Disclaimer: I don't own the 2004 animated film Shark Tale and all rights goes to DreamWorks Animation SKG. Shark Tale has always been one of my favorite animated films to watch ever since childhood and I still enjoy watching the movie so much, and since I love Shark Tale so much, I decided to do a whole twenty four-part miniseries version of the movie that serves as a whole retelling of the movie which is known as When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie that has brand new scenes, brand new characters, brand new locations, different dialogue. I hope you enjoy the retelling of the movie Shark Tale and if you do, you can review and favor/follow if you want to :)
When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie
Episode 5: One Problem After Another
Chapter 5: Moment Of Cooking
Later on that day at the RMS Titanic that serves as the home of the Lino crime family that is a crime family consisting of great white sharks, right after Lenny has refused to shoot up some of the fish citizen dummies by using a gun under Frankie's practicing on how to be a proper shark along with Teresa's help while she has also refused to go through with the whole thing as much as he did under their father Don Edward Lino of the great white shark mafia's orders, Lenny has already left the basement and has already arrived at another location within the RMS Titanic and it turns out to be the kitchen of the RMS Titanic, and he is in complete depression all because of what happened earlier at the gym of the RMS Titanic while the chefs of the great white shark mafia as well as the sawshark butlers and the nurse shark maids are now taking a break from all of their hard work preparing meals and desserts for the mafia.
Just as Lenny was at the kitchen of the RMS Titanic in complete depression over what happened at the gym of the RMS Titanic when he refused to shoot up some of the dummies of the fish citizens by using a gun which is for practicing on how to be a shark before he could start the main lessons of being a shark the next day with Frankie's tutorings along with Teresa's help due to having a heart of gold and wouldn't do anything to hurt anybody, he still wishes that Don Lino and everybody else would just accept him for who he is rather than expecting him to be a cold-blooded killer just like Frankie and the other sharks, and because of it, it's causing his relationship with him to become very strained in the process and it's also causing Terea's own relationship with to become strained since she would always take Lenny's side no matter what and encourage him to be so different from the other sharks no matter what.
"Things haven't been going so well around here in the crime family lately, and it's all 'cause of how Pop, Frankie, and the rest of the family has always expected me to be," said Lenny. "They expected me to be a cold-blooded killer since it has always been one of the main traditions of the Five Families of the Atlantic Ocean, but I can't 'cause I'm just myself and I've always loved being myself no matter what while I am fully aware that there are some members of the whole family who has always loved me for who I am and those people are Mom, Grandma and Grandpa, and especially Teresa who has always been on my side and supported my decision to be so different from the other sharks. The Lino crime family has committed terrible crimes throughout the years, and then there came me, even what Pop discovered years ago."
Suddenly, just as Lenny continued to feel very depressed over how much he was being forced into being to become something which was being a cold-blooded killer and strongly wishes that his father Don Lino and everybody else in the Lino crime family would stop questioning for him being so different from the other sharks and accept him for who he is, he remembered something very important that has happened many years ago when he and his two siblings Frankie and Teresa, and it was when his relationship with Don Lino started to become very strained when he used to be very close to him when he and his two siblings used to be young great white shark children.
Lenny's Flashback
Many years ago at the wastelands of the Atlantic Ocean, the many great white shark children who are the children of the many members of the great white shark mafia are at a distant kelp forest trying to search for some shrimp that they can use for the next traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families of the Atlantic Ocean which is also part of their training to become killers just as each of their parents from the great white shark mafia watches them from outside of the kelp forest in complete delight.
Also, the three children of Don Edward Lino and his wife Mildred Lino Lenny, Teresa, and Frankie are part of the experience of searching for shrimp for the Sunday dinner in the kelp forest as well along with the other great white shark children, and even their own parents Don Lino and Mildred as well as their grandparents Leonardo Lino and Shelly Lino and Don Lino's two henchmen Luca and Yvette witness the whole thing together, and Don Lino hopes that his three children would somehow capture some of the shrimp from the kelp forest in order to make them into meals for the latest Sunday dinner of the Five Families while he, his wife Mildred, his parents Leonardo and Shelly, and his two henchmen Luca and Yvette are amazed of what Lenny, Teresa, and Frankie are doing along with the other great white shark children in the kelp field.
