“ | That's a right, girls; put your beaks up, push your feathers up, and a smile. Eccellente! (Translation: Excellent!) And now, standing on a one leg, thank you - No, left a leg, Mirabelle! And a hold... Perfetto! (Translation: Perfect!) | „ |
~ Isabel, teaching her students how to use their leg standing properly. |
Isabel the Flamingo is a pink flamingo who lives in the African landscape.
Physical Appearance
Like most flamingos in the series, Isabel has a plumage of pink feathers, an orange beak, and light pink wings.
Originally, Isabel was introduced in Season 1 of the series where she had no eyelashes and her design was identical to that of the standard incidental flamingos. However, starting in Season 2, Isabel retains the same appearance she had in the first season. Unlike in the first season, Isabel is given eyelashes located above her eyes whereas unlike in the first season, she does not have any eyelashes. This was likely done to make it look like Isabel is a female flamingo.
Personality
Isabel mostly serves as an instructor to her students Mirabelle or Annebelle often inhabiting Waterlily Lake. Isabel speaks with an Italian accent and occasionally says words in Italian. Despite her kind personality, Isabel occasionally shows a rather mean or bossy personality to her students and other animals. However, other occasions would often show Isabel with a helpful personality while others often show her busy chatting with Annabelle and Mirabelle and occasionally she would appear with them in groups. Despite her personality, Isabel does not count as a genuine villain but rather an anti-heroine.
Appearances
Season 1
- The Story of Molly and Nathalie (first appearance, no lines)
- The Story of Herbert's Birthday Party
Season 2
- The Story of the Dawn Chorus (singing lines only)
- The Story of Isabel the Flamingo
- The Story of Seamus the Stork (one rarely heard line only)
- The Story of Herbert's Peaceful Day (one speaking line)
Season 3
Season 4
- The Story of the Flamingo Festival
- The Story of Ronald and His Boulders (no lines)
- The Story of the Savannah Craze
- The Story of the Jungle Ball
Gallery
Animation
Trivia
- Isabel is the first character to have a redesign starting in Season 2.
- Isabel originally did not have eyelashes starting in Season 1. However, beginning in Season 2, Isabel was given eyelashes, making her one of the characters to receive a redesign in a later season.
- She has a dancing partner named Seamus in Episode 18.
- She and Pauline are friends.
- Isabel occasionally shows a very bossy personality to the other animals and eventually Pauline as revealed in Episode 32. However, she does not count as a villain. She is instead counted as an anti-heroine.
- Isabel is the second character to speak with a foreign accent besides English, Scottish, and Irish. The first is Jazz (Hispanic) and the third is Hercule Mustache (French).
- Isabel was voiced by Adrienne Posta.
- Isabel is based on a greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).