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Snorks
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 65/68
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Freddy Monnickendam
Running time 12 minutes per episode / 24 minutes per episode (later episodes)
Release
Original network NBC, Syndicated; Boomerang
Original release 1984 – 1988

Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and created by Belgian comics Freddy Monnickendam.

Story

The Snorks are a race of small, colorful, fictional beings that live happily in the underwater world of Snorkland. They have snorkels on their heads, which are used to propel them swiftly through the water. As evidenced by the cartoon series, when a Snork becomes excited their tube makes a "snork" sound. Like the Flintstones or the Smurfs, they have much of the same technology as contemporary humans, adapted to their own aquatic environment. The Snorks use clams as currency, a reference to the slang word "clam", meaning "dollar."

According to the Snork back-story, a few ventured to the surface (which the Snorks believe is "outer space") in 1643, and watched a Royal Navy ship being attacked by pirates. The captain wound up in the water, and that was the first contact between the species when the Snorks saved his life, to which the captain then expressed his gratitude by writing a book about the Snorks, although very few humans believe in the existence of the Snorks. Since then, Snorks have adopted several human habits, such as wearing clothes.

Main characters

  • Junior Wetworth
  • Casey Kelp
  • Daphney Gillfin
  • Allstar Seaworthy
  • Tooter Shelby
  • Dimmy Finster
  • Jojo
  • Corky
  • Occy
  • Willie Wetworth
  • Governor Wetworth
  • Dr. Gallio
  • SNIP & SNAP
  • Mr. Fisher

Villains

  • Bigweed
  • Lil' Seaweed
  • Dr. Strangesnork
  • Finneus
  • The Great Snork Nork
  • Snorkeater
  • Mr. Green
  • P.T. Bass
  • Icky
  • Meanie
  • Smallstar Seaworthy
  • Mrs. Finster
  • Mr. Kelp
  • Sandy

Episode list

Season 1 (1984)

  1. Journey To the Source / Vandal Scandal
  2. Hooked on a Felling/ The New Neighbors
  3. Das Boot / Which Snork Snitched
  4. Allstar's All-Star Band / Snorkymania
  5. A Snorking We Will Go/ Now You Seahorse, Now You Don't
  6. Snork Dance / Snork Marks the Spot
  7. Junior's Secret / The Big Scoop
  8. The Blue Coral Necklace / Up, Up and A Wave
  9. Snorkin Surf Party / The Snorkness Monster
  10. A Snork on the Wild Side / Allstar's Double Trouble
  11. Fine Fettered Friends / Time Out for Sissies
  12. Me Jo-Jo, You Daffney / The Old Shell Game
  13. The King of Kelp/ Whale Tales

Season 2 (1985)

  1. Snorkitis is Nothing to Sneeze At / The Whole Toot and Nothing But the Toot
  2. Chickens of the Sea / Never Cry Wolf-fish
  3. A Hard Day's Snork / Learn to Love Your Snork
  4. Allstar's Freshwater Adventure / Dr. Strangesnork
  5. It's Just a Matter of Slime / Water Friends For?
  6. Junior's Octopuppy / The Shape of Snorks To Come
  7. Casey and the Doubleheader / The Ugly Yuckfish
  8. Gills Just Want to Have Fun / Guess What's Coming to Dinner
  9. A Sign of the Tides / The Littlest Mermaid
  10. I Squid You Not / The Backwards Snork

Season 3 (1987)

  1. All's Whale that Ends Whale / Allstar's Last Hour
  2. A Willie Scary Shalloween / Sea Shore Sideshow
  3. Freeze Save our Town / Snip and Snap
  4. Junior's Empire / The Golden Dolphin
  5. It's Always Darkest Before the Snork / The Sand Witch
  6. Tooter Loves Tadah / The Shady Shadow /
  7. Daffney's Ransom / Salmon Chanted Evening
  8. Casey in Sandland / Reefberry Madness
  9. A Farewell of Arms / Mummy Snorkest
  10. Jo-Jo in Control / The Day the Ocean Stood Still
  11. Chills, Drills and Spills / The Longest Shortcut
  12. Willie & Smallstar's Big Adventure / Taming of the Snork
  13. A Snork in a Gilded Cage / The Snorkshire Spooking

Season 4 (1988)

  1. Daffney's Not so Great Escape / Willie's Best Fiend
  2. Dr. Strangesnork's Bomb / Day of the Juniors
  3. Ooze Got the Snorks / A Starfish is Born
  4. The Silly Snorkasaurus / Who's Who?
  5. Battle of the Gadgets / Little Lord Occy
  6. Junior's Fuelish Kelp Rush / The Boo Lagoon
  7. How the Snork was Won / In Junior's Image
  8. Robosnork
  9. Summer and Snork
  10. Allstar's Odyssey
  11. In Greed we Trust
  12. Jaws Says the Word
  13. Prehissnorkic
  14. Rhyme and Punishment
  15. The Wizard of Ice
  16. Big City Snorks
  17. Nightmare on Snorkstreet
  18. Robin Snork
  19. Snorkerella
  20. Snork Ahoy
  21. Allstar & Junior in the Seaweed Blues
  22. Casey, Daphney, Call a Doctor!
  23. The Daring Young Snork on the Flying Trapeze
  24. Oh Brother!
  25. The Story Circle
  26. Elementary, My Dear Junior!
  27. I'll Be Senior
  28. The Day They Fixed Junior Wetworth
  29. The First Snork in Space
  30. Wish or Wish Out
  31. All That Glitters is Not Goldfish
  32. My Dinner with Allstar

Cast

  • Michael Bell - Allstar Seaworthy, Bigweed, Elder #4, P.T. Bass
  • Barry Gordon - Junior Wetworth, Governor Wetworth, Icky (3rd voice)
  • B.J. Ward - Blicky, Casey Kelp, Lil' Seaweed
  • Frank Welker - Tooter Shelby, Occy, Grandpa Wetworth
  • Nancy Cartwright - Daffney Gillfin
  • Brian Cummings - Dimmy Finster
  • Rob Paulsen - Corky
  • Roger DeWitt - JoJo
  • Fredricka Weber - Willie Wetworth
  • Frank Nelson - Governor Wetworth (1st voice)
  • Clive Revill - Dr. Gallio
  • René Auberjonois - Dr. Strangesnork
  • Gail Matthius - Smallstar Seaworthy
  • Bob Holt - Mr. Seaworthy
  • Joan Gardner - Mrs. Wetworth
  • Joan Gerber - Mrs. Kelp
  • Mitzi McCall - Auntie Marina, Matilda
  • Edie McClurg - Ms. Seabottom, Mrs. Seaworthy

Additional voices

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Los Snorkels para niños

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