During the hunt for shrimp within the kelp forest for the latest Sunday dinner of the Five Families while their own parents are watching the whole thing from outside of kelp field in order to test out their own skills to learn how to be killers someday which is part of the main traditions of the Five Families, a great white shark child manages to finds three shrimp, another great white shark child manages to find five shrimp, another great white shark child manages to find seven shrimp, another great white shark child manages to find nine shrimp, and another great white shark child manages to find eleven shrimp.
Also, young Frankie manages to find eight shrimp, young Teresa manages to find six shrimp, and young Lenny manages to find four shrimp, and once he found the four shrimp, he also witnessed some of the kelp in the kelp forest and he began wondering if he could bring some of it along with the four shrimp he just found in order to make it part of the latest traditional Sunday dinner just as the four shrimp he just caught from the kelp forest began pleading him not to eat each of them since sharks would usually eat them, but young Lenny kindly reassure to them that he wouldn't eat them at all since he isn't that kind of shark who wouldn't eat anybody, much to the shrimps' relief, and even young Teresa arrive at the scene and reassure the shrimp the same thing.
"Please, please, please!" exclaimed shrimp #1.
"Don't eat us!" exclaimed shrimp #2.
"We're too young to die!" exclaimed shrimp #3.
"Just leave us alone!" exclaimed shrimp #4.
"Don't worry, little buddies, I won't hurt any of you." said young Lenny.
"Wait a minute? You won't?" asked shrimp #1 in surprise.
"You're not gonna eat us?" asked shrimp #3 in surprise.
Young Lenny shook his head. "Nope. I promise."
"But you're a great white shark." said shrimp #2.
"And sharks would eat anything which is us." said shrimp #4.
"True, but not all sharks are like that, and I would never do anything to kill anybody, including you guys." explained young Lenny.
"Are you sure that what you just explained is true?" asked shrimp #3.
Young Lenny nodded his head. "Yeah. I'm 100 percent honest about what I said."
"Well, we believe you already." said shrimp #1.
"And thank you for not eating us." said shrimp #4.
"We appreciate it very much." said shrimp #2.
"You're welcome, and I have something else in mind to eat something," said young Lenny.
"Well, what is it?" asked shrimp #2.
"I was thinking about having some of the kelp in this kelp forest instead." replied young Lenny.
"You wanna eat kelp instead of shrimp?" asked shrimp #3.
"Yeah, kelp is really one of my favorite foods to eat in the whole ocean," said young Lenny.
"But are sharks able to eat kelp?" asked shrimp #4.
"They sure can, and like I said from before, while they can prove to be vicious killers, they're actually friendly just like myself and they would eat kelp instead of meat." said young Lenny. "Oh, and we would also eat kelp besides meatless products since it still tastes like meat, but it's made out of anything else."
"Alright, we believe that thing about sharks as well." shrimp # 1.
"We can see that you're a shark with a heart of gold rather than being so bloodthirsty." said shrimp #2.
"Thanks." said young Lenny.
"Hey, Lenny, there you are." said young Teresa just as she arrived at the scene.
"Oh, hey, Teresa." young Lenny greeted.
"Everybody is getting finished with searching for the shrimp, and who are you talking to?" asked young Teresa.
"I'm talking to these shrimp, and there's no way I'm gonna eat them 'cause it's not in my nature." said young Lenny.
"I can see that already, and that's 'cause you've always told me all about how you don't have the heart to harm anybody." said young Teresa.
"Is that shark gonna eat us?" said shrimp #4.
"No, she won't, and she's another friendly shark just like me and the shrimp that she caught, she won't harm them either." said young Lenny just as he pointed at the six shrimp young Teresa caught.
"That's right. You see, he's my big brother and I'm his little sister, and we both know that we wouldn't eat anybody 'cause we're not the other sharks." explained young Teresa.
"Thank goodness that she won't eat us either.." said shrimp #1.
"We believe both in what you're saying about sharks so easily." said shrimp #3.
"I guess that not all sharks are all that bad after all like you told us." said shrimp #2.
"All of that is so true, and we know there's more friendly sharks out there in the ocean besides us and they mean no harm at all." said young Lenny.
"So, Lenny, we gotta get going now 'cause everybody is getting finished with collecting the shrimp from this kelp forest," said young Teresa.
"Alright, and while we're at it, I can bring some of the kelp along," said young Lenny.
"I hope it would be a good idea, and you know, our Daddy would only expect to bring shrimp for the Sunday dinner since the members of our family only eat meat." said young Teresa. "Also, besides having usually meat products for the Sunday dinner, we would usually have meatless products since it still tastes like meat and looks like meat while it's just made out of something else rather than meat."
"Pop might accept some kelp that we could cook with it to make for the traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families on this Sunday," said young Lenny.
"Okay, if you say so, and let's do it already." said young Lenny.
Young Lenny then gets some kelp from the kelp forest in order to convince his and his younger sister young Teresa's own father Don Lino who serves as the leader of the great white shark mafia in order to have them all cooked up for the latest traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families of the Atlantic Ocean, and then the two young Lino siblings then leave the kelp forest along their older brother young Frankie and the other great white shark children of the members of the great white shark mafia along with the shrimp they just captured as well as young Lenny bringing some of the kelp that he picked out.
Once the three young Lino siblings and the rest of the great white shark children leave the kelp forest along with the many shrimp that they have captured in order to test out their own skills of becoming killers one of those days since it's part of the many traditions of the great white shark mafia as well as the rest of the Five Families of the Atlantic Ocean, they all proceed to show each of their parents all of the shrimp they managed to caught from the kelp forest and each of their parents are proud of them, and even Don Lino and his wife Mildred as well as his parents Leonardo and Shelly and his two minions Luca and Yvette are proud of how his three children Frankie, Lenny, and Teresa has managed to catch some of the shrimp from the kelp forest, but Don Lino became filled with shock that young Lenny managed to get some of the kelp from the forest and began insisting that all sharks are supposed to eat meat, not kelp, much to young Lenny's own dismay as much as young Teresa's own dismay as well.
"Congratulations, children. You have managed to capture some of the shrimp from the kelp forest for the next Sunday dinner." said Luca.
"Thanks." said great white shark child #1.
"Thank you." said great white shark child #2.
"Thank you very much." said great white shark child #3.
"Each of these shrimp are gonna be so tasty for the next traditional Sunday dinner along with the other meals being served." said Yvette.
"Yeah." said great white shark child #4.
"Mmm-hmm." said great white shark child #5.
"For sure." said great white shark child #6.
"Absolutely." said great white shark child #7.
"Most of all, my own children has managed to do the same thing as all of you children did, and we're all so proud for what you did." said Don Lino.
"We were all so amazing, Pop." said Frankie.
"Hooray for us, Daddy." said young Teresa.
"Cheers for us and everybody else." said young Lenny.
"Good job for collecting the shrimp, everybody, and now we can proceed with bringing them all back to the RMS Titanic to find out what we need to do for the upcoming event," said Mildred.
Don Lino noticed Lenny having some of the kelp he got besides the shrimp he had caught. "Wait a minute. Lenny, what do you get there?"
"Oh, these? Pop, these are kelp. I got them from the kelp forest while my big brother, my little sister, and the other kids got some of the shrimp for the Sunday dinner." said young Lenny.
"But why would you do that?" asked Don Lino in surprise.
"Because I thought it would also be tasty for the big event this Sunday, and we can have something else besides meat products as well as meatless products" said young Lenny.
"Lenny, have you…have you lost your own mind?" asked Don Lino.
"Huh? What are you saying?" asked young Lenny.
"I'm saying that you're not supposed to bring kelp, you're supposed to bring shrimp and that's it." said Don Lino.
"But I thought that it would be a good idea to have some kelp for the big event," said young Lenny.
