
(ERIS LAUGHS)
This girl lies!
If you let my mother go, I know we can work together.
Once she understands how horrible you felt,
she'll forgive you, I know she will.
I know what it's like to feel different. I can...
No!
I alone rule.
(BOTH GASP)
You can't outswim me!
Ha!
(GROWLING)
(EXCLAIMS)
(ALL GASPING)
No! I am your queen!
I am your ruler! I am...
So last season! So last season!
(ERIS SCREAMING)
Where is it going?
ZUMA: To the bottom of the deepest trench in the ocean.
ERIS: I don't deserve this!
(CROWD CHEERING)
Merliah! You did it!
ALL: All hail Queen Merliah!
All hail Queen Merliah!
No, please. I'm not your queen,
Calissa is. We need to find her.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Um...
I know where she is.
Mom?
Merliah?
Merliah!
Look at you! You've grown a tail.
Isn't it amazing?
(SNOUTS BARKING)
This ocean belongs to you again.
Tell me, how did it happen?
I'll tell you everything, I promise.
But first, we need to empty out Eris' dungeons.
Flourish to open Eris' dungeons!
(PLAYS A JAZZY FLOURISH)
Thank you. That was lovely.
You really liked it?
She really liked it.
(CROWD CHEERING)
Cancel my spinning class, darling.
I've had enough to last a lifetime.
Syrenka! Hey, Syrenka!
Oh, all right, but make it quick.
Oh, no, no, no. Move over. I need a shot of the princess.
(SCOFFS)
Hmm.
(CROWD CHEERING)
Member of the Royal Court.
And, look, the medal matches my eyes.
Mine matches my tail.
It is an honor. Thank you, Your Highness.
I owe you thanks for helping my daughter.
It's wonderful to see the two of you together.
You could stay with us forever.
Oh, oh,
you could even work in the boutique with us.
Not that you need to, being a princess and all.
But, oh, it would be so much fun.
It would...
CALISSA: But there are things you would miss.
Yes. I mean, I love it here,
and I love all of you.
And it's beyond amazing to be with you,
but I'm just sad that I'll never see Malibu again,
or Fallon and Hadley or Grandpa.
I'll miss being human.
Merliah, you will always be human,
just as you will always be a mermaid.
You are both in equal parts.
I guess, but it was hard enough trying to hide pink hair.
How could I possibly hide this tail?
If I went back, I wouldn't just be a misfit, I'd be a freak.
All you have to be is yourself.
When you wish on this necklace,
you can control how you appear, human or mermaid.
That way you can return to the human world,
and you can visit the mermaid world whenever you'd like.
And I promise you, you're not a misfit in either world.
Everything in your history lives and breathes in you.
You are unique, you are special,
and that's what makes you strong.
(CROWD CHEERING)
I told you this was going to happen.
Thank you.
Would it be awful if I went home now?
I just know Grandpa's worried sick.
Come back soon and visit.
I will. I promise.
(ALL CHEERING)
Goodbye, everyone.
Thank you, Merliah, for everything.
I'll see you soon.
I wish to be human.
Grandpa?
Ah, Liah!
Oh, my little grommet, I was afraid you weren't coming back.
I'll always come back, Grandpa.
You promise you're okay?
Your hair, it's still, whoa, pink!
Is it?
You know what? I like it. It makes me different.
And I'll stand out in the water, right?
So no one will miss it when I carve it up.
(LAUGHS) That's my girl.
(UPBEAT SURF MUSIC PLAYING)
ANNOUNCER: That was the sickest turn I've seen all day long.
Yeah, Liah!
Ride that wave, girl!
She sticks it.
Oh, my goodness.
Big air for Merliah Summers!
Tasty shralping from the girl with the wild locks!
It's the Summers mane! It's hot, it's pink,
it's the sickest thing on the waves!
And she kicks out...
Sweet! A perfect score for Merliah Summers!
Let's hear it for the new champion!
(UPBEAT SURF ROCK PLAYING)
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