The Octonauts and the Vaquitas
is a One-Shot Fic based on The Octonauts. It is hosted on FF.net and the story was ported to Archive of Our Own on July 23, 2023.
In this fic, the Octonauts free a baby vaquita from a fishing net.
This fic is considered a prequel to NoonboryKedabory's most well-known Octonauts fanfic, Junior Officers.
Tropes:
- Congestion Speak: Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".Kwazii: Ye still sound like death, though.
- Continuity Nod: Kwazii describes the net Aiden is stuck in as "an urchin on a crab's back".
- A Day in the Limelight: Professor Inkling has a primary role in this fanfic.
- Funetik Aksent:
- Shellington speaking with a stuffy nose is rendered this way.
- Downplayed example: Kwazii's Cockney accent is represented through this.Yar, that net's clingin' to 'em like an urchin on a crab's back. How are we s'posed to get 'em out?
- Good Parents: Stephanie, the mother vaquita, who immediately calls for help when her baby is in danger.
- Green Aesop: Has shades of this; the topic of litter in the ocean is integral to the story, as the baby vaquita Aiden gets trapped in an abandoned fishing net and needs help.
- Never Say "Die":Professor Inkling: Animals get trapped in {fishing nets}, and some never escape.
- Out Sick: Shellington is absent from most of the plot due to being out sick.
Word of God says this was done to shift the focus on Professor Inkling. - Something Only They Would Say: Somewhat; Captain Barnacles knows that Shellington is well again when he starts prattling on about facts about the vaquitas.
