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Note: American freelance script-writers Michael Maurer and Paul Lacy also contributed numerous scripts to the program.
Issue Details: First known date: 1999-2005... 1999-2005 Flipper & Lopaka
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Film Details - Yoram Gross Film Studios , 1999-2005

Producers:

Yoram Gross (series one and two); Geoff Watson and Rodney Whitham (series three).

Production Companies:

Yoram Gross EM-TV.

Editors:

Djordje Lukic.

Music:

Guy Gross.

Cast:

Voices of Keith Scott, Jamie Oxenbold, Jodi Dry, Josh Quong Tart, Jane U'Brien, Shane Withington, Robyn Moore, and Troy Planet.

Release Dates:

Series one aired in 1999, series two in 2001, and series three in 2005.

Awards:

  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for an Animation, 2001.

Notes:

Script editors: David Witt and Ray Harding.

List of episodes (series one):
1. The Lost City (Ray Harding)
2. The Secrets of Quetzo (Ray Harding)
3. The Volcano (Ray Harding)
4. The White Whale (Ray Harding)
5. Lopaka's Gift (Paul Lacy)
6. The Showdown (David Witt and Paul Lacy)
7. The Good Shark (Michael Maurer)
8. The Sea Serpent (John Palmer)
9. The Drought (John Palmer)
10. Lights, Camera, Dexter! (Ray Harding)
11. King for a Minute (John Palmer)
12. The Castaway (John Palmer)
13. The Little Blue Fish (John Palmer)
14. The Oil Spill (John Palmer)
15. The Circus (John Palmer and David Witt)
16. The Sting of the Stonefish (Ray Harding and David Witt)
17. The Secret Weapon (Ray Harding)
18. Dexter's Wedding (Michael Maurer)
19. High Tide (John Palmer)
20. Dexter's Delinquents (Michael Maurer)
21. Girl Power (Michael Maurer)
22. Bolo the Runaway (author unknown)
23. Surf's Up (author unknown)
24. The Trap (author unknown)
25. The Monster of Quetzo (author unknown)
26. The Homecoming (author unknown)

List of episodes (series two): incomplete
1. Mysterious Island (author unknown)
2. Terrible Titan of Tabu (author unknown)
3. The Eclipse (author unknown)
4. Secret of the Seven Crystals (author unknown)
5. Puffy the Pied Piper (author unknown)
6. The Treasure Hunt (author unknown)
7. The Big Wave (author unknown)
8. Flying is not for the Foolish (author unknown)
9. Dexter's Big Gulp (author unknown)
10. Magic Medicine (author unknown)
12. The Crystal Cave (author unknown)

Settings:
  • South Pacific, Pacific Region,
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