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The title character of the show. He is a green gecko with purple spots.

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The title titular character of the show. He is a green gecko with purple spots.

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** "Rats!" in repsonse to his reports getting trashed by the narrator.



-->'''Henry:''' Are you kidding? What if us lizards become extinct, too? Ever since the dinosaurs went, we've been kinda sensitive about that sort of stuff!''

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-->'''Henry:''' Are you kidding? What if us lizards become extinct, too? Ever since the dinosaurs went, we've been kinda sensitive about that sort of stuff!''stuff!
* SqueamishAboutSlaughter: Downplayed. Henry often gets upset by some of the harsher facts of nature, especially where predators and prey are concerned. Even so, both he and the narrator understand that the predators aren't doing it for fun and have to do what they do to live.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: ''Scary Animals'' reveals that Henry is an arachnophobe, showing an intense fear/disgust towards spiders.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has an intense fear/disgust towards spiders that reoccurs through the series. ''Scary Animals'' reveals that Henry is firmly estabishes him as an arachnophobe, showing an intense fear/disgust towards spiders.arachnophobe.

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* AudienceSurrogate: Henry serves as this to the younger audience, asking questions that help to inform the viewers.
* BigEater: Henry is noted to have a huge appetite, which

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* AudienceSurrogate: Henry serves Serves as this to the younger audience, asking questions that help allows the narrator to inform both him and the viewers.
viewer. Some of his questions are as silly as ones a kid would ask, such as asking why animals don't just go the supermarket.
* BigEater: Henry is noted to have Has a huge appetite, appetite for things like pizza and chocolate, which the narrator is quick to poke fun at him for.



* Cowboy: Henry plays the role in ''Animal Partners'', as a lonesome cowboy in search of a partner/horse.

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* Cowboy: Henry plays KnowNothingKnowItAll: Emphasized in his "special reports", where he usually gets the role in ''Animal Partners'', as a lonesome cowboy in search of a partner/horse.facts completely wrong and has to be corrected by the narrator.



* SpoiledSweet: Henry is far from bratty, but he tends to view nature through the filter of modern convenience as a kid would do, such as asking why animals just don't go the supermarket.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Henry serves as this to the younger audience, asking questions that help to inform the viewers.
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* LoveableLizard: Naturally.

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* LoveableLizard: LovableLizard: Naturally.

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* BigEater: Henry is noted to have a huge appetite, which
* CatchPhrase: "Excuse me, but that's amazing!" in response to a particularly cool animal fact.



* LoveableLizard: Naturally.
* MilesGloriosus: Henry tends to overestimate his abilities/smarts, which lands him in trouble. Emphasised in ''Armored Animals'' where his taunting a rhino leads to him getting tossed through the air for his trouble.
* NewJobsAsThePlotDemands: In later seasons, Henry went through a lot of different jobs, including a chef in ''Animal Appetites'', a mountaineer guide in ''Mountain Animals'' and so on.



-->'''Henry:''' Are you kidding? what if us lizards become extinct too? Ever since the dinosaurs went, we've been kinda sensitive about that sort of stuff!''

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-->'''Henry:''' Are you kidding? what What if us lizards become extinct extinct, too? Ever since the dinosaurs went, we've been kinda sensitive about that sort of stuff!''stuff!''
* SpoiledSweet: Henry is far from bratty, but he tends to view nature through the filter of modern convenience as a kid would do, such as asking why animals just don't go the supermarket.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Wise Guy to the narrator's Straight Man. As he himself puts it, "I do the jokes around here!"
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Pizza.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: ''Scary Animals'' reveals that Henry is an arachnophobe, showing an intense fear/disgust towards spiders.



* DeadpanSnarker: Wastes no time in marking sarcastic remarks at Henry's expense.



** In ''Mountain Animals'', Henry's [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequenceAltitude Sickness]] leads him to see the Narrator as a pink dinosaur with yellow spots.]]

