Octonauts Above And Beyond

Main Octonaut crew: Captain Barnacles is the captain, leader and the main protagonist of the Octonauts. Along with being the captain, Barnacles is also the strongest member of the crew, and has demonstrated his "Polar Bear Strength" in numerous different episodes. His crew has a lot of respect for him and follow his commands. He's one of the most level-headed crew members, often dismissing Kwazii's outlandish stories about sea monsters and ghosts. He's one of the most iconic characters in the show. He is also an oceanographer and a map finder. In both the UK and US versions, Captain Barnacles speaks with a British accent. He enjoys playing the accordion, despite having trouble playing it well, as shown in The Octonauts and the Orcas. So far, the only ones to appreciate his music was a pod of Orcas. He is the twin brother of Bianca and the uncle of his sister's twin cubs, Orson and Ursa. He is voiced by Simon Greenall. Captain Barnacles has white fur with a blue snout and grey nose. His earlobes are white while the insides are light blue. He is one of the tallest Octonauts. His normal Octonauts uniform is a blue long-sleeved jumpsuit with regular blue boots. He's also always seen wearing his Octo-Compass on his belt, which falls crooked on the right side of his body. His blue hat is exclusive to him, a sign of his captain status. In Octonauts: Journey to China, the Chinese spinoff show, his uniform collar has a white border. Personality: Captain Barnacles is a very diligent polar bear, as he serves as the captain of the whole Octonauts crew. He is very kind, has a warm heart, and does his best to make everything right. At some points in few episodes, he is shown to be quite strict with his crew (especially Kwazii) if anything serious is happening or if people are not obeying his commands (however, this is only shown by Kwazii, who does not do it intentionally, but because he gets excited very easily). This just goes to show that he is a very good captain and leader. Background: Captain Barnacles grew up in the Arctic Circle with his twin sister Bianca. He speaks fondly about the place in The Narwhal : "I remember being a young cub, rolling in the snow, sliding on the ice, diving into the freezing water. I really miss it". It is revealed in The Octonauts and The Caves of Sac Actun, that he was stuck inside an ice cave/hole as a cub and how he became claustrophobic. Being in the narrow Sac Actun Cave tunnels reminded him of how he came to fear tight, closed-in spaces as a young cub and throughout his adult life. It is interesting to note that at the time, Kwazii and Dashi knew about this, while Peso did not. This might be because Peso came to the crew later, or because Kwazii is considered more of a best friend or a right-hand man. However, Barnacles later manages to overcome his fear with the help of Peso's bravery and support from Ryla and the other Octonauts.

Outfits: Octonauts Uniform Exercise attire (in books + The Octonauts and the Ring of Fire) Deep-Sea Suit Pajamas (many times in the show) Snow Suit (despite being a cold-adapted animal) Heat-Proof Suits (The Water Bears) Santa Christmas Hat (The Great Christmas Rescue and The Very Vegimal Christmas) Octo-Alert:Captain Barnacles sounds off the Octo-Alert to gather the Octonauts to the main deck to help an underwater creature. He does not usually sound the Octo-Alert himself, he sends the person closest to him to do it, or the one that has a problem. When he calls for the launch bay he runs down the hallways and jumps down chutes with Kwazii and Peso. In one of the episodes, he is seen weightlifting, which gives him his strength. He has a habit of saying "Octonauts, to the..." when he hears the Octo-Alert, even if he wasn't the one who sounded it (episodes "The Kelp Forest Rescue", "The Crafty Cuttlefish", "The Mantis Shrimp", etc.). Sometimes when the power happens to be off, and Barnacles needs to use the Octo-Alert, he gets the Vegimals to do their version of it. Equipment: Octo-Alert Pad: Captain Barnacles is the only one in the crew to have an Octo-Alert pad attached to his belt, despite being the captain. This also serves as a Rose Compass. Abilities: Genius-Level Intellect: He is very clever, as he has the most experience of a regular Octonaut because he is the captain. Leadership: This obviously ties in with his occupation... he is the captain! Strength: With his polar bear strength, he has been able to perform many feats, from carrying his entire immediate family in The Great Arctic Adventure, to holding back an entire iceberg in The Walrus Pups.

