Baby Shark's Big Show! - Deep Goo Sea (S1E25)

William and Vola enter a young scientist contest and their competitive spirit gets them into a stick situation.

Runtime (min)	11
Air Date	2021-11-12
Genres	Animation, Family, Kids, Comedy
TV Rating	TV-Y
Network(s)	Nickelodeon, EBS 1

Storyline

In this episode, William and Vola both decide to enter a young scientist contest, each eager to showcase their skills and creativity. Their enthusiasm quickly turns into a competitive rivalry as they work on their individual projects, each determined to outdo the other and claim the top prize. The friendly competition escalates as they become increasingly focused on winning rather than enjoying the scientific process or supporting each other.

Their competitive spirit leads them into a sticky situation involving goo—a mishap that forces them to work together to solve the problem they've created. Through this experience, William and Vola learn that collaboration can be more rewarding than competition, and that friendship is more important than winning. By the end of the episode, they realize that science is more fun when shared with others, and they find a way to celebrate each other's talents rather than viewing them as threats.

What kids learn

Children watching this episode learn valuable lessons about the difference between healthy competition and destructive rivalry. William and Vola's journey demonstrates how focusing too much on winning can damage friendships and take the joy out of activities that should be fun. Young viewers see that while it's natural to want to do well and showcase your talents, it's important not to let competitive feelings overshadow kindness and respect for others.

The episode also teaches children about the value of collaboration and teamwork. When William and Vola get into trouble because of their competitive behavior, they discover that working together allows them to solve problems more effectively than working alone. This reinforces the idea that combining different skills and perspectives often leads to better outcomes than trying to do everything by yourself.

Additionally, the scientific contest setting introduces children to the idea that learning and discovery can be exciting pursuits. The episode encourages curiosity and experimentation while emphasizing that the process of learning is just as important as any prize or recognition you might receive.

Parents' top 5 questions

Question	Answer
How competitive does the rivalry between William and Vola become in this episode?	The competition between William and Vola escalates from friendly rivalry to problematic behavior as they become increasingly focused on beating each other rather than enjoying the science contest. Their competitive spirit leads them into a sticky situation with goo that they must resolve together. The episode portrays this escalation clearly so children can recognize when competition has gone too far, but it remains age-appropriate and resolves positively with the characters learning to value friendship over winning.
What is the 'sticky situation' the characters get into?	The sticky situation involves goo, which appears to be a consequence of their competitive science projects. The episode uses this literal sticky mess as a metaphor for the figurative mess their rivalry has created in their friendship. The specifics of the goo mishap serve as a plot device that forces William and Vola to stop competing and start cooperating, ultimately teaching them that working together is more effective and enjoyable than trying to outdo each other.
Does the episode show one character winning the contest, or do they both lose?	The episode shifts focus away from who wins the contest and instead emphasizes the importance of friendship and collaboration over competition. By the time William and Vola resolve their sticky situation, the narrative priority becomes their restored friendship and mutual appreciation rather than contest results. This approach helps children understand that some things—like maintaining good relationships—are more valuable than trophies or recognition, teaching them to keep competitive activities in proper perspective.
How can I help my child handle competitive feelings with friends?	Use this episode as a conversation starter about healthy competition. Point out how William and Vola's friendship suffered when winning became more important than supporting each other, and discuss times when your child might feel similarly competitive. Help them identify the difference between wanting to do their best and needing to beat others. Encourage them to celebrate friends' successes and remind them that everyone has different strengths, just as the episode demonstrates when the characters learn to appreciate each other's unique talents.
Is this episode appropriate for children who get very competitive during activities?	Yes, this episode is particularly well-suited for competitive children because it directly addresses the consequences of letting rivalry damage friendships. The story validates that competitive feelings are normal while clearly showing that they need to be balanced with kindness and cooperation. Watching William and Vola work through their conflict provides a relatable model for managing competitive impulses. The positive resolution offers reassurance that mistakes can be corrected and friendships can be repaired when we recognize our behavior and make better choices.

