So a couple months ago I made a video about that old classic Australian tween drama H20
Just Add Water, arguably one of the greatest shows ever made okay but yeah sure you guys
just "Oh Game of Thrones durrr". Now after making that video a lot of people told me
that there was this kind of like H2O sequel series that came out just a few years ago
and I mean when I heard that okay let me tell ya I almost remembered what happiness felt
like. And so this week, I figured it'd be kind of fun to take a look and see what kinda
wacky adventures these mermaids are gonna get into this time with the 2013 masterpiece
(I assume), Mako Mermaids. But before that, really quick. . .
So we start off with these two high school kids out in a boat somewhere in Australia having
a little fishing trip y'know trying to catch like a shark that breathes fire or I don't
know whatever they have over there. But what they don't know is right beneath their boat
are some mermaids who aren't real fond of what these guys are doing at the moment.
Land people. Can you imagine living without a tail?
Let's give them a hand catching something. We can't do that! We're meant to scare the
fish away so none of them come close to the island.
Serena, we're stuck on land patrol. Let's have some fun.
So the mermaid's master plan of mischief is to pull on these guys fishing lines to make
them think they caught a fish but then, here's the twist, they give them a fish anyway. Okay
I mean classic mermaid shenanigans am I right? But anyway so after giving them a fish the
mermaids hope that this will somehow persuade them to go home. But, in a shocking plot twist,
the two guys actually just keep on sailing right over to Mako Island. Now, the mermaids
really don't like this because I mean the last thing anyone wants in their house is
a guy in jean shorts, but you know as I recall back in the original H2O, those girls didn't
even want to go near that island because:
No one goes there. It's surrounded by sharks. And reefs. And mangroves.
And these two Dukes of Hazzard are just over here like
"Well hey we survived like 16 years in Australia okay so I mean I'm pretty sure I'm invincible
or something". So they dock their boat and head off to the
island for some dude camping time. Cookin' marshmallows and peein' in bushes
and doin' stuff that cool guys do. Now the mermaids are upset enough just by
having these two guys there in the first place but also you see that night is the full moon.
And as any real fan of H2O can tell you, the full moon is a pretty big deal in the world of mermaids.
The boat's still here. They're staying on the island. Can you relax? So we broke one stupid rule.
Keep telling yourself that. No, I'll keep telling you, kay? Land people
come on Mako all the time. Not when it's a full moon and the pod is celebrating.
So what? Come on please. It's not like anyone's gonna see anything.
So flashing back over to the guys, they set up camp and start having one of those deep
existential conversations y'know that teenage boys have when no one else is around.
So where are the chicks? But anyway, so before they go to sleep, this
guy, who's name is Zac by the way (probably should have mentioned that earlier), heads
off into the jungle to go to the bathroom. Now on the way wouldn't you know, he finds
a mysterious glowing cave in the middle of nowhere (typical Australia) and of course
just walks right in because I mean hey at this point why wouldn't ya?
Huh? AAAAHHHHHHHH!
I mean, sure. So Zac falls into the mermaid's little pool
thing while the full moon is shining on it and we all know what that means but we'll
talk about it later. For now, the mermaids take a very conveniently unconscious Zac out
to the beach and just kinda leave him there which at first I thought was kind of a weird
thing to do but based on everything I've heard it seems like blacking out and waking up on
a random beach somewhere is just kinda like a typical Australian pastime. Anyway, so back
with the mermaids, one thing you need to know is that these three are kind of like mermaids
in training or whatever, and the boss mermaids aren't too happy about what just happened.
We have to tell the pod. Are you crazy?
There's gotta be a better way to handle this.
You let a boy into the moon pool?
Girls and boys hanging out unsupervised?! Well congratulations now you're all pregnant
and Jesus is crying! We didn't let him in he fell.
Stop lying. I'm not lying we didn't do anything. Please don't tell the pod.
So the next day Zac and his friend head back
to wherever they came from and the mermaids follow Zac to see if anything magical happened.
And, if it did, make sure he don't say nothin' to nobody.
