Help! I'm a Fish facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Help! I'm a Fish
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Directed by	Stefan Fjeldmark Michael Hegner Greg Manwaring (uncredited)
Produced by	Anders Mastrup Phil Nibbelink
Written by	Stefan Fjeldmark Karsten Kiilerich John Stefan Olsen Tracy J. Brown
Starring	Jeff Pace Michelle Westerson Aaron Paul Terry Jones Alan Rickman David Bateson
Music by	Søren Hyldgaard
Editing by	Per Risager
Studio	A-Film APS TV2 Denmark Munich Animation Terraglyph Interactive Studios EIV Entertainment
Distributed by	Nordisk Film (Denmark) Kinowelt (Germany) 01 Distribution (Italy) HanWay Films (UK) Genius Products (US; PAL) Warner Bros. (US; NTSC)
Release date(s)	6 October 2000 (2000-10-06) (Denmark) 12 April 2001 (2001-04-12) (Germany) 24 August 2001 (2001-08-24) (Ireland)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Denmark Germany Ireland
Language	Danish English
Budget	101 million DKK ($18 million USD)
Money made	$5.6 million

Help! I'm a Fish (also known as A Fish Tale) is an animated musical movie from 2000. It was made in Denmark, Germany, and Ireland. The film tells the story of three children who accidentally turn into fish and must find a special antidote to become human again.

The movie was directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, and Michael Hegner. Famous actors like Alan Rickman, Terry Jones, and Aaron Paul lent their voices to the characters. It was first released in Denmark on October 6, 2000. The main song, "Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish)", was performed by the Danish group Little Trees.

Story of the Fishy Adventure

Fly is a daring teenager who lives with his younger sister, Stella, and their parents. One night, their Aunt Anna and her smart but careful son, Chuck, babysit them. While Aunt Anna is asleep, Fly, Stella, and Chuck sneak out to go fishing.

They find themselves at the boathouse of Professor MacKrill. He is a quirky scientist who studies sea life. The professor has invented a special potion that can turn humans into fish. He also has an antidote to change them back.

Stella accidentally drinks the potion, thinking it is lemonade, and turns into a starfish. Fly, not knowing, throws her into the sea. Chuck realizes the mistake when he sees it on a video. The three children decide they must find Stella.

Their boat sinks in a storm. Fly and Chuck drink the potion to survive underwater. Fly becomes a California flyingfish, and Chuck turns into a jellyfish. Meanwhile, their parents and Aunt Anna find out what happened. Professor MacKrill shows them the video of Stella's transformation.

Underwater Challenges

Underwater, the antidote potion leaks and is eaten by a great white shark and a pilot fish named Joe. They become very smart and start to look like humans. Joe quickly uses the antidote to create a city of intelligent fish. He plans to start a revolution. The Shark becomes his not-so-smart helper.

Fly, Chuck, and Stella find each other. Stella has also made a friend, a seahorse named Sasha. The children learn they have only 48 hours to find the antidote. If they don't, they will stay fish forever!

They swim to Joe's underwater city, which is inside a sunken oil tanker. Fly tries to steal the antidote, but they are caught. Joe questions them and demands they make more antidote. He threatens to have the Shark eat them if they refuse. The children are put in prison, guarded by a tough crab. Sasha helps them escape.

The Race Against Time

The children decide to try and make the antidote themselves. They gather ingredients from all over the ocean. Just as they finish, Joe and his fish army appear. Joe drinks the last of the original antidote, and his fins turn into hands.

The children try to run away, but Fly gets hurt by the Crab. The Crab drinks the new antidote and declares himself the King Crab. At the same time, Professor MacKrill and Fly's dad, Bill, are above them in a makeshift boat. Their boat's water pump creates a huge underwater current. This current sucks up Joe's entire army. The Shark eats the King Crab but then gets stuck in the pump.

Chuck remembers that Professor MacKrill has another antidote in his lab. Chuck plans to carry Fly and Stella through dangerous pipes back to the lab. Stella has to say goodbye to Sasha. The children flood MacKrill's lab to reach the potion. Joe follows them and steals it.

Fly chases Joe into a pipe. Fly tricks Joe into drinking the potion many times by challenging his intelligence. Joe changes into a strange human-like form and cannot breathe underwater, so he drowns.

Fly brings the antidote back to the lab. Chuck opens it just as Fly's mom, Lisa, and Aunt Anna open the door to the flooded lab. Chuck and Stella turn back into humans and reunite with their family and Professor MacKrill. After a moment of worry, Fly also emerges from a pipe, human again, with a broken leg.

Later, the family and Professor MacKrill are playing on the beach. Sasha the seahorse appears. Chuck and MacKrill use their science to turn Sasha into a real horse! Stella happily rides her new horse friend.

Voice Cast

Soundtrack Album

The movie's soundtrack features several songs:

• Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish) - Little Trees
• Do You Believe in Magic - Loona
• Wooble Dee Bubble - Cartoons
• People Lovin Me – Lou Bega
• Funky Sharks - Shaka feat. Sko
• Mother Nature - Little Trees
• Interlude (Professor) - Terry Jones
• Fishtastic - Terry Jones
• Ocean Love - Eddi Reader
• Close Your Eyes - Patricia Kaas
• Interlude (Jelly Fish) - Jeff Pace & Alessandro Juliani
• Suddenly - Solveig
• Ocean Of Emotion - Meja
• Intelligence - Alan Rickman
• Interlude (Goodbye) - Michelle Westerson
• Barracuda - Zindy featuring Pablo

Interesting Facts

Two of the voice actors from Help! I'm a Fish, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman, later worked together again. They both appeared in the 2015 movie Eye in the Sky. Aaron Paul shared that even though they were in both films, they never actually met in person.

See also

In Spanish: Hjælp! Jeg er en fisk para niños