Kulipari

Kulipari is an American Flash animated television series animated by Splash Entertainment. Its first season An Army of Frogs debuted in September 2016 as a Netflix original series. It was produced by Clarise Cameron and Patrick Inness. The show is based on Trevor Pryce's novel series An Army of Frogs. Kulipari: Heritage, a four-issue comic book miniseries, was released from August to November 2016. The series was renewed for a second season called Kulipari: Dream Walker on March 8, 2017, which was released in November 20, 2018. A graphic novel called Kulipari: Warflower will be released on January 1, 2019.

Kulipari
Title card for season 1
Genre	Comedy-Drama Fantasy Action Adventure
Created by	Trevor Pryce
Based on	Characters created by Trevor Pryce
Developed by	Trevor Pryce Splash Entertainment
Voices of	Josh Keaton Keith David Mark Hamill Wendie Malick Charlie Adler
Composer	Michael Tavera
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Executive producers	Trevor Pryce Mike Young
Producers	Supervising Producers: Clarise Cameron Patrick Inness
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	The Outlook Company Splash Entertainment
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	September 2, 2016 – present

Three compilation movies for season 1, Kulipari: An Army of Frogs, Kulipari: Mercenaries and Kulipari: Amphibian's Rise have been released on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes between 2017 and 2018.

Plot

The series takes place in the Amphibilands—a hidden village of frogs. For many years the inhabitants of the Amphibilands have lived safely, protected by a magical Veil and an elite group of poison frogs called the Kulipari. The story begins with the frogs of the Amphibilands finding their homeland threatened by an army of scorpions teamed up with the magically powerful Spider Queen. Our hero, Darel, a young frog that has always dreamed of joining the Kulipari despite his lack of poison, finds himself at the front of the battle. With the help of his friends, Darel must overcome his anxieties to embrace his dream of becoming a Kulipari warrior and save all the frogs from extinction.

Characters

Main characters

• Darel - The main protagonist. Son of Apari and Acala. The Kulipari warrior dreams of becoming a hero like his father. He wasn't born with the power of the poison. At the beginning of the story he trains with the Old Gir. Later, he discovers the scorpions' plan to invade the Amphibilands and thus must undergo a journey in search of the Kulipari to bring them back to the village. He is equipped with a dagger that belonged to his late father. He has feelings for Quoba, a Kulipari scout.
• Gee - Darel's loyal best friend. A fat frog, gluttonous, and awkward. In one part of the story he is kidnapped by the army of scorpions causing Darel to go to the land of scorpions to rescue him. Afterwards Gee accompanies Darel until he meets the Kulipari and takes them back to the Amphibilands. He spoils intimate moments between Darel and Quoba.
• Coorah - A friend of Darel and girlfriend of Arabaroo. She has medical skills.
• Arabanoo - A red eyed tree frog, who intially thinks Darel will never become a Kulipari. He fights with Darel against the scorpions. He dies in Episode 12, killed by Lord Marmoo. Also the boyfriend of Coorah.
• Acala - Darel's mother and widow of Apari. She owns a shop in the Amphibilands village and is concerned about Darel's Kulipari ambitions. She is also the mother to three other children who all happen to be Kulipari.
• Stinger - Marmoo's illegitimate son. He is training to be a Kulipari just like Darel's siblings while also dealing with prejudice mostly from Old Jir.
• Tharta, Thuma & Tipi - The children of Apari and Acala and younger siblings of Darel. They are triplets who, unlike Darel, inherited Kulipari powers from their father. They have a more major role in "Kulipari: Dream Walker," where they are more older and begin to learn about their powers. Tharta is male; while Thuma and Tipi are female.

