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Clearfield Wiki

Welcome to The Organization!
Clearfield is an interactive mystery and horror podcast, where the audience gets to choose the direction the story goes.

Follow along with Agent Eric Rockford as he investigates peculiar goings on, and vote to decide where to send him next after most episodes! Episodes are released every other Monday, and the polls run on Twitter from the Wednesday after an episode to that Saturday.

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Clearfield is created, written, and produced by Quinn and Danielle Lutz. Quinn is a human person. Danielle is also a human person.

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Vanda Darkflame

**Vanda Darkflame** is one of the Leader's of the Nexus Force, and the leader of the Paradox Faction.

## Trivia

* In most concept art and early promotional material for LEGO Universe, Vanda Darkflame was seen with a veil covering her mouth. With the release of Nexus Tower, Vanda no longer wears the veil.
	+ Also in one early key visual, Vanda Darkflame wears a Red Ninja Hood, which she wears once again in most Power of the Nexus Force artwork.

## External Links

* Vanda Darkflame on the Lego Universe Wiki
Characters

### Main Characters

These are characters in the show who appear, or are connected to multiple cases, in order of appearance or mention in the show.

* Agent Eric Rockford
* Clearfield
* Dr. Rosa Caza
* The Figurehead

### Additional Characters

Secondary characters, in order of appearance or mention in the show.

#### Case 1

* Felix Grant
* Diane Kowalczyk
* Adelia
* Lincoln Willow

#### Case 2

* Natalie
* Lex
* Dahlia
* Peter Albright
* Andrea
* Ingrid Frost

#### Case 3

* Agent Todd Dunkleman
* Faith
* Tour Guide
Warthog (Halo)

* M12B
* M12

The **Warthog Force Application Vehicle**, more commonly known as the **Warthog**, is the name for a series of vehicles serving as the United Nations Space Command's primary joint light tactical ground vehicle.

## Development

AMG Transport Dynamics designed the first Warthog prototype in 2319, dubbed the "**Z-12**". The Z-12 prototype vehicles quickly proved to be popular due to a well-crafted advertising campaign and adept engineering team which demonstrated the prototype's impressive feature set and unparalleled functionality in the unpopulated remote territories of both Luna and Mars. AMG claimed that the vehicle that could "go anywhere and do anything". Within the first eight months of the Z-12 prototype's existence, AMG received over three dozen exclusivity contracts. Most of these contracts came from the Colonial Military Authority. By 2321, AMG Transport Dynamics worked with the CMA and established a deal to cover all of their land-based transportation needs. Around the time of this deal, the Z-12 became integrated into the M12 Force Application Vehicle. In addition, a pneumatically-powered swivel mount and armored body panels were added to the vehicle.

By 2329, the M12 FAV had become the most common all-terrain vehicle in service with the military—closely followed by the Mongoose and Civet vehicle lines that were also produced by AMG. CMA personnel began to refer to the M12 as the "Warthog", first establishing the vehicle's nickname. Eventually, the Warthog was adopted by the United Nations Space Command. More than a dozen iterative changes were added to the Warthog, and over two centuries later, after its original creation and design, the M12 Warthog remained the standard utility vehicle in UNSC service. Due to how commonplace the Warthog is, all UNSC personnel are required to know how to operate and maintain an M12 Warthog, regardless of military speciality or branch of service.

## External Links

* The Warthog at Halopedia.
* The Warthog at the Red vs Blue Wiki.
Melipe

**Melipe** is a Agori of the Jungle Tribe.

## History

Being born during the Core War, Melipe's early life was rough, having to constantly be moving to dodge every battle. To get through the war mentally, Melipe relied on humor. Just before she had died, her mother always considered that it was the best medicine, so Melipe took that to heart.

When the Core War finally ended, Melipe decided to spread her humor so that many other Agori and Glatorian could be happy, especially after such hard times. She became a comedian, her improve comedy getting her a decent following, both in and out of Tesara, her village.

After about a decade of that, she was asked to be a commentator for a Glatorian match, as the current one was ill that day. She took up the role as a one-time gig, but people loved her on-the fly commentary that she decided to make it her new job. She gained a large audience being a commentator, and while she was grateful for her fans, she did let the success go to her head a bit.
Hero Factory (Location)

The ***Hero Factory*** is a compound situated in the amazing Makuhero City, a modern, sprawling metropolis with a rich multitude of neighborhoods, and home to millions of living robots. The Hero Factory serves as the headquarters for the Hero Factory, is the trademark of Makuhero City, and is regarded as a symbol of peace and prosperity throughout the Universe.
Brawn (Primax 1283.8 Alpha)

## Tech Spec

To BRAWN, Earth is essentially a hostile environment—and he loves it. Strong, rugged, agile—the most macho of all Autobots. Delights in challenges. Sorry for those not as tough as himself. Second strongest Autobot—can lift 190,000 pounds and knock down a small building with one punch. High resistance to artillery fire. Vulnerable to attack by electromagnetic waves.
Misty (Pokémon)

**Misty** is an aspiring Water Pokémon Master and a Friend of Ash Ketchum. She is also the Gym Leader of the Cerulean Gym at Cerulean City, handing out the Cascade Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Water-type Pokémon

## History

### Early Life

Not much is known about Misty's early childhood other than that she grew at Cerulean City in the Kanto region with her three sisters. When she was very young, an encounter with a Gyarados at the Cerulean Gym led to her being frightened of them. As a toddler Misty used to play the tambourine. Misty often received hand-me-down toys and clothes from her older sisters, who seemed to have been favored in their family. Eventually, Misty became one of the Gym Leaders of the Cerulean Gym alongside her sisters. Bullying and exclusion by her sisters led Misty to leave home and effectively leave her sisters as the Gym Leaders, choosing to prove herself as a Water-type Pokémon Master.

