1. Plot

2. Cast and major characters

3. Episodes
     Season 1 (1996)    Season 2 (1997)    Season 3 (1998)    Season 4 (1999)  

4. Merchandise

5. External links

Amazing Animals (sometimes marketed as Henry's Amazing Animals for home video) is an American/British educational children's nature program produced by Dorling Kindersley and originally broadcast on the Disney Channel in 1996. It currently plays in syndication on Treehouse TV in Canada. It is also available on VHS.

The show centers on the interactions of Henry the Lizard, a green CGI anthropomorphic gecko with purple spots, and an unseen narrator. Each episode centers on a theme relating to the episode's subject matter, such as Henry traveling through prehistory in a time machine in an episode about prehistoric animals. Henry is usually faced with some kind of predicament or work, always relating to the episode's theme, which he resolves by the end of the episode, often learning a lesson of some sort in the process.

Plot

Each episode is made up of sections in which Henry is featured, video sequences of animals narrated by the off-screen narrator with replies by Henry, and cartoons featuring recurring unnamed cartoon animals. There are also two recurring segments: "Henry's Report" and "The Golden Gecko Awards". Early episodes depicted Henry's Report as a school report, though later episodes changed it to a news report. In either case, the report is comical and almost always wildly inaccurate. The correct information is given by The Narrator after the report.

In Henry's Amazing Golden Gecko Awards, Henry picks three animals relating to the subject of the episode and presents them with awards. Unlike the report, the Golden Gecko Awards are typically more genuine. Henry does most of the narration and often gets annoyed at the Narrator for interrupting him. Henry's Report occurred in every episode; the only episode that did not have the Golden Gecko Awards was "Underground Animals", probably because of timing issues.

Cast and major characters

• Henry: The show's main protagonist. He is a small green gecko with purple spots and yellow eyes. Henry is portrayed as being enthusiastic, albeit foolish and immature. He is generally depicted as ignorant of the episode's subject matter and typically fails in the endeavours he attempts to undertake. Sometimes, he can prove himself to be quite smart; he is also an inventor. He often identifies lizards seen in the video sequences as his cousins. His favorite food is pizza. Henry is voiced by Eric Meyers.
• The Narrator: The Narrator is Henry's co-star, but he is never seen and almost never named. He is depicted as being wise and knowledgeable. In addition to teaching Henry about animals and correcting his special reports, the Narrator acts as a comedic foil to Henry: the show's "straight man", who cuts Henry down for his immaturity and lack of knowledge with some combination of a mature seriousness and a dry sarcasm. The Narrator is voiced by Tom Clarke-Hill.
• Crab Tuesday: Henry met Crab Tuesday during a visit to the seashore, and the crab has been Henry's best friend and assistant ever since. Henry names him Tuesday after Robinson Crusoe's "man Friday". Henry can often tell what Tuesday is saying, although he has no voice at all and communicates by snapping his claws. However, in Amazing Animal Hunters, he is heard mumbling "I don't know" to Henry.

Episodes

All episodes are shown in the order that Disney Channel and Discovery Kids aired them.

Season 1 (1996)

1. Tropical Birds (scarlet macaw) – {{Start date|1996|4|16}}
2. Animal Disguises (chameleon) – {{Start date|1996|4|23}}
3. Nighttime Animals (springhare) – {{Start date|1996|4|30}}
4. Animal Appetites (king penguin) – {{Start date|1996|5|7}}
5. Animal Survivors (wolf) – {{Start date|1996|5|14}}
6. Animal Senses (cat) – {{Start date|1996|5|21}}
7. Animal Weapons (goat) – {{Start date|1996|5|28}}
8. Animal Builders (North American beaver) – {{Start date|1996|6|4}}
9. Armored Animals (tortoise) – {{Start date|1996|6|11}}
10. Mini Beasts (tarantula) – {{Start date|1996|6|18}}
11. Animal Babies (puppy, kitten, duckling) – {{Start date|1996|6|25}}
12. Poisonous Animals (Gila monster) – {{Start date|1996|7|2}}
13. Animal Journeys (camel) – {{Start date|1996|7|9}}

Season 2 (1997)

1. Birds of Prey (vulture) – {{Start date|1997|4|15}}
2. Desert Animals (dromedary camel) – {{Start date|1997|4|22}}
3. Scary Animals (tarantula) – {{Start date|1997|4|29}}
4. Animal Records (tortoise, rabbit) – {{Start date|1997|5|6}}
5. Animal Colors (golden pheasant) – {{Start date|1997|5|13}}
6. Animal Mothers (lioness) – {{Start date|1997|5|20}}
7. Animal Pets (Puli) – {{Start date|1997|5|27}}
8. Seashore Animals (pelican) – {{Start date|1997|6|3}}
9. Animal Families (ducks) – {{Start date|1997|6|10}}
10. Endangered Animals (Bengal tiger) – {{Start date|1997|6|17}}
11. An Animal Year (red squirrel) – {{Start date|1997|6|24}}
12. Prehistoric Animals (crocodile) – {{Start date|1997|7|1}}
13. Monkeys and Apes (mandrill) – {{Start date|1997|7|8}}

Season 3 (1998)

1. Animal Hunters (golden eagle) – {{Start date|1998|4|14}}
2. Animal Talk (dog) – {{Start date|1998|4|21}}
3. Slimy Animals (apple snail) – {{Start date|1998|4|28}}
4. Rainforest Animals (scarlet macaw) – {{Start date|1998|5|5}}
5. Animal Acrobats (chimpanzee, sea lion, wallaby) – {{Start date|1998|5|12}}
6. Underwater Animals (fish) – {{Start date|1998|5|19}}
7. Animal Neighbors (rabbit) – {{Start date|1998|5|26}}
8. Giant Animals (Great Dane) – {{Start date|1998|6|2}}
9. Creepy Crawly Animals (grasshopper) – {{Start date|1998|6|9}}
10. Farm Animals (cow, sheep) – {{Start date|1998|6|16}}
11. Animal Changes (lion cub, lioness) – {{Start date|1998|6|23}}
12. Extinct Animals (footprints) – {{Start date|1998|6|30}}
13. Animal Eggs (egg) – {{Start date|1998|7|7}}

Season 4 (1999)

1. Around the World Animals (red kangaroo, monarch butterfly) – {{Start date|1999|4|13}}
2. Polar Animals (Arctic hare) – {{Start date|1999|4|20}}
3. Clever Animals (dolphin) – {{Start date|1999|4|27}}
4. Underground Animals (rabbit) – {{Start date|1999|5|4}}
5. Animal Helpers (llama) – {{Start date|1999|5|11}}
6. Woodland Animals (giant panda) – {{Start date|1999|5|18}}
7. Mountain Animals (St. Bernard (dog)) – {{Start date|1999|5|25}}
8. Backyard Animals (mockingbird) – {{Start date|1999|6|1}}
9. Tiny Animals (ant) – {{Start date|1999|6|8}}
10. Animal Partners (white horse) – {{Start date|1999|6|15}}
11. Scaly Animals (crocodile) – {{Start date|1999|6|22}}
12. River Animals (beaver) – {{Start date|1999|6|29}}
13. Animal Flight (ladybug) – {{Start date|1999|7|6}}

Merchandise

Some merchandise was also released during the activity of the series. An educational computer game was also released with the television show. A board game known as The Really Amazing Animal Game was also sold but was shortly discontinued.

External links

• [https://digiguide.tv/season.asp?id=327296&sid=all List of episodes as digiguide.tv]

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