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Pearlie is a 2009 Australian-Canadian animated comedy series based on the children's book series Pearlie the Park Fairy by Wendy Harmer.^[1] Pearlie is a co-production between Australian children's television producer Sticky Pictures and Canadian animation house Nelvana. The series airs on Australia’s Network Ten and in North America by YTV in Canada and Qubo now on NBC in the United States.

Synopsis [edit]

Pearlie is a park fairy appointed by Fairy HQ to keep Jubilee Park in order. She is full of over-the-top plans for parties and events for the park and its residents. She is assisted by Jasper, an elf who prefers to not do any real work. There is also Opal, an outback fairy from Australia sent to learn the ropes of park management from Pearlie.

Pearlie’s cousin Saphira is jealous of Pearlie’s popularity in the fairy world and desperately wants her job. With her assistant Ludwig, a bat with a heavy German accent, Saphira sets out to spoil perky Pearlie’s day any way she can. Pearlie remains oblivious—always thinking the best of her cousin—while Opal and Jasper are aware of Saphira’s plans.

Characters [edit]

Fairies [edit]

Pearlie [edit]

Appointed by Fairy HQ, Pearlie is a 15-year old park fairy who keeps Jubilee Park in sparkling order. Her eyes are green, she has freckles, and her hair is light blonde with light turquoise highlights. She is also the protagonist of the series and she appears in all episodes. She is also somewhat of a deluded-do-gooder who thinks she knows what is best for everyone else. She is full of over-the-top plans and parties for the park and its residents. Her famous catchphrases are "stars and moonbeams", "hurley burley", "roots and twigs", and "buds and blossoms!" She also loves singing and dancing and she always loves to wear a pearly tiara with two colors; causally blue and pink during fancy events. Pearlie has no idea of her cousin's evil plans, always thinking the best of her. She has a crush on Leif. The two almost shared a kissed in one episode but was cut short because Pearlie's aunt was calling her. On one of the episodes, she is trapped in a plant poisoned by evil led by Saphira's potions. Whether this was an intended plot against Pearlie or not is unknown, since Saphira herself did not appear in that episode. Pearlie's magic wand has a snowflake made of pearls on the tip. The pearl is her namesake.

Opal [edit]

Opal is a 15-year old desert fairy from Australia sent to America to learn Advanced Potion Making. Opal does not use a wand, instead she has a magic lasso. Opal lives in a hollow log at the edge of the desert garden within the park. A bit of a tomboy, Opal loves to dance and is a bug rodeo champion. Opal suspects Saphira is up to no good. She likes to think before she does something. Her catchphrases are "Look out, bugs! Here comes Lasso Girl!" "oh, no!" "pay no attention to her, Jasp!" and "I fear that Saphira is up to no good."

Saphira [edit]

Saphira is a 20 year old that is Pearlie's snooty cousin and the main antagonist of the series. She calls herself the Queen of Darkness, as all she wears is sapphire blue (the same color as her eyes) and thinks she can overrule everyone else. She lives in the Greenhouse within Jubilee Park and runs it as an exclusive spa. Saphira wants everything Pearlie has – including her job – and spends her days plotting new and dastardly ways to sabotage Pearlie at every turn, but they often lead to Saphira's own undoing. On rare occasions, she helps Pearlie and her friends. Saphira has a ready and willing assistant in Ludwig the bat and the park’s Fairy HQ representative Gobsmack, who will do anything for a free facial. Her catchphrases are "shut up, you....(bad name for Ludwig)!" "stop fooling around with me!" and "I'll trick them for sure!". She is named after the sapphire gemstone. She is dating jasper the elf

Fern [edit]

Fern is a wood nymph, with red hair {is it like orange hair on TV}, who is Jasper's crush in the series. She also shares Jasper's love for nature, having a fascination in particular with birds. But she does not know Jasper wears sandals... she looks and acts a lot like a hippie.

Great Aunt Garnet [edit]

Pearlie’s well-meaning but bumbling Great Aunt Garnet runs a store packed full of potions and lotions that always work, just not like they are supposed to. The store is inside a clock tower across the road from the park. She used to be a Fairy Godmother.

Laverne [edit]

Laverne is a fairy dressed in pink and green with green wings on her back. She is a seasonal fairy in charge of Spring and her magic wand is spring-themed. She appears in some episodes and in one of them, inside Saphira's spa, Laverne and Noel fight each other by using magic which angers Saphira. She is also shown to have a bit of a hot temper in one episode. As revealed in "The Big Sneeze", she also has a megaphone that looks like a flower.

Oriana [edit]

Oriana is a summer fairy who is chubby. She wears a skirted bathing suit and carries summer things. In the beginning of one of the episodes she prepares to leave Jubilee Park because summer is over and fall is about to begin.

