List of Curious George characters

This is a list of characters from the children's television series *Curious George*.

## Major

### Animals

* **Curious George**: A tailless monkey who is the protagonist of the show. He is excessively curious and often causes unintentional problems. He is used as the "teachable" character in the show, and he is the one to whom new concepts are explained in detail by the other characters. He is a character that children enjoy watching and can learn from.

(Voiced by Frank Welker)

* **Hundley**: An orange male dachshund. Hundley is very proper and gentlemanly; he keeps vigil on the lobby of George's apartment building when his owner, the Doorman, is absent. George's behavior is not enjoyed by Hundley but despite this, he enjoys George's company. However, Hundley is very practical minded, and does not shy away from scolding George for reckless antics. Hundley is allergic to some cats, including Professor Wiseman's kitten Lucky, but not to Chef Pisghetti's cat Gnocchi.

(Voiced by Bill Chott (Season 1), Lex Lang (Season 2-9))

* **Compass**: A blue male homing pigeon, also cared for by the doorman. His sense of direction is substandard, he is therefore often referred to as an "Almost-Homing Pigeon". In the early seasons he is shown attempting mentally to discover what George was.

(Cooing by Rob Paulsen)

* **Jumpy Squirrel**: A male squirrel who lives in the country. Although he primarily stays in the trees, he will often end up involved with George. A recurring joke in the series is when Jumpy gets caught in a situation with George and the narrator says "At that moment Jumpy remembered why he always stayed in trees."

(Voiced by Jim Cummings)

* **Gnocchi**: A beige female cat, who is owned by Chef Pisghetti. She is very sedate and contemplative, frequently disregarding the surrounding people.

(Voiced by Debi Derryberry, then Dee Bradley Baker)

* **Charkie**: A female black cocker spaniel owned by Steve and Betsy. Charkie is very hyperactive, loves doing backflips, and frequently runs away from her caretakers. She is very skilled in opening and unlocking things.

(Voiced by Rob Paulsen)

* **Bill's Bunnies**: 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 (Ma Rabbit), whose burrowing abilities are highlighted in several episodes. In several episodes, most notably *the perfect carrot*, Fuzzy and Black Ears are omitted from the group, with George expecting only five to be present.

(They are all voiced by Frank Welker)

Note: In *Curious George's Bunny Hunt*, Herbert Nenninger is a brownish-tannish color. In *Bee is for Bear*, he is white. However, in *Curious George's Bunny Hunt*, the only white bunny is Whitey.

### People

* **Narrator**:

The Narrator is the unnamed storyteller who narrates the events of each episode of the show. He mostly talks about the feelings of George and The Man with the Yellow Hat along with their actions.

(Voiced by: William H. Macy (Season 1), Rino Romano (Season 2-9))

* **The Man with the Yellow Hat**:

The man who first befriended George and also acts as his primary teacher and mentor. In a 2006 deleted scene, it was revealed that his real name is **Ted Shackleford**.[1] He does not wear his hat at home but wears it when going in public. the Man often has bad luck and makes mistakes (such as constantly losing his hat, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tasting something terrible with a sour reaction, etc.). He is also absent-minded and a bit awkward. His catchphrase when leaving George alone is often "Be a good little monkey." Or sometimes his catchphrase is "Come on. Can't be late." when the Man leaves with George.

He never gets angry with George, no matter what George does. It is unclear what his occupation is, but in *Curious George and the Invisible Sound* he was asked to survey animals around the country house, and in *The Fully Automatic Monkey Fun Hat*, Dr. Wiseman asked him to give a speech about the scientific method, suggesting that he has the same occupation he held in the 2006 film.

He also is the leader of a troop of the Sprouts, to which George and Bill belong. The man makes a couple of references to "going to work"; however, we never discover what this pertains to. He owns a country house that has been in his family since his childhood; and also lives in a spacious, high-income apartment building in the city. The man primarily drives a yellow convertible car as his main transportation to the country; however, he usually walks when staying in the apartment. The Man's hobbies include playing the tuba, bowling, sketching and painting pictures, and long-distance running. He also paints in the style of the H. A. Rey drawings.

He won an award for being the first to climb and map what became known as Yellow Hat Mountain and placed seventeenth in a marathon. No mention of his parents is never made, other than an occasional reference to his mother in a few episodes.

(Voiced by Jeff Bennett)

* **The Doorman**: The doorman for the apartment building in which George and the Man with the Yellow Hat live. He is Hundley's owner. When on duty, he wears red clothes similar to a British Sentry Guard; different only by a red cap. When he went camping with George and Hundley, he wore an outfit somewhat similar to that of a Canadian Mountie. He is friendly and always loves to see George. He keeps a coop of homing pigeons on the roof of the building. Like the Man with the Yellow Hat, the Doorman's name is never mentioned. The doorman has a noticeable Brooklyn accent.

(Voiced by Bill Chott (Season 1), Lex Lang (Season 2-9))

* **Professor Wiseman**: A scientist friend of George and the Man. In different episodes she is seen to be a rocket scientist, and working at a local museum. Her name is a play on the words wise man. She seems to have an occupation directly related to the man with the yellow hat. She is frequently invited to spend time with the man with the yellow hat and George.

