Totally Beachin'

Totally Beachin' is the second episode in the Newt animated series. The episode has very little dialogue.

Plot
At Lobster Cove, Newt awakens after being buried in the sand with May, puts on his missing swimsuit and goes over to Stan to bother him for a chip. After Stan gives him a chip, Newt is beaten senseless by a seagull (who also takes his chip). Newt tries to get another chip, but he and Stan are attacked by a swarm of seagulls.

Newt is later seen chasing the tide while May works on a sand castle. The tide eventually destroys May's castle and takes Newt away. While drifting out to sea, Newt is picked up by Beefloaf Johnson, who mistakes him for a beach ball. He passes Newt around with Dominique, Lil' Tony and Yuriko. Yuriko hits Newt a little too hard, and also realizes in the moment that she just hit Newt. Newt flies through the air and lands on a nearby floating island.

After landing on a chair, Newt decides to get some rest. However, he is immediately encountered by Ranru, who unknowingly sits on him. In order to break free, Newt redirects her tanning mirror into her eyes, setting them ablaze. Ranru freaks out and slips on Newt, sending him flying into a tree. Newt knocks a coconut on Ranru's head and tries to make a break for it, but he's thwarted once again by another seagull, who snaps the tree and causes Ranru to be pelted by more coconuts and the tree itself. Ranru angrily chases Newt with a blaster, running over the water until eventually making it back to the mainland beach. However, as Ranru was chasing Newt on water, she ended up causing a tidal wave, which consumes everyone in Lobster Cove. Newt resusrfaces along with everyone else. They all drift into the sunset.

Production
Production for this episode began shortly after the airing of The Invincible Ball Boy, mostly as just a project to due during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown is also the reason why the decision was made to have no dialogue, as there was no access to a professional recording studio. Inspiration for the episode came from the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Reef Blower", another early episode of a series with no dialogue. The drive to produce this episode also came from watching many UPA shorts and Soviet-era Russian animation.

Trivia

 * This is the first animated appearence of Ranru.
 * This is the first full episode to contain no dialogue.
 * An earlier short, Doormensional, also contained no dialogue but is not considered a full episode.