"Well, it's a bad idea for the whole Sunday diner 'cause sharks are supposed to eat meat as well as some meatless products, not stupid kelp, Lenny," said Don Lino.
"At least try some of the kelp, Pop, and you'll find it could prove to be very delicious." said young Lenny.
"Thank you, but no thank you, I prefer having meat products and meatless products just like the other sharks would." said Don Lino.
"Pop, trying something brand new for once is a good thing, and I insist that you try some right away," said young Lenny.
"I already told you, no thanks. Also, you should be ashamed of yourself of bringing kelp to use for Sunday dinner besides bringing shrimp for the Sunday dinner." said Don Lino.
"But Pop, it's just…" said young Lenny just as he tried to explain, but Don Lino suddenly interrupted him.
"You should know better than that, Lenny! Shame on you for trying to bring something to the big event of the Five Families we would not usually eat! Shame on you!" exclaimed Don Lino.
"Pop…" said young Lenny in shock and dismay.
"Edward, how could you say that to our own son?" asked Mildred.
"Well, he's a shark, and sharks are supposed to eat meat as well as meatless products, and it's part of the main traditions of the Five Families since we're killers." said Don Lino.
"Maybe not all sharks have to be killers, Daddy, and maybe Lenny does have…" said young Teresa.
"Teresa, stay out of it, and your mother Mildred should stay out of it too 'cause this is between your brother all 'cause of what he just did today." said Don Lino.
"Yeah, Teresa, mind your business, Lenny should be ashamed about what he did which is going against the traditions of our crime family." said young Frankie.
"I was just trying to help." replied young Teresa.
"Actually, your help is no good at all, even in a serious situation like this one." replied young Frankie.
"Look, Frankie, it can't be that serious of what Lenny just did, and maybe Daddy was being hard on him on this point." said young Teresa.
"You're right, Teresa, your father was being hard on your brother, and Edward, please lay off our own son and it's his own decision." said Mildred.
"Mildred, I know what I said, and I meant it very well. Lenny, the next time when we do this kind of thing, I expect you to bring something the sharks would eat, not kelp." said Don Lino.
"That's right, Lenny, and you gotta listen to what our Pop says no matter what since he's in charge of the whole mafia." said young Frankie.
"Yes, and it's a downright shame for any shark wanting to eat kelp, especially that he's a shark himself and he should be ashamed of himself for what he did." said Don Lino.
Upon hearing what his own father Don Lino said about him after attempting to give him the idea to serve up some kelp for the next traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families besides what they would usually serve up for the big event of the criminal underworld of the Atlantic Ocean, young Lenny became filled with depression and wishes that he could somehow make a difference to the whole mafia by trying out something new for once which could be eating kelp besides being meat and meatless products all the time which serves as one of the main traditions of the Five Families since they all served as cold-blooded killers, and because of it, his close relationship with Don Lino becomes a little strained in the process.
Also, just as young Lenny became very depressed over Don Lino's words of how much he showed a difference of what a shark wouldn't usually do which is eating kelp and having it served at the traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families, young Teresa began to feel very bad for young Lenny since he has always accepted him for who he is and wishes that their own father Don Lino would understand that it's alright for him to be just himself since everybody is themselves no matter what, and he already aware that even though she and Lenny share a very loving relationship with their father, it began having some estrangement due to how Lenny is being so different from the other sharks while Mildred even felt bad for him as well as Leonardo and Shelly since they would support his own decisions of being so different from the other sharks, and as much as Lenny and Teresa already know that not all sharks are not vicious and most of them prove to be very kind, they wish Don Lino would know that already.
End Lenny's Flashback
Lenny then stopped remembering the time when his very close and loving relationship with his father Don Lino started to become strained due to how he has being so different from the other sharks which was when it was the time he has insisted that some kelp should be served at one of the many traditional Sunday dinners of the Five Families which he turned down due to the sharks always having meat products as well as meatless products for the Sunday dinners and felt deeply ashamed of him for coming up with the idea in the first place, and Lenny still wished that Don Lino would just accept him for who he is just like Teresa and anybody else would as well as learning that not all sharks in the ocean are all killers and most of them prove to be very friendly just like himself and his younger sister Teresa as well as any other shark in the ocean could.