### First Encounter With Ash

Misty first met Ash when she was fishing nearby a river on Route 1. As her fishing rod snagged something, she managed to pull out not a Water-type Pokémon, but Ash and his injured Pikachu, who were being chased by a flock of Spearow. After pointing Ash in the direction of the nearest Pokémon Center, the one in Viridian City, he borrowed her bicycle, saying that he would return it someday.

Unfortunately her bike was destroyed when Pikachu use Thunder Shock to defeat the flock of Spearow. As such when Misty caught up with Ash, she continued following him, telling him that she would continue doing so until she was paid back for the bike, or so she said.

## Personality

Misty is a girl who can be sweet and optimistic at times, but she is best known for her vocal frustrations and seething anger. Misty also tended to get very angry whenever Ash got their party lost, especially in forests. She is very extreme in most of her moods, and she abruptly switches between her emotions. However, as time went on, Misty mellowed and her hyperactive personality was reduced significantly.

She is also picky, sensitive, nosy, and grumpy about love. There are three occasions where she is seen getting along with a younger sibling of a family. This stems from the fact that she understands what it's like to be the youngest because she has three older sisters.

The one Pokémon type that Misty cannot stand are Bug-types. The only Bug-type Pokémon Misty is not afraid of are the kinds that she deems "cute" or "pretty", some belonging to her friends, or ones that don't look like bugs. However, Bug Pokémon are only one of three things Misty strongly dislikes, the other two being carrots and peppers. When asked how she feels about dual typed Bug/Water Pokémon, Misty replied with "that's a tough one".
Natalia Kowalski

* Police (Current)
* Police (recruit)
* Paramedic
* Reporter

## Trivia

* Her undercover last name 'Smith' means 'Kowalski' in Polish.
* Her voice actor Jules de Jongh appeared on Thomas and Friends with Chase McCain's voice actor Joseph May and Marion Dunby's voice actor Kerry Shale as the voice of Emily.

## External Links

* Natalia Kowalski on Brickipedia.
* Natalia Kowalski on the LEGO City: Undercover Wiki.
* Natalia Kowalski on the LEGO Dimensions Wiki.
Jay Walker

## History

### Early life

Jay was born as the son of famous actor Cliff Gordon and the former Elemental Master of Lightning. Due to Cliff's womanizing nature, Jay was given up by his parents as a baby and left at the doorstep of an inventor couple and owners of a large junkyard, Ed and Edna Walker, with a key to his future house. The two adopted Jay as their own son.

## External Links

* Jay Walker at Brickipedia.
* Jay Walker at the Ninjago Wiki.
Harumi (Ninjago)

## Harumi

### Aliase(s)

Princess Harumi
 Rumi
 The Jade Princess
 The Quiet One
 The Vengestone Buyer
 The Kabuki Mask
 The Herald of the Crystal King

### Family

Unnamed biological parents (both deceased)
 The Emperor of Ninjago (first adoptive father; deceased)
 The Empress of Ninjago (adoptive mother; deceased)

## External Links

* Harumi on Brickipedia.
* Harumi on the Ninjago wiki.
Jenny Sharp

**Jenny Sharp** is an Elite Hero who specialized as a medic.

## Personality

Cold, collected, and down to earth. Sharp remains calm and unafraid in the face of danger. Although she is not a born leader Sharp is able to maintain order in chaos but is smart enough to know that the heroes do not always win.

## Trivia

* Formally, Sharp's full forename is 'Jennifer'.

## External Links

* Jenny Sharp on the Custom Hero Factory Wiki.
Nektann

> Dumb Keed!
>
> Nektann's, Catchphrase

**Nektann** is a formidable Skakdi warlord turn criminal who once resided on Zakaz with many others of his kind.

## Trivia

* The name for Nektann was suggested to Greg Farshtey by BZPower member Nuhrii the Metruan.
* Nektann was described as being taller than the average Skakdi; this is ironic, considering his 2010 set was actually shorter than any of the previously-released Piraka sets. However, this can be explained as all the BIONICLE Stars sets were scaled-down models of mostly older sets.
Wheeljack (Tyran 707.04 Delta)

* Re-Built
* Original

An accomplished Autobot scientist and inventor, **Wheeljack** will hook you up with some new weapon or gizmo that he just invented. There's no problem too big or too small that Wheeljack isn't willing to tackle, be it celestial mechanics or inventing potent new anti-Decepticon combat weapons. Because of this, he's a welcome addition to the NEST team, as staying on the cutting edge of technology is a priority for NEST.

That said, in his Original body, unlike the rest of the Wreckers, he's not much a fighter, and prefers to leave the violence to his teammates.
Hasbroverse Timeline

The timeline of the **Hasbroverse** in chronological order.

