Popples is a children’s animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands and Zagtoon . The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes. [2] It is an original series distributed by Netflix . The last Popples television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series.
Characters
Main
- Lulu
- Izzy
- Bubbles
- Sunny
- Yikes
Others
- Mike Mine
- Gruffman
- Penny & Polly Popplar
- Miss Shush
- Mayor Maynot
- Babapop
- Coach Loudly
- Mrs. Snooply
- HELP-R
Voice cast
- Cindy Robinson – Lulu, Izzy
- Cassandra Morris – Bubbles
- Wendee Lee – Sunny
- Grant George – Yikes
- Ben Diskin – Mike Mine
- Ezra Weisz – Gruffman
- Reba Buhr – Penny & Polly Popplar
- Karen Strassman – Miss Shush
Episode list
Season 1
In 2014, Netflix announced that at least 26 episodes would be released. [1] [3] 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 Does not 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 | “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-vention” |
| 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 was 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-Reality-Pop” |
| 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 has the exclusive rights to the Popples characters and has distributed a toy line through Spin Master in 2016. Much like their previous incarnations of the 1980s, the toys can be rolled into a ball and “popped” back out.
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b Spangler, Todd (24 September 2014). “Netflix Picks Up ‘Popples’ Kidvid Series to Debut in 2015” . Variety . Retrieved 9 September 2016 .
- Jump up^ Truong, Kimberly (October 13, 2015). “Meet the Popples: Netflix unveils trailer, photos for new children’s show” . Mashable . Retrieved 9 September 2016 .
- Jump up^ ‘ ‘ Popples’ 2015: Netflix To Revive Iconic ’80s Children’s Cartoon’ . The Huffington Post Canada . Retrieved 9 September 2016 .