Shelldon is an animated television series. It co-produced by Tiny Island Productions, Voicebox Productions, AniTime, and BeboydCG, for Qubo. ShellHut entertainment holds the production copyright, and it was distributed by Entertainment Rights, and is now distributed by Classic Media

Classic Media

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. It airs on Qubo

Qubo

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, which Classic Media partially owns.

Storyline

The series contains CGI

Computer-generated imagery

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 animation and is set near a tropical shoreline, both underwater and occasionally above water. The stories are partially educational, with a moral of the story segment at the end of every episode.

Characters

• Shelldon Clam An anthropomorphic snail
  Snail
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   that lives in a hotel named the Charming Clam Inn that they own with his family. He is a pre-teen with a younger sister (Click) and a younger brother (Clack). One of his hobbies is skateboarding, he has a good heart, and in one episode, he is shown to have a crush on Hurley, one of his classmantes. He is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain
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• Herman A blue hermit crab
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  . Voiced by Tom Kenny
  Tom Kenny
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• Connie An anthropomorphic snail. She comes from a rich family, but she decided to work at the Charming Clam Inn so she could do more than rely on her parent's money. She is voiced by...
• Mr. Inkysquid An anthropomorphic squid
  Squid
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  that teaches at the school.
• Mayor Yoka An anthropomorphic snail.
• Hurley A prissy snail that is obsessed with her nails and hair, which can cause her to forget about her peers.

Feature Film

A film based on the television series Shelldon has been announced by Tiny Island Productions in April 2010. The film is to be released sometime in 2012.