Popples (2015 TV series)

Popples is a children's animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands, Method Animation and Zagtoon, in co-production with Nexus Factory and Umedia, with the participation of Tiji, Gulli, and DQ Entertainment International, and in association with SOFITVCINE 2 and UFund. The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes.^[2] It is an original series distributed by Netflix. The last Popples television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series.

Popples
Based on	the toyline and TV franchise by TCFC
Directed by	Olivier Derynck Ram Ganapati Rao
Starring	Erin Fitzgerald Grant George Wendee Lee Cassandra Morris Cindy Robinson Reba Buhr Ben Diskin Ezra Weisz Karen Strassman Christopher Corey Smith
Composers	Noam Kaniel Amanda Williams
Country of origin	United States France Belgium
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Jeremy Zag Jarod Wolfson Aton Soumache Cédric Pilot Brian Casentini Tapaas Chakravarti
Producers	John Hardman Phil Harnage Elie Dekel J.D. Smith Sylvain Goldberg Serge de Poucques Adrian Politowski Gilles Waterkeyn
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Saban Brands Method Animation Zagtoon Nexus Factory Umedia DQ Entertainment International
Original release
Network	Netflix[1]
Release	October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30) – July 24, 2016 (2016-07-24)

On May 1, 2018, Saban Brands sold Popples to Hasbro.^[3]

The series made its linear debut on Discovery Family on July 1, 2019.^[4] It aired there until September 2020.

On July 23, 2023, the series left Netflix due to licensing agreements that made it unavailable on the ad-supported plan.

Premise

Popples are depicted as an amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP's (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors and each other, their efforts often backfire in hilarious ways and they must spend the rest of the episode trying to unwind the mayhem they have caused. Luckily they always manage to save the day in their own POP-tastic way.

Characters

Main characters

• Bubbles (voiced by Cassandra Morris)^[5]
• Lulu (voiced by Cindy Robinson)^[6]
• Sunny (voiced by Wendee Lee Season 1, & Erin Fitzgerald Season 2-3)^[7]
• Izzy (voiced by Cindy Robinson)^[6]
• Yikes (voiced by Grant George)^[8]

Supporting characters

• Mike Mine (voiced by Ben Diskin)^[9]
• Gruffman (voiced by Ezra Weisz)^[10]
• Penny & Polly Popplar (both voiced by Reba Buhr)^[11]
• Miss Shush (voiced by Karen Strassman)^[12]
• Mayor Maynot (voiced by Various)
• Babapop (voiced by Various)
• Coach Loudly (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith)^[13]
• Mrs. Snooply (voiced by Various)
• HELP-R (voiced by Various)

Guest Star

• Squeaky Pop (voiced by Megan Nicole)^[14]

Episode list

Season 1

In 2014, Netflix announced that at least 26 episodes would be released.^[1][15] 10 episodes were planned for the first season; each episode runs for 22 minutes and consists of two segments. The episodes were released on October 30, 2015.^[16]

No. overall	No. in season	Title[17]
1a	1a	"Smart House Arrest"
1b	1b	"Sunny Loses Her Pop"
2a	2a	"It Doesn't Take a Genius"
2b	2b	"Palentine's Day"
3a	3a	"Help-R Hinder"
3b	3b	"The Legend of Popfoot"
4a	4a	"Win a Free Treehouse"
4b	4b	"Bubble's Doubles"
5a	5a	"Student Buddy President"
5b	5b	"The BFF App"

Season 2

The second season of Popples was released on Netflix on March 11, 2016.^[18]

No. overall	No. in season	Title[17]
6a	1a	"Fame & Misfortune"
6b	1b	"A Do Do Do Do-Over"
7a	2a	"The Curse of Popple Pete the Pirate"
7b	2b	"Teacher of the Year"
8a	3a	"Pop in the Name of the Law"
8b	3b	"At the Pop of Her Game"
9a	4a	"Izzy Lost in Space"
9b	4b	"Pop-Tivity Week"
10a	5a	"Popposites Attract"
10b	5b	"Lulu's Poplooloo Juice"
11a	6a	"S-Pop-Eech"
11b	6b	"Mayor Bubbles"
12a	7a	"Maid of Steel"
12b	7b	"Pop-Tervention"
13a	8a	"To Err is Popple"
13b	8b	"Dawn of the Dull"
14a	9a	"Pop n Hop Til You Drop"
14b	9b	"Stop the Robo Pop"
15a	10a	"Fallen Pop Idol"
15b	10b	"Bubble Trouble"

Season 3

The third season of Popples were released on Netflix on July 24, 2016.^[19]

No. overall	No. in season	Title[17]
16a	1a	"Tele Popples"
16b	1b	"It Takes Two to Tangle"
17a	2a	"Messy Pop Friends"
17b	2b	"Hocus Pop-us"
18a	3a	"Camp Out Freak Out"
18b	3b	"Ani Mall Insecurity"
19a	4a	"The Great Pop Race"
19b	4b	"Fear Pop"
20a	5a	"The Pink Popple Moon"
20b	5b	"Pop-Party Crashers"
21a	6a	"Pop-Sitters"
21b	6b	"Pause for Alarm"
22a	7a	"Little Pop Lies"
22b	7b	"Pop Luck"
23a	8a	"Seeing Double"
23b	8b	"Virtual-Pop-Reality"
24a	9a	"FrankenPopple"
24b	9b	"Pop Marks the Spot"
25a	10a	"Pop Up"
25b	10b	"Pop-Art"
26a	11a	"Little Pop of Horrors"
26b	11b	"The Popple Who Knew Too Much"

Merchandise

Saban Brands had exclusive rights to the Popples characters and had distributed a toy line through Spin Master from 2016 to 2018. Much like their earlier incarnations of the 1980s, the toys can be rolled into a ball and "popped" back out.