4. Fish Out of Water

Complete story — includes the ending

BoJack attends a film festival in the Pacific Ocean, where he cannot understand the native tongue and is forced to wear a helmet that prevents him from speaking. He spots Kelsey Jannings there for her new film and writes a halfhearted apology note for getting her fired, but is swept onto a bus by a school of minnows and taken out of the city before he can deliver it. On the bus, BoJack watches a seahorse give birth and accidentally leave one of his babies behind. BoJack forms a kinship with the infant and tries to return it to its father, a series of hijinks leading them through the deep sea and a taffy factory. He eventually gets it home and turns down the father's offer of money, but is saddened when he realizes he cannot tell which of the children is the one he rescued. He returns to the city to find that Secretariat is a big success. After seeing Kelsey leaving, he writes a heartfelt note about connection and gives it to her, but is horrified to see the ink has dissolved in the water as she leaves in annoyance. A human tells BoJack to get out of the way by pressing a button on his helmet, causing BoJack to realize he could have spoken the whole time while he was underwater. Winner of "Special Distinction for a TV Series" at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.