| Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell | |
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| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment Nimbus (iOS) |
| Publisher(s) | Humongous Entertainment Atari (iOS) |
| Release Date(s) | March 1, 1998 2012 (iOS) |
| Genre(s) | Point-and-Click, Adventure |
| Platform(s) | Windows 3.1 - Windows XP System 7 - Mac OS 9.2.2 iOS 3.0 - 5.1.1 |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Input device(s) | Keyboard and Mouse Touch Screen |
Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell is the third Freddi Fish game and was released in 1998. The game was later ported to the iOS and renamed Freddi Fish and the Stolen Shell on January 12, 2012.
Plot[]
Freddi Fish and Luther are taking a summer vacation to the Founders' Day Festival. As they enter the festival, the Conch Shell which is used to signal the beginning of the Founders' Day Festival has been stolen! To make matters worse, Freddi and Luther hear his Uncle Blenny, the "Grand Exalted Keeper of the Conch", crying in the distance and is being blamed for this mess! Now Freddi and Luther have to find the three golden pipes that fell out, and look for the real thief. They search and investigate the suspicious characters to find out who really "done it". Once all three of the pipes are found, Old Soggy, Uncle Blenny's dogfish, will smell the scent and find the culprit. Freddi and Luther followed Old Soggy to the temple.
In the temple, they spot the thief with the bag and the conch shell outside. Old Soggy is going to catch the thief. When Luther draws attention to a jewel, he grabs it, falls backward onto a throne and the door closes. While sitting on the throne, it pulls Luther into a cage and Freddi has to get the key to get it open. After Freddi frees Luther and Luther puts the jewel back in place, the door opens and the bag floats in the temple. They caught the bag and tells everyone that Uncle Blenny is innocent. Inside the bag is one of the six items: microphone, foreign language world map, punching glove, cane, spool of thread, or toothbrush. One of the suspects is depending on the evidence from the item. When the correct suspect is chosen, he or she acts as though Freddi and Luther do not have proper evidence, but Old Soggy bites their tail or back. The culprit confesses and explains the whole situation to everyone.
After the culprit gives Uncle Blenny the conch shell, everyone apologizes to Uncle Blenny for blaming him. He forgives and is still the "Grand Exalted Keeper of the Conch". Luther places the pipes in the shell and Uncle Blenny blows out the signal to open the festival and everyone celebrates. The dialogue shows what will happen to the thief as the narrator mentions it, then he says "case closed," meaning the player finished the game.
Gameplay[]
The player takes control of Freddi Fish and her friend Luther with the goal of finding three golden pipes to find the culprit and having fun along the way. The game is played by using the mouse to interact with the environment. By clicking on various areas called click points, the player can collect items, talk with other characters, and watch entertaining animations. Items are collected to help the player solve puzzles. The game contains four different areas to explore: the festival, the waterfall, the sunken plane and the tropical island on the surface. These areas are joined above and below the ocean.
Characters[]
- Freddi Fish
- Luther
- Uncle Blenny
- Old Soggy
- Conch Shell Thieves
- Magenta
- Pelican Sam
Items[]
Collectibles[]
Game Items[]
- Ancient Key
- Blue-Tailed Joie Bird Feather
- Crystals (Red, Blue, or Green)
- Drain Plug
- Egg
- Flashlight
- Foreign Language Phrase Book
- Funhouse Mirror
- Nut
- Orange Sea Urchin
- Plastic Shovel
- Pliers
- Protective Work Glove
- Sail
- Shim-Sham-Jimmety-Jam-Clapper-Gapper
- Silver Key
- Wallet
Others[]
Clues[]
- Cane
- Claw-Shaped Boxing Glove
- Enormous Whale-Sized Toothbrush
- Microphone
- Thread and Sewing Needle
- Visitor's Map
Locations[]
- Pelican Sam's Home
- Town Square Entrance
- Town Square
- Jail Cell
- Pierre's Shop
- Tropical Island
- Magenta's Boat
- Horst's Home
- Sunken Plane
- Claw's Cave
- Dark Cave
- Carnival
- Carnival Organ
- Terrific Tumble Tubes
- Waterfall
- Luau Theater
- Ancient Ruins
- Aztec Pyramid
Mini-Games[]
- Carnival Organ Puzzle
- Create a Fish
- Gill Barker's Carnival Game
- Grandma Grouper Fortune Telling Machine
- Jukebox Ditties
- Luau Show
- Terrific Tumble Tubes Puzzle
Voices[]
US Version[]
- Annette Toutonghi - Freddi Fish
- Mike McAuliffe - Luther
- Ken Boynton - Uncle Blenny, Pierre the Tailor
- Craig English - Gill Barker, Claw
- Lyn McManus - Rosey Pearl
- Lauren Tewes - Nadine, Magenta
- Stephan Weyte - Pelican Sam
UK Version[]
- Hester Wilcox - Freddi Fish
- Kim Michelle Broderick - Luther
- Krisha Fairchild - Uncle Blenny
- Ken Boynton - Pierre the Tailor
- Craig English - Gill Barker, Claw
- Stephan Weyte - Pelican Sam
Paths/Storylines[]
Each of the three golden pipes has its own independent set of possible paths. That is, there aren't a certain number of possible locations from which three are selected (like in the previous game), but each golden pipe as treated as a separate "object to find." So their paths are chosen in a similar manner to the paths in the Pajama Sam series.
- "Easy" - Can be in the organ, in the plane, or in the Terrific Tumble Tubes.
- "Medium" - Can be in the crabpot, the banana tree, or in the birds' nest.
- "Hard" - Can be in the clam or cave.
There are a total of eight individual paths. The number of possible games is 2*3*3 = 18.
Transcript[]
Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell/Transcript
Trivia[]
- Pajama Sam, Fatty Bear, SPY Fox, Buzzy the Knowledge Bug, and Putt-Putt can be seen as bubbles at the end of the game.
- When the Pajama Sam bubble is popped, Pajama Sam says, "Good night!".
- When the Putt-Putt bubble is popped, his signature horn blare plays.
- When the SPY Fox bubble is popped, the first three notes of his theme play.
- When the Buzzy bubble is popped, his introduction plays.
- When the Fatty Bear bubble is popped, Fatty Bear says, "Ta-da!".
- They also appear as colorful lava in the volcanoes near Horst's Home and the Sunken Plane, while the other three, Pajama Sam, SPY Fox and Buzzy appear in the jack-in-the-box in the Carnival.
- This game along with Putt-Putt Travels Through Time are the very first Humongous Entertainment games to be ported onto the Nintendo Switch.
- When Uncle Blenny says to Luther, "You're my only hope, nephew.", it is a reference to what Princess Leia from Star Wars says.
- This is the only Freddi Fish game to have only four purple sea urchins instead of the usual five, likely due to the orange sea urchin that only appears in the Clam storyline, just like Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse in other storylines, except the pulley one.
- The voice clip of Luther screaming, "Yikes!" debuts in this game.
- When Freddi and Luther have one golden pipe, Uncle Blenny starts singing, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen!" with the first and second lines in a cutscene. This will happen again later by Luther in Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch, but only the first line.
- When Freddi and Luther have another golden pipe, a cutscene shows a fish and his mother talking to each other.
- This is another game to have three key items. This happened in Pajama Sam in "No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside"". This will happen again later in "Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch", "SPY Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required"", and "Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!".
- "Frere Jacques" and "Pop Goes the Weasel" appear in this game, just like in "Big Thinkers 1st Grade", performed by Becky Brightly using a pig, sheep, human opera singer, cow, or a chicken voice.
Demos the game uses[]
Games that use the demo[]
Gallery[]
