Baby Shark's Big Show! - Superhero Training Day (S2E43)

To prepare for their first big TV interview, the Fishy Force trains to be just like their favorite comic book heroes.

Runtime (min)	11
Air Date	2023-09-18
Genres	Animation, Family, Kids, Comedy
TV Rating	TV-Y
Network(s)	Nickelodeon, EBS 1

Storyline

In this episode, Baby Shark and his superhero friends in the Fishy Force receive exciting news: they've been invited to their very first big television interview. Eager to make a great impression and live up to the heroic image they've built, the team decides they need to prepare by training just like the comic book heroes they admire. The group looks to their favorite superhero stories for inspiration on how real heroes should act and present themselves to the public.

Throughout the episode, the Fishy Force members work on developing the qualities they believe make a superhero truly super. They practice heroic poses, rehearse confident speeches, and try to embody the larger-than-life characteristics of their comic book idols. As the training day progresses, the young heroes learn what it really means to be themselves while still being heroic, discovering that authenticity matters just as much as bravery when it comes to inspiring others.

What kids learn

This episode teaches children about the importance of preparation and practice when facing new or intimidating situations. Young viewers see the Fishy Force take their upcoming interview seriously and put in effort to be ready, modeling how thoughtful preparation can build confidence. The episode shows that it's natural to feel nervous about big moments and that working together with friends to get ready can make challenges feel more manageable.

Children also learn valuable lessons about authenticity and self-confidence. While the Fishy Force initially tries to imitate their comic book heroes, the episode guides them toward understanding that being genuine is more important than putting on a performance. Kids see that real heroes don't have to be perfect or match an idealized image—they can be themselves while still being brave and inspiring.

The episode reinforces positive messages about teamwork and mutual support. The Fishy Force members help each other through their training, demonstrating how friends can build each other up and practice together to face new experiences. This collaborative approach shows children that asking for help and working as a team are strengths, not weaknesses.

Parents' top 5 questions

Question	Answer
Is there any scary superhero action or villains in this episode?	This episode focuses on training and preparation rather than superhero battles. The Fishy Force practices poses and rehearses for their interview by looking at comic books, but there's no actual danger, fighting, or villain confrontation. The tone remains light and encouraging throughout, making it appropriate for preschool viewers who might be sensitive to action sequences.
What does the episode teach about handling pressure and new experiences?	The episode shows the characters feeling nervous about their first big interview and responding by preparing together. Children see that it's okay to feel anxious about new situations and that practicing beforehand can help build confidence. The Fishy Force's approach demonstrates healthy coping strategies for performance anxiety that young children can understand and relate to in their own lives.
Does the episode promote being yourself or trying to be someone else?	While the Fishy Force initially tries to imitate their comic book heroes, the episode's arc leads them toward valuing authenticity. The training day helps them realize that being genuine matters more than copying someone else's style. This message encourages children to be confident in who they are rather than feeling they need to match an idealized image of what a hero should be.
How does the show portray media interviews and public attention?	The episode treats the television interview as an exciting opportunity rather than something to fear, while still acknowledging that it requires preparation. The Fishy Force takes the responsibility seriously and works to present themselves well, modeling a balanced approach to public appearances. The portrayal is age-appropriate and doesn't introduce concepts about fame or celebrity that might be confusing for preschoolers.
Are there positive friendship messages in this training storyline?	Yes, the episode emphasizes teamwork and mutual support throughout the training process. The Fishy Force members practice together, help each other improve, and build each other's confidence as they prepare for the interview. This collaborative approach reinforces that friends can help each other face challenges and that working together makes difficult tasks more enjoyable and achievable.

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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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