When Bubbie sends Flapjack and K'nuckles to get shelf polish on the "bad side" of town, they get into trouble with a group of alley kids and ultimately are challenged to a dance-off to get their possessions back.

Bubbie falls in love with a whale named Harvey, who kidnaps Captain K'nuckles and Flapjack to work in his factory on Laundry Island – unknown to Bubbie, who thinks they are ignoring her.

After Flapjack finds a pair of legs adrift at sea, Captain K'nuckles uses them to terrorize the people of Stormalong Harbor. However, when a sea monster's torso comes to reclaim the legs a battle for ownership ensues.

Captain K'nuckles steals a mermaid queen's heart filled with wishes (in the form of candy) so he and Flapjack can go to Candied Island, but they quickly misuse the wishes and learn a terrible secret about the mermaid.

Flapjack is dubbed Captain K'nuckles' guardian angel by Bubbie but when Flapjack annoys him with constant protection, K'nuckles fakes his own death to have peace.

Taunted by a rich boy for being poor, Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles search for diamonds that the rich boy claims are in the sewers of Upper Stormalong Harbor.