Leaf [edit]

Leaf is the fall fairy who appears to have a crush on Pearlie who seems to like him back. Saphira seems to have developed a crush on Leaf too, though he does not like her back. His hobby is playing the violin. He is also the new fairy of Fall (his uncle Harvey was Fall fairy first).

Noel [edit]

Noel is the winter fairy with a white mustache. He wears winter clothes that are mostly blue.

Coral [edit]

Coral is Pearlie's mother and Saphira's aunt. She is Agate's little sister. She has orange wings unlike her daughter. She only appears in "Mother Magic".

Agate [edit]

Agate is Pearlie's aunt, Saphira's mother and Coral's big sister. She only appears in "Mother Magic".

Twinkle-Twinkle [edit]

Twinkle-Twinkle is a vain fairy who is the best singing superstar in Jubilee Park. She does sing her songs. She sings, having a tape play the voice she once had. How she lost her voice is unknown. In one of the episodes, she has been tricked by Saphira whose plan was to make her voice sound terrible, (Opal helped, since it would benefit Pearlie, who's been bossed around by Twinkle-Twinkle throughout the episode). It was the only plan that ever worked for Saphira. Pearlie unknowingly helps by pulling the plug on Twinkle-Twinkle's tape player.

Astrid [edit]

Astrid is a fairy with blue eyes and black hair. She works as the head of dream department wearing a black suit and skirt and carrying a red toolbox and an orange-redess ladybug phone. Her design is based on Pearlie creator Wendy Harmer.^{[citation needed]}

The Turquoise Fairy [edit]

This character has turquoise eyes with her hair and dress that match. She is first seen stopping Saphira's magic wand and then casts a spell on her nose. She is a famous author, who wrote a book that is similar to that of Pinocchio.

Jingle [edit]

Jingle is a Christmas fairy and is shown to be the smallest of the fairies. She is based on the Christmas Angel in the books series, made obvious when she flies to the top of the Christmas tree and poses as an angel. She only appears in the Christmas episode.

The Fairy Queen [edit]

This fairy is inspired by the British Queen from the 15th century. Her first name is Emerald.

Finn [edit]

Finn is a tooth fairy that Pearlie and Saphira falls in love with.

Elves [edit]

Jasper [edit]

Jasper is a 15-year old garden elf with dreadlocks and as he likes to call it, "A barefoot toe wiggling elf"^{[clarification needed]} who can talk to plants. He is bit lazy and is Pearlie's best friend. Although being an elf, he has wings. Because of this he is often mistaken for a fairy, much to his annoyance. He is in love with Fern and loves nature. His job is to keep the plants and animals in the park happy by doing random activities with them. Jasper lives in an abandoned mailbox at the park gates. Jasper is always trying to get Pearlie to stop her work and smell the roses. His catchphrases are "jeepers creepers!" and "chill, dude, chill." Jasper has been seen with Pearlie in almost every episode.

Sterling [edit]

Sterling is an elf who is initially nice, but later on a sneaky criminal. He tricks Saphira and Ludwig into going out of her place. Only seen one time.

Others [edit]

Ludwig [edit]

Ludwig is Saphira's servant bat and sidekick. He cannot live without his mistress and Saphira could not live without him as well. He puts up with her tough love as he is infatuated with her. Ludwig has a twin bat brother Johann who lives in the wild (and despite being as German as Ludwig, he speaks with a Scottish accent, though with stereotypical German mispronunciations such as saying "W"s as "V"s. His name is also not said with an anglicized pronunciation, and instead with the original German phonetics, "LOOD-vik"), but Ludwig prefers being a house-bat, waiting on Saphira claw and wing. He sleeps in a broom closet. Ludwig also displays an unusual humorous intellect, like saying "sublimely devious."

Gobsmack [edit]

Gobsmack is the Regional Fairy Inspector, HQ’s representative in Jubilee Park. Panicky Gobsmack is a stickler for the rules, the first to blab if Pearlie’s making a mess of things. Being not a fairy but a goblin, Gobsmack doesn’t fly, he has the power of teleportation. He ‘pops’ in at the worst possible moments for Pearlie. Gobsmack is easily manipulated by Saphira. He’s always lured in by a free facial or knee buffing in her spa. He enjoys country music. His catchphrase is "Cheese and peanuts!" He is also very effete however has a crush on Saphira.

Gadzook [edit]

Gobsmack's boss and head goblin. He fires Gobsmack in one episode because he thought Pearlie had everything in the park under control and Gobsmack was not needed. Gobsmack later gets his job back after Gadzook sees him tell Saphira the rules she broke for unauthorized renovations on her greenhouse.

Mo [edit]

Mo is a pixie with a black mustache and beard. His aliases are Monsieur Snip and Manuel. He is a criminal wanted for cutting the heads off flowers. Saphira once made a plan for Mo to cut off all of Pearlie's hair, but it doesn't go according to plan (He tries to cut of Jasper's hair instead, to give himself a wig). He only appears in two episodes.

