Curious George (TV series)

Premise

Setting

Characters

Main

• Curious George is a tailless monkey who is the protagonist of the series. As his name implies, he is excessively curious and often causes lots of unintentional problems. He is used as the "teachable" character in the show, and he is the one to whom lessons are explained to by the other characters. He is a character that children enjoy watching and can learn from.
• The Man with the Yellow Hat is a man who first befriended George. He is almost always wearing some form of yellow clothing, and acts as George's fatherly figure, primary teacher and mentor. In the animated film, his name was given as Ted Shackelford.
• Narrator is an unseen storyteller who narrates the events of each episode of the show. His narrations largely describe about the feelings of George and the Man with the Yellow Hat along with their actions, often serving as an internal monologue for speechless characters such as animals.

Supporting

• Chef Pisghetti is an Italian accented chef in the City who owns a restaurant with his wife.
• The Doorman is the doorman for the apartment building in which George and the Man with the Yellow Hat live. He is Hundley's owner.
• Professor Wiseman is a scientist who is a good friend of George and the Man with the Yellow Hat. In different episodes she is seen to be a rocket scientist, and is seen to work at a local museum. She has two colleagues named Professor Einstein and Professor Pizza. Her name is a play on the words wise man.
• Steve and Betsy are siblings from George's neighborhood in the city. They live with their Aunt Margaret and their dog, Charkie.
• Mr. Glass is a good friend of Chef Pisghetti who owns a building known as "The Glass Palace" and hires window washers in the city. He is known to like things that are unique to him.
• Hundley is an orange male dachshund dog. Hundley is very proper and gentlemanly. He keeps vigil on the lobby of George's apartment building when his owner, the Doorman, is absent.
• Compass is a blue male homing pigeon, also cared for by the Doorman. His sense of direction is quite substandard, he is therefore often referred to as an "Almost-Homing Pigeon". A running gag throughout the series shows him constantly trying to guess what kind of animal George is, but has trouble.
• Jumpy Squirrel is a male squirrel who lives in the country.
• Gnocchi is Chef Pisghetti's beige female cat.
• Charkie is a female black cocker spaniel dog owned by Steve and Betsy. She is very energetic and chaotic. She often runs after whatever catches her attention, causing Steve and Betsy to chase after her.
• Bill's Bunnies are seven baby bunnies owned by Bill. Their names are Fuzzy, Whitey, Brownie, Spotty, Black Ears, Cotton Tail, and Herbert Nenninger. He also owns their mother, whose burrowing abilities are highlighted in several episodes.
• Mr. Renkins & Mrs. Renkins are a couple who own a farm near the country house.
• Allie is the 5-year-old granddaughter of the Renkins, who is first introduced in George Meets Allie-Whoops! where she and George become fast friends.
• Mr. Zoobel is George's upstairs neighbor in the city, and a painter of modern art. When doing art, he mostly uses rubber stamps that look a lot like elephant feet, which made George think he was an elephant upstairs. He also has several pet animals; a snake, an elephant, and mice.
• Marco is a Mexican boy who lives in The Puerto Del Sol district, a Mexican neighborhood in the city, he and his family play Spanish music everywhere.
• Bill is George's neighbor from across the street in the country.

Minor

• Netti is Chef Pisghetti's wife.
• Dinwoodie
• The Quints : Clint Quint is one of George's country friends, an avid fisherman and one of a set of quintuplets. His siblings include a sister who is a track runner, a brother who is a train-station master, a brother who is a police officer, and a sister who prints money.
• Jagger is a rooster who's very protective of those hens in the hen yard.
• Hamilton is a male pig.
• Dumpling is a male duck.
• Dottie is a female deer.

Voice cast

• Frank Welker — Curious George, Tony Pizza, Dumpling Duck, Stig, Flint Quint, Bill's Bunnies, Various characters
• Jeff Bennett — Ted Shackelford, Alvin Einstein, Mr. Renkins, Various characters
• William H. Macy

• Rob Paulsen — Compass, Charkie, Mr. Glass, Hamilton the Pig, Jagger the Rooster, Blanche the Goat, Mr. Dulson, Mr. Ruffweek, Various characters
• Jim Cummings — Chef Pisghetti, Jumpy Squirrel, Mr. Quint, Rodney, Various characters
• Debi Derryberry — Gnocchi, Lucky the Kitten, Mrs. Dulson
• Bill Chott

• Dee Bradley Baker — Gnocchi
• B. J. Ward — Aunt Margaret
• E. G. Daily — Steve, Andie, Various characters
• Grey DeLisle — Betsy, Marco, Dorothy, Molly Zucchini, Various characters
• Susan Silo — Netti Pisghetti
• Lara Jill Miller — Allie
• Kevin Michael Richardson — Dr. Baker, Toots, Stew, Various characters
• James Arnold Taylor — Leo Zucchini
• Tara Strong — Claire Zucchini, Various characters
• Cree Summer — Ada, Sisley, Ms. Fisher and the Announcer.
• Jess Harnell — Dinwoodle
• Carlos Alazraqui — Mr. Zoobel
• Amber Hood — Carla
• Annie Mumolo — Bill
• Rolonda Watts — Professor Wiseman
• Kath Soucie — Mrs. Renkins
• Carol Burnett – Great Aunt Sylvia

Episodes

Broadcast and release

Awards

• 2008 – Outstanding Children's Animated Program
• 2010 – Outstanding Children's Animated Program