"That was exactly when my relationship with Pop wasn't starting to turn out so well." replied Lenny. "It was exactly when I insisted that kelp should be served on the Sunday dinner besides what the crime family would usually eat which are meat products and meatless products, and I was just trying to make a difference for once for the family, but Pop strongly disapproved of it and expects me to just eat meat and meatless things rather than kelp since it has always part of the traditions of the family. Also, because I would eat kelp and anything else that isn't meat, I've always kept it a secret from the family and the only ones who know my secret is Teresa, Frankie, our mom, and our grandparents while I would just eat meatless products in order to keep my secret safe to myself and the others as well. Oh, things are so hard when you're different from the others, and I already know I would rather be myself than be like everybody else and there's no problem being so different. I hope that someday Pop will see that I'm perfect just the way I am and that not all sharks in the ocean are vicious."
Lenny continued to feel very depressed over what he has been through lately which is always being questioned for being different from the other sharks and how Teresa would always take his side no matter what, he began noticing some ingredients on one of the counters of the kitchen of the RMS Titanic for making some pizza and for making some cannoli, and upon noticing the ingredients which are for making pizza and making cannoli, he quickly gets an idea to manage to cheer himself up which will be making some pizza and making some cannoli for the many great white shark children who are the children of each of the members of the great white shark mafia as well as each of the children of the members of the hammerhead shark mafia, the leopard shark mafia, the killer whale mafia, and the swordfish mafia since he is completely aware that each of the children really loves his own cooking so much.
"Hey, I have an idea. How about I can make something for the children of the Five Families, and I just remembered a tea party at the ballroom is coming up soon today." said Lenny. "The tea parties are usually attended by the sharks, killer whales, and swordfish, but this kind of tea party is just gonna be attended by me, my brother Frankie and my sister Teresa, and our best friends Fiorenza, Jeremiah, Malcolm, and Imogene along with some of the mobsters of the Five Families and some of the children of the mobsters, and the children are gonna be excited about my cooking very much 'cause they've always loved my cooking ever since I first served them at the main classrooms of the RMS Titanic where they will be educated. I'll make my famous pizzas with the best toppings and my famous cannolis to make it so sweet, and this is gonna be so much fun. It really is."
Just as Lenny prepares to use the ingredients on the counter to make the many children of each of the members of the Five Families which consists of the Lino crime family, the Veltroni crime family, the Feinberg crime family, the Salvatore crime family, and the Hicks crime family some of his own famous pizzas by using the ingredients left on the counter and some of his own famous cannolis by using the ingredients left on the counter as well in order to cheer himself up over what he has been through lately, his younger sister Teresa suddenly entered the kitchen in order to comfort Lenny over what he has been through lately just as she also quickly wondered what he is now intending on doing which is making some pizzas and making some cannoli by using the ingredients left on the counter, much to her own surprise and even Lenny proceed to explain everything to her on what he's about to due which caused her to become filled with such joy while he began smiling as well.
"Salutations, Lenny, my big brother." Teresa greeted.
"Oh, hey, Teresa, my little sister." Lenny greeted.
"What are you doing in the kitchen?" asked Teresa.
"It's nothing." replied Lenny.
"But it looks like something," said Teresa.
"Okay, you're right, it is," said Lenny.
"Then, what are you doing here?" asked Teresa.
"I'm gonna prepare something very special," said Lenny.
"What is it?" asked Teresa.
"You know, making some of my famous pizzas," said Lenny.
"Wait a minute. You're making your famous pizzas? That's awesome!" said Teresa.
"That's not all, Teresa. I'm gonna make some of my famous cannolis too." said Lenny
"Wow, Lenny! It's a good idea to make your famous cannolis along with something else you're famous for." said Teresa.
"I just got the idea right now, and it's all 'cause we've planned to have a tea party with our friends, some of the mobsters, and some of the children of the mobsters," said Lenny.
"Oh, right, a tea party is happening today and we almost forgot all about it, mostly due to how we've been focusing on you to learn how to be a proper shark." said Teresa.
