Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

***Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood*** (known as ***Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood*** in Canada) is an American-Canadian animated children's television series CGI live action produced by The Fred Rogers Company, 9 Story Media Group and Out of the Blue Enterprises . It premiered on most PBS stations on September 3, 2012. The program, which is targeted at preschool-aged children, is based on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*, the long-running family-oriented television series created and hosted by Fred Rogers.

Funding

The ride aid foundation kidcents (2016-present)

vroom (2017-present)

529 college savings plans (2019-present)

## Characters

### Tiger Family

* Daniel Tiger (voiced by Kathleen Barr) - Daniel lives on Jungle Beach with Mom Tiger and Daniel Tiger. He has a stuffed tiger he named "Tigey". Daniel wears a black tuxedo (though unlike Fred's tuxedos, Daniel's are also hoodies) and black sneakers; this tuxedo, and much of his home furnishings (such as the traffic light, shelves of models of Neighborhood buildings, and Picture Picture), are direct allusions to Fred Rogers and his studio house.
* Mom Tiger (voiced by Heather Bambrick) - Daniel Tiger's mother and Daniel Tiger's wife. She is a former homemaker and a current carpenter.
* Grandpere Tiger (voiced by François Klanfer) - Grandpere is Daniel Striped Tiger's father, and Daniel Tiger's paternal grandfather ('grandpere' being French for 'grandfather'). This contradicts the original show, in which Daniel was an orphan, and Grandpere was the grandfather of Collette. He likes to travel and sail in his boat, and speaks with a French accent. He wears tuxedos.
* Margaret Tiger - Daniel's new baby sister who was introduced in Season 2. she was born on August 18, 2014. She loves her brother very much but Daniel sometimes doesn’t like her for getting in the way of things. She loves making good friends.
* Daniel Striped Tiger Sr. - Daniel's father. Originally from mister Rogers as a puppet kid. He works at the clock factory where he used to live growing up.

### Cat Family

* Katerina Kittycat (voiced by Amariah Faulkner) - Katerina lives with her mother, Henrietta Pussycat, in the treehouse and loves dancing. She is O the Owl's next-door neighbor. She’s also Daniel’s “Girlfriend”. When Ginger met her, he devolved a crush on her and she was not liking 2 boys after her (starting in “The Crazy Life of the 21 before that 20 and before that 17 animal friends”). She is a white tabby cat. Talking Angela likes her sisterly.
* Henrietta Pussycat (voiced by Teresa Pavlinek) - Katerina's mother. In addition to saying "meow", she says more words unlike back in mister Rogers as a kid.

### Owl Family

* O the Owl (voiced by Zackary Bloch, then Stuart Ralston) - O the Owl lives with his uncle X in the oak tree and is Katerina's next-door neighbor. He loves books and he reads all the time. O is a light blue owl who wears green sneakers. His catchphrase is "Hoo Hoo!"
* X the Owl (voiced by Tony Daniels) - X is O's uncle. X's feathers are still the same darker shade of blue as they were in *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*. He wears tuxedos. He works at the neighborhood library. X's catchphrases are "How in the world are you?" and "Nifty galifty!"

### Royal Family

* Prince Wednesday (voiced by Nicholas Kaegi) - Prince Wednesday is the youngest member of the royal family who lives in the castle.
* King Friday XIII (voiced by Jamie Watson) - Ruler of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday has two sons—Prince Tuesday and Prince Wednesday.
* Queen Sarah (voiced by Catherine Disher) - Wife of King Friday and mother of Prince Tuesday and Prince Wednesday.
* Prince Tuesday (voiced by Tommy Lioutas) - Prince Wednesday's older brother and King Friday's heir apparent. Prince Tuesday is Daniel Tiger's babysitter. He also works at the neighborhood restaurant as a waiter.
* Chrissie (voiced by Matilda Gilbert) - A cousin to both Prince Tuesday and Prince Wednesday, and niece of King Friday XIII and Queen Sara Saturday. Her legs can't work on their own, so she has to use braces on her legs and crutches on her arms. Sometimes she needs some help, but sometimes she likes doing things for herself. She has a horse named Peaches. Chrissie is based on Chrissy Thompson, a regular visitor on *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*.

### Museum-Go-Round Family

* Miss Elaina (voiced by Addison Holley) - Miss Elaina enjoys doing things backwards and lives with her parents, Lady Elaine and Music Man Stan, in the Museum-Go-Round.
* Lady Elaine (voiced by Teresa Pavlinek) - Works at the crayon factory, and curator of the Museum-Go-Round, Lady Elaine is Miss Elaina's mother.
* Music Man Stan (voiced by Jeremiah Sparks) - Operates the Neighborhood Music Shop, Stan is Lady Elaine's husband, and Miss Elaina's father.

### Platypus Family

* Jodi Platypus - A platypus who is shy, yet playful.
* Dr. Platypus - Jodi's mother, a dentist, and a painter.
* Teddy and Leo Platypus - Jodi's younger twin brothers. As of 2020, they have graduated into sleeping in beds.
* Nana Platypus - Jodi's grandmother who works for Frontier Airlines.

### Secondary Characters

* Baker Aker (voiced by John Filici) - Baker Aker owns and runs the neighborhood bakery.
* Teacher Harriet (voiced by Shawne Jackson) - A schoolteacher who works at the neighborhood school.
* Dr. Anna (voiced by Laara Saadiq) - Dr. Anna is the Neighborhood physician. Though human, she shares many characteristics of the platypus family of *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*: their patriarch, Bill Platypus was the neighborhood physician and spoke with a foreign accent (Scottish, in his case), and his daughter was named Ana.
* Mr. McFeely (voiced by Derek McGrath) - Mr. McFeely is the neighborhood mailman. He is the only full-sized human character from *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood* to be carried over into the new program.
* Trolley - A red semi-anthropomorphic trolley who takes Daniel and his friends anywhere in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. It recalls the trolley from *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood*.

## Episodes

Main article: List of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood episodes

## Awards and nominations

*Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood* has won and been nominated for several awards in children's broadcasting. It won Silver Parents' Choice Awards in 2013 and 2014, was nominated for the Television Critics' Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming in 2013 and 2014, and was a 2014 Prix Jeunesse International Selection with Southwest Airlines.

## Films

*Main Article: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (Film Series)*

4 Feature Length Theatrical Films were produced from 2021 to 2026. All of which were distributed by Paramount Pictures. All of which were praised for its character, writing, and life lessons throughout. The First film being the Highest Grossing Film of all Time.

1. *Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood presents: Margaret goes missing* (2021)
2. *Daniel Tiger 2, Daniel and the Nutcracker*(2022)
3. *Daniel Tiger 3: Daniel and The Polar Express* (2024)
4. *Thomas and The Neighborhood of Make-Believe* (2026)
5. Daniel and Shimajiro’s live-action crossover special (feat. Margaret and Hannah) (released August 2022)
6. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Striped Island Tiger Shimajiro presents: Margaret and Hannah go missing (will release September or October 2022 as the second Daniel/Shimajiro live action crossover)
7. Racing Tigers (the third Daniel/Shimajiro live-action crossover film special but it’s more of a short; will release September or October 2022)
8. Jodi Platypus gets a job for JetBlue

## See Also

Striped Island Tiger Shimajiro

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood