''Sparkle Friends'' is a New Zealand
animated series and segment produced by
Mukpuddy Animation
Mukpuddy Animation is an animation company based in Auckland, New Zealand, founded by Alex Leighton, Ryan Cooper, and Tim Evans in the early 2000s.
Origins
Leighton, Cooper, and Evans all resided in Auckland. They met when they were studying at ...
for
New Zealand's long running children's show, ''
What Now''. The series stars the ''What Now'' presenters as children and a creature named Gun-gi, who vomits gunge, something that features heavily in ''What Now''.
Cast
*
Serena Cooper-Rongonui as herself
* Richard Mills as himself
*
Tāmati Coffey as himself
*
Tumehe Rongonui as himself
*
Jeremy Dillon as Gun-gi and other miscellaneous characters
*
Jason Gunn
Jason Gunn (born 26 December 1968) is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He is known for ''The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune'', and ''The Rich List'', and also afternoon shows on radio stati ...
as Camilla and other miscellaneous characters
*
Gem Knight
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, an ...
as Princess Gem from Gungetonia
*
Jarrod Wright Jarrod is a variant of the name Jared.
Jarrod may refer to:
*Jarrod Alexander, American drummer
*Jarrod Atkinson, Australian rules footballer
*Jarrod Bannister (1984-2018), Australian javelin thrower
*Jarrod Baxter (born 1979), former fullback in ...
as Roadblock
* Richard Simpson as Chafe Duffield
*
Jocelyn Dell Christian
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as Pashmina, the Toothfairy, the Valley Girls, and Lush
* Ryan Cooper as various miscellaneous characters
Episode list
Series 1 (2006)
Series 1 ran from 7 May to 2 July 2006.
Series 2 (2007)
Series 2 ran from 9 May to 9 July 2007.
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 and the Yeast
17. Are We There Yeti?
18. Rock'em Sock'em.
19. Insert Coin Here.
20. Send Out the Clowns
Series 3 (2008)
Series 3 ran from 15 July to 2 October 2008.
#"Son of a Gun-gi / Camilla at Large"
#"Almost Famous / Short Fuse"
#"Super Tu / Mo' Charlie Mo' Problems"
#"How Now Sea Cow / Summer Knights"
#"The Case of the Muddy Footprints / The Gungiest Place on Earth"
Series 4 (2009-10)
Series 4 ran from 17 November 2009 to 15 March 2010.
#"Super Tu 2"
#"Roadblock (Special)"
#"Spooky Sunday / Rainbow Connection"
#"The Girl Next Door / My Tu Front Teeth"
#"Sprinkle Kids / Attack of the 50ft Toby"
Series 5 (2010-11)
Series 5 ran from 8 November 2010 to 25 July 2011.
1. Sparkle Friends Next Level Part I
2. Sparkle Friends Next Level Part II
3. The Finale!
References
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External links
''What Now'' official website''Sparkle Friends'' MySpaceMukpuddy Animation official website
New Zealand children's animated television series
2006 New Zealand television series debuts
2011 New Zealand television series endings
TVNZ 2 original programming
Flash television shows