"True, and honestly, being forced to learn how to be a killer is really getting on my nerves." said Lenny.
"Me too, and you honestly don't have to go through with it all 'cause Daddy expects you to do it." said Teresa.
"I know, and I hope that Pop would just understand that I'm my own person and that's all 'cause everybody is their own person." said Lenny.
"I hope for the same thing too, and even Mom and our grandparents as well as anybody else in the crime family hope so too." said Teresa.
"Also, I am fully aware that the children really love my cooking so much, especially when it comes to making some pizza and some cannoli," said Lenny.
"Hey, you're absolutely right, the children love your cooking and they have always loved the pizza you make and the cannoli you make." said Teresa.
"It all started when I first learned how to cook while we, Frankie, and our best friends were getting older and I first served it to them on one of the Sunday dinners." explained Lenny.
"So true, and it's one of the best things that has ever happened and you were getting the hang of cooking throughout while we were growing up together." said Teresa.
"And I know you were getting the hang of cooking while growing up together while Frankie did the same thing." said Lenny.
"Yeah, and even Frankie, our best friends, the mobsters, and the children have always loved what you've made." said Teresa.
Lenny nodded. "Oh, and let's not mention that Pop, Mom, Grandma and Grandpa, and Luca and Yvette as well as the other crime bosses really enjoy what I could make as well."
"Yes. Anybody would enjoy your cooking so much, even since you began learning how to cook besides me and Frankie when we're getting older." said Teresa.
"However, even though most people appreciate my cooking so much, they still expect me to be a killer since it has always been the tradition of the family." said Lenny.
"I know, and that's not right at all and they really need to understand that you are your own person no matter what." said Teresa.
"Yes, and I would just be myself 'cause I've always loved being myself as much as you and anybody else in the whole Atlantic Ocean would." said Lenny.
"Don't worry, Lenny, it's gonna happen one of these days, and just like I've been saying, just give them a little time and it will happen." said Teresa.
"You're right, and I am so lucky to have you as my little sister 'cause you would give out such good advice to me when I need it and anybody else who really needs it."
"And I am so lucky to have you as my big brother, and that's true, I would always give out good advice when it is needed." said Teresa.
"Oh, and you inherited it from our mom 'cause she would give out good advice when needed as well." said Lenny.
"True, and I am very proud of it. Hey, so, since you're gonna make some pizza and make some cannoli for the tea party, need my help?" asked Teresa.
"Of course, you can help me, and it's really kind of you to do so. We can do this thing together." said Lenny.
"Now let's make all of these meals for the tea party today, big brother." said Teresa.
"The children are gonna flip over my famous pizzas and my famous cannolis for sure." said Lenny.
"That's right. Let's go." said Teresa.
Then, Lenny began making some of his own famous pizzas and making some of his own famous cannolis which are for the latest tea party that is being attended by himself, his younger sister Teresa, their older brother Frankie, their childhood best friends who are the children of the other crime bosses of the Five Families Fiorenza, Jeremiah, Malcolm, and Imogene, some of the mobsters of the Five Families, and even some of the children of the mobsters and they all enjoy his own cooking so much ever since he's been learning how to cook while his two siblings where learning on doing the same thing while they grew up together, and just as the two Lino siblings proceed to make the meals for the tea party, they both hope that Don Lino would understand that Lenny is his own person and that not all sharks in the ocean are bloodthirsty killers and most of them prove to be kindhearted just like them.
First, Lenny and Teresa began making the pizzas together by using some dough, tomato sauce, and shredded cheese as well as the toppings being meatless pepperoni, meatless sausage, meatless bacon, meatless ham, and meatless beef. They use some rolling pans to make each of the dough flat, open up each cans of tomato sauce and spread each of them on the flat dough by using wooden spoons, spread the cheese all over the dough along with the tomato sauce, put all of of the meatless pepperoni, meatless sausage, meatless bacon, meatless ham, and meatless beef as toppings on each of the pizza and the pizza they made so far are twenty pizzas, and they all put each of the twenty pizzas inside some automatic ovens.