Kwazii is a daredevil cat with a mysterious pirate past. He loves storms, exploring, general excitement and swashbuckling. He is also the second-in-command of the Octonauts. Kwazii is one of the best drivers on the Octopod as he often takes his favourite Gup, the Gup-B, out for driving practice. Kwazii can also pilot the Octopod's steering wheel (the Amazon Adventure) but he appears to enjoy taking a very bumpy and roundabout way to the destination. As befitting a pirate and an old-fashioned sailor, Kwazii believes in many different kinds of sea monsters and legendary beasts. Oftentimes he seems to try and scare his crewmate Peso with his spooky stories. And usually his tales have some basis in fact, such as Vampire Squid and mantis shrimp. In both the original UK version and the US version of the show, Kwazii speaks with a Cockney accent and a typical sea ferrying dialect. He has also found out that his grandfather, Calico Jack, is still alive and looked for the hidden golden city with him in the episode "The Octonauts and The Amazon Adventure." He is shown to have a friendly rivalry with Captain Barnacles, at least since Season 1's The Crab and Urchin episode. He also knows Captain Barnacles well enough to guess that he didn't like enclosed spaces. He hates the cold, and typically requires hot cocoa before exploring an area of the Arctic or Antarctic with the other Octonauts. He is the main protagonist of the latest movie released in China, Octonauts and The Crisis of the Tsunami, as it focuses on him attempting to lead the team when the Captain becomes out of commission during the titular tsunami crisis. Physical Traits: Kwazii has orange fur and freckles, a yellow muzzle, a pink nose, and a long floor length-tail. He has a small tear in his right ear. He mostly wears a black eyepatch over his right eye but has been pictured with it on his left as he does not actually need to wear an eyepatch. He has no visible claws or whiskers. His Octonauts Uniform consists of the regular blue boots, a blue collar and blue hat. Unlike some of the other Octonauts, he most often sleeps with his hat off. Personality: Kwazii is naturally a thrill seeker; he loves driving fast and is very excitable. Due to his personal cryptozoology (belief in cryptid creatures such as sea beasts), he can be easily spooked. He is hot-blooded and is considered to be one of the bravest of the Octonauts. He has arachnophobia and has a soft heart for cute small animals, especially the babies. He does not like Octopod chores that he deems boring like cleaning or science, and is always up for a little excitement. In many episodes, it is shown that he isn't very patient and can be stubborn. Background: Not much is known about Kwazii's mysterious pirate past, but we do know he grew up in the pirate lifestyle with Calico Jack as his baby photos were found in Calico Jack's old journal in The Sand Cat in Above and Beyond Season 2, which depicts Kwazii as a kitten for the first time in the franchise. In Albino Humpback whale, it was shown that during his pirate days, Kwazii was once stuck on a deserted island and only avoided sunburn through the help of a mushroom coral he found. Outfits Octonauts Uniform Deep Sea Suit Pirate Fairy Costume (in the books) Suction Cup Suit Snow Suit Cave Diving Suit with lime green patterns (The Octonauts and the Underwater Caves of Sac Actun) Heatproof Suit (The Water Bears) Pajamas (Blue and Light Blue Striped Night Cap and Blue Slippers) (The Nano-Chameleon)

Peso is the medical officer of the Octonauts. He is a small, very kind-hearted penguin from a large family that branches off into different species of penguin. He likes having a big family as they all look out for each other. Peso loves to help any injured creature, from blob fish to sharks to yellow bellied sea snakes. He is very shy and gets scared easily by Kwazii's spooky stories, but he can be brave when there is someone who needs his help. He has become braver over time as shown in the Octonauts Movie: The Underwater Caves of Sac Actun. He has a younger brother named Pinto who thinks he is a real hero and is smaller than him. Pinto has even been to visit him a few times at the Octopod. He is the second-smallest (and the only bird) character in the Octonauts crew. Peso is often the first to show fear when a mission involves any kind of danger, but he has shown that he is very capable of pulling through even the most stressful situations. He tends to always say "I help any creature who is hurt or sick no matter what." Unlike most of the crew, he can go underwater without a helmet- he can hold his breath for a long time like any penguin. However, he still wears a helmet and air tank when underwater. He's a medic, often gaining the trust of injured/sick or frightened sea creatures far easier than his crew mates due to his gentle personality and politeness. He's able to bandage them up very quickly, and often he gives the patient a sticker. Like Captain Barnacles, Peso also has a love for a specific kind of instrument, the xylophone. In Octonauts and The Beluga Whales, he plays the tune of the same song the beluga whales sing in Professor Inkling's recording. Sounding British in the UK version, the US version of the show gave him a Hispanic accent. Wayne Grayson's voicing of Peso is also considerably deeper than Paul Panting's. Peso can also steer the Octopod, and although we only see him in one episode driving it, (The Octonauts and the cone-snail) he seems to be able to drive it decently after learning how. In The Great Chrismas Rescue, Peso shows that he loves wrapping presents, and is rather good at it, thanks to his bandage-wrapping skill. In The Yellow-Bellied Sea Snakes, Peso gets hurt for the first time. After he gets caught in a storm, he finds himself stranded on a beach. When he tries to get up, he finds out he has injured one of his flippers when the storm tossed him and the snakes (including Simone) onto the beach. It takes Captain Barnacles and Kwazii's teamwork to bandage him up. In The Great Penguin Race, Peso is seen without a helmet as he competes against Hugo in the Iron Clam race. They were both trapped under a pile of ice slabs and were freed before they could run out of air. In The Seahorse Tale, Peso helped Sonny the seahorse give birth to his babies and he and Janis are really happy about Peso's help, very similar to a human giving birth, but differently, because Sonny is a male seahorse. In the Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef, Peso gets two poisonous spikes in his flipper. Fortunately, Clovis removed them. Physical Traits: Like the other Octonauts, Peso has a large head in proportion to his body. The white feathers on his face are separated from the black ones in an oval shape, with a widow's peak-like dip at the top. His lower part of stomach is white. He has a oval-shaped yellow coloured beak instead of the muzzle or nose. He has round black eyes with a small white dot in the center of each that represents both his pupils and the light reflection. Peso has luminous amber webbed feet and short triangular penguin tail visible at his coccyx. He is one of the shortest Octonauts. His octonauts uniform includes a deep blue-trimmed bluish white medic hat bearing the Octonauts symbol, and a cobalt blue collar. He is often carrying a white medic case with a blue bandage symbol on it. Unlike most of the other Octonauts, Peso doesn't wear boots. Other Outfits Deep-Sea Suit Suction Cup Suit Inside-Out Suit Heat-Proof Diving Suit (The Water Bears) Snowsuit (despite being a cold-adapted animal) Tweak's fanning machine used as wings (The Flying Foxes) Octo-Alert: When Captain Barnacles sounds the "Octo-Alert" he is usually found in the Sick Bay. In the Octonauts Intro after Barnacles sounds the Octo-Alert, he is usually running in the hallway with Barnacles and Kwazii towards the Launch Bay.

