All-Star and the gang meet a supposedly faceless snork who is just lonely and needs companionship. He is a backwards snork who was exiled for being different. They try to help him save his home from being town down by Governor Wetworth.

The Backwards Snork

Michael Bell

B.J. Ward

Frank Welker

Nancy Cartwright

Barry Gordon

Edie McClurg

Clive Revill

Fredricka Weber

Gail Matthius

Rob Paulsen

Roger DeWitt

René Auberjonois

Joan Gerber

Robert Ridgely

Brian Cummings

Mitzi McCall

Bob Holt

Joan Gardner

Glenn Leopold

Season 3

I Squid You Not

Dimmy is very sick from Snorkitis. Galeo diagnoses it and as Tooter describes, Dimmy, Tooter catches it. Then everyone in Snorkland gets sick. Galeo wants All-Star to finish what he started a while back. He gets help from Casey and they try to get Galeo to read the notes for them. Galeo then finds the cure in snork bubbles. The Governor then recognizes Galeo as a hero.

Snorkitis is Nothing to Sneeze At

Junior writes a speech for class and gets a C in it for using a lot of words and saying nothing. Tooter gets an F in speech and his parents decide to get him professional help. It is then discovered that Tooter picked up his toot from a day at work with his dad. Tooter then joins a band and gets very famous until Junior spoils it by ridiculing his speech impediment. Of course, Tooter ends up saving Junior from a Snorkeater by imitating a Snorkeater-eater. All-Star then tells Tooter's parents that everyone likes Tooter just for who he is.

The Whole Toot and Nothing But…

All-Star's dad is making stew and needs some salt. All-Star goes to the market where it is crowded with people wanting to get salt. All-Star goes to Galeo to see what is going on and Junior follows him. Galeo then tells him about ancient Snorks and their sea salt adventures until he falls out from dehydration. All-Star and Junior go off to find the legendary saltfish. Junior then finds some salt and takes it all for himself. He gets out but he doesn't get very far when two green guards catch him. The leader, Slugworth, gets them to start working in the salt mines. Junior gets in good with the leader, who wants more Snorks for the salt mines. Meanwhile, All-Star gets the workers to stand up to the leader. All the workers start a revolution against Slugworth. Junior then gets a well-earned lesson when the Neandersnorks want him to work.

Chickens of the Sea

The Snorks go to see the flying fish and Dimmy's dad lets him use his new snorkoculars. Dimmy sees a wolf fish but no one believes him. All-Star and Casey gets on Dimmy for crying wolf, menaing that he shouldn't exaggerate. Then, a hawk fish takes him to its nest and keeps him there. All-Star and Casey never even knew what happened to him. In the nest, Dimmy sees a real wolf fish and protects the baby hawk fish. All-Star and Casey look for Dimmy and the wolf fish gets at them. Dimmy then gets rid of the wolf fish again. Then he tells them about the hawk fish episode and they don't believ him until the family flies by and waves to him.

Never Cry Wolf-fish

Tooter has a record to play and it is a very big hit on a dance show. Tooter then becomes very popular that he even has his own concert. All of a sudden, a strange melody fills the air, but it's not Tooter but an organ playing monster. All of the Snorks fall into the trance of the monster. Tooter and Daffney go off to search for the Snorks. Inside the monster, they all meet Galeo's old friend who was trapped in for 20 years. He had a plan of counteracting the sound of the Piperfish, but he now has a chance to put his plan in action with the help of the Snorks. Tooter finds out about the monster and plays his music to free the Snorks. It's an all-out musical war, but Tooter wins.

A Hard Day's Snork

Daffney is unsecure about her looks when someone says that she has a big snork. Daffney's fears are confirmed when someone does a wicked stature of her. Casey then sees an ad on TV on how to shrink her snork. They get the product, but something goes wrong and Daffney's snork sticks straight up! She wears a big hat when she goes on a date with All-Star. She gets ridiculed by Junior in the movies and runs out. Then Casey looks like a sitting duck fish and everyone laughs at her. She runs away and is chased by a giant green fish. After All-Star saves herm, he tells her that she looks great the way she is.

