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Bubble Guppies is an Canadian preschool children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is produced by using Autodesk Maya 3D software and revolves around the underwater adventures of a group of merperson preschoolers. The program premiered on Monday, January 24, 2011 as part Nickelodeon's block, The Play Date and also on iTunes. On December 17, 2012, Nickelodeon officially announced that Bubble Guppies is canceled due to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Plot

The Guppies live in the fictional underwater city of Bubbletucky. All the episodes generally follow the same format:

The episode starts with an introduction by Molly, saying "Hi, it's me, Molly, and it's time for-" only to be stopped by Gil performing an act related to the episode's subject; such as using a jackhammer in Build Me A Building!, or sleeping in a tent in The Legend of Pinkfoot!. One of the two then states "It's time for Bubble Guppies!", and the theme song plays. After the theme song, the Little Fish says the episode's name.

Something occurs when a character or two goes to school (example: Avi breaks his tail in Call a Clambulance! when Oona was going to school) the character or characters plays a major role in that plot. After that, the school day begins and the Bubble Guppies say "Good morning, Mr. Grouper!". Later, the remaining Guppie tells Mr. Grouper about what happened earlier. He states "Let's think about it," and the characters discuss the topic. A pop song performance follows, focusing on the episode's main topic.

One of the Guppies will go to a shop that mostly focuses on the topic (example: a doctor's office in Call a Clambulance!). The owner of the shop (played by another one of the Guppies) will asks questions about what he or she needs. Later, Mr. Grouper comes into the shop and says it's time for lunch, and the "Lunchtime" song plays.

At lunch, three of the characters make a food joke about the subject of the episode (example: Molly gets pizza and a banana, Oona gets a sandwich and a cookie, and Deema gets a sandwich and an ice cream "sun"-dae in The Moon Rocks!). After lunch, another Gil and Molly sketch is shown. (Note: In almost every episode, the little fish, stay the transition, quote "That's silly!" or "That's ridiculous!" after repeating the lunch joke.)

The Guppies do something fun which can determine another important character and leads Mr. Grouper talking more about the topic, which leads into a dancing song; though the order of the songs varies from episode to episode. Mr. Grouper then says it's time to go outside, the "Outside" song plays, and the Guppies act out a story about the topic, interfered with Adobe Flash-animated graphics. After this, Gil and Molly do another sketch.

The Guppies go on a field trip that focuses on the topic where it sometimes focuses on a problem shown in the beginning and involves the important characters and might determine another one, and the show concludes with the last Gil and Molly sketch and a reprise of the theme song, before cutting to the credits.

Production

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Bubble Guppies was originally supposed to premiere in 2006. At that time, it was being produced by Nick Digital. However, it was never finished due to work on other projects such as Umi-Zumi (a prototype version of Team Umizoomi).

Finally, in summer 2007, the episode "Happy Clam Day" was finished, but it had a lot of differences from the version that was aired; one of them being Mr. Grouper was taller and was still voiced by Jamie Watson. In the fall, Nickelodeon said they would air the show for their 2007-2008 season. But by mid-2008, only 10 other episodes were finished. In November 2008, Viacom fired 750 staff — the whole studio.

Nickelodeon decided to give up hope of finishing the show. But when Wild Brain heard about it, they decided to change the whole show.

Work on the show began in Spring 2010 at Wild Brain's new Los Angeles facility, and by December, 20 episodes were finished. Nickelodeon decided to pick it up again, and it was a success.

List of characters

• Molly (Brianna Gentilella), is a girl with a caring personality. She is the smart co-host and leader of the group, she has pink hair, brown eyes, a blue squiggly bikini top, and a blue squiggly tail.
• Gil (Zachary Gordon), is a boy with a silly personality. He is the silly co-host and the secondary leader of the group. He has blue hair, blue eyes, and a green camouflage tail.
• Goby (spoken by Jelani Imani, sung by Christopher Borger), is a boy with an imaginative personality. He is one of the followers of the group. He has indigo hair, brown eyes, and a purple/blue wavy tail.
• Deema (spoken by Angelina Wahler, sung by Selena Gonzalez), is a girl with a zany personality. She is one of the followers of the group. She has yellow curly hair, blue eyes, orange ear rings, an orange/yellow spotted bikini top, and an orange/yellow spotted tail.
• Oona (Reyna Shaskan), is a girl with a sweet personality. She is one of the followers of the group. She has purple hair, pigtails, yellowish skin, brown eyes, and a purple/pink swirly dress-like tail.
• Nonny (Eamon Pirruccello), is a boy with a calm and straight forward personality. He is one of the followers of the group. He has orange hair, green eyes, a blue scuba mask (his glasses), and a green striped tail.
• Bubble Puppy (Frank Welker) is a puppy who is Gil's pet and has orange and white fur. He has a green collar and a yellow fish license.
• Mr. Grouper (Tino Insana) is he Guppies' teacher who is orange and yellow, and can change colors. Mr. Grouper respects the kids imaginations, ideas, and suggestions. He always helps the kids understand the subject of each episode by "thinking about it."
• Little Fish (Skai Jackson) - A trio of fish that look alike.
• Crabs and Lobsters and Snails (Chris Phillips) - They are extra characters often seen doing activities in the background or making cameos.
• The Witch (Wanda Sykes) - She is the villain that appears in the episode "Bubble Puppy's Fin Tastic Fairytale Adventure".

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Season 2 (2011-2012)

References

1. Genzlinger, Neil (January 23, 2011). "Splish Splash: Fantastical Fish Tales". New York Times.
2. Bryson, Carey. "Bubble Guppies – TV Show Review for Parents". About.com:Kids, Movies & TV. About.com. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
3. "Bubble Guppies". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
4. ^ "About the Cast". Retrieved August 29, 2012.

External links

• Official Website
• Bubble Guppies at IMDb

• 2011 American television series debuts
• Children's television series
• English-language television series
• 2010s Nickelodeon shows