h2o just add water

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H2O - Adaugă apă (engleză: H2O - Just Add Water) este un serial pentru copii australian filmat în Gold Coast. Canalul original este Network Ten. În România, este difuzat pe Jetix şi dublat în limba română.
În luna septembrie 2008, Chio a lansat o promoţie despre acest serial, în România, numită "Păstrează secretul sirenelor". În pungile de chipsuri Chio se pot găsi abţibilduri cu personajele serialului, care trebuie lipite într-un catalog ce se distribuie gratuit în magazine.

[modifică] Date despre serial
Serialul este difuzat în România pe Jetix şi este dublat în limba română. Este difuzat de asemenea în Marea Britanie, Statele Unite ale Americii ,Noua Zeelandă, Australia, Mexic, Spania, Rusia, Germania, Ungaria , Polonia, şi alte ţări.
H2O - Adaugă apă este un serial de televiziune australian pentru copii care a fost filmat pe Gold Cost (Coasta de Aur), dar scenele de la şcoală au fost filmate la colegiul Somerset, din Sydney. A fost difuzat pentru prima dată pe Network Ten în Australia, iar acum se difuzează pe Disney Channel, Nickelodeon UK, Cartoon Network şi alte canale în peste 100 de ţări. În serial este vorba despre trei adolescente: Cleo, Emma si Rikki care se confruntă cu problemele obişnuite ale adolescenţei şi cu încă una, ceva mai complicată: sunt sirene şi au puteri asupra apei.
Cu toate că serialul fusese plănuit să aibă doar două sezoane (52 episoade), producătorul Jonathan.M.Shiff a confirmat faptul că al treilea sezon va fi realizat în 2008, motivând afirmaţia cu potenţialul pe care îl au acele puteri supranaturale deţinute de 3 adolescente obişnuite.

[modifică] Difuzare
Network Ten
Australia
Noua Zeelandă
Disney Channel
Europa
Polonia
Asia
China
Japonia
India
Hong Kong
Africa
Africa de Sud
Etiopia
Egipt
Kenya
Tunisia
Australia
Jetix
Regiunea Polonia
Polonia
Cehia
Slovacia
Ungaria
Regiunea România-Rusia
România
Rusia
Ucraina
Republica Moldova
Bulgaria
Serbia
Boomerang
Argentina
Brazilia
Bolivia
Columbia
Ecuador
Mexic
Nickelodeon
Canada
Statele Unite
Regatul Unit
Irlanda
Spania
ABC Familly
Canada
Statele Unite
ZDF
Germania
Austria
Elveţia
France 2
Franţa
Monaco
Italia 1
Italia
San Marino
Vatican
Antena 3 Spania
Spania
Andorra

[modifică] Premii şi nominalizări
Serialul a fost nominalizat in 2007 la Premiile Logice (premiile industriale ale televiziunii Australiene), dar şi la Premiile Kids Choice (premii acordate canalului Nickeloden Marea Britanie pentru cel mai bun serial TV (votat de copii).
În 2007, serialul a câştigat trofeul Jetix Kids Awards România, pentru cel mai îndrăgit serial Jetix.

[modifică] Pe Jetix
Pe Jetix, în România, episoadele H2O sunt difuzate trei câte trei. În prezent (2008) s-a ajuns la ultimul episod din al doilea sezon. Numărul 4 pe 2008 al revistei Jetix Magazin a fost dedicat acestui serial.

[modifică] Personaje

[modifică] Principale

[modifică] Sirenele

[modifică] Rikki
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Rikki Chadwick
Cariba Heine
26 episoade
25 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Rikki Chadwick este fata rebelă şi independentă.Are 16 ani. Puterea ei specială este că poate fierbe apa, poate încălzi băuturile reci, poate topi zăpada şi poate inflama totul în jurul ei. Are cele mai periculoase şi cele mai mari puteri dintre sirene. În sezonul 2 îsi descoperă altă putere: poate crea foc. Culorile ei preferate sunt roşu şi negru. Prietenul ei este Zane Bennet. Ea şi-a descoperit puterile astfel:
Plimbându-se, a fost udată de o stropitoare şi astfel i-a apărut coada.
La Juicenet Caffe a strâns pumnul şi a încălzit băutura lui Lewis, descoperind puterea ei de a încălzi obiecte.
Hainele sale erau la uscat. Vrând să le usuce,şi-a folosit puterea veche, dar hainele au luat foc; astfel a descoperit puterea de a da foc obiectelor.
De lună plină a fost afectată prin „atingerea caldă“, astfel încâ tot ce atinge ia foc; s-a sărutat cu Zane deshidratându-l pe acesta făcându-l să leşine din aceasta cauză.De atunci ei simt ceva unul pt celalalt chiar dca aceasta era sub influenţa lunii pline

[modifică] Emma
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Emma Gilbert
Claire Holt
26 episoade
25 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Emma Gilbert este fata cea înţeleaptă şi grijulie, mereu de incredere; are un frate, pe nume Elliot; are 16 ani; are păr blond puterea ei este că poate îngheţa apa, o poate răci şi poate lipi anumite obiecte; poate îngheţa orice obiect din aer ori din apă şi poate crea viscoluri. Culorile ei preferate sunt albastru şi bleu. În primul sezon, prietenul ei este Byron, în al doilea Ash. Iată cum şi-a descoperit ea puterile:
S-a dus la înot, ca în fiecare dimineaţă, dar, când înota s-a transformat într-o sirenă.
În casă a îngheţat apa „zburătoare“ dintrun pahar, întinzând palma; astfel şi-a descoperit puterea.
Văzând că fratele său a lăsat uşa congelatorului deschisa, a vrut să reîngheţe alimentele, dar a îngheţat toată bucătăria; astfel şi-a descoperit a doua putere.
A fost afectata de Luna Plina la petrecerea tatalui ei,unde la sarutat pe Byron,si aproape l-a lasat sa le descopere secretul

[modifică] Cleo
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Cleo Sertori
Phoebe Tonkin
26 episoade
26 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Cleo Sertori este o fată modestă şi adesea cu zâmbetul pe buze; are o soră: Kim; părul ei este şaten. Are 16 ani. Puterea ei o face capabilă să controleze apa; o poate face să ia orice formă vrea ea şi o poate mări; poate controla vântul de asemena. Culorile ei preferate sunt roz şi mov.Prietenul ei este Lewis McCartney. Cleo şi-a descoperit puterile astfel:
Era în cadă, când a realizat că i-a crescut o coadă.
Şi-a mişcat mâna şi a făcut un hidrant să explodeze în faţa lui Zane, descoperind puterea ei de a controla apa.
S-a enervat pe sora sa, Kim, şi a vrut să-i stropească faţa cu sucul din pahar, dar a făcut un vânt puternic, descoperind puterea de a controla vântul.
De lună plină, a fost afectată prin „cântul sirenei“; precum legendele despre sirene, ea îi ademenea pe băieţi cu glasul ei, printr-un cântec hipnotic. L-a sărutat pe Lewis pentru a fi dat afară din casă. După 12 ore a uitat de tot.

[modifică] Charlotte
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Charlotte Wastford
Brittany Byrnes
0 episoade
24 episoade
"La poli opuşi"
Charlotte Watsford (doar în sezonul 2). Ea are părul roşcat şi ochii căprui. Îi place arta şi muzica. Ea se îndrăgosteşte de Lewis şi devine iubita sa. Charlotte este nepoata lui Gracie, prietena domnişoarei Chattham. Apoi vede o fotografie cu Gracie ca o sirenă şi sare în apa magică, transformându-se în sirenă. Acum, întinzând palmele, poate avea toate puterile fetelor. La sfârşit, vrea să le distrugă pe Cleo, Emma şi Rikki, aruncându-le în apă de Luna de 50 de Ani, pentru a rămâne singura sirenă.Dar ea se inseala...incercand sa le arunce pe fete in apa ...nu a fost atenta si ea a fost aruncata in apa si si-a pierdut puterile.

[modifică] Bella
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al treilea Sezon
Debut
Bella
Indiana Evans
0 episoade
25 episoade
"Complicaţii"
Bella (doar în sezonul 3) Este fata nou-venită din sezonul 3, care o înlociueşte pe Emma din punct de vedere al prietenilor, al atitudinii, dar şi din cel al puterilor! În mod accidental,cade în Bazinul cu Lună şi capătă puterea gheţii. Dar ea are intenţii bune şi li se alătură fetelor, devenind un alt trio: Cleo,Bella şi Rikki!

[modifică] Prieteni

[modifică] Lewis
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Lewis McCartney
Angus McLaren
26 episoade
26 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Lewis McCartney este băiatul cel prietenos fără de care fetele nu s-ar putea descurca. Este prietenul cel mai bun al fetelor şi iubitul lui Cleo. El e primul care află secretul sirenelor (cu ocazia petrecerii la piscină dată de Miriam, Zane o aruncă în apă, iar Lewis o ajută să iasă văzându-i coada) şi încearcă să le ajute. El găseşte un antidot pentru problema lor cu apa, dar singura lui problemă este că nu crede în magie; de altfel multe dintre iubirile lui sunt ratate; În episodul „Afacerea Denman“ s-a îndrăgostit de un biolog marin; Uită o mostră din ADN-ul lui Cleo în laboratorul ei, aceasta observând ceva ciudat: ADN-ul se schimbă în contact cu apa; Ea scrie un articol: „Doar adăugaţi APĂ“; Apoi îl ademeneşte pe Lewis să le prindă pe fete. Se îndrăgosteşte de Charlotte, care va avea toate puterile de sirenă.

[modifică] Zane
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Zane Bennet
Burgees Abernethy
20 episoade
7 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Zane Bennet este băiatul arătos! Iubitul lui Rikki; A fost salvat de Emma, când s-a scufundat cu tot cu „Lorelay“; El a crezut că a fost un monstru marin; Apoi a văzut-o pe Emma vopsită şi şi-a dat seama că există sirene; De atunci a început vânătoarea de sirene; toată lumea crezându-l nebun; În prezent este cu Rikki; Părinţii săi sunt divorţaţi, stă cu tatăl, care nu îl prea iubeşte. Într-un final el află secretul fetelor şi le ajută. Dar în al treilea sezon se desparte de Rikki şi vrea să se răzbune.

[modifică] Ash
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Ash
Craig Horner
0 episoade
10 episoade
"Dragă, ţi-am otrăvit calul!"
Ash (doar în sezonul 2) este iubitul Emmei. Ei s-au întâlnit la orele de călărie când Emma îl supraveghea pe Elliot. Acolo s-au îndrăgostit. Ash are un cal preferat, şi anume Rebel. În ultimele episoade, devine suspicios în legătură cu lucruri ciudate care li-se întâmplă fetelor.La sfârşit,Emma îi spune totul!

[modifică] Byron
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Byron
Christopher Phore
10 episoade
0 episoade
"Petrecerea la piscină"
Byron (doar în sezonul 1) este un înotător şi un surfer foarte bun. A fost iubitul Emmei în timpul sezonului 1. Când era sub influenţa lunii pline, Emma încerca să-l seducă pe Byron. Aproape că l-a lăsat să le descopere secretul.

[modifică] Secundare

[modifică] Fostele Sirene

[modifică] Louise Chattam
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Louise Chattam
Cristine Amor
10 episoade
2 episoade
"Petrecerea fetelor"
Miss Louise Chattam (doar în sezonul 1). Ea le-a dezvăluit fetelor totul despre luna plină. A fost o sirenă impreuna cu prietenele ei: Gracie Wastford şi Julia Dove. Trăia pe vasul „Loreley“ dar în prezent stă la un azil pentru bătrâni. Mereu dispare inexplicabil.
Julia Dove
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Julia Dove
Amrita Tarr
1 episod
2 episoade
"În trecut..."
Rebela Julia avea aceeaşi putere ca lui Rikki. Prietenele ei Louise Chattam şi Gracie Wastford nu erau de acord cu relaţia pe care o avea; Julie a avut un iubit bogat şi arătos pe nume Karl la care ţinea foarte mult şi era dispusă să ii spună adevărul. Când acesta a aflat, a vrut să arate lumii secretul lor, a fotografiat-o dar a scăpat aparatul foto in apă.A spus lumii tot ce ştia, dar pentru că nu avea dovezi nimeni nu l-a crezut.. Julia a murit iar medalionul ei a fost dus la un magazin de bijuterii,unde a fost cumpărat de Zane pentru Rikki.
Gracie Wastford
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Gracie Wastford
Ashleigh Brewer
1 episod
2 episoade
"În trecut..."
Gracie Wastford este bunica lui Charlotte şi a avut aceleaşi puteri ca ale lui Cleo. Ea a avut colierul purpuriu. Prietenul ei a fost Max Hamilton. Ea şi-a pierdut puterile sub efectul lunii pline in urma cu 50 de ani, când a avut loc o aliniere de planete foarte rară. De altfel şi Charlotte şi-a pierdut puterile la fel ca bunica ei. In tinereţe Gracie făcea modeling şi prezenta haine şi costume de baie. Toţi cunoscuţii ei spuneau ca e o companie foarte plăcută şi puţin incăpăţânată, dar in sensul bun.Ea ii spunea multe poveşti despre mare lui Charlotte. Din păcate Gracie a murit cand Charlotte avea 6 ani. Medalionul ei a fost găsit de Emma pe fundul oceanului, in bazinul cu lună.

