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Tunip is the Octonauts' head cook and gardener. He is a Vegimal, a half-animal, half-vegetable creature capable of breathing on land as well as underwater. Tunip is very childish and innocent, always wanting to help the Octonauts in any way he can. He is the smallest main character in the Octonauts crew. Aside from cooking the meals, Tunip works in the garden, cultivating vegetables he can use to cook meals. His two favorite meals are fish biscuits and kelp cakes.

Tunip, like all Vegimals, speaks Vegimalese, which appears to be a heavily-accented form of English with a few bits of gibberish added, which only Shellington can understand (sometimes). Since he was born, his first word was "Cheepa Cheepa!"

Shellington hatched the Vegimals himself, after he found strange eggs on the Octopod one winter. They hatched into the Vegimals we know today!

He may be cute, but sometimes he can get a little silly like all the Vegimals. For example, in some episodes, when something bad happens, Tunip faints (as do the other Vegimals at times). Of all the Vegimals, Tunip is the only one who is a main character. He seems to be the de facto leader of the Vegimals and the most mature of them. He was first seen born in A Vegimals Christmas where he was the main protagonist in the special. Like all the other Vegimals, Tunip loves to sing while he's working.

He and the Vegimals will be the main characters in the episode "The Bullfrogs" from Season 5.

In The Monster Digger, it is shown that he was buried under a pile of rocks and was rescued by a female Pangolin.

Other Outfits[]

  • Cooking apron
  • Chef's hat
  • Santa Claus hat: As seen in a dream towards the end A Very Vegimal Christmas

Abilities[]

  • Making food
  • Helping the Octonauts
  • Gardening
  • Harvesting seaweed
  • Playing with and tossing items
  • Swimming in water
  • Singing
  • Ability to breathe underwater
  • Building and organizing plans (Seen in the Very Vegimal Christmas)
  • Help Kwazii (Seen in the Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef)
  • Can say "Shellington" perfectly
  • Immune to jellyfish stings
  • Driving Gups
  • Collecting honey from beehives

Relationships[]

Tunip Relationships

Trivia[]

  • In Octonauts Explore the Great Big Ocean book and The Very Vegimal Christmas episode, it is revealed that he and the other Vegimals were found by Shellington as the eggs on the side of the Octopod. It was dangerous to keep the fish eggs outside, so he saved their lives by bringing them inside and took them to his lab to study.
  • Tunip’s hobbies in the books include: Cooking breakfast, eating kelp cakes, painting, baking, playing basketball with Dashi, preparing/tossing salads, playing miniature golf with Shellington, reading, riding the playground swings, picnicking, sharing food with others, gardening, looking at things with a magnifying glass, helping Tweak test new inventions, dancing to music with Captain Barnacles, helping Kwazii knit/crochet, sleeping alongside Shellington, embroidery, and eating cereal. Majority are only shown in the books.
  • Instruments Tunip plays include Cymbals, which is exclusive to the books.
  • Tunip was able to say Shellington's name perfectly in The Sea Snakes, The Barracudas, and The Immortal Jellyfish, as he usually refers to him as “Shellydo” instead.
  • It is revealed in The Lion's Mane Jellyfish that Tunip is immune to jellyfish stings, as they end up tickling him rather than hurting him.
  • Tunip, along with the other Vegimals, gradually talk more English as the show goes on.
  • He and the Vegimals learned how to be a pirate crew to help save Nico the baby sloth in The Pygmy Sloths.

Gallery[]


If you want to see more pictures of Tunip the Vegimal, see Tunip the Vegimal/Gallery.

Main Characters
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