Octonauts: Above & Beyond

Octonauts: Above & Beyond is an animated children's television series that is the successor and spin-off of Octonauts. Produced by Mainframe Studios and Sony Pictures Television Kids for Netflix, the spin-off series premiered on 7 September 2021. The series follows a similar structure to the original Octonauts series, but is primarily focused on terrestrial creatures and habitats. In addition, to cover this global range of missions, more characters join the crew as main characters in the series.

A second season debuted on 2 May 2022 on Netflix. A third season debuted on October 16, 2023 on CBeebies and the BBC iPlayer, with an unspecificied release date on Netflix. A fourth season debuted on February 19, 2024 on CBeebies and the BBC iPlayer.

Characters
The Octonauts, consisting of the Octopod crew and captain, are the recurring main characters.

Original main characters
These are the Octonauts that were in the original series, including the captain. They are unchanged in Above & Beyond, with the exception of the Vegimals, who all gain new voice actors. Everyone’s previous actors from the original series reprise their roles here.

New main characters
These are the characters that were added to the Octonauts crew in the series Above & Beyond. They are known as Octo-Agents, friends of the Octonauts who are stationed all over the world. They are experts and adventurers that assist the Octonauts on their new land missions. Paani and Selva are the only Octo-Agents so far that made their debut in Above & Beyond; all the others debuted in the original series. All Octonauts and Octo-Agents are able to sound the Octo-Alert via new pieces of equipment called Octo-Watches (except Barnacles, who still has his Octo-Compass, and Tunip).

Other creatures that were introduced in the original series also make appearances in Above & Beyond. These include The Invasive Species (With the exception of the Burmese Python) Spiny Sue the catfish, and Ronnie, Donnie and Lonnie the Monitor Lizards, from The Great Swamp Search, who all appear in The Monitor Lizards, and Phil the baby flamingo in The Nine Banded Armadillo. As well as this, Paolo the Hoatzin, a character from season 2's special, The Rainforest Rescue, returns in the season 3 episode The Flooded Forest.

Phil’s mother Flo, also appears in the same episode as Phil does, however off-screen.

Vehicles
These are the new vehicles that appear in Above & Beyond, in addition to the vehicles from the original series. These new vehicles specialize in terrestrial missions, and are thus referred to as "Terra-GUPs" (abbreviated as "TG"). All vehicles are equipped with an Octo-Alert.

Release
Octonauts: Above & Beyond debuted on 7 September 2021, on Netflix. A trailer was released on 10 August 2021.

A second season was released 2 May 2022 on Netflix. The special double episode in this season is "The Octonauts and the Rainforest Rescue", which focused on a rescuing a baby eaglet. Fisher Price will also release an Above & Beyond toy line to sell alongside the existing main series toys.

According to the producers at Silvergate Media, attempts are being made to have Above & Beyond return to public television airings. Unlike the original that originally aired on Disney Junior in America, Above and Beyond does not air on that channel, due to Disney not purchasing the show with a US dub. The show airs on television on CBeebies, respectively like the original series.