But just a quick little aside here, being one of these actresses must have really sucked
because like they're just wet all the time. Like every scene they do is them in the water
with these big mermaid tails like that's gotta be rough. Anyway, so Zac docks on the shore
and suddenly, things are starting to get a little weird.
Don't worry I've been here before and no one's seen me.
I happen to like watching land people okay now can we have some shoosh?
I mean that's kinda cool I guess but like every guy can do this just not with a faucet
but you know what I mean. Anyway, so Zac is kinda freakin' out and he tries to do it again
with a hose, maybe a little too enthusiastically, so he falls in the water and you'll never guess what happens.
I'm sorry. I just love their faces here.
"Ah crap. He's a mermaid. Now what do we do? Oh sweet lord you see the abs on this guy?
He can swim in my moon pool anytime. Hey you guys ever wonder like if there's only
women mermaids, how are we even here? Like are we mammals or how does any of this work?"
Now seeing all of this, our three mermaid girls head back to the moon pool to try and
figure out what they should do about everything that just happened. But, when they get there,
they find out that news travels pretty fast in the mermaid world.
You broke so many laws. We didn't mean to. We didn't want the boy to get powers.
The boy and the island are connected. The pod must leave.
Where will we go?
The pod is going. None of you may follow. You've all been cast out!
Okay. But like how is this a bad thing exactly? "You let a boy in the moon pool so we're all
gonna leave and you three have this entire paradise island all to yourselves. HA! That'll teach ya".
I mean like really though. Okay so one boy
has mermaid powers now. How bad could it possibly be?
Zac?
You've got a tail!
Check this.
Yeah okay I see your point.
Y'know thinking back to the first H2O series when those girls got their powers they were like
We've gotta keep this a secret. From everyone.
We could end up dissected or in the circus or something.
So this secret. It's just between the three of us?
Our secret. But then Zac over here's been a mermaid for
like what 30 seconds? And he's just like:
But anyway, so then the episode ends with
our three mermaids trying to figure out what they should do now with their newly acquired
no responsibilites and endless free time.
Where will we go?
We're not going anyhwere. We're gonna put this right.
How? Well let's just say someone might be getting
a pair of cement shoes for Christmas if you know what I'm sayin'.
And then the show goes on for three more seasons where Zac's friend also wants to be a mermaid
and then he tries to like take over Mako Island and they all stop him and then we also learn
that Zac has a long-lost mermaid sister, and then there's this like Chinese water dragon
that's gonna destroy Mako Island for some reason, and then Rickki from H20 shows up and
helps them stop it, and during all this everyone has crushes on each other and I mean y'know
it's basically the perfect show. Now of course the whole thing is up on Netflix so uh if
anyone needs me I'll just be right here all weekend.
So I just thought like before we go into full-on Halloween mode I thought it'd be fun to go
back to Straya for a little bit and just kinda finish up the Mako Mermaids series because
y'know I watch and talk about a lot of shows and movies I mean y'know more or less they're
all kinda the same but it's like guy and girl fall for each other that have no business
being together or girl falls for vampire or guy gets superpowers or whatever y'know you
kinda run into the same stories a lot. And so with the Mako Mermaid series it's like
y'know yeah you got your love triangles and you got your your teen angst and all that
stuff but you also got people that just turn into full-on mermaids y'know like that's it's
just so far removed from everything else I talk about it's like y'know this is really
different. I mean it barely makes any sense at all, but still y'know you just gotta ask
yourself like H2O Mako Mermaids like is it a great show? Or the greatest show? But yeah
back when I did H20 everybody said like oh you gotta check out Mako Mermaids and I was
like I should probably get around to doing that. But then September came and y'know we
had like 13 Reasons Why and then we had just other stuff kinda got in the way so I figured
y'know okay before we get into full-on holiday mode y'know let's finish this up 'cause I
mean y'know October's gonna be really something 'cause I got two Halloween things planned
and then of course we got Nancy Drew starting on CW we got Riverdale starts again and y'know
you better believe I'll be right there so y'know October's already pretty full so I
thought okay before we get into full-on new show new everything let's let's do Mermaids
because I mean is this not the greatest show ever made guys c'mon. Anyway thank you so
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