Fishtronaut

Fishtronaut
Also known as	'Peixonauta'
Genre	Children's television series, Educational entertainment, Educational television
Created by	Célia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo
Directed by	Célia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo Rick Jones (voice)
Voices of	Fábio Lucindo as Fishtronaut (Brazil) Dawn Ford as Fishtronaut (USA) Angela Galuppo as Marina (USA) Terrence Scammell as Zeek and Happy Plumb (USA) Rick Jones as Dr. Green (USA) Justin Bradley as Mac and Billy (USA) Holly Gauthier-Frankel as Rosy Barb (USA)
Composer(s)	Paulo Tatit
Country of origin	Brazil Canada
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	108 (each season contains 26 pairs of episodes) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Celia Catunda Kiko Mistrorigo Ricardo Rozzino
Running time	11 minutes (two episodes in a pair fill a 30 minute block)
Production company(s)	TV PinGuim Tooncan Yoopa!
Release
Original network	Discovery Kids (Latin America) Discovery Familia (USA Spanish dub) Qubo (USA English dub)
Original release	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20) – present
External links
Official website (English)
(Portuguese) Production website

Fishtronaut (Portuguese: Peixonauta) is a Brazilian animated television series created by Celia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo and produced by TV PinGuim, in association with Discovery Kids (Latin America). The series tells the story of Fishtronaut, a fish in a spacesuit, similar to reverse scuba gear, which allows him to fly and breathe out of water. He is a secret agent who, along with his friends Marina and Zeek, unravel the mysteries occurring in the Smiling Trees Park. They solve the mysteries with the help of a P.O.P. (Primary Objective Pod), a magical multicolored ball containing clues vital to the mission. Viewers are invited to dance along with the heroes to a tune, so that the P.O.P. will open and release the clues inside. The series is aimed at children ages 3–7 and debuted successfully on Discovery Kids in Latin America on April 20, 2009. In the international market, the series is marketed by the names of Peztronauta (Spanish) or Fishtronaut (English). After success on TV, Peixonauta was produced as a play called Peixonauta to TV Theatre, which premiered on January 9, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro. On November 9, 2012, a movie titled Peixonauta – Agente Secreto da O.S.T.R.A. (in English: Fishtronaut - Secret Agent of O.Y.S.T.E.R.) was released. As of March 30, 2015, the series also airs on the Qubo network, owned by Ion Media Networks, originally airing weekday and every mornings at 8:00am EST (from March 30, 2015 to March 27, 2016) before airing weekday morning at 6:00am EST. beginning March 28, 2016.

Location

The show is set in the Smiling Trees Park, where elephants, monkeys and other animals from around the world roam free. Children are welcome to explore the forest and climb the trees, or ride a sub to the bottom of the cove and its colorful reef. In the park is Quiet Lake, which is fed by a long river. The river also extends beyond the lake into a sandy cove along the ocean.

Characters

Leading

• Fishtronaut – An anthropomorphic big goldfish. He wears a Bubblex suit that allows him to fly out of water. It also has numerous tools useful during missions. He is always watching his friends Marina and Zeek, and investigating the problems of the Smiling Trees Park in order to solve them. He lives at the bottom of Quiet Lake, though he spends more time out on the surface with his friends. He is also an aspiring inventor, creating machines generally useful to the park. He usually communicates through a video screen fitted into his suit.
• Marina – A bright and curious brown-haired 8-year-old human girl who is also Fishtronaut's best friend. Everyday, she proves to be a valuable member of the park's spy team. Whenever she and Fishtronaut happen to be apart, she can always use her trusty Aquawatch to stay in touch.
• Zeek (Portuguese: Zico) – A tween-age monkey who may love to monkey around, but his awesome tree-climbing abilities and finely-tuned sniffer make him invaluable to the team. Though he does come up with the most implausible of theories and even cause the occasional mix-up, his intentions are nothing but the best.

Supporting

• The Twins – Billy and Mac (Portuguese: Pedro e Juca) are Marina's rascal cousins. Their shenanigans tend to get them (and the park) in a heap of trouble, but they are harmless and have only the best intentions.
• Dr. Green (Portuguese: Dr. Jardim) – Marina and the twins’ grandfather who is also the wise vet/caretaker of Smiling Trees Park. He runs the park's Animal Hospital, which was built in a pod of a giant beanstalk. Whenever Marina's stuck, she knows Grandpa can help her find the answer.
• Rosy Barb (Portuguese: Agente Rosa) – S.E.A. agent who loves color and enjoys decorating the ocean bottom until it's just right. She knows the cove inside out and whenever Fishtronaut's on dry land, he can always check in with Rosy via the Web Clam.
• Happy Plumb (Portuguese: Chumbo Feliz) – A wise old fish who likes living quietly at the bottom of the cove and knows just about all there is. No one knows how long he's been around, but it's a very long time, indeed. He remembers the very beginnings of Smiling Trees Park. Whenever Fishtronaut is stumped, he knows Happy Plumb can point him in the right direction, that is, if he can decipher Plumb's riddle of an answer.

