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 occurs. Flapjack is told the origin of his name before getting his first "special flapjacks." However, when Captain K'nuckles informs Flapjack he can't eat pancakes without syrup, so the two set out to solve the recent syrup shortage.