Plot Synopsis

OCTONAUTS follows the lively underwater adventures of Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant Kwazii Cat and Medic Peso Penguin, as they explore the ocean and work to protect all of its unique sea creatures. In each 22-minute episode, the crew receives an "octo alert," which serves as a call to action for the heroes to embark on the day's mission with help from their extended crew -- Tweak, a bunny mechanical engineer; Shellington, a marine biologist sea otter; Dashi, a dependable dog who serves as the Octonauts' official mission photographer; Professor Inkling, the Octonauts' octopus founder; and Tunip, a special breed of underwater sea creature called a vegimal. Disney Junior aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:30am ET/PT.
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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released "Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef," a 47-minute OCTONAUTS special. In this musical special, the Octonauts must find a way to hold back hungry swarms of coral-eating starfish to save a new friend's fragile reef home. Starring Simon Greenall, Rob Rackstraw, Jo Wyatt, Paul Buckley, Simon Foster, Teresa Gallagher, Richard Grieve, Michael Murphy, Paul Panting, and Keith Wickham.