Sparkle Friends

Sparkle Friends
Format	Children's
Created by	Mukpuddy Animation
Starring	Gem Knight, Charlie Panapa, Camilla the Gorilla and Gungi
Country of origin	New Zealand,
Production
Camera setup	Animation
Broadcast
Original channel	TV2
Picture format	PAL
Original run	2006 – 25 July 2011
External links
Website

Sparkle Friends was an animated series produced for New Zealand's long running children's show, What Now?. The series stars the What Now presenters as children and also a magical creature named Gun-gi who vomits a green liquid which makes the presenters have super powers. Each episode is approximately 3 minutes long and is produced in 1 week by Mukpuddy Animation.

Sparkle Friends is now broadcast in Australia on ABC Television.

Voices

• Charlie Panapa (Charlie)
• Gem Knight (Princess Gem from Gungetonia)
• Serena Cooper-Rongonui (Serena, season 1-4)
• Richard Mills (Richie - Season 1 & 2)
• Tamati Coffey (Tamati - Season 1 & 2)
• Tumehe Rongonui (Tu - Season 3-5)
• Ryan Cooper (Bigfoot, Hugo the Sea Cow, The Hunter, Cat Villain, The Bodyguard, Evil Moustache, Creepy Chicken, Bluebeard the Pirate, Sandwitch, Mr Glee, Casio, Thomas, Ralph, The Cupcake Queen, Toby, Myrtle the Turtle, Grodie Starlight)
• Jeremy Dillon (Gun-gi, misc characters)
• Jarrod Wright (Roadblock)
• Richard Simpson (Chafe Duffield)
• Jocelyn Dell Christian (Pashmina, The Toothfairy, The Valley Girls, Lush voice)
• Jason Gunn (Camilla, misc characters)

Episode list

Charlie, Tamati, Richie, Sarena and Tu.

Season 1

1. Got Gunge?

2. Snap!

3. In the Deep End

4. Teething Trouble

5. It's All Downhill

6. High Score

7. Sparkletron

8. Survival of the Cutest

9. The Sparkle Show

10. What Becomes Of The Broken Gungi?

Season 2

11. Return of the Gun-gi.

12. Yabba Dabba Don't!

13. Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Gunge

14. Kentucky Fried Charlie

15. Invasion of the Richie Snatchers

15. Beauty an the Yeast

17. Are We There Yeti?

18. Rock'em Sock'em.

19. Insert Coin Here.

20. Send Out the Clowns

Season 3

1. "Son of a Gun-gi / Camilla at Large"
2. "Almost Famous / Short Fuse"
3. "Super Tu / Mo' Charlie Mo' Problems"
4. "How Now Sea Cow / Summer Knights"
5. "The Case of the Muddy Footprints / The Gungiest Place on Earth"

Season 4

1. "Super Tu 2"
2. "Roadblock (Special)"
3. "Spooky Sunday / Rainbow Connection"
4. "The Girl Next Door / My Tu Front Teeth"
5. "Sprinkle Kids / Attack of the 50ft Toby"

Season 5

1. Sparkle Friends Next Level Part I

2. Sparkle Friends Next Level Part II

External links

• What Now official website
• Sparkle Friends MySpace
• Mukpuddy Animation official website