Splash and Bubbles

Splash and Bubbles
Genre	Adventure Educational Musical
Created by	John Tartaglia
Directed by	Bret Nilson David Skelly Hugh Martin
Voices of	John Tartaglia Leslie Carrara-Rudolph Raymond Carr Aymee Garcia
Theme music composer	Mike Himelstein Dena Diamond
Opening theme	"Splash and Bubbles Theme Song"
Composer(s)	Andrew Skrabutenas Mike Barnett Mike Himelstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lisa Henson Halle Stanford John Tartaglia Michael Shawn Lewis Jill Shinderman Julie Phillips Merrill Puckett Miller
Producer(s)	Tom Keniston
Editor(s)	Jouvens Exantus Phil Price
Running time	12 minutes
Production company(s)	The Jim Henson Company Herschend Studios
Release
Original network	PBS Kids
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	November 23, 2016 – present
External links
Official website
Production website

Splash and Bubbles (originally titled Splash!^[1]) is an American computer-animated children's television series created by John Tartaglia. The series debuted on PBS Kids on November 23, 2016.^[2] The series is produced using motion capture that blends with animatronic interfaces which enables the crew to make animation.^[3]

Premise

Splash and Bubbles follows a yellowback fusilier, Splash, who settles in Reeftown after looking all over the ocean. He then befriends Bubbles, a mandarinfish, and the duo, along with friends Dunk and Ripple, explore the reef to venture and make new friends. Each episode also includes a documentary segment, Get Your Feet Wet,^[4] which features kids asking questions that are occasionally followed up by a musical number.

Characters

Main characters

• Splash (voiced by John Tartaglia) is an adventurous yellowback fusilier fish who settles in Reeftown after exploring the world for a new home.
• Bubbles (voiced by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) is a tomboyish mandarinfish who likes being messy.
• Dunk (voiced by Raymond Carr) is an intellectual nervous pufferfish who serves as the comic relief of the group. He is also an artist, and can make art out of sand.
• Ripple (voiced by Aymee Garcia) is a seahorse who lives with 499 brothers. She loves adventure and trying new things.