Next, Lenny and Teresa began making the cannoli together by using some dough, some filling which is vanilla cream, and some toppings which are chocolate chips. They use some rolling pans to make each of the dough flat, cut up each of the dough to divide them up into long pieces, they turn the long pieces into tubes, they put each of the tubes into some boiling cooking oil that is in a pot of the automatic stove until they all crust up into the color brown, they get each of the cooked dough tubs from the pot and use some pastry bags filled with vanilla cream to fill each of them up, and they use some of the chocolate chips to put on each of the fried tubes filled with vanilla cream and the cannoli they made so far are thirty cannolis, and they put each of the thirty cannolis on a nearby silver platter.
Then, both Lenny and Teresa get finished with making the pizzas and the cannolis for the upcoming tea party that will be held on that very day just as each of the automatic ovens made a ding sound which means that it's time to take out each of the twenty pizzas from each of the automatic ovens and they both carefully take them out of the ovens while they also put them on another silver platter being stacked up together. Once the two Lino siblings got finished with making the pizzas and the cannolis for the tea party, they both proceed to take them right to the place where the tea party is gonna be held by using a serving cart to carry them right on top of it while they are both on silver platters.
Also, while Lenny and Teresa work together to bring the pizza and bring the cannoli to the tea party after they have worked together cooking them, they still both hope that Don Lino would just accept Lenny for who he is rather than always questioning him for who he is and always expecting him to be a cold-blooded killer just like Frankie and the other sharks, and all because of how things have turning out with Don Lino lately, their relationship with him hasn't been the best with him lately and became very estranged even when Don Lino first discovered of what Lenny did when he, Frankie, and Teresa used to be young.
"It looks like the pizza is all finished," said Lenny.
"And the cannoli is all finished too," said Teresa.
"Now let's go to the tea party just like we've planned, Teresa." said Lenny.
"Also, Lenny, we're gonna make it to the tea party on time as well." said Teresa.
"Hey, so, about Pop, I still wish that he would just understand that I'm just myself," said Lenny.
"Me too, and even Mom and our grandparents wish for the same thing." said Teresa.
"He always expects me to be just like Frankie and he really needs to know that I can't be the shark he expects me to be for the sake of him and the rest of the family." said Lenny.
"True, Daddy really can't expect you to be just like Frankie 'cause you are just yourself and being yourself is alright." said Teresa.
"Yes, and about giving him a little time to understand that I'm just my own person, do you think it's gonna work," said Lenny.
"Of course it's gonna work, Lenny. All you have to do is give him a little time to understand that, and soon he will come to understand that you're just yourself." said Teresa.
"Okay, I will do that. I just hope that he would just understand that rather than forcing me to be a killer just like Frankie, and we haven't been very close to him 'cause of it." said Lenny.
"Look, we've used to be very close to him when we used to be young shark pups, but all of that was becoming very strained of you being different and me always taking your side," said Teresa.
"That's right, and hopefully things will improve between us and Pop when he accepts me for who I am somehow, especially of how things have been turning out lately." said Lenny.
"Now let's go to the tea party and have some fun with our brother Frankie, our best friends, the mobsters, and the children, Big Brother." said Teresa.
"And let's be prepared when Pop will finally come to understand that you are your own person if we just give him a little time to do so," said Lenny.
"Oh, and by the way, Daddy really needs to know that not all sharks are vicious and most of them prove to be very kind just like we are already." said Teresa.
"That's right, Little Sister, and it's very important for him to learn that not all sharks are killers as much as learning how to accept me for who I am. Now let's go already." said Lenny.
Both Lenny and Teresa then leave the kitchen together and they both began heading right towards the place where the latest tea party that is being attended by themselves, their older brother Frankie, their best friends from childhood Fiorenza, Jeremiah, Malcolm, and Imogene, some of the mobsters of the Five Families, and some of the children of each of the mobsters of the criminal underworld just as they work together to carry the twenty pizzas stacked together on the silver platter they made together for the tea party and the thirty cannolis being on the other silver platter they made together for the tea party just as they are both on the serving cart, and the two Lino siblings are very excited about the tea party that they will be attending along with Frankie and everybody else at the place where the tea party shall be held at in the RMS Titanic.
