| Periwinkle | |
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| Name: | Periwinkle |
| Aliases: | Peri (by his uncle) Sweetie Son (both by his mother) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Color: | Brown |
| Species: | Sea Otter |
| Parents: | Pearl (mother) |
| Grandparents: | Unnamed grandmother (mentioned in his uncle Shellington's sleep) |
| Uncles: | Shellington (uncle) |
| Friends: | Dashi Tweak Kwazii Captain Barnacles Peso Vim Tunip |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| First episode appearance: | The Urchin Invasion |
| Final episode appearance: | The Desert Creatures |
| Character played by: | Jo Wyatt |
Periwinkle (nicknamed by Shellington as "Peri" for short) is Shellington's baby nephew and Pearl's son. Because he is a baby, he is still learning to find food, swim, and be independent. During his first diving lesson, he found three rocks, two shells, and a grumpy crab that were all red, but no Red Urchins. At the end of the episode "The Urchin Invasion", Peri ate his first Red Urchin.
In Season 5, he visits his uncle with his mother on the Octopod, and speaks for the first time. He also appears to be a good artist, as seen in the episode The Deep Ocean Discovery.
In Above & Beyond Season 1, Periwinkle goes through a noticeable age-up. He can now speak full sentences and seems to be around the same age as Orson and Ursa in their debut episodes. Just like Pearl and Shellington, Periwinkle speaks with a Scottish accent. Appearance-wise he has also changed, most notably with him gaining short sleeves on a similar outfit to his baby suit. He’s old enough to be left alone without supervision from Pearl as he is now part of a sea otter scout program. He struggled to tie a bow line knot, but he practiced until he finally got it right. This helped his mother and uncle when they were helping some pupfish get the rock with their favorite algae out of a dark, cold cave. He appears in three more episodes in Above and Beyond Season 2, where he joins his mother on some missions, and proves himself useful in a couple of ways, like being supportive of Vim the Wisent when his leg was injured, or spooking Carl the Giant Grass Carp into the creature carrier so they could get him back to Asia.
Appearance[]
Periwinkle has a strikingly strong resemblance to his uncle, but with one curl on his forehead, three tufts of fur on the top of his head, and a yellow sleeveless, hoodless onesie with two white buttons.
In Above and Beyond, he wears a yellow short sleeved outfit with an orange collar and orange bottoms and shoes. His curl on his hair is split in two.
Episode appearances[]
- The Urchin Invasion (first appearance)
- The Deep Ocean Discovery
- The Devil’s Hole Pupfish
- The Pink Glacier
- The European Bison
- The Giant Carp
- The Yellowstone Wolves
- The Permafrost Problem
- The Honeybees
- The Ringed Seals
- The Mudflat Mission
- The Desert Creatures
Relationships[]
Relatives[]
- Shellington (uncle)
- Pearl (mother)
- Unnamed grandmother (mentioned in Shellington's sleep)
Creature Friends[]
- Vim the Wisent
- Clem the Pupfish
- Carl the Giant Grass Carp
- Sydney the Baby Ringed Seal