Shellington is the Octopod's .marine biologist who speaks with a Scottish accent. He loves doing field research and working in his lab. Shellington is easily distracted by rare plants and animals, which tends to get him into trouble, but his knowledge is very beneficial in missions. He is very studious about marine life and is passionate for studying the subjects in his lab. Though he may be knowledgeable about marine life, Shellington is a terrible driver as he has crashed the Gup-D at least three times, and the Gup-E at least once. When out on missions, he's typically sitting in the rear or in the passenger seat. However, he is portrayed as a decent driver in a few episodes, particularly when he mobilizes the Gup-C, contradicting his reckless driving in other episodes. Kwazii has attempted to give him a driving lesson, but it didn't completely work out, as seen in "Operation Cooperation." It's also shown that Shellington's driving skills have improved as of Season 5, as he is beginning to be able to pilot the Gup-E on his own during missions in various episodes (e.g. Blue Whale Rescue and Scaly Foot Snail). He is also the person who first found the Vegimals. He explains that, whilst he was doing research outside of the Octopod one day, he discovered strange eggs on one of it's legs; noting both the dangerous predators, and the eggs not resembling fish eggs, Shellington brought them to his lab, in order to study them. Shellington hatched the eggs, first meeting Tunip and the rest followed shortly after. This gives him a particularly close bond with the Vegimals and seems to be the only person who fully understands Vegimalese. Some of his talents include playing the harp, playing the piano, golfing, drawing (in the books), crashing the Gups, identifying different creatures, helping the Octonauts on numerous occasions, and being humorous. Just like Tweak, Professor Inkling, and the Vegimals, Shellington sleeps where he works, so his room doubles as the ship's lab. The shelves are filled with many different samples that he has collected while out on missions. This is where he is usually found, viewing samples through his microscope. When not in his room, he is also found in his seat up in the HQ where he assists Dashi with the ship's computers. He is usually with Dashi during missions. Shellington has an older sister named Pearl and a little nephew named Periwinkle. He is also allergic to red sea urchins, a delicacy for sea otters. His allergies is one reason why he is a member of the Octonauts. Physical Traits: His fur is brown, with three tufts of spiky fur hanging down over his forehead, and a sand-colored face. He has a brown nose and small round brown ears with sand coloured insides. Of all the Octonauts, he is the only one, other than Peso, who has a mouth that doesn't have a peanut-shaped muzzle. His Octonauts uniform is a pair of blue boots, blue collar and the regular blue Octonauts labelled sailor hat. He's often seen holding his blue waterproof satchet and favorite magnifying glass as well. In Journey to China, Shellington's signature satchel has it's color changed from blue to brown. His pajama outfit includes green plaid slippers and a striped green nightcap with a fluffy pom-pom on the end. Other Outfits Golf Outfit (Books only) Labcoat (Books only) Pajamas (Green and Yellow Striped Night Cap and Slippers) Snow Suit Cave diving suit with brilliant emerald green patterns (Above & Beyond Season 1) Shellington in the books Shellington in the books Octo-Alert: Shellington is found in the Lab, the Garden, or the Launch Bay for the Octo-Alert. In some episodes, he is seen in the kitchen, with Tunip. In a few others, he is seen either sliding down an Octo-Chute or running through the hallway.

Dashi is the Octonauts’ sweet-natured IT officer and photographer. She is one of the only females, other than Tweak and Tominnow, on the Octonauts crew. She is the older sister of Koshi. Dashi is a Dachshund Dog who controls all of the computers, communication devices, and remote steering for the Octopod. She is portrayed as a meteorologist as well, as she often is the one monitoring the weather forecasts on the Octopod storm tracker. She is also the crew's official photographer, taking pictures of the different creatures the Octonauts meet. Dashi normally stays on the Octopod to coordinate missions on an advisory capacity, but she has joined in on a number of missions before, and has even done a solo mission that involved taking photos of various sea life, sunken ships, and long-lost treasures. She has an Australian accent in the original UK version, but in the US version, she has a lighter voice with an American accent instead. Normally, Dashi is seen in her seat up in the HQ next to her crewmate and fellow Octonaut, Shellington, whom she has done several missions with before, like staying down in the Mariana Trench for a few weeks or looking for different creatures in any ocean they visit. She's also usually seen in her room on the Octopod, which is on the other side of Peso's room, where the décor of it reveals her as being very feminine. The walls are pink and she's normally seen either messing with her favorite camera, sitting at her vanity, or reading. She sleeps with pink headphones listening to soothing music as seen in The Enormous Elephant Seal and The Crab and Urchin, although we hear the music in "The Enormous Elephant Seal", but it's completely silent in "The Crab and Urchin". Dashi has a well-behaved younger sister named Koshi who is an amateur detective who helped the Octonauts on a few missions. Dashi first appeared in "The Whale Shark", where she was taking pictures inside a Whale Shark's mouth thinking that it was an underwater cave. Physical Traits: Her fur is light brown with dark brown hair that blends into her dark brown ears. She has a beige muzzle and a little brown dog nose. She wears two hair clips (one white, one pink) in her fringe. She wears a light blush pink skirt with a skinny white stripe and a cerise waistband with a brown tank top which is the same colour as her ears and hair. She is often seen carrying her yellow photo camera and owns pink headphones she sleeps in. Her Octonauts Uniform is the regular blue hat with the Octonauts logo on it, blue boots with the Octonauts logo on each one, a blue collar and an Octoalert watch. Her watch is uncommon for the uniform. In Octonauts: Journey to China, the Chinese spinoff show, her skirt has the same bamboo pattern as Tweak's headband and she has a single pink green and white cloud hairclip. Outfits Octonauts uniform Deep-Sea Suit Blue Apron (In Books) Tie + Belt (In Books) Blue Swimsuit with Blue Flowers (In Books) Snow Suit Black and Pink Wetsuit (The Surfing Snails) Cave-Diving Suit with light blue patterns (The Octonauts and the Caves of Sac Actun) Night Vision Goggles (The Wild Windstorms) Octo-Alert: When Captain Barnacles call for an Octo Alert, Dashi is just usually found sitting on her bed, checking the radar, or doing something at the controls in HQ. This is the same for the launch bay as well. Sometimes, Captain Barnacles allows her to sound the Octo-Alert, but not very often.

