The WORST episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Every episode of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water!
The series centers around Nadia, a young girl of unknown origins, and Jean, a young French inventor. Early in the story, the two protagonists are chased by Grandis Granva, Sanson, and Hanson, a group of jewel thieves who pursue Nadia for the blue jeweled pendant she possesses. After being rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Super Sea Cruiser Nautilus, the jewel thieves and the young protagonists join forces and participate in the struggle against the Neo-Atlantean forces, who seek to dominate the world. In the process, Nadia and Jean save the world from violent domination by the Neo-Atlantean forces led by Gargoyle, explore worldly mysteries and the powers of the blue pendant, uncover Nadia's hidden family ties, and ultimately discover the secret origins of Nadia.
#1 - My Darling Nadia
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 2/22/1991
Jean writes a song for Nadia. Actually, our pals burst out into song while various clips from the show play out.
#2 - King vs. King
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 1/11/1991
A violent row between Sanson and Hanson turns into a race between two mechanical lions resembling King(!).
#3 - Young Drifters
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/9/1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are shipwrecked on a deserted island. They decide to make it their home for a while.
#4 - The Island of the Witch
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/1990
After surviving a typhoon, Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King discover another island drifting mysteriously toward them. Exploring it, the children find Ayerton, a flaky scientist who they met on the battleship in Episode 3.
#5 - The Floating Island
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/21/1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are reunited with Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Together they all decide to live as a family on the new island, which Jean theorizes is moving.
#6 - King's Rescue
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 2/15/1991
When King gets captured by Grandis' ex-fiancee, our pals set off to save him.
#7 - King, the Lonely Lion
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/7/1990
King gets jealous of Jean and Nadia becoming more intimate and runs away. Jean sets off to find him... but not before Nadia goes ballastic upon realizing that he does not remember the kiss she gave him (he had been stoned from the hallucinogetic mushrooms).
#8 - Nadia's Love
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 2/8/1991
Having escaped their former island home, our pals crash-land into an African tribal village, where they are instantly captured... until one of its citizens recognizes Nadia.
#9 - The First Kiss
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/30/1990
As a result of Nadia's foolishness, the children only have meat for food. This infuriates Nadia so much that she declares to starve... until she becomes desperate to eat a can of rotten spinach, getting sick. Jean sets off to find a cure, only to become intoxicated by hallucinogetic mushrooms(!). Overwhelmingly grateful, and stupidly unaware that Jean is not himself, she gives him his first real kiss....
#10 - Lincoln Island
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/16/1990
Now that they are settled into their new island home (which they dub "Lincoln Island", Jean uses his knowledge and technology to bring a little civilization. Nadia, on the other hand, wants to live with nature... only to discover that doing so is a lot harder than she ever dreamed of.
#11 - Labyrinth in the Earth
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/25/1991
Four months afterward, the Gratan is nearly repaired, and soon our pals will set off for Africa. But first Jean and Nadia go off on a hike which leads them to a mysterious underground cavern that turns out to be more than they suspected. The exploration culminates when Nadia falls into a trance and vanishes behind a wall, leaving her clothes in Jean's arms! During all this, Ayerton tries to make his move on Grandis.
#12 - Run, Marie, Run!
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/13/1990
Marie and King run off to explore the island, when they find themselves both lost and pursued by Gargoyle's soldiers. Sanson comes to their rescue.
#13 - Jean's New Invention
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/31/1990
Jean is tired of being treated like a child by the Nautilus crew. Hoping to cheer him up, Nadia suggests Jean to build another aircraft. Inspired, he sets off to do just that. At first he is determined to construct the new helicopter by himself, but then realizes he still needs the support of some grown-ups. With Hanson's help, Jean completes the craft and takes Nadia on a very delightful test flight. While airborne, Jean promises that he will one day take Nadia to Africa....
#14 - Nautilus vs. Nautilus
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/7/1990
En route to Captain Nemo's home base of Antarctica, the Nautilus finds itself attacked by a territorial Nautilus shellfish.
