Octonauts: Above & Beyond

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Octonauts: Above & Beyond
Octonauts — Above & Beyond.jpg
Promotional poster
Based onCharacters
by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy
Directed byPatrice Bérubé
Voices of
Theme music composerDarren Hendley
ComposerDarren Hendley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (24 segments)
Production
Executive producerAndrew Hymas
Producers
  • Michael Hefferon
  • Steve Jacobson
  • Rachel Simon
  • Kim Dent Wilder
EditorTanner Adams
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesMainframe Studios
Silvergate Media
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Netflix
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture formatHDTV 1080p
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07) –
present
Chronology
Related showsOctonauts

Octonauts: Above & Beyond is a children's streaming television series that is a spinoff of Octonauts.[1] Produced by Mainframe Studios and Silvergate Media for Netflix, the spin-off series premiered on September 7, 2021.[2]

A second season is set for a 2022 release.[2]

Characters[]

The Octonauts, consisting of the Octopod crew and captain, are the recurring main characters.

Original Main Characters[]

These are the Octonauts that were in the original series, including the captain. They are unchanged in "Above & Beyond".

Name Rank Species Voice cast Description
Barnacles Captain Polar bear Simon Greenall (speaking)
Simon Foster (singing) 		Barnacles is the brave polar bear captain of the Octonauts. He knows how to drive any vehicle and is strong enough to lift a giant clam. Catchphrases: "Octonauts, let's do this", "Sound the Octo-Alert!", "Octonauts, to the launch bay!" and "Hold on, this could get bumpy".
Kwazii Lieutenant and Cryptozoologist Cat Rob Rackstraw A cat who speaks in a Cockney accent. Kwazii is a daredevil cat with a mysterious pirate past. He believes in many sea monsters such as the Nackerwhack, Tri-Toothed-Terror, Giant Shrimp Monster, Monster of Creepy Cove and others and likes to drive fast in the Gup-B. In the episode "The Octonauts and the Giant Spider Crab", it is revealed that he has a fear of spiders. Catchphrases: "Shiver me whiskers" and "Yeow!".
Peso Medic Penguin Paul Panting (UK)
Wayne Grayson (US) 		He is a penguin with a British accent (Spanish accent in the US version) and the medic of the Octonauts. He is not fond of scary situations, but if someone is hurt or in trouble he can be the bravest Octonaut of all. He has a younger brother called Pinto. Catchphrase: "Flappity flippers!".
Inkling (Prof.) Oceanographer and Founder Dumbo octopus Keith Wickham An octopus who speaks in a posh accent. Inkling brought the Octonauts together, to study the oceans and have adventures. Catchphrase: "Fascinating!"
Shellington (Dr) Biologist Sea otter Keith Wickham A sea otter who speaks with a Scottish accent. Dr.Shellington is a biologist who assists the Octonauts on missions. He is not a very good driver and once crashed the GUP-D. Catchphrase: "Jumping jellyfish!" and "Fascinating".
Tweak Engineer Rabbit Jo Wyatt A rabbit who speaks with a Southern-US accent. Tweak lives and works in the launch bay. She often invents things like the GUP-X, GUP-S, the Octo-Max suit, and the Friend Finder she made for her friend, Sandy the leatherback sea turtle. She often refers to Captain Barnacles as "Cap". Catchphrases: "Right away, Cap!", "...faster than you can say 'buncha munchy crunchy carrots'!", and "Oh, me, oh, my!".
Dashi (Previously Sauci) Computer programmer and photographer Dog (Dachshund) Teresa Gallagher (UK)
Jenny Yokobori (US) 		A dog who speaks with an Australian accent (American in the US version). Dashi is the photographer for the Octonauts, and takes care of all the computers aboard the Octopod. She's also a professional surfer. Catchphrase: "Already on it, Captain!"

Note: Recent UK editions of the books changed Sauci's name to Dashi to match the television series.[citation needed]

Tunip Chef and Horticulturist Vegimal TBA Tunip is half-tuna, half-turnip, but has the outward appearance of a harbor seal mixed with a turnip. He loves to make kelp cakes and to work in the greenhouse. He often faints at shocking news. Tunip the Vegimal is the Octonauts' head cook and gardener. He is a Vegimal, a half-animal, half-vegetable creature capable of breathing on land as well as underwater. Tunip is very childish and innocent, always wanting to help the Octonauts in any way he can. He is the smallest main character in the Octonauts crew. Aside from cooking the meals, Tunip works in the garden, cultivating vegetables he can use to cook meals. His two favorite meals are fish biscuits and kelp cakes. Tunip, like all Vegimals, speaks Vegimalese. Since he was born, his first words were "Cheepa cheepa!, Cheepa cheepa!" and "Zuupa zuupa!"

