Baby Shark's Big Show!


Baby Shark's Big Show! is an animated musical comedy children's television series based on the "Baby Shark" brand from The Pinkfong Company. Nickelodeon Animation Studio co-produces the show with Pinkfong.
In South Korea, Baby Shark's Big Show! debuted on the Educational Broadcasting System with a Christmas special on December 25, 2020. From September 2021 onward, the series airs regularly on EBS1 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. In the United States, it premiered on Nickelodeon on December 11, 2020.
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Plot

In the underwater town of Carnivore Cove, Baby Shark has different musical adventures with his best friend William, his other friends: Chucks, Vola, Hank, and Goldie, and his family: Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Grandma Shark, and Grandpa Shark.

Characters

Main

  • Baby Shark is a yellow anthropomorphic shark and the main protagonist. Most episodes focus on him and his family: Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa Shark.
  • William Manta is an orange pilot fish. He's Baby Shark's buddy and best friend.
  • Mommy Shark is a pink shark who solves puzzles.
  • Daddy Shark is a blue shark who's a dentist. He's loud.
  • Grandma Shark is an orange shark. Her nose isn't fooled.
  • Grandpa Shark is a green shark. He loves watching TV.

Supporting

  • Chucks is a purple male seahorse who is incredibly clumsy. The episodes "Snowball Bonanza", "Flow Bros", "Fishtival of Lights", "The Freeze Out", "Fishy Scouts", "Do or Diary", and "The Musical Mystery" focus on him.
  • * Ezra is Chucks' seahorse father.
  • * Anya is Chucks' fishy stepmother.
  • * Maddie is Chucks' older fishy stepsister.
  • ** Daphne is Maddie's dolphin friend, who also works at the arcade.
  • ** Neil is Maddie's friend, who's a marigold fishy with a dark magenta mohawk.
  • ** Bread is Maddie's friend, who's a green fishy with a red hat.
  • ** Butter is Maddie's friend, who's a blue-ish indigo fish with a red jacket.
  • * Clucks is Chucks' pet sea chicken who sleeps.
  • Vola is a green female octopus who is very tomboyish. She loves sports. She has two moms. The episodes "Medieval Tides", "The Great Skate Race", "Extreme Dodge Bubble", "The Trouble with Bunny Slugs", Petstravaganza", and "Ice Ice Vola" focus on her.
  • * Viv is Vola's octopus mama.
  • * Vera is Vola's other octopus mom.
  • * Axel is Vola's pet bunny slug who rollerskates.
  • Mason is a red male crab.
  • Goldie is a female goldfish who's often vain and flamboyant. The episodes "The Show Must Flow On", "The Treat Goblin", "Funny Fish", "Goldie's Understudies", and "The Goldie Standard" focus on her.
  • * Duchess is Goldie's pet clam who sings in high-tone, in which shakes the ground.
  • Hank is a blue male whale as the youngest. The episodes "Rocky-Bye", "Bad Hank", "Fort Fin-ship", "The Slug Hank Redemption", "Doctor Drama", "Sherman in the Middle", "Finception", "The Cutie Pirate", and "Whale Songs" focus on him.
  • * Rocky is Hank's pet rock.
  • * Sherman is Hank's whale dad.
  • * Jozi is Hank's whale stepmom.
  • * Ashley is Hank's younger whale stepsister.
  • * Splashley is Hank's other younger whale stepsister.
  • * Slobber Slug is a slobber slug, who later in the Season 3 episode "Petstravaganza" became Hank's pet.
  • Shadow is a grey male shark and Baby Shark's rival. The episodes "Shadowland", "Shadow on Ice", "Sorry, Not Sorry", and "The Nice Off" focus on him.
  • * Bait is a male purple tang who's Shadow's sidekick.
  • * Switch is a brown angelfish who's also Shadow's sidekick.
  • * Shadwina is Shadow's mother.
  • * Sledge is Shadow's hammerhead shark cousin.
  • Rayna Ray Manta is a purple female manta ray who's a news reporter, and William's mother.
  • * Barb is a producer and a camera fishy.
  • Marty Minnow is a green bespectacled male minnow and the leader of the minnows.
  • Mayor Anchovy is the mayor of Carnivore Cove.
  • * Flowbot 3000 is one of Mayor Anchovy's flowbots in Swimmy Hall.
  • Big Fin is a legendary fishy who lives in the Kelp Woods.
  • * Sparky is Big Fin's timid pet sea dragon.
  • Teensy Tardigrade is Baby Shark's pet tardigrade.
  • Chumby is William's pet sea pig.
  • Mail Whale is a male blue delivery whale.
  • Ernie Urchin is a spiny sea urchin who only has 1 eye.
  • Squinton is a little squid with a bionic tentacle, who is Ernie Urchin's bestie.
  • Wallace is a dolphin who lives in Baby Shark's neighborhood.
  • Penny Piranha is a pink piranha who turns red when very angry. The episodes "Buds at First Bite", "The Fishy Friends Talent Show", and "Shore Square" focus on her.
  • Briny is a purple whale who works as a shopkeeper.
  • Mr. Clownfish is a red clownfish working at a treat shop.
  • Scoops is a penguin scooper who works in an ice cream shop called Iceberg Valley.
  • * Sprinkles is Scoops' pet baby slug.
  • Bobby Gills
  • Aggie
  • Bloop is a jellyfish that changes color based on an emotion its feeling, who lives on a planet in hydrospace.
  • * Bloop's Mom is Bloop's jellyfish mother that changes color based on an emotion she's feeling, who lives on a planet in hydrospace.
  • * Bloop's Dad is Bloop's jellyfish father that changes color based on an emotion he's feeling, who lives on a planet in hydrospace.
  • Wavey Jones is a ghost fishy who loves to boogie.
  • Lannie is a lantern shark.
  • Mariana is a burgundy female megalodon.
  • Package Pirates are a pirate crew.
  • * Captain Bubblebeard
  • * First Mate
  • * Bucky

