"Ocean Girl" (1994) TV series 1994-1997

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creator:

Jonathan M. Shiff

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

3 October 1994 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Egypt | Environmental | Reanimation | Australia

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Marzena Godecki	...	Neri (69 episodes, 1994-1997)
David Hoflin	...	Jason Bates (69 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jeffrey Walker	...	Brett Bates (69 episodes, 1994-1997)
Alex Pinder	...	Dr. Winston Seth (69 episodes, 1994-1997)
Nina Landis	...	H.E.L.E.N. (55 episodes, 1994-1997)
Nicholas Bell	...	Dr. Hellegren / ... (41 episodes, 1994-1997)
Liz Burch	...	Dr. Dianne Bates (36 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brooke Anderson	...	Cass / ... (35 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tony Briggs	...	Dave / ... (29 episodes, 1996-1997)

Also Known As:

Ocean Odyssey

Runtime:

25 min (78 episodes)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Jonathan M. Shiff Productions

Trivia:

The characters' ages at the beginning of season one: Neri: 13, Jason Bates: 14, Brett Bates: 10, Dianne Bates: Late 30s, Winston Seth: Mid 20s, Lee Lucas: 13 – 14, Vanessa: 12 – 13.

Quotes:

Dr. Winston Seth: If we're gonna be the ham in the sandwich, we might as well add a little mustard.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "The New Adventures of Ocean Girl" (2000)

Mysterious and intriguing...

While it's been too long since I've seen this show (I was a mere 7th grader when it was on the Disney channel), I remember this show being very intellectual for a children's primetime series. Neri was a mysterious girl who lived in the ocean (and a nearby island) could communicate with the whale. Meanwhile there was a group of scientists, complete with an underwater city that boasted a school for the teenage children. Neri befriended two of the teenage boys of the ocean city, and together they tried to help save "Charlie" - the whale that Neri was friends with. The show had it's villains - a group of scientists that were competing against the Ocean city for whale research. This is pretty much all I remember about the series - aside from the fact that i was completely in love with the complicated stories - but it was canceled shortly before it's mysteries and loose ends were finished (Neri's island was a spaceship of sorts, suggesting she was an alien; and she had a sister - and a brother if I'm not mistaken). If you get a chance to see this show in syndication sometime, trust me, it's worth your time. Then again, maybe I just remember it being my only alternative to the looooong half-hour before Melrose Place on Monday nights.