The Tiki Room Birds are a group of characters from Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. They are the performers at the Tiki Room, singing songs to please the Tiki Gods and to entertain the passing guests.
Background[]
The Tiki Birds migrated to the Tiki Room somewhere in the Polynesian islands, where they gained the ability to speak.
Birds[]
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| Buddy | The Enchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever! | ||
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Claude | Claude and Clyde Birdbrain are a pair of toucans in the pre-show at the Magic Kingdom. They tell the story of how they discovered the Tiki Room by traveling through the Jungle Cruise. Claude is the posh and proper one, while Clyde is the dim and casual one. They were played by Sebastian Cabot and Dallas McKennan, respectively. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
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Clyde | Claude and Clyde Birdbrain are a pair of toucans in the pre-show at the Magic Kingdom. They tell the story of how they discovered the Tiki Room by traveling through the Jungle Cruise. Claude is the posh and proper one, while Clyde is the dim and casual one. They were played by Sebastian Cabot and Dallas McKennan, respectively. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
| Collette | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
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| Fifi | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
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Fritz | Fritz is the red and white parrot with a German accent. He is the most jovial and bousterious member of the group, laughing and making many jokes and puns when he speaks, even in serious situations. He was played by Thurl Ravenscroft. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
| Gigi | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
| Han’oli | Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo Mai! | ||
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José | José is the de-facto leader of the group, beginning the show when the cast member wakes him up. He is the red, green, yellow, blue, and white parrot with a Mexican accent. He’s a little lazy, lamenting that his siestas keep getting shorter with every show, but is happy to entertain the guests. José was played by Wally Boag. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
| Josephine | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
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Juan the Barker Bird | Juan the Barker Bird stood outside of the attraction, telling guests to come to the attraction. He was a blue and white parrot with a straw hat, collar, and bowtie. He was played by Wally Boag, using the same Mexican accent he used for José. A replica of Juan sits at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California. The replica was played by Bill Farmer. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
| Lava | The Enchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever! | ||
| Mahina | Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo Mai! | ||
| Manu | A paranoid worry-wart who was a master of ceremonies for the TIki Room c. 2002. | Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo Mai! | |
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Michael | Michael is the green, yellow, and white parrot with an British accent. He is the most straightlaced of the group, not cracking as many jokes as his co-hosts and warning everyone of the Tiki god’s wrath. Michael was played by Fulton Burley when speaking and Bill Lee when singing. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
| Mimi | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
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Pierre | Pierre is the blue, red, and white parrot with a French accent. He is the romantic one, flirting with the showgirl birds when they descend and apologizing to a woman he felt that he whistled at. Pierre was played by Ernie Newton when speaking and Bill Lee when singing in the original attraction. He was played by Jerry Orbach in Under New Management. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room |
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Rosita | Rosita was once one of the showgirl birds, until she decided to go solo. She sits on top of a pile of her luggage at The Tropical Hideaway, waiting for a boat from the Jungle Navigation Company to pick her up. José wonders what happened to her, when the rest of the girls perform. Her voice actress is Yeni Alvarez. | Tropical Hideaway |
| Scats | The Enchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever! | ||
| Suzette | A white macaw who was one of the Showgirl Birds. | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | |
| Waha Nui | A boisterous, joking master of ceremonies c. 2002. | Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo Mai! |
Others[]
| Image | Character | Description | Appearances |
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Barker Bird | The Barker Bird was a counterpart to Juan the Barker Bird who was also found in Walt Disney World's Adventureland. This bird was a green macaw with a nautical tattoo, peg-leg, eyepatch and pirate's hat which was located outside of the Castillo del Morro fortress at the entrance to Pirates of the Caribbean. It served the same function as Juan while quoting the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and singing, "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me" as, "Yo Ho (A Parrot's life for me)". | Pirates of the Caribbean |
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Iago | Iago was the partial owner of the Tiki Room, wanting to change it to become more hip and trendy. He didn’t care about the threats of the Tiki gods, until Uh-Oa unleashed his wrath upon him. He was played by Gilbert Gottfried, reprising his role from Aladdin. | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom
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| Morris | Morris and William are two agent birds that were in the pre-show. They represented Iago and Zazu, each getting them partial ownership of the Tiki Room. They were played by Phil Hartman and Don Rickles, respectively. | Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) | |
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Orange Bird | The Florida Orange Bird was never a part of the Tiki Room, but his placement in Adventureland at the Magic Kingdom ties him close with the Tiki Room. In Disney Kingdoms: Enchanted Tiki Room, he auditioned to take José’s place when he went solo. He was turned down, due to his inability to talk or sing. | Sunshine Tree Terrace |
| William | Morris and William are two agent birds that were in the pre-show. They represented Iago and Zazu, each getting them partial ownership of the Tiki Room. They were played by Phil Hartman and Don Rickles, respectively. | Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) | |
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Zazu | Zazu was the partial owner of the TIki Room, wanting to keep the Tiki gods happy and keeping the show the way it was. He was played by Michael Gough, voice matching Rowan Atkinson from the Lion King. | Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) |
Groups[]
The Masters of Ceremonies were José, Michael, Pierre and Fritz.
The Showgirl Birds come down on a bird mobile in the middle of the room. They are white cockatoos with French names - Collette, Suzette, Mimi, Gigi, Fifi, and Josephine. In Aloha E Komo Mai!, they wear Stitch ears when they come down and sing.
Eight macaws, twelve toucans, six cockatoos, nine forktails, and an assortment of other birds make up the glee club and the rest of the bird chorus.
Appearances and allusions[]
Club 33[]
During the Tiki Takeover event, wooden carvings of a showgirl bird and Jose were added to the exterior of this club.[1]
Tropical Hideaway[]
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar[]
A letter from Jose to Trader Sam inquires on if Sam knows Rosita's whereabouts due to the birds of the Tiki Room trying to settle a bet.[2]
Tales from Adventureland[]
In these books, the Tiki Room is a sanctuary for the birds created by the Menehune to live free away from poachers, protected by the Tiki Gods.