Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment, with animation production by Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and CBeebies from 2 September 2002 to 14 February 2005.[1][2] Created by Peter Curtis, it focuses on seven friendly, sentient bath toys as they tell stories in imaginary worlds outside of their bathroom – the ringleader in the series being a pink frog named Tubb.[3] In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, Noggin and PBS Kids Sprout.[4][5] The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb).[6] BBC started commissioning the show in 2002 after two lost pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. It is unknown if these pilots even exist, but an animator[who?] has stated that they did some test animations.[citation needed] Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series.[7]