Larva (TV series)

South Korean animated television series

For other uses, see Larva (disambiguation).

Larva

Also known as| Larvae
Genre|

* Animation
* Comedy
* Slapstick

Created by| TUBAn
Directed by| Joo-gong Maeng
Voices of| Bum-ki Hong
Composer| Great Park
Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| None
No. of seasons| 2 (+ 3 standalone series and 2 films)
No. of episodes| 312
Production
Executive producers| Sungjai Ahn
Eugene Kang
Producers|

* Ki-tae Kim
* Ji-na Kim
* Sang-koo Lee
* Sean Song
* Alex Sung
* Catherine Yoon

Editors| Byuong-wook Ahn
Yoon-hee Jong
Running time| 2-3 minutes
Production company| TUBAn
Original release
Network|

* KBS 1TV (2011)
* KBS 2TV (2012)
* JEI TV (2014-2015)
* Netflix (2018-present)

Release| 26 March 2011 (2011-03-26) –
present (present)

Larva (also known as Larvae) is a South Korean animated television series made by TUBAn in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Its main characters are two larvae that never speak, although they do make expressive sounds. The cartoon exists in their small world where miniature adventures occur.

## Characters

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### Main

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* Yellow \- a dimwitted, hungry, good-natured and happy-go-lucky yellow caterpillar with 1 antenna. He has a contentious friendship with Red. Although usually he obeys Red, he loses his mind in front of food. He changes color from yellow to brown and he grows dark green shades around his mouth when feeling extreme emotions.
* Red – a hot-tempered, selfish and greedy red caterpillar. Red has tried to steal Yellow's love interest, Pink, but he always ends up alone. He shrieks, shouts and screams when in anger, fear, frustration and in a horrible panic. He is always showing off and abusing Yellow, but he often ends up hurting himself instead.[2]

### Recurring

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* Violet – An oversized light purple ghost slug. She has an exposed inner body and roar, showing her sharp teeth.
* Brown – A brown and red dung beetle that gathers dung. To him, dung is a treasure, though it makes his breath stink. He hates it when other insects touch his dungball. He has a long strand of hair on his right cheek.
* Black – A horned atlas beetle that has great strength and is usually punching a cocoon (which he uses as punching bag). He's aggressive and will beat up whoever he thinks is messing with him. In the episode "Black's Back" he turns out to be a slug wearing beetle armor.
* Rainbow – A dark tan snail with a red and green shell. When in his shell, he moves slowly, but under that, he has a muscular human-like body and can function as humans do.
* Pink – A pink caterpillar with two antennae. She loves Yellow and Yellow loves her as well, but her presence often causes conflict between him and Red, who has a one-sided crush on her. She hides a great strength behind her cute, beautiful face.
* Ivory \- A stick bug with brown skin, Ivory has a very thin body with brown skin color. He has black eyes and darker colored areas by his eyelids. He has 2 antennae and little pink studs on. His girlfriend is Cocoa.

