Flipper
Flipper
TV ShowEnded

Flipper

6.2 / 10
1964
3 seasons
88 episodes
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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Seasons

  • 300 Feet Below

    1.300 Feet Below

    19-09-196426m

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

  • The Red Hot Car

    2.The Red Hot Car

    26-09-196426m

    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.

  • SOS Dolphin

    3.SOS Dolphin

    03-10-196426m

    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.

  • The Gulf Between

    4.The Gulf Between

    10-10-196426m

    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.

  • City Boy

    5.City Boy

    17-10-196426m

    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 d...

  • Dolphin for Sale

    6.Dolphin for Sale

    24-10-196426m

    Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

  • Not Necessarily Gospel

    7.Not Necessarily Gospel

    31-10-196426m

    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.

  • Countdown for Flipper

    8.Countdown for Flipper

    07-11-196426m

    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...

  • Mr. Marvello

    9.Mr. Marvello

    14-11-196426m

    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.

  • My Brother Flipper

    10.My Brother Flipper

    21-11-196426m

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

  • The Second Time Around

    11.The Second Time Around

    28-11-196426m

    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.

  • Lady and the Dolphin (1)

    12.Lady and the Dolphin (1)

    05-12-196426m

    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.

  • Lady and the Dolphin (2)

    13.Lady and the Dolphin (2)

    12-12-196426m

    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.

  • Danger

    14.Danger

    19-12-196426m

    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.

  • The Misanthrope

    15.The Misanthrope

    26-12-196426m

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

  • Flipper's Bank Account

    16.Flipper's Bank Account

    02-01-196526m

    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.

  • The Lifeguard

    17.The Lifeguard

    09-01-196526m

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

  • The Day of the Shark

    18.The Day of the Shark

    16-01-196526m

    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.

  • Love and Sandy

    19.Love and Sandy

    23-01-196526m

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

  • Money to Blow

    20.Money to Blow

    30-01-196526m

    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.

  • Flipper's Treasure

    21.Flipper's Treasure

    06-02-196526m

    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.

  • The White Dolphin

    22.The White Dolphin

    13-02-196526m

    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.

  • Teamwork

    23.Teamwork

    20-02-196526m

    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 in...

  • Flipper and the Elephant (1)

    24.Flipper and the Elephant (1)

    27-02-196526m

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

  • Flipper and the Elephant (2)

    25.Flipper and the Elephant (2)

    06-03-196526m

    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.

  • Flipper and the Elephant (3)

    26.Flipper and the Elephant (3)

    13-03-196526m

    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 he...

  • Bud Minds Baby

    27.Bud Minds Baby

    20-03-196526m

    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.

  • Sailor Bud

    28.Sailor Bud

    27-03-196526m

    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.

  • The Call of the Dolphin

    29.The Call of the Dolphin

    03-04-196526m

    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.

  • Flipper's Monster

    30.Flipper's Monster

    10-04-196526m

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

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