# Popples (2015 TV series)

Popples is a children's animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands, Method Animation and Zagtoon, in co-production with Nexus Factory and Umedia, with the participation of Tiji, Gulli, and DQ Entertainment International, and in association with SOFITVCINE 2 and UFund. The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes. It is an original series distributed by Netflix. The last Popples television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series.
On May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold Popples to Hasbro.
The series made its linear debut on Discovery Family on July 1, 2019. It aired there until September 2020.
On July 23, 2023, the series left Netflix due to licensing agreements that made it unavailable on the ad-supported plan.

## Premise

Popples are depicted as an amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP's (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors and each other, their efforts often backfire in hilarious ways and they must spend the rest of the episode trying to unwind the mayhem they have caused. Luckily they always manage to save the day in their own POP-tastic way.

## Characters
### Main characters

* Bubbles (voiced by Cassandra Morris)
* Lulu (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Sunny (voiced by Wendee Lee Season 1, & Erin Fitzgerald Season 2-3)
* Izzy (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Yikes (voiced by Grant George)

### Supporting characters

* Mike Mine (voiced by Ben Diskin)
* Gruffman (voiced by Ezra Weisz)
* Penny & Polly Popplar (both voiced by Reba Buhr)
* Miss Shush (voiced by Karen Strassman)
* Mayor Maynot (voiced by Various)
* Babapop (voiced by Various)
* Coach Loudly (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith)
* Mrs. Snooply (voiced by Various)
* HELP-R (voiced by Various)
Guest Star
* Squeaky Pop (voiced by Megan Nicole)

## Episode list
### Season 1

In 2014, Netflix announced that at least 26 episodes would be released. 10 episodes were planned for the first season; each episode runs for 22 minutes and consists of two segments. The episodes were released on October 30, 2015.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title |
| 1a | 1a | "Smart House Arrest" |
| 1b | 1b | "Sunny Loses Her Pop" |
| 2a | 2a | "It Doesn't Take a Genius" |
| 2b | 2b | "Palentine's Day" |
| 3a | 3a | "Help-R Hinder" |
| 3b | 3b | "The Legend of Popfoot" |
| 4a | 4a | "Win a Free Treehouse" |
| 4b | 4b | "Bubble's Doubles" |
| 5a | 5a | "Student Buddy President" |
| 5b | 5b | "The BFF App" |

### Season 2

The second season of Popples was released on Netflix on March 11, 2016.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title |
| 6a | 1a | "Fame & Misfortune" |
| 6b | 1b | "A Do Do Do Do-Over" |
| 7a | 2a | "The Curse of Popple Pete the Pirate" |
| 7b | 2b | "Teacher of the Year" |
| 8a | 3a | "Pop in the Name of the Law" |
| 8b | 3b | "At the Pop of Her Game" |
| 9a | 4a | "Izzy Lost in Space" |
| 9b | 4b | "Pop-Tivity Week" |
| 10a | 5a | "Popposites Attract" |
| 10b | 5b | "Lulu's Poplooloo Juice" |
| 11a | 6a | "S-Pop-Eech" |
| 11b | 6b | "Mayor Bubbles" |
| 12a | 7a | "Maid of Steel" |
| 12b | 7b | "Pop-Tervention" |
| 13a | 8a | "To Err is Popple" |
| 13b | 8b | "Dawn of the Dull" |
| 14a | 9a | "Pop n Hop Til You Drop" |
| 14b | 9b | "Stop the Robo Pop" |
| 15a | 10a | "Fallen Pop Idol" |
| 15b | 10b | "Bubble Trouble" |

### Season 3

The third season of Popples were released on Netflix on July 24, 2016.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title |
| 16a | 1a | "Tele Popples" |
| 16b | 1b | "It Takes Two to Tangle" |
| 17a | 2a | "Messy Pop Friends" |
| 17b | 2b | "Hocus Pop-us" |
| 18a | 3a | "Camp Out Freak Out" |
| 18b | 3b | "Ani Mall Insecurity" |
| 19a | 4a | "The Great Pop Race" |
| 19b | 4b | "Fear Pop" |
| 20a | 5a | "The Pink Popple Moon" |
| 20b | 5b | "Pop-Party Crashers" |
| 21a | 6a | "Pop-Sitters" |
| 21b | 6b | "Pause for Alarm" |
| 22a | 7a | "Little Pop Lies" |
| 22b | 7b | "Pop Luck" |
| 23a | 8a | "Seeing Double" |
| 23b | 8b | "Virtual-Pop-Reality" |
| 24a | 9a | "FrankenPopple" |
| 24b | 9b | "Pop Marks the Spot" |
| 25a | 10a | "Pop Up" |
| 25b | 10b | "Pop-Art" |
| 26a | 11a | "Little Pop of Horrors" |
| 26b | 11b | "The Popple Who Knew Too Much" |

## Merchandise

Saban Brands had exclusive rights to the Popples characters and had distributed a toy line through Spin Master from 2016 to 2018. Much like their earlier incarnations of the 1980s, the toys can be rolled into a ball and "popped" back out.