### Minor

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* Blue – A housefly that has numerous smells. Nobody can get close to him because of his repugnant smell. He often feels gloomy and lonely because nobody can approach him.
* Navy – A deep-sea fish appears when the sewerage is sunk. He appeared as a goldfish. When Red and Yellow threw him into a sardine can full of warm water, he changed into a deep-sea fish which is often seen whenever the sewer floods. He has a good enough appetite to eat up the caterpillars and other insects.
* Venus flytrap – A venus flytrap who eats up anything on the ground. In season 1, he is an enemy to all insects because he tries to swallow the other insects when he encounters them. But he is weaker than Violet. He appears to have a menacing set of teeth.
* Green (also known as Frog) – A green frog which often appears in the sewer, is sensitive, and tries to monopolize all power by eating insects and larvae. He is several times bigger than other normal frogs. He escaped from the sewer and went into the house where Red and Yellow lived in season 2. In season 3, he lives on the streets along with Grey & the Silvers.
* Bee – A honey bee who collects honey. She stings when someone touches the honey that she collected or makes her angry.
* Maroon – A brown and cream dachshund who wears a blue and yellow sweater who only appeared in season 2. He attacks when he sees moving things. He buries his valued bones in the ground and is quite temperamental. In the episode "Whistle", he does certain things when he hears certain whistling.
* Prussian – A hyacinth macaw which only appeared in season 2. He observes other friends and gives a sardonic laugh before attacking. He is also a predator to the caterpillars. The episode "Nanta" revealed that he used to live in the Amazon rainforest as a hatchling.
* Prism – A chameleon which appears intermittently in various areas of season 2, such as the living room, bathroom, rooftop, and even bedroom; he suddenly appears and attacks Red and Yellow without reason.[2]
* Ephemera – A mayfly who appears in the titular episode. Red has a crush on her, but she dies quickly due to the lifespan of an average mayfly.
* Bomber bug –  A bombardier beetle which bombed Yellow, Red, and Brown in the episode "Bomb Bug" in Season 2. He has the ability to bomb a place with acid which comes out from his bottom. He usually does that when he's angry, sad, or feeling disgusted.
* Grey – A hideous gray-colored rat that appears in season 3 and 5. He is an enemy to all larvae.
* Silvers – A pigeon duo using food scraps (a banana peel and a carved-out half watermelon) to protect their super reflective heads from the sun, they are enemies of the larvae. Each pigeon communicates with one word, "Yah" for the pigeon wearing the banana peel, and "Huh" for the pigeon wearing the carved out watermelon. These pigeons only appear in Season 3.
* Cocoa \- A bug. She is Ivory's girlfriend.
* Mite  \- A baby light-green mite who Yellow initially adopts, but turns out to parasitically prey on Yellow and the others. Then Yellow leaves it in a zoo.
* Mudskippers \- A pair of fish. They live underground under the sands and can slap each other with their fins.
* Booby \- A Blue-footed booby bird. He met the larvae when they landed on his island.
* Mango \- A orange-yellow caterpillar Red has fallen in love with. When she first meets Red, she couples with him. When Red and Yellow escaped the island, she knew she had to leave her home to find her boyfriend, Her name is a fruit called a mango.
* Chuck (voiced by Eddy Lee) - A human. He is the first character who can speak properly, although previously other characters occasionally spoke on occasion if it fits the scene.
* Clara \- A seal that Red and Yellow befriended. She is playful and charming and has the same name as Chuck's girlfriend.
* Whale \- A whale who appears in season 4.
* Crabsformer \- A crab that accidentally ate an alien spaceship turned him into a robotic crab. He has a crush on a lady crab, however, she and the other crabs are scared of his powers. This character appears in season 4.
* Malt \- A dark grey tabby cat & the assistant of the bald bug capturing scientist who plans to use the captured bugs for his invention that uses bugs to create a hair-growth solution to restore his hair. He first debuts in Larva Pendant.
* Magenta \- A young magenta caterpillar who was born in season 5 from Yellow who accidentally ate a pink egg, She would find care with Yellow and Red, who grew to care for the newborn. Eventually, she would metamorphose into a wasp.
* Big Brown \- A easygoing pig-nosed turtle who is often seen meditating. He appears in season 5. He rarely gets upset and is a very good sensei, but he will stand up for his friends, should the need arise.
* Grizzly \- A moth, that is as sneaky as he is greedy, can be invisible, and blind others with his smoke should his cover be blown. Despite this greed, he can protect others should push come to shove, and he has fallen in love with one of the bees that work in the hive. He appears in season 5.
* Mauve \- An owl who is very protective of her little one, Tan. She may be fierce should anyone hurt her little one, but she means well, and while they got off on a rocky start she starts to think of Yellow, Red, and Magenta as friends. She would appear in season 5.
* Tan \- Muave's hatchling who became friends with Magenta, and like her, he would grow as well he would appear in season 5.