Tweak is the engineer for the Octopod. It is her job to make sure that everything is running smoothly below deck in the engine room and to maintain all the Octonaut vehicles. She has even invented a number of new machines for the Octonauts, most notably the Gup submersibles. She is the daughter of Ranger Marsh and an unnamed mother. She likes to build and fix things, but she doesn't like how Kwazii or Shellington crash the Gups (mostly the Gup-B and D) and is forced to fix them again and again as a result. The many machines and devices Tweak invents sometimes work out in unexpected ways. She is one of the only two females on the Octonauts crew, with the other one being Dashi. Unlike most of the other members of the crew that have rooms up in the pods, Tweak lives and sleeps where she works the most and that's down in the launch bay. She sleeps without pajamas and has her toolbelt and bandana on when sleeping in her bed. She's not always down in the launch bay, though. One time, she was found up in the garden pod growing her favourite food: fresh carrots (as seen in The Baby Dolphin). She is best friends with Dashi and Sandy the Leatherback Sea Turtle. In both the original UK version and US version of the show, Tweak has a Southern accent when she speaks. It appears to sound a lot stronger in the US version, though this is only the case for Season 1. Appearance: Unusual for a rabbit, her fur is mint green. She has darker mint "hair" with a quiffed tuft of fur on her head facing her left side. Instead of a hat, she wears a pink bandana which is tied on the back of her head. She has a white muzzle and a little pink nose and black eyes. Her ear position changes depending on her mood, mostly twisting when she's in distress. Her Octonauts uniform consists of a blue collar, a blue tool belt on her waist equipped with a wrench and bearing the Octonauts logo, and a pair of blue boots. In Octonauts: Journey to China, the Chinese spinoff show, Tweak's bandana has a pink bamboo pattern. When she was a little bunny, she had a blue shirt and pants with a brown belt and boots with a pink bandana around her neck. Her ears had two blue hair ties on them (seen in photos in The Great Swamp Search). Outfits Octonauts uniform Beach Dress - (in books) Ball Gown - (in books) Welding helmet Deep sea suit Snow Suit (Operation Deep Freeze, The Emperor Penguins, The Giant Sea Spiders) Octo-Alert: When Captain Barnacles calls for an Octo-Alert, Tweak is usually found working on a machine, going up a ladder from the launch bay, or going over blueprints. But sometimes, she is found playing video games, looking at designs, gardening carrots, fixing something, or drinking hot chocolate in her room, and when Captain Barnacles is coming down to the launch bay, Tweak is turned around with Tunip by the monitor.

Professor Inkling is the venerable founder of the Octonauts. He is an Octopus and has a deep understanding of marine life. Inkling founded the Octonauts to promote marine research and preservation. Aside from being their founder, Inkling is also their oceanography professor. He rarely ever goes out on missions, but he has gone on a few, such as in The Giant Squid, The Great Christmas Rescue, and The Gulper Eels. Instead, he prefers to help the team from his library in the Octopod. However, Professor Inkling showed his physical prowess when connected to the Octopod to combat The Colossal Squid. He claimed to be an expert at tentacle wrestling. Unlike the other Octonauts, Professor Inkling (along with the Vegimals) is an amphibious creature and does not need a helmet or air tank. He is capable of breathing in and out of the water. But, like Captain Barnacles, he also possesses certain attributes pertaining to his species. He admits being able to squirt ink for protection and has little suckers on his arms for him to move and climb. Inkling is almost always in his 3 chairs: his moving chair in the HQ, his large barrel in the launch bay, and his chair in his library. Just like Tweak, the Vegimals, and Shellington who all seem to sleep where they work, it's believed that the same can be said for Inkling. He too appears to live and sleep where he works, which is the Octopod's library. He is probably the oldest Octonaut, judging by the monocle and his collection of old books. He also speaks highly of his family who themselves have written books. His known family members are his great-grandfather (mentioned in The Octonauts and the Flying Fish), his nephew Squirt (appeared in the Great Christmas Rescue), and his cousin Irving. Physical Traits: Professor Inkling is pink with eight arms, head flaps that resemble ears, and a white muzzle. He is normally seen wearing a monocle and a blue bow-tie attached to a white-collar. Other Outfits Top Hat Referee Tentacle Suit Tuxedo Octo-Alert During the Octo-Alert, Professor Inkling is mostly found reading books in the Library, or sometimes on a ladder trying to get a book.