Recurring characters

• Lu (voiced by Donna Kimball) is a high-spirited anglerfish who resides in the ocean abyss, along with her barnacle husband Bob. Her name is short for bioluminescent.
• Bob (voiced by Allan Trautman) is Lu's barnacle husband that lives on her body.
• Biggie (voiced by Sarah Oh) is one of Lu's friends, a spookfish who has big eyes.
• The Firefly Squid are one of Lu's friends.
• The Clusterwink (voiced by Sarah Oh) is a species of small sea snail that Lu gave Dunk.
• Moray, a snowflake moray who resides in the tunnels within Reeftown, and often provides helpful tidbits to the gang
• Denny, a cleaner shrimp who acts as Reeftown's "dentist", and has enextensive knowledge of teeth
• Zee, a Port Jackson shark who befriends Splash, Bubbles, and Dunk after she is assumed to be fearsome
• Mayor Sting
• Wave (voiced by Dan Garza) is Reeftown's octopus traffic guard. He has an extensive knowledge of the ocean, and often assists the gang in their adventures.
• Tidy is a garabaldi, who serves as a kelp forest ranger.
• Gush, an intelligent frogfish who is shown to have experience in dancing.
• Flo, a hawksbill sea turtle who acts as Reeftown's medical professional.
• Finney, a green dragonet who has similar interests with Bubbles, like being messy.
• Iris, a shy butterflyfish who tries to find fit into her new lifestyle at Reeftown.
• Mrs. Leafy and Mr. Leafy are a friendly leafy seadragon couple that reside in a kelp forest off the coast of Australia.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1a	1a	"Lu the Explorer"	Bret Nelson	Rachel Lipman	November 23, 2016	TBD
Dunk is scared to play hide-and-seek in the deep, so the gang sets out to help Dunk overcome his fear of the deep. Get Your Feet Wet: "What lives in the deep ocean?"
1b	1b	"I've Got Rhythm?"	David Skelly	Mark Drop	November 23, 2016	TBD
Wave the octopus loves music, but doesn't have rhythm. Get Your Feet Wet: "Does an octopus have a skeleton?"
2a	2a	"I Only Have Eyespots for You"	David Skelly	Joe Purdy	November 24, 2016	TBD
Splash tries to befriend someone who seems to ignore him by trying to confront the problem "face to face" . Get Your Feet Wet: "Is a moray eel a fish?"
2b	2b	"Double Bubbles"	Bret Nelson	Rachel Lipman	November 24, 2016[nb 1]	TBD
When a green dragonet plays with the group, Bubbles gets worried that her friends don't want to play with her anymore. Get Your Feet Wet: "Do animals in the ocean take baths?"
3a	3a	"Cleaner of the Kelp"	Hugh Martin	Michael Foulke	November 25, 2016	TBD
Splash, Bubbles, and Dunk meet Tidy, a kelp forest ranger. Get Your Feet Wet: "What is a kelp forest?"
3b	3b	"How Bubbles Got Her Moves Back"	David Skelly	Denise Downer	November 25, 2016	TBD
When Bubbles injures her fins, she tries to find other ways to get her moves back. Get Your Feet Wet: "I've never been to the ocean. What's it like?"
4a	4a	"Dunk the Artist"	Hugh Martin	Rachel Lipman	November 29, 2016	TBD
Dunk makes art on the ocean floor. Get Your Feet Wet: "If you could have an ocean superpower, what would it be?"
4b	4b	"Ripple's Sea Dragons"	Hugh Martin	Joe Purdy	November 29, 2016	TBD
Ripple investigates the legend of the sea dragon. Get Your Feet Wet: "What is a kelp forest?"
5a	5a	"Tooth Treasure"	Bret Nelson	Dave Cain, Laura Sams, and Robert Sams	November 30, 2016	TBD
The gang tries to return a trail of teeth to its owner.
5b	5b	"Race Around the Reef"	Bret Nelson	Jack Ferraiolo	November 30, 2016	TBD
Bubbles and Dunk learn about currents.
6a	6a	"Dunk's New Friend"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 1, 2016	TBD
Dunk is afraid to go to the cleaner shrimp when he has a parasite in his mouth.
6b	6b	"Ripple's Whale of a Tale"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 1, 2016	TBD
Ripple traces a sound from a fin whale.
7a	7a	"Golden Legs Gush"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 7, 2016	TBD
The gang doesn't believe that a frogfish used to be very fast when he was young.
7b	7b	"A Fish Called Mo"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 7, 2016	TBD
Dunk's cousin Mo comes to visit.
8a	8a	"Deflated Dunk"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 9, 2016	TBD
Dunk declares he won't puff up or get scared.
8b	8b	"Kelp Forest Keepers"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 9, 2016	TBD
Splash, Dunk, and Bubbles spend the day with Tidy.
9a	9a	"Splash's Swim School"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 21, 2016	TBD
The gang tries to duplicate Splash's old school's synchronized swimming abilities.
9b	9b	"Light at the End of the Tunnel"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 21, 2016	TBD
The gang follows a mysterious light.
10a	10a	"Small But Mighty"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 22, 2016	TBD
Zee the Zebra Bullhead Shark feels threatened about her shark identity.
10b	10b	"Washed Away"[5]	TBA	TBA	December 22, 2016	TBD
Dunk asks Splash, Bubbles, and Ripple to look over his art project when a tide comes.
11a	11a	"Super Splash!"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 17, 2017	TBD
The gang thinks Splash has a superpower.
11b	11b	"Pearlene"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 17, 2017	TBD
12a	12a	"Guess Who?"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 18, 2017	TBD
Splash, Dunk, and Bubbles help a fish before they know who it is.
12b	12b	"Sleepless Sleepover"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 18, 2017	TBD
13a	13a	"The Kelp Needs Help"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 19, 2017	TBD
Lu takes the gang into the deep to find a submarine volcano.
13b	13b	"Mountain of Fire"[6]	TBA	TBA	January 19, 2017	TBD

Games

1. Finball Friends^[7]

Notes

1. This episode first aired a day early on a program called "Splash and Bubbles Premiere," which also aired the first episode.

References

1. Gary Rusak (October 1, 2015). "Revving up for Brand Licensing Show". Kidscreen. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
2. Mercedes Milligan (May 19, 2016). "PBS KIDS Dates Premiere for Henson's 'Splash and Bubbles'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
3. "Splash and Bubbles". NInja Puppet Productions. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
4. "New wave of TV cartoons urge children to save seas". Phys.org. October 17, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
5. "Splash and Bubbles". Twin Cities PBS. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
6. "Splash and Bubbles". WTTW Chicago Public Media. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
7. "Finball Friends". PBS Kids. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Splash and Bubbles at the Internet Movie Database