## Production

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Larva was launched by TUBA Entertainment in 2011, with adult viewers in mind. The producers aimed to create a cartoon that could appeal to an audience of a wide age scale. It debuted on the national channel, KBS and on cable television with short, 90-second episodes. The series quickly became popular, and as of September 2015 was sold to more than 40 countries, including Canal Plus in France, as well as merchandising contracts taking place in Taiwan, Germany, Turkey and Chile, among others. The creators earned 1 million dollars in royalties in the first three months of launching related merchandise, including toys and stationery products.[1][3]

## Episode list

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### Series overview

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Season| Episodes| Segments| Title| Originally aired

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First aired| Last aired| Network
1| 104| 104| Grate| 26 March 2011 (2011-03-26)| 24 September 2011 (2011-09-24)| KBS 1TV
2| 52| 52| House| 5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)| 3 August 2012 (2012-08-03)| KBS 2TV
Shorts| 4| —| —| 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)| 8 August 2013 (2013-08-08)
3| 104| 104| New York| 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)| 7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)| JEI TV
4| 26| 26| Larva Island| 19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)| 1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)| Netflix
Larva Pendant| 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)
5| 26| 26| Larva Family| 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)| TBA

### Season 1 – Grate (2011)

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No. in
series | No. in
season | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 1  | 26 March | Ice Cream | Joo-gong, Maeng
2  | Mosquito | Joo-gong, Maeng
3  | Dancing in the Rain | Joo-gong, Maeng
4  | Mushroom | Tea-sik, Shin
5  | 2  | 2 April | Gum 1 | Joo-gong, Maeng
6  | Ice Road | Joo-gong, Maeng
7  | Straw | Byoung-wook, Ahn
8  | Insectivorous Plant | Byoung-wook, Ahn
9  | 3  | 9 April | Snail | Joo-gong, Maeng
10  | Snoring | Byoung-wook, Ahn
11  | Popcorn | Byoung-wook, Ahn
12  | Aquarium | Byoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
13  | 4  | 23 April | Ham | Joo-gong, Maeng
14  | Psychic | Byoung-wook, Ahn
15  | Fly | Byoung-wook, Ahn
16  | Spaghetti | Dea-bum, Kim
17  | 5  | 30 April | Airform | Byoung-wook, Ahn
18  | Cocoon 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
19  | Cocoon 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
20  | Puding | Dea-bum, Kim
21  | 6  | 7 May | Watermelon | Dea-bum, Kim
22  | UFO | Dea-bum, Kim
23  | Fishing | Dea-bum, Kim
24  | Out of Body | Dea-bum, Kim
25  | 7  | 14 May | Hot Spring | Dea-bum, Kim
26  | Hide and Seek | Byoung-wook, Ahn
27  | Earthquake | Byoung-wook, Ahn
28  | Hair-growth Solution | Dea-bum, Kim
29  | 8  | 21 May | Flood 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
30  | Swamp | Dea-bum, Kim
31  | Walnut | Dea-bum, Kim
32  | Soda | Dea-bum, Kim
33  | 9  | 28 May | Frog | Dea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
34  | Typhoon 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
35  | Cavity | Dea-bum, Kim
36  | Cointoss | Byoung-wook, Ahn
37  | 10  | 4 June | Concert | Byoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
38  | Snowball Fight | Byoung-wook, Ahn
39  | Flood 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
40  | Ant | Dea-bum, Kim
41  | 11  | 11 June | Stomachache | Dea-bum, Kim
42  | Mummy | Byoung-wook, Ahn
43  | Bee 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
44  | Balloon | Byoung-wook, Ahn
45  | 12  | 18 June | Love | Dea-bum, Kim
46  | Spring | Byoung-wook, Ahn
47  | Christmas | Dea-bum, Kim
48  | Yellow-terminator | Joo-gong, Maeng
49  | 13  | 25 June | The Cement | Dea-bum, Kim
50  | Larvatar 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
51  | Hip Hop | Dea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
52  | Snot | Joo-gong, Maeng
53  | 14  | 2 July | Hailing | Min-seong, Kang
54  | Pit | Byoung-wook, Ahn
55  | Gum2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
56  | Raining | Byoung-wook, Ahn
57  | 15  | 9 July | Glove | Byoung-wook, Ahn
58  | Laughing | Byoung-wook, Ahn
59  | Eye Infection | Dea-bum, Kim
60  | Missing | Dea-bum, Kim
61  | 16  | 16 July | Wig | Dea-bum, Kim
62  | Vampire | Dea-bum, Kim
63  | Clock | Min-seong, Kang
64  | Staring Contest | Byoung-wook, Ahn
65  | 17  | 23 July | Perfume | Min-seong, Kang
66  | Super Glue | Dea-bum, Kim
67  | Swing | Dea-bum, Kim
68  | Growing a Plant | Dea-bum, Kim
69  | 18  | 30 July | Bee 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
70  | Scary Night | Byoung-wook, Ahn
71  | Rope | Dea-bum, Kim
72  | Spider | Min-seong, Kang
73  | 19  | 6 August | Super Liquid | Dea-bum, Kim
74  | Nightmare | Joo-gong, Maeng
75  | Chick 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
76  | Chick 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
77  | 20  | 13 August | Farting | Min-seong, Kang
78  | Secret of Snail | Byoung-wook, Ahn
Dea-bum, Kim
Min-seong, Kang
79  | Hand | Dea-bum, Kim
80  | Bottle | Dea-bum, Kim
Byoung-wook, Ahn
81  | 21  | 20 August | Moonlight Waltz | Byoung-wook, Ahn
82  | Hair-growth Solution 2 | Dea-bum, Kim
83  | Mantis | Min-seong, Kang
84  | Typhoon 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
85  | 22  | 27 August | Chili Show | Dea-bum, Kim
86  | Alien | Min-seong, Kahn
87  | Grape | Dea-bum, Kim
88  | Quick Sand | Min-seong, Kang
89  | 23  | 3 September | Larvatar 2 | Min-seong, Kang
90  | Toy Car | Dea-bum, Kim
91  | Love Love Love 1 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
92  | Love Love Love 2 | Byoung-wook, Ahn
93  | 24  | 10 September | Swan Lake | Byoung-wook, Ahn
94  | Electronic Shock | Dea-bum, Kim
95  | Whistle | Min-seong, Kang
96  | Diving | Byoung-wook, Ahn
97  | 25  | 17 September | Fire | Min-seong, Kang
98  | Balance | Dea-bum, Kim
99  | Water Show | Min-seong, Kang
100  | Flying Yellow | Byoung-wook, Ahn
101  | 26  | 24 September | Short Arm Octopus | Dea-bum, Kim
102  | Wild Wild World 1 | Joo-gong, Maeng
103  | Wild Wild World 2 | Joo-gong, Maeng
104  | Wild Wild World 3 | Joo-gong, Maeng

