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StoryBots Super Songs

StoryBots Super Songs is an American animated children's television series in which the robot characters Beep, Bing, Bang, Boop, and Bo give musical lessons on subjects such as math, science, history, behaviors, and emotions. Created and produced by JibJab Bros. Studios, it premiered on Netflix on October 7, 2016, as a music-centric spin-off of the Netflix original series Ask the StoryBots.1 • 2

Key factDetail
PremiereOctober 7, 2016, on Netflix1
FormatOne season of 5 episodes, rated TV-Y, episodes of roughly 20 to 23 minutes3
PremiseCharacters from the StoryBots apps for early childhood education give musical lessons on math, science, history, behaviors, emotions, and more3
Main charactersBeep, Bing, Bang, Boop, and Bo1
CastJudy Greer, Jeff Gill, Erin Fitzgerald, Fred Tatasciore, and Gregg Spiridellis3
IMDb rating8.6/10, weighted from about 225 user ratings4

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Format and premise

Each episode pairs two broad subject areas and presents them as collections of short music videos. The five episodes are "Outer Space & The Body," "Dinosaurs & Vehicles," "Shapes & Colors," "Animals & Emotions," and "Professions & Farm Animals." In the first episode, the StoryBots explore questions about the sun, the moon, and outer space, then learn about the human body; in the second, they use a time machine to observe dinosaurs 65 million years in the past before turning to vehicles such as planes, trains, and cars.3

The format differs from its predecessor in scope. While Ask the StoryBots follows the five bots as they investigate a single question posed by a child, such as why the sky is blue, Super Songs has them explore broader subject areas through short-form music videos. The bots also interact with real-life children between the videos as they work through each theme.1 • 2

Production and background

The StoryBots characters originated with the brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, who founded JibJab Media Inc. in Brooklyn in 1999 and launched StoryBots online in 2012 with educational music videos on YouTube. Their earlier work included the 2004 election parody "This Land," one of the first viral video hits, and the personalized video product ElfYourself. Ask the StoryBots became a Netflix original series in 2016 and drew 17 Emmy nominations and five wins, with guest appearances from performers including Snoop Dogg, Edward Norton, Whoopi Goldberg, and Wanda Sykes.5

On May 9, 2019, Netflix announced that it had acquired the StoryBots property, describing the brand as Emmy, Annie, and Parents' Choice Award-winning, and entered into an overall deal with the Spiridellis brothers to expand the StoryBots universe.5

Episodes of StoryBots Super Songs have also been released in full monthly on StoryBots' official YouTube channel, and the official trailer was published on the Netflix Jr. channel on the premiere date.2 • 6

Reception

Common Sense Media rated the show suitable for ages 3 and up, describing it as a music-centric spin-off whose songs are "catchy" and "packed with detailed information" about each episode's themes. The review highlighted the range of animation styles, noting that one segment might use stop-motion puppetry, another traditional 2D animation, and another a watercolor look, and called it a show parents may enjoy alongside their children.1 A review of the first episode in BYU's Children's Book and Media Review described the bots as presenting complex information in a simple, entertaining, and memorable way, with a song for every part of the human body.7 On IMDb, the series holds a weighted rating of 8.6 out of 10 from about 225 users.4

Availability

Netflix lists the series with five episodes and describes it as available to download, with genres including Kids' TV, Kids Music, Education for Kids, and TV Cartoons.3 Streaming-availability trackers disagree on current access: JustWatch reported in 2026 that the show streams on Netflix, Netflix Kids, and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States,8 while Stream Tracker listed it as unavailable on Netflix and other major platforms in some regions.9 Netflix's own page for the title notes in some countries that it is not currently available to watch there.10

References

  1. Storybots Super Songs – Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media
  2. StoryBots Super Songs, TheTVDB.com
  3. StoryBots Super Songs, Netflix
  4. StoryBots Super Songs (2016) – Ratings, IMDb
  5. Netflix Acquires the StoryBots Property, About Netflix (May 9, 2019)
  6. "StoryBots Super Songs" on Netflix – Official TV Show Trailer, Netflix Jr., YouTube
  7. Hinckley, Kristie (2016). "StoryBots Super Songs: Outer Space & The Body," Children's Book and Media Review
  8. StoryBots Super Songs – streaming tv show online, JustWatch (US)
  9. StoryBots Super Songs – available on Netflix and streaming platforms?, Stream Tracker
  10. Watch StoryBots Super Songs, Netflix (Ireland)

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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