Flipper is an American media franchise consisting of three family adventure films and two television shows. Based on original an original story created by Arthur Weiss, Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden, the plot centers around a family who becomes friends with a notably intelligent bottlenose dolphin they rescued from injuries, which they name Flipper. Through the events of the franchise, Flipper regularly gives aid to his human friends and selflessly comes to their rescue to return the favor. The famous "voice" of Flipper was actually the sped-up song of a kookaburra, "dolphins have no vocal chords -- the noise they make comes through their blowhole".