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Season

Season #	Episode #	Episode Name
1	1	Baby Tooth When Baby Shark loses his tooth for real, he and William team up with an unexpected ally to track it down.
1	2	Slobber Slug A game of Barnacle Ball turns into a rescue mission after Hank's pet rock, Rocky, is hit into the Lair of the Slobber Slug.
1	3	Fish Friends Forever When Baby Shark and friends enter a battle of the bands, Baby's rivalry with Shadow gets heated.
1	4	Super Shark Inspired by their favorite TV show, Baby Shark and William set out to be superheroes.
1	5	William vs Wild Shadow teases William for being a scaredy-fish.
1	6	Live from the Shark House After misplacing the key to her treasure chest, Goldie enlists Baby and William to help her open the lock; they try everything, until Baby does what he does best and bashes it open.
1	7	Get Your Game On Baby and William are putting on a game show and viewers can play along.
1	8	Legendary Loot After discovering a map to the Legendary Loot, the Shark family splits up to track down the treasure.
1	9	Yup Day Baby convinces Daddy to say yup to everything for one day.
1	10	When You Wish Upon a Fish Baby and friends set out to climb Wish Mountain and make a wish on the legendary shooting starfish, OI' Sea Breeze.
1	11	Shark-Off When Shadow tells Baby that he isn't a real shark because of his sweet nature, Baby agrees to a shark-off: a contest to prove who is the sharkiest; when they bite off more than they can chew, Baby must save the day by being himself.
1	12	Baby Mayor The fate of the city's squidapple supply lies in Baby's fins when he accidentally assumes the role of Mayor on a big day.
1	13	Sink or Swim The Sharks go on the family game show Sink or Swim and find they're in hot water with their competition, the Fishes.
1	14	The Show Must Flow On When Goldie's feeling down, Baby and friends decide to put on a musical to help her shine.
1	15	Detective Baby Shark When Grandma's shortcake goes missing before the bake-off, it's a case for Detective Baby Shark and William Watson.
1	16	Shadowland Jealous of Baby Shark's popularity, Shadow rebrands the Wreck as his own personal amusement park.
1	17	Medieval Tides When Baby Shark and friends are playing knights and royals, Vola wants to be more than just a princess.
1	18	Teensy the Tardigrade Baby Shark adopts a teensy tiny pet, but is he ready for a big responsibility?
1	19	Captain Kelp As Super Shark and Captain Kelp, Baby Shark and William set out to save playtime—but is Captain Kelp just a sidekick?
1	20	Daddyshack After a selfish fish takes over the putt-putt, Baby Shark and William must find a champion mini-golf player to defeat him.
1	21	Rocky-Bye Hank struggles to overcome his fears without the help of his pet rock, Rocky.
1	22	Baby Shark's Haunted Halloween Baby Shark faces his one big fear when he meets a ghostfish.
1	23	Wavey Jones' Locker Baby Shark and William travel to the deep dark depths to try to retrieve Baby's lost microphone.
1	24	Rainy Day Roundup When an underwater storm rains on Baby Shark and William's fun, they doubt whether they can have an adventure indoors.
1	25	Deep Goo Sea William and Vola enter a young scientist contest and their competitive spirit gets them into a stick situation.
