History WesternAnimation / BubbleGuppies

* ArtisticLicense--Biology: The white whale in "X Marks the Spot" spends his screen time shown on land (and air), never in water. Whales need to be in water to live.
* ArtisticLicense--Paleontology: Invoked in one episode when the Guppies introduce a story about cavemen and dinosaurs. Nonny tells us cavemen and dinosaurs didn't really live at the same time. One of the others replies, "We know. But this just a story we made up."

* ThemeTuneRollCall: "I'm Molly!" "I'm Gil!" "I'm Goby!" "I'm Deema!" "I'm Oona!" "I'm Nonny!"

''Bubble Guppies'' is an animated musical preschool sketch comedy show created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull (who would later create ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'' together). The series premiered on Nickelodeon's Creator/NickJr block on January 24, 2011.

* ArtisticLicense--Paleontology: Invoked in one episode when the Guppies introduce a story about cavemen and dinosaus. Nonny tells us cavemen and dinosaurs didn't really live at the same time. One of the others replies, "We know. But this just a story we made up."

''Bubble Guppies'' is an animated musical preschool show created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull (who would later create ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'' together). The series premiered on Nickelodeon's Creator/NickJr block on January 24, 2011.

* RuleOfCool: In ''"Have a Cow!"'', Goby and Gil are having their carrots stolen by a [[HumongousMecha giant robot rabbit]]. To get it to leave, they use a giant, rocket, robot carrot. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Oona; "Makes sense to me!"

* NeverSayDie: In "Haunted House Party", they constantly dance around just what a [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombie]] ''is'', calling them 'spooky monsters' whose breath is the ''worst'', yet their very best feature.
* NicePerson: The Bubble Guppies are all very nice and friendly. So nice and friendly that [[FriendToAllLivingThings they are able to make friends with just about anyone, even a squirrel.]]

* CowardlyLion: Gil. He's scared of planes, chickens, ducks, ''[[TyrannosaurusRex T. rexes]]'', tubas, ghosts, caterpillars, gorillas, ''the planet Jupiter''... He's even scared of his own ''dog''.

* StockDinosaurs: ''[[TyrannosaurusRex T. rex]]'', Apatosaur, and Triceratops were the only dinosaurs mentioned in "Can You Dig It?"

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Clockwise from the top:[[TheStoic Nonny]],[[GracefulLadiesLikePurple Oona]],[[{{Keet}} Gil]],[[RoseHairedSweetie Molly]],[[DramaQueen Deema]], and Goby.-]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Clockwise from the top:[[TheStoic Nonny]], Oona, Gil,[[RoseHairedSweetie Molly]], Deema, and Goby.-]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Clockwise from the top: Nonny, Oona, Gil, Molly, Deema, and Goby.-]]]

ArtisticLicense--Paleontology: Invoked in one episode when thy 'guppies introduce a story about cavemen and dinosaus. Nonny tells us cavemen and dinosaurs didn't really live at the same time. One of the others replies, "W know. But this just a story we made up."

* AerithAndBob
* AesopAmnesia: Mr. Grumpfish has a bad case of it in "''Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!''". Justified in that it's a story being told by Mr. Grouper to Bubble Puppy.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Molly
* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonny rarely shows emotion.

* AncientEgypt: Guess what's the focus of [[{{Pun}} "Only the Sphinx Nose!"]]?

* BigShadowLittleCreature: The mouse from the Recess scene of "Haunted House Party!".
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The guppies' school.

* BondOneLiner: Nonny, of all people, delivers one in "The Grumpfish Special!".

* ButtMonkey: Everything that happens to Gil during his and Molly's sketches. ''Everything.''
* CatchPhrase: "Let's think about it!"
* ChristmasEpisode: "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!" and "A Very Guppy Christmas!"

* CoolShades: The spring chicken.