Norville [edit]

Norville is a gnome that once filled in for Jasper while he was on a job swap. He appears in the episode "No Place Like Gnome".

Sugar [edit]

Sugar is a possum who plays the Bongo drums with Jasper and other possums. And she wonders if Jasper is ever wearing sandals or not. She married Brush in "Possumbillities"..

Scrag and Mr. Flea [edit]

Scrag and Mr. Flea are "gangsta" rats who spend their days rooting in park garbage for treats. Though a pair of dirty and smelly nuisances, they are respectful towards Pearlie. But in one episode they make their kingdom, "Ratopia", and even drive Saphira to help Pearlie.

Ned [edit]

Ned is Opal's pet from the outback, he is an orange frilled neck lizard. Ludwig thought he was a dragon. In the series, he has only had two appearances.

The Ants [edit]

This colony of ants has food to carry and different voices and they have a queen of their own. Her name is Ida. The female worker ant has eyelashes.

The Butterflies [edit]

This group of characters are colorful and completely feminine. One of the butterflies is named Heather another is named Iffy, and another Sgwiffy.

The Fleas [edit]

These characters are a family of opera-singing fleas who live in the rats named Scrag and Mr. Flea. The father flea Placido is named after the famous tenor Plácido Domingo and the mother flea Carmen is named after the title character in the opera.

The Ladybugs [edit]

These characters have womanly hairdos due to their femininity. They also have their babies in "Mother Magic".

The Moths [edit]

These characters are almost brown and completely masculine. One of the moths is named Malcom. Malcolm is Ludwig's best friend. They play checkers at night together. Pearlie is the only one that knows of their friendship due to the fact that bats usually eat moths. Ludwig does not. Malcolm also appears to have a crush on Heather (a butterfly) in one episode.

The Flowers [edit]

These characters are that Pearlie uses a potion so she can talk to them and persuade them to look good for a photo shoot, but they agumentative towards Pearlie.

Nancy [edit]

A centipede with a red body and a black Asian updo on her head. She works as Saphira's massager.

Splish [edit]

Splish is a water sprite and Pearlie's neighbor for a week. She lives at the beach. And is only seen in one episode.

Whizzer [edit]

Whizzer is a dragonfly who delivers objects around Jubilee Park for Great Aunt Garnet. He wears a mailman's hat.

Crash [edit]

A very tough teal-colored fat dragonfly with a pink heart in an arrow tattoo on his arm. His name comes from the fact that he has been involved in many dangerous crashes.

Buggy Holly and the Crickets [edit]

A famous rock band who comes to Jubilee Park to put on a rock concert. They are seen in the episode "Bongo Boy" performing in Jubilee Park at a rock concert. He is the lead singer for his band. But then, if the drummer can't perform, they may have to cancel the concert. However, when the regular drummer returns, Jasper is out of the band. They are based on Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

Cast [edit]

• Marieve Herington - Pearlie
• Hélène Joy - Opal
• Nathan Stephenson - Jasper
• Michelle Monteith - Saphira
• Jonathan Wilson - Ludwig
• Fiona Reid - Great Aunt Garnite
• David Berni - Gobsmack
• Christian Potenza - Scrag
• Neil Crone - Mr. Flea
• Stacey DePass - Fern

Episodes [edit]

1. "Hurly Burly / Dude Ranch"
2. "Mothballs / Snip and Snit"
3. "Dial a Dilemma / Throwing Down"
4. "Tooth Affair-y / Trick in the Stick"
5. "If the Boot Fits / Peruvian Toadstool"
6. "White Shade of Pale / Flower Talk"
7. "Dot Between the Eyes / Ratopia"
8. "Dragonball Run / The Bitey Bitedown"
9. "The Big Doll / Are You Being Served?"
10. "Ant Misbehavin' / Frilled Neck and Neck"
11. "Fairytastic Fall / The Fern Turns"
12. "Dream On / No Place Like Gnome"
13. "Rat-Tanic / No Swimming Allowed"
14. "Twinkle Twinkle Diva Star / Secrets and Whispers"
15. "Hide and Go Eek / Dust Busters"
16. "Roller Fairy / Fairy Factor"
17. "Bongo Boys / Prickly Friends"
18. "Fairy Godmother Bother / Go Go Gobsmack "
19. "Sterling Effort / Elf Prankin'"
20. "Spriteful / Love Bites"
21. "Mother Magic / Buckin' Bronco"
22. "Ludwig in the Wind / The Big Sneeze"
23. "Socks in the City / Possumbilities"
24. "Rose Petal Pearlie / Come Fly With Me"
25. "Hideous Halloween / Super Sized Elf"
26. "Jingle Bell Park / Starlight Spectacular"

DVD Releases [edit]

In the UK, Fremantle Home Entertainment released a Volume 1 on TBA,

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official Site
• Sticky Pictures Australia
• Nelvana
• Pearlie on YTV
• Wendy Harmer