#15 - Jean Makes a Mistake
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/21/1990
Jean's latest invention goes disastrously wrong and accidentally alerts the Garfish to attention. Nadia's detestation of Nemo and jealousy of Jean's friendship with Electra dangerously intensifies--until she finally learns that the Nautilus is merely fighting to destroy Gargoyle and that Electra poses no threat to Nadia's relationship with Jean. During all this, Gargoyle is informed of the Nautilus's prescence and devises to set yet another deadly trap....
#16 - Nemo's Best Friend
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/14/1990
Nemo takes Jean and Nadia on a tour of his secret base, where he introduces the children to his closest friend, a talking whale named Irion, who hints at Nadia's responsibility to hold the Blue Water.
#17 - Grandis and Her First Love
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/6/1990
When the Nautilus docks on an island to reestablish supplies, Nadia bonds with Grandis when the latter tells her how the first man she fell in love with turned out to be a treacherous cad.
#18 - New Recruits for the Nautilus
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/1990
Nemo and Electra appoint Jean, Nadia, and the others to new positions on the Nautilus. Jean is permitted access to Electra's library of books so that he can learn how to use the knowledge for mankind's benefit; simultaneously, he, Sanson, and Hanson are given a tour of the Nautilus. Marie and King, meanwhile, are reduced to schooling from Electra, much to their dismay. Grandis and Nadia are assigned to cook in the kitchen. An intense rivalry is ignited between Electra and Grandis as they compete over Nemo's love. Finally, Jean discovers the source of the Nautilus's power, and is quite disturbed when Nemo tells him that the vessel is a killing machine....
#19 - Infiltration of the Secret Base
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/1990
Marie and King are captured by the soldiers, so Jean and Nadia set off to a forbidding looking area to save them. Their rescue mission leads the pair to the base of the soldiers, who call themselves Neo-Atlantis, and their evil commander, Gargoyle, wants Nadia and her Blue Water at all costs.
#20 - Nemo's Secret
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/1990
Jean, Nadia, Marie, and King are taken aboard the Nautilus with their new enemies-turned allies, Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson. Technophiles Jean and Hanson are thrilled to be aboard the Nautilus. Grandis becomes dangerously smitten with Captain Nemo, much to Sanson's consternation. Nadia, meanwhile, is very suspicious about the submarine and its crew, particularly Nemo, who reacts with surprise upon seeing her for the first time....
#21 - Girl at the Eiffel Tower
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/1990
Jean, a 14-year-old orphan, sailing into Paris to help his uncle design an airplane for the Paris Exposition's flight competition meets a pretty young girl named Nadia and her pet lion cub, King. He ends up rescuing her from a woman named Grandis who is trying to get Nadia's jewel, the Blue Water. Nadia leaves the only home she ever knew - a circus - as Jean has offered to help her search for her place of origin, starting with the random choice of Africa...
#22 - The Secret of Blue Water
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/1/1991
Finally, our pals arrive at Nadia's real homeland--Tartessos. As they tour through its long forgotten ruins, our heroine finally reveals her darkest secrets... including who she is. How will all this affect her relationships with everyone, especially Jean?
#23 - The Nautilus Faces Its Biggest Crisis
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/27/1990
Captain Nemo's vessel falls into yet another deadly trap set by Gargoyle--one which involves the Garfish and a surprise attack from American battleships. The subsequent damage costs the lives of several sailors--including a friendly young engineer named Ensign Fait. Jean, who had become friends with Fait, is horrified and devastated to witness someone being killed by the technology he had so strongly idealized with.
#24 - The Little Fugitive
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/1990
With Grandis and her two accomplices, Sanson and Hanson, in pursuit, Jean takes Nadia back to his home in LeHarve. His grumpy aunt refuses to take Nadia in, but Jean lets Nadia stay at his own house. The following day, Jean and Nadia set off for Africa in one of his aeroplanes. They do not get far, however, when Jean's invention fails and falls into the sea....
#25 - Emperor Neo
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 3/29/1991
Gargoyle takes Nadia before the puppet leader of Neo-Atlantis, Emperor Neo, who reveals that he has a strong connection with both Nadia and Nemo. Eight time zones away, Nemo and the others plan to fight Gargoyle in a final duel. Throughout, both Jean and Nadia learn about the origins of the Atlanteans.