Episodes

Except for a few episodes, they usually begin with Fishtronaut, Marina and Zeek playing around until a problem occurs in the Smiling Trees Park. Soon they are greeted by a P.O.P. coming up from the lake bottom. Following Fishtronaut's lead, Marina and Zeek clap their hands and stomp their feet until the P.O.P. opens up and delivers two clues. The characters try to uncover more clues, going to places related to the sites. On some occasions, when the characters doubt Fishtronaut knows the way back to the lake, they ask for help from the happy Chumbo. At the end, the trio manage to find all the clues and solve the case. Then, another P.O.P. appears, to thank the trio for their victory.

The original Portuguese title is given after the English title.

№ in season	№ in series	Title	Writer	Air date	Reward to the characters
1	TBA	"The Case of the Disappearing Picnic Baskets" "O caso do sumiço da cestas de pic-nic"	Fernando Salem	March 30, 2015	squid-ink sundaes
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2	TBA	"The Case of the Lost Critter" "O caso da criatura perdida"	Fernando Salem	March 30, 2015	The Big Book of Mammals
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3	TBA	"The Case of the yucky slime" "O caso do lodo nojento"	Fernando Salem	March 31, 2015	volleyball
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4	TBA	"The Case of the mysterious honk" "O caso do misterioso buzinadela"	Fernando Salem	March 31, 2015	Whistles
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5	TBA	"The Case of" "O caso do sumiço do Zico"	Fernando Salem	April 1, 2015	TBA
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6	TBA	"The Case of the strange smell" "O caso do cheiro estranho"	Fernando Salem	April 1, 2015	badges
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7	TBA	"The Case of the oily rainbow" "O caso do arco-íris oleoso"	Fernando Salem	April 2, 2015	water lily
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8	TBA	"The case of the disappearing friends" "O caso dos amigos que desaparecem"	Fernando Salem	April 2, 2015	Baby pictures
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9	TBA	"The Case of the gopher frenzy" "O caso do frenesi gopher"	Fernando Salem	April 3, 2015	deck of cards
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10	TBA	"The case of the quaking park" "O caso do tremor no parque"	Fernando Salem	April 3, 2015	sea shells
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11	TBA	"The Case of the crabby birthday" "O caso do aniversário crabby"	Fernando Salem	April 6, 2015	seaweed/chocolate birthday cake
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12	TBA	"The Case of the missing honey" "O caso do mel faltando"	Fernando Salem	April 6, 2015	honey
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13	TBA	"The Case of the"	Fernando Salem	April 7, 2015	TBA
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14	TBA	"The Case of" "O caso do dia de sol"	Fernando Salem	April 7, 2015	trash can
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15	TBA	"The case of the spooky night" "O caso da noite assustador"	Fernando Salem	April 8, 2015	bag full of fruit
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16	TBA	"The case of zeek's dissaperance" "O caso de dissaperance de zeek"	Fernando Salem	April 8, 2015	fruit candies
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17	TBA	"The Case of"	TBA	April 9, 2015	TBA
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18	TBA	"The Case of"	TBA	April 9, 2015	TBA
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19	TBA	"The case of"	TBA	April 10, 2015	cleaning supplies
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20	TBA	"The case of happy plumb" "O caso de feliz prumo"	TBA	April 10, 2015	A book of fables
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Movie

The film Peixonauta – Agente Secreto da O.S.T.R.A. was released in theaters on November 9, 2012, in commemoration of three years of the series. The film was planned for two years and was released months before the premiere of season 2 of the TV series. The film is a compilation of some episodes of the first season.

A second film is scheduled for release in 2016, with a new story to be shown.

References

• Fishtronaut at TV.com
• Credits and production information from: Fishtronaut Synopsis and Credits (PDF)
• An overview of Season 1's episodes may be found at: Episode Synopsis and Educational Objectives (PDF)
• Character and location information from the official website linked in the Infobox.

External links

• Fishtronaut at IMDb