(Voiced by Rolonda Watts)

* **Chef Pisghetti** and **Netti**: An Italian chef in the City who owns a restaurant with his wife. George frequently visits him and often helps him by doing errands and chores around the restaurant. The Chef often uses the fresh vegetables he grows in a rooftop garden. His name is a reference to the way some toddlers pronounce the word "spaghetti." Often, when things seem to go wrong, the Chef's catchphrase is "I'm Ruined!" He often threatens to never cook again if there is any problem with his food. He often refers to George as the Italian equivalent "Giorgio" and referred to the Man with the Yellow Hat at least once with an Italian name when speaking to George, calling him "Your friend with the *Cappello Giallo Grande*, or "Big Yellow Hat". (Incidentally, Google Translate says that "Big Yellow Hat is said as *grande cappello giallo*.)

(Chef Pisghetti is voiced by Jim Cummings and Netti is voiced by Susan Silo)

* **The Renkins**: A couple who own a farm near the country house. They have horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, a goat, a sheepdog named Bo, and bees. George also sometimes borrows materials from them, including a water pump and scrap lumber.

(Mr. Renkins is voiced by Jeff Bennett and Mrs. Renkins is voiced by Kath Soucie)

* **Marco**: A Mexican boy who lives in The Puerto Del Sol district, a Mexican neighborhood in the city, he and his family play Spanish music anywhere. He often claims that he's always thinking, saying "I'm always thinking," referring to the fact that he is always thinking about ways to solve a problem and he is always analyzing a situation.

(Voiced by Grey DeLisle (Season 1), Elizabeth Daily (Season 2))

* **Allie**: The five-year-old granddaughter of the Renkins, who is first introduced in *George Meets Allie-Whoops!* where she and George become fast friends. Allie is a very perky and spunky little girl who is about George's height and is as adventurous and curious as he. Mrs. Renkins refers to her as a “spark plug.” When she first meets George, she is excited and eager to learn the ways of a monkey.

(Voiced by Lara Jill Miller)

* **Bill**: George's neighbor from across the street in the country. He owns a hutch of bunnies and has a paper route. He also enjoys flying kites, but seems to be an acrophobic. His catchphrases are, "There's a proper way to ...." And "why didn't I think of that". Bill has a copious knowledge of many subjects, but apparently does not realize that George is a monkey and often refers to him as a "city kid" to explain the odd things George does.

(Voiced by Annie Mumolo)

* **Steve and Betsy**: Siblings from George's neighborhood in the city. They live with their Aunt Margaret and their dog, Charkie. Steve likes video games and is always "going for a record" of some kind. He is the older child of the duo, and is always obtaining ideas on how to solve a problem. He often tells George, "I'm in fifth grade. This has to work." In the episode *Piñata Vision*, their Aunt called him by his full name, Steven. Betsy is more responsible and caring, and is often pulling a red wagon. She is frequently annoyed at Steve, and has to fix his mistakes. She is in third grade. Bill is seemingly the country counterpart to Steve and Betsy. They do not appear in the same episode until Season 3, in "Chasing Rainbows." In that episode Bill's ignorance of George being a monkey is elucidated by them. However, he still does not comprehend the fact.

(Steve is voiced by Elizabeth Daily and Betsy is voiced by Grey DeLisle)

* **Mr. Glass**: A man who owns a building known as "The Glass Palace" and hires window washers in the City. In his debut episode, he has George clean his windows after he helped Chef Pisghetti dry dishes in his kitchen. Later, George uncovers a catastrophic flaw in a building that Mr. Glass was constructing, though Mr. Glass is still pleased with the building's new angular shape, deciding that it will save money and even rewards George with a new dollar bill. He likes things to be unique ever since George painted a jungle-themed room in The Glass Palace. On a few occasions, he yells at George for doing something he wasn't supposed to do, though he is still pleased with him. Mr. Glass is very wealthy and speaks with a high pitched accent, similar to Gilbert Gottfried.

(Voiced by Rob Paulsen; with the vocal impression of Gilbert Gottfried)

* **Dinwoodie**

(Voiced by Jess Harnell)

* **Mr. Zoobel**: George's upstairs neighbor in the City. Mr. Zoobel is a painter in a modern (non-representational) style who sometimes uses stamps shaped like animal feet. He has a de-scented pet skunk named Geoffrey, a gopher snake named Bruno, and two mice named Benjy and Willy. When he first moved in, he used the stamps so much it made a loud stomping noise in George's apartment downstairs making George think he lived with an elephant.

(Voiced by Carlos Alazraqui)

* **Mr. and Mrs. Quint**: Mr. Quint is one of George's country friends, **Clint Quint** is an avid fisherman and one of a set of quintuplets. His siblings are a sister who is a track runner (**Sprint**), a brother who is a train-station master (**Flint**), a brother who is a police officer (**Wint**), and a sister who prints money (**Mint**).

(All male Quints are voiced by Jim Cummings. All female Quints are voiced by Candi Milo)

## External links

* List of Curious George characters on Wikipedia