"Flipper" Whale Ahoy (TV Episode 1966) Poster

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6/10
A boy's dream
mitchrmp25 November 2012
Warning: Spoilers
When this episode starts, Flipper is in the back of a truck getting ready to show some officials his stuff. Sandy has to go to work. Dad has work to do. So, Bud is all on his own. Sandy reminds him to stay out of trouble, do his chores, and finish his book report. Bud grumbles at first, but then realizes that Moby Dick is about a whale.

A boy looking for adventure, reading a book in the boat while getting in some fishing is more fun then staying home. But when a boy like Bud reads, he often falls asleep. And when a boy has just read an adventurous story about a whale, he dreams. That's what this story is about.

A bit of irresponsibility is shown in this one as Bud wakes up to realize that he's run out of gas. Of course, the park ranger flying over at that moment just happens to be the one person he didn't want...

A rather light-hearted story, and one a boy who likes to imagine would enjoy. Except I thought the dream was a bit weak...it could have been made a lot more exciting.
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4/10
Bud's wild imagination
wrxsti545 December 2014
Unfortunately this is one of the silliest episodes. Sandy leaves for his job helping the fishermen and encourages Bud to surprise Porter and his teacher by actually finishing an assignment on time. In this instance it is a book report on "Moby Dick" Bud dozes off reading the book in the skiff and awakes to find himself face to face with an old whaler Captain Peabody who then pursues an imaginary pod of whales. Whilst the whale footage is stunning, the story line drags on with the whaler repeatedly urging Bud ever closer only for Bud to tackle the whaler out of the skiff to avoid him harpooning the gray whale.

There's footage of Sandy fishing and Porter checking buoys with the Coastguard and Bud meanwhile Bud's whale dream continues with a moral lecture from Bud about saving whales because of a baby and he enlists Flipper's help causing Peabody to threaten to kill Flipper causing Bud to finally wake up. Bud realizes he's out of gas but conveniently Porter is flying overhead in the float plane. Bud is caught fishing in the skiff and not doing chores and Porter radios to Sandy at the dock to rescue Bud. Bud works so hard on his report that Porter lets him swim with Flipper who then must rescue the "Moby Dick" book that falls into the water. An oddball disjointed episode.
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