Pappyland - Characters

Characters

Pappy Drewitt (Michael Cariglio) is an artist who loves to draw. The theme song suggests that he created Pappyland; although the episode "Grandpappy's Day for Drawing", which aired in 1997, suggests that Pappy's father, Grandpappy Drewitt (who was also played by Cariglio) created Pappyland rather than Pappy himself. He lives in Pappyland and has many friends who live there. A running gag in the series was that whenever he coloured the picture he drew earlier in the episode he would break one of his crayons. This was done so Pappy could teach kids that you don't have to throw away a crayon just because it breaks. On occasion, when he colored in the picture, he also went outside the lines, thus teaching kids that it's all right to go outside the lines when coloring. In the original VHS, he was portrayed as a hillbilly.

Elmer (Joe Cariglio) is an old, wisecracking man who sits in a rocking chair on Pappy's desk. He tells a lot of jokes to Pappy. At the beginning and end of mostly every episode, he would shout "Hey, sonny! Don't you know what time it is?", indicating that it was time to say hello to everyone, or that it was time to leave. He smoked a pipe in the original VHS.

Binky is a talking paintbrush that lives in Pappy's cabin. He likes to paint pictures.

Lily is a talking flower who originally lived in a flower field, but later lived in Pappy's Cabin.

Mailbird (Ted Long) is a bird who appeared in later seasons of the show. He delivered Pappy's mail and often crashed into his cabin when doing so. He was very disorganized, but Pappy later helped him get organized.

Sing-a-Song Sam (Michael Curley, born in Syracuse, New York) is a singer who in most episodes sang a song about the lesson learned in the episode.

Buddy Bear (Ted Long) is a bear who loves honey. He lives in a cave in Pencil Point. Like Pappy, he likes to draw, and would sometimes draw for the home viewers in situations where Pappy encountered a problem he couldn't get out of. He has a pen pal named Elizabeth who is hearing impaired.

Chucky Woodchuckles (Peter Johanns voiced as fill in for a few episodes) is a beaver who wore glasses and a propeller hat (though in the intro, he is seen without them). He lives in a dam. He is very friendly but tended to lose things he borrowed from others, such as Pappy's crayons. Pappy taught him about responsibility by way of hiding his heart medication (Chucky suffered from valvular heart disease) until he gave the crayons back.

Tree-O are a group of three trees that lived in a forest. They didn't appear in later episodes, as they were replaced by Woody.

Woody is a tree that lived at the entrance of Pappyland. He once thought he had no friends, but Pappy cheered him up by drawing a picture of him. He appeared in the original VHS, and sang the song "Did you ever Wanna be". He is the only character besides Pappy, Elmer, and Grandpappy to appear in the actual show, but he didn't appear until later episodes.

Pumpkin Pop and Pumpkid are father and son pumpkins that lived on a cart next to Woody.

Turtle Lou (Gabriel Velez) is an Italian anthropomorphic turtle who lives by a river on the path to pencil point. He likes to fish. He originally appeared to look like a non-anthropomorphized regular turtle. Pappy called him "Turtle Louie"

Doodlebug is a bug who was introduced in later episodes. He tries to stump Pappy by doodling something for Pappy to finish. Pappy, however, always wins.

Duggan is a small parrot who appeared in a few episodes. He is usually unjustifiably angry and sometimes violent towards the other residents of Pappyland. A drawing or soothing talk from Pappy often placates him, but more often he uses it as an excuse to criticize Pappy.

Grandpappy Drewitt is a painting of Pappy's father and Snacker Jack's uncle. He also appeared in the original VHS.

Fur Bear was a skinny bear who lived in Pappyland in the original VHS. He spent his whole hibernation riding an elephant.

McBride was a pirate who lived in a ship in a bottle in the original VHS. He is currently searching for his pirate captain, Captain Jack.

Fishface was a mean-spirited fish that Pappy eventually won over with his kindness and drawing. He lived in the lake near Turtle Lou and did appear in later episodes.

Snacker Jack Drewitt is Pappy's cousin and Grandpappy's nephew who appeared in the episode "Snacker Jack and the Snack Attack". At first all he eats is junk food, but Pappy talks him into eating healthy food.

Uncle Tony is Turtle Lou's uncle that appears in the episode "Turtle Lou visits Italy".

Donkey Dan is a donkey that lives in a stable.

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