### Season 2 – House (2012)

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No. in
series | No. in
season | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 1  | 5 January | Welcome Larva! | Min-seong Kang
2  | Soap Bubbles
3  | 2  | 12 January | Robot | Hun-min Jang
4  | Brown's Back! | Seung-ik Ahn
5  | 3  | 19 January | Stop, Freeze! | Woo-seong Jung
6  | Upstanding | Byoung-wook Ahn
7  | 4  | 26 January | Ski Jump | Min-seong Kang
8  | Black's Back
9  | 5  | 2 February | Man Date
10  | Tomato | Byoung-wook Ahn
11  | 6  | 9 February | Make-up | Seung-ik Ahn
12  | Gum | Byoung-wook Ahn
13  | 7  | 16 February | Sneeze | Min-u Kim and Byoung-wook Ahn
14  | Foolish Mushroon
15  | 8  | 23 February | Magic Jar | Min-seong Kang
16  | Roulette | Byoung-wook Ahn
17  | 9  | 9 March | Ping-Pong
18  | Spider-Larva | Min-seong Kang
19  | 10  | 16 March | Bug Bomb
20  | Hi Pink! | Byoung-wook Ahn
21  | 11  | 23 March | Spinner
22  | Speaker Dance
23  | 12  | 30 March | Limbs
24  | Bath
25  | 13  | 6 April | Genius Yellow | Min-seong Kang
26  | Hi Violet! | Hun-min Jang
27  | 14  | 20 April | Diet | Byoung-wook Ahn
28  | Fan | Hun-min Jang
29  | 15  | 11 May | Sweat | Min-seong Kang
30  | Whistle (1)
31  | 16  | 18 May | Nightmare | Ji-yeon Kim
32  | Toilet | Hun-min Jang and Byoung-wook Ahn
33  | 17  | 25 May | Yellow Chicken | Joo-jae Beom
34  | Fortune Cookie | Seung-ik Ahn
35–36  | 18  | June 1 | Mayfly (1&2) | Min-seong Kang
37  | 19  | 8 June | Ice | Kang-heon Ahn
38  | Lar-vengers | Hun-min Jang
39  | 20  | 15 June | Once Upon a Time | Min-seong Kang
40  | Opera | Byoung-wook Ahn
41  | 21  | 22 June | Hide & Seek | Joo-gong Maeng
42  | Larva Car | Byoung-wook Ahn
43  | 22  | 29 June | Wild Red | Min-seong Kang and Ji-yeon Kim
44  | Beanstalks | Min-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn
45  | 23  | 6 July | Whistle (2) | Min-u Kim
46  | Golden Brown | Min-seong Kang
47  | 24  | 13 July | Frog | Byoung-wook Ahn
48  | Flower Farts
49  | 25  | 20 July | Cocoon | Min-seong Kang and Byoung-wook Ahn
50  | Nanta | Joo-gong Maeng
51  | 26  | 27 July | Wild Wild Wild World 1 | Byoung-wook Ahn
52  | Wild Wild Wild World 2 | Joo-gong Maeng

### Season 3 – New York (2014–15)

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No. | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 17 October 2014 | Donut | Jee-hyun Kim
2  | 17 October 2014 | Flare | Byoung-wook Ahn
3  | 24 October 2014 | Box
4  | 24 October 2014 | Typhoon | Tae-wook Koh
5  | 31 October 2014 | Fireplug | Byoung-wook Ahn
6  | 31 October 2014 | Lemon | Jee-hyun Kim
7  | 7 November 2014 | Gum Fart | Min-seong Kang
8  | 7 November 2014 | Shade | Ji-yeon Kim
9  | 14 November 2014 | Ice | Jee-hyun Kim
10  | 14 November 2014 | Stream | Mi-seon An and Min-seong Kang
11  | 21 November 2014 | Basketball | Tae-wook Koh
12  | 21 November 2014 | Tickle | Ji-yeon Kim
13  | 28 November 2014 | Hiccup | Byoung-wook Ahn and Min-seong Kang
14  | 28 November 2014 | Mouse
15  | 5 December 2014 | Garlic 1 | Mi-seon An
16  | 5 December 2014 | Garlic 2
17  | 12 December 2014 | Wheel
18  | 12 December 2014 | Magnet | Seung-hun Kim
19  | 19 December 2014 | Stick Insect
20  | 19 December 2014 | Oil
21  | 26 December 2014 | Double Eyelids 1 | Tae-wook Koh
22  | 26 December 2014 | Double Eyelids 2 | Tae-wook Koh
23  | 2 January 2015 | Thunder Red | Ji-yeon Kim
24  | 2 January 2015 | Cement | Jee-hyun Kim
25  | 9 January 2015 | The Chaser | Ji-yeon Kim
26  | 9 January 2015 | Wrap | Ye-ri Kim
27  | 16 January 2015 | The Silver | Mi-seon An
28  | 16 January 2015 | Ark | Ji-yeon Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
29  | 23 January 2015 | Mite | Tae-wook Koh
30  | 23 January 2015 | Cancan
31  | 29 January 2015 | Pink's Secret | Min-seong Kang
32  | 29 January 2015 | Massage | Jee-hyun Kim
33  | 5 February 2015 | Loyalty | Tae-wook Koh
34  | 5 February 2015 | Kung Fu
35  | 12 February 2015 | Pipe
36  | 12 February 2015 | Tag | Ji-yeon Kim
37  | 19 February 2015 | Cup Noodle | Min-seong Kang
38  | 19 February 2015 | Untidy Sleeper | Seung-hun Kim
39  | 26 February 2015 | Sushi | Jee-hyun Kim
40  | 26 February 2015 | Breath
41  | 5 March 2015 | Tower Stack | Ji-yeon Kim
42  | 5 March 2015 | Tough Guy | Jee-hyun Kim
43  | 12 March 2015 | Showdown | Tae-wook Koh
44  | 12 March 2015 | Dance Battle
45  | 19 March 2015 | Booger | Jee-hyun Kim
46  | 19 March 2015 | Detective 1 | Tae-wook Koh
47  | 26 March 2015 | Detective 2 | Tae-wook Koh
48  | 26 March 2015 | Yellow's Secret | Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
49  | 2 April 2015 | Straw | Seung-hun Kim
50  | 2 April 2015 | Confetti Poppers | Tae-wook Koh
