Splash And Bubbles

**Splash And Bubbles** is an American children's computer-animated television series created by **John Tartaglia** and produced by **The Jim Henson Company** and **Herschend Studios**. The series premiered on **PBS Kids** on November 23, 2016 and ended on August 6, 2018. It is produced using motion capture that blends with animatronic interfaces which enables the crew to make animation.

A single season of 40 episodes have been produced from 2016-2018.

## Premise

The series follows the underwater adventures of **Splash**, a yellowback fusilier (claimed to be a yellowtail fusilier by the Narrator at times) who settles in **ReefTown** after searching all over the ocean. He soon befriends **Bubbles**, a mandarin dragonet, and the duo, along with two other friends, **Dunk**, a pufferfish, and **Ripple**, a seahorse. Together, they explorer the reef and venture to make new friends.

Each episodes also includes a documentary segment titled "**Get Your Feet Wet**", which features children asking questions that are occasionally followed up by a musical number.

## Characters

**Main**

* **Splash -** The main protagonist of the series. Splash is cheerful, excitable, optimistic, and adventurous, but his biggest flaw is his stubbornness. He is a yellowback fusilier.
* **Bubbles -** Splash's best friend. She is a mandarin dragonet. Bubbles is tomboyish and enjoys messes and anything that is gross, slimy, gooey and yucky.
* **Dunk -** A dog-faced pufferfish who is extremely nervous and an intellectual. He is also a really good artist, most likely creating sand art. He happens to have a fear of sharks, but some of them like **Zee** and **Hamilton** are good friends of him. His biggest flaw is his fear of his friends not caring about him.
* **Ripple -** A pink Barbour's seahorse who lives with 499 brothers. She loves exploration, adventure and trying new things.

**Recurring**

* **Lu -** A high-spirited footballfish who resides in the ocean abyss, along with her husband Bob, who is embedded into her body. Her name is short for bioluminescent.
* **Bob -** Lu's husband, a male footballfish that lives on the left side of her body. He is attached is her and will live there his whole life for Lu.
* **Biggie -** One of Lu's friends, a spookfish who has big eyes.
* **Firefly Squid -** One of Lu's friends.
* **Pearline -** A clam with a pearl inside. She desires her experience in going to **Reeftown** with help from the **Reeftown Rangers**.
* **The Clusterwink -** A species of small sea snail that Lu gave Dunk.
* **Zee -** An adventurous zebra bullhead shark who lives for danger.
* **Mayor Sting -** An overconfident bluespotted ribbontail ray, who is the mayor of **Reeftown**.
* **Wave -** Reeftown's day octopus traffic guard. He has an extensive knowledge of the ocean, and often assists the gang in their adventures.
* **Tidy -** An ablutomanic garabaldi, who serves as a kelp forest ranger.
* **Gush -** An intelligent painted frogfish who is shown to have experience in dancing, helpful tips, and racing.
* **Flo -** A hawksbill sea turtle who acts as Reeftown's medical professional. She sings in the style of **Karen Carpenter**.
* **Iris -** A shy bluelashed butterflyfish who tries to find fit into her new lifestyle at **Reeftown**.
* **Chompy -** A pastel-colored parrotfish who experiences eating what she sees. She loves eating algae.
* **Polly & Bell -** Peach-colored twin white-spotted jellyfish. They live with their jellyfish siblings. These sisters like different things such as games, but according to their words, they come from the same polyp.
* **Charlie -** A brownish goldish Barbour's seahorse which lives with Ripple and her 499 brothers. He has a yellow body and he refers to her as **mija**, which literally translated as "**my daughter**" in Spanish. He likes mysid shrimp as his favorite food.
* **Ripple's 499 Brothers -** All of the green Barbour's seahorses. **Number 66** (voiced by **Sarah Oh**) wants to go on adventures like his sister. **Number 278** always wanders off like Number 66. She also mentions that **Number 342** is a storyteller, **Number 96** makes the silliest faces, **Number 77** sleeps next to her every night and **Number 231** always stealing her things.
* **Melody -** A female fin whale whose brother is in the Southern Ocean which is opposite to the Arctic. She helps Splash and his friends get home twice.
* **Mrs. Leafy & Mr. Leafy -** A friendly leafy seadragon couple that reside in a kelp forest off the coast of Australia.
* **Maury -** A quidnunc snowflake moray who lives in the caves and tunnels of Reeftown and is always eager to gather news of what goes on around the reef.
* **Snap -** A pistol shrimp who can't see very well, doesn't like moving and sometimes attacks with his big claw when he thinks they say "**Now!**"
* **Scout -** A goby fish who helps and protects Snap.
* **Denny -** A cleaner shrimp who acts as Reeftown's "**dentist**", and has an extensive knowledge of teeth.
* **Myshell -** A decorative decorator crab who likes to have her shell decorated. Her name is a pun on the phrase "**my shell**".
* **Dorsal -** A spinner dolphin, he likes playing games, and making friends.
* **Finny -** A green mandarin dragonet with freckled cheeks who has similar interests with Bubbles, like being messy and having a like for gross things.
* **Mo -** A sunfish who is Dunk's cousin.
* **Tyke -** A harbor seal who loves to snuggle with friends by nuzzling. She even gets carried away by playing.
* **Scoot -** A young sea turtle.

