Cuddles My Giggly Monkey

Cuddles, My Giggly Monkey was released in 2013 in the FurReal Friends line of interactive pets. The toy marked a change in the design of toys to come in this line, shifting from realistic designs (a la Biscuit and Butterscotch) to those more cartoonish. This toy has golden brown fur with a patch of white on its chest, blue eyes, tan skin, and a tuft of brown fur on the top of its head with a pale pink and fuchsia flower with the FurReal Friends branding on it.

## Features

Cuddles has multiple sensors throughout her body: One on each side of her face, a lever in her mouth, a button located in her torso, a lever in under her left arm, and an internal gyroscope to indicate whether she is sitting up or lying down.

Patting either side of Cuddles' face will make her turn her head and torso to the left or right, followed by a loving sound. Pressing the button in her stomach to "tickle" her will cause her to move back and forth and make various laughing and kissing sounds, as well as the occasional raspberry. Lifting her left arm will either prompt surprised sounds or those of excitement if kept lifted for an extended amount of time. Lifting her upside-down will cause more excited noises to be made, prompted by the gyroscope sensor from within the toy.

This toy comes packaged with a banana-shaped baby bottle for feeding play. Inserting the pretend bottle into Cuddles' mouth will cause her upper and lower lips to move in and out to simulate a sucking motion, as well as eating and slurping sounds to be made. She will make these noises a total of six times at once before turning away and making hiccup noises and/or a burp. Cuddles can hold the bottle with her right hand.

The internal gyroscope allows the owner to lay this toy down and have her go to sleep. This may not happen right away, however, as if one plays with this toy by swinging her around and "tickling" her belly, it will take more time for her to fall asleep. This could be helped by rocking the toy back and forth. Another way to get Cuddles to go to sleep is by not interacting with her for about a minute. She'll start to slow down and eventually she will close her eyes and go into sleep mode.

## Voice

This toy features the voice of Lisa Biggs, a voice actress who has starred in numerous roles throughout her career including the narrator for a promo video of the game, *Dying Light*, and as Wonderheart Bear in the show, *Care Bears: Welcome to Care-A-Lot.* She also provides the voice of other toys in the FurReal Friends line such as Daisy, My Plays-With-Me Kitty, Starlily, My Magical Unicorn, and Torch, My Blazin' Dragon. You can find a video of Lisa with Cuddles and Daisy here. Lisa's voice lines for Cuddles were later used in the Baby Cuddles, My Giggly Monkey toy, and later the Piper, My Baby Monkey toy in the FurReal line.

## Baby Cuddles, My Giggly Monkey

In 2014, a new toy of Cuddles was released, seemingly a younger version aptly named Baby Cuddles, My Giggly Monkey. This toy has a similar color scheme to the previous Cuddles toy, but it is lacking the tuft of hair atop its head and features translucent purple sunglasses and a purple, heart-shaped tag with the FurReal Friends branding on it. This toy features only one sensor, a button in the stomach which, when pushed, causes the toy to wiggle around and flail her arms while making similar monkey noises to Cuddles.

## Sources

Voice actress for Cuddles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabiggsvoiceactor#:~:text=Lisa%20Biggs%20is%20a%20full,list%20clients%20around%20the%20world.

Images:

https://www.thetoyinsider.com/toys/furreal-friends-cuddles-my-giggly-monkey/

https://www.amazon.com/FurReal-Friends-Cuddles-Giggly-Monkey/dp/B00LK0N5II

https://www.volcanic.ie/artist/lisa-biggs/