## Timeline

* Beast Wars: Transformers
* Beast Wars II
* Beast Wars Neo
* The Transformers: Season 1 (1984)
* The Transformers: Season 2 (1985)
* The Transformers: The Movie (2005)
* G.I. Joe Extreme (2006)
* The Transformers: Season 3 (2006)
* Transformers: The Headmasters (2007)
* Beast Machines: Transformers
* Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (2020)
* COPS (2020)
* Transformers: Victory (2025)
Cobra Trooper

Before Cobra started to have more specialized personnel, there were the **Cobra Troopers**. These men served as the basic infantrymen of Cobra. Each man swore absolute loyalty to Cobra Commander. While serving as the infantrymen of the organization, they are also cross-trained to be proficient in at least two other support skills. Cobra Troopers are mercenaries, criminals, or people who are angry at the world and have taken up Cobra's offer of wealth and power.
Marion Dunby

## Personality

Dunby tends to be largely disliked amongst the LCPD, the people he work with tend to view him as crass, obnoxious, loud and monumentally bad-tempered. Dunby was also incredibly arrogant, to the point where he ignored his superiors by letting Chase McCain on the field when in reality he kept him far away from the Fury Investigation. He also constantly brings up how he arrested Rex Fury into any conversation despite the fact that he only did the actual arrest whereas Chase McCain did everything else. He also became even more lazy after Chase returned 2 years later, he barely moved at all and the most active he got was with his Patrollo and even fell asleep on the job more than once.

## External links

* Marion Dunby on Brickipedia
* Marion Dunby on the LEGO City: Undercover Wiki
Chase McCain

* Current
* Classic

**Chase McCain** is a member of the LEGO City Police Department.

## Trivia

* Chase McCain's name could be a play-off of John McClane, the protagonist of the *Die Hard* films, but this is neither confirmed nor denied.
* He has a habit of falling flat on his face.
* He has ornithophobia: the fear of parrots. (In this case, French parrots, which could be called gallicornithophobia.)

## External Links

* Chase McCain on Brickipedia.
* Chase McCain on the LEGO City: Undercover Wiki.
* Chase McCain on the LEGO Dimensions Wiki.
Hero Factory (Organization)

The **Hero Factory** is an organization dedicated to protecting the Universe from threats.

## History

The concept of the Hero Factory was created by Akiyama Makuro, who felt the need for a force of good within the universe. Heroes have since been created in the heart of Makuhero City and sent throughout the cosmos either by Drop Ship or Hero Pod, often working alongside the Toa.
R.A.M.

If ever there was a G.I. Joe land vehicle that could be appreciated for its inherent simplicity, it would have to be the **R.A.M.** From all appearances, it aspires to be no more than a motorcycle until you notice the Gatling gun mounted on its side. And in the hands of a capable G.I. Joe driver, a truly dangerous weapon.

## External links

* The R.A.M. at Joepedia
* The R.A.M. at YOJOE.com
* The R.A.M. at 3DJoes
M.O.B.A.T.

From the time of its introduction, the **M.O.B.A.T.** was one of the most advanced battle tanks in the field. So advanced that it needed little upgrading and/or retrofits over the years. It still remains a monster to be feared in the battlefield.

## Features

The primary weapon of the MOBAT is the 130mm anti-armor cannon which is capable of firing up to 80 rounds. Originally, it was up to 105 but anti-armor technology has improved since then and concessions have to be made when the new rounds made the MOBAT reach up to 65 tons in weight fully loaded. The secondary weapon is the .50 caliber machine gun with 1,500 rounds of ammunition. The engine enables the MOBAT to reach 60mph on an open road and 45mph on cross-country travel. The MOBAT is powered by two gas turbine engines. It can submerge in water for up to an hour due to retractable snorkels and air-tight hatches.

## Trivia

* The MOBAT was based on the MBT-70, a prototype main battle tank designed jointly by the US and West Germany during the 1960s and 1970s.

## External links

* The M.O.B.A.T. at Joepedia.
* M.O.B.O.T. at YOJOE.com
* M.O.B.A.T. at 3DJoes
LEGO Timeline

The timeline of the main LEGO universe in chronological order.

## NOTE:

* Story's from other creators are in *italics*.
* Anything with an asterisk are official content from the LEGO Group.
* If the title is in **bold** then it is expanded in the Canon.

## B.C.E.

* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Spinjitzu Brothers\* (1523 B.C.E.)

## 17th century-19th century

* Castle
* Pirates
* LEGO universe
* Western

## 1910's

* The Secret Journal of Artimus Rhodes\* (1919)

## 1920's

* Pharaoh's quest (1924)
* Monster Fighters
* Adventurers

## 2000's

* Alpha Team
* Aqua Raiders (2007)
* Agents
* Power Miners (2009)

## 2010's

* Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies\* (2010)
	+ Trials of Furno
	+ Core Crisis
	+ The Enemy Within
	+ Von Nebula
* **LEGO Atlantis: The Movie**\* (2010)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Pilot Episodes\* (2011)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Pilot Mini-Movies\* (2011)
* Hero Factor: Ordeal of Fire\* (2011)
* Hero Factor: Savage Planet\* (2011)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Rise of the Snakes\* (2011)
* Alien Conquest (2011)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Legacy of the Green Ninja\* (2012)
* Dino
* **Hero Factor: Breakout**\* (2012)
* **Hero Factor: Brain Attack**\* (2013)
* Ultra Agents
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Rebooted\* (2014)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Tournament of Elements\* (2014)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Possession\* (2016)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Skybound\* (2016)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - The Dark Island Trilogy\* (2016)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed\* (2016)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - The Hands of Time\* (2017)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Golden Hour\* (2017)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Sons of Garmadon\* (2018)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Hunted\* (2018)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - March of the Oni\* (2019)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu\* (2019)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Prime Empire\* (2019)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Master of the Mountain\* (2019)
* Hidden Side

## 2020's

* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - The Island\* (2020)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Seabound\* (2021)
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Crystalized\* (2022)
Star Wars Timeline

This is the Canon timeline of the **Star Wars** franchise in chronology order. NOTH: This is just a condensed version with additional stories. For the full Canon timeline see here (for Galactic history) or here. (for all Canon media in chronological order)

## NOTE

* Story's from other creators are in *italics*.
* † - Exact placement currently unknown.

