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 (2016-11-23) – present (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

Games

1. Finball Friends^[7]

Notes

References

External links

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