Crab Tuesday

**Crab Tuesday** (sometimes referred to more informally as just **Tuesday**) is an animated character who appears in Amazing Animals, serving as a friend and sidekick to Henry. After making his initial appearance in Seashore Animals, Tuesday appears much more frequently in season three. In fact, he appears in every episode of the last two seasons, courtesy of his appearance in the opening of each of Henry’s News Reports.

## Appearance

Crab Tuesday is fairly small, being easily able to ride on Henry’s back. He has a bright red shell, legs and claws, with the tips of his claws fading to black. He has a pair of yellow eyes on stalks.

## Characterisation

Crab Tuesday is generally mute, although he gives a muffled ‘I don’t know’ when responding to Henry in Animal Hunters. In Animal Talk, a crab that may be Crab Tuesday is said to be communicating to Henry through a mixture of claw movements and dancing, which would help explain the lack of speech.

Crab Tuesday is generally shown as being an affable character that often helps Henry out. He is often shown as being more capable than Henry, such as when he manages to successfully find the lost shopping in Animal Hunters. Sometimes Tuesday has ambitions greater than his actual ability, but it could be partly due to the quality of Henry’s instructions – in Farm Animals for example, Tuesday accidentally herds himself and Henry into a pen instead of the sheep.

Crab Tuesday can sometimes be quite emotional – in Animal Acrobats, he starts crying when Henry informs him he is running away to join the circus. By contrast, in Around the World, Henry describes Tuesday as looking crabby (irritable) in a photograph. It is not certain whether he actually was behaving irritably or if this was simply Henry making a pun.

## Family

On several occasions, Tuesday is shown to have a family. He lives with his mother, who is bigger and has a darker shell but shares Tuesday’s yellow eyes. He also is shown to have two siblings, who have a similarly-coloured body but one has green eyes and the other pink eyes.

## Appearances

Episodes in which Crab Tuesday appears within the main narrative of the episode (outside of Henry’s News Report):

* Seashore Animals
* Animal Hunters
* Animal Talk
* Animal Acrobats
* Underwater Animals
* Giant Animals
* Farm Animals
* Animal Changes
* Extinct Animals
* Animal Eggs
* Around the World

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• 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