| Director: | Patrice Bérubé |
| Theme Music Composer: | Darren Hendley |
| Composer: | Darren Hendley |
| Country: | United Kingdom Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 (50 segments) |
| Executive Producer: | Andrew Hymas |
| Editor: | Tanner Adams |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Company: | Mainframe Studios Silvergate Media |
| Network: | Netflix |
| Related: | Octonauts |
Octonauts: Above & Beyond is an animated children's television series that is the successor and spin-off of Octonauts.[1] Produced by Mainframe Studios and Silvergate Media for Netflix, the spin-off series premiered on 7 September 2021.[2] The series follows a similar structure to the original Octonauts series, but is primarily focused on terrestrial creatures and habitats. In addition, to cover this global range of missions, more characters join the crew as main characters in the series.
A second season debuted on 2 May 2022 on Netflix.[3] A third season debuted on October 16, 2023 on CBeebies and the BBC iPlayer,[4] with an unspecificied release date on Netflix. A fourth season debuted on February 19, 2024 on CBeebies and the BBC iPlayer.[5]
The Octonauts, consisting of the Octopod crew and captain, are the recurring main characters.
These are the Octonauts that were in the original series, including the captain. They are unchanged in Above & Beyond, with the exception of the Vegimals, who all gain new voice actors. Everyone’s previous actors from the original series reprise their roles here.
| Name | Rank | Species | Voice cast | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnacles | Captain | Polar bear | Simon Greenall (speaking) Simon Foster (singing) | Barnacles is the brave polar bear captain of the Octonauts. He knows how to drive any vehicle and is strong enough to lift a giant clam. Catchphrases: "Octonauts, let's do this", "Sound the Octo-Alert!", "Octonauts, to the launch bay | " and "Hold on, this could get bumpy". | |
| Kwazii | Lieutenant and cryptozoologist | Cat | Rob Rackstraw | A cat who speaks in a Cockney accent. Kwazii is a daredevil cat with a mysterious pirate past. He believes in many sea monsters such as the Nackerwhack, Tri-Toothed-Terror, Giant Shrimp Monster, Monster of Creepy Cove and others and likes to drive fast in the Gup-B. In the episode "The Octonauts and the Giant Spider Crab", it is revealed that he has a fear of spiders. Catchphrases: "Shiver me whiskers" and "Yeow!". | ||
| Peso | Medic | Penguin | Paul Panting (UK) Wayne Grayson (US) | He is a penguin with a British accent (Spanish accent in the US version) and the medic of the Octonauts. He is not fond of scary situations, but if someone is hurt or in trouble he can be the bravest Octonaut of all. He has a younger brother called Pinto. Catchphrase: "Flappity flippers!". | ||
| Inkling (Prof.) | Oceanographer and founder | Dumbo octopus | Keith Wickham | An octopus who speaks in a posh accent. Inkling brought the Octonauts together, to study the oceans and have adventures. Catchphrase: "Fascinating!" | ||
| Shellington (Dr) | Biologist | Sea otter | Keith Wickham | A sea otter who speaks with a Scottish accent. Dr. Shellington is a biologist who assists the Octonauts on missions. He is not a very good driver and once crashed the GUP-D. Catchphrase: "Jumping jellyfish!" and "Fascinating". | ||
| Tweak | Engineer | Rabbit | Jo Wyatt | A rabbit who speaks with a Southern US accent. Tweak lives and works in the launch bay. She often invents things like multiple GUPS, the Octo-Max suit, and the Friend Finder which was designed her friend, Sandy the leatherback sea turtle. She often refers to Captain Barnacles as "Cap". Catchphrases: "Right away, Cap!", "...faster than you can say 'buncha munchy crunchy carrots' | ", and "Oh, me, oh, my!". | |
| Dashi (Previously Sauci) | Computer programmer, pilot and photographer | Dog (Dachshund) | Teresa Gallagher (UK) Jenny Yokobori (US) | A dog who speaks with an Australian accent (American in the US version). Dashi is the photographer for the Octonauts, and takes care of all the computers aboard the Octopod. She's also a professional surfer.Dashi pilots the Octoray. Catchphrase: "Already on it, Captain!" Note: Recent UK editions of the books changed Sauci's name to Dashi to match the television series. | ||
| Tunip | Chef and horticulturist | Vegimal | Helen Walsh | Tunip is half-tuna, half-turnip. He loves to make kelp cakes and to work in the greenhouse. He often faints at shocking news. Tunip the Vegimal is the Octonauts' head cook and gardener. He is a Vegimal, a half-animal, half-vegetable creature capable of breathing on land as well as underwater. Tunip is very childish and innocent, always wanting to help the Octonauts in any way he can. He is the smallest main character in the Octonauts crew. Aside from cooking the meals, Tunip works in the garden, cultivating vegetables he can use to cook meals. His two favorite meals are fish biscuits and kelp cakes. Tunip, like all Vegimals, speaks Vegimalese. Since he was born, his first words were "Cheepa cheepa!, Cheepa cheepa | " and "Zuupa zuupa!" |
These are the characters that were added to the Octonauts crew in the series Above & Beyond. They are known as Octo-Agents, friends of the Octonauts who are stationed all over the world. They are experts and adventurers that assist the Octonauts on their new land missions. Paani and Selva are the only Octo-Agents so far that made their debut in Above & Beyond; all the others debuted in the original series. All Octonauts and Octo-Agents are able to sound the Octo-Alert via new pieces of equipment called Octo-Watches (except Barnacles, who still has his Octo-Compass, and Tunip).
