Sparkle Friends
New Zealand television series
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Sparkle Friends is a New Zealand animated series and segment produced by Mukpuddy Animation for New Zealand's long running children's show, What Now. The series stars the What Now presenters as children and a creature named Gun-gi, who vomits gunge, something that features heavily in What Now.
Created byMukpuddy Animation
Voices ofCharlie Panapa
Serena Cooper
Richard Mills
Tāmati Coffey
Jeremy Dillon
Jason Gunn
Serena Cooper
Richard Mills
Tāmati Coffey
Jeremy Dillon
Jason Gunn
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
| Sparkle Friends | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Mukpuddy Animation |
| Voices of | Charlie Panapa Serena Cooper Richard Mills Tāmati Coffey Jeremy Dillon Jason Gunn |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 2-3 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV2 |
| Release | 7 May 2006 – 25 July 2011 |
Cast
- Serena Cooper as herself
- Richard Mills as himself
- Tāmati Coffey as himself
- Jeremy Dillon as Gun-gi and other miscellaneous characters
- Jason Gunn as Camilla and other miscellaneous characters
- Gem Knight as Princess Gem from Gungetonia
- Jarrod Wright as Roadblock
- Richard Simpson as Chafe Duffield
- Jocelyn Dell Christian as Pashmina, the Toothfairy, the Valley Girls, and Lush
- Ryan Cooper as various miscellaneous characters
Episode list
Series 1 (2006)
Series 1 ran from 7 May to 2 July 2006.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Got Gunge?" | 7 May 2006 |
| 2 | 2 | "Snap!" | 14 May 2006 |
| 3 | 3 | "In the Deep End" | 21 May 2006 |
| 4 | 4 | "Teething Trouble" | 28 May 2006 |
| 5 | 5 | "It's All Downhill" | 4 June 2006 |
| 6 | 6 | "High Score" | 11 June 2006 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sparkletron" | 18 June 2006 |
| 8 | 8 | "Survival of the Cutest" | 25 June 2006 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Sparkle Show" | 25 June 2006 |
| 10 | 10 | "What Becomes of the Broken Gungi?" | 2 July 2006 |
Series 2 (2007)
Series 2 ran from 9 May to 9 July 2007.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | "Return of the Gun-gi." | 9 May 2007 |
| 12 | "Yabba Dabba Don't!" | 2007 |
| 13 | "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Gunge" | 2007 |
| 14 | "Kentucky Fried Charlie" | 2007 |
| 15 | "Invasion of the Richie Snatchers" | 2007 |
| 15 | "Beauty and the Yeast" | 2007 |
| 17 | "Are We There Yeti?" | 2007 |
| 18 | "Rock'em Sock'em." | 2007 |
| 19 | "Insert Coin Here." | 2007 |
| 20 | "Send Out the Clowns" | 2007 |
Series 3 (2008)
Series 3 ran from 15 July to 2 October 2008.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | "Son of a Gun-gi / Camilla at Large" | 15 July 2008 |
| 22 | "Almost Famous / Short Fuse" | 2008 |
| 23 | "Super Tu / Mo' Charlie Mo' Problems" | 2008 |
| 24 | "How Now Sea Cow / Summer Knights" | 2008 |
| 25 | "The Case of the Muddy Footprints / The Gungiest Place on Earth" | 2008 |
Series 4 (2009-10)
Series 4 ran from 17 November 2009 to 15 March 2010.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | "Super Tu 2" | 17 November 2009 |
| 27 | "Roadblock (Special)" | 2009 |
| 28 | "Spooky Sunday / Rainbow Connection" | 2009 |
| 29 | "The Girl Next Door / My Tu Front Teeth" | 2009 |
| 30 | "Sprinkle Kids / Attack of the 50ft Toby" | 2009 |
Series 5 (2010-11)
Series 5 ran from 8 November 2010 to 25 July 2011.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | "Sparkle Friends Next Level Part I" | 8 November 2010 |
| 32 | "Sparkle Friends Next Level Part II" | 2010 |
| 33 | "The Finale!" | 2010 |