## Timeline

* Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (32 BBY)
* Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (22 BBY)
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars (22 BBY-19 BBY)
* Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (19 BBY)
* Star Wars: The Bad Batch (19 BBY)
* Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (14 BBY)
* Solo: A Star Wars Story (10 BBY)
* Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (9 BBY)
* Star Wars Jedi: Survivor † (9 BBY)
* Star Wars Rebels: Short (5 BBY)
* Star Wars Rebels (5 BBY-0 BBY)
* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (0 BBY)
* Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (0 BBY-0 ABY)
* Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (3 ABY)
* Forces of Destiny: "Bounty Hunted" (4 BBY)
* Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (4 ABY)
* Star Wars: The Mandalorian (9 ABY)
* Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (9 ABY)
* Star Wars: Ahsoka (9 ABY)
* Star Wars: Hunters: Battle for the Arena (9 ABY)
* Star Wars: Hunters (Between 9 and 34 ABY)
* Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (34 ABY)
* Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (34 ABY)
* Star Wars: Secret Wars (34-35 ABY)
* Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker † (35 ABY)
Beavers (cartoon)

The Beavers are cartoon characters who appears in Amazing Animals. They are one of the least commonly recurring characters in the series, appearing in four cartoons from one episode of season four.

## Appearance

The two Beavers look very similar, with their colouration being the only difference between them. One is a dark chestnut brown, while the other is a much paler brown. Both of them have a long head ending with a pink nose, large eyes with floating eyebrows, no visible ears and a pair of protruding incisor teeth at the front of their mouths, which seems to be placed around the chin.

The Beavers have small and rotund bodies of a similar size to their heads, long arms, short legs and a large flattened tail with a few wrinkles at the tip.

## Personality

The Beavers seem to be mostly fun-loving characters – they dam a river to create a lake and cut down trees simply to make water skis for playing with. Their activities can negatively affect the other animals of the river – Bear is unable to shower while Fish gets stranded and almost caught by Bear as a result.

When their fun is interfered with, such as when Bear rips out their dam, they can play pranks to get their revenge. The two Beavers cut down the trees in which the now-sleeping Bear has tied his hammock. This sends Bear flying into the air before he crashes down into the water.
First Order

## First Order

### Leader(s)

Emperor Sheev Palpatine (shadow benefactor/de-facto ruler)
Supreme Leader Snoke (founder)
Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Snoke's successor; formerly)
Allegiant General Enric Pryde (de-facto Supreme Leader/Ren's successor)
Grand Admiral Rae Sloane (initially; before Snoke took over)
General Brendol Hux (initially; before Snoke took over)

## Appearances

### Debut

*Star Wars*: Episode VII *The Force Awakens*
Chameleon (cartoon)

Chameleon is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. It is a rare but recurring character throughout the series, occurring in two episodes in each of the show’s four seasons. Chameleon also appears on the back of the Season One, Three and Four VHS boxes.

## Appearance

While Chameleon can change colour at will, their base colour is green. Chameleon has a large body with short arms and legs, a long curly tail, several bumps on his back and very little separating his body from his large head. Like real chameleons, he has turreted eyes and a long tongue.

## Personality

Chameleon has two major personality traits, one being that Chameleon is often hungry and looking for an opportunity to eat some of the other characters. The main victim of his attention is Dung Beetle, although Dung Beetle is always able to escape. Chameleon has successfully eaten Flea and a fly, and also swallowed Toad’s baby before being made to cough it back out.

Chameleon is also depicted as a bit of a showman, performing magic tricks for the Lizards and Gorillas. Chameleon is shown to be able to change colour very well and even change shape – in Animal Disguises, Chameleon morphs into a jar of honey to tempt a fly closer. However, Chameleon does have his limits and shorts out when attempting to change to tartan colours.

## Episodes

Animal Disguises (2 appearances)

Animal Babies (2 appearances)

Animal Colors (1 appearance)

Animal Families (1 appearance)

Giant Animals (2 appearances)

Animal Changes (1 appearance)

Animal Partners (1 appearance)

Scaly Animals (1 appearance)
Let's Go Around the World

Let’s Go Around the World is a song that is performed in Around the World, the first episode of the fourth season of Amazing Animals. Of the three songs included in Amazing Animals, this one is unique in being the only one performed as a duet by both Henry the Lizard and the Narrator.

The song was composed entirely by Eric Meyers, the voice actor for Henry. It was performed by both Meyers and Tom Clarke-Hill, the narrator's voice actor and was arranged by Chris Taylor.