The Vegimals are creatures that are half vegetable and half animal. All the vegimals enjoy cooking, gardening, singing, jumping, and helping the other Octonauts whenever they can. They speak Vegimalese, which is their own special language. Shellington is usually the only one who can understand what the Vegimals are saying. All Vegimals have the lower halves of fish and flippers. Of all the Vegimals, however, Tunip is the only major character. They all tend to faint at bad or shocking news, fear, or embarrassment. Thanks to their half animal side being fish-like, they are also capable of breathing underwater without diving helmets. Tweak occasionally may understand their language. In The Bullfrogs, the frogs seem to understand their language as well. In The Twelve-Year Bloom, it revealed that Selva can speak and understand Vegimalese, despite the fact that Shellington can only understand it. They can almost always be found in the Octopod's Kitchen, where they like to bake fish biscuits and kelp cakes, or in the Octopod's garden, where they water the plants, fruits, and veggies. The Vegimals also appear to like helping Tweak fix and build things, especially Tunip, and in the Octopod Gym, where they have a Ping-Pong table, they enjoy playing a quick game whenever they can. Appearance: Vegimals have a radish-like head that comes in different colours and a fish-like lower body that is coloured either green or blue. They also have different pieces of leaves on their heads based on the vegetable they are designed after. In A Very Vegimal Christmas and the book, Octonauts Explore The Great Big Ocean. Shellington reveals how he found the Vegimals. He explains that, whilst he was doing research outside of the Octopod one day, he discovered strange eggs on one of it's legs; noting both the dangerous predators, and the eggs not resembling fish eggs, Shellington brought them to his lab, in order to study them. Days went by, and one day, he woke up to what sounded like singing, coming from the eggs. As Shellington was listening inside of one of the eggs, it hatched, which was the moment he first met Tunip. The other Vegimals residing in the eggs, followed shortly after. Shellington reveals in A Very Vegimal Christmas, that the reason they're called Vegimals, is due to them being 50% vegetable, and 50% animal. The Vegimal Language As previously stated, the Vegimals speak Vegimalese. Information relating to their method of communications have yet to be officially released, however, we have collated some examples of spoken Vegimal and used context to decipher certain sounds and noises that they make. It is also likely that they do not speak an actual language (as in with syntax and grammar), and they use regular expressions in certain situations such as barks or alarm calls (like dogs), or guttural sounds and bird-ish-like trills. However, this can be disputed as they seem to have "conversations" with one another. It can also be interpreted as a zooglot or an "animal language" with extremely simple grammar and syntax, similar to how Koko the gorilla speaks. Vegimals, however, as seen in creature reports and other episodes, do have the ability to imitate and speak some spoken English, with their distinct accents, however they prefer to stick with their native tongue. Phonology: Vegimal phonology is fairly simple. A very common sound they produce is a "voiced alveolar trill" or /r/, colloquially known as a "Rolled 'R'" like the Spanish R in "repollo" This commonly follows a Voiceless bilibial stop or /p/ as in the English "Pole" The following IPA symbols can be heard from the Vegimals: Consonants: /r/ : Rolled "r" /p/ : same as in English "p" /ʈ/ : Not in English, pronounced by pronouncing a 't' but curling the tongue back to touch the hard palate. Here are some Vegimalese phrases. *Characters such as ü is pronounced as ue (u + e sound). Pronunciation parts in bold indicate that it must be stressed when spoken. Characters with diacritics that aren’t the diaresis indicate what tone the vowel is said in. NOTICE: A vegimalese phrase was added, but the phrase's spelling was not pulled from the Netflix captions. And the definition was guessed. Vegimalese interpretation Pronunciation Definition Usage Uüskah mika? u-yu-skah mi-ka What's that? Used to ask what something is. Cheepa wala. chì-pa wa-la(h) Disappointed Used to express disappointment. Didta, walla, fida dǐ-dta, wa-la, fi-dta(h) Ready, aim, fire Used by Tunip to tell Barrot to fire the plunger at the Gup-E to pull it out of the snot blob. Bree! Bree! Check! Used In The Creature Reports A vehicle and a rescue line-a beats a blob-a every time-a! Ah-vehicle and a rescue line-a beats a blob-a every time-a! Vehicle and a rescue line, beats a blob every time Used in the Very Vegimal Christmas Vegimalese interpretation Pronunciation Definition Usage Cheepa cheepa Chi-pa chi-pa Super super! When they are happy Mahngo Mah-ng-o Mango Mangoes- especially when Gruper ‘finds’ a mango in the Caves of Sac Actun Tika, tika-tika taun Tika [pause few seconds] tika-tika ton This is used as an expression, though at this time, the definition is unknown Used frequently in the first few episodes, but it hasn't been used in a while Sound-a the octo-alerta! ??? Sound the octo-alert! When vegimals take over.

