Sparkle Friends was an animated series

Cartoon series

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 produced for New Zealand

New Zealand

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's long running children's show, What Now?. The series stars the What Now presenters as children and also a magical creature named Gun-gi who vomits a green liquid which makes the presenters have super powers. Each episode is approximately 3 minutes long and is produced in 1 week by Mukpuddy Animation.

Sparkle Friends is now broadcast in Australia

Australia

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 on ABC Television

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Voices

• Charlie Panapa (Charlie)
• Gem Knight (Princess Gem from Gungetonia)
• Serena Cooper-Rongonui (Serena, season 1-4)
• Richard Mills
  Richard Mills
  Richard John Mills AM, DMus BA Qld, is an Australian conductor and composer. He currently works as Artistic Director of the West Australian Opera and Artistic Consultant with Orchestra Victoria...
  
   (Richie - Season 1 & 2)
• Tamati Coffey
  Tamati Coffey
  Tamati Coffey is a New Zealand television host and presenter. He is the roving weather presenter for TVNZ's breakfast television programme Breakfast. He has also worked on children's television show What Now, and was the winner of New Zealand's Dancing With The Stars in 2009...
  
   (Tamati - Season 1 & 2)
• Tumehe Rongonui (Tu - Season 3-5)
• Ryan Cooper (Bigfoot, Hugo the Sea Cow, The Hunter, Cat Villain, The Bodyguard, Evil Moustache, Creepy Chicken, Bluebeard the Pirate, Sandwitch, Mr Glee, Casio, Thomas, Ralph, The Cupcake Queen, Toby, Myrtle the Turtle, Grodie Starlight)
• Jeremy Dillon (Gun-gi, misc characters)
• Jarrod Wright (Roadblock)
• Richard Simpson
  Richard Simpson
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   (Chafe Duffield)
• Jocelyn Dell Christian (Pashmina, The Toothfairy, The Valley Girls, Lush voice)
• Jason Gunn
  Jason Gunn
  Jason Gunn is a New Zealand television personality. He is now best known as the main host of the hit New Zealand entertainment television show, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune, and The Rich List.- Early career :...
  
  (Camilla, misc characters)

Season 1

1. Got Gunge?

2. Snap!

3. In the Deep End

4. Teething Trouble

5. It's All Downhill

6. High Score

7. Sparkletron

8. Survival of the Cutest

9. The Sparkle Show

10. What Becomes Of The Broken Gungi?

Season 2

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 an the Yeast

17. Are We There Yeti?

18. Rock'em Sock'em.

19. Insert Coin Here.

20. Send Out the Clowns

Season 3

1. "Son of a Gun-gi / Camilla at Large"
2. "Almost Famous / Short Fuse"
3. "Super Tu / Mo' Charlie Mo' Problems"
4. "How Now Sea Cow / Summer Knights"
5. "The Case of the Muddy Footprints / The Gungiest Place on Earth"

Season 4

1. "Super Tu 2"
2. "Roadblock (Special)"
3. "Spooky Sunday / Rainbow Connection"
4. "The Girl Next Door / My Tu Front Teeth"
5. "Sprinkle Kids / Attack of the 50ft Toby"

External links

• What Now official website
• Sparkle Friends MySpace
• Mukpuddy Animation official website