Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

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Characters

Tiger family

• Daniel Tiger is a 5-year-old anthropomorphic tiger cub who lives on Jungle Beach with his parents. In season 2, he became an older brother when his younger sister Margaret was introduced. His favorite toy is a blue stuffed tiger named Tigey, which he named after "Tigey the Adventure Tiger", his favorite storybook hero. Daniel often breaks the fourth wall by asking the viewers questions related to the content in the episodes. He differs in physical appearance from the Daniel Striped Tiger character in the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show. In his house, the wardrobe and much of his home furnishings, are direct allusions to the Mr. Rogers studio house. He is allergic to peaches. His catchphrases are "Grr-ific!" "Tiger-tastic!" "Ugga Mugga" and "Wasn't that Grr-ific?" He has been the mascot of Fred Rogers Productions since 2018.
• Margaret Tiger is Daniel's 1-year-old little sister who was introduced in season 2. Her favorite toy is Pandy, a stuffed panda. She is named after Daniel's favorite baby book, "Margaret's Music", and her great-grandmother with the same name. She calls Daniel "Dan-Dan" and had a birthday party in episode 11 of season 4, "Margaret's Birthday Buddy" / "Margaret's Birthday Party".
• Mom Tiger is Daniel's mother, who works as a carpenter as of the first episode of season 4, "Daniel Finds Something to Do". In the first episode of season 2, she was pregnant and in the subsequent episode, she visited Dr. Anna and gave birth to Margaret. In Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, there was a "Collette Tiger" who referred to her grandfather as "grandpere".
• Dad Tiger is Daniel's father, who is a photographer and also works at the clock factory, where he maintains different clocks and is responsible for "chime time". He is loosely based upon the Daniel Striped Tiger puppet from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a very shy orphan who lived inside a non-functioning grandfather clock. He mentions that he has a paternal grandmother named Margaret in the season 2 premiere.
• Grandpere Tiger is Daniel's paternal French-accented grandfather who travels in his sailboat. In the season 2 premiere, he tells Daniel that his mother was named Margaret.

Owl family

• O the Owl is an anthropomorphic blue owl who lives with his uncle X. His catchphrases are "Hoo hoo!" and "Nifty galifty!"
• X the Owl is O's uncle whose feathers are still the same dark blue color as they were in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He works at the neighborhood library. X's catchphrases are "How in the world are you?" and "Nifty galifty!"

Cat family

• Katerina Kittycat is an anthropomorphic kitten who loves dance and music. She is O's next-door neighbor and one of Daniel's closest friends. Her catchphrase is "Meow-meow!", and her favorite toy is Penelope Pig.
• Henrietta Pussycat is Katerina's mother. She is a supporting character who shares her love of dancing with her daughter.

Royal family

• Prince Wednesday is the Royal Family's youngest son who lives in the Castle. He is one of Daniel's five classmates and his best friend, has a rock collection and often pretends to be different animals. He frequently uses the adjective "royal" to refer to objects in his possession and says "Boop-she-boop-she-boo!" when he is happy. His stuffed animals are Mr. Lizard, Sir Jumpy Frog, Bananas Monkey, and Polly Wolly Parrot.
• King Friday XIII is the Ruler of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, married to Queen Saturday, has two sons—Prince Tuesday and Prince Wednesday—and is Chrissie's uncle. His arrival is often preceded by trumpet fanfare, and he makes all the public announcements in the neighborhood. He enjoys bowling in his spare time, one of the rare instances he does not wear royal garb. He usually greets others with "Royal Greetings, royal greetings." He is a 2D animated model while his puppet model is voiced by Matt Vogel for Donkey Hodie.
• Queen Sara Saturday is King Friday's wife, Prince Tuesday's and Prince Wednesday's mother and Chrissie's aunt. She is a supporting character, not seen as often as the other members of the royal family.
• Prince Tuesday is Prince Wednesday's older brother, King Friday's heir apparent and Daniel Tiger's babysitter. He also works at the neighborhood restaurant as a waiter, at the market as a grocery clerk, a crossing guard near the school, as a lifeguard at the neighborhood pool and cleans Trolley. He went to college in the episode 'Prince Tuesday Goes to College'. However, he's back for a visit in the episode 'Prince Tuesday Visits'.
• Chrissie is Prince Tuesday and Wednesday's cousin and King Friday and Queen Sara's niece. Her legs cannot work on their own, so she has to use braces on her legs and crutches on her arms. Occasionally, she needs some help, but mostly, she likes playing blocks with Jodi as Daniel loves to pretend that their toys are riding trains with their train sounds with his engineer's hat and reading a book about trains and has books about everything in his room. His playing engineer that she said "Choo-choo!" with Amira, Doing things for herself. She has a horse named Peaches. She also attends the neighborhood school. As a part of the Royal family, she would be princess of the family. She was introduced in 'Daniel's New Friend'. Chrissie is based on Chrissy Thompson, a regular visitor on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.''