1	26	Snowball Bonanza Baby Shark tries to win against their neighboring town in the Snowball Bonanza with the help of Chucks.
1	27	The Present Baby Shark goes undercover to figure out the perfect gift for Mommy Shark.
1	28	Shark Strength When a game of coral pin bowling gets out of hand, Baby must learn to control his shark strength.
1	29	Good Trouble When Bentley Barracuda threatens to evict Briny from the town square, Baby must try to make his voice heard.
1	30	Coach Grandma Baby Shark's Barnacle Ball team hires an expert coach who uses unusual methods.
1	31	Busy Baby Baby Shark bites off more than he can chew before his big dance party with Grandma Shark instead of keep himself safe healthily.
1	32	Best Fin-Ship Day Baby Shark tries to give William the best Best Fin-ship.
1	33	The Great Skate Case When Vola's skatefish board goes missing before a big event, Detective Baby Shark and William Watson are on the case.
1	34	Shark Prank Baby and William have to think outside the box in order to prank the ultimate prank master, Grandma Shark.
1	35	Lagoon Lemonade As a heat wave strikes, Baby and William supply the town with Grandpa's world famous lemonade, but instead of cutting lemons, they cut corners.
1	36	The Seaweed Sway Baby Shark and William meet the fin-credible rap icon Sharki B.
1	37	Flow Bros When Chucks leads a precious bubble across the ocean, the carefree seahorse learns the importance of watching where you flow.
1	38	A Shark Day's Night The Tentacools get caught up in the trappings of being rock starfishes.
1	39	Bad Hank When Hank discovers his friends are going easy on him during dodge bubble, he sets out to become a tough fishy just like Shadow.
1	40	Operation Happy Mommies As the kids celebrate Mother's Day, William starts to worry about why his family looks different than everybody else's.
1	41	Buds at First Bite Baby and William enlist Goldie's help to show Penny Piranha how to stop biting.
1	42	A Tail of Two Fathers It's a battle of the dads when Grandpa and Daddy can't agree on the best way to camp.
1	43	Welcome Wagon When Baby's new neighbor doesn't like him, Baby pulls out all the stops to change his mind.
1	44	William Manta: News Fish While visiting Rayna at work, William learns what it takes to become a top-notch TV reporter.
1	45	Sleeping Like a Baby Shark Baby sleeps in his parents' bed and loves it so much, that he tries to make it a permanent arrangement.
1	46	The Lost Jelly When an unknown visitor blows into Carnivore Cove, Baby Shark and his friends use their skills.
1	47	The Coral Dilemma When Vigo steals the color from the coral, it's up to Super Shark and Captain Kelp to bring it back.
1	48	The Masked Fishy When a mysterious masked fish is causing trouble for Goldie's magnum opus, Detective Baby Shark and William Watson must catch the culprit before opening night.
1	49	The Best Friends Game When Vigo and Costello enter a game show to win an evil prize, Super Shark and Captain Kelp sign up to stop them on live TV.
1	50	A Mail Whale Tale Baby and William join Mail Whale on a swim along and must deliver a package to the Postmaster General herself.
1	51	Swimming With the Sharks When Baby and his family become reality TV stars, they start to lose sight of what makes them the Sharks.

