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Created by
  
Mukpuddy Animation

Running time
  
3 minutes

First episode date
  
7 May 2006

Network
  
TVNZ 2

Country of origin
  
New Zealand

Original network
  
TV2

Final episode date
  
25 July 2011

Picture format
  
PAL

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Voices of
  
Charlie PanapaSerena Cooper-RongonuiRichard MillsTamati CoffeyTumehe RongonuiJeremy DillonJason Gunn

Original release
  
7 May 2006 – 25 July 2011

Genre
  
Children's television series

Similar
  
Big Bird in Japan, The Day My Butt Went Psy, What Now, SuperMansion, Two More Eggs

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Sparkle Friends is a New Zealand animated series 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.

Contents

Sparkle friends 2009 promo


Cast

  • Serena Cooper-Rongonui as herself
  • Richard Mills as himself
  • Tamati Coffey as himself
  • Tumehe Rongonui 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

    • Series 1 (2006)

    Series 1 ran from 7 May to 2 July 2006.

    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 an 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.

    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"

    Series 4 (2009-10)

    Series 4 ran from 17 November 2009 to 15 March 2010.

    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"

    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!

    References

    Sparkle Friends Wikipedia
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