Tunip is the Octonauts' beloved head cook and gardener. He is a Vegimal, a half-animal, half-vegetable creature capable of breathing on land as well as underwater. Tunip is very childish and innocent, always wanting to help the Octonauts in any way he can. He is the smallest main character in the Octonauts crew, but is one of the largest vegimals. Aside from cooking the meals, Tunip also works in the garden, cultivating vegetables he can use to cook meals. His two favorite meals are fish biscuits and kelp cakes. Tunip, like all Vegimals, speaks Vegimalese, which appears to be a heavily-accented form of English with a few bits of gibberish added, which onlySelva and Shellington can understand (sometimes). Since he was born, his first word was "Cheepa Cheepa!" Shellington hatched the Vegimals himself, after he found strange eggs on the Octopod one winter. They hatched into the Vegimals we know today! He may be cute, but sometimes he can get a little silly like all the Vegimals. For example, in some episodes, when something bad happens, Tunip faints (as do the other Vegimals at times). Of all the Vegimals, Tunip is the only one who is a main character. He seems to be the de facto leader of the Vegimals and the most mature of them. He was first seen born in A Vegimals Christmas where he was the main protagonist in the special. Like all the other Vegimals, Tunip loves to sing while he's working. He and the Vegimals will be the main characters in the episode "The Bullfrogs" from Season 5. In The Monster Digger, it is shown that he was buried under a pile of rocks and was rescued by a female Pangolin. Appearance: Tunip is has a light yellow upper body and blue lower body arms and fins. He has long turnip green leaves on his head, a white snout (???) and a small blue nose. He is one of the largest Vegimals, behind Grouber . He is assumedly half Tuna, half Turnip. Other Outfits Cooking apron Chef's hat Beekeeper's Hat (Helmets, as in The Octonauts and the Ring of Fire in Gup-Z and flying in Gup-H) Santa Claus hat: As seen in a dream towards the end A Very Vegimal Christmas Abilities Cooking food, especially Fish biscuits and Kelp Cakes Helping the Octonauts Gardening Harvesting seaweed Playing with and tossing items Swimming in water Singing Breathe both under water and in the air Building and organizing plans (Seen in the Very Vegimal Christmas) Help Kwazii (Seen in the Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef) Can say "Shellington" perfectly Immune to jellyfish stings Driving Gups Collecting honey from beehives Directing a choir (as shown in A Very Vegimal Christmas.

Octo-Agents: Paani is a recurring character exclusively in Octonauts: Above & Beyond. He is a new ally and an Octo-Agent who can be seen working alongside the Octonauts, amongst other new and previously established characters. He makes his debut in the first episode of Above & Beyond Season 1, The Skeleton Coast Adventure, and appears in future episodes of the series going forward. In total, Paani appears in 48 episodes - the highest episode count of all the Octo-Agents including their appearances in the original series. He is a Macaque monkey from the jungles of India. He's scrappy and has an adventurous personality. Paani is accustomed to working alone in harsh, remote environments. As a hydrologist, he researches water everywhere to determine its impact on creatures. In his first appearance in The Skeleton Coast Adventure, he is seen spying on the Octonauts and their crashed Octopod in the desert in Namibia from a distance with his binoculars, before seeing their barrels of water and the abandoned Gup-H. Getting enthusiastic about finding a solution to save the exhausted animals on the land from a drought, he attempted to fly the Gup away with some of the water before getting caught by Kwazii. Due to Kwazii and Paani getting off on the wrong foot, they don’t start off on the best of terms, especially on Kwazii’s end. Paani’s blunt nature doesn’t help, nor does Kwazii’s reluctance to trust or follow anyone else when he thinks they don’t know what they’re doing. Despite this, Paani has been saved by him from dangerous situations, such as almost falling from high ground or getting attacked by creatures multiple times. Paani’s friendly attitude has allowed him to befriend many creatures throughout his travels with ease, as seen in episodes such as The Fire Ants. However, he can sometimes take others too literally, or not catch certain social cues immediately. In The Alligator-Shark Showdown, an alligator says “Who asked you?” in response to Paani trying to stop the confrontation between them and the sharks, to which Paani replies “No one asked me. It’s simply a fact!” with a confused tone. Furthermore, in The Secret Beneath the Snow, Paani gets excited and talks through the silence Gus requests multiple times, before accidentally getting carried away rambling the entire evening, and not realizing it until the morning. He can get caught up into trouble fairly often and rather easily. This is mainly due to Paani disregarding his own safety in the face of danger, even if he’s aware what could happen to him, but only applies that knowledge to the creatures he wants to help. If the danger also involves areas of Hydrology, he can get too excited about his studies to notice his reckless behavior, much like Shellington with his interest in Biology.

Selva is a character exclusively in Octonauts: Above & Beyond. She is a blue iguana, and her occupation is a botanist. She is extremely sweet and caring, especially towards plants, with her often referring to them as her 'friends'. Additionally, she gets along quite well with the Vegimals, and is able to understand and talk to them in Vegimalese. She made her debut in Above and Beyond Season 3 as a new Octo-Agent who will work alongside the Octonauts and the other Octo-Agents going forward. In total, Selva appears in 25 episodes - the second highest episode count (after Paani) of all the Octo-Agents including their appearances in the original series. Appearance: Selva's skin is a turquoise blue, with a lighter marking around her mouth, and darker markings on top and sides of her head, as well as her tail. She has four orange spikes starting atop her head and running along the back of it, and in a gradient transitioning from yellow to orange. Her tail is also turquoise blue near the bottom of it, with the top covered in more orange spikes. Her outfit consists of an orange short-sleeved shirt underneath dark teal overall-shorts with a leaf symbol in the middle of it, along with a pair of blue glasses. She also wears a brown belt on her waist, with a sleeve to hold her trowel, followed by brown boots.