Season #	Episode #	Episode Name
2	1	The Treat Goblin Goldie blames her missing treats on a monster.
2	2	Baby Super Shark Vigo's evil plot to turn every fishy into babies backfires when toddlers Super Shark and Captain Kelp turn out to be a finful.
2	3	Fort Fin-ship When all the friends decorate with their special thing, Hank is unsure what his special thing is.
2	4	Water Buggin When a noisy water bug takes up residence in the Sharks' home, the family will do whatever it takes to reclaim the peace and quiet they lost.
2	5	Fishtival of Lights Chucks teaches Baby Shark & William the joys of celebrating Hanukkah, the Fish-tival of Lights.
2	6	Shadow on Ice Goldie finds an ice-skating partner in the unlikeliest of fishies…Shadow?!
2	7	The Secret Password The fishy friends find themselves locked out when they can't remember the secret password to get inside their clubhouse.
2	8	Monday Funday The Sharks compete in a series of games to see which of them is the Monday Funday Chomp-ion.
2	9	Best in Flow Baby and Teensy embrace their fancy side to win a dance contest for pets.
2	10	Blizzard Wizard When the owner of Iceberg Ice Cream, Scoops, has to rush out on a frosty emergency, he leaves Baby Shark and William in charge of his parlor.
2	11	Extreme Dodge Bubble Vola puts it all on the line to win an epic game of Extreme Dodge Bubble.
2	12	The Lost Tickets When Mommy loses her and Baby's tickets to the big Glow-J concert, they retrace her wake to track them down.
2	13	Tour Fishies When Finnegan Travelfins leaves Carnivore Cove out of his travel guide, Baby and William make a video to show off their town!
2	14	Sorry, Not Sorry Shadow's insincere apologies put a strain on his friendship with Bait and Switch.
2	15	The Lucky Necklace Baby struggles to let go of his lucky necklace when the time comes to pass it along to somefishy else.
2	16	Vigo's Surprise Super Shark and Captain Kelp spot Vigo doing errands around town and are convinced he's hatching a sinister plot.
2	17	Call Me Billiam When Rayna asks William to be more responsible, he sets out to become a grownup fishy named Billiam.
2	18	The Finship Trap When Baby discovers Hank and Goldie aren't speaking to each other, he concocts an elaborate plan to bring them back together.
2	19	Splish Splashketball Baby, Vola and William head to Hydrospace to take on Shadow's team in the Splashketball Finals.
2	20	The Slug Hank Redemption Detective Baby Shark and William Watson team up with Hank to help the Slobber Slug out of a jam.
2	21	The Trouble with Bunny Slugs When a group of bunny slugs wander off, Vola sets out to round them up all by herself.
2	22	Life with Chumby When William adopts a sea pig named Chumby, the little squirt is more trouble than William bargained for.
2	23	Shark House Rock Baby Shark helps Mommy find the perfect musical instrument to play in their family band.
2	24	Toothpaste Tumble When a silly video of Daddy goes viral, he finds he doesn't want to be internet famous! Can Baby and Grandpa make another popular video?
2	25	Washed Up Baby, William, and Goldie help a Medieval Tides swordfish regain his confidence.
2	26	2 Cool 4 Rules When Mommy goes away for the weekend, the rest of the the family take a vacation from the rules.
2	27	Jelly Pox Baby learns that when it comes to feeling better, there's no substitute to rest, covering your sneezes, and staying home.
2	28	Picture Imperfect Baby accidentally gets messy on family picture day, and goes to extraordinary lengths to get clean before his parents find out.
2	29	The Fishy Friends Talent Show Penny and Wallace team up to perform in a two-fishy talent show.
2	30	Doctor Drama After injuring his fin, Hank is afraid to go to the doctor.
2	31	The White Whale Baby and William search high and low for the most delicious flownuts in the ocean.
2	32	Sherman in the Middle Hank becomes frustrated when he has to share his father's time with his new stepsisters.
2	33	Smoothie Day As everyfishy prepares for Smoothie Day, William makes a new friend whose jokes are more hurtful than funny.
2	34	Finterstellar Baby and Grandpa team up to win a bubble rocket competition.
2	35	Goldie's Greatest Role Goldie puts on a play about a skatefish boarding legend and casts herself in the lead, instead of giving Vola a chance to shine.
2	36	Deep Dark Disco The Sharks help Wavey Jones search for his disco ball so he can throw a jaw-some party.
2	37	Finception When Hank accidentally takes an important treasure from Swimmy Hall, he goes on a sneaky mission to set things right.
2	38	Old Shark Bride Baby gets carried away when he helps Grandma and Grandpa plan their vow renewal ceremony.
2	39	Swimming Solo Mommy Shark demonstrates a power that blows Baby away, sending him on a journey to find the same superpower within: Self-soothing!
2	40	The Freeze Out Instead of confronting his pals about a problem, Chucks decides to find a new friend group.
2	41	The Crystal Coral Conundrum When the Crystal Coral Tree goes missing, Detective Baby Shark and William Watson are on the case.
2	42	Fishy Force Vola, Goldie, Chucks, and Hank feel left out when they learn that Baby and William are keeping a super secret.
2	43	Superhero Training Day To prepare for their first big TV interview, the Fishy Force trains to be just like their favorite comic book heroes.
2	44	Findependence Day Fishy Force takes on a villain who steals all the treats in Carnivore Cove.
2	45	Costello Quits When Costello quits, Vigo sets out to be a supervillain without his "henchfishy".
2	46	Funny Fish Goldie embraces her serious side to impress a director from Chomp City.
2	47	Club Cool Everyfishy wants to join Shadow's new club.
2	48	FLOWMO When all the other fishies are out of town during winter vacation, Baby and William create their very own fin-credible day of friendship.
2	49	Fishy Scouts Chucks takes a unique approach to camping on his first trip with the Fishy Scouts.
2	50	Finloose When dancing is outlawed in Carnivore Cove, Baby Shark will do whatever it takes to get the town dancing again!
2	51	Operation Ernie Baby and William try to help Ernie make a best friend.
2	52	Saltwater Studios When Baby and his friends are asked to preform at a music festival, they can't decide which genre of song to play.
2	53	Sand Crabby Detective Baby Shark and William Watson solve a crabby mystery.

