Freddi Fish is a series of point-and-click adventure games aimed towards children from Humongous Entertainment. The series began in 1994. Freddi Fish is an anthropomorphic yellow fish who takes on detective investigations throughout the series. Her best friend, a green fish named Luther, goes with her on all her adventures. The voice of Freddi Fish was performed by Annette Toutonghi and the voice of Luther was performed by Mike McAuliffe at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington. The series sold more than 2.5 million copies and won over 75 awards of excellence. In each game there are multiple different possible sets of quests one has to complete in order to complete the game, depending on the playthrough (randomness determines which set of quests the player is given).
Gameplay Freddi and Luther move from one area to another by clicking where the cursor turns into a 3-D arrow. In each area, there are places that the player can click that play an animation that is irrelevant to the plot, including crossover cameos of the other Humongous Entertainment games (Putt-Putt, Fatty Bear, Pajama Sam and Spy Fox), as well as important items to collect (including sea urchins that can be spent as money to buy other items) and non-playable characters to speak with. Some items or areas are inaccessible unless the impediment is removed by helping a NPC or obtaining another item needed to advance. All items collected are kept with Freddi and stored in an inventory for later use, and her ability to carry them all out of sight is left unexplained. The two fish usually journey together, but in rare instances throughout the series, they may be separated and the player takes control of Luther. In such sequences, items cannot be used until Luther reunites with Freddi. It is also possible to save a game in progress so that it can be continued later. Overall, Freddi Fish Junior Adventures are mainly about helping solve others' problems which are tied into a constantly progressing story line.
In all the Freddi Fish games, except the second game (Haunted Schoolhouse), the game is divided into two areas: a larger main game world where the player completes favors for NPCs and gathers and uses items to work towards solving the mystery in question, and a smaller endgame area that is a point of no return where Freddi and Luther lose most or all of their items and confront the main antagonists and finally solve the mystery. The third and fourth games end with a mystery to find out who was the thief. In the third game, they give one or two clues that point to the personality of one of several possible suspects determined at random; in the fourth game, a clue in the Hogfishes' room points to an object the suspect had been using.
Games Adventure games Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (1994) Freddi Fish Kelp Seed Mystery (2008) Freddi Fish and the Missing Kelp Seeds (2014) Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (1996) Freddi Fish Haunted Schoolhouse Mystery (2011) Freddi Fish: Haunted Schoolhouse (2014) Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell (1998) Freddi Fish and the Stolen Shell (2011) Freddi Fish & the Stolen Shell (2014) Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch (1999) Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove (2001)
Other games "Junior Arcade" puzzle gamesGame Releases Developer/Publisher NotesFreddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness Windows, Macintosh: February 24, 1997 iOS: September 2, 2013 Android: April 1, 2014 Linux: April 17, 2014Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries Windows, Macintosh: February 24, 1997 Linux: May 1, 2014Freddi Fish Jellyfish Jamboree Handheld LCD: 1999Humongous EntertainmentBased on the minigame of the same name in Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds.Activity programsGame Releases Developer/Publisher NotesFreddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop Windows, Macintosh: July 27, 2000Humongous Entertainment, InfogramesGained Award of Excellence from Review Corner.Freddi Fish And Friends: ABC Under The Sea Nintendo DS: October 5, 20101st Playable ProductionsA compilation of educational minigames involving characters and locations from the Freddi Fish series. Despite the game's subtitle, some minigames address other subjects besides spelling and the alphabet.Freddi Fish's Fun House iOS, Android: July 17, 2013Nimbus Games
Availability For Steam the games were released as single games, or bundled with the other Freddi Fish games in "Freddi Fish Complete Pack" or packaged with all Humongous Entertainment games in "Humongous Entertainment Complete Pack". Infogrames released a CD titled "Freddi Fish / Pajama Sam Value 2-Pack" containing Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds and Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside. Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Freddi Fish Deluxe Pack", which included Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell and Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness. Infogrames released a CD titled "Freddi Fish 3-Pack" with Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell, Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries and Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop included. Humongous Entertainment released a "Freddi Fish Fun & Learning 1st Grade Edition" package with a Freddi Fish notebook and a CD that included Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse and Big Thinkers First Grade. Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds was included in the "Kids' BackPack IV" CD along with Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot, Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside, Just Me and My Mom and Muppet Treasure Island. Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse was included in the "Favorite Friends 4-Game Collectors Pack" CD along with Blue's 123 Time Activities, Tonka Construction 2 and Candy Land Adventure. Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat", which included Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, Pajama Sam's Sock Works and Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo. Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat 2", which included Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness, Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside and Putt-Putt Travels Through Time. Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat 3", which included Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse, Spy Fox in: Cheese Chase and Backyard Baseball. Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 1", along with Spy Fox in: Cheese Chase, Pajama Sam's Sock Works and Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama. Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 2", along with Spy Fox in: Hold the Mustard, Pajama Sam's Lost & Found and Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick. A digital compilation of all five of the Junior Adventure games in the Freddi Fish series titled Freddi Fish Collection was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Characters Freddi Fish takes place under the sea and features many anthropomorphic sea life, with the adult fish characters being highly anthropomorphized in that they float with their heads raised and tails pointing downward, atypical of real fish, and even wear human clothing.