Villains

  • Vigo is a villainous squid who is always trying to take over Carnivore Cove.
  • * Costello is a fish who is Vigo's assistant and henchman.
  • * Seagore is Vigo's pet sea warthog who's evil.
  • Srimpress Werma is a villainous limbless-fishy who steals treats like Ice Cream from Iceberg Valley & all the Chum Yums from every fishy & even every last Chum Yum from Mr. Clownfish's treat shop.
  • Bentley Barracuda is a snooty barracuda.
  • * Niles is Bentley Barracuda's pet crab.
  • TBA Named Pirate Crew are the Package Pirate's pirate nemeses.
  • * Captain Barnaclebeard is Captain Bubblebeard's pirate nemesis.
  • * Second Mate is First Mate's pirate nemesis.
  • * Becky is Bucky's pirate nemesis.
  • Sea Dragon is a sea dragon.
  • Keith

Production

On June 5, 2019, it was announced that the series was in development at Nickelodeon. On June 25, 2020, it was announced that Nickelodeon officially green-lit the series, with a 26-episode order. On November 12, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on December 11, 2020.
On July 20, 2021, it was announced that Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 26-episode second season, which premiered on October 18, 2022.
On June 13, 2023, the series was renewed for a third and final season of 18 half-hour episodes and four hour-long musical specials, which premiered on April 17, 2024.

Episodes

Season 2 (2022–24)

The entire season was supervised directed by Mike Carlo, with animation direction by Crystal Stromer and art direction by Cheryl Johnson.

Shorts

Gary Doodles, Tommy Sica and Whitney Ralls executive produce the shorts, with Ralls doing the stories for each of them. Exit 73 Studios provides the animation to all of them as well.

Reception

Emily Ashby, a reviewer for Common Sense Media, gave the show a 2 star rating. She wrote that "Pinkfong's franchise name carries this show only so far and the lackluster writing and plot can't quite compensate for the rest."

Film

On July 20, 2021, it was announced that Pinkfong and Nickelodeon were developing a Baby Shark movie. In March 2022, it was announced that the film was in development for a 2023 release on Paramount+. On August 4, the film's title, Baby Shark's Big Movie!, and the plot were announced, along with a holiday 2023 release. On November 14, 2023, it was announced that the film would premiere on December 8, 2023, on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Besides the principal voice actors, the voice cast consists of Ashley Tisdale, Aparna Nancherla, Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman, Enhypen, Lance Bass, Cardi B, Offset, and their children Kulture and Wave.