Kulipari

• Burnu - The leader of the Kulipari four. He shows off a lot of leadership but is arrogant and headstrong, dismissing Darel due to him not being Kulipari. However, later he learns to respect him. Burnu is poisoned during the mountain mission but keeps it hidden as to not to slow the team down. He almost dies as a result but is saved.
• Ponto - Another member of the Kulipari four. He is the tallest and strongest member of the team and an accomplished healer.
• Dingo - Another member of the Kulipari four. She is the team's archer who often disagrees with how Burnu's leadership decisions. Dingo often makes jokes about her archery and Burnu.
• Quoba - The scout of the Kulipari, and Darel's closest friend. She can become invisible and teleport. She and Darel grow closer during Season 1, as she appreciates his leadership skills and planning and believes in him. At the end of the first season she sacrifices her poison and becomes a normal frog like Darel, though she continues to reciprocate her feelings for Darel. She will be staring in her own comic called Kulipari: Warflower on January 1, 2019. https://www.amazon.com/Kulipari-Warflower-Courtney-Page/dp/0998642614

Villains

• Lord Marmoo - The main antagonist and Darel's nemesis. He is a ruthless scorpion who dreams of tearing down the Amphibilands and has put together a massive army to do so. He sacrifices everything and everyone to reach his goal, but he hates being the puppet of the Spider Queen. In Episode 9, Darel uses his father's dagger to mortally wound Marmoo. Jarrah heals him, as well as increases his size and strength, and later makes his armor impenetrable. However, this makes Marmoo even more of a monster, and he kills Jarrah after she is weakened. In the end, Marmoo defeats the Kulipari, regenerating from the greatest of injuries, and Darel surrenders to him. He takes over the Amphibilands but is then swept away by the water. His fate is unknown.
• Commander Pigo - Marmoo's younger brother and right-hand man. Although he is treated harshly by him, he is unflinchingly loyal to Marmoo. However, after his injury and return as a monstrous mutant, Pigo comes to see that Marmoo has become a monster and defects to the frogs.
• Spider Queen Jarrah - The queen of the spiders. She is a powerful sorceress in command of very powerful "nightcasting" magic and a former student of the Turtle King. Jarrah has formed an uneasy partnership with Lord Marmoo and his scorpion army to tear down the Veil and conquer the Amphibilands in order to draw out the Turtle King and destroy him. After she makes Marmoo stronger and hardens his armor, he immediately betrays and kills her.
• Darkan - a tyrant
• Daly- Darkan's right-hand woman.

Other characters

• Apari - The husband of Acala and Darrel's father. He was a Kulipari who participated in a war many years before the story's main plot. He died at some point before the series began, but the cause of his death has yet to be revealed.
• Old Jir - An elderly frog warrior living as a hermit near the village. Darel trains with him and gets most of his battle training this way. He is stung by scorpions in the siege, but the Turtle King heals him before he dies.
• Turtle King - A wise old turtle and practitioner of Dreamcasting magic. He raised the Veil a long time ago to protect the Amphibilands from the Spider Queen, who was once his pupil. When Jarrah breaks the Veil, he arrives to help but is stung by Marmoo and dies.
• Yabber - A young turtle Dreamcaster who is still learning his trade and, unlike other turtles, is talkative. After the Turtle King dies, Yabber finds strength to use Dreamcasting and teleport the scorpions outside the Veil. He then becomes the Turtle King's successor.
• Pippi - A young Platypus girl and a Stargazer who has visions that help Darel on his quest.
• Killara - A lizard mercenary leader who works for Marmoo with his people. He is only interested in money and does not much like the scorpions. While fierce in battle, he has honor, and he comes to like and respect Darel, who infiltrated his troops as a recruit. After his contract with Marmoo was fulfilled, he delivered Darel to him, but then provided him with his dagger so he could assassinate Marmoo. As it is revealed later, Darel paid him off with a pearl, appealing to his "sense of justice".
• Skink - A female skink mercenary working for Killara, she and Darel fight a lot as she is quite hot-headed and easily angered, especially when Darel calls her a snake.
• Nogo - A large and strong lizard mercenary. He was tasked with guarding Gee.
• Lady Fahlga - A novice spider Nightcaster being taught by Jarrah, she becomes the clan's new leader after Jarrah's death. She is forced to help Marmoo but hates him for decimating her spiders. When Marmoo is seemingly killed, she abandons him.

