Help! I'm a Fish

Help! I 'm a Fish (Danish: Hjælp, jeg er en fisk ) is an Irish- German - Danish Cartoons for Children in 2000, the film was produced by the studio A. Film, was directed by Stefan Fjeldmark and Michael Hegner. .

The film was among others in French, Spanish translated (as Spanish and as a Latin American version ), Catalan, German, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Italian, Portuguese ( as Brazilian and Portuguese version ) and Norwegian and aired on Cartoon Network as well as in United Kingdom released.

Action

Since her parents go out together, Aunt Anna and her son Chuck come by. Fly and his little sister Stella have to deal with their pesky cousin Chuck. But when her female attendant asleep, the children come to see their chance to go secretly and in spite of the prohibition of their parents for fishing the sea. There they are, however, surprised by the sudden flood.

The three children with us but purely by chance discover a secret passage that leads to the house of some crazy marine biologist McKrill. This has invented a Verfischungstrank that will allow humanity to despite the melting polar ice caps continue to live on Earth. In an unguarded moment, however, but takes the little Stella them a sip and promptly turns into a starfish. Fly, who does not recognize his sister in her fish shape, it throws unceremoniously out the window. In order to save Stella, he decide to Chuck and McKrill, to sail out to sea and out to look for the girl. But soon moves to a storm, so that the ship threatened to sink. Since they still have no trace of Stella, Fly also takes some of the fish potion to him to look under the water after his sister. Chuck, who can not swim sees itself forced to do the same. Both boys jump into the sea.

McKrill who has invented a Entfischungtrank to make the transformation from human to fish back undo them screaming last even after that they have to take the antidote within the next 48 hour period. Otherwise, they are forced to remain marine life for the rest of their lives. Shortly afterwards, the ship goes down, including Professor, appliance and the anti - fish potion into the sea, the cork opens and slowly radiates some of its contents into the surrounding water. In the sea Fly discovers that he has turned into a jellyfish in a flying fish, his cousin Chuck about it. They also come in a short time on the missing Stella, who soon makes friends with the trusting seahorses Sasha.

The Anti- Fish potion but drops the pilot fish, Joe and his somewhat stupid, but for this very voracious shark fins. Just as the fish potion Fly, Stella and Chuck could turn into fish, then the anti - fish Potion reverse is true for the marine life: he gives them intelligence and among other things, the ability to speak. With every sip of greenish liquid increases brain and knowledge of the drinker - but it also makes him more human. Joe recognizes this opportunity and starts, makes you hungry to start their own regime and his shark and a militaristic crab. His goal is to create an army of intelligent fish that are to fight together with him to the forefront of evolution.

To get the antidote and become human again, Fly, Joe tries the potion, during an address to the fish people to steal. Chuck warns, however, his cousin clamoring about to take some of the anti - Transfiguration potion so far below sea level to himself. He fears Fly would not drown. Joe, clairaudient from this statement, can capture the three. Threatening to leave them otherwise eat from his shark, he wants Fly, Stella and Chuck compel him to produce more of the anti - fish potion. Fortunately, Sasha helps the three to escape. Since them but now all that remains is a day to to revert back to actually try the three to manufacture their own potion. When they succeed in this, but they are surprised by Joe and his henchmen. While Joe and his shark come together into a heated argument, try to fly, to flee his sister and Chuck, but are caught by the crab. This violated Fly hard drinking even the anti - fish - potion and mutated into a kind of king crab. However, much of which she has not, as the angry shark eats the crab ado. He even gets a short time later with the head in a large water pump and also died. Joe, however, hastens after the fleeing trio.

A tornado produced by McKrill who has meanwhile made ​​the worried parents of the children and told them about her transformation into fish, Fly, Stella and Chuck gives a little rest before Joe. Fly is so severely injured that Chuck has to carry him and his sister by the stormy water. Joe, however, is the three of them directly on the heels and finally managed again wangle them the anti - fish potion. While Chuck with the free -down piranhas of McKrill delivers a fierce battle and the three children no longer than twelve minutes to the sunset, thus remaining at the end of their period occurs between Fly and Joe for the final showdown. Caught in a sewage pipe begins Fly, Joe in a sort of guessing game involved. This, obsessed with the power of the potion and its effect on his intelligence, drinks with any question another swig from the bottle. He does not notice how his body begins increasingly to transform into a human. His fins disappear, he gets his gills and skin atrophy. As Fly him finally, the last question was ( " And a man can breathe under water ?"), Joe takes a last swig from the bottle, Flys denies question and therefore includes the full transformation into a human from. But since he has no gills, he drowns.

Finally, it is possible the children, but in time to take some of the antidote. Fly, Stella and Chuck turn back and are finally reunited with their parents. Only Stella can not rejoice, as they no longer can visit Sasha. To make them happy again, Chuck and McKrill transform the seahorse in a real horse, so the two friends henceforth no longer have to be separated. The film ends with the fact that all are gathered on the beach and enjoy the day together.

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Reception

The lexicon of the International film writes about the film:

" Elaborately designed animated film full of exuberant original ideas, which stops sent the balance between tension and relaxation. He condenses into a sensible parable about power and abuse of power. "

In 2000 won the help! I'm a fish at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival the Children's Jury Award.