Igglepiggle (played by Nick Kellington) is a blue teddy bear-like creature with a bean-shaped head, a doll-like nose, a sideways red mohawk and average-sized legs. He always carries his red blanket and tends to fall flat on his back when surprised. He is the main character of the show. He arrives in the Night Garden at the beginning of each episode and leaves the Night Garden at the end of each episode in a boat-like bed for himself, for which the blanket doubles and serves as a sail. Igglepiggle does not speak, but he has a bell in his left foot, a squeaker in his tummy and a rattle in his left hand. His best friends in the garden are Upsy Daisy, the Tombliboos and Makka Pakka. He is the only character not to sleep in the show (with one exception and apart from one time when he fell and fell asleep on Upsy Daisy's Bed) because he sometimes needs to find his boat; he sleeps on his boat instead of in a bed. He is the only character to walk on the Stepping Stone Path and in the Garden and the only character to ride in two carriages of the Ninky Nonk. Igglepiggle is not a native of the Garden but a tourist. He was first featured in the episode "Makka Pakka Washes Faces", his song was "Yes My Name is Igglepiggle", which had the same tune as the show's theme.