Edison is a firefly who appears to be a friend of Leap and Lily. He was voiced by Ron Seawright in 1999-2001, then Michael Mendelsohn in 2001-05, Doug Boyd for the My First LeapPad game, "Once Upon a Rhyme", and Robert Klein in 2007. He is the pet of Professor Quigley.
Skills
He is a wielder of magic and can do many things such as teleport himself, and others, along with summoning and changing