Ryan Cooper
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Ryan Cooper
@ryanthemuk.bsky.social
Writer/director at Mukpuddy Animation in New Zealand. Co creator of The Barefoot Bandits, Night Eyes and the upcoming Badjelly series.
Haha… thanks, Rachael! 😊
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Haha, that has absolutely crossed my mind. Also, no word of a lie, it gave me a small fright 45 mins after I finished putting it there 😂
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Amazing!! 😂😂
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
All the while a grifter billionaire is hellbent on convincing people that this "immigrant" is the problem and their lives would magically be better if he was gone.

Yeah, don't try and tell me the new Superman movie has suddenly gone "woke". The story is 87 years old.
2/2
July 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I think an entire movie is needed.
May 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I love this!! I have never seen this cover. The art is so fun. Thanks for sharing
May 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So yeah, every time you see that little yellow shark... I guess you can blame us. Haha.

I'll pop our video in the following post if any one feels like getting the song stuck in their head. 6/6
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We’ve always loved what we do, and for over 20 years we’ve just kept our heads down and made cool stuff, and we know Mike is the same. None of us are looking to kick up a legal fuss, we’ve never really dwelled on it. But this morning, it just felt right to finally share the story. 5/6
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
At the time we laughed it off. Whatever that imitation/flattery saying is. But as the years passed, we watched as Baby Shark become beyond massive. Toys, Nickelodeon shows etc all launched from a video that borrowed heavily from something we made when we were just 3 guys in a tiny studio. 4/6
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Fast forward to 2017, and Pinkfong released their Baby Shark video… and, well, let’s just say it looked very familiar. From the colour choices to the shot composition, timing of the shark animations, and the overall structure. It was unmistakably similar to ours. 3/6
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Back in 2014, we were contracted by Mike of HowdyToons to make a music video for his version of Baby Shark. He gave us full creative freedom, so we storyboarded, directed, and animated what turned out to be a really fun project. The video did very well and started getting some great traction. 2/6
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This! This exactly.
May 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM