Around the World

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Around the World (referred to as Around the World Animals on the UK VHS box) is the first episode of the fourth season of Amazing Animals. The plot revolves around Henry having a party thrown to celebrate and look back on the entire Amazing Animals series. It first aired on the Disney Channel on 13th April 1999.

The ordering of this episode is unusual - it is a compilation episode showing Henry looking back on his adventures but, because of the episode being the first in season four, they end up 'looking back' at an episode that hadn't aired yet (Polar Animals).

## Episode

### Title card animal

Chimpanzee, Atlantic salmon, monarch butterfly and red-necked wallaby

### Episode outline

Click here for the full transcript for Around the World.

The narrator has blindfolded Henry for a surprise. When Henry takes the blindfold off, he finds there is a surprise party for him with invitations extended to all of the animals he has met on their adventures. Henry is immediately drawn to the snack table but, at the narrator’s prompting, allows his guests to also join him at the table. The narrator tells Henry how he has been in a flap over this party for weeks, sending out invitations by vulture post. Animals have come from the ends of the Earth to be at the party – Henry is so overcome with emotion that so many animals would attend a part for him that he starts crying.

#### First cartoon

* Tiger and Elephant set out on a journey in a hot air balloon. While they are setting out, the waving Tiger scratches a hole in the balloon, but Elephant re-inflates the balloon with his trunk and they set out.

Henry is still at the snack table, and the narrator tells him to mingle a little. He first greets a python but soon leaves, as he said he’d mingle, not get mangled. He then greets a lemur and tries to remember where they met. The narrator reminds Henry of his trip to the rainforest (from Rainforest Animals). It shows Henry’s tomb-raiding attempts in the abandoned Mayan temple, and him recovering a chocolate plant. They also recall some of the animals they met on their journey such as the tapir, tree porcupine and tamandua, and also remember the role that animals play in keeping the rainforest alive and so allow it to continue producing oxygen.

#### Second cartoon

* Tiger and Elephant fly their balloon through a storm cloud and the basket gets filled with water. Tiger tells Elephant to use his trunk to bail the water out, but Elephant tries to do it all at once. The resulting blast of water knocks Tiger unconscious.

Henry tries to cut in at the punch bowl, but a thirsty camel drinks it all. This prompts him and the narrator to remember their trip to the desert (from Desert Animals). Henry at first had trouble getting around, but when he recovered Aladdin’s Lamp, he is able to get a flying carpet to travel around on until he crashes it. They look back at some of the desert animals they encountered, such as the fogstand beetle, shovel-snouted lizard, sidewinder and camel, all with their own adaptations for surviving in this dry environment.

#### Third cartoon

* Tiger and Elephant are flying over a desert and have no water. Elephant spots an oasis and has an idea to lower Tiger down to gather water in a bottle. Tiger misses the oasis and is dragged along the ground, only filling the bottle with sand.

Henry and Crab Tuesday look through a photo album of their adventures. The narrator asks Henry is there are any photos of him in the album – Henry says there is one, but he had his thumb over the camera. Then Henry shows the narrator a picture that Tuesday took underwater. The narrator remembers how nervous Henry was on his trip to sea (from Underwater Animals), but Henry’s craft had marine life inspired weaponry. It goes awry and takes a while for Henry to regain control of his craft. Once he has it under control, they look at some of the marine life they encountered such as dolphins, fish, shrimps, octopuses and whales.

#### Fourth cartoon

* Tiger and Elephant finally reach the end of their balloon journey. Elephant gets so excited that, when jumping up and down, he falls through the bottom of the basket. On crashing to the ground, he is given an award by Lizard. Tiger is left on the balloon and waves for help as he drifts away in the sky.

The narrator now reminds Henry of his Special Report about the party. Henry talks about how animals are travelling from all over the world, the party games they are playing and reminds the guests to bring a present. At first the narrator says Henry got his report wrong, but when Henry says this isn’t fair, the narrator says that he was joking. He does mention that Henry forgot the greatest of all animal travellers, the monarch butterfly. Back at the party, Henry shows the narrator an ice sculpture of himself made by Pablo Pigeguin. Henry feels cold, but says this is nothing compared to his time in the arctic (from Polar Animals). Henry is shown arriving at the North Pole, but falls through the ice. He and the narrator then look at some of the animals from the polar regions that they met, including the Weddell seal and the walrus. Henry now does the Golden Gecko Awards. There are no bronze or silver medals, with the Golden Gecko Award being given to the insects, which occur in greater number and variety than any other group of animals on the planet.

Much like the insects, Henry says he will always make a comeback and has been so moved by his swarms of fans that he decides to sing a song. Henry and the narrator close out the episode with a musical number, Let’s Go Around the World.

## Animal species filmed for the programme

### Studio footage

* Chimpanzee, *Pan troglodytes*
* Atlantic salmon, *Salmo salar*
* Monarch butterfly, *Danaus plexippus*
* Domestic dog, *Canis familiaris*
* Toco toucan, *Ramphastos toco*
* Plains zebra, *Equus quagga*
* Tiger, *Panthera tigris*
* Tanimbar corella, *Cacatua goffiniana*
* African bush elephant, *Loxodonta africana*
* European rabbit, *Oryctolagus cuniculus*
* Lion, *Panthera leo*
* California sea lion, *Zalophus californianus*
* Mule, *Equus africanus asinus x E. ferus caballus*
* Red-necked wallaby, *Notamacropus rufogriseus*
* Mallard, *Anas platyrhynchos*
* Green-winged macaw, *Ara chloropterus*
* Green-cheeked parakeet, *Pyrrhura molinae*
* Budgerigar, *Melopsittacus undulatus*
* Moluccan cockatoo, *Cacatua moluccensis*
* Indian rock python, *Python molurus*
* Ring-tailed lemur, *Lemur catta*
* Siamang, *Symphalangus syndactylus*
* Mandrill, *Mandrillus sphinx*
* Ribbon snake, *Thamnophis saurita*
* Dromedary camel, *Camelus dromedarius*
* Large-clawed scorpion, *Scorpio maurus*
* Diadem snake, *Spalerosophis diadema*
* Mongolian gerbil, *Meriones unguiculatus*
* Cardinal tetra, *Paracheirodon axelrodi*
* Golden hamster, *Mesocricetus auratus*
* King penguin, *Aptenodytes patagonicus*
* Blue-and-yellow macaw, *Ara ararauna*
* Red-lored amazon parrot, *Amazona autumnalis*
* Domestic turkey, *Meleagris gallopavo*
* Giant vinegaroon, *Mastigoproctus giganteus*
* Indian ornamental tarantula, *Poecilotheria regalis*
* Black-headed gull, *Chroicocephalus ridibundus*
* Common raccoon, *Procyon lotor*
* Great horned owl, *Bubo virginianus*
* Brown rat, *Rattus norvegicus*
* Domestic sheep, *Ovis aries*
* Domestic cat, *Felis catus*

### Stock footage

* Common dolphin, *Delphinus delphis*
* Mountain goat, *Oreamnos americanus*
* European mole, *Talpa europaea*
* Black rhinoceros, *Diceros bicornis*
* Grasshopper, Caelifera
* Western diamondback rattlesnake, *Crotalus atrox*
* Land crab, Eubrachyura
* Red gurnard, *Chelidonichthys cuculus*
* Pin-tailed whydah, *Vidua macroura*
* Andean condor, *Vultur gryphus*
* Elephant seal, *Mirounga sp*.
* American black bear, *Ursus americanus*
* Domestic sheep, *Ovis aries*
* Adelie penguin, *Pygoscelis adeliae*
* Strawberry poison-dart frog, *Oophaga pumilio*
* Giant owl butterfly, *Caligo memnon*
* Blue-and-yellow macaw, *Ara ararauna*
* Baird’s tapir, *Tapirus bairdii*
* Northern tamandua, *Tamandua mexicana*
* Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, *Coendou mexicanus*
* Red-bellied macaw, *Orthopsittaca manilata*
* Black-headed uakari, *Cacajao melanocephalus*
* Blue-banded morpho butterfly, *Morpho achilles*
* Fog-basking beetle, *Onymacris unguicularis*
* Shovel-snouted lizard, *Meroles anchietae*
* Kangaroo rat, *Dipodomys sp*.
* Peringuey’s adder, *Bitis peringueyi*
* Dromedary camel, *Camelus dromedarius*
* Common bottlenose dolphin, *Tursiops truncatus*
* Tomato clownfish, *Amphiprion frenatus*
* Spear mantis shrimp, *Lysiosquillina maculata*
* Octopus, *Octopoda*
* Southern right whale, *Eubalaena australis*
* Blue whale, *Balaenoptera musculus*
* Meerkat, *Suricata suricatta*
* Kori bustard, *Ardeotis kori*
* Monarch butterfly, *Danaus plexippus*
* Weddell seal, *Leptonychotes weddellii*
* Walrus, *Odobenus rosmarus*
* Common backswimmer, *Notonecta glauca*
* Green tiger beetle, *Cicindela campestris*
* Tsetse fly, *Glossina sp.*
* Leaf-cutting ant, *Atta cephalotes*
* Migratory locust, *Locusta migratoria*
* Blue-spotted mudskipper, *Boleophthalmus boddarti*
* Eastern spotted skunk, *Spilogale putorius*
* White-nosed coati, *Nasua narica*
* Green iguana, *Iguana iguana*
* Marine iguana, *Amblyrhynchus cristatus*
* Galapagos sea lion, *Zalophus wollebaeki*
* Rhesus macaque, *Macaca mulatta*
* Ruffed grouse, *Bonasa umbellus*
* Domestic yak, *Bos grunniens*
* Soldier crab, *Mictyris sp*.
* Lar gibbon, *Hylobates lar*
* Black-tailed prairie dog,
* Polar bear, *Ursus maritimus*
* European eider, *Somateria mollissima*
* Grey wolf, *Canis lupus*
* Greater flamingo, *Phoenicopterus roseus*
* Lesser flamingo, *Phoeniconaias minor*
* Llama, *Lama glama*
* Moose, *Alces alces*
* Chevron barracuda, *Sphyraena qenie*
* Yellowfin tuna, *Thunnus albacares*
* Kirk’s dik-dik, *Madoqua kirkii*
* Domestic horse, *Equus ferus caballus*
* Lichen cricket, *Markia hystrix*