## Background

Around the World as an episode is primarily looking back on the adventures of Henry throughout the show’s four seasons. The episode is shown as a party in which Henry’s animal friends have been invited. As the episode nears its end, Henry gives the Golden Gecko Award to the insects, which keep coming back no matter how much they are beaten back by humans. This prompts Henry to announce he is making a comeback to singing, because he has been so moved by his swarms of fans.

## Full lyrics

Standard text = Henry lines; *Italicised* text = narrator lines; underlined text = both singing in duet

Let’s go around the world! Let’s go around the world! Get out of your seat with your tail unfurled! So come on with me, let’s go around the world!

*Camels trek through the desert!*

Whales splash in the sea!

*There are rainforest creatures…*

Who look a lot like me!

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, let’s go around the world!

Woo-hoo! Everywhere on the planet, animals learn how to survive…

*Up in the mountains, down by the seashore*…

We all want to stay alive!

*Some birds dwell in the tropics…*

Some monkeys swing in the trees!

*Prairie dogs digging underground baby!*

Polar bears like the deep freeze!

Yo, come on you animal you, let’s go around the world!

*Animals can be creepy or be crawly.*

And some soar high in the sky!

*Some are scary or they’re talky.*

And they’ll try to tell you why! Why, just the other day my friend Harry was on the phone telling me this amazing story about these…

*Henry!*

Yeah?

*Just sing the song.*

Now if you think you’re alone, nobody else around, well take a look out the window or maybe down on the ground. There are animals everywhere trying to get by like the pink flamingo, the Mediterranean fruit fly…

*Crocodiles in Egypt!*

Llamas in Peru!

*Moose in Canada!*

Tapeworms in Timbuktu!

*Barracuda in Bermuda!*

Tuna in Japan!

*Panda bears in China!*

Dik-diks in Sudan!

*Sheep in Australia!*

Horses in Belize!

*Angora in Angola!*

Crickets in the West Indies!

So come on you animal you, let’s go around the world!

Yeah!

*Henry, you got down!*

Both Henry and the narrator then take turns scat singing over the episode’s end credits.
My First video collection

The ‘My First’ videos are a collection of seven direct-to-VHS programmes that were intended for children ages 5 and up, showing certain activities they can do with materials around the home. Most of the episodes are companions to a series of book titles of the same name. The programmes were produced by Dorling Kindersley Vision and released in cooperation with The Video Collection in the UK. The seven titles were released between 1992 and 1993, making ‘My First’ the earliest series to be made by Dorling Kindersley Vision.

## Programmes

Each of the seven episodes of ‘My First’ are approximately 50 minutes in length, and each has its own theme with multiple smaller activities within them.

* My First Cookery Video (1992)
* My First Nature Video (1992)
* My First Science Video (1992)
* My First Activity Video (1992)
* My First Green Video (1992)
* My First Magic Video (1993)
* My First Music Video (1993)

## Style

The programmes all follow a similar style – after the opening of the episode, the programme runs through a series of around ten to twelve different activities that are all shown separately from each other. Most of the practical demonstrations are done by actress Eva Marie Bryer, with narration sometimes done by other actors (the UK version of Nature was narrated by Anthony Jackson, while the UK version of Magic was narrated by Michaela Strachan).

## Availability

All seven programmes were only released onto VHS, with no subsequent releases onto other medium. Of these seven, six have been uploaded online on unofficial channels (with only Green currently missing). Most of the uploads are of the USA versions released by Sony Wonder, with only Magic being released in its full UK version.
Dung Beetle (cartoon)

Dung Beetle is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. They (multiple Dung Beetles appear) are an occasional recurring character in the series, with a handful of appearances in seasons one, two and three. A trio of Dung Beetles also appear on the back cover of all season one VHS boxes.

## Appearance

Dung Beetle is mostly portrayed as having an orange-coloured and potato-shaped head and body. He has six legs, with the front two able to work as arms – while normally shown with paddle-shaped feet, the two front feet can split into three-fingered hands. The eyes appear similar to glasses, being olive-green in colour and having a connecting bridge across the front of the face. The Dung Beetles also have a pair of wing cases of the same olive-green colour, that can be lifted up to use as extra arms, cover the Beetle’s head or allow him to fly.

In Animal Survivors, a second Dung Beetle is shown that is bright yellow in colour. In subsequent episodes, all Dung Beetles are the same colour.

## Personality

Dung Beetle is often shown rolling a dung ball (in earlier appearances it is brightly-coloured, but later takes on the appearance of actual dung) and is often quite attached to it – he becomes angry when Gorilla uses his snow-covered dung ball as the head for a snowman. However, Dung Beetle himself is fine with using the dung ball as a toy or a musical instrument.

Dung Beetle sometimes encounters other characters that try to harm him, either deliberately or accidentally. However, he is shown to be strong enough to fight off Chameleon and durable enough to withstand pounces from Tiger. His wing-cases are so hard that it causes Squirrel to lose a tooth when he bites down on it accidentally.

## Episodes

Animal Appetites (1 appearance)

Animal Survivors (2 appearances)

Animal Weapons (1 appearance)

Armoured Animals (1 appearance)

Mini-Beasts (1 appearance)

Animal Records (1 appearance)

Animal Colors (1 appearance)

Animal Families (1 appearance)

Animal Acrobats (1 appearance)

Creepy Crawly Animals (3 appearances)
Ask Henry

Ask Henry is a song performed in Scaly Animals, the eleventh episode of the fourth season of Amazing Animals. The song is performed mostly by Henry, with some minor input by the Narrator and, uniquely among Amazing Animals songs, a small number of lines are also sung by some of the show’s cartoon characters.

