Delfy and His Friends explained
Runtime: | 23 minutes (approx.) |
Creator: | D'Ocon Films |
Director: | Antoni D'Ocón |
Composer: | Josep Roig Boada |
Country: | Spain |
Language: | Spanish Catalan |
Network: | TVE (Spain) Sky1 (UK) ABC (Australia) |
Num Episodes: | 91 |
Delfy and His Friends (Spanish; Castilian: Delfy y sus amigos) is a Spanish animated series for children, produced in 1992 by D'Ocon Films. 91 episodes were produced for TVE.[1]
Synopsis
The series focuses on the underwater adventures of Delfy the Dolphin and his friends. In every episode, they are compelled to defend their habitat from the schemes of a greedy vulture, his kangaroo assistant and a group of sharks.
Characters
Protagonists
- Delfy - a young, blue dolphin with a captain hat. He serves as the main protagonist of the series.
- Chees - a female dolphin and Delfy's girlfriend.
- Fasty - a Hermit crab.
- Rudy - a crab.
- Baby Whale - a young whale.
- Froggy - Delfy's best friend. He is a green monkfish in the original version. Strangely, in some other versions, he claims he is a frog.
- The Hammerhead shark - a gentle shark.
- The Swordfish
- The octopus
- Police Agent - a fish who travels on his sea horse's back.
- The turtle
- Dan - a walrus and Delfy's friend, this character stays on land. He works in a lighthouse.
- Mick - a and friendly puppy.
- Gigi - a female puppy and Mick's best friend.
Antagonists
- Captain Vinager - a vulture, Delfy's worst enemy and the main antagonist of the series. He is a pirate and always attacks the aquatic animals.
- Boing - an unintelligent kangaroo and Vinager's partner.
- Sharky - a pirate shark.
- Sharko - another pirate shark, he serves as Sharky's companion.
References
- Book: Crump . William D. . Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film . 2019 . McFarland & Co . 9781476672939 . 265.