Museum-Go-Round family

• Miss Elaina is a silly and playful little girl with afro puffs who enjoys doing things backwards and lives with her parents, Lady Elaine and Music Man Stan, in the Museum-Go-Round. She is one of Daniel's five classmates and often imagines space travel and robots. Her favorite toy is "Astrid the Astronaut", and her catchphrase is "Hiya, toots!"
• Music Man Stan is Miss Elaina's father who owns the Neighborhood Music Shop, one of Daniel's favorite places to visit. He is also a firefighter with Dr. Anna and is in the musical duo "Bread and Jam" with Baker Aker. Music Man Stan is based on the actor Stanley Bennett Clay and his character he played on Christmastime with Mr. Rogers called The Music Man.
• Lady Elaine is Miss Elaina's mother who works at the crayon factory and is a curator of the Museum-Go-Round.

Platypus family

• Jodi Platypus is a 5-year-old anthropomorphic platypus who is very shy around new acquaintances, but can be silly once she gets comfortable. She loves to play hide and seek and is resourceful, with a well-stocked pocket of supplies. Her catchphrases are "Yippee Skippy!" and "Neat-o!". Her favorite toy is Benji, a stuffed hedgehog. Jodi also has asthma.
• Dr. Platypus is a mother to Jodi, Leo, and Teddy, and the daughter of Nana Platypus. Sometimes, she calls her daughter Jodi Jojo Bean. She works as the new neighborhood dentist.
• Teddy Platypus is a 2-year-old twin to Leo and one of Jodi's younger brothers who is fast, rambunctious and loves to play hide and seek.
• Leo Platypus is a 2-year-old twin to Teddy and one of Jodi's younger brothers who is very careful and shy, but loves to cheer on his family.
• Nana Platypus is Jodi's grandmother who lives with her grandchildren Jodi, Teddy and Leo and works as a hairdresser.

Teacher Harriet's family

• Teacher Harriet is Daniel's kindergarten teacher. Her class consists of seven students: Daniel Tiger, Miss Elaina, Prince Wednesday, Princess Chrissie, O the Owl, Katerina Kittycat and Jodi Platypus. Teacher Harriet the human may be based on the Mister Rogers character Harriet Elizabeth Cow from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, who appears in Donkey Hodie, another spin-off.
• Max is Teacher Harriet's autistic nephew. He loves all things buses and bugs.
• Amira is the niece of Teacher Harriet and Max's big sister.
• Jacob is the father of Max and Amira and the brother-in-law of Harriet. It is unknown who does his voice.
• Anne is Max and Amira’s mother and Harriet’s sister. It is unknown who does her voice.

Juan Carlos's family

• Juan Carlos is Daniel's Latino Americans|Latino] pen pal, who lives in another neighborhood than Daniel.
• Valentina is Mom Tiger's friend and Juan Carlos's mother. It is unknown who does her voice.
• Felipe is Juan Carlos's father.

Other neighbors

• Baker Aker owns and runs the neighborhood bakery. He is Cuban, as he says in a 2016 segment called "A Visit with Baker Aker". He has baked pastries for Daniel and his family on many occasions and plays with Music Man Stan in Bread & Jam. He is based on the Mister Rogers character Chef Brockett and his name is an homage to Neighbor Aber, Charles R. Aber, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He marries Dr. Anna in the episode 'The Neighborhood Wedding'.
• Mr. McFeely is the neighborhood mailman who is often on his bicycle delivering parcels and arrives and departs by saying "Speedy delivery!" He is the only human character from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to be brought to Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.
• Dr. Anna is the neighborhood physician; she is Indian. She assisted Mom Tiger give birth to Baby Margaret, got new eyeglasses for Prince Wednesday and has helped other characters with injuries or illnesses to recuperate. She is also a firefighter with Music Man Stan. She is allergic to peanuts. In the episode 'The Neighborhood Wedding', she marries Baker Aker. Though human, she shares several characteristics of the platypus family of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: their patriarch, Bill Platypus, was the neighborhood physician and spoke with a foreign accent and his daughter was named Ana.
• Dr. Lee is the doctor who helps Daniel Tiger with his surgery in the season 5 episode "Daniel Goes to the Hospital".
• Trolley is a red, autonomous, semi-sentient trolley that transports Daniel and his friends anywhere in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. It understands verbal commands clearly and replies by ringing its bell and blowing its whistle twice, which Daniel often imitates. It is the same trolley from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

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