* CowardlyLion: Gil. He's scared of planes, chickens, ducks, ''[[TyrannosaurusRex T. rexes]]'', tubas, ghosts, caterpillars, gorillas, ''the planet Jupiter''...
** He's even scared of his own ''dog''.
* [[{{Cowboy}} Cowgirl]]: ''"The Cowgirl Parade!"''
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gil

* DisneyAcidSequence: Every episode has at least one.
* DramaticThunder: Playfully mocked in the recess segment of "The Grumpfish Special!"

* EdutainmentShow

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The focus of one of the episodes is farm life, most specifically focusing on a cow and the birth of her calf.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: "Can You Dig It?"
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The recess sketch in "The Color Prix!" Not to mention the [[DisneyAcidSequence song]], which definitely applies.

* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Every episode has this title, with a few exceptions.

* FourFingeredHands
* FracturedFairyTale: "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"

* GenkiGirl: Deema
* GoodAllAlong: A common twist in the story segments features the presumed monster or scary creature chasing the Guppies revealed to be nice all along and was trying to get their help.
** However, there are some exceptions, like the alligator from "A Tooth on the Looth" who did intend to eat Gil and Molly.
* GreenAesop: The episode "Boy Meets Squirrel!", which deals with Nonny and a squirrel.
* {{Guyliner}}: Used rather hilariously and in conjunction with DarkerAndEdgier in the Halloween episode.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Deema
* HalloweenEpisode: "Haunted House Party!" and "Trick or Treat, Mr. Grumpfish!"
* HeelFaceTurn: The mean witch, after she enjoyed being transformed into a frog.
* HumanMail (Or, at least he ''attempted'' to)

* {{Introdump}}

* TheNarrator: Whichever character happens to be presiding over the recess sketch of a particular episode.

* NoCartoonFish: Averted.
* NoFlowInCGI: Since they're underwater, the limitations of that format really show.

* ParentalAbandonment: Apart from being the only humanoids in the show, there is absolutely no trace of the Guppies' parents, outside of brief mentions.
* PerpetualFrowner: Nonny
* {{Pirate}}: "X Marks the Spot"
** [[PirateParrot Pirate Mer-Parrot]]
* PokemonSpeak: The Ball Hog in "Fishketball!"

* PreciousPuppy: Bubble Puppy.
* {{Pun}}: The lunch jokes. There's a lot more than that. Many episode titles fit this trope.
* PuppyLove: All the characters, notably Molly/Gil, Goby/Deema and Nonny/Oona.

* RuleOfFunny: The outside sketches run on this.

* SketchComedy: For kids!

* TemptingFate: "Hey, Molly, have you ever wondered why they call it the ''[[WhenItRainsItPours rain]]''forest?"

* TitleThemeTune

* TokenHuman: The six Bubble Guppies are the only mer-people seen on the show thus far, the rest of the population consisting of entirelly sea creatures. It's subverted in the fourth season when we see Molly's sister and a pop star named Stylee, both mer-people, and in the fifth season which features new Guppy Zooli.
** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23IlQbv68To this song.]]

* TheUnpronounceable: The Weather Weasel Wizard... in universe, at least. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.

* VillainSong:
** The mean witch gets one in "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"
** The Night Wizard also gets this in "The Puppy and the Ring". The song is shared along with the Sun King, Molly, and Gil.

* WackyHomeroom

* WelcomeToTheBigCity

%%* AerithAndBob
%%* AesopAmnesia: Mr. Grumpfish has a bad case of it in "''Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!''". Justified in that it's a story being told by Mr. Grouper to Bubble Puppy.
%%* AmbiguouslyBrown: Molly
%%* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonny rarely shows emotion.

%% * AncientEgypt: Guess what's the focus of [[{{Pun}} "Only the Sphinx Nose!"]]?

%% * BigShadowLittleCreature: The mouse from the Recess scene of "Haunted House Party!".
%% * {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The guppies' school.

%% * BondOneLiner: Nonny, of all people, delivers one in "The Grumpfish Special!".

%% * ButtMonkey: Everything that happens to Gil during his and Molly's sketches. ''Everything.''
%% * CatchPhrase: "Let's think about it!"
%% * ChristmasEpisode: "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!" and "A Very Guppy Christmas!"

%% * CoolShades: The spring chicken.

%% * [[{{Cowboy}} Cowgirl]]: ''"The Cowgirl Parade!"''
%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gil

%% * DisneyAcidSequence: Every episode has at least one.
%% * DramaticThunder: Playfully mocked in the recess segment of "The Grumpfish Special!"

%% * EdutainmentShow

%% * EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: "Can You Dig It?"
%% * EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The recess sketch in "The Color Prix!" Not to mention the [[DisneyAcidSequence song]], which definitely applies.

%% * FantasyHelmetEnforcement: A rather humorous example - even though Avi was wearing his helmet, he [[BrokenAesop still broke his tail.]]

%% * FourFingeredHands
%% * FracturedFairyTale: "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"

%% * GenkiGirl: Deema

%% * GreenAesop: The episode "Boy Meets Squirrel!", which deals with Nonny and a squirrel.
%% * {{Guyliner}}: Used rather hilariously and in conjunction with DarkerAndEdgier in the Halloween episode.
%% * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Deema
%% * HalloweenEpisode: "Haunted House Party!" and "Trick or Treat, Mr. Grumpfish!"
%% * HeelFaceTurn: The mean witch, after she enjoyed being transformed into a frog.
%% * HumanMail (Or, at least he ''attempted'' to)

%% * {{Introdump}}
%% * IWantSong: Several of the songs e.g. "I Want A Pet Today", "The Restaurant", and "I Wanna Be A Cowgirl/Cowboy" just to name 3.

%% * MixAndMatchCritters: The [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Gorilla]]-[[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Gator]].

%% * NoCartoonFish: Averted.
%% * NoFlowInCGI: Since they're underwater, the limitations of that format really show.

%% * PerpetualFrowner: Nonny
%% * {{Pirate}}: "X Marks the Spot"

%% * PokemonSpeak: The Ball Hog in "Fishketball!"

%% * PreciousPuppy: Bubble Puppy.
%% * {{Pun}}: The lunch jokes. There's a lot more than that. Many episode titles fit this trope.
%% * PuppyLove: All the characters, notably Molly/Gil, Goby/Deema and Nonny/Oona.

%% * RuleOfFunny: The outside sketches run on this.

%% * SeparateSceneStorytelling: Done OnceAnEpisode when the kids go outside and do a story.

%% * SketchComedy: For kids!

%% * SuperDeformed: All chibi all the time, just like Handy Manny and Super Why.

%% * TemptingFate: "Hey, Molly, have you ever wondered why they call it the ''[[WhenItRainsItPours rain]]''forest?"

%% * TitleThemeTune

%% ** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23IlQbv68To this song.]]
%% * TrueCompanions: The Guppies all care for each other and like to help each other out.
%% * TheUnpronounceable: The Weather Weasel Wizard... in universe, at least. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.

%% * VillainSong:
%% ** The mean witch gets one in "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"
%% ** The Night Wizard also sings a song about . The song is shared along with the Sun King, Molly, and Gil.

%% * WackyHomeroom

%% * WelcomeToTheBigCity

%% * WhenHeSmiles: Although Nonny is rarely expressive and doesn't smile so much, when he does, it's pretty adorable.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Nonny

* RunningGag:
** Gil getting snow dropped on his head every time Mr. Grumpfish slams the door in "''Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!''".
** "SUPPLIES!"

%% * SixStudentClique: An interesting preschool variation:
%% ** The Head -- Gil
%% ** The Muscle -- Goby
%% ** The Quirk -- Nonny
%% ** The Pretty One -- Oona
%% ** The Smart One -- Molly
%% ** The Wild One -- Deema

* FiveTokenBand: Or six-tokens: Molly is possibly Hispanic, Deema is blonde, Oona is Asian, Goby is white, Nonny is ginger, and Gil is Black.

* FiveTokenBand: Or six-tokens: Molly is Hispanic, Deema is blonde, Oona is Asian, Goby is white, Nonny is ginger, and Gil is white.

Each episode follows the adventures of a group of [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mer-children]] and the lessons they learn in at their underwater preschool. Along the way, they sing, dance, and have imaginary adventures while exploring concepts of the episode's theme, such as pet care, the solar system, or how to run a restaurant.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from the top: Nonny, Oona, Gil, Molly, Deema, and Goby.]]-]

* StockDinosaurs: ''[[TyrannosaurusRex T. rex]], Apatosaur, and Triceratops were the only dinosaurs mentioned in "Can You Dig It?"

%% * HairDecorations: Oona

* FairyTaleTropes used in "Bubble Puppy's Fin-Tastic Fairy Tale Adventure":
** BalefulPolymorph
*** BewitchedAmphibians
** BearsAreBadNews: Inverted.
** GiantFood: Inverted in a rather humorous way as everything in the giant's house is, well, giant, with the exception of the regular-sized golden eggs that the guppies need.
** HauntedCastle
** TheLostWoods
** WickedWitch
*** GigglingVillain
*** FlyingBroomstick

%% * VillainSong: The mean witch gets one in "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"

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[-[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from the top: Nonny, Oona, Gil, Molly, Deema, and Goby.]]-]

* ActorAllusion: In one episode, a female character voiced by [=RuPaul=] says something along the lines of "it's a drag", with emphasis on the word "drag".
* {{Adorkable}}: Nonny
* AerithAndBob
* AesopAmnesia: Mr. Grumpfish has a bad case of it in "''Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!''". Justified in that it's a story being told by Mr. Grouper to Bubble Puppy.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Molly
* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonny rarely shows emotion.

* AncientEgypt: Guess what's the focus of [[{{Pun}} "Only the Sphinx Nose!"]]?

* BigShadowLittleCreature: The mouse from the Recess scene of "Haunted House Party!".
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The guppies' school.

* BondOneLiner: Nonny, of all people, delivers one in "The Grumpfish Special!".

* ButtMonkey: Everything that happens to Gil during his and Molly's sketches. ''Everything.''
* CatchPhrase: "Let's think about it!"
* ChristmasEpisode: "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!" and "A Very Guppy Christmas!"

** Slowly being averted in the more recent episodes.
* CoolShades: The spring chicken.

* [[{{Cowboy}} Cowgirl]]: ''"The Cowgirl Parade!"''
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gil

* DefeatMeansFriendship / WellIntentionedExtremist: Occurs very often in the recess segments.
* DisneyAcidSequence: Every episode has at least one.
* DramaticThunder: Playfully mocked in the recess segment of "The Grumpfish Special!"

* EdutainmentShow

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: "Can You Dig It?"
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The recess sketch in "The Color Prix!" Not to mention the [[DisneyAcidSequence song]], which definitely applies.

** This is averted in "The Puppy and the Ring"
* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: A rather humorous example - even though Avi was wearing his helmet, he [[BrokenAesop still broke his tail.]]

* FourFingeredHands
* FracturedFairyTale: "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"

* GenderEqualEnsemble: There were three male and three female Guppies. Averted as of Zooli's introduction.
* GenkiGirl: Deema

* GreenAesop: The episode "Boy Meets Squirrel!", which deals with Nonny and a squirrel.
* {{Guyliner}}: Used rather hilariously and in conjunction with DarkerAndEdgier in the Halloween episode.
* HairDecorations: Oona
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Deema
* HalloweenEpisode: "Haunted House Party!" and "Trick or Treat, Mr. Grumpfish!"
* HeelFaceTurn: The mean witch, after she enjoyed being transformed into a frog.
* [[HumanMail Clam Mail]] (Or, at least he ''attempted'' to)

* {{Introdump}}
* IWantSong: Several of the songs e.g. "I Want A Pet Today", "The Restaurant", and "I Wanna Be A Cowgirl/Cowboy" just to name 3.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Gorilla]]-[[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Gator]].

* NoCartoonFish: Averted.
* NoFlowInCGI: Since they're underwater, the limitations of that format really show.

* PerpetualFrowner: Nonny
* {{Pirate}}: "X Marks the Spot"

* PokemonSpeak: The Ball Hog in "Fishketball!"

* PreciousPuppy: Bubble Puppy.
* {{Pun}}: The lunch jokes. There's a lot more than that. Many episode titles fit this trope.
* PuppyLove: All the characters, notably Molly/Gil, Goby/Deema and Nonny/Oona.

* RuleOfFunny: The outside sketches run on this.
* RuleOfThree: In the opening sketch, Molly tries to say the show title twice before it's finally said.

* RunningGag: Gil getting snow dropped on his head every time Mr. Grumpfish slams the door in "''Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!''".

* SeparateSceneStorytelling: Done OnceAnEpisode when the kids go outside and do a story.
* ShoutOut / ReferenceOverdosed

* SixStudentClique: An interesting preschool variation:
** The Head -- Gil
** The Muscle -- Goby
** The Quirk -- Nonny
** The Pretty One -- Oona
** The Smart One -- Molly
** The Wild One -- Deema
* SketchComedy: For kids!
* [[FiveTokenBand Six Token Band]]: Molly is Hispanic, Deema is blonde, Oona is Asian, Goby is white, Nonny is ginger, and Gil is white.

* StrictlyFormula: The sketch formula in the first four seasons; the story formula from season 5 on.
** Subverted in "Build Me a Building!", in which the sketches were out of order.
** Double Subverted in "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!", where the formula is still there, but the setting is completely different and almost everything is connected to the main story.
** Averted in and "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!" and "The Puppy and the Ring".
* SuperDeformed: All chibi all the time, just like Handy Manny and Super Why.

* TemptingFate: "Hey, Molly, have you ever wondered why they call it the ''[[WhenItRainsItPours rain]]''forest?"

* TitleThemeTune

** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23IlQbv68To this song.]]
* TrueCompanions: The Guppies all care for each other and like to help each other out.
* TheUnpronounceable: The Weather Weasel Wizard... in universe, at least. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.

* VillainSong: The mean witch gets one in "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairy Tale Adventure!"
** The Night Wizard also sings a song about . The song is shared along with the Sun King, Molly, and Gil.

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: The Flutter Guppies and the Snowy Guppy in "The Puppy and the Ring"can become swarms of butterflies and a polar bear respectively.
** This leads to a hilarious moment where [[spoiler: The Snowy Guppy]] in his polar bear form answers his phone just as is about to attack Molly, Gil, and the Flutter Guppies.
* WackyHomeroom
* '''WaterIsAir''': Hoo boy. There are cars and trucks that make normal engine sounds. There are trees. There are things in the "air" that pretty much stand in for clouds (very non-puffy, but easily mistaken for being clouds that look this way due to the animation style, and if not clouds, ''[[WesternAnimation/SharkTale what the halibut]] are they?'' The background turns colors the sky can be but water should ''never'' be. Characters do swim, but mostly hovering over the ground at the exact height they'd be standing if they had legs. It's to the point that when you see someone swim upward or otherwise move as if they are under water, you ''will'' say "wait, what?!" Amusingly, though, the {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s ''do'' have them more believably underwater.
* [[WelcomeToTheBigCity Welcome to the Big Bubble City]]
* WeirdMoon: Though slightly subjective, in several shots featuring the moon it appears to be ''hovering in the water.'' This is most evident in the beginning of "The Moon Rocks!"
* WhenHeSmiles: Although Nonny is rarely expressive and doesn't smile so much, when he does, it's pretty adorable.

The show initially wrapped in 2016 after four seasons. Production ended, and the show's creators moved on to make a new series titled ''Butterbean's Café''. It was rebooted in June 2019, and a new character, Zooli, joined. The fifth season, which premiered on September 27, also [[{{Retool}} switched to a new format]] where the story segment takes up a majority of the episode. The Gil and Molly sketches, dance songs and field trips are removed, and the lunch jokes are incorporated into the narrative. For people over 10 who live with young children, this is torture.