Learn to Love Your Snork

While having lunch, a storm blows a creature named Lucky into Snorkland. All-Star shows him around and he loses his breath. Galeo finds out that Lucky comes from a fresh water land and has to get back immediately. Lucky and All-Star go back to the current and Lucky goes back, but All-Star gets sucked in with him. All-Star meets Riverland and Lucky's parents. All-Star finds out that he cannot stand fresh water. All-Star decides to help them with their problem for things falling from above. All-Star has to go back because of the frshwater environment and he goes through the current. Back home, All-Star makes it back for Casey's aunt's show and Casey doesn't believe a word of his adventure.

Allstar's Fresh Water Adventure

Galeo displays his new invention called the Minaturizer, which shrinks things. All-Star watchs the invention, but Dr. Strangesnork steals it without All-Star looking. Occy then follows him and his cat to his laboratory. They are caught by the scientist, which turns out to be Galeo's brother. He uses the minaturizer to shrink his mind swapper to take over Snorkland, but he uses it to swap Occy's and All-Star's minds. All-Star (as Occy) tries to warn governor Wetworth about Dr. Strangesnork's plan, but he dismisses him. Occy (as All-Star) then guides Casey to Strangesnork's lab. Meanwhile, the Snorks find out that All-Star is really Occy. Dr. Strangesnork then goes to the auditorium where the Governor is giving his speech. The Snorks catch up to him, but he gets away. But not before Galeo swaps All-Stra and Occy back to their original selves.

Dr. Strangesnork

All-Star meets a kelp helper who is facing a lot of trouble because of what he is. All-Star then makes friends with the kelp helper, but the grandfather is uncertain about all this. This friendship is ruined when Junior insults them. The Kelp helpers all pack up and leave. Because of all the kelp helpers leaving, Snorkland is all full of algae. Everyone has to clean up and it's all the Governor's fault. All-Star goes to the kelp helpers and apologizes to them, but they expect an apology from the governor himself. It takes a giant snorkeater terrorizing Snorkland to set the governor straight. The Kelp helpers really did make a great contribution to Snorkland after all.

It's Just a Matter of Slime

Daffney gets tickets to the rodeo, but Casey gets tickets to the hockey game. They get into an argument over events. Daffney goes to the rodeo and the rodeo owners get Daffney into riding one of the horses in the rodeo. Daffney really does well, due to the fact that she only rode the seahorse go round. At the hockey game, Casey is lonesome for Daffney. In the rodeo, it takes a cactus to really get Daffney's horse going! At the game, a special announcement states that Daffney is out of control with her horse. The Snorks then try to find Daffney. Daffney almost gets sucked into a whirlpool, but Casey saves her.

Water Friends For?

All-Star, Daffney and Galeo enjoy a nice lunch when Junior comes yelling about a watch he has lost. Occy chases Junior off. Then All-Star tells Galeo that Occy used to be Junior's dog. Three years ago, Junior got Occy to protect him from people whom he accuses as thieves. All-Star helps him out by putting Junior's stuff back. On a field trip, Junior is training Occy, who gets stuck. All-Star and Casey help Occy out and Occy takes a liking to him. Then Junior tries to get Occy to track down and catch a butterfly shrimp. Occy leads him to a cave with a giant snorkeater. Occy leaves Junior and goes to All-Star's rescue when he is chased by the Snork eater. From that point on, Occy became All-Star's pet.

Junior's Octopuppy

Junior is thinking about running for Governor one day and goes campaigning. While chasing down local votes, he falls into a hole cause by a sea quake. The hole Junior falls down in sends him flying into the future where there the ruling is very strict. Because he says All-Star, he gets taken to court, The judge gives him 10 years in jail. While in jail, he meets old Casey. Casey tells him that All-Star was the governor's worst enemy and everything about him is illegal. Junior says Wetworth and is let out of jail. Junior gets the shock of his life when the Governor turns out to be HIM! Then the whole town escapes from jail and tehy all chase him. Junior then realizes that he has been campaigning in a bad way and plans to change his ways so it will not end up being like what he had just seen.

