What is Uniqua
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If you’ve ever wondered what exactly Uniqua from The Backyardigans is, Blogging Baby has the answer. Uniqua is unique and doesn’t represent an actual animal.
But she’s … nothing. According to creator Janice Burgess, Uniqua is just her. “Uniqua is her name, and also her species – with her purple skin, pink spots, and dainty antennae, she doesn’t look like any other creature on the planet.”
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June 28th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Thank goodness I finally know what Uniqua is…I thought she was an aardvark…you’ve made my day!
September 26th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Oh wow I am glad to finally find out. I thought she was an alien.
September 28th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I have been wondering this for a very long time, my daughter loves that show. I thought she may have been a ant eater….LoL… I had no clue!
October 1st, 2006 at 6:59 pm
THANK YOU! I was thinking some kind of caterpillar / butterfly combo. I wanted to have an answer ready for when my kids asked!
October 7th, 2006 at 7:38 am
Thank you! I’m glad to find out what she is.I thought she was an ant.Glad i got that cleared up!
October 24th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
I was insisting to my mother that uniqua was an alien, she told me to look it up. I did and now I know, and I know im wrong hahaha. My son insists thought that she is an alien. Im glad someone was able to tell us. Thanks!!
November 2nd, 2006 at 6:35 am
I thought an ant at first then I thought maybe an alien…and the other day I asked my friend who’s daughter loves the show and she said she didn’t think she was anything…so she was right!
November 14th, 2006 at 10:14 am
I have been wondering that for a long time… i thought she was an alien!she does kinda resemble one!LOL
November 15th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
My husband and I have been watching this show since the beginning and we thought Uniqua might be either a salamander or a chameleon (because her clothes match her skin and she has antennae). I guess she is unique, but I am still convinced she is modeled on a salamander . . .
January 17th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
OH man it is SOOO good to know finally what she is. I watch this show with my daughter every day and I thought she was an alien. all my friends said ant!! It is GREAT to know and now i can go tell everyone she is nothing!
January 19th, 2007 at 11:41 am
One of those things where you say, ” I could have had a V-8″ because after getting the explanation it’s so obvious.
January 22nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
ya me and my family were wondering what she was…we thought she may be a ladybug(hense the dots and attennae) but ya i unno…
January 26th, 2007 at 12:08 am
My husband and I where trying to figure this out for a while. We settled on an ant yesterday.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I thought Uniqua was a pink ladybug w/ overalls. That sounds a little far fetched but so is a yellow hippo (Tasha) lol. My daughters love the show. Janice Burgess you are a genius.
February 19th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I alo thought she was a pink ladybug… I’m glad to know what she is. My two year old is hipnotized by the show, and I must say I enjoy it too. Better than Bananas in Pajamas.
February 21st, 2007 at 2:20 pm
My kids and I kept going back and forth about what she was. They said a pig, I thought she was an aardvark. My one year old loves the show.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Janice Burgess is a cop-out. This is the type of inconsistency in kid’s television that drives me crazy. Yes the song lyrics are always entertaining and the stories fairly engaging…but you’ve got four definable animal characters and one that’s clearly the result of “creative-block.” Most people’s guesses have been better than the unique creature concept that has been offered up. It would be one thing if Uniqua was the focal point of the show, or had a special ability, etc. As it is, I think someone just got lazy…. I do like the songs however. Backyardigans is no Sesame Street.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:19 pm
My girls asked me what she was and I thought she looked like an Ant. I told them I would find out and I did. Thanks. The internet is a wonderful thing for all those questions kids think up. LOL.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:59 am
It was bugging my wife and I just today. It was nice to find this Blog. I do think Shawn should calm down a tad. Janice was clearly creating a character to project her own desires for herself. She says as much in an interview.
April 18th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
My fiance is convenienced that Uniqua is an Alien CockRoach. He is from Brooklyn and says he knows one when he sees one…lol. Our 4 yr old loves the BackYardigans and the fact that Tasha has red shoes like she does!
April 20th, 2007 at 9:45 am
I think she was a salamander
April 20th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
My daughter loves the Backyardigans and so do I… And as much as I wondered what Uniqua was, I never brought it up with my daughter because the discussion would go on and on… Now we can settle for “She’s a nothing”.
And Shawn, take it easy. Backyardigans is the best show on TV in the past few years and thank God for it! Completely original, extremely amusing and educational. I can’t say one bad word about it.
May 6th, 2007 at 9:06 am
thank god i thought she was an alian or a pink whale shark, i told my daughter that she was nothin and she started crying she told me that i runed the show for her then i told her she can call it what ever she wants and she said yah i can call t a hippy bug and stsrted singing the backyardigans.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I’m so glad I finally know what she’s not…I guess I should say! lol..I’ve been wondering for the longest and I read somewhere they said she was a bug of some sort..
