We recently watched an episode as a family. Similarly, when certain missions call a larger submarine that can separate into smaller parts, the crew busts-out versatile Gup-X. When it’s time to rescue Tweak’s rabbit father from the swamp, the Gup-K is dramatically introduced - part submarine and part hovercraft. But, as the show goes on, more complicated vehicles are required, and those vehicles are always introduced with some awesome fanfare. In the first season, the aforementioned submarines are limited to the Gup-A, the Gup-B, Gup-C, Gup-D, and Gup-E. Unlike so many kids’ shows aimed at preschoolers, what impresses me about the show is that it fully commits to building a made-up world. That’s why I’m truly obsessed with Octonauts. However, this show isn’t annoying about slipping in these animal facts, and that’s because you’re always way too wrapped up in the adventure. During the “Creature Report” song that ends most episodes, you get to see actual, real-life footage of the real-life creature as the Octonauts chant “Go Yeti Crab, Go Yeti Crab!” or whatever the species de jour happens to be. Other than the existence of the mutant Vegimals, and the fact that all the animals can talk, all the creatures encountered by the Octonauts are real. These things are my least favorite part of the show, but they beat Elmo every day of the week.Ī typical episode of the Octonauts consists of an encounter with a real-life animal that needs help. The Octonauts are assisted in their adventures by a crew of “Vegimals,” who are, naturally, half-vegetable and half animal. You’ve got Captain Barnacles (a Polar Bear), Peso the medic (a penguin), Tweak the engineer (a green rabbit), Dashi the communicator and photographer (a dog), Kwazii the former pirate (a cat), Shellington the scientist (a sea otter), and Professor Inkling, the founder of the Octonauts, a dumbo Octopus who wears a monocle and seemingly falls asleep in an armchair full of books every night. The titular Octonauts are all talking (mostly) non-aquatic animals. It is an action-adventure show in which the conflicts range from untangling the tentacles of a Lion’s Mane Jellyfish to locating and rescuing invasive species in the Florida everglades to attempting to reason with a Great White Shark while said Great White Shark is trying to eat you. The characters aren’t having meltdowns because somebody spilled the paint or ate a cupcake or whatever other bullshit dominates the vast majority of shows aimed at toddlers. Unlike most kids’ TV shows, Octonauts is not a show about feelings, and therefore it isn’t overly cloying. And I think it’s for one very good reason. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the past few months, ever since my daughter became a fan of the series, I’ve noticed myself becoming mildly obsessed. This crumb of trivia is far from the only piece of information I have rattling around in my brain about the children’s show Octonauts. That’s right, adorable talking animals who live underwater and save other adorable animals from danger, have twenty-five different submarines they can drive around to accomplish their various heroic goals. Do you know how many different kinds of submarines you’d be able to drive if you lived on the fictional underwater mobile sealab, the Octopod? The answer depends on which season you watch of Octonauts, but I’m pretty sure the correct answer is 25.
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