Triton of the Sea - Episode 8

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"The legend of the vanished island"

At the island, dated music plays as Pipi and the dolphins play and
Triton kicks at Fin. Pipi asks Triton for a swimming match, but
Triton doesn't want to do something so childish. Pipi tells him
that he can't compete with no tailfin. Triton goes after Pipi,
but Luka stops him, reminding them yet again that they Need To Get
Along Because They Are The Last Triton(TM). Triton swims away
ticked off, and Ero and Karo pursue. Triton accuses them of
making fun of his legs.

The three of them swim away from the island and get lost. They find
a boat with a spear in it, along with some sanddollars, which Triton
throws into the ocean. Triton dives back into the water, where
a boy, Butchya, faces off with a shark, armed only with a club.
Triton kills the shark with the spear. Morsejellies relay the
shark's defeat, as an army of sharks swim around. At Doriate's
ship, Doriate tells the sharks to destroy Triton and rides the giant squid Gelpura to pursue him.

Triton asks Butchya to be friends, and Butchya comments on his
strange clothes and shark-killing ease. Butchya tells him that
only he and his grandfather are on the island. Triton apologizes
for throwing away the sanddollars, and Butchya takes Triton to his
grandfather's house, telling him that Butchya and gramps are only
there temporarily. Triton meets Grandfather, who demands to ask where Butchya met Triton. He calls Triton the "son of the devil" and drives him away, telling Butchya to have nothing to do with him.

Back with Ero and Karo, Triton wonders why he was called the
son of the devil, and goes to eavesdrop on Butchya. Gramps
tells Butchya that a legend tells that a nearby island's people were destroyed when a strange man arrived with a costume like Triton's. After he came, an earthquake destroyed
the island. When the old man spread his cloak, a shark grabbed him and vanished into the sea. Triton realizes that the shark may have been Doriate's, and wonders if the man was a Triton.

Back at the house, Pipi combs her hair, oblivious to Triton's absence. Meanwhile, Doriate, Gelpura, and a shark army approach the island. Triton asks the dolphins to help him find the sunken island, but they doubt there is significance to the island. Triton goes to explore and finds a dead ship with pearl shells surrounding it. He takes the shells to give Butchya, but suddenly the shark army arrives.

Elsewhere at sea Butchya laments his friend, when he sees a red field below the boat. He goes to help Triton, who tells him to leave (but takes his spear) and kills the sharks.

After finding the dead sharks, Doriate vows revenge. Marcuses appear
and warn her that the area belongs to Poripeimos and Poseidon will
punish her for interfering, but Doriate knows that if Triton is killed,
she will be easily forgiven. She meets Poripeimos, who tells her
that he is taking his time with Triton. Doriate accuses him of
cowardice. Marcuses stop the two from fighting and orders Doriate
out. Doriate orders Gelpura to make a large whirlpool to scare
Poripeimos, which destroys the island.

Butchya and Gramps are lost at sea, and of course Gramps
blames Triton. Triton believes that they are dead, and wonders
if he really is the son of the devil. Luka tells him that
Poseidon is at fault, but Triton has a hard time believing that.