Mr. Tickle

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Cover of Mr. Tickle, 1971

Mr. Tickle is one of the fictional characters from the Mr Men series by Roger Hargreaves. He was the first Mr Man and was created when Roger's 8-year-old son, Adam, asked, "What does a tickle look like?" Like all Mr Men, Mr. Tickle has a simplistic look. He is orange with long arms and a small blue hat.

He is one of the most popular of the Mr Men.

In 2001, for the 30th anniversary of the Mr Men, Mr. Tickle's book was released as a collector's edition hardback. It included a foreword from Adam Hargreaves.

1 Story
2 International publications & translations
3 List of characters
4 Title character other appearances
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Story

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Mr. Tickle's story begins with him in bed and making himself breakfast without getting up because of his "extraordinarily long arms". He then decides that it is a tickling sort of day and so goes around town tickling people - a teacher, a policeman, a greengrocer, a station guard, a doctor, a butcher and a postman. The book ends with a warning that Mr. Tickle could be lurking around your doorway, waiting to tickle you.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] International publications & translations

Mr. Tickle appears under the titles Monsieur Chatouille (French), Don Cosquillas (Spanish), Mr. Goglais (Welsh), Unser Herr Killekille (German), Meneertje Kietel (Dutch), Ο Κύριος Γαργαλίτσας (Greek), 搔癢先生 (Taiwan), 간지럼씨 (Korean), Fætter Kilderik (Danish).

[edit] List of characters

This is a list of Mr. Men, Little Miss and other special characters that appear in this book.

Mr. Stamp
School Teacher
Policeman
Greengrocer
Railway Station Guard
Doctor
Butcher (Mentioned but not seen)

[edit] Title character other appearances

Mr. Tickle also featured in some of the other books, such as Little Miss Magic. In her story, she reduces his arms to normal length so he can no longer be annoying and tickle anyone. She eventually gives him his arms back when he begs for forgiveness and promises to reduce his actions to one tickle a day. However, he gets his revenge as soon as he is out of the room with his long arms and uses his one tickle for the day on her.

Mr.Tickle also appears in: