Besides adventuring, Barnacles enjoys playing his accordion and writing in his captain's log. Kwazii is a daredevil orange kitten with a mysterious pirate past. He loves excitement and travelling to exotic places. His favourite hobbies include long baths, racing the Gup-B, and general swashbuckling. Peso is the medic for the team.
He's an expert at bandaging and always carries his medical kit with him in case of emergencies. They eventually learn that he is an Upside-Down Catfish and had been smiling with them the whole time.
Appearances are not always as they seem. The Octonauts and the Great Ghost Reef. My son calls this "the scary book," though it isn't a dark tale at all. The Octonauts go in search of a thriving reef, only to find a ghost reef and the last inhabitant, Mr Slowstache, moving out. While trying to find a suitable home for the aging tortoise, Dr.
Shellington discovers that the reef is alive and being slowly killed by the creatures living on top of it. The Octonauts teach the sea creatures how to co-exist with the reef.
We were first introduced to The Octonauts through the television show, which is currently airing on Disney Junior, and is just as good as the books themselves. Cute, entertaining and informative. The team of marine biologists who worked with Pixar on Finding Nemo helped translate the books to the small screen, and it is certainly a quality production. If you get early editions of the books, it is worth noting that there are a few differences between the books and the show that you should be prepared for, as it might be easier to self-translate than explain the changes to a stubborn child.
Sauci Dog in the books is Dashi Dog in the cartoon, a change I can only attribute to the usage of the word "Saucy" in various parts of the world. Sausage to Sauci, Dachshund to Dashi, both acceptable names. However I find it harder to explain the change made to Kwazii Kitten, a female "kitten" in the books and a male "cat" in the cartoon.
The core crew is Captain Barnacles, Peso Penguin and Kwazii Kitten, a nice balance when the second mate is female, but in the cartoon the core team is all male. At this point I am used to the voice of Kwazii and so I have a hard time reading the character as a she, but only because the voice of Rob Rackstraw is such a defining feature. Rackstraw incidentally, was the voice of Captain Campion in Watership Down. It's not a change I necessarily have a problem with, but I do find it curious.
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