Season #	Episode #	Episode Name
3	1	The Danceathon Lannie visits Carnivore Cove and joins Baby and his friends for a dance marathon.
3	2	What Goes Up Baby is thrilled to have a new bubbaloon pal until he faces the possibility of losing it.
3	3	Goldie's Fintuition When Goldie becomes a psychic, Baby and William set out to make her predictions come true.
3	4	Raising Remy Baby and William look after a baby reef rabbit and learn how difficult it is to be a parent.
3	5	The Cutie Pirate Hank goes on a swashbuckling adventure to help Captain Bubblebeard recover his signature beard.
3	6	Hotel Shark When William becomes moody and distant during an epic sleepover, Detective Baby Shark sets out to learn why.
3	7	The Time Capsule After finding Grandpa's old time capsule, Baby and William go overboard making their own.
3	8	Petstravaganza Vola throws a pet adoption party for the quirky critters at the pet fair.
3	9	Goldie's Understudies When Goldie overbooks herself, she trains her friends to be her understudies for the day.
3	10	One Little Peek It's Baby Shark's birthday and it'll take all the patience he can muster to not peek at his gift.
3	11	Swim Break The Sharks travel to a tropical resort where Baby makes a plan to have the perfect vacation.
3	12	The Lost Remote Grandpa loses the TV remote and searches high and low to find it.
3	13	Best Finemies When Baby and Shadow accidentally break a music box, the two unlikely partners team up to fix it.
3	14	Dinner with Bentley The Sharks turn their home into a fancy restaurant to impress a snobby dinner guest.
3	15	Lannie's Lights When another fishy tells Lannie that her lantern shark lights are too bright, she tries to dim her shine.
3	16	Assembly Required The Sharks order a new table and discover they have to built it themselves.
3	17	Whale Songs Hank gets a bad case of stage fright when his dad asks him to sing a song in the Whale Choir.
3	18	Tell-Tale Scooter Baby Shark accidentally breaks William's new scooter and hides the evidence.
3	19	Ice Ice Vola Vola trains to become an amazing hockey player in just one day.
3	20	Do or Diary Chucks tries to learn everything he can about teen fishies to get closer to his stepsister, Maddie.
3	21	The Power Swap After Vigo zaps Fishy Force with his Power Stealing Ray, every fishy's superpowers get swapped!
3	22	Shore Square Penny Piranha makes up new rules so she never loses at Shore Square.
3	23	Blizz's Big Bite Baby and William help Blizzard Wizard try new foods around Carnivore Cove.
3	24	Friend of a Friend Bait gets jealous of Switch's new friend.
3	25	Daddy's Favorite The Sharks compete in a gameshow to decide which of them is Daddy's favorite.
3	26	The Goldie Standard Goldie attempts to win over a fishy who isn't her biggest fan.
3	27	The Nice Off Shadow and Aggie learn to be nice.
3	28	Substitute Toothfish Fairy The Toothfish Fairy asks Daddy Shark to take her place.
3	29	The William Manta Show William hosts his very own TV show.
3	30	The Musical Mystery Chucks and Ezra set out to find a special song.
3	31	Meet the Wub Wubs William loves a bubbly new singing group called the Wub Wubs, but Baby isn't feeling the Wub.
3	32	Invinci-bubble Baby tries to stay safe by living inside a bubble.
3	33	Holders Keepers William and Chucks compete to see who can hold a new prize from the Party Puddle the longest.
3	34	The Nickname King Chucks starts giving out Nicknames to everyfishy in Carnivore Cove, including Baby Shark. However, Baby Shark is given a nickname that he doesn't like.
3	35	Guiding Grandma When Grandma loses her glasses, Baby becomes her guide for the day.
3	36	The Nautical Night Fair It's up to Baby and William to save the Carnivore Cove Nautical Night Fair.

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