The Shape of Snorks to Come

Casye and Dimmy meet a Doubleheader named Red and Ed. They introduce them to All-Star and Tooter. They might by two, but they are so different in every way. Red is an avid eater and ends up eating everything in sight, even Casey's mother's flowers. Then Red makes trouble while no one is looking. In the morning, Red goes around acting like an innocent bystander. Then Galeo finds out that Red and Ed caused all the trouble. Actually, Red caused all the touble, but he sees the error of his ways when they save Casey from a waterfall.

Casey and the Doubleheader

The Snorks visit the Undersea Fish Exhibits and are looking for the legendary Rainbowfish. Daffney doesn't want anything to do with it because it might mess up her chances for a beauty contest. Daffeny is soon pursued by a Yuckfish. Junior scares it away by taking pictures but the Yuckfish follows them as they leave. Daffney loses her purse and the Yuckfish finds it for her. The Yuckfish really likes her, but Daffney doesn't give him the time of day. She finds him a good home with a Snork rancher, who disgracefully turns the Yuckfish into a sideshow act. The Snorks break him out by pretending to be a circus trainer with a giant fish (Daffney, Casey, and Tooter). The Snorks then take Daffney to the beauty contest where she wins. The Yuckfish joins her on stage and Junior starts laughing and making fun of it. Daffney defends it by saying that it is beautiful and to everyone's surprise, the Yuckfish turns into a beautiful Rainbow Swan fish!

The Ugly Yuckfish

Dr. Strangesnork tries to take over Snorkland again. This time, he creates a giant wave. He creates a big current that blows the Snorks while they are spring cleaning. Daffney then finds a red object and wears it around. Unbeknownst to her, that is a power pearl that the evil doctor uses to control his wave machine. Dr. Strangesnork follows Daffney around to get the pearl back, even if he has to dress up as a girl to get it. He tries some clever disguises to follow his evil plan. Dr. Strangesnork even dresses up as exercise guru, Jane Flounder. Daffney throws away the pearl, and the doctor gets it back.

Gills Just Want to Have Fun

A young Snorkeater doesn't like to eat Snorks. His pleas fall on deaf ears because his father bans him from the house if he doesn't eat a Snork. Meanwhile, Daffney is teaching Jo-Jo how to talk properly. The Snorkeater catches Jo-Jo, even though he doesn't like to do it. The Snorkeater tell his sad story to Jo-Jo and the gang, and they try to help him out. Unfortunately, Junior sees this plan and assumes that Jo-Jo is helping to Snorkeaters eat Snorks. Junior spreads this rumor around and the Snork guards are sent to stop the evil Snorkeater. In reality, the Snorks are making it look like the Snorkeater is eating Snorks to gain his family's respect. They succeed and no one gets hurt or eaten. Junior learns a lesson about jumping to conclusions.

Guess What's Coming to Dinner

King Neptune's horn to turn the tides over is lost when his dolphin hits it out of his temple. Suddenly, everything starts rising to the top of the ocean.The Snorks try to find out what is happening. They find out about King Neptune's horn and they try to find it. Willie finds the horn and turns it into a clubhouse that he wants them all to see.

A Sign of the Tides

Dimmy meets a little mermaid and falls in love when he saves it. Another Snork falls in love with it too: Dr. Strangesnork. He wants her for her scales for an invention he is working on to take over Snorkland.

The Littlest Mermaid

All-Star has invented a bubble gun to show Galeo, but Occy breaks it by mistake and All-Star gets on him. Occy thinks that All-Star doesn't love him anymore, and he runs away. On the run, Occy meets a squid whose family doesn't want anything to do with him. The smaller squid makes friends with Occy. Later on, the squid gets caught by a claim jumper, who in turn in captured by Slugworth, the salt master. The little squid escapes and goes to find All-Star to help them out. Occy uses All-Star's bubble gun to capture Slugworth and his guards. The claim jumper adopts the gun and the squid as a pet.

The Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which ran on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd season, on USA Network in the late-1980s and early-1990s, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009–2011 and again from 2012–Present on Boomerang.

The Backwards Snork

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Season 2 Episodes20

Cast18

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