Perils of Peekable is the seventh episode of Season Five and forty-sixth episode overall of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
It was released on Netflix with the rest of the fifth season on May 15, 2020.
Synopsis []
Sea Hawk made a plan and gathers his crew for a secret adventure. Everything goes according to plan until an unexpected surprise forces them to think quick on their feet!
Plot[]
Glimmer, Bow, and Catra cheer on Adora to summon She-Ra without the Sword of Protection.
When Darla's crew is a day from arriving to Etheria, Glimmer, Bow and Catra mess with Adora as she tried to summon She-Ra.
On Etheria, Sea Hawk has formulated a plan to contact Prince Peekablue by sneaking into the Enchanted Grotto's underwater soiree. He is hoping to get Peekablue to use his farsight to help the Rebellion send a message to She-Ra. To carry out the plan, Mermista gives everyone secret aliases, with Scorpia's being "Lynda D'Ream" and Perfuma's being "Tara". Outside of the planning session, chipped Spinnerella overhears the plan, then goes to Netossa to try chipping her. However, Netossa is too busy to be bothered. Both Netossa and Swift Wind comment on Spinnerella's strange behavior, and later Netossa finds her wife having a secret discussion with one of the guards of the camp that has been chipped as well.
Following Perfuma's advice, Scorpia decides to sing on stage to reach Peekablue.
Sea Hawk and company bluff their way into the soiree where they find out that most of the guests have a grudge against Sea Hawk, so he has to keep hiding, ambushing and tying up his enemies with Mermista. Still hiding behind the bar with Sea Hawk, Mermista reluctantly tells the sailor that she may have set a boat on fire, just a tiny bit to see what it felt like, which Sea Hawk loves, but it forces them to hunt down yet another person.
Perfuma and Scorpia have a heart-to-heart where Perfuma encourages Scorpia to not let her dreams of singing go unfulfilled, leading Scorpia to sing a song beautifully. After her number she goes backstage and starts to talk the prince into helping them, but as they talk the princess realizes something is amiss. After questioning Prince Peekablue, she uses her stinger to incapacitate him. Peekablue then transforms into Swen, Flutterina, Catra, Bow, Glimmer, Adora, and finally into Double Trouble in quick succession.
Perfuma binds the shape-shifter so that they can interrogate Double Trouble. Double Trouble tells the crew that there was little choice but to masquerade as the prince since leaving the Fright Zone for protection. Double Trouble also claims to know where She-Ra is, having posed as one of Prime's clones to get in with Prime's group, only to find it boring. Finally, Double Trouble reveals that half of the party goers were chipped, She-Ra is returning with Catra, and Prime is ready for She-Ra's return with a blockade.
Netossa, suspicious about Spinnerella's strange behavior, confronts her and apologizes about forgetting their anniversary. Spinnerella responds by calling her "beloved," a name she never uses. By this, Netossa discovers that Spinnerella and everyone else in the village is under Prime's control. Spinnerella attacks Netossa and is joined by a chipped King Micah, who attacks Frosta and Swift Wind. A devastated Netossa throws a net over her attackers and flees with Frosta on Swift Wind, wishing Spinnerella a happy anniversary.
Mermista joins the gang questioning Double Trouble and shatters the glass that shielded people from the sea outside of the building, revealing that she had been chipped moments before. Following Double Trouble's instruction, they rush to the stage. Sea Hawk, Perfuma and Double Trouble escape using an elevator that descended from above, leaving Scorpia and Mermista behind.
Aboard Darla, Mara's ship, Entrapta contacted the rebels and a shocked Perfuma responded, warning them of Prime's blockade and telling her that many, many friends had been chipped before fleeing the Enchanted Grotto for the camp that is currently destroyed.
Characters []
- Adora
- Bow
- Catra
- Double Trouble
- Entrapta
- Falcon (debut)
- Frosta
- Glimmer
- Leech
- Mermista
- Micah
- Netossa
- Peekablue (disguise of Double Trouble's; debut)
- Perfuma
- Scorpia
- Admiral Scurvy
- Sea Hawk
- Spinnerella
- Squall
- Swen (debut)
- Swift Wind
Organizations []
Technology[]
Locations[]
- Seaworthy
- The Enchanted Grotto
- Mara's Ship (briefly)
- Rebel Base
- The Whispering Woods
Transcript[]
See: Perils of Peekablue/Transcript
Gallery[]
See: Perils of Peekablue/Gallery
Trivia[]
- The opening titles have changed a bit. The Horde lineup has removed Catra and replaced her with the Heart Of Etheria. She-Ra and Catra are also shown in their redesigns, and they now smile at each other instead of smirking. Lastly, the group shot at the end has been updated to feature She-Ra's redesign and added Catra in her new outfit.
- The dress that Scorpia wears during the episode is the same one she wore during "Princess Prom".
- When Double Trouble gets knocked out, they shapeshift into many characters, including Flutterina and Catra in her outfit from Season 4 through early Season 5 prior to her being chipped.
- This episode's title card calls it "The Perils of Peekablue," but it is listed on Netflix as simply "Perils of Peekablue."
- The title is a reference to the 1985 She-Ra: Princess Of Power episode "The Perils of Peekablue."
- "Lynda D'Ream" and "Tara" were supposedly the real names of Scorpia and Perfuma respectively in the original series.[1][2]