| Name | Rank | Species | Voice cast | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paani | Hydrologist | Macaque monkey | Antonio Aakeel | Paani is a Macaque Monkey who joins the Octonauts as an Octo-agent in the first episode of Above and Beyond. He is a hydrologist who studies how water affects all kinds of beings. He is brave and daring, and also impulsive, similar to Kwazii. He gets off on the wrong foot with Kwazii, though, because Kwazii is the one who catches him trying to steal supplies from the team to help animals suffering from a drought. | |
| Calico Jack | Cryptozoologist and Pirate | Cat | Rob Rackstraw | Kwazii's grandfather. He travels with Pete, his parrot sidekick. | |
| Ranger Marsh | Park ranger | Rabbit | Unknown | Tweak's father who loves to explore swamps. He resides in the Florida Everglades. | |
| Pearl | Marine biologist | Sea otter | Kate Harbour | Shellington's older sister. She has a son named Periwinkle. | |
| Ryla | Cave diver | Wombat | Helen Walsh | An old friend of Dashi's who specializes in cave diving. | |
| Tracker | Radio operator | Polar bear | Paul Panting | Barnacles's former protégé. He is the radio operator for the Polar Scout Emergency Post in the Arctic. | |
| Professor Natquik | Glaciologist and polar explorer | Arctic fox | William Vanderpuye | Barnacles's former mentor who specializes in field research. | |
| Min | Cartographer | Red panda | Chipo Chung | An old friend of Inkling who resides in the Yangtze river who specializes in mapmaking. | |
| Koshi | Junior Octo-Agent | Dog (Dachshund) | Unknown | Dashi's younger sister who is interested in mysteries. | |
| Pinto | Junior Octo-Agent | Penguin | Teresa Gallagher (UK) Jaimie Kelton (US) | Peso's little brother who is a quick thinker. | |
| Selva | Botanist | Iguana | Elena Saurel | Selva is an iguana who debuted in the third season. Originally living in the Amazon Rainforest, she spent most of her time tending to local plants and talking to them until she encountered Shellington and the Vegimals on a honey run. She later joined him in attending Captain Barnacles' surprise birthday party and afterward joined as an Octo-Agent. | |
| Bud | Aspiring Engineer | Beaver | Alan Marriott | The son of a beaver family who taught Tweak everything she knew as an engineer during her youth. He later joined as Tweak's protege and spent much of his time traveling the world to study engineering in nature. |
Other creatures that were introduced in the original series also make appearances in Above & Beyond. These include The Invasive Species (With the exception of the Burmese Python) Spiny Sue the catfish, and Ronnie, Donnie and Lonnie the Monitor Lizards, from The Great Swamp Search, who all appear in The Monitor Lizards, and Phil the baby flamingo in The Nine Banded Armadillo. As well as this, Paolo the Hoatzin, a character from season 2's special, The Rainforest Rescue, returns in the season 3 episode The Flooded Forest.
Phil’s mother Flo, also appears in the same episode as Phil does, however off-screen.
These are the new vehicles that appear in Above & Beyond, in addition to the vehicles from the original series. These new vehicles specialize in terrestrial missions, and are thus referred to as "Terra-GUPs" (abbreviated as "TG").[6] All vehicles are equipped with an Octo-Alert.
| Vehicle | Purpose | Resemblance | First Appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octoray | The Octonauts' airborne ship and remote base. It can go in the water and can carry other GUPs. | Manta ray | "The Octonauts and the Skeleton Coast Adventure" (Season 1, episode 1) | |
| TG-1 | A small all-purpose vehicle with expandable legs, a horn similar to that of a rhinoceros beetle, "super-gripper" feet, and wings. | Beetle | "The Octonauts and the Hot Spring Snake" (Season 1, episode 4) | |
| TG-2 | A strong vehicle that moves by rolling like a ball. Its mouth has a drill, and it can use its front legs like shovels. | Giant pangolin | "The Octonauts and the Rocky Mountain Rockslide" (Season 1, episode 7) | |
| TG-3 | A tracked excavator and mobile crane. A safety harness can be attached. | Giraffe-necked weevil | "The Octonauts and the Pink Glacier" (Season 2, episode 2) | |
| TG-4 | A large utility vehicle that can go in the water. It is quick, lightweight, and quiet. | Sea turtle | "The Octonauts and the Lonely Frog" (Season 2, episode 4) | |
| TG-5 | A long tracked utility vehicle that consists of five cockpits attached to each other. Each cockpit can hold one person in it, except the fifth one. It has powerful treads that allow it to climb, as well as pincer claws. | Centipede | "The Octonauts and the Rainforest Rescue" (Season 2, episode 9) |
Octonauts: Above & Beyond debuted on 7 September 2021, on Netflix.[2] A trailer was released on 10 August 2021.[7]
A second season was released 2 May 2022 on Netflix. The special double episode in this season is "The Octonauts and the Rainforest Rescue", which focused on a rescuing a baby eaglet. Fisher Price
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