Cartoon characters that appear, or have voice lines, in this song include the Lizards, Fish, Tyrannosaurus, Frog, Crocodile, the Chicks, Rattlesnake, Bear and Bat.

The song was composed entirely by Tom Clarke-Hill, the voice actor the Narrator. Clarke-Hill and Eric Meyers, the voice of Henry, are the only credited performers of the song.

## Background

Throughout the course of Scaly Animals, Henry is trying to attract support for scaly animals that he feels are being unfairly treated. By the end of the episode, Henry has planned and put together a Scale Day concert. Not only does Henry impress the narrator with his knowledge of scaled animals, but he also says that he and Mother Nature have written a song all about them.

## Full lyrics

Standard text = Henry lines; *Italicised* text = narrator lines; >Contained text< = cartoon character lines; Underlined text = multiple singers

If you want to know about Amazing Animals, ask Henry!

>Henry<

If knowledge is your wish about bugs and fish, ask Henry!

>Henry<

This little lizard knows it all…

*He thinks he does!*

About critters short and tall. If you want to know about Amazing Animals, ask Henry! The name is Henry and I’m going to sing a song to you! About my animal buddies and all the things they can do! From the cool birds in the trees to the big dogs and their fleas, every creature has a feature that’s guaranteed to make you smile! So let me emphasise being covered with scales is alright!

*All right!*

They cover up your body and keep you nice and warm at night! Lizards, fish and snakes in the deserts, woods and lakes, are moving and a-grooving in scaly coverings! The animal kingdom is so full of wonderful things!

*There’s insects and mammals.*

I’ve even seen a fish with wings! So let’s take care of our planet so all of them can stick around! And if you’re ever in a dither about what kind of critter you’ve found.

*Just remember…*

If you want to know about Amazing Animals, ask Henry!

>Henry<

If knowledge is your wish about bugs and fish, ask Henry! Chorus line! This little lizard knows it all…

*Well, sometimes.*

About critters short and tall! If you want to know about Amazing Animals…

Ask Henry!

That’s me!

## Additional Uses

The song was used in part of the advertisement for the season four VHS sets, with the British-narrated version available online. It also includes some additional dialogue not recorded for any of the programmes.
Eagles (cartoon)

The Eagles are cartoon characters who appears in Amazing Animals. They (three different Eagles appear) are occasional recurring characters from the second and third seasons. The two main Eagles also appear on the back of all the second season VHS boxes.

## Appearance

Both of the main eagles have brown plumage, mostly obscured by their uniforms. They each have three toes – two that point forward and one in the back of the foot.

The bigger of the two Eagles has a large beak, small eyes and broad shoulders. He wears a green captain’s hat and a green jacket with darker green shoulders and lapels, covering a paler green shirt and dark green tie. The sleeves of his uniform have three gold stripes, and the jacket is fastened with gold buttons.

The smaller of the two Eagles is slightly more rotund, with a smaller beak and larger eyes. His uniform is mostly of a similar colour to that of his superior, although he has his tie untucked from inside the jacket and instead of three gold stripes, his sleeves have a single dark green stripe. Instead of a captain’s hat, he wears a leather flying helmet, with the strap unfastened and the goggles often pushed up onto the helmet.

A female Eagle briefly appears. She has three toes at the front of her feet, a rounded body, two short tail feathers and doesn’t wear any clothing. She has large eyes, each with three long eyelashes, and her beak has red lipstick around the end.

## Personality

The two main Eagles have a typical commander and subordinate relationship – the smaller Eagle is often sent out on reconnaissance and attack missions while the larger Eagle often remains behind at base. However, while the larger Eagle takes their tasks very seriously the smaller one is often more distracted, which often ends up with the mission going wrong.

The larger Eagle is very stern with his subordinate and is quick with punishments if something goes wrong. He sets the smaller Eagle the task of peeling potatoes after one mishap and also locks him into a cell on a couple of occasions. However, the larger Eagle will still praise his subordinate if things are doing well – he is pleased with the attempts to sweep leaves off the runway in An Animal Year, although the smaller Eagle’s attempts to hoover up the leaves later goes wrong.

As a quirk that further cements their image as military personnel, the Eagles produce sounds like biplanes when they fly.

The main characters that the Eagles interact with are the Squirrels and, to a much lesser extent, the Pigeons. The Eagles regularly go out on raids to attack the Squirrels and Pigeons. It is not made clear why the Eagles are attacking the Squirrels, although the Pigeons are shown flying over the Eagles and showering them with droppings. The Squirrels fight back against the Eagles by use of acorn-firing catapults. The smaller Eagle is less willing to fight the Pigeons, and even joins a card game with them when on a mission, and laughs at the larger Eagle when the Pigeons outsmart him.

## Episodes

Birds of Prey (4 appearances)

Animal Colors (1 appearance)

An Animal Year (1 appearance)

Animal Neighbors (1 appearance)

Animal Eggs (1 appearance)
Bee (cartoon)

Bee is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. It is an infrequent character that appears in two episodes in season three. Bee also appears on the back cover of all the VHS for seasons three and four.

