Snorks

Snorks
Country of originUnited States
Belgium
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes65 (108 segments + pilot)
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Freddy Monnickendam
Running time12 minutes
24 minutes (later episodes)
Original release
NetworkNBC (seasons 1–2)
Syndicated (seasons 3–4)
ReleaseSeptember 15, 1984 (1984-09-15) –
March 15, 1989 (1989-03-15)

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

Villains

  • Junior Wetworth
  • Willie Wetworth
  • Govenor Wetworth
  • 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. Chapter 1 Journey To the Source / Chapter 2 Vandal Scandal
  2. Chapter 3 Hooked on a Felling/ Chapter 4 The New Neighbors
  3. Chapter 5 Das Boot / Chapter 6 Which Snork Snitched
  4. Chapter 7 Allstar's All-Star Band / Chapter 8 Snorkymania
  5. Chapter 9 A Snorking We Will Go/ Chapter 10 Now You Seahorse, Now You Don't
  6. Chapter 11 Snork Dance / Chapter 12 Snork Marks the Spot
  7. Chapter 13 Junior's Secret / Chapter 14 The Big Scoop
  8. Chapter 15 The Blue Coral Necklace / Chapter 16 Up, Up and A Wave
  9. Chapter 17 Snorkin Surf Party / Chapter 18 The Snorkness Monster
  10. Chapter 19 A Snork on the Wild Side / Chapter 20 Allstar's Double Trouble
  11. Chapter 21 Fine Fettered Friends / Chapter 22 Time Out for Sissies
  12. Chapter 23 Me Jo-Jo, You Daffney / Chapter 24 The Old Shell Game
  13. Chapter 25 The King of Kelp/ Chapter 26 Whale Tales

Season 2 (1985)

  1. Chapter 27 Snorkitis is Nothing to Sneeze At / Chapter 28 The Whole Toot and Nothing But the Toot
  2. Chapter 29 Chickens of the Sea / Chapter 30 Never Cry Wolf-fish
  3. Chapter 31 A Hard Day's Snork / Chapter 32 Learn to Love Your Snork
  4. Chapter 33 Allstar's Freshwater Adventure / Chapter 34 Dr. Strangesnork
  5. Chapter 35 It's Just a Matter of Slime / Chapter 36 Water Friends For?
  6. Chapter 37 Junior's Octopuppy / Chapter 38 The Shape of Snorks To Come
  7. Chapter 39 Casey and the Doubleheader / Chapter 40 The Ugly Yuckfish
  8. Chapter 41 Gills Just Want to Have Fun / Chapter 42 Guess What's Coming to Dinner
  9. Chapter 43 A Sign of the Tides / Chapter 44 The Littlest Mermaid
  10. Chapter 45 I Squid You Not / Chapter 46 The Backwards Snork

Season 3 (1986-1987)

  1. Chapter 47 All's Whale that Ends Whale / Chapter 48 Allstar's Last Hour
  2. Chapter 49 A Willie Scary Shalloween / Chapter 50 Sea Shore Sideshow
  3. Chapter 51 Freeze Save our Town / Chapter 52 Snip and Snap
  4. Chapter 53 Junior's Empire / Chapter 54 The Golden Dolphin
  5. Chapter 55 It's Always Darkest Before the Snork / Chapter 56 The Sand Witch
  6. Chapter 57 Tooter Loves Tadah / Chapter 58 The Shady Shadow /
  7. Chapter 59 Daffney's Ransom / Chapter 60 Salmon Chanted Evening
  8. Chapter 61 Casey in Sandland / Chapter 62 Reefberry Madness
  9. Chapter 63 A Farewell of Arms / Chapter 64 Mummy Snorkest
  10. Chapter 65 Jo-Jo in Control / Chapter 66 The Day the Ocean Stood Still
  11. Chapter 67 Chills, Drills and Spills / Chapter 68 The Longest Shortcut
  12. Chapter 69 Willie & Smallstar's Big Adventure / Chapter 70 Taming of the Snork
  13. Chapter 71 A Snork in a Gilded Cage / Chapter 72 The Snorkshire Spooking

Season 4 (1988-1989)

  1. Chapter 73 Daffney's Not so Great Escape / Chapter 74 Willie's Best Fiend
  2. Chapter 75 Dr. Strangesnork's Bomb / Chapter 76 Day of the Juniors
  3. Chapter 77 Ooze Got the Snorks / Chapter 78 A Starfish is Born
  4. Chapter 79 The Silly Snorkasaurus / Chapter 80 Who's Who?
  5. Chapter 81 Battle of the Gadgets / Chapter 82 Little Lord Occy
  6. Chapter 83 Junior's Fuelish Kelp Rush / Chapter 84 The Boo Lagoon
  7. Chapter 85 How the Snork was Won / Chapter 86 In Junior's Image
  8. Chapter 87 Robosnork
  9. Chapter 88 Summer and Snork
  10. Chapter 89 Allstar's Odyssey
  11. Chapter 90 In Greed we Trust
  12. Chapter 91 Jaws Says the Word
  13. Chapter 92 Prehissnorkic
  14. Chapter 93 Rhyme and Punishment
  15. Chapter 94 The Wizard of Ice
  16. Chapter 95 Big City Snorks
  17. Chapter 96 Nightmare on Snorkstreet
  18. Chapter 97 Robin Snork
  19. Chapter 98 Snorkerella
  20. Chapter 99 Snork Ahoy
  21. Chapter 100 Allstar & Junior in the Seaweed Blues
  22. Chapter 101 Casey, Daphney, Call a Doctor!
  23. Chapter 102 The Daring Young Snork on the Flying Trapeze
  24. Chapter 103 Oh Brother!
  25. Chapter 104 The Story Circle
  26. Chapter 105 Elementary, My Dear Junior!
  27. Chapter 106 I'll Be Senior
  28. Chapter 107 The Day They Fixed Junior Wetworth
  29. Chapter 108 The First Snork in Space
  30. Chapter 109 Wish or Wish Out
  31. Chapter 110 All That Glitters is Not Goldfish
  32. Chapter 111 My Dinner with Allstar

Cast

Additional voices