New Main Characters[]

These are the new characters that were added to the Octonauts crew in the series "Above & Beyond".

Name Rank Species Voice cast Description
Paani Hydrologist Macaque Monkey Antonio Aakeel Paani is a Macaque Monkey who joins the Octonauts as an Octo-agent in the first episode of Above and Beyond. He is a hydrologist who studies how water affects all kinds of beings. He is brave and daring, and also impulsive, similar to Kwazii. He gets off on the wrong foot with Kwazii though, because Kwazii is the one who catches him trying to steal supplies from the team to help animals suffering from a drought.
Min Cartographer Red panda Chipo Chung Min joins the Octonauts as a recurring member of the team in Above and Beyond. She is friends with Professor Inkling. She is very creative and talented at making maps.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2021)[]

No.TitleOcto-Alert
sounded by		Original release date [3]
1"The Octonauts and the Skeleton Coast Adventure"BarnaclesSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)
After being beached on the Skeleton Coast following a storm, the crew encounters Paani, a macaque working as a hydrologist, and soon find themselves working to help a herd of elephants find water.
2"The Octonauts and the Land of Fire and Ice"
"The Octonauts and the Beetle Invasion"		Paani (offscreen)/Calico Jack (offscreen)September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

During a volcanic eruption in Iceland, a volcano begins melting the ice of the glacier sitting on top of it, threatening to flood a valley below and take out 2 reindeer herds unless Dashi, Peso and Paani can evacuate them.

Kwazii sets off to assist Calico Jack in taking a group of bombardier beetles to a new island home, but they have to catch the group's scout first, and he is proving difficult to catch.
3"The Octonauts and the Wild Windstorms"
"The Octonauts and the Siberian Salamander"		Kwazii (offscreen)/PaaniSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

After a delivery run to ferry supplies to Professor Natquik in Antarctica, Dashi must fly to a tropical island with Peso and Tweak in tow to help Kwazii and Pete rescue Calico Jack from a pile of trees. However, Dashi has to fly through a rough windstorm first.

Paani loses his soil sampling pole while doing research in Siberia with Professor Inkling. When Dashi and Peso arrive, the group discover a Siberian Salamander frozen in ice, and after she wakes up all present are in danger, with underground methane deposites beginning to blow.
4"The Octonauts and the Hot Spring Snake"
"The Octonauts and the Devil's Hole Pupfish"		Paani (offscreen)/Pearl (offscreen)September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Paani rescues a Bailey's snake from a mudflow in the Himalayan Mountains and calls for backup, which arrives in the form of Dashi, Tweak, Tunip, and the new Terra-Gup 1. The group now has to find the snake a new hot spring to call home.

After the Nevada desert gets hit by an earthquake from Alaska, Pearl calls for backup to help clear rocks off an algae patch in Devil's Hole so that the pupfish can access their food. Peso, Dashi, and Shellington arrive to help, but the severity of the situation very quickly rises.
5"The Octonauts and the Australian Outback Mystery"
"The Octonauts and the Antarctica Rescue"		Barnacles (offscreen)/Professor NatquikSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Towards the end of their Australian vacation, Dashi and Koshi receive a weather warning and begin evacuating the local area before a flash flood hits. But after helping 2 kangaroos and a bearded dragon, the duo have to find a pregnant desert crab.

Dashi and Paani head off for Antarctica to help Professor Natquik investigate the possibility of running water in Antarctica. However, when a lost skua comes into the picture, Paani and the misplaced seabird have to rely on Natquik and Dashi for a rescue.
6"The Octonauts and the Caterpillar Caravan"
"The Octonauts and the Curious Penguin"		Min/Shellington (offscreen)September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Dashi and Min discover a group of Quino Checkerspot caterpillars while mapping a valley, but while the bugs nap until more plantains grow, the 2 must move them and keep them safe with the help of Shellington and Tunip.

