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Do your kids know that Justin is Mr Tumble?

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OhWhatAPalaver · 10/01/2019 17:02

My partner unintentionally broke the news to my 7 year old dd that Justin does Mr Tumble and all the other characters in Something Special. She had no idea. Is my 7 year old unusual in this respect? As my partner was flabbergasted that she didn't realise. He thinks that surely all children know this. I think he is being a bit presumptuous. Would be interested to know what others think!

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VforVienetta · 10/01/2019 17:02

My 7yo thinks they're all different.... Hmm

ILoveMaxiBondi · 10/01/2019 17:04

Mine are older now, (youngest is 9) but they didn’t know when smaller that it was the same man playing all the characters. I think my oldest was maybe 7/8ish when he realised grandad was Justin and then he worked out the rest pretty quickly.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 10/01/2019 17:04

And then he told his brother Hmm

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DappledThings · 10/01/2019 17:15

My nearly 3 year old refers to both Justin and Mr Tumble as Mr Tumble

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OhWhatAPalaver · 10/01/2019 18:44

I'm glad it's not just my 7 year old! I can now gleefully inform him that he is wrong Grin

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Hissy · 10/01/2019 18:46

Do they know he’s Shaun the Sheep?...

PhilomenaButterfly · 10/01/2019 18:51

Hang on - Justin's Shaun the Sheep??????!!!!!!!!! Xmas Shock

LoisLittsLover · 10/01/2019 18:53

My dd knew at 3 that he is the same. But she is quite logical and doesn't 'believe' in much iyswim

AlbusPercival · 10/01/2019 18:54

DS is two, he refers to all characters played by Justin as mr tumblr

SarahAndQuack · 10/01/2019 18:55

Mine does, but because she's at the other end of it. She's nearly 2 and simply doesn't understand they're meant to be different.

justunbelieveable · 10/01/2019 18:56

I found out when I met him when I was younger and he was introduced as Justin - the guy who plays mr tumble 😭

silkpyjamasallday · 10/01/2019 18:56

2 yo DD calls Justin 'Mr Tumble' regardless of his outfit.

icantthinkofamnusername · 10/01/2019 19:01

Dd1 was about 7 when she realised. She was watching it with dd2 when she said ‘Mummy Mr Tumble looks like justin’ I kinda confirmed it.

Justin is appearing in The Worst Witch too. He did the voice for Jake and Doodles in the Tweenies.

DoneLikeAKipper · 10/01/2019 19:01

My 3 year old calls any version of him Mr Tumble.

I recently found out he does some of the voices of the Vtech Toot Toot (and others I think) toys. I knew there was a reason they annoyed me whenever they go off...

SneakyGremlins · 10/01/2019 19:03

He's Shaun the sheep?????

Awrite · 10/01/2019 19:04

When she was younger, my now teenage daughter would not accept Justin was Mr Tumble. She just refused to believe us when we mentioned it.

I don't think it's obvious to children.

strawberrypenguin · 10/01/2019 19:07

My 2.5 year old has already worked it out. Every time he sees Justin he calls him 'Mr Tumble' no matter what he's dressed up as/being himself.
I think my oldest worked it out when he was 4 or 5.

Stormwhale · 10/01/2019 19:29

It blew dd's mind when I explained about gigglebiz.

scrivette · 10/01/2019 19:37

He has an MBE Smile

I think my 3 year old worked out they were all the same people.

Sosomego · 10/01/2019 19:42

My 6 year old says that Justin and Mr Tumble are brothers. I just nod and agree

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OhWhatAPalaver · 10/01/2019 19:43

Interestingly it seems quite a mixed bag. Some totally unaware and others aware straight away. My 7 year old is incredibly literal and can be quite naive so I'm expecting her to believe in everything for quite some time!

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Whyislarryhappy · 10/01/2019 21:08

My ds is 3yo but ocked on when he was 2 that Justin played the tumble family. But in gigglebiz he doesn't recognise all if them as Justin. Mind you, few weeks a go someone was collecting for charity in a big minion suit and i pointed out to him "look there's a minion over there" my ds just laughed and said "mummy your silly. That's not real. That's a person dressed like a minion"/Shock I was so shocked!

socktastic · 10/01/2019 21:23

My 2 year old shouts out Mr tumble whenever he sees Justin. Doesn't matter what the show is.

Easylikeasonntagmorgan · 10/01/2019 21:26

My 4 year old thinks that Mr Tumble dresses up as Justin Grin