## Appearance

Bee is shown to have a rotund yellow body, with a deep chestnut-brown head and a single chestnut-brown band around the middle of the body. Bee has six legs, ending with splayed feet that can also serve as hands. Bee has a short and blunt-looking sting, a curved nose above the mouth, large eyes and a pair of stick-like antennae that end with a pair of smaller black orbs. Bee’s wings are whited, and almost appear to be plumed at the ends.

A Giant Bee also briefly appears in Giant Animals – it is identical in appearance to the standard Bee, except it is enormous – it is easily the same size as Bear’s head and torso.

## Personality

Bee is primarily shown working alone – the hive is only ever shown with one Bee inside it. Bee does not appreciate being pushed around or having their hard work stolen. When Bear starts stealing the honey from the hive, Bee immediately flies off to retrieve Giant Bee, who is sufficiently strong to pick up Bear and throw him away.

## Episodes

Giant Animals (1 appearance)

Creepy Crawly Animals (1 appearance)
Fly (cartoon)

Fly is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. It is an infrequent character that only appears in a few episodes in season one. While flies do appear subsequently, this page is about the Flies animated in a detailed manner.

## Appearance

Fly varies in appearance in the different cartoons. In Animal Disguises, it is shown to have a black body divided up into a head, thorax and abdomen. It has three hairs protruding in front of the large white eyes, white wings and eight thin legs. In Animal Weapons, the body is brown in colour, the three hairs in front of the eyes have disappeared, the wings are now blue and the eight legs each have little fingers at their ends.

## Personality

The main role of Fly in the cartoon segments is to be killed and/or eaten by other characters. Indeed, three of the four appearances by Fly ends in it dying. In Animal Disguises, one is eaten by Chameleon, in Animal Weapons a Fly that dies of heatstroke is almost eaten by Dung Beetle before being stolen and eaten by Frog and in Mini-Beasts two Flies are killed by Bat with a flyswatter. The only time Fly turns the tables is in another cartoon in Mini-Beasts, where it manages to wrap up Frog in his own tongue.

## Episodes

Animal Disguises (1 appearance)

Animal Weapons (1 appearance)

Mini-Beasts (2 appearances)
Pigeon (cartoon)

Pigeon is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. They (multiple Pigeons appear) are a rare recurring character that appears in seasons two, three and four. A Pigeon also appears on the back cover of all season two VHS releases.

## Appearance

The Pigeons’ appearances remain very similar throughout the series. They are depicted as having grey dumpy bodies, short wings with feathers that also serve as fingers, a tail comprised of two feather plumes and small rounded heads. They have blunt yellow beaks, grey ceres above the beak, moderately-sized eyes in comparison to the head and a pink collar around the base of the neck. Their pink legs end with three-toed feet – two point forwards and one points backwards.

## Personality

The Pigeons are often shown to be rather impertinent characters, brazenly stealing the seeds that Gorilla is trying to plant and pooping on the larger of the Eagles. Sometimes this can be used against them – they curiously investigate the pot of the Carnivorous Plant that Gorilla gets to frighten them away, and are almost eaten by Crocodile after being tempted into his mouth with peanuts – only the bad taste of their feathers makes Crocodile spit them out again.

The Pigeons can sometimes be friendly, even to apparent enemies. In one of the Birds of Prey cartoons, a group of Pigeons allow the smaller Eagle to join them in a game of cards.

## Episodes

Birds of Prey (2 appearances)

Rainforest Animals (1 appearance)

Farm Animals (1 appearance)

Animal Changes (1 appearance)

Backyard Animals (1 appearance)
Salamanders

Salamanders (order Urodela) are a group of amphibians with some 760 species alive today. They all tend to have slender bodies, short legs and the presence of a tail in both the young and adults. Their permeable skin links them to water or otherwise cool, damp habitats including deep caves. They are found mainly in temperate North America and Eurasia, with a few in Mediterranean or montane climates in North Africa, Central America, the Andes and parts of Southern Asia. The salamander family encompasses the mainly aquatic newts and the limbless sirens and amphiumas (but not the caecilians, other limbless amphibians in a different order).

## Appearances in Dorling Kindersley Vision media

### See How They Grow

The Pond Animals episode of See How They Grow has one of its four segments about the life-cycle of a fire salamander. The salamanders used were sourced from the former Endangered Species Breeding Centre at WWT Martin Mere, which kept and bred 40 different species of salamander.

### Eyewitness

Two episodes of Eyewitness contain at least one species of salamander, with nine out of the eleven salamander species from Dorling Kindersley Vision programmes appearing in this series. The two episodes are divided up between seasons one and two.

* **SEASON ONE**: Amphibian
* **SEASON TWO**: Prehistoric Life

The majority of the salamander and newt species in Dorling Kindersley Vision only appear in Eyewitness, including the emperor, rough-skinned and alpine newts, Siberian salamander, Northern dusky salamander (referred to as the vampire salamander in its appearance) and the Chinese giant salamander, one of the largest amphibian species.

### Amazing Animals

Seven episodes of Amazing Animals contain at least one species of salamander, with a total of five different species appearing in the show. The season with most appearances by a salamander is season one, with three episodes. Seasons two and three both have two episodes each, while salamanders do not appear at all in season four.