[modifică] Familiile

[modifică] Sertori
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Kim Sertori
Cleo Masey
25 episoade
18 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Kim Sertori este sora mai mică a lui Cleo. Nu se înţelege deloc cu Cleo şi o supără mereu. Ea a găsit jurnalul lui Cleo, în care scria până şi cel mai mic detaliu despre secretul sirenelor . Atunci Cleo, Emma şi Rikki au făcut un plan să-i o convingă pe ea şi pe Elliot că Miriam e o sirenă. Kim şi Cleo se ceartă pe diferite teme. Ea şi cu sora mai mare au fost foarte afectate când părinţii lor s-au despărţit.
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Don Sertori
Alan David Lee
22 episoade
18 episoade
"Captura zilei"
Don Sertori este tatăl lui Cleo şi al lui Kim. Le oferă ficelor sale toată dragostea.Dar când vine vorba de băieţi este foarte strict.
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Bev Sertori
Debborah Coulls
15 episoade
0 episoade
"Captura zilei"
Bev Sertori (doar în sezonul 1) este mama lui Cleo şi Kim. În al doilea sezon, se desparte de Don.

[modifică] Gilbert
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Elliot Gilbert
Trent Sulivan
16 episoade
4 episoade
"Ceva de pescuit"
Elliot Gilbet (doar în sezoanele 1 şi 2) este fratele cel mic al Emmei. Cei doi erau foarte apropiaţi.Îşi spuneau totul înainte ca Emma să devină o sirenă. Când Rikki l-a salvat de la înec, Elliot s-a îndrăgostit de ea.
Lisa şi Neil Gilbert (doar în sezoanele 1 şi 2) sunt părinţii Emmei şi ai lui Elliot. În al treilea sezon, se mută din oraş.

[modifică] Chadwick
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Terry Chadwick
Andy Mcphee
0 episoade
2 episoade
"Partea greşită a şinelor"
Terry Chadwick (doar în sezoanele 2 şi 3) este tatăl lui Rikki. Intră in conflict cu Zane, deoarece crede ca acesta i-a furat emblema de la motocicletă. De aceea ii interzice lui Rikki sa se mai intalneasca cu el. Dar Zane repara motocicleta acestuia, câstigându-i astfel încrederea şi devenind prieteni.

[modifică] Wastford
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Annet Wastford
Tiffany Lamb
0 episoade
3 episoade
"Picătura care a vărsat paharul"
Este mama lui Charlotte,fiica lui Gracie.

[modifică] Altele

[modifică] Will
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al treilea Sezon
Debut
Will
Hey Lin Davis
0 episoade
20 episoade
"Schimbare"
Will este o fata ce va aparea din sezonul 3 si care va avea puteri de sirena, insa nu si coada.

[modifică] Dr. Denamn
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Dr. Linda Denman
Lara Cox
3 episoade
0 episoade
"Afacerea Denman"
Dr. Linda Demman (doar în sezonul 1) este un biolog marin care apare doar în trei episoade. Aceasta pune mâna pe o mostră de celulele foarte interesante şi vrea să fugă cu Lewis; La sfârşitul seriei, ea lucrează cu tatăl lui Zane şi descoperă un solz de-al lui Cleo în Bazinul cu Lună, de pe Mako; Amplasează camere sub apă şi fotografiază fetele având cozi. Le vânează, dar ele se aruncă în apă la eclipsa de lună şi îşi pierd puterile; aceasta îşi pierde speranţele şi pleacă din Coasta de Aur.

[modifică] Miriam
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Miriam Kent
Annabelle Stephenson
22 episoade
0 episoade
"Petrecerea la piscină"
Miriam Kent (doar în sezonul 1) este fosta prietenă a lui Zane şi duşmanca fetelor; face multe lucruri pentru a le demoraliza; Într-un episod ea este îngheţată de către Emma, din greşeală.

[modifică] Tiffany
Personaj
Actriţă
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Tiffany
Alice Hunter
12 episoade
0 episoade
"Petrecerea la piscină"
Tiffany (doar în sezonul 1) Este prietena lui Miriam.

[modifică] Nate
Personaj
Actor
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Nate
Jamie Timony
7 episoade
5 episoade
"Schimbarea"
Nate este cel mai bun prieten al lui Zane.

[modifică] Animale

[modifică] Rebel
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Rebel
0 episoade
1 episod
"Dragă, ţi-am otrăvit calul!"
Rebel este calul lui Ash. Emma îl otrăveşte,din greşeală...

[modifică] Rhonnie
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Rhonnie
2 episoade
5 episoade
"Bolnav din pasiune"
Rhonnie este delfinul-mascotă al Parcului Marin

[modifică] Marcie
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Marcie
1 episod
0 episoade
"Afacerea Denman "
Marcie este delfinul lui Doctor Denman.

[modifică] Hector
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Hector
0 episoade
1 episod
"Monstrul"
Hector este peştele lui Cleo. Acesta s-a îmbolnăvit de aceeaşi boală ca şi Emma (din cauza coralilor).

[modifică] Pluto
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Pluto
1 episod
0 episoade
"Ape periculoase"
Pluto a fost cel mai îndrăgit peşte al lui Cleo, dar a murit...

[modifică] Pelicanul
Personaj
Primul Sezon
Al doilea Sezon
Debut
Pelicanul
1 episod
0 episoade
"Uraganul Angela"
Pelicanul misterios a cauzat multe certuri în familia Sertori.

