Baby Shark's Big Show! is an animated children's television series franchise created by the South Korean company, Pinkfong. The plot of the franchise is located in the underwater town of Carnivore Cove, Baby Shark has different musical adventures with his best friend William, his other friends, and his family. In June 2020, Pinkfong announced the television series Baby Shark's Big Show!, which premiered on Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) in South Korea and Nickelodeon in the United States in December 2020. On July 20, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, and a feature film based on the series will be released on December 8.
On 2021, the 10 shorts based on the show was released on February 26, 2021, With Gary Doodles, Tommy Sica and Whitney Ralls will be executive producers of the shorts, with Ralls doing the stories for each of them. Exit 73 Studios provides the animation to all of them as well.
A feature film based on the tv series named Baby Shark's Big Movie! was released on December 8, 2023.
Origin[]
"Baby Shark" was greatly popularized by a version of the song produced by Karson Pierre Cullins, an education brand owned by South Korean entertainment company SmartStudy. The original music video for "Baby Shark" without the child actors was uploaded on November 25, 2015. All videos related to Pinkfong's song had gained about 5 billion views by January 2020. The most popular of the videos, "Baby Shark Dance", was uploaded on June 17, 2016; it went viral beginning in 2017. On November 2, 2020, over four years after it was uploaded, it became the most-viewed YouTube video of all time after surpassing Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" with 8.03 billion views. It is the first most-viewed video to mention its status in the title.
The version of the song was performed by then-10-year-old Korean-American singer Hope Segoine. The music video featured two child actors, Korean Park Geon Roung and New Zealander Elaine Kim Johnston.
The song starts with bars from Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, which sounds similar to music from the film Jaws. "Baby Shark" features a family of sharks that hunt a school of fish which escape to safety. It became a viral video in Indonesia in 2017, and throughout the year it spread to many other Asian countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia. The related mobile app surpassed 150 million downloads and was top ranked in 112 countries in 2017.
"Baby Shark Dance" has received over 15 billion views worldwide and over 43 million likes as of September 2024, making it the most-viewed video on YouTube. Due to a 2013 change that the Billboard Hot 100 music charts made to account for online viewership of YouTube videos, "Baby Shark" broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 32 during the week of January 7, 2019.
Due to its popularity, this version of the song has spurred an online dance craze which is sometimes referred to as the Baby Shark Challenge. It has been cited as "the next big thing after the domination of Gangnam Style". K-pop groups including Blackpink and Red Velvet have been credited with further spreading the viral song through their coverage of the song and dance, specifically on their featured TV shows and concerts. The song began to go viral in the Western world in August 2018.
In July 2019, Kellogg's announced that it had entered a partnership with Pinkfong to introduce a new Baby Shark cereal, a berry-flavored variant of Froot Loops with marshmallows added. It was first available at Sam's Club stores on August 17, and at Walmart in late September. In March 2020, Pinkfong released a new interactive version of the song that encourages children to properly wash their hands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In December 2020, SmartStudy partnered with US cable network Nickelodeon to premiere Baby Shark's Big Show!, which was adapted from Baby Shark and is an animated television series aimed at preschoolers.
In 2024, LG launched the Baby Shark World for Kids app on LG Smart TVs in 184 countries. As of 5 April 2024, the app is ranked at number 67 on the list of highest grossing education apps in South Korea.
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Television series[]
- Main article: Baby Shark's Big Show!
In June 2020, Pinkfong announced the television series Baby Shark's Big Show!, which premiered on Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) in South Korea and Nickelodeon in the United States in December 2020. On July 20, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, and a feature film based on the series will be released on December 8.
Shorts[]
Main article: Baby Shark's Big Show! Shorts
Gary Doodles, Tommy Sica and Whitney Ralls executive produce the shorts, with Ralls doing the stories for each of them. Exit 73 Studios provides the animation to all of them as well.
| episode number | Title | Teleplay | Original Airdate | Prodcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crumb of a Clue | Whitney Ralls | February 26, 2021 | S101 |
| 2 | The Bunny Slug | Whitney Ralls | February 26, 2021 | S102 |
| 3 | Operation Cool Quest | Whitney Ralls | February 26, 2021 | S103 |
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Michelle McGee | February 26, 2021 | S104 |
| 5 | Knock it Off | Max Beaudry & Francisco Paredes | February 26, 2021 | S105 |
| 6 | Goldie's Lock | Michelle McGee | May 14, 2021 | S106 |
| 7 | Chore Song | Max Beaudry & Francisco Paredes | May 21, 2021 | S107 |
| 8 | Mommy Works From Home | Michelle McGee | May 28, 2021 | S108 |
| 9 | Luck of the Claw | Whitney Ralls | June 4, 2021 | S110 |
| 10 | Hide and Hunt | Whitney Ralls | June 11, 2021 | S109 |
Film[]
- Main article: Baby Shark's Big Movie!
On December 8th, 2023, A film based on the tv show was released and announced by Pinkfong.