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Flipper
Flipper

Flipper

★ 6.2•1964•3 Seasons•ANIME
Action & AdventureFamilyDrama

Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.

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Top Cast

Luke Halpin

Luke Halpin

Sandy Ricks

B

Brian Kelly

Porter Ricks

Tommy Norden

Tommy Norden

Bud Ricks

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Episodes

300 Feet Below

1. 300 Feet Below

26m

Dr Phil Harmon is attacked by a shark. He radios to bring a rare blood type that can save his life.

Aired: 9/19/1964
The Red Hot Car

2. The Red Hot Car

26m

The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.

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Aired: 9/26/1964
SOS Dolphin

3. SOS Dolphin

26m

Flipper comes to the rescue when a submarine gets caught on the bottom of the ocean, trapping its occupant who is fast running out of air.

Aired: 10/3/1964
The Gulf Between

4. The Gulf Between

26m

Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.

Aired: 10/10/1964
City Boy

5. City Boy

26m

City boy, Mike Beldon arrives in Corel Key with a huge chip on his shoulder about his mother's new husband. However, a near death accident helps him see his new step-father in a different light.

Aired: 10/17/1964
Dolphin for Sale

6. Dolphin for Sale

26m

Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

Aired: 10/24/1964
Not Necessarily Gospel

7. Not Necessarily Gospel

26m

Porter is concerned that Bud is taking old Hap Gorman's stories too seriously and warns his son that not everything the old man tells him is true.

Aired: 10/31/1964
Countdown for Flipper

8. Countdown for Flipper

26m

Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.

Aired: 11/7/1964
Mr. Marvello

9. Mr. Marvello

26m

Bud and Sandy hear Flipper say in plain English he wants to leave for London with Professor Marvello, and the professor's circus colleagues bring nets to take Flipper away.

Aired: 11/14/1964
My Brother Flipper

10. My Brother Flipper

26m

Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.

Aired: 11/21/1964
The Second Time Around

11. The Second Time Around

26m

Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.

Aired: 11/28/1964
Lady and the Dolphin (1)

12. Lady and the Dolphin (1)

26m

Despite their best attempts to impress a visiting Congress woman, Porter and the boys are devastated to learn that she plans to close the park.

Aired: 12/5/1964
Lady and the Dolphin (2)

13. Lady and the Dolphin (2)

26m

In a last ditch attempt to convince Congress woman Helen Browning that she should use government funding to keep the Park open, Sandy and Bud take her skin-diving.

Aired: 12/12/1964
Danger

14. Danger

26m

Bud and Sandy, on a trip with Hap Gorman to his secret fishing grounds, board an abandoned boat, not knowing that a hidden charge of dynamite is about to blow it to pieces.

Aired: 12/19/1964
The Misanthrope

15. The Misanthrope

26m

Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.

Aired: 12/26/1964
Flipper's Bank Account

16. Flipper's Bank Account

26m

When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumours about Spanish Treausures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues.

Aired: 1/2/1965
The Lifeguard

17. The Lifeguard

26m

Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea.

Aired: 1/9/1965
The Day of the Shark

18. The Day of the Shark

26m

Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.

Aired: 1/16/1965
Love and Sandy

19. Love and Sandy

26m

Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.

Aired: 1/23/1965
Money to Blow

20. Money to Blow

26m

Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck.

Aired: 1/30/1965
Flipper's Treasure

21. Flipper's Treasure

26m

Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship hidden on a nearby island.

Aired: 2/6/1965
The White Dolphin

22. The White Dolphin

26m

Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.

Aired: 2/13/1965
Teamwork

23. Teamwork

26m

While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying out an underwater investigation.

Aired: 2/20/1965
Flipper and the Elephant (1)

24. Flipper and the Elephant (1)

26m

Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.

Aired: 2/27/1965
Flipper and the Elephant (2)

25. Flipper and the Elephant (2)

26m

In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee.

Aired: 3/6/1965
Flipper and the Elephant (3)

26. Flipper and the Elephant (3)

26m

Judy the chimp steals a briefcase full of money and Sean McCoy of McCoy's Floating Zoo is arrested. Sandy, Bud and Bonnie decide to put on a show with Flipper to raise money for her father's bail.

Aired: 3/13/1965
Bud Minds Baby

27. Bud Minds Baby

26m

Like the heroes he sees on TV, Bud tries to rescue a damsel in distress, but fails to tell Porter or Sandy of his intentions, and suddenly finds himself caught in a dangerous rip.

Aired: 3/20/1965
Sailor Bud

28. Sailor Bud

26m

Bud trying to help an injured man and his wife marooned on a sailboat, has to call desperately for help from Flipper when the boat becomes caught in treacherous coral reefs.

Aired: 3/27/1965
The Call of the Dolphin

29. The Call of the Dolphin

26m

Flipper, being a pack animal by instinct, is attracted by the sound of a school of dolphins and nothing Porter, Sandy or Bud can do will bring him back.

Aired: 4/3/1965
Flipper's Monster

30. Flipper's Monster

26m

A motion picture company moves in to film an underwater monster picture in Coral Key Park, and Flipper become star struck.

Aired: 4/10/1965