Octonauts

Sea creature rescuers

Octonauts is a British animated children's television series featuring a crew of underwater adventurers who explore ocean environments and rescue sea creatures.

The team operates from an undersea base called the Octopod.

The word blends octopus with astronauts, positioning the characters as oceanic explorers: My kids are obsessed with Octonauts.

mission

explore

Travel to discover

marine life · ocean · deep sea · coral reef · kelp forest · midnight zone · Arctic · Antarctic · tropical · creatures

show

CBeebies

BBC children's broadcast service

preschool · Netflix · BBC · episodes · sea creatures · cartoon · children · streaming · adventure · marine biology

characters

polar bear

Large white arctic mammal

  • catSmall furry housepet
  • penguinFlightless aquatic southern bird
  • rabbitLong-eared lagomorph

dog · otter · medic · lieutenant · captain · professor · pirate · engineer · photographer · scientist

vehicles

submarine

Underwater naval craft

  • HQMain operations center
  • headquartersCentral command location
  • podsEnclosed natural containers

underwater base · deep sea · propellers · tentacles · kitchen · sickbay

Opposites
stance toward nature

OctonautsMoby Dick

Fictional white sperm whale

Deadliest Catch · Captain Ahab

tone and approach to nature

OctonautsMonster Hunter

Tracker of dangerous creatures

survival horror · creature features · Moby Dick

Family

octopus, octagon, octave, October, octogenarian, nautical, nautilus, naut, astronaut

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G