## Credits

* Henry - Eric Meyers
* Narrator - Tom Clarke-Hill
* Writer - Paul Dawson
* Music - David Poore
	+ 'Let's Go Around the World' - composed by Eric Meyers, performed by Eric Meyers and Tom Clarke-Hill, arranged by Chris Taylor
* Studio Art Director - Anne Neale
* Camera - Graham MacFarlane
* Graphic Designer Director - Kate Finding
* Graphic Design Assistant - Chris Wreford
* Production Co-ordinator - Janelle Backes
* Production Secretary - Mandy Vaughan
* Computer Animation - Ricochet 4, Henry Lutman (director), Daniel Pearson and Matt McKinney
* Cel Animation - A for Animation, Mark Taylor (director)
* Sound Post-Production - Films @ 59
* Editors
	+ Offline - David Warner
	+ Graphics - Sue Land
	+ Online - Sharon Stiles

## Home media releases

The VHS for Around the World released on Xst X 199X. The cover shows Henry standing on a globe. He is accompanied by a monarch butterfly, a jumping locust, a shore crab and a king penguin.

A second version of the VHS cover, from a UK season four VHS trailer, has different animals including a giant panda, a grey wolf and a drawing of a bird-of-paradise. Henry is replaced with a unique image showing a different angle of him standing on the globe.

**Cartoon Characters**: \* Eagles • Tyrannosaurus • Rattlesnake • Tiger • Squirrel • Lizards • Elephant • Bat • Fish • Camel • Gorilla • Caveman • Mole • Bear • Stickman • Chicks • Hen • Rooster • Owl • Chameleon • Tortoise • Crocodile • Frog and Toad •
• Parrot • Porcupine • Mouse • Whale • Rhinoceros • Beavers • Snail • Rabbit • Dog • Skunk • Spider • Octopus • Vulture • Woodpecker • Flea • Dung Beetle • Butterfly • Gibbon • Fly • Mosquito • Bee • Beetles • Crab • Pigeon • Carnivorous Plant • Lamb

**Voice Actors**: Eric Meyers • Tom Clarke-Hill
**Season One**: Tropical Birds • Animal Disguises • Nighttime Animals • Animal Appetites • Animal Survivors • Animal Senses • Animal Weapons • Animal Builders • Armoured Animals • Mini-Beasts • Animal Babies • Poisonous Animals • Animal Journeys
**Season Two**: Birds of Prey • Desert Animals (Amazing Animals) • Scary Animals • Animal Records • Animal Colors • Animal Mothers • Animal Pets • Seashore Animals • Animal Families • Endangered Animals • An Animal Year • Prehistoric Animals • Monkeys and Apes
**Season Three**: Animal Hunters • Animal Talk • Slimy Animals • Rainforest Animals • Animal Acrobats • Underwater Animals • Animal Neighbors • Giant Animals - Creepy Crawly Animals • Farm Animals (Amazing Animals) • Animal Changes • Extinct Animals • Animal Eggs
**Season Four**: **Around the World** • Polar Animals • Clever Animals • Underground Animals • Animal Helpers • Woodland Animals (Amazing Animals) • Mountain Animals • Backyard Animals • Tiny Animals • Animal Partners • Scaly Animals • River Animals • Animal Flight