May 31st, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I thought she was an ant also…lol
June 4th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
WHA? WONDER PETS? I can’t stand a duck with a speech impediment. It drives me nuts. And the music is so UNORIGINAL! THere is more talent in ONE of the Backyardigan’s pinky, then the ALL of the Wonderpets and their stupid voices. Sorry, no offense, I’m just really passionate about this!
June 5th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I always thought that she was an ant put I would not use the frase “she is nothing…” I think she is one of the principals in the story. To prove that she appears in more episodes than Tasha and Austin.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:56 am
I always thought that she was an ant, but I would not use the frase “she is nothing…†I think she is one of the principals in the story. To prove that she appears in more episodes than Tasha and Austin
June 7th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
All of the above answers are wrong. Uniqua spelled backwards is Auqinu! Coincidence? A “Auqinu” is an ancient monster in which Freddy Kruger is based. If you allow our children to watch backyardagains their dreams will be haunted, and eventually Auqinu will eat their brains from the inside out.
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June 22nd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
My mom said that that was what she was. i wasn’t sure cause my 6 mo. old son watches it every morning. tahnks. now i know what she is. and for that person who said it will eat the chrildren’s brain inside out, u should find a hobby.
July 24th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Oh thank god. My wife and all the other parents were wondering the same thing everybody else was. I had no idea what she was.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Well I really understand the fact that they left one something that no one could figure out, one because it lets kids know that no matter what or where someone is from they are acceptable to be with, even if you have no clue where they are from.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:43 am
Wow! My children thought she was a butterfly without wings. The mystery is over!! My four year absolutely LOVES the Backyardigans. She can sing almost every song from both of the music cd’s. I think the Backyardigans encourages her creativity!! What a WONDERFUL show!!
August 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am
My social studies teacher has a daughter and he had my class do a test to find out what Uniqua was. But we all got it wrong and now i know why.
September 11th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
While I and my daughter love this show, I was really hoping Uniqua was an actual animal so I could tell my daughter and try to continually educate her. But we will keep watching. Great show and we LOVE all of the music and dancing. My daughter especially loves it and she’s only 10 months old!
September 24th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
That answer left me feeling empty and flat. There are a million animals in the world and you had to make one up?! what is this!?
October 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am
Amytwin1142… have to agree. A “unique” nothingness… let’s try explaining that to our kids….
October 15th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
count us in with salamander. LOL.
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October 29th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Thanks. My 5 year old asked me today, so I read him the post and we ended up talking about what makes her special.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I thought she was a lady bug with pink and purple spots, but then I thought she’s special look at her name.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
We all love Backyardigans in my house…and just because you cant explain something doesn’t make it wrong.our kids love the fact she is nothing makes her special
January 10th, 2008 at 1:44 am
My 4 year old decided a year ago that she was a salamander. He loves that show but also watches Animal planet quite frequently. He also says Austin is a Kangaroo…. but I think someone said it was a coyote?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:14 am
I think Uniqua is an imaginary friend!!
March 15th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Honestly, I didn’t care too much what she was…I LOVE THE SHOW!!! Oh yeah, and my 5 kids do too. My husband isn’t opposed to it either.
I figure if any kids (or parents for that matter) have issues with a “lack” of species for Uniqua, they can always let their kids research animals until they find one they are happy with. That allows an opportunity to teach them about many different animals as well.
And if they aren’t interested in going through that much trouble, they can always teach their children that new species of animals are STILL being discovered, and we have yet to discover around 3/4 of our ocean creatures. So why so difficult to accept a Uniqua as a species?
Did I mention I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!
March 29th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Has anyone ever seen Henriatta from the noggin commercials? The mole who hangs out with the moose and Zee? Uniqua kind of looks like her. With the ears (antennae) and tail.
I kind of agree with Shawn who says that just making her a “nothing” is inconsistent, when the other characters are totally recognizable. My child who watches the show, isn’t old enough to ask yet, but when she does, I want to give her a concrete answer, something better than, “Oh she’s nothing.”
May 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
my husband said this morning it was an ant or a beetle and was joking and said her name was uniqua so she was unique!! guess i was right.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:48 am
I am not kidding, but i have a friend named Uniqua, she is 14 yrs old, it is driving her crazy how janice thought of the name Uniqua, because she has never heard it before! lol! if anyone has the answer to my question, please answer, so i can tell her, or she can come to this website! lol! thank you!
July 10th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I thought she was either an ant or exactly as her name describes her, unique! My daughter loves the show we all do!