Calico Jack is Kwazii's long-lost grandfather and is considered the greatest cat pirate ever. Kwazii originally thought that he had died a long time ago, but he ends up finding him alive and in the Amazon River in The Amazon Adventure. He is a supporting character in The Octonauts, and a major character in Octonauts: Above and Beyond. He sails the seas with Parrot Pete. In earlier episodes, Kwazii found lots of items and a sunken ship that once belonged to Calico Jack. His sunken ship and golden spyglass were found in The Slime Eels, a music box with a song about him in The Pirate Parrotfish, and Calico Jack's coconut (really a hollow cannonball) in The Coconut Crabs. After cracking the coconut, Kwazii reads a two-page note from him. Like Kwazii, Calico Jack is voiced by Rob Rackstraw, who portrays him with a sea-farer's accent much like his grandson, only deeper and gruffer in tone. He also appears in the Season 5 episodes The Flying Squid and The Wood Eating Catfish, along with multiple episodes in Octonauts: Above & Beyond, such as The Beetle Invasion and The Wild Windstorms from Season 1. A quote describing him from the official Octonauts accounts: Kwazii's grandfather & proud cat pirate. Despite being a pirate, Calico Jack is slightly less quick to blame mythical creatures for strange things that he and the Octonauts encounter. Relatives: Kwazii (grandson)

Ryla is an old friend of Dashi’s from before she had joined the Octonauts. She first appears in The Octonauts and The Caves of Sac Actun. She helps Captain Barnacles, Peso and the little octopus Coba in the underwater caves by giving them tips on how to survive cave diving. Ryla is an expert cave diver who knows the best ways to get in and out of underwater caves safely, though she can be prone to injury. Dashi went with Ryla on cave diving adventures as her photographer to provide pictures for Ryla's cave diving book. Ryla was in the Sac Actun caves for few days, with her leg being injured after getting in a twist, before Barnacles and Peso got there. She survived in the cave by eating bat berries, which she quite enjoyed, especially with a little cave moss, as shown in the movie. She is voiced by Helen Walsh, and returns in Octonauts: Above & Beyond as a reoccurring Octo-Agent. She appears in the Above & Beyond Season 1 episode "The Mountain River Cave" where she, Kwazii, and Shellington are going cave exploring in Hang So’n Doòng, Vietnam until the rain fills up the entrance with water forcing them to go forward through the large cave where they soon encounter an Indo-Chinese Tiger who is also trying to get out of the cave. In Above and Beyond Season 2, she appears in The Salt-Mining Elephants, where she and Dashi help rescue some caved-in elephants, then appears in The Missing Lake, where she is called to help rescue Tracker and Uncle Buck, a red deer, from an underground cave under a sinkhole. After making no appearances in Above & Beyond Season 3, she appears three times in Above & Beyond Season 4. In Hazardous Habitats, she rescues Dashi & Shellington from a flooding cave; in Great Pacific Clean-Up, she aids in a group mission; and in Volcano Sharks, she helps a baby shark escape an erupting underwater volcano. Appearance: She is a gray wombat with a pink tuft of hair on her head in an orange and purple diving suit and helmet, black diving flippers on her feet, and has a bandage around her leg, as she got it in a twist when entered the caves a few days ago looking for a special creature, the poisonous venom tooth. Instead of a helmet, her suit has a pullover mask to help her breathe while she dives. Her air tank was also grey and white during her initial appearance, but after being found by Dashi and Kwazii, she eventually received a standard orange Octonaut air tank. She doesn’t have the cave diving gear in Above and Beyond and instead wears a spelunking outfit with the same colors as her diving suit.

Bud, formerly known as Buzz is a beaver that made his debut in Season 5 with his family in the episode “The Beavers”. He is a young beaver with an interest in engineering and building things, making him close to Tweak as a result. He returns in Above and Beyond Season 3, now slightly older and in his teenage years, working as an Octo-Agent. His voice actor changed from Teresa Gallagher to Alan Marriott, likely due to his physical size-up, requiring him to have a deeper voice. He was referred to as Buzz in Season 5, and this was likely his nickname because for Above & Beyond, he is always referred to as Bud. Appearance: Bud's fur is brown for the most part, with some parts of his body with a darker shade of brown, such as his feet and tail. He has three tufts of fur hanging down from his forehead; similar to that of Shellington's. In Season 5, Bud wore a green baseball cap followed by a green satchel. However, in Above and Beyond Season 3, Bud's general outfit consists of a green and yellow beanie with a maple leaf symbol on it along with a pair of green overalls.

Ranger Marsh is a park ranger in the Everglades in Florida, USA. He is the father of Tweak as seen in the Season 4 special The Great Swamp Search. However, he doesn't know how or why his daughter, Tweak builds the machinery she does, which he calls gadgets and gizmos. The only piece of technology that he has is a very old radio that does not work well at all (most of the time). It mostly just makes a fuzzy, blurry noise whenever he tries to call someone or someone tries to call him. He always does things the "Old School" way, like using his bare paws to catch Spiny Sue, or using a mud trap to catch Ronnie, Donnie and Lonnie. But he soon learns how important and useful Tweak's inventions really are when he gets stuck in the mud while rescuing a python egg. Tweak comes to his rescue with her Octo-grabbers and he soon gets his own Octo-Tablet so he can talk to his daughter whenever he wants, but he holds it upside down and messes up the volume at the end of the episode. Appearance: Ranger Marsh is a green rabbit with a beige explorer uniform and hat, which has small bite markings on the right side-front and the rear. He has a small bundle of hair coming down, and has black eyes like all the other Octonauts as well. He has a pink button-shaped nose and a brown moustache. He wears forest-green shorts and a pair of light-black boots. A small pouch is slung over his shoulder and goes down to his waist. He is often shown with an optimistic expression upon his face. In The Cold Snap, he wears a snow suit similar to that of the crew's, but it's brown instead of blue.

