That’s the upside-down premise to DreamWorks Animation’s sweet Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken ... turn her into a massive iridescent Kraken. Mother says she can’t go, despite Ruby’s pleas.

Ruby struggles even more to fit in when her mother forbids her from going to the beach. After disobeying her mother's rules, she discovers that she is descended from the warrior Kraken queens and ...

While trying to navigate the usual problems of an awkward teenager, Ruby also has to contend with the fact that she's actually a kraken who turns into a giant monster whenever she ends up in water.