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"A Fish Story" is the ninth episode of the third season of Superman: The Animated Series, and the 50th of the overall series. It depicts the first DCAU appearance of Aquaman. After a series of attacks by sea animals, Lois investigates Luthor's involvement. She soon discovers that Luthor has captured Aquaman and this incident has agitated all life of the sea. Aquaman warns Lois that if he isn't returned to the sea, worse things will come.

Plot

File:Superman fights Whale.jpg

Superman fends off a killer whale.

Lois, Jimmy, and Bibbo are enjoying a boat ride out at sea while Bibbo mentions stories of fish attacks. Lois doesn't believe the stories at first. However, Jimmy is soon attacked by a bunch of flying fish, his camera is attacked and destroyed by a sea turtle, and the ship is attacked by a couple of orcas. Jimmy activates his Signal watch and Superman arrives to save the ship. The whales prove to be too violent however and attack him. Superman is forced to knock them out to finally get them to halt their attack. He then manages to get the ship to shore.

Later, Lois speaks with a marine biologist at an aquarium. The animals in the aquarium are highly agitated and attack the people that they see. However, the biologist claims that there's a logical explanation for the attacks and leaves before Lois can ask more.

After seeing that Luthor is involved with the aquarium, Lois sneaks into the building and discovers the source of the troubles: Aquaman, kept prisoner by Luthor. However, Lois is soon discovered and captured as well. She and Aquaman are taken away and Aquaman tells her the story of his capture and reasons for coming. Weapons tests were being held near Atlantis and a war will soon be incited if the tests don't stop. The truck lurches to a stop in a garbage dump and they are going to be killed. Fortunately, Aquaman uses his power to communicate with sea animals to cause the seagulls to attack Luthor's men and free himself and Lois.

File:Shark rescues Lois.jpg

A shark brings Lois to safety.

The pair escapes on motorcycle and is closely pursued by Lex's men. To evade capture, Aquaman and Lois drive off a cliff into the ocean. A great white shark circles and pulls Lois under the water leaving Luthor's men to believe the job has been finished. Superman arrives and beats the thugs. He then finds Lois and Aquaman alive and well. Superman takes Lois out of the water and leaves Aquaman to finish his mission.

Later, Lois and Superman arrive on Luthor's ship and demand that the tests be stopped. Luthor refuses and orders his men to kill Aquaman. However, Aquaman proves to be more than a match for Luthor's men and with Superman's help he manages to defeat the divers. Realizing that he'll lose money if he doesn't act soon, Luthor orders the bombs to be detonated, but Aquaman stops him.

File:Superman talks to Aquaman.jpg

Superman tries to get Aquaman to make peace.

An Atlantean armada is summoned and Aquaman tells his men to fire. However, Superman arrives and tells him to stop. Aquaman argues that his people have suffered from pollution for too long, and the surface world must be punished. Superman warns that Aquaman will have to go through him, and he is incredulous. Superman says that there are surface dwellers who are working to stop pollution, and Aquaman decides to give them a chance. Unfortunately, the captain of Luthor's ship fires a harpoon at Aquaman and the Atlanteans attack. Once Luthor's ship is destroyed (Luthor himself and Mercy escaping at the last second), Aquaman commands his troops to stand down, then leaves with a warning that if further disrespect follows, there will be a war.

Background information

Home video releases

Production notes

When Aquaman's armada opens fire at Luthor's ship, there's a full screen frame of a fire explosion, which is reused footage from "Where There's Smoke" when Volcana blasted Superman with a fire ball in the parking lot. Soon afterwards, there's another explosion that is reused footage from the gas canisters that Superman ignites in "The Way of All Flesh". Finally, when two crewmen jump overboard, there's another explosion that is reused footage from the explosion of Pa and Ma Kent's barn in "New Kids in Town".

Trivia

The version of Aquaman that appears in this series is based on the golden age Aquaman. All later appearances in the DC Animated Universe are based on the revamped version.
Last appearance of Bibbo in the series. He later makes a non-speaking cameo in the Justice League episode "Hereafter".

