Tuga Helps the Moon

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Tuga Helps the Moon (also known as "Diego's Moonlight Rescue!" or simply "Moonlight Rescue!") is a double-length episode of Go, Diego, Go! and the 9^th episode from Season 3.

In production order, it's the 17^th episode of Season 3.

Characters[]

Diego
Alicia
Click
Rescue Pack
Rescue Rope
Diego's father
Diego's mother
Tuga (Last Appearance)
Luna (debut)
Comet (debut in Go, Diego, Go!)
Bobo Brothers
Orcas

Summary[]

It's Moonlight Story Time at the beach tonight, and Diego gets to tell a story about the moon. The newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way back to the ocean, but when a comet hits Luna and she breaks apart, Diego and Tuga the Leatherback Sea Turtle need the viewer's help to find Luna's four pieces so she can shine brightly again!

Plot[]

Part 1[]

Tonight, Diego is at the beach with his parents and Alicia. They're having moonlight Storytime. The family awaits their friend Tuga the sea turtle when they hear her call for help. She's been caught in a plastic bag and can't swim to shore. Diego's parents agree to let him go out and save her with the assistance of Alicia and her Rescue Rope. The two set out and Alicia lassos her Rescue Rope to Tuga while sending her to shore and Diego gets the bag off of Tuga stating that it shouldn't have been in the ocean. Tuga thanks him and now Tuga and the family are ready for Diego to tell his story about the moon.

The story begins with Diego and Tuga at the beach, waiting for the baby sea turtle eggs to hatch. When the baby sea turtles hatch, they need to find their way to the ocean with the help of the moon. Luna needs to shine her light for the sea turtles to get to the ocean. But then a comet hits Luna, which gets her to break into four pieces and fall in the ocean. Without the moon's bright light, the baby sea turtles can't find their way to the ocean. Diego can't touch the baby turtles because they need to find their own way into the ocean. Diego uses Click to find Luna in trouble.

Luna's first piece is in a cave. The other pieces are under the surface in the Underwater City, the Ocean Gardens, and the Jellyfish Cove. Diego prints the picture from Click to take with him, and Tuga agrees to help him rescue Luna.

Tuga reaches the island where Luna fell on. But when Diego enters the cave with Luna in it, the wind in the cave blows her away and into a hole. With the help of Rescue Pack who turns into a fishing pole, Diego fishes Luna out of the hole. Then he takes out a ribbon to tie Luna to Tuga. Then Diego gets a signal from Click. The baby sea turtles are crawling further away from the ocean. Diego, Tuga, and Luna need to go down to the Underwater City to get the second piece. Tuga can hold her breath underwater for a long time, and Diego needs his diving mask and air tube to breathe underwater. Diego and a few sea creatures sing mas abajo to help Tuga dive down to the bottom of the ocean.

Tuga, Diego, and Luna reach the bottom of the ocean and see a lot of fish and other creatures. A school of angelfish swims around Diego, tickling his tummy and underarms, and with him giggling "That tickles!" Soon Tuga mistakes a school of moon fish for Luna's second piece and chases after the fish with Diego following her and telling her that it's just a school of fish. Tuga apologizes for the mistake she made.

When the trio gets to the gate of the Underwater City, they are to solve three riddles. The first one is, "What animal has a big shell, but has no hands; is fast on water, but slow on land?". The answer is a leatherback sea turtle. The second riddle goes, "What's shiny and bright, sleeps all day and is out all night?". The answer is the moon. The third and last riddle is "Who lives in the rainforest, but has friends all around; he loves to rescue animals in the air, sea, and ground?". The answer, of course, is Diego himself. The creatures of the Underwater City help find Luna's second piece.

Part 2[]

Tuga, Diego, and Luna then find old sunken ships on their way to the Ocean Gardens. Tuga has to be careful because the trio could get tangled in the ropes. Soon she makes it out and to the Ocean Gardens, but the water is dark and sandy. Luckily Tuga can see the third piece underwater, but the water is wavy because the Bobo Brothers are riding stingrays. The waves are so big that they make the piece float away into a coral cage. Tuga stretches her neck to get the piece out. Now Luna only needs one more piece.

Tuga swims off to the Jellyfish Cove, but Luna is so heavy that Diego's ribbon breaks and she falls near the ocean volcanoes. Diego and Tuga can't get near them as they're very dangerous. Alicia arrives in her rescue submarine to save Luna by using her rescue rope to get her to safety. She and Diego tie the rope to Tuga as it is very strong. The quartet heads to the Jellyfish Cove. The stinging jellyfish are in front of the last piece. Tuga manages to eat all ten jellyfish and dig the piece out. Now that Luna is full, she can go up back in the sky to glow for the baby turtles.

When the quartet heads to the beach, they are informed that orcas are coming, which leatherback sea turtles are afraid of. Luna, Tuga, and the kids head to a cave to hide in. When they get to the beach, the baby sea turtles are lost. Alicia and Diego manage to get Luna back into the sky and encourage her to glow. The baby sea turtles safely get to the ocean.

As Diego finishes the story, Mami and Papi have enjoyed their son's story. Luna is a little skeptical about breaking apart like in the story, because she really can't. Diego only made it up. Baby sea turtles do need the moonlight to find their way into the ocean, and leatherback sea turtles can do all the stuff in Diego's story, like swim, crawl, and dig. Tuga, Luna, and the rest of the family have really enjoyed Diego's story.

Songs[]

Leatherback Sea Turtle Facts[]

A leatherback sea turtle eats jellyfish, not salads because sea turtles are carnivores.
A leatherback sea turtle stretches its neck, not its tail.
A leatherback sea turtle can crawl. Sea turtles don't run because they're slow on land.
A leatherback sea turtle lives in the ocean, not in the desert because it's too hot.
Leatherback sea turtle are great diggers.
Baby sea turtles use the light of the moon to find the ocean.
Leatherback sea turtles are afraid of orcas.

Animal Puzzles with Questions[]

Does a leatherback sea turtle eat salads or jellyfish?
Does a leatherback sea turtle stretch its neck or its tail?
Can a leatherback sea turtle run or crawl?
Does a leatherback sea turtle live in the ocean or in the desert?

Things found by Click[]

Fishing boat
Lighthouse
Luna

Rescue Pack transformations[]

Beach ball
Roller skates
Fishing pole

Trivia[]

Diego doesn't say "¡Excelente!" during the animal end song, he instead says "Yay!".
After completing the puzzle in the Let's Review segment, Diego doesn't say "We solved the puzzle!". He instead says "We've finished the puzzle!".
This is the ninth episode where Rescue Rope is used. It will be used once more in Fiercest Animals.
This is one of few episodes where Diego returns to where he begins the adventure.
This is the third episode where Diego sings "Mas Abajo", after Diego and Baby Humpback to the Rescue and Manatee's Mermaid Rescue!.
The scene where the comet hits Luna is similar to the Dora the Explorer episode Little Star, where a comet hits Little Star and she fell from the sky. However, unlike Luna, Little Star did not break into pieces.
This episode premiered at 8:00pm on August 18, 2008.
- On top of that, it was simulcast on Nickelodeon and Noggin.
This episode is a sequel to the Season 1 episode "Save the Sea Turtles".
While Diego fishes for Luna in the cave, the wrong things that he caught are a clam, a starfish, and a crab.
Although this double-length episode premiered in 2008, it was produced in 2007 according to the end credits.

Goofs/Errors[]

In real life, a comet can't hit the moon and make it fall on the ground; moons are all the way in space.

Go, Diego, Go! Season 3