51  | 9 April 2015 | Rain | Jee-hyun Kim
52  | 9 April 2015 | A Day in the Life of Larva | Mi-seon An
53  | 16 April 2015 | Wiper | Bo-ri Lee and Min-seong Kang
54  | 16 April 2015 | Street Larva | Tae-wook Koh
55  | 23 April 2015 | Yellow's Revenge 1 | Seung-hun Kim
56  | 23 April 2015 | Yellow's Revenge 2 | Seung-hun Kim
57  | 30 April 2015 | Snowball Fight | Byoung-wook Ahn and Tae-wook Koh
58  | 30 April 2015 | Life of a Rat | Min-seong Kang
59  | 7 May 2015 | Fighter in the Wind | Seung-hun Kim
60  | 7 May 2015 | Larva of the Rings | Jee-hyun Kim
61  | 14 May 2015 | Flash Light
62  | 14 May 2015 | Glue | Mi-seon An
63–69  | 21 May 2015 (1-2), 28 May 2015 (3-4), 4 June 2015 (5-6), 11 June 2015 (7) | Larva Rangers (1–7) | Byoung-wook Ahn, Tae-wook Koh, and Seung-hun Kim
70  | 11 June 2015 | Feelers | Seung-hun Kim
71  | 18 June 2015 | Fashion Show | Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
72  | 18 June 2015 | Red, a Budding Comedian | Mi-seon An
73–75  | 25 June 2015 (1-2), 2 July 2015 (3) | Insect Killer (1–3) | Ji-yeon Kim; Seung-hun Kim (Part 3 only)
76  | 2 July 2015 | Glove | Mi-seon An
77  | 9 July 2015 | Troublemaker | Tae-wook Koh
78  | 9 July 2015 | Sea Battle | Jee-hyun Kim
79  | 16 July 2015 | Rubber Ball | Ye-ri Kim and Jee-hyun Kim
80  | 16 July 2015 | Dizziness | Mi-seon An and Jee-hyun Kim
81  | 23 July 2015 | Pitapat 1 | Jee-hyun Kim
82  | 23 July 2015 | Pitapat 2
83  | 30 July 2015 | Marathon | Ji-yeon Kim
84  | 30 July 2015 | Tea | Tae-wook Koh
85  | 6 August 2015 | Flood | Min-seong Kang
86–89  | 6 August 2015 (1), 13 August 2015 (2-3), 20 August 2015 (4) | New Friend (1–4) | Jee-hyun Kim
90  | 20 August 2015 | Umbrella | Beop-seo Koo and Seung-hun Kim
91  | 27 August 2015 | Cheese | Min-seong Kang
92  | 27 August 2015 | Distress 1 | Jee-hyun Kim
93  | 3 August 2015 | Distress 2
94  | 3 August 2015 | An Out-of-Body Experience | Seung-Hun Kim
95  | 10 August 2015 | Minicar | Hyo-bin Kang and Jee-hyun Kim
96  | 10 August 2015 | One-sided Love 1 | Taek-woo Koh
97  | 17 August 2015 | Onse-sided Love 2
98  | 17 August 2015 | Roll a Dung! | Mi-seon An
99  | 24 August 2015 | Larvarta | Seung-hun Kim
100  | 24 August 2015 | Bobsleigh | Jee-hyun Kim, Seung-hun Kim, and Tae-wook Koh
101  | 31 August 2015 | Christmas | Joo-gong Maeng and Min-seong Kang
102  | 31 August 2015 | As Time Goes By | Seung-hun Kim
103  | 7 September 2015 | Goodbye New York 1 | Byoung-wook Ahn
104  | 7 September 2015 | Goodbye New York 2