[modifică] Distribuţia
Cariba Heine - Rikki Chadwick
Claire Holt - Emma Gilbert
Phoebe Tonkin - Cleo Sertori
Brittany Byrnes - Charlotte Watsford
Angus McLaren - Lewis McCartney
Burgess Abernethy - Zane Bennett
Craig Horner - Ash Dove
Indiana Evans - Bella
Jamie Timony - Nate
Christine Amor - Domnişoara Chatham
Cleo Massey - Kim Sertori
Alan David Lee - Don Sertori
Deboarah Coulls - Bev Sertori
Trent Sullivan - Elliot Gilbert
Jared Robinsen - Neil Gilbert
Caroline Kennison - Lisa Gilbert
Andy McPhee - Terry Chadwick
Tiffany Lamb - Annette Watsford
Ariu Lang Sio - Wilfred
Christopher Poree - Byron
Annabelle Stephenson - Miriam
Alice Hunter - Tiffany
Andrea Moor - Doamna Geddes
Nicole Downes - Dublura Emmei
Teri Haddy - Tânăra Louise Chatham
Ashleigh Brewer - Gracie
Amrita Tarr - Julia
Matthew Scully - Tânărul Max
Steven Tandy - Hendrix
Craig Marriott - Frank
Scott Mclean - Nate-dublura
Yasca Sinigaglia - Zane-dublura
Martin Challis - Humphries
James Stewart - Băiatul cu fructele
Tim McDonald - Băiatul cu pâinea
Tim Amos - Băiatul # 1
Tom Calder - Băiatul # 2
Dominic Deutscher - Băiatul # 3
Ian Greenleaf - Zane-dublura de windsurf
Chester Whiting - Băiatul din filmul lui Lewis
Paul Bishop - Mitch
Jade Paskins - Angela
Jenna Hudson - Libby
Liam Pierce - Gardianul
Scott Mcrae - Poliţistul

[modifică] Episoade
Serialul este compus din 2 sezoane a câte 26 de episoade fiecare şi un al treilea sezon, la care se filmează în prezent, ce va avea tot 26 de episoade. Deci, în prezent există 52 de episoade. Primul sezon s-a difuzat între anii 2006 şi 2007 (Australia) şi 2007-2008 (România), iar al doilea sezon între anii 2007-2008 (Australia) şi 2008-prezent (România).

eng:

H2O: Just Add Water is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast. It first screened on Australia's Network Ten in 2006 and later on Disney Channel Australia, and currently runs on channels in over one hundred countries worldwide.[1] The show's premise revolves around three teenage girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist: they're mermaids with powers over water. The theme song "No Ordinary Girl" is performed by Ellie Henderson in series one and by Kate Alexa in series two.
The series was nominated for the 2007 Logie Award for "Most Outstanding Children's Program",[2] as well as a 2007 Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Award for "Best TV Show".[1] H2O won "Best TV Drama Show" at the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2008.[3]
Originally, there were only two series with a total of 52 episodes, but due to popular demand, a third series began filming in late 2008 and will screen in late 2009[4]. Jonathan M. Shiff, executive producer, said that, "there is lots of potential for a third season with normal teenagers who have super powers," and that open water filming may be an option in addition to the filming done at Sea World and Broadwater.[5][6] Indiana Evans will have a major role in the third series as Bella.[edit] Plot
Emma, Cleo and Rikki are sixteen year old girls growing up on the sun-drenched beaches of the Gold Coast. Emma is confident, brilliant, responsible, and athletic. Cleo is slightly insecure, sweet, and awkward while Rikki is an aloof and rebellious new girl.
The girls find themselves stranded at sea one day, floating towards the mysterious Mako Island. The three girls explore the eerie jungle-covered island before deciding to jump into a pool in an ancient cavern under a volcano to escape. As they enter the pool, the light from a full moon illuminates the water, creating a mysterious glow. Discovering an underwater channel, they decide to swim to safety where they are rescued by the harbor patrol. The next day, the three girls discover that life is never going to be normal again; ten seconds after they touch water, they turn into mermaids. After further experimentation, they find they have supernatural powers; Emma can freeze water, Rikki can boil water and Cleo can manipulate the amount and shape of water.
The girls enlist the help of their friend Lewis, who considers himself a scientist, and he attempts to discover the secret behind their transformations.
Everyday situations turn tricky as the girls struggle to cope with their new-found powers, which have numerous advantages and disadvantages, while also trying to keep them a secret from everyone else.
In the second season, a new girl arrives named Charlotte who seems friendly at first. When Cleo leaves Lewis, though, Charlotte quickly moves in and snags him. Charlotte is very controlling and is later revealed to be the granddaughter of Gracie - one of the original three mermaids. Charlotte deliberately becomes a mermaid herself, causing more problems for the girls, most of all Cleo, who later gets back together again with Lewis.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Major

[edit] Emma Gilbert
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Emma Gilbert
Claire Holt
26 episodes
25 episodes*
"Metamorphosis"
Emma, or Em to her friends, first discovers herself being a mermaid one morning while swimming at the beach. She has the ability to freeze any object or liquid containing water. In the second season, under the power of a full moon aligned with various planets, she develops a much stronger icy power and, with help from Rikki & Cleo, has the power to summon on a hurricane like storm. She liked Byron in the first season. Also, she eventually found love in boy named Ash, who is currently her supervisor at the Juicenet café and was previously a riding instructor who taught Emma's little brother to ride a horse. Emma couldn't stand Ash at first (he was a better horse rider than her), but with prodding from her friends Cleo and Rikki, she realizes her love for him. In the season two finale, she reveals her secret to Ash.
Claire didn't appear in episode "The Gracie Code I", but is seen in a flashback.

[edit] Cleo Sertori
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Cleo Sertori
Phoebe Tonkin
26 episodes
26 episodes
"Metamorphosis"
Cleo first finds out herself being a mermaid while taking a bath. She has the power to manipulate the form of water and mould it into a different shape. She can mystically create more water to form a "branch" from a small cup. She can also control wind in series two. She is shy but very bright and a loyal friend. Late in series 1 Cleo and Lewis develop a relationship, but he is too clingy and, with her parents' divorce, she is too stressed to have a boyfriend, so she breaks up with him. A new girl named Charlotte arrives, who is Cleo's friend at first but then Charlotte becomes jealous of Cleo's friendship/relationship with Lewis so Charlotte constantly tries to be with him. Charlotte and Lewis form a relationship, much to Cleo's dismay. Charlotte causes many problems for Cleo in series two, such as stealing her boyfriend, stealing her locket. After Lewis had enough of Charlotte's actions, he breaks up with her and rescues Cleo from sharks. Later in the episode he and Cleo rekindle their relationship.

[edit] Rikki Chadwick
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Rikki Chadwick
Cariba Heine
26 episodes
26 episodes
"Metamorphosis"
Rikki is the new girl in town in series one. She first discovers she is a mermaid when she was hit by water from the park sprinkler system. She was the last to gain her powers. She is able to boil water or anything containing water. In the second season, she develops the ability to start fire and summon lightning. She is a rebellious new girl and a self-confessed loner who finds an attraction in the local bad boy, Zane Bennett. They first fall in love when trapped on a balcony together. They briefly date but find they have too many differences at the end of the first season. Shortly into the second season, they rekindle their relationship, although somewhat casually. She was originally at odds with Miriam, Zane's ex-girlfriend, seen only in the first season.

[edit] Lewis McCartney
Character
Actor
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Lewis McCartney
Angus McLaren
26 episodes
26 episodes
"Metamorphosis"
Lewis has been Cleo's friend since they were five, and following the girls' transformation, he also becomes friends with Rikki and Emma. He is academically gifted, thinks of himself as a scientist and has a passion for fishing. He discovers the girls' secret early on in the series and becomes determined to find the cause. He is in love with Cleo, who reciprocates the feeling and the two form a relationship late in series one. At the beginning of series two, Cleo breaks up with Lewis. They stay friends but remain a little embarrassed. Lewis develops a friendship with Charlotte, the new girl, who has a crush on Lewis and becomes his controlling girlfriend. At the end of series two, Lewis dumps Charlotte because of her behaviour towards the other girls, mostly Cleo. After he saves Cleo from a shark reef, they get back together.

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[edit] Charlotte Watsford
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Charlotte Watsford
Brittany Byrnes
0 episodes
24 episodes
"Fire and Ice"
Charlotte is the new girl in town and is the girls' rival during series two. She enjoys various forms of art and appreciates the sciences. She is friendly at first but becomes jealous of Cleo's relationship with Lewis, so she constantly tries to be with him. After Cleo breaks up with Lewis Charlotte pursues him and eventually the two develop a relationship. She is very selfish, controlling and manipulative and gets paranoid very easily and becomes jealous of Cleo. She is later revealed to be the granddaughter of Gracie, one of the original three mermaids. She becomes the fourth mermaid herself, receiving all three of the powers. After this she becomes very dangerous when angry, especially when Lewis breaks up with her to be with Cleo. The 50 year full moon comes and Charlotte reveals to Lewis that that is how Gracie lost her powers. She plans to strip the other girls powers so that she will be the only special one for Lewis. But after being beaten by the girls, she loses her powers forever, and her friendship with Lewis and all other mermaids.

[edit] Zane Bennett
Character
Actor
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Zane Bennett
Burgess Abernethy
20 episodes
7 episodes
"Metamorphosis"
Zane is the local bad boy, and seems to think that he can get away with anything because his dad is rich. He appears to be arrogant, but has been seen to have a softer side. He desperately wants to impress his father, local land developer Harrison Bennett, who is more arrogant. Zane is an excellent swimmer. After becoming trapped on a sinking boat, he is rescued by Emma, and sees the end of her tail before she is able to slip away. Because of this, Zane becomes obsessed with finding the "sea monster". Later on in the first season, to the disappointment of Miriam who assumed that she was with Zane, Rikki and Zane develop feelings for each other after being locked out on a penthouse balcony in a hotel that Harrison Bennett is giving an advertising speech at. While they later break up at the end of the first season because they are "too different" from each other, they rekindle their relationship in the second season after Zane discovers the girls are mermaids. It is found out also that he is very caring.

[edit] Ash
Character
Actor
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Ash
Craig Horner
0 episodes
10 episodes
"Riding for a Fall"
Ash is the current supervisor of the Juicenet Cafe (to Emma's disappointment at first, since she wanted the job). Ash is a keen horse rider and has worked as a riding coach. He and Emma have formed a relationship and have gone out on a few dates. In the middle of the second season, in the episode 'Moonstruck', Emma was affected by the full moon (with Cleo and Rikki) and almost revealed her secret by calling him into the bathroom when she was wet with a tail. Luckily, Lewis steps in and stops him. During the season two finale, Emma reveals that she is a mermaid to Ash, and his only reaction was to smile and say, "Cool" before the end credits roll. Ash also has a falling out with Zane in the Juicenet Cafe, causing the girl's group to split for an episode.

[edit] Louise Chatham
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Louise Chatham
Christine Amor
9 episodes
0 episodes
"Party Girls"
Louise Chatham, or Miss. Chatham as she's typically called, is a mysterious elderly woman who Cleo meets while working at the marine park. She hints to Cleo that she knows the girls secret and warns them about the effects of the full moon. Later, an altercation that she has with Zane leads to her boat being declared unseaworthy and Emma invites her to stay at her place. That night, however, Miss Chatham sneaks out at night and sails off with her boat. After an altercation on the boat with Zane, she suffers a heart attack and is taken to a hospital by Lewis. Before going to a retirement residential home, she reveals to the girls that she once was a mermaid too, but that "the burden became too great", so she "had to give it up", hinting that there is a way to give up their powers.

[edit] Dr. Linda Denman
Character
Actress
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Dr. Linda Denman
Lara Cox
3 episodes
0 episodes
"The Denman Affair"
Dr. Denman is a Marine Biologist who finds one of Cleo's mermaid scales that Lewis left behind, after he applied for a job working for her so he could use her equipment to study it. She tries to get Lewis to tell her where he found the samples, but he refuses to reveal the source. In the end, she offers to Lewis prestige and a fast track through school and a large wage to travel with her for her work (especially her work on the scale) but he decides to stay with Emma, Cleo, and Rikki. In the season one finale, she returns and sets up underwater cameras around Mako Island, discovering the girls' mermaid secret, which she shares with Zane and Zanes father Harrison. But in the end, she believes that the girls have lost their powers after going into the Moon Pool during a lunar eclipse, though in truth they only lost their powers for 12 hours.

[edit] Max K. Hamilton
Character
Actor
Season One
Season Two
First Appearance
Max Hamilton
Martin Vaughan
0 episodes
4 episodes
"The Gracie Code (Part 1)"
An elderly man (who is a scientist like Lewis and 50 years ago published studies similar to the ones that Lewis has done), he was a friend and confidant of the original mermaids. His first appearance was in "The Gracie Code" late in the second season when Lewis discovers his old research on Mako Island. Max reveals that he truly loved Gracie, just like Lewis truly loves Cleo, and that he created the three lockets (that the girls wear) for the three original mermaids. He gives Lewis all his old research and pictures of the original mermaids. He declares that Cleo and Lewis are meant for each other, but Lewis ignores them because he was dating Charlotte at the time. Lewis realizes what Max meant when Cleo went missing and Lewis realized how much he cared for her. Max was the one who told Charlotte about mermaids after she declared that she was Gracie's granddaughter. He also revealed that the 50 year moon lines up with all the planets and will possess enough power to take away a mermaid's powers forever with no chance of ever regaining them back.