Cast

Actor	Role
Tim Daly	Superman/Clark Kent
Dana Delany	Lois Lane
David Kaufman	Jimmy Olsen
Clancy Brown	Lex Luthor
Brad Garrett	Bibbo
Miguel Ferrer	Aquaman
John Rubano	Lexie #1
Billy West	Lexie #2
Stuart Pankin	Doctor Cardy

Quotes

Lois: Are you nuts?! That was a great white!
Aquaman: Lucky he was passing by. I've got ten more circling us right now.
Lois: Hope they're not hungry.
Aquaman: Want me to ask them?

Lois: It sounds like your 'assets' are getting kicked.

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+| image      = Aquaman STAS.png
 | episode    = A Fish Story
 | airdate    = May 8, 1999 (USA)
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 | writer     = [[Hilary J. Bader]] <br /> [[Rich Fogel]]
 | director   = [[Shin-Ichi Tsuji]]
+| prevprod   = "{{ep|Unity}}"
+| prevaired  = "[[Superman's Pal]]"
+| nextprod   = None
+| nextaired  = "{{ep|Unity}}"
 }}
+"'''A Fish Story'''" is the ninth episode of the third season of {{stas}}, and the 50th of the overall series. It depicts the first DCAU appearance of [[Aquaman]]. After a series of attacks by sea animals, [[Lois Lane|Lois]] investigates [[Lex Luthor|Luthor's]] involvement. She soon discovers that Luthor has captured Aquaman and this incident has agitated all life of the sea. Aquaman warns Lois that if he isn't returned to the sea, worse things will come.
-"'''A Fish Story'''" is the fiftieth episode of {{stas}}. It depicts the first DCAU appearance of [[Aquaman]]. After a series of attacks by sea animals, [[Lois Lane|Lois]] investigates [[Lex Luthor|Luthor's]] involvement. She soon discovers that Luthor has captured Aquaman and this incident has agitated all life of the sea. Aquaman warns Lois that if he isn't returned to the sea, worse things will come.
 == Plot ==
+[[File:Superman_fights_Whale.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Superman]] fends off a killer whale.]]
 Lois, [[Jimmy Olsen|Jimmy]], and [[Bibbo Bibbowski|Bibbo]] are enjoying a boat ride out at sea while Bibbo mentions stories of fish attacks. Lois doesn't believe the stories at first. However, Jimmy is soon attacked by a bunch of flying fish, his camera is attacked and destroyed by a sea turtle, and the ship is attacked by a couple of orcas. Jimmy activates his [[Signal watch]] and [[Superman]] arrives to save the ship. The whales prove to be too violent however and attack him. Superman is forced to knock them out to finally get them to halt their attack. He then manages to get the ship to shore.
 Later, Lois speaks with a marine biologist at an aquarium. The animals in the aquarium are highly agitated and attack the people that they see. However, the biologist claims that there's a logical explanation for the attacks and leaves before Lois can ask more.
-After seeing that Luthor is involved with the aquarium, Lois sneaks into the building and discovers the source of the troubles: Aquaman, kept prisoner by Luthor. However, Lois is soon discovered and captured as well. She and Aquaman are taken away and Aquaman tells her the story of his capture and reasons for coming. Weapons tests were being held near [[Atlantis]] and a war will soon be incited if the tests don't stop. The truck lurches to a stop in a garbage dump and they are going to be killed. Fortunately, Aquaman uses his power to communicate with sea animals to cause the seagulls to attack Lex's men and free himself and Lois.
+After seeing that Luthor is involved with the aquarium, Lois sneaks into the building and discovers the source of the troubles: Aquaman, kept prisoner by Luthor. However, Lois is soon discovered and captured as well. She and Aquaman are taken away and Aquaman tells her the story of his capture and reasons for coming. Weapons tests were being held near [[Atlantis]] and a war will soon be incited if the tests don't stop. The truck lurches to a stop in a garbage dump and they are going to be killed. Fortunately, Aquaman uses his power to communicate with sea animals to cause the seagulls to attack Luthor's men and free himself and Lois.
+[[File:Shark_rescues_Lois.jpg|thumb|200px|A shark brings [[Lois Lane|Lois]] to safety.]]
+The pair escapes on motorcycle and is closely pursued by Lex's men. To evade capture, Aquaman and Lois drive off a cliff into the ocean. A great white shark circles and pulls Lois under the water leaving Luthor's men to believe the job has been finished. Superman arrives and beats the thugs. He then finds Lois and Aquaman alive and well. Superman takes Lois out of the water and leaves Aquaman to finish his mission.