### Season 4 – Larva Island (2018–19)

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#### Season 1 (2018)

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No. in
series | No. in
season | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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1  | 1  | 19 October | Mango | Kim Jee-hyun
2  | 2  | 19 October | Mango 2 | Kim Jee-hyun
3  | 3  | 19 October | Larva Island | Ahn Byoung-wook / Kim Seung-hun
Lee Sang-seon
4  | 4  | 19 October | Chuck | Kang Min-seong / Lee Sang-seon
5  | 5  | 19 October | Clara | Kim Seung-hun
6  | 6  | 19 October | Crabsformer | Kim Seung-hun / Kim Jee-hyun
7  | 7  | 19 October | Fishing | Kim Jee-hyun / Kim Seung-hun
8  | 8  | 19 October | Pendant | Kim Jee-hyun
9  | 9  | 19 October | Lala Island | Kim Jee-hyun
10  | 10  | 19 October | Master Chef | Koh Tae-wook
11  | 11  | 19 October | Farming | Kim Seung-hun
12  | 12  | 19 October | Pirate | Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin
Kim Jee-hyun
13  | 13  | 19 October | Change | Jeong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook

#### Season 2 (2019)

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No. in
series | No. in
season | Original air date | Title | Storyboarded by

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14  | 1  | 1 March | Maze | Kim Seung-hun
15  | 2  | 1 March | Fire | Kim Seung-hun / Jeong Mi-rin
Koh Tae-wook / Lee Sang-seon
16  | 3  | 1 March | Beach Volleyball | Kim Pil-sung
17  | 4  | 1 March | Larva Rangers 1 | Koh Tae-wook
18  | 5  | 1 March | Larva Rangers 2 | Koh Tae-wook, Kim Seung-hun
19  | 6  | 1 March | A Lucky Day | Kim Pil-sung, Koh Tae-wook
20  | 7  | 1 March | Crabsformer 2 | Koh Tae-wook, Jeong Mi-rin
21  | 8  | 1 March | Booby's Love | Kim Pil-sung
22  | 9  | 1 March | Mango's Parents | Koh Tae-wook
23  | 10  | 1 March | Iceberg | Jerong Mi-rin / Koh Tae-wook
Kim Seung-hun
24  | 11  | 1 March | Storm | Kim Pil-sung
25  | 12  | 1 March | Escape | Kim Seung-hun
26  | 13  | 1 March | Drift | Jeong Mi-rin

### Season 5 – Family (2023)

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### Netflix films

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#### The Larva Island Movie

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The Larva Island Movie is an animated Netflix film that serves as the canonical finale to the Larva franchise (until Larva Family). The film focuses on Chuck, who has returned to civilization long after the events of "Drift", telling the events of the final season to a reporter named Grace. The film was released on 23 July 2020.

#### Larva Pendant

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Larva Pendant is 2022 animated 33-minute special that is set between the fourth season and The Larva Island Movie. Larva Pendant explains how Red and Yellow returned to the sewer, as they were seen coming out of their can in the final scene of the previous film without an initial explanation after the events of "Drift". The short film was released on 25 May 2022.

## Reception

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Emily Ashby from the organization Common Sense Media rated Larva three stars. She praised the show for showing the perspective of Red and Yellow, stating "because the characters are the size of worms, everything around them is larger than life, and that perspective is always fun to see in action."[4] Issac Butler of Slate described Larva as "the most terrifying show on Netflix" and mocked its excessive toilet humor in a tongue-in-cheek article.[5] Ivan Lin of Asia First Media recognized the characters' innovative contributions in educational videos.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "'Larva' embraces all ages". www.americatimes.co.kr. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
2. ^ a b "Demonstration of characters in main homepage". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
3. ^ "'Pororo,' 'Larva' change game in Korean animation". The Korea Herald. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
4. ^ "Larva - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 29 January 2015.
5. ^ Butler, Issac (31 October 2018). "The Most Terrifying Show on Netflix Is a Children's Cartoon Called Larva". Slate. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
6. ^ "Destiny". Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

## External links

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* Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 December 2016)
* Larva Island at IMDb

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