Sparkle Friends Explained

Creator:	Mukpuddy Animation
Voices:	Charlie Panapa Serena Cooper Richard Mills Tāmati Coffey Jeremy Dillon Jason Gunn
Country:	New Zealand
Runtime:	2-3 minutes
Network:	TV2

Sparkle Friends is a New Zealand animated series and segment produced by Mukpuddy Animation 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 as herself
Richard Mills as himself
Tāmati Coffey as himself
Jeremy Dillon as Gun-gi and other miscellaneous characters
Jason Gunn as Camilla and other miscellaneous characters
Gem Knight as Princess Gem from Gungetonia
Jarrod Wright as Roadblock
Richard Simpson as Chafe Duffield
Jocelyn Dell Christian 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.

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original air date	Ref

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!