[edit] Complications
The majority of the series deals with the girls having to cope with their new-found abilities that more often than not complicate their regular teenage-girl activities. A number of complications arise, especially when the girls have to hide their powers for fear of the consequences of being found out.

[edit] Discovery
Zane is mad at Miss Chatham for crashing his jet ski, so he follows her boat and jumps aboard. Zane confronts Miss Chatham and demands compensation for his wrecked jet ski, saying that he heard her say that she had treasure on board. During the confrontation, Miss Chatham has a mild heart attack and passes out. Emma and Lewis arrive and take Miss Chatham to the hospital, while Zane is left behind on the boat. He searches for the treasure, only to find that the only thing of value is an old locket which he disgustedly drops on the floor just as the old engine gives way and a steam explosion jams the cabin door as the ship begins sinking. Zane can't get out and Emma realizes that only she can save Zane. When Emma saves Zane, he sees the back half of her tail just before he passes out. Zane decides to find the "sea monster" and looks everywhere near Mako island. When Emma returns to the boat to take the picture of the old mermaids, she's spotted by Zane, but because she'd tried to dye her hair (while a mermaid), she had red hair and Zane didn't recognize her. Zane always talks about mermaids, which makes the girls uncomfortable. During the end of season one, Dr. Denman returns and puts small underwater cameras near the cave and the moon pool to count the fish. The cameras spot the girls swimming to and from the cave and expose them. Zane is somewhat upset when he finds out that Rikki is a mermaid but he saves the girls with Lewis' help, just before Dr. Denman was about to run tests on them. Miss Chatham tells the girls that if they are in the moon pool during the lunar eclipse time, they will lose their powers. The girls see no other alternative to stop Dr. Denman from chasing after them and jump into the pool in front of her. A magical light show follows and they are able to "prove" to Dr. Denman that they no longer have their powers. The next day, the girls discover that they actually only lost their powers for twelve hours.

[edit] Cleo's diary
In "Something Fishy", Cleo's sister Kim finds Cleo's diary, which contains the short history of Cleo, Rikki and Emma being mermaids. The diary has all the details of their powers and even drawings of their tails but was written in code. The diary causes Kim and Emma's brother Elliot to believing that Cleo, Emma, and Rikki are a monster of some sort. Kim plots with Elliot to expose Cleo on stage at the Miss Sea Queen Pageant, which Cleo enters to try to beat the girls' season one arch-rival Miriam. Eventually, Kim's plan backfires spectacularly with Cleo using her powers to protect herself from a water hose. Cleo tells Kim that the diary is an English assignment and was fiction. In the end of the episode, Cleo tosses it into the moon pool so no one will ever find it again.

[edit] Lockets
The three lockets were made by Max Hamilton for the original three mermaids, (Louise Chatham, Gracie Watsford and Julia Dove). Emma discovers the first one at the bottom of the moon pool on Mako Island. Later Emma gives it to Cleo to keep after Miriam almost manages to steal it. Cleo is later told by Miss Chatham that this locket belonged to Gracie.
The second locket belonged to Miss Chatham, but unfortunately sank with her boat. Miss Chatham was devastated after it was lost because it was the 'treasure' that she had spoken fondly of. Emma, feeling sorry for her, went down to the wreck of the boat, found it and gave it back to Miss Chatham, who then gratefully gave it to the girls.
The third locket, which belonging to Julia, was found by Rikki in a jewellery store after Julia dies and her estate sells it. Zane considers buying it for Rikki and asks Miriam about whether girls like that type of jewellry and Miriam then goes and buys it for herself while the three mermaids and Lewis try to raise the money to buy it themselves. Miriam teases Rikki with it and starts a fight. Later, Miriam (who's fed up with the locket), tries to get Zane back by telling him to kiss her while Rikki is behind him at the café. After being brutally talked down to by Zane, Miriam throws the locket into the Broadwater next to the Juicenet café. Zane dives into the water to find it before Emma can get there and tries to give it to Rikki. Cleo hints that she will get a tail if she touches it while its wet. Rikki realises this and pretends to drop it so she can heat it up and keep it. Rikki however feels it is selfish to keep it, and returns the locket to Miss Chatham. Miss Chatham gives the locket back to Rikki, and gives hers to Emma, saying "It feels right they are all together."
As stated by Max in "The Gracie Code", all three are slightly different, most noticeably in the crystals at the top of the lockets: Emma has a white stone, Rikki has a red one and Cleo's is purplish blue. On the back of the lockets is what seems to be waves represented by 3 wavy lines.
In episode "Sea Change" Cleo's locket is stolen by Charlotte. Charlotte lies and said that Cleo has given it to her, but soon admits she made her to do this. In episode "Finale" Lewis takes the locket from Charlotte and returns it to Cleo.

[edit] The moon
The moon is the source of how Cleo, Emma and Rikki receive their powers in the pool on Mako Island. The moon also affects each of them differently, and different moon cycles affect them differently as well.

[edit] Effects of the full moon
During the series it is revealed that a full moon has very strange effects on the girls. These effects are explored over a number of various episodes. These effects only last for 12 hours after being affected or as long as the full moon is in the sky. During a full moon, the moon pool on Mako Island sometimes protects the girls from the moon's strange effects (this however is not really explored too much throughout the series). The girls never remember what happened when they were under the influence of the full moon, except for the two times that they were in the moon pool cavern during the latter half of season two.
Emma is the first to fall under the effects of the full moon, which turns her into a wild and carefree mermaid--exactly the opposite of her normally organised self. In this state, she freely tells everyone exactly what she thinks of them, regardless of whether it would offend them or not. It also causes her to change into a mermaid, unable to transform back, and draws her to Mako Island. While under the effect of the full moon, Emma feels inexplicably drawn to water and develops a craving for fish as well as a craving for Byron. She becomes somewhat seductive and kisses Byron on several occasions. By the time the moon is completely gone, everything is once again normal but Emma remembers nothing.
By the next full moon, Cleo sees the moon's reflection in a sink full of water and falls under its effects. She does not turn into a mermaid, instead becoming a siren, attaining a beautiful singing voice which causes all the young men who hear it to fall in love with her, including Zane, Byron and Lewis. She calls a radio station and is recorded on the phone. However, her singing seems to have no effect on older men like her father, who merely tells her she sounds good. Then when the moon is gone, Cleo regains her normal voice
Rikki is the third to experience the effects of the full moon, which causes her power to overload. Instead of merely heating liquids, she begins to heat up the air and set fire to objects around her. During this time, Zane comes to Mako Island to try and find the "sea monster", and discovers Rikki sitting amongst a circle of flames. Rikki kisses him, causing Zane to quickly overheat and pass out, becoming dehydrated and appearing sunburnt. The girls realise that Rikki's power is the most volatile and must be tightly controlled.
In the first episode of the second season, all three girls are affected by the full moon, which causes them to swim to the moon pool on Mako Island. Because of a particularly rare planetary alignment which was taking place at the time, their powers are enhanced, and they use their new abilities to attack and blow away Lewis, who followed them to make sure everything was okay. Following their reversion to their normal state, the girls struggle to control the effects of these new powers: Cleo creates a storm while upsetting a glass of orange juice her sister is carrying, Emma manages to freeze the entire kitchen bench as well as the fridge and freezer, and Rikki manages to set her laundry on fire while trying to speed up line drying on her clothes line. She repeats this later in the episode with Lewis's pants.
The next full moon is on the same date as the camping trip for the Sertori family. Their choice of location could not have been any worse: Mako Island. To ensure that none of the girls fall under the spell of the moon, Cleo brings Emma and Rikki along. Lewis joins the trip as well, bringing Charlotte at her insistence. Even though the girls sleep in a "moonlight-proof" tent, Cleo is affected once more when Kim opens the tent, while searching for Charlotte, who had gone into the forest with Lewis. When Lewis comes back and warns the other girls, the two girls decide that they have been afraid of the moon for too long, and venture outside to rescue their friend despite the danger. Both are instantly struck by the moonlight, but somehow manage to channel the effects and find Cleo. Rather than exhibiting ridiculous or flamboyant behaviour, they become single-minded and emotionally indifferent, as well as being somewhat vicious in their reaction to threats. Charlotte follows Cleo to the moon pool and is about to touch the water, but Emma freezes it just before she does, preventing Charlotte from becoming a mermaid. This is one of the two times that the girls remember what they did, as Rikki and Emma later talk about how Emma managed to freeze the water just as Charlotte touched it.
By the following full moon, the girls have finally sealed off the house completely. Things are spoiled when Ash pays a surprise visit to Emma, and Cleo catches a glimpse of the full moon, causing her to become giddy and childish in her behaviour. While Emma has her "date" with Ash, Rikki keeps Cleo locked up in the bedroom because she has been 'moonstruck'. However, Cleo causes Rikki to see the moon as well by pulling down the cardboard covering the window and the second mermaid falls into a similar state of giddiness. Together they lure Emma into the bathroom, toss her in the bath and make her see the moon as well. They plan to let Ash see Emma as a mermaid, and he is on the verge of entering the bathroom when Lewis, being called earlier by Emma, bursts in and stops him. Later on in the episode, Emma admits her feelings for Ash and the two kiss.
By the next moon, Charlotte has become aware of her grandmother's past and uses the moon pool to become a mermaid herself. The other girls remain in Cleo's room and manage to avoid seeing the moon.

[edit] Effects of a lunar eclipse
In the series one finale, "A Twist in the Tail", it is revealed by Miss Chatham that the girls are able to lose their mermaid powers while they are in the moon pool of Mako Island while a lunar eclipse takes place. The girls, knowing that Dr. Denman and her men would not let them rest until they got what they wanted, decide to take this opportunity and fight off Dr. Denman's men just before jumping into the pool and letting the moon draw away their powers. This helps the girls trick Dr. Denman into believing that they are no longer mermaids. Lewis later reveals that Miss Chatham told him that their powers are only lost for twelve hours, not forever, and that Miss Chatham did not tell them so that even the girls would believe they had lost their powers.

[edit] The 50 year full moon
During the last episode of season 2, "Finale", Max reveals to Lewis that every 50 years a special full moon occurs, during which all the planets are aligned with the moon and earth, making its effect extremely strong. Strong enough to take away a mermaid's powers forever if they enter the moon pool while it is in its active state. However, this moon also enhances a mermaid's powers and makes them much stronger, as shown during this episode when Charlotte suddenly develops a fit of anger, and uses her powers to make the plumbing and water system of Emma's house go haywire, out of spite toward the girls. Because Ash was in their presence, the girls were unable to fight back.
Leading Lewis to believe that she was under the influence of the full moon, Charlotte lures him to Mako Island in order to trick the girls into coming after them.
At the end of the episode, while the moon is over the moon pool, a big show down begins at Mako Island. Charlotte tries to push all three girls into the moon pool while it is active, in an attempt to make them lose their powers forever, so that she will be the only "true mermaid". However, they then combine their powers to fight back and win, making Charlotte fly into the air and drop into the moon pool, resulting in her losing her powers forever.
During the battle, it is revealed by Charlotte that this full moon event is how Gracie, her grandmother and one of the original three mermaids, gave up her powers 50 years ago.

[edit] Power advancement
At the beginning of season two, the girls are once again affected by a full moon. After entering the Mako Island moon pool during a rare planetary alignment, the girls' powers advance to a new level. Although the girls can still do what they could before, new and more powerful abilities begin to form. Cleo can now control the wind; Rikki can create fire at will and summon lightning; and Emma can freeze any object regardless of the presence of water by using the water in the air and create blizzards, and in "Control" is shown having some control over the weather. and when all three girls use their powers together they can create storms. At first, the girls had difficulty controlling both their old and new powers, but by the end of "Fire and Ice" had regained some discipline.
When Charlotte becomes a mermaid there is a normal full moon but the strange thing is that not only does she have all three original powers (which is probably because the moonpool divides the powers amongst those in it, so if there is only one person in it, she will acquire the three powers) but for some unknown reason she develops the additional powers as well.

[edit] The sample case
In "The Denman Affair", Dr. Denman arrives and Lewis is given a job for her - the cleaning floors. Lewis asks Cleo to cut her nail to analyze it to figure out why the girls turned into the mermaids. Later, while trying to analyze the sample, Lewis is caught by Dr. Denman, so he lies saying he found it at a beach. Lewis runs away, but accidentally leaves behind the sample. Dr. Denman puts the water into the sample and is surprised to see mutating. Dr. Denman then decides to want Lewis in her team. Cleo discovers the article about the sample. Dr. Denman asks Lewis to take him to her lab at Galapagos. Emma and Rikki try to take the sample and their plan dosen't go quite as they planned. As Dr. Denman leaves, Lewis didn't left, takes the sample and deletes the article.
In the end of season one, when Dr. Denman returns to count the fish, she finds the moon pool while putting the underwater cameras to count the fish. Dr. Denman finds a scale from Cleo's tail and discovers it turning into a skin.

[edit] Lewis' visions
In "Visions", Lewis is having the dreams about Cleo being discovered as a mermaid. While he and Cleo accompany Kim and Elliot in their date, Kim tosses her teddy bear which Elliot bought for her to the pool. Kim lies she dropped it. When Elliot tries to save the bear, Cleo stops him and reveals to Elliot the bear was tossed to the pool. As Kim and Elliot leave, Cleo gets splashed by a boat, so she jumps to the pool to save the bear, but her tail is seen. Afraid his dream is coming true, Lewis jumps to the pool and rescues Cleo.

[edit] Gracie's past
In "The Gracie Code (Parts 1-2)", Lewis meets Max Hamilton and asks him for the research. Max lies this was a mistake. When Max sees Cleo's locket, he tells the truth. Max asks Lewis to give him Cleo's locket. Max soon struggles some suspicions about Cleo. Lewis and Max arrive at Mako Island. Max finds the moon pool and meets there Cleo. Max splashes Cleo in water and reveals he knows she's a mermaid. Max then mentions he was creating the lockets, discovered Miss Chatham, Julia and Gracie's secret and tried to test the moon pool to find out what turned them into mermaids. Max also mentions he loved Gracie, but, because of his theories, Gracie diswanted to be a mermaid and tossed to the moon pool her locket. The locket was in the moon pool over 50 years until Emma found it in episode "Party Girls". Gracie wanted to be a ordinary girl again and dumped Max. Max gives Lewis his research and asks him to give Cleo back her locket. Later, the girls and Lewis find the pictures and a film with Max and Gracie. Charlotte is angry why Lewis is always spending the time with the girls, so she comes to Cleo's house, finds Gracie's picture and reveals she's Gracie's granddaughter. Charlotte then takes the picture and sees on it the locket, so she thinks the lockets are indentical. Later on, Charlotte takes the film and sees on it Gracie as a mermaid. In "Then There Were Four", Charlotte finds the Max's portrait and discovers he loved Gracie and knew her secrets. Worried about the girls' secret, Lewis returns the research to Max, but is unaware Charlotte followed him to meet Max. At first, Max resists to tell Charlotte about Gracie. But, when Charlotte said she won't leave when she won't find out all, Max is forced to tell her about Gracie and explains Gracie was really a mermaid. Max tells Charlotte in the current place and the current time magic will appear. Charlotte is promised to not tell that to anyone. Charlotte yells at Lewis and thinks Lewis is lying to her. Charlotte finds Mako Island and decides to be a mermaid. As Charlotte arrives at Mako Island, the girls arrive and she finds out their secret until she later becomes a mermaid.

[edit] The coral
In "Monster", Emma finds a coral for Cleo's fish, but accidentally cuts her finger on it. Suddenly, Emma starts to act freaky and eat fish food. Meanwhile, this reason happens at Cleo's fish and the white scales appear on the fish. At the marine park, Emma swims in the pool, but is seen by a little girl. When Lewis and Charlotte have a date at the marine park, Charlotte dislikes the date, because it isn't romantic, and leaves Lewis in guard her purse to go to the toilet. Lewis later listens the little girl telling her mother about Emma. Luckily no one belives the girl. While searching Lewis, Charlotte always bumps into Cleo and thinks Cleo is trying to destroy the date. After bringing Emma back home, she splashes herself in water, but, as she turns into a mermaid, the white scales appear. Emma then reveals the blame for this situation is a coral. While Cleo struggles more problems with Charlotte, Lewis creates the antidote and cures Cleo's fish with the help of biologist. Emma suddenly escapes to find more fish food. The search fail. A little girl tries to prove her mother she really saw Emma, so she goes to the pool, but a mysterious hand attacks the girl. The girl runs away as Lewis appears. Lewis discovers the one who attacked the girl was Emma and finds out Emma escaped only to find the food. Lewis explains that to the girls and they run to find Emma, but they're unaware she passed them continuing searching for the food. Later in the evening, Emma's parents are celebrating their wedding anniversary when Emma goes back to her house. Emma eats the lobster which was supposed to be a dinner for the celebration. Emma's parents hear the noises and think these are burglars. Emma blacks out her house as Cleo, Rikki and Lewis arrive, discovering Emma returned home. Emma's mother discovers the lobster's disappearance. Cleo, Rikki, Lewis and Emma's parents go upstairs to find "burglars". To don't let see Emma, Cleo, Rikki and Lewis order Emma's parents to check on the other rooms while they check Emma's room. As Cleo, Rikki and Lewis enter to her room, they see Emma as a white-scaled monster! While Emma's mother fixes the power of the house, Lewis splashes Emma with the antidote while Cleo and Rikki try not to let Emma's parents see their daughter as a monster. Emma returns to normal and ends up grounded when her parents see around her the pieces of the lobster.

[edit] Love stories
Cleo and Lewis became friends since they were little kids. Cleo and Lewis think they have feelings on themselves. Before the end of the first season, Cleo and Lewis reveal their feelings and become a couple. In the start of the second season, because Lewis is always near her and doing all for her, Cleo becomes angry and breaks up with him until he starts dating with Charlotte. During the end of the second season, Lewis breaks up with Charlotte and gets back together with Cleo.
Emma meets Ash while he taught Elliot horse-riding. Emma at first dislikes him, but then she has a feeling she loves him. The truth comes out in the episode "Moonstruck". Emma soon becomes mysterious and makes Ash frustrated with the secrets she won't tell him. Emma and Ash almost break up until Emma reveals to Ash she's a mermaid in the second season's conclusion.
Rikki at first disliked Zane. While they get trapped in the hotel balcony, they become a couple. Rikki becomes angry when Zane always talks about mermaids after seeing Emma as a mermaid. During the end of the first season, Zane discovers Rikki's secret. They break up and become friends until they get back together in the second season.

[edit] Production
The mermaid costumes took six months to build, with the tails made from body casts and comprising individually hand-crafted scales. The finished product weighs between 12 and 15 kilograms (26 and 33 lb). Inside the tail, are leg straps where the girls are strapped up and then zipped up. Once in costume, the girls have to be lifted into the water. On-screen, the zip on the mermaid suit is visible from the back, though attempts were made to minimise this, such as adding extra scales and crafting a ridge of material around the length of the zip. The tail fin itself was designed with a foot pedal to assist the actresses with swimming. This, along with the fin, adds two feet to the length of the costume.
There are three different types of tails: the tails the girls swim in, the "floppy tail" used for bath and shower shots and the "hard tail" for stunts.
Due to the recently developed third season the creator of the show says, "Thank goodness we saved those mermaid tails in a preservation storage!" because originally the show was supposed to be only two seasons