| Sparkle Friends | |
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| Created by | Mukpuddy Animation |
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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 2-3 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV2 |
| Release | 7 May 2006 – 25 July 2011 |
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.
Series 1 ran from 7 May to 2 July 2006.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Got Gunge?" | 7 May 2006 |
| 2 | 2 | "Snap!" | 14 May 2006 |
| 3 | 3 | "In the Deep End" | 21 May 2006 |
| 4 | 4 | "Teething Trouble" | 28 May 2006 |
| 5 | 5 | "It's All Downhill" | 4 June 2006 |
| 6 | 6 | "High Score" | 11 June 2006 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sparkletron" | 18 June 2006 |
| 8 | 8 | "Survival of the Cutest" | 25 June 2006 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Sparkle Show" | 25 June 2006 |
| 10 | 10 | "What Becomes of the Broken Gungi?" | 2 July 2006 |
Series 2 ran from 9 May to 9 July 2007.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | "Return of the Gun-gi." | 9 May 2007 |
| 12 | "Yabba Dabba Don't!" | 2007 |
| 13 | "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Gunge" | 2007 |
| 14 | "Kentucky Fried Charlie" | 2007 |
| 15 | "Invasion of the Richie Snatchers" | 2007 |
| 15 | "Beauty and the Yeast" | 2007 |
| 17 | "Are We There Yeti?" | 2007 |
| 18 | "Rock'em Sock'em." | 2007 |
| 19 | "Insert Coin Here." | 2007 |
| 20 | "Send Out the Clowns" | 2007 |
Series 3 ran from 15 July to 2 October 2008.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | "Son of a Gun-gi / Camilla at Large" | 15 July 2008 |
| 22 | "Almost Famous / Short Fuse" | 2008 |
| 23 | "Super Tu / Mo' Charlie Mo' Problems" | 2008 |
| 24 | "How Now Sea Cow / Summer Knights" | 2008 |
| 25 | "The Case of the Muddy Footprints / The Gungiest Place on Earth" | 2008 |
Series 4 ran from 17 November 2009 to 15 March 2010.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | "Super Tu 2" | 17 November 2009 |
| 27 | "Roadblock (Special)" | 2009 |
| 28 | "Spooky Sunday / Rainbow Connection" | 2009 |
| 29 | "The Girl Next Door / My Tu Front Teeth" | 2009 |
| 30 | "Sprinkle Kids / Attack of the 50ft Toby" | 2009 |
Series 5 ran from 8 November 2010 to 25 July 2011.
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | "Sparkle Friends Next Level Part I" | 8 November 2010 |
| 32 | "Sparkle Friends Next Level Part II" | 2010 |
| 33 | "The Finale!" | 2010 |