**One-Time Characters**

* **Plum, Ruby, Rose & Violet -** Red giant tube worms who finish each other's sentences.
* **Mortimer -** A little nautilus who seems shy at first, but then is excited to talk.
* **Puffy -** A purple pufferfish who has indigo eyelids.
* **Oblo -** A blobfish.
* **Dusty -** A green and gray parrotfish.
* **Neat -** A yellow garibaldi who is Tidy's wife.
* **Wart -** A frogfish. His body is orange colored compared to his dad's purple body.
* **Boo Hagley -** A hagfish with a British accent.
* **Archie -** A sea urchin whose color seems unknown.
* **Whitebeard -** An ancient humpback whale with barnacles on his chin. He is the **Santa Claus** of the **Arctic Ocean**, but way deep under the North Pole.

**The Jellyfish**

* There are four Christmas-colored white-spotted jellyfish who appear to be **Reeftown** tourists. Two are red and the other two are green. Their voices are squeaky unlike **Polly** and **Bell**.

**The Sharks**

* **Hamilton -** A friendly scalloped hammerhead shark.
* A friendly unnamed great white shark.

## Episodes

**Splash And Bubbles** - **The Jim Henson Company** & **Herschend Studios**

**Season 1 (2016 - 2018)**

1. **Lu The Explorer** / **I've Got Rhythm?**
2. **I Only Have Eyespots For You** / **Double Bubbles**
3. **Cleaner Of The Kelp** / **How Bubbles Got Her Moves Back**
4. **Dunk The Artist** / **Ripple's Sea Dragons**
5. **Tooth Treasure** / **Race Around The Reef**
6. **Dunk's Cleaning** / **Ripple's Whale Of A Tale**
7. **Golden Legs Gush** / **A Fish Called Mo**
8. **Deflated Dunk** / **Kelp Forest Keepers**
9. **Splash's Swim School** / **Light At The End Of The Tunnel**
10. **Small But Mighty** / **Washed Away**
11. **Super Splash** / **Pearlene**
12. **Guess Who?** / **Sleepless Sleepover**
13. **The Kelp Needs Help** / **Mountain Of Fire**
14. **One Big Ocean Part 1: Reeftown Rangers** / **One Big Ocean Part 2: Riding The Currents**
15. **One Big Ocean Part 3: The Fixer-Upper** / **One Big Ocean Part 4: No Place Like Home**
16. **The Greatest Treasure Of All** / **Crabulous**
17. **Here Come The Hammerhead** / **Denny's New Shell**
18. **The Sand Is Grand** / **The Treasure Trove**
19. **Mayor For A Day** / **Oblo From Down Below**
20. **Chompy's New Foods** / **Cloning Around**
21. **The House Hunt** / **Dolphin Games**
22. **Partner Pals** / **Ultimate Hide And Seek**
23. **My Son, The Frogfish** / **A Day For Papa**
24. **Bubbles' Little Friend** / **Mrs. Tidy**
25. **The Lure Of Rocks** / **What's The Story, Maury?**
26. **Smell Of Fear** / **A New 'Spin**
27. **Clubhouse Clash** / **Raise The Reef**
28. **Stormy Waters** / **Scoot On Over!**
29. **Puffy** / **The Big Shake**
30. **Yuck Or Treat** / **The Thing From Above The Reef**
31. **Whitebeard** / **Coral Day**
32. **Seal Sitters** / **From Ray To Zee**
33. **The Sea Sparkles** / **Tyke And Seek**
34. **Light's Out!** / **Catching Some ZZZ's**
35. **The Job Search** / **Reeftown's Got Talent**
36. **Mo's Sunburn** / **Imagin-Ocean**
37. **Gush's White Whale** / **Extreme Clean**
38. **The End Of The Ocean** / **Antarctic Ranger**
39. **Pole To Pole Part 1: Migration Vacation** / **Pole To Pole Part 2: Pebbles**
40. **Pole To Pole Part 3: The Whistling Whale** / **Pole To Pole Part 4: The Big Krill**

## One Big Ocean

On January 16, 2017, a four-part film titled "**One Big Ocean**" was released on **PBS Kids**.

The **ReefTown** kids catch the currents and embark on an epic journey across the sea to help a friendly young turtle named Scoot. Along the way they learn that all creatures are interconnected and how even a small gesture can greatly affect the friends and neighbors who share the one big ocean they call home.

The film was soon released on DVD.

## Pole To Pole

On August 6, 2018, a second four-part film named "**Pole To Pole**" was released on **PBS Kids**.

In the film, the **Reeftown Rangers** set off on an adventure from the Antarctic to the Arctic.

The film was soon released on DVD.

## Home Media

Home media releases of **Splash And Bubbles...**

* **One Big Ocean - DVD**
* **The Kelp Forest - DVD**
* **Pole To Pole - DVD**

Splash And Bubbles: One Big Ocean: DVD (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: The Kelp Forest: DVD (May 2019)Splash And Bubbles: Pole To Pole: DVD (October 2019)

## Books

Book releases of **Splash And Bubbles...**

* **Splash's Swim School**
* **Rhythm Of The Reef (book)**
* **Double Bubbles**
* **Shark Surprise**
* **The Greatest Treasure Of All**
* **Spooky Surprise**
* **A Friend Like You**
* **So Many Sea Creatures!**
* **My Colorful Reef**
* **I Love To Swim!**
* **Dive In, Lend A Fin!**
* **Penguins!**
* **Sharks!**

Splash And Bubbles: Splash's Swim School: Story Book (May 2019)Splash And Bubbles: Rhythm Of The Reef: Story Book (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: Double Bubbles: Story Book (December 2018)Splash And Bubbles: Shark Surprise: Story Book (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: The Greatest Treasure Of All: Story Book (December 2018)Splash And Bubbles: Spooky Surprise: A Touch-And-Feel Book (July 2019)Splash And Bubbles: A Friend Like You: A Touch-And-Feel Book (December 2018)Splash And Bubbles: So Many Sea Creatures: Story Book With Soft Tail Fin (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: My Colorful Reef: Story Book (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: I Love To Swim! Story Book (May 2019)Splash And Bubbles: Dive In, Lend A Fin! Story Book (June 2018)Splash And Bubbles: Penguins! Ocean Science Reader Book (November 2019)Splash And Bubbles: Sharks! Ocean Science Reader Book (November 2019)

## Songs & Discography

* **And So We Celebrate (Coral Day)**
* **Catch A Current**
* **Dark In The Deep**
* **Hanging With Friends**
* **Have You Heard?**
* **I Don't Know What I'm Doin' (I'm Just Doing It)**
* **I Never Knew About You**
* **Keep It Clean**
* **My Best Friend Ever**
* **One Big Ocean**
* **One Small Ripple**
* **Only In The Ocean**
* **Reeftown Rangers**
* **Rhythm Of The Reef**
* **Yucky**

**Splash And Bubbles: Rhythm Of The Reef** is a **PBS Kids Tunes** album that was released in 2018. It contains 16 songs, including 6 bonus tracks from the "**Get Your Feet Wet**" segments.

**Tracklist**

1. **Splash And Bubbles Theme Song**
2. **My Best Friend Ever**
3. **I Never Knew About You**
4. **One Small Ripple**
5. **I Don't Know What I'm Doin' (I'm Just Doin' It)**
6. **Dark In The Deep**
7. **One Big Ocean**
8. **Yucky**
9. **Hangin' With Friends**
10. **Rhythm Of The Reef**
11. **Reeftown Rangers**
12. **Catch A Current**
13. **Have You Heard?**
14. **Keep It Clean**
15. **Only In The Ocean**
16. **And So We Celebrate (Coral Day)**
17. **Living It Up**
18. **So Many Kinds Of Fish**
19. **The Parrotfish Song**
20. **No Bones**
21. **The Changing Tide**
22. **Seasonal Pond**

## Games

Game releases of **Splash And Bubbles...**

* **Ocean Guide**
* **Reeftown Rock Adventure**
* **Finball Friends**
* **Sand Art Spectacular**
* **Fintastic Fish Maker**
* **Help Our Kelp**

## Gallery

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