Also, just as Lenny and Teresa are heading to the tea party where it will be held at in the RMS Titanic and work together to carry the twenty pizzas and the thirty cannolis right on the serving cart throughout the hallway of the RMS Titanic, both Lenny and Teresa hope that Don Lino would come to understand that Lenny is perfect just the way he is and that he needs to learn all about that not all sharks in the Atlantic Ocean are violent and bloodthirsty killers but are actually gentle and friendly just like themselves, and because of how things have turned out lately due to Lenny being different from the other sharks and how Teresa would always take Lenny's side no matter what, they still also wish that their close and loving relationship with their father would somehow improve once he would come to accept Lenny for who he is and realize that not all sharks in the ocean are cold-blooded killers and prove that they're actually tenderhearted.
During their travel throughout the hallway of the RMS Titanic along with the twenty pizzas and the thirty cannolis on the serving cart in order to arrive at the tea party at elsewhere in the RMS Titanic where it shall be held at right after they made them together in the kitchen by helping each other out, and while they still are hoping that their father Don Lino would somehow come to accept Lenny for who he is rather than forcing him to become a killer which could somehow improve their relationship with him if he and Teresa gives him a little time to do so, Teresa informs Lenny that besides making such famous pizza and famous cannoli, he's also famous for making anything else when it comes to cooking, much to her and Lenny's own joy.
"Hey, Lenny," said Teresa.
"What is it, Teresa?" asked Lenny.
"Everybody else and I are aware that you're really good at making something else besides pizzas and cannoli," said Teresa.
"Like what?" asked Lenny.
"You know, making some calzones, spaghetti, lasagna, ravioli, tortellini, submarine sandwiches, garlic bread, and sausages, and they're always the best," said Teresa.
"You're right, Sis, and I'm really good at making some gelato, zeppole, sfogliatella, creme caramel, bomboloni, and paste di mandorla, and they're the best too." said Lenny.
"How about making those other meals and desserts for the tea party today too?" asked Teresa.
"I can, but that can be for the next tea party, and besides, this tea party is gonna start soon and I've only decided to make just the pizza and the cannolis for right now." said Lenny.
"Alright, Lenny, I understand that very well, and you're right, there's always next time for tea parties." said Teresa.
"We really need to do what we need to do, Teresa, and after the tea party, we're gonna plan on something else that is very important ever since we've been getting older." said Lenny.
"Mmm-hmm. Let's go already." said Teresa.
Lenny and Teresa both continued to head right towards elsewhere within the RMS Titanic for the upcoming tea party together along with the twenty pizzas and the thirty cannolis on the serving cart together that will be served during the whole tea party, and they both continue to have hope that their father Don Lino would eventually understand that Lenny is just his himself no matter what and that not all sharks in the ocean are cold-blooded killers which most of them prove to be very tenderhearted and when he will finally realize those things, things in their own relationship with him will hopefully somehow improve, even since that they both remember that they both had a very close and a very loving relationship with him during childhood before they got older.
Also, even though their relationship with Don Lino has been very strained due to Lenny being different from the other sharks and Teresa always encouraging Lenny to be different, they still love their father very much ever since they used to be young great white shark pups as much as their older brother Frankie, their mother Mildred, their grandparents Leonardo and Shelly, and anybody else in their whole crime family, and they still cherish their close and loving relationship with Don Lino every much which they have always cherished ever since they used to be young shark children and they are aware that he would do the same thing despite their estrangement.
The End
Disclaimer: I hope you enjoyed the very fifth episode Being A Somebody of my twenty four-part miniseries version of the 2004 DreamWorks animated film Shark Tale which is known as When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie which is one of my favorite DreamWorks animated films since childhood, and stay tuned for the sixth episode of the twenty four-part miniseries Rise Of A Fake Hero. If you enjoyed the fifth story of the miniseries version of the movie, please share your thoughts and opinions and you can review and favor and/or follow if you want to.