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** In ''Mountain Animals'', Henry's [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequenceAltitude Sickness]] [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequence altitude sickness]] leads him to see the Narrator as a pink dinosaur with yellow spots.]] ]]
* OnlySaneMan: Is quick to point out where Henry is wrong or if his plans won't work.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Straight Man to Henry's Wise Guy.
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* Cowboy: Henry plays the role in ''Animal Partners'', as a lonesome cowboy in search of a partner/horse.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Henry tends to be so quite a lot, a notable example being an entire museum dedicated to him in ''Extinct Animals''. Henry seems to have a bit of a reason for this, however.
-->'''Henry:''' Are you kidding? what if us lizards become extinct too? Ever since the dinosaurs went, we've been kinda sensitive about that sort of stuff!''
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A collie that had a main role in ''Animal Helpers''. After Henry hears about Goody likely being the winner of the most [[HeroicDoghelpful animal of the year]] award, with prizes of a [[TickertapeParadeparade]] and pizza feed, Henry starts to be helpful to snag the award.

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A collie that had a main role in ''Animal Helpers''. After Henry hears about Goody likely being the winner of the most [[HeroicDoghelpful [[HeroicDog helpful animal of the year]] award, with prizes of a [[TickertapeParadeparade]] [[TickertapeParade parade]] and pizza feed, Henry starts to be helpful to snag the award.



* Exactlywhatitsaysonthetin: '''Good'''ie.

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* Exactlywhatitsaysonthetin: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: '''Good'''ie.
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A collie that had a main role in ''Animal Helpers''. After Henry hears about Goody likely being the winner of the most [[HeroicDoghelpful animal of the year]] award, with prizes of a [[Tickertapeparadeparade]] and pizza feed, Henry starts to be helpful to snag the award.

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A collie that had a main role in ''Animal Helpers''. After Henry hears about Goody likely being the winner of the most [[HeroicDoghelpful animal of the year]] award, with prizes of a [[Tickertapeparadeparade]] [[TickertapeParadeparade]] and pizza feed, Henry starts to be helpful to snag the award.

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** In ''Mountain Animals'', Henry's [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequence]]Altitude Sickness leads him to see the Narrator as a pink dinosaur with yellow spots.]]

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** In ''Mountain Animals'', Henry's [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequence]]Altitude Sickness [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequenceAltitude Sickness]] leads him to see the Narrator as a pink dinosaur with yellow spots.]]



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A collie that had a main role in ''Animal Helpers''. After Henry hears about Goody likely being the winner of the most [[HeroicDoghelpful animal of the year]] award, with prizes of a [[Tickertapeparadeparade]] and pizza feed, Henry starts to be helpful to snag the award.
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* Exactlywhatitsaysonthetin: '''Good'''ie.
* HeroicDog: Goodie's overall personality.

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!!Minor/Supporting Characters
[[folder: Beany (Horse]]
A horse that had a main role in ''Animal Partners''. He also made a cameo appearance in ''Animals Around the World'', as one of the guests to Henry's party.
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[[/folder]]*TheFaceless: Akin to other Narrators, even those that communicate with other show characters, the Narrator is never seen in person. There are some dubious 'close spots' though -
**In ''Animals Around the World'', Henry is reading through a picture album, and the narrator asks Henry if he has a photo of him [the narrator] in there. Henry is sure, but he thinks he got his thumb in it, to the narrator's disgruntlement.
**In ''Mountain Animals'', Henry's [[spoiler:[[DisneyFeverDreamSequence]]Altitude Sickness leads him to see the Narrator as a pink dinosaur with yellow spots.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Excuse me, but that's amazing!]]-->'''Voiced by:''' Eric Meyers

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[[caption-width-right:300:Excuse me, but that's amazing!]]-->'''Voiced amazing!]]
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!Main Characters
[[folder: Henry the Gecko]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Excuse me, but that's amazing!]]-->'''Voiced by:''' Eric Meyers
The title character of the show. He is a green gecko with purple spots.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Tom Clarke-Hill in the US Dub, Nigel Greaves in the UK dub.

The narrator of the show, and one of the main characters.
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