Cast

• Josh Keaton as Darel
• Mikey Kelley as Gee
• Lacey Chabert as Coorah
• Phil Lamarr as Arabanoo, Apari, Killara, Stinger, Darkan
• Keith David as Lord Marmoo
• Charlie Adler as Commander Pigo, Coorah's dad, Bindi, additional voices
• Wendie Malick as Spider Queen Jarrah
• Mark Hamill as Old Jir, Ponto (episodes 8-9), Caz
• Jess Harnell as Burnu, Yabber, and Sergu
• Candi Milo as Dingo, The Stargazer, Fahlga and Koa
• Cree Summer as Skink Mercenary, Scorpicurist, Daly
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Ponto (episodes 10-present), Nogo, Tharta, Scorpion Warriors
• Kath Soucie as Pippi, The Rainbow Serpent
• Rolonda Watts as Chief Olba
• Amy Margolis as Quoba, Thuma
• Jessica DiCicco as Tipi
• Laraine Newman as Additional Voices

Episodes

Season 1: An Army of Frogs (2016)

Episode No.	Segment No.	Title	Directed by	Written by
1	1	"Episode 1"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
While a young frog named Darel dreams of becoming a Kulipari warrior like his late father, Lord Marmoo of the Scorpions starts conspiring with Spider Queen Jarrah to attack the Amphibilands.
2	2	"Episode 2"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
While training with Arabanoo the Tree Frog, Darel accidentally destroys the local market. The townspeople and the Chief ban him from training as punishment. Unfortunately for the frogs, the Scorpion King's army is crossing the Veil with the Spider Queen's magic.
3	3	"Episode 3"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel discovers that Scorpion soldiers have broken through the Veil, and uses his Kulipari training to defend his friends and family.
4	4	"Episode 4"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel's best friend Gee is captured by the Scorpion soldiers! Darel must use his Kulipari training to find and save his best friend.
5	5	"Episode 5"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel disguises himself as a sandpaper frog to join a group of lizard mercenaries and rescue Gee, but are the lizards able to be trusted?
6	6	"Episode 6"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
After rescuing Gee, Darel and his friend decide to stay at the Scorpion camp and do some damage. Meanwhile, their friends and family in the Amphibilands are preparing for battle under the guidance of Old Jir.
7	7	"Episode 7"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel and Gee finally meet the famous Kulipari and go on a journey together to find the Turtle King Sergu.
8	8	"Episode 8"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
The Spider Queen finally manages to break down the Veil, allowing the Scorpions to enter the Amphibilands.
9	9	"Episode 9"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
The Kulipari (and Darel!) join the villagers to fight the scorpion army and the Spider Queen's magic.
10	10	"Episode 10"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Though Lord Marmoo and Queen Jarrah have been temporarily defeated, Darel and the Kulipari go on a journey to find a way to prevent the scorpions from invading the Amphibilands again.
11	11	"Episode 11"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
The Rainbow Serpent delivers an important message to Darel, while the Spider Queen makes Lord Marmoo stronger than he's ever been before.
12	12	"Episode 12"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel and the Kulipari exit the Veil in search of allies who can help defend the Amphibilands from Lord Marmoo and his Scorpion Army.
13	13	"Episode 13"	Tad Stones	Lee Nichols & Joel Naftali and Tad Stones
Darel leads the bruised and banished frogs and platypi through the desert, trying to find water with the Rainbow Serpent's help.

Season 2: Dream Walker (2018)

Episode No.	Segment No.	Title	Directed by	Written by
14	1	"Episode 1"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
15	2	"Episode 2"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
16	3	"Episode 3"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
17	4	"Episode 4"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
18	5	"Episode 5"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
19	6	"Episode 6"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
20	7	"Episode 7"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
21	8	"Episode 8"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
22	9	"Episode 9"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes
23	10	"Episode 10"	Chuck Patton	Trevor Pryce & Joshua Starnes

External links

• Official website
• Official website at Netflix
• Kulipari at IMDb