Popples (2015 TV series)
2015 American TV series or program
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Popples is a children's animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands, Method Animation and Zagtoon, in co-production with Nexus Factory and Umedia, with the participation of Tiji, Gulli, and DQ Entertainment International, and in association with SOFITVCINE 2 and UFund. The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes.[2] The series was commissioned by Netflix and was promoted as an original series for the platform. The last Popples television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series.
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Ram Ganapati Rao
Grant George
Wendee Lee
Cassandra Morris
Cindy Robinson
Reba Buhr
Ben Diskin
Ezra Weisz
Karen Strassman
Christopher Corey Smith
Amanda Williams
| Popples | |
|---|---|
| |
| Based on | the toyline and TV franchise by TCFC |
| Directed by | Olivier Derynck Ram Ganapati Rao |
| Starring | Erin Fitzgerald Grant George Wendee Lee Cassandra Morris Cindy Robinson Reba Buhr Ben Diskin Ezra Weisz Karen Strassman Christopher Corey Smith |
| Composers | Noam Kaniel Amanda Williams |
| Countries of origin | United States France Belgium |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeremy Zag Jared Wolfson Aton Soumache Cédric Pilot Brian Casentini Tapaas Chakravarti |
| Producers | John Hardman Phil Harnage Elie Dekel J.D. Smith Sylvain Goldberg Serge de Poucques Adrian Politowski Gilles Waterkeyn |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Saban Brands Method Animation Zagtoon Nexus Factory Umedia DQ Entertainment International |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix[1] |
| Release | October 30, 2015 – July 24, 2016 |
Premise
Popples are depicted as an amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP's (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors and each other, their efforts often backfire in hilarious ways and they must spend the rest of the episode trying to unwind the mayhem they have caused. Luckily they always manage to save the day in their own POP-tastic way.
Characters
Main characters
- Bubbles (voiced by Cassandra Morris)[3]
- Lulu (voiced by Cindy Robinson)[4]
- Sunny (voiced by Wendee Lee in the first season and Erin Fitzgerald in the final two seasons)[5]
- Izzy (voiced by Cindy Robinson)[4]
- Yikes (voiced by Grant George)[6]
Supporting characters
- Mike Mine (voiced by Ben Diskin)[7]
- Gruffman (voiced by Ezra Weisz)[8]
- Penny & Polly Popplar (both voiced by Reba Buhr)[9]
- Miss Shush (voiced by Karen Strassman)[10]
- Mayor Maynot (voiced by Various)
- Babapop (voiced by Various)
- Coach Loudly (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith)[11]
- Mrs. Snooply (voiced by Various)
- HELP-R (voiced by Various)
Guest Star
- Squeaky Pop (voiced by Megan Nicole)[12]
Development
On June 13, 2012, Saban Brands announced they had acquired the Popples interlectual property from American Greetings' AG Properties division and would plan to relaunch the property in Late-2013.[13] The relaunch was first shown off at Brand Licensing Europe that year.[14]
On September 24, 2014, it was announced a computer-animated series had been picked up by Netflix. The series would be a co-production between Saban Brands and ZAG Entertainment, and would premiere at the end of 2015.[15][1][16]
After the series ended, on May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold all its properties, including Popples, to Hasbro.[17]
Broadcast
The series made its linear debut in the United States on Discovery Family on July 1, 2019.[18] It aired there until November 2021.
On July 23, 2023, the series left Netflix due to licensing agreements that made it unavailable on the ad-supported plan.
Episode list
Season 1
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.[19]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title[20] |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | 1a | "Smart House Arrest" |
| 1b | 1b | "Sunny Loses Her Pop" |
| 2a | 2a | "It Doesn't 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.[21]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title[20] |
|---|---|---|
| 6a | 1a | "Fame & Misfortune" |
| 6b | 1b | "A 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-Tervention" |
| 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 were released on Netflix on July 24, 2016.[22]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title[20] |
|---|---|---|
| 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-Pop-Reality" |
| 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 had exclusive rights to the Popples characters and had distributed a toy line through Spin Master from 2016 to 2018. Much like their earlier incarnations of the 1980s, the toys can be rolled into a ball and "popped" back out.