Peso's little brother Pinto must return home from his stay with the Octonauts, but while attempting to help Dashi he becomes distracted, which becomes problematic when she and Paani get stuck in a boiling sulfur pool in Yellowstone Park.
7"The Octonauts and the Rocky Mountain Rockslide"
"The Octonauts and the Bamboo Rescue"		Paani/Min (offscreen)September 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Paani calls in for backup when a rockslide begins in the Rocky Mountains, which arrives in the form of Barnacles, Tweak, and a few Vegimals in the new Terra-Gup 2. Unfortunately, they have to evacuate some stubborn mountain goats who are not keen on leaving.

Barnacles, Dashi and the Vegimals set off to help Min relocate a giant panda who just ate up an entire bamboo grove in China. Unfortunately, things get complicated when a second one shows up halfway to the bamboo.
8"The Octonauts and the Hurricane Hunter Adventure"
"The Octonauts and the Little Goby"		Tweak/TominnowSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Dashi, Paani and Tweak follow a developing hurricane to track it's direction. When they reveal that the storm is heading for the Florida Everglades, however, the Octo-Ray gets caught in the fierce winds, preventing them from assisting Ranger Marsh.

While the Octonauts are clearing up an island after a tropical storm, the Vegimals attempt to help a misplaced goby return to his home pond. Kwazii soon shows up to help, especially when a hungry bird comes after the goby.
9"The Octonauts and the Golden Mole"
"The Octonauts and the Giant Weta"		Dashi/PaaniSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Kwazii joins Tracker in a test in the Sahara Desert. However, a young golden mole and Kwazii's misplacement of their supplies mean that they quickly encounter problems when a sandstorm hits.

Paani, Shellington and Kwazii search New Zealand for a weta in trouble, but after 3 duds discover that the endangered weta is a Tasman Lake Giant Weta, one who is in danger of being eaten by hungry rats.
10"The Octonauts and the Sleepwalking Dormice"
"The Octonauts and the Harlequin Duck"		Paani/Pete the ParrotSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Paani discovers a nest of dormice which have prematurely woken from their hibernation, but when Shellington and Tweak arrive to help, all three have to hurry before the dormice get caught by a hungry weasel.

While examining the results of coastal erosion on an island's shoreline, Kwazii, Tracker and Calico Jack have to reunit a Harlequin Duck mother with her wayward nest. Unfortunately, a clever and hungry raven manages to fool Calico Jack and steal an egg.
11"The Octonauts and the Mountain River Cave"
"The Octonauts and the Nine Banded Armadillo"		Ryla/Ranger MarshSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

While on a spelunking expedition in the Hang Son Doong caves, Kwazii, Shellington and Ryla get trapped while an unexpected rainstorm hits, and are trapped with an indochinese tiger.

Tweak and Dashi set off to help Ranger Marsh track down a turtle egg that vanished after a swamp fire, narrowing the suspect down to a misplaced nine banded armadillo.
12"The Octonauts and the Fire Ants"
"The Octonauts and the Flying Foxes"		Paani/DashiSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

After Paani gets swept up by a river flood in a rainforest downpour, Dashi and Tweak arrive to check on him and discover a colony of fire ants doing so. Unfortunately, the insects climb onto the Octo-Ray while a bigger storm is approaching.

Peso and Dashi get stranded in the Australian wilderness after the Octo-Ray overheats while cooling off some flying foxes. However, they must hurry to help a flying fox mother and her baby, who is drastically overheating by the minute.
13"The Octonauts and the Puffin Colony"
"The Octonauts and the Monster Digger"		Peso/TweakSeptember 7, 2021 (2021-09-07)

Peso and Tunip are helping to feed a colony's new pufflins while Kwazii tries to fend off a seagull until Barnacles returns with some missing puffins.

While responding to Paani after losing contact with him, Peso, Tweak, and Tunip have to stay with him until a lightning storm passes so Dashi can pick them up. Unfortunately, Tunip gets stuck in a landslide, but the others receive help in the form of a neighboring giant pangolin.

Release[]

Octonauts: Above & Beyond debuted on September 7, 2021, on Netflix.[2] A trailer was released on August 10, 2021.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Octonauts: Above & Beyond' Coming to Netflix". Animation World Network. August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Lyman, Paige (August 25, 2021). "Netflix Swims with New 'Octonauts' Spinoff Show in Sept". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Octonauts: Above & Beyond – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Netflix Jr. (August 10, 2021). Octonauts: Above & Beyond NEW Series Trailer | Netflix Jr. YouTube. Retrieved August 10, 2021.

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