Main characters Freddi Fish – a smart and courageous yellow fish with orange fins and blue eyes, she volunteers to investigate any mystery or crime that has recently affected her friends. She often counters the crooks she catches with morals of wrongdoings and has a desire to be a police officer when she reaches adulthood. She was voiced by Annette Toutonghi. Luther – a green fish with beige fins and black eyes, he is Freddi's best friend and sidekick. He is a guppy like Freddi and, while being a bit cowardly and greedy at times, he is very faithful to his friends and family and does care about others. He was voiced by Mike McAucliffe.
Recurring characters Boss & Spongehead – two thieving blue sharks who steal stuff specially for the Squidfather. As their names reflect, Boss is the shark that does the planning, and Spongehead is the shark that follows the instructions with some outcomes going wrong. They appear as the main antagonists in both "Missing Kelp Seeds" and "Haunted Schoolhouse". Catfish – a white fish with the head of a cat and green fins belonging to the Squidfather. Casey – a magenta fish shaped like Luther with the same-colored fins and the same eyebrows as Freddi (even though they are different genders). He wears glasses and enjoys science magazines and analyzing food samples. Eddie – a mean, green electric eel, who stands in other fishes' way and has a big appetite. Gill Barker – a turquoise-colored shark who acts as a traveling salesman and a carnival ringmaster. He is a suspect of the crime in both of his appearances. His sister, Gillian Barker, appears in "Creature of Coral Cove". Grandma Grouper – an elderly purple grouper who grows the kelp seeds. She is revealed to have a fortune telling machine in "Stolen Conch Shell". Ray – an aqua-coloured manta ray with a fancy for collecting pretty items of value and trading them for other objects. Sam – a pelican and close friend to Freddi and Luther. The Squidfather – a pink giant squid, who groans and mumbles when he talks. He is constantly grumpy and spends a lot of time stroking his pet white catfish. In his angriest moments he expels ink. He is based on Vito Corleone from The Godfather and Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond films. He appears as the overarching antagonist in both "Missing Kelp Seeds" and "Haunted Schoolhouse".
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (1994) Augie – the octopus usher at the theater past the volcano. Fiddler Crab – a crab who gets stuck in a cage until Freddi uses a key to unlock it. Literal to his name, he plays his claw like a fiddle and always sings his dialogue. Gabby Halibut – a young purple fish with yellow fins who gets stuck in the rocks in a cave until Freddi and Luther use a wooden board to free him. Herman – a crab living in a glowing shell and has trouble sleeping. Freddi can give Herman another shell that doesn't glow. Jason – a purple fish with white fins who greatly resembles Putt-Putt from another Humongous Entertainment game franchise. Junkyard Dogfish – a grumpy dogfish who lives at the junkyard. King Crab – the friendly King of the ocean, who loves pearls. Mr. Starfish – a starfish teacher. Mrs. Halibut – Gabby's mother. Phineas McFinn – a pirate who loves to play music and sing. Snappy – a grumpy, depressed turtle, whom Freddi cheers up by giving him a flower.
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (1996) Barnacle Bob – an orange octopus who specializes in selling pulleys and always speaks in rhyme. Captain Schnitzel – a blue flounder who wears a captain's hat and a brown sweater and is an expert in knots. Mr. Triplefin – a blue and aqua fish with green fins, who is a retired janitor, lives in a secluded shack and plays a guitar. Mrs. Croaker – a purple fish who wears a magenta dress and is Freddi and Luther's school teacher. Tucker Turtle – a green sea turtle and a good friend to Freddi and Luther. Sometimes, he gets his head caught in a pipe and Freddi and Luther use oil to get him unstuck.
Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell (1998) Claw – a mean and nasty orange lobster who owns a "bully's club". He was voiced by Craig English. Horst Fedders – a purple seahorse and a tourist, who speaks a foreign language. He was voiced by Ken Boynton. Magenta – a monkey who loves bananas. She was voiced by Lyn McManus. Nadine – a pink narwhal who always takes care of her tooth. She was voiced by Lisa Wick. Old Soggy – Blenny's pet dogfish that resembles a basset hound.