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Essentially ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace with fins]].

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Essentially ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace with fins]].[-[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace WITH FINS]]-].
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** "Dolphin In Pursuit" (The Ricks family have their boat stolen while on vacation and Flipper goes to carch the criminal)

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** "Dolphin In Pursuit" (The Ricks family have their boat stolen while on vacation and Flipper goes to carch catch the criminal)
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Essentially ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' [[RecycledInSpace with fins]].

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Essentially ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace with fins]].



* ReTool: Happened to the '90s version twice. The second season dropped the entire cast of the first season, except for [[Creator/JessicaAlba Jessica Marie Alba]] (as she was billed in the first season), and reworked the premise to revolve around search and rescue people with Flipper working for them as a kind of rescue dolphin, essentially turning it into a CopShow [[RecycledINSPACE IN THE OCEAN!]] In the third season, Jessica Alba left and the second-season protagonist married [[RememberTheNewGuy someone who had never appeared on the show before]], adding her [[CousinOliver two cute children]] to the cast. Thus, the premise became ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' WITH A DOLPHIN! for the remaining two seasons.

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* ReTool: Happened to the '90s version twice. The second season dropped the entire cast of the first season, except for [[Creator/JessicaAlba Jessica Marie Alba]] (as she was billed in the first season), and reworked the premise to revolve around search and rescue people with Flipper working for them as a kind of rescue dolphin, essentially turning it into a CopShow [[RecycledINSPACE [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE IN THE OCEAN!]] In the third season, Jessica Alba left and the second-season protagonist married [[RememberTheNewGuy someone who had never appeared on the show before]], adding her [[CousinOliver two cute children]] to the cast. Thus, the premise became ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' WITH A DOLPHIN! for the remaining two seasons.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Just before Dirk blows up Flipper’s mother, the camera cuts to Sandy. The sound of the gun is all we need to hear to know that she's dead.
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* ThreateningShark: Scar, a ferocious Great Hammerhead (the largest variety of hammerhead shark) who lurks in the area, is rumored to have taken out a tourist boat, and shows up during the climax to threaten Sandy. Fortunately, Flipper (with help from his pod) is able to drive him away in time.
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* RemakeCameo: Luke Halpin, who played Sandy in the original movies and TV series, makes and appearence as one of the Bounty Fishermen.

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* RemakeCameo: Luke Halpin, who played Sandy in the original movies and TV series, makes and an appearence as one of the Bounty Fishermen.
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* RemakeCameo: Luke Halpin, who played Sandy in the original movies and TV series, makes and appearence as one of the Bounty Fishermen.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Porter is Sandy's uncle in this movie, rather than his father. Sandy is only staying with him for the summer due to his mother's divorce, but he promises to come back the next year.

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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Porter is Sandy's uncle in this movie, rather than his father. Sandy is only staying with him for the summer due to his mother's divorce, but he promises to come back the next year.
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This 1964 series (based on the 1963 movie) was about the eponymous bottlenose dolphin who is adopted by (or adopts, depending on your point of view) Florida park ranger Porter Ricks and his sons Sandy and Bud. Originally airing on Creator/{{NBC}} until 1967, it had a long run on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the early '90s leading to increased popularity and a revival. There is also a loosely related animated series, ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopatka'', focusing on a new human companion for the now talking dolphin.

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This 1964 series (based on the 1963 movie) was about the eponymous bottlenose dolphin who is adopted by (or adopts, depending on your point of view) Florida park ranger Porter Ricks and his sons Sandy and Bud. Originally airing on Creator/{{NBC}} until 1967, it had a long run on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the early '90s leading to increased popularity and a revival. There is also a loosely related animated series, ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopatka'', ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopaka'', focusing on a new human companion for the now talking dolphin.

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This 1964 series (based on the 1963 movie) was about the eponymous bottlenose dolphin who is adopted by (or adopts, depending on your point of view) Florida park ranger Porter Ricks and his sons Sandy and Bud. Originally airing on Creator/{{NBC}} until 1967, it had a long run on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the early '90s leading to increased popularity and a revival.

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This 1964 series (based on the 1963 movie) was about the eponymous bottlenose dolphin who is adopted by (or adopts, depending on your point of view) Florida park ranger Porter Ricks and his sons Sandy and Bud. Originally airing on Creator/{{NBC}} until 1967, it had a long run on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the early '90s leading to increased popularity and a revival.
revival. There is also a loosely related animated series, ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopatka'', focusing on a new human companion for the now talking dolphin.



* DecompositeCharacter: The role of Bud seems to be split three ways: the role of Sandy's sibling goes to this Sandy's kid sister (who is ''nicknamed'' Bud, and nevertheless only shows up at the end of the film with their mother), while the role of Sandy's partner-in-crime is shared between Kim and Marvin.

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* BigBad: Dirk Moran serves as the ultimate antagonist of the film. While the original portrayed the fish shortage as just an unfortunate consequence of nature, this remake has Moran and his fishing buddies cause toxicity levels in the ocean to skyrocket with their overfishing and dumping chemicals into the water to do their catches. His party is also the one that kills Flipper's mother and family, and tries to finish the job in the finale.
* DecompositeCharacter: The role of Bud as a character seems to be split three ways: the role of Sandy's sibling goes to this Sandy's kid sister [[GenderFlip sister]] (who is ''nicknamed'' Bud, and nevertheless only shows up at the end of the film with their mother), while the role of Sandy's partner-in-crime is shared between Kim and Marvin.Marvin. Interestingly, Bud shouldn't be there at all, given it's a remake of the 1963 movie.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: This film's version of Porter is a man perpetually stuck in the sixties. He wears faded old clothes, only listens to Music/TheBeachBoys, and lives on a diet of Spaghettio's and hot dogs.
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* DecompositeCharacter: The role of Bud seems to be split three ways: the role of Sandy's sibling goes to this Sandy's kid sister (who is ''nicknamed'' Bud, and nevertheless only shows up at the end of the film with their mother), while the role of Sandy's partner-in-crime is shared between Kim and Marvin.

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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Porter is Sandy's uncle in this movie, rather than his father.

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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Porter is Sandy's uncle in this movie, rather than his father. Sandy is only staying with him for the summer due to his mother's divorce, but he promises to come back the next year.
* AwesomeAussie: "Awesome" is stretching it, considering how he lives and carries himself, but Porter is, if nothing, confident, filled with conviction, and willing to stand up for what he feels is right.

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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Porter is Sandy's uncle in this movie, rather than his father.
* ThemeTuneCameo: The show's theme song shows up during the scene where Sandy runs a one-man dolphin show, this time a rock cover.

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