Do you ever think that any of the Octonauts would wake up frantically from a dream and go get one of the others and eat them cause they think somethings wrong when really it was a dream that startled them?
Almost certainly; Barnacles is especially a victim of this- I mean have you seen some of the messes the crew get in to? The movies? Hell even the Amazon Adventure episode they all get separated and Kwazii even gets knocked out…
I would bet that the captain has woken up from an especially vivid dream and just.. desperately needs that confirmation that his family is safe. It might be a little startling for whoever gets swallowed but I think they would very quickly key in to how hes feeling and how fast his heart is beating and pivot to reassurance. Being cramped and slimy is little inconvenience when it comes to helping their leader-dad-bear feel better











