Floogals

Floogals^[1] (also called The Floogals, ^[1] sometimes misspelled The Floogles^[1]) is a preschool Sprout television series developed by UK Independent production company The Foundation from an original idea by Dan Good (Waybuloo). Production took place in London during 2014 and 2015 with all CGI animation by Jellyfish Pictures. Floogals Series 1 is a Foundation/Zodiak and Nevision co-production for Sprout . .^[1]

It also airs as part of Discovery Kids (Latin America),^[2] Hop! Israeli Childhood,^[2] Knowledge Network,^[2] NBC Kids,^[3] Spectrum Film Indonesia,^[2] TVO Kids, and Pikkukakkonen of Yle Finland.^[2]The show launched on January 23, 2016.^[4]

Crew

Producers: Ceri Barnes - Show Runner

• James Cabourne
• Nigel Pickard Exec Producer
• Lou Ferrigno helped to produce Project Painting / Project Egg Hunt and Project Clock / Project Roller Skates

Characters

Floogals:

• Boomer^[5] the Junior^[3] addresses self "Junior Floogal Boomer"
• Flo^[6] the First Officer^[3] addresses self "First Officer Flo Floogal", her four Floogal Horns are at the top half of her head, instead of 2 on top and top on bottom like the males
• Fleeker^[7] the Captain^[3] addresse self "Captain Fleeker Floogal"
• Floog is mentioned when the three explorers say "Floog liked it". He is also called Mission Control.

Hoomans:

• Dad aka "Dad Hooman", his name is Michael as mentioned in the episode, "Project:Washer/Dryer" (probably Mr. King)
• Evie aka "Girl Hooman" (probably Evie King)
• Luke ("Lukie") aka "Boy Hooman" (probable Luke King)
• Mom aka "Mom Hooman", her surname is mentioned in Project Halloween when a kid compliments her on her Jack-o-Lantern, calling her Mrs. King
• Aunt Samantha
• Hugo, Evie & Luke's baby cousin in "Project Baby".

Episodes

Full episodes

There are 52 episodes each 11 minutes.^[1]

Known numbers:

• Episode 2 "Project Tortoise"^[8]
• Episode 7 "Project Leash" 22 December 2015^[9] then 23 January 2016
• Episode 18 "Project Glue"^[10]\
• Episode 43: "Project Umbrella" 22 December 2015^[11] then 18 January 2016

Official numbers needed:

• Project Banana 18 January 2016
• Project Mirror 18 January 2016
• Project Glue 25 January 2016
• Project Toothbrush 25 January 2016
• Project Washer Dryer 27 January 2016
• Project Balloon 28 January 2016 and 16 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Trumpet 29 January 2016 and 17 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Helicopter 30 January 2016
• Project Puzzle 30 January 2016 and 16 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Ice 31 January 2016 and 14 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Sleepover 1 February 2016
• Project Bubbles 2 February 2016 and 18 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Baby 3 February 2016 and 14 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Flashlight 4 February 2016 and 18 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Record Player 5 February 2016
• Project Boxes 6 February 2016
• Project Garden Hose 6 February 2016
• Project Rollerskates 8 February 2016 and 21 March 2016 on TVO
• Project Seeds 8 February 2016
• Project Rubberbands 9 February 2016
• Project Clock 15 February 2016

In addition to airing individually, some episodes air together in a full 1/2 hour block:

• Ice + Sleepover 15 February 2016 and 19 March 2016
• Tortoise + Washer Dryer 15 March 2016
• Painting + Egg Hunt 26 March 2016

Shorts

• Floogals Discover Ice^[12]
• Floogals Welcome to Earth^[13]
• Floogals - Banana^[14]
• Floogals - Turtle^[15]
• Today's Project - Washer Dryer^[16]
• Floogal Your World^[17]
• Blooper Reel^[18]

Games

• Floogals Frenzy^[18]
• Floogals Maze Adventure^[19]
• Floogals Mission^[20]
• Mission From Floog^[21]

References

1. Woolfe, Jennifer (5 September 2014). "Jellyfish Producing ‘Floogals’ for Sprout". preschool series is being produced entirely in the U.K. with animation and VFX by Jellyfish Pictures .. new CGI/live-action preschool series, The Floogals .. The 52 x 11 minute series has been commissioned by Sprout .. Tags preschool The Floogles
2. "Zodiak Kids Studios’ Floogals Pre-Sold Into Americas, Israel and Indonesia Ahead of MIPCOM & BLE". 2 October 2015. Zodiak Kids announces today that it has pre-sold Zodiak Kids Studios brand new animation Floogals to Discovery Kids (Latin America), TVO & Knowledge Network (Canada), Hop! Channel (Israel) and Spectrum Film (Indonesia)
3. "Saturday Mornings on NBC". NBC.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. 10:00 A.M. - FLOOGALS Join Captain Fleeker, First Officer Flo, and Junior Boomer on a mission of exciting discovery as they explore Earth and the funny “hooman” creatures that live here.
4. http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/floogals-sprout-kids-tv-1201685291/
5. http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/boomer
6. http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/flo
7. http://www.sproutonline.com/characters/fleeker
8. "Project Tortuoise". The Boy Hooman brings a classroom tortoise home for the weekend. Episode 2 01/25/2016
9. http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/project-leash
10. "Project Glue". The Floogals investigate the Boy Hooman’s building of a model rocket. Episode 18 01/25/2016
11. http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/project-umbrella
12. "Floogals Discover Ice".
13. "Floogals Welcome to Earth".
14. "Floogals - Banana".
15. "Floogals - Turtle".
16. "Today's Project - Washer Dryer".
17. http://www.sproutonline.com/watch/floogal-your-world-song
18. http://web.archive.org/web/20160308204728/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/floogals-frenzy
19. http://web.archive.org/web/20160309000645/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/floogal-maze
20. http://web.archive.org/web/20160309022724/http://www.sproutonline.com/games/floogalsmission
21. http://www.sproutonline.com/games/mission-floog

External links

• Official website
• Floogals at the Internet Movie Database