PERFORMER | Jovian (lemur) 1999-2014 |
Gordon Robertson Voice/Puppetry | |
DEBUT | 1999 |
Zoboomafoo, a.k.a. Zoboo, is the main protagonist character of the series of the same name. He is a sifaka lemur voiced and performed by Canadian puppeteer Gord Robertson.
Trivia[]
- Zoboomafoo usually doesn't talk until he eats a snack (such as kiwi, grapes, bananas, papayas, walnuts, mangoes, and celery).
- He also invented Zobooland, a place where almost anything is possible. He is also the caretaker of Zobooland and keeps the peace as Zoboo the Super Lemur. His best friends in Zobooland include Sensit, Snow Lemur, Slimantha, Narchi, Gooble, Bugly, Noggindrill, and Wiggy Waxwing.
- Known for being funny, Zoboomafoo often has trouble with power tools and occasionally makes his own inventions. Making many friends along his journey of animal discovery, he made friends with animals such as Toothbrush the Asian elephant, Moonface the barn owl, Shark the chameleon, Jagwater the jaguar, Snowstorm the snow leopard, Brainiac the chimpanzee, and Splish and Splash the penguins. He also has an arch-rival named "The Itch" that hung over Animal Junction in the first season and can only be repelled by the ancient Malagasy chant: