Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 from 2002 to 2005. Created by Peter Curtis, it focuses on seven friendly bath toys as they tell stories while coming to life - the leader in the series being a pink frog named Tubb. In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, on Noggin and on PBS Kids Sprout.The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb). BBC started commissioning the show in 2002 after two pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series.