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- Those old cars are attracting

more and more fish every day!

- Yeah.

We'd better be heading home.

- Home?

We just got here!

- I told Dad we'd be home before he left for his meeting.

- Just one more dive?

Me and Flipper, we're herding the fish into their new homes.

- Oh, now you're a fish wrangler, huh?

Wild Bud Ricks and his trusty sea horse.

- Well, how are fish with a brain the size of a pea

supposed to know those cars were dumped down there for them?

- Don't worry.

When a big fish comes along, they'll figure it out.

It's called survival of the fastest.

Let's go.

- Ah, just one more dive!

We're helping Dad's fish farm.

Just one more.

Last one, I promise.

- Bud, why is it Dad and I can't get you out of the bay

but we can't get you under a shower at home?

- Well why should a kid take a shower

who's got the whole ocean for a bath tub?

Yippee!

Bullet holes!

- What's the matter?

- Down there in that car!

Bullet holes in the windshield!

- Bullet holes in the windshield?

None of them have Windshields.

- That one does!

Ask Flipper!

They're real bullet holes!

- Ah, you two always stick together.

What would a car with bullet holes in it be doing down here?

- I don't know, but I gotta tell Dad quick!

- Yeah, I gotta tell Dad too.

That you and Flipper have flipped.

♫ They call him Flipper

♫ Flipper faster than lightning

♫ No one you see

♫ ls smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Flying there under

♫ Under the sea

- Dad how can you, the park warden,

go off to a dumb old meeting

when there's a car down there

with bullet holes in the windshield?

- Sandy, did you see the bullet holes?

- Dad, I didn't even see the car.

Bud took off like a homing mud-head.

I was gonna check it out,

but you always told us not to swim alone.

- Good boy.

Well, see you both later.

- You mean you don't believe me?

Your own son?

You think I'm some kind of a liar?

- No, Bud, it isn't that we don't believe you.

We don't always believe your vivid imagination.

- What imagination?

I've got a bad imagination

but I'm very good at telling the truth.

- Look, you're both forgetting

that I supervised the dumping of those old cars

and all the glass was taken out.

- So some gangster dumped this one after you dumped yours.

Honest lnjun, Dad, there are bullet holes in the windshield.

- Bud, why don't you take off your flippers?

You're on dry ground now.

- I haven't got time.

That car should be checked out and reported.

It's our duty as American citizens.

- All right.

This American citizen will look into it tomorrow.

And if it is a red hot car, it's a job for me,

the Coast Guard, and the police.

Sandy?

Sandy, what's with you?

- I was just thinking.

We've both grown up a lot.

Maybe we should help you out more with the park,

especially me.

- Well, fine.

Like how?

- Well, maybe I should take the skiff out

and do a preliminary check for you,

save you some time.

- Yeah, keen!

Then I could go along too!

- Hold it.

Now neither of you has grown so much

that you don't fit on my knee

or over it.

So no taking the skiff out

and no diving down to those old cars!

That's my orders to the troops, get it?

- Got it.

Sandy?

- Dig, no dive.

- Bright boys.

Well, I'll see you both before dinner.

Goodbye, I'm late.

- You think he means it?

- What do you think?

- He means it.

Don't do this, don't do that.

After going all the way through school

the only word parents know how to use is don't.

What a bad word.

- What year car would you say it was, Bud?

- Oh, I don't know.

- Then how many bullet holes were there?

- Oh, I don't... how many, I don't know.

Just a bunch of bullet holes.

- Boy, a fine detective you'd make.

- So who wants to be a detective?

The Coast Guard and the Police would only take over.

I discover the car and they get all the glory.

So why should I help them out?

Hey, a detective!

Sandy, how would a detective go about

getting information on a hot car?

- You tell me.

You're the guy who's about to be one.

- All day up and down the bay asking questions

and what do we get?

Nothing.

Nothing but nothing.

- We really should have come to you first, Johnny,

since you helped my dad dump those cars with your barge.

- Yeah and maybe you can help us and Dad, too,

to track down the criminal or criminals.

- Well, what makes you think there's a crime involved?

Which one of you is Watson and which one of you is Holmes?

- Well, Bud says this car with the bullet hole in it

is newer than the others

and that it still has all the glass in it.

So it just about must've been dumped by somebody else.

After you and dad put the others there.

- That makes sense.

What makes you think it's a gangster's car down there?

You got a pretty good imagination, Bud.

I remember one time you saw a flying saucer at night

and it ended up being the lights from a Ferris wheel.

- Yeah, but that was a whole year ago

when I was a little kid.

But these are real bullet holes.

- So who else do you think would look for the right spot

to dump a car?

- Well.

Well, the area is pretty well marked with that buoy.

Most of the boats and fishermen know what's down below.

It could be almost anyone.

- Yeah, but will you do us a favor?

If you see any suspicious looking characters around,

let us know.

- I promise.

Well, if that is a hot car down there,

I'd say don't go near it.

That's what my dad said: don't.

- Your dad gave you pretty good advice.

- Dad says he'll look into it in the morning.

These peanuts are making me hungry.

Let's go home and get something to eat.

- Yeah, might as well.

- Thanks a lot, Johnny.

- I'll see you.

Hey now, don't go nosing around that car, hear?

- Don't, don't, don't!

I don't know why kids want to grow up!

All they do when they get big is say "don't" to little guys!

- Tough break, Johnny.

I tried to throw a little money your way

and this has to happen.

- Yeah.

First time I ever stepped over the line.

- Don't let it bug you.

Besides, barge is paid for now, isn't it?

- Well now look, if you want your money back

it'll take a little time, but I can do it.

- Look, Johnny, you're my pal.

You've been my hero ever since high school,

the great athlete.

- Oh, knock it off, will you?

This is trouble.

- And it isn't my money.

I just spend it for them on special projects

which they want done right, once and for all.

- I know, I know.

- Because Johnny, pal, if that car is recovered,

a lot of important people are gonna be embarrassed,

asked questions, like about murder.

You knew that when you dumped it for me.

- Yeah.

- Well, what are we gonna do about that car down there

before that warden starts nosing around.

- Well I can't just haul it up out of the water.

The only thing to do is to go down there

with a time charge and blow it up.

- Well, let's get it done.

And Johnny...

Let's make it a big one.

- Here, Flipper!

But no swimming until a half hour after you've eaten!

- Let's face it.

No matter how you look at it,

Dad told both of us not to dive down and check that car.

- Yeah, I guess so.

I guess we better just go for a dull old swim.

- Maybe look for some conch shells.

- Yeah.

What's the best place to look?

- Let's see.

Used to be out in the bay.

Pretty close to where that marker buoy is.

- Let's go.

- When does it say boom?

- Fifteen minutes.

You better make a few circles

so no one will suspect anything.

Pick me up in five.

- I'll pick you up in four and a half, if you don't mind.

- What happened, did you plant it?

- There's a couple of kids down there.

- Kids!

Did you plant it?

- It's down there somewhere.

- Come on, let's get out of here!

- We gotta go back!

- And get blown up?

Are you nuts?

- Sandy!

Bud!

Flipper!

Come here, Flipper!

Well, what have you got in your mouth?

- No, no, Flipper, come with me!

Flipper, where are the boys?

Where are the boys, Flipper?

Where are they?

Where are the boys?

- Hi, Dad.

- Hi, Dad.

- Hi.

- All right, the meeting will now come to order.

- What meeting?

- The meeting you're in.

Now, what were you guys doing diving down in that car

when I told you not to go near it?

- Dad, would you believe me if I told you

we were diving for conch shells?

- No, I wouldn't.

And apparently you didn't believe me

when I told you that neither of you were too big

to put over my knee.

Now who's first?

- You're alive!

Your boys, they're still alive!

- He stopped our car.

Gave himself up, Po.

Said we should come down here and see if we could help.

The other guy tried to get away.

We had to put a few bullet holes in his car

and one in him.

He'll live.

- Hey, Dad, can we go down and see the car...

With the bullet holes in it.

Okay-

- Gosh, Johnny.

It's hard to realize you had anything to do with

dumping that car down there.

I couldn't believe it.

- Yeah, I know.

You wanna know why I shoved you into that car?

This may sound crazy,

but I did it because I didn't want you to see me

do something wrong.

I'm sorry.

And I'm glad.

- Johnny, can we...

Can we do anything for you?

- Yeah, you can do something.

Next time you take your Dad's advice.

There's an awful lot of bad advice kicking around.

Like how to make a quick five hundred bucks.

When you get a little older,

you might run into temptation like that.

- We sort of ran into temptation already.

- See you later, Po.

- I'm sorry, Dad.

- Yeah, I'll take my licking first.

- Stay in line, little brother.

Let's get it over with, Dad.

- I think you both just grew up a little.

Maybe you are too big to take over my knee.

Oh, I forgot, Flipper.

I'm sorry.

I give you full credit.

♫ Everyone loves the king of the sea

♫ Ever so kind and gentle is he

♫ Tricks he will do when children are near

♫ And how they laugh when he's near

♫ They call him Flipper

♫ Flipper faster than lightning

♫ No one you see

♫ ls smarter than he

♫ And we know Flipper lives in a world full of wonder

♫ Flying there under

♫ Under the sea