Tracker is an excitable Polar Scout trained by Captain Barnacles. He runs the Polar Scout Emergency Post. He uses his listening station to track calls for help in the Arctic or the Antarctic. He makes his first debut along with Professor Natquik, in the season 4 episode Operation Deep Freeze. He never made any other appearance after that, but he makes even more appearances in the spin-off series; Above & Beyond and in season 2 of it. In Above & Beyond, he teams up with Kwazii on a couple of missions. Appearance: Tracker has white fur, polar blue hair, and a Polar Scout uniform with a brown bomber hat, an orange scarf, and glasses.

Pearl is a female sea otter, she is Shellington's older sister, and a marine biologist just like him. Instead of being clumsy and nerdy like her brother, she is more serious and wiser about being a mother because she also has a newborn sea otter pup name Periwinkle. Though she does seem to be very close to Shellington. Pearl is very smart and has knowledge to everything there is to know about kelp forests and kelp plants, which she described is actually not a plant, but rather a type of algae. Unlike Shellington, who is allergic to urchins, Pearl does urchin duties, because sea otters are a type of keystone species, which means the kelp forest depends on her (and later Peri) to eat the red urchins, so it stays standing for creatures to live in. Contrary to Shellington, Pearl does not wear a helmet when she is underwater, though it's true that she can hold her breath for an extended period of time, so she just goes up for air occasionally, but mostly it's because she needs to be able to eat the urchins she can grab or to feed and clean her son. However, in Above and Beyond, she is seen wearing one. It's also possible that Shellington wouldn't be able to swim all the way up to the surface to breathe, so he wears a helmet when on missions. Pearl will appear with Periwinkle in the episode The Deep Ocean Discovery (Season 5). She also appears in the Above & Beyond series, where she's become an agent, and wears a helmet for the first time. Pearl likely lives in British Columbia, Canada as shown in the Octo-report sections of the Above and Beyond’s series. Pearl has an orange and yellow belt around her waist with an orange fanny pack full of gadgets, a watch on her right wrist, and orange shoes. She also has brown hair with a split in the left side of her bangs with a yellow sports band that has peach stripes and a yellow collar around her neck.

Min is a red panda who lives in China beside the Yangtze River. She is a mapmaker, and draws new places on her maps. She is an old friend of Professor Inkling. She made her debut in "The Chinese Giant Salamander”, a special in Season 5. She also appears in Above and Beyond as a recurring Octo-Agent. A quote describing her from the official Octonauts accounts: A red panda and a skilled mapmaker. Physical Appearance: Min wears a Chinese-inspired blue sleeveless tank top with yellow trim, and with little strings tying the front. She also wear gray shorts and brown shoes. In her hair is a headband with a pink flower that looks like a cherry blossom. She also has a bag like Shellington. Her fur is orange and red with white ears and brown lines on her tail. She has white markings on her face. She also has eyelashes, which is rarely seen in characters in the show.

Professor Natquik is an Arctic fox who is also a polar explorer and Captain Barnacles' old friend. He taught Barnacles how to do field research when he was a young Polar Bear Scout. His radio broke long ago, but he couldn't leave Antarctica because he discovered icequakes in the ice. He was put in charge of the Antarctic ice research station (now the Gup-I) after he met the Octonauts who saved his life work. He also has a very good sense of hearing, like Tweak. He has somewhat better hearing than Tweak. He can hear even the smallest crack in the ice. He is voiced by Simon Greenall. In Above and Beyond Season 2 “The Red Fox,” Professor Natquik mentions that his family home is in Siberia. In Above and Beyond Season 3, Pinto becomes his assistant in Antarctic research, and he teaches the young penguin more about how the rising temperature is affecting Antarctica and how to survive the dangers in the region. Appearance: Professor Natquik has white fur and almond eyes. He wears a green hooded jacket with the Polar Scout logo on it and green pants to match along with black boots. He also has a distinct Russian accent

Haraka is a character exclusively in Octonauts: Above & Beyond, being introduced in the fifth season. She is a creature coach, aiding animals in becoming self-resilient and training them for their various purposes. Being a cheetah, she is extremely fast and often even leaves a motion trail behind her when she's running fast. She is awarded an Octo-Watch at the end of her debut episode, and subsequently becomes an official Octo-Agent.

She is an expert at keeping creatures physically healthy and is always studying creatures and their abilities all over the world. She has a small cat-shaped device where she records information on creatures and draws what she sees onto the tablet. She is stated to be of African origin, being said to know almost every creature in Africa and all about the savanna. Additionally, she was found in the Serengeti in her debut episode 'The Wildebeest Stampede', which could infer her specific origin.

Haraka has orange fur, with white spots around her eyes and mouth. She has one notable black stripe on the center of her head, three spots on both cheeks, and across her body, including her tail. She also has fur strands on her face, similar to those of Paani & Min, indicating she is a fur-coated animal like them. Though, she does not have prominent eyelashes like other female Octo-Agents, but her eyes resemble those of real cheetahs, being slightly raised at the ends. She wears an orange bodysuit with yellow arm-sleeves. Additionally, she has a waistband where she has another circular cat-shaped tablet on her front. Her shoes match the color tone of her outfit, being a dark orange color, with 2 laces on each one.