* **SEASON ONE**: Animal Senses, Armoured Animals, Poisonous Animals
* **SEASON TWO**: Animal Colors, Prehistoric Animals
* **SEASON THREE**: Slimy Animals, Giant Animals

Two species of salamander appear only in Amazing Animals – the sharp-ribbed salamander that briefly appears in Armoured Animals and the Pacific giant salamander that appears in seasons one and three.

### Creatures Fantastic

The fire salamander appears in the Creatures Fantastic episode Dragons, with one of the shorter storyteller segments retelling Pliny’s description of the fire salamander and how it interacted with fire.

## Total species

* Tiger salamander, *Ambystoma tigrinum*
* Pacific giant salamander, *Dicamptodon sp*.
* Fire salamander, *Salamandra salamandra*
* Sharp-ribbed salamander, *Pleurodeles waltl*
* Emperor newt, *Tylototriton shanjing*
* Rough-skinned newt, *Taricha granulosa*
* Alpine newt, *Ichthyosaura alpestris*
* Siberian salamander, *Salamandrella keyserlingii*
* Axolotl, *Ambystoma mexicanum*
* Northern dusky salamander, *Desmognathus fuscus*
* Chinese giant salamander, *Andrias davidianus*
Snail (cartoon)

Snail is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. It is one of the most infrequently-appearing cartoons in the show, with only a single appearance in Season One.

## Appearance

In its single appearance, Snail is shown to have a purplish-grey body, a blue shell and four feelers on top of its head, although its eyes are not located here as in a real snail but rather on the sides of its head. When Snail moves, it makes a sound like a wind-up toy and is also capable of making a strange squeaking noise from its mouth.

## Personality

With so little screentime, there is not much to be said about Snail’s personality. It is shown to be smart enough to escape Vulture by climbing up a wall and sitting upside-down on the ceiling. Snail also appears to be mischievous, winking at the screen and smiling when it outsmarts Vulture.
Simon Everson

Simon Everson is a British television director. In Dorling Kindersley Vision, he is known to be the director for two episodes of Creatures Fantastic:

* Dragons (second episode)
* Mythical Horses (tenth episode)

As well as Creatures Fantastic, Simon Everson has directed no fewer than 22 other shows; most of these programmes are primarily documentaries about cars or drama series.
Brian Cummins

Brian Cummins is a British television director. In Dorling Kindersley Vision, he is known to be the director for two episodes of Eyewitness from the third season:

* Plant
* Life

He also directed two episodes of Creatures Fantastic:

* Mythical Cats (fourth episode)
* The Underworld (seventh episode)

As well as these programmes, Brian Cummins has directed no fewer than 4 other shows; these other shows are a mixture of dramas and documentaries.
Beetles (cartoon)

The Beetles are cartoon characters who appears in Amazing Animals. They are one of the least commonly recurring characters in the series, appearing in four cartoons from one episode of season four.

## Appearance

The two Beetles are identical in appearance. They both have dark green elytra, with a hinge for the wings to open. Their heads and undersides are a pale yellowish colour. The underside has a single band separating the thorax and abdomen. The beetles have six legs, the front two of which serve as arms. The beetles have large eyes, long antennae with small dark orbs on the tips and two prominent teeth poking out of the right side of the mouth.

## Personality

The Beetles seem to have little care for those whose property they devour. They pull faces and laugh at Gorilla as he gets progressively angrier during their encounter. They also continue to smile even after Gorilla bursts into tears after the Beetles knock down his entire house.

While unpleasant to other characters, the Beetles are friendly towards each other. They laugh together at things, and are also shown patting each other on the back.
Jenny Ash

Jenny Ash is a British television director. In Dorling Kindersley Vision, she is known to be the director for two episodes of Creatures Fantastic:

* Creatures of the Night (first episode)
* Tricky Tricksters (twelfth episode)

As well as Creatures Fantastic, Jenny Ash has directed no fewer than 23 other shows; most of these are current affairs documentaries or drama series, but does also include three episodes of the 2001 documentary series Extinct.
Porcupine (cartoon)

Porcupine is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. He shows up infrequently in Season One and has one subsequent appearance in Season Four, but does appear on the back cover of all Season One VHS boxes.

## Appearance

Porcupine is mostly green, with a large head in comparison to his body and long quills. He walks bipedally. The only parts of him that are not green are his yellow nose and, in some appearances, a blue crest on the top of his head. In other appearances, like in Armoured Animals, Porcupine’s crest is the same colour as the rest of his body.

Porcupine has the ability to roll up into a ball and bounce around – in reality no species of porcupine can do this, with only hedgehogs and echidnas able to roll up. However, his general appearance and herbivorous diet (in Animal Weapons, he picks and eats a clump of grass) make it clear he is definitely a porcupine.

## Personality

Porcupine seems to be happiest in his own company, and doesn’t mind quilling anyone who gets in his personal space. In Animal Weapons, he is shown happily walking by himself and eating grass and is unimpressed when Parrot comes by to show off his football skills. He also uses his quills to protect himself from Vulture when he comes under attack.

Porcupine interacts with Vulture in a different way in Tropical Birds, being used by the bird as a fake crest for attracting a female Parrot. However, given that Porcupine shouts at Vulture on waking up before jumping off him and storming away, it is likely that Porcupine may have been asleep when Vulture put him on his head.

## Episodes

Tropical Birds (1 appearance)

Animal Senses (1 appearance)

Animal Weapons (2 appearances)

Armoured Animals (1 appearance)

Animal Partners (1 appearance)