+Later, Lois and Superman arrive on Luthor's ship and demand that the tests be stopped. Luthor refuses and orders his men to kill Aquaman. However, Aquaman proves to be more than a match for Luthor's men and with Superman's help he manages to defeat the divers. Realizing that he'll lose money if he doesn't act soon, Luthor orders the bombs to be detonated, but Aquaman stops him.
-The pair escapes on motorcycle and is closely pursued by Lex's men. To evade capture, Aquaman and Lois drive off a cliff into the ocean. A great white shark circles and pulls Lois under the water leaving Lex's men to believe the job has been finished. Superman arrives and beats the thugs. He then finds Lois and Aquaman alive and well. Superman takes Lois out of the water and leaves Aquaman to finish his mission.
+[[File:Superman_talks_to_Aquaman.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Superman tries to get [[Aquaman]] to make peace.]]
+An Atlantean armada is summoned and Aquaman tells his men to fire. However, Superman arrives and tells him to stop. Aquaman argues that his people have suffered from pollution for too long, and the surface world must be punished. Superman warns that Aquaman will have to go through him, and he is incredulous. Superman says that there are surface dwellers who are working to stop pollution, and Aquaman decides to give them a chance. Unfortunately, the captain of Luthor's ship fires a harpoon at Aquaman and the Atlanteans attack. Once Luthor's ship is destroyed (Luthor himself and Mercy escaping at the last second), Aquaman commands his troops to stand down, then leaves with a warning that if further disrespect follows, there will be a war.
-Later, Lois and Superman arrive on Luthor's ship and demand that the tests be stopped. Luthor refuses and orders his men to kill Aquaman. However, Aquaman proves to be more than a match for Luthor's men and with Superman's help he manages to defeat the divers. Realizing that he'll lose money if he doesn't act soon, Luthor orders the bombs to be detonated, but Aquaman stops him.
+{{-}}
-The Atlantean king summons an Atlantean armada and tells his men to fire. However, Superman arrives and tells Aquaman to stop. Aquaman argues that his people have suffered from pollution for too long, and the surface world must be punished. Superman warns that Aquaman will have to go through him, and he is incredulous. Superman says that there are surface dwellers who are working to stop pollution, and Aquaman decides to give them a chance. Unfortunately, the captain of Luthor's ship fires a harpoon at Aquaman and the Atlanteans attack. Aquaman then leaves with a warning that if further disrespect follows, there will be a war.
 == Background information ==
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 * When Aquaman's armada opens fire at Luthor's ship, there's a full screen frame of a fire explosion, which is reused footage from "[[Where There's Smoke]]" when [[Volcana]] blasted Superman with a fire ball in the parking lot. Soon afterwards, there's another explosion that is reused footage from the gas canisters that Superman ignites in "[[The Way of All Flesh]]". Finally, when two crewmen jump overboard, there's another explosion that is reused footage from the explosion of [[Jonathan Kent|Pa]] and [[Martha Kent|Ma Kent]]'s barn in "[[New Kids in Town]]".
 === Trivia ===
-* The version of Aquaman that appears in this series is based on the golden age Aquaman.  All later appearances in the [[DC Animated Universe]] are based on the revamped version.
+* The version of Aquaman that appears in this series is based on the golden age Aquaman. All later appearances in the [[DC Animated Universe]] are based on the revamped version.
-* Last appearance of Bibbo in the series. He later makes a non-speaking cameo in the [[Justice League (animated series)|Justice League]] episode ''[[Hereafter]]''.
+* Last appearance of Bibbo in the series. He later makes a non-speaking cameo in the [[Justice League (animated series)|Justice League]] episode "[[Hereafter]]".
 == Cast ==
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 '''Lois:''' It sounds like your 'assets' are getting kicked.
 }}
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-| prevaired = [[Superman's Pal]]
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