The octonauts

Television series
German title	The octonauts
Original title	The Octonauts
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Year (s)	since 2010
Production company	Silvergate Media, Brown Bag Films
length	11 minutes
Episodes	92 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre	Children's series
idea	Vicki Wong , Michael C. Murphy
music	Darren Hendley
First broadcast	September 16, 2010 (UK) on CBeebies
German-language first broadcast	November 8, 2011 on Disney Junior
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The Octonauts (original title: The Octonauts ) is a British children's series that is about eight adventurers who live in an underwater base called the Octopod . Her motto is: explore, save, protect. There are currently (as of February 2015) 92 episodes of around eleven minutes each, as well as some special episodes.

characters

main characters

rank	Surname	Name original	Voice actor	Animal species
Captain	Barnius	Barnacles	Jaron Lowenberg	Icebear
lieutenant	Kwasi	Kwazii	Bernhard Völger	cat
doctor	peso	peso	Dirk Stollberg	penguin
Marine biologist and founder	Professor Tintling	Incl	Matthias Klages	Octopus
scientist	Sebastian (Dr.)	Shellington	Felix Spit	Sea otters
engineer	Trixie	Tweak	Tanya Kahana	Rabbits
IT officer and photographer	Dana	Dashi	Isabelle Schmidt	dog
Ship's cook and gardener	Tunip (carrots)	Tunip	Anja Rybiczka	Half animal, half plant

Minor characters

In the various episodes the octonauts also meet other sea creatures. The octonauts themselves and these sea creatures speak in different accents. For example, the crabs have a French accent (for example, they say "na güt" instead of "na good").

vehicles

The octopod itself is the underwater base where the octonauts live. It looks like a huge octopus. In the middle, the "head" so to speak, is the navigating bridge with screens and computers. The rooms in which octonauts live are connected to the command bridge with hoses. The octopod stands on the sea floor, but can also move and be steered like a ship.

GUPPY A is a propeller-driven underwater vehicle that is mainly used by the captain and looks like a deep-sea frogfish .

GUPPY B looks like a tiger shark and is the fastest vehicle, including a turbo button.

GUPPY C looks like a blue whale and can tow other vehicles.

GUPPY D looks like a giant manta ray .

GUPPY E is the ambulance vehicle. It's green and looks like a guppy .

GUPPY F is a pedal-powered metal vehicle. It appears for the first time to catch GUPPY A when it escaped as a result of a defective remote control.

GUPPY S is a submarine that looks like a narwhal due to a drill point attached to the front . The 'Guppy S' can be divided into two independent vehicles, whereby the front part can be used as an amphibious snowmobile. The remaining, rear part can drive on the seabed with the help of a chain drive. The 'Guppy S' is presented in the special episode "The Octonauts and the Over and Under Adventure".

GUPPY X is a strong and stable vehicle that Trixie gave Captain Barnius for Christmas, it can drive on the sea floor - similar to a bulldozer .

series

Each episode includes exploring and, as a result, saving or protecting the sea creatures or apparitions. If the octonauts themselves or the sea creatures to be researched are in danger, Captain Barnius always triggers the "octo alarm". For example, he calls out: "Kwasi - set off the octo alarm!" - whereupon Kwasi presses a button with the logo of the octonauts and Captain Barnius sends the octonauts with the words "octonauts - into the lock room!" or "Octonauts - into the control room!" calls together. All octonauts have glass helmets that extend over their entire heads and that they can put on at the push of a button so that they can go into the water. They also have radio contact with each other and with the Octopod via these helmets. At the end of some episodes, the octonauts still sing the "octolong" (initiated by Captain Barnius with "Kwasi - Lös das Oktolied aus!"), Which again deals with the explored sea creature, among other things, real scenes are sometimes shown on the monitors displayed on the navigating bridge.

Episodes

Awards

• Gold record in the Kids Award, Germany
  • 1 × “Gold” for episode 1 The octonauts and the treasure map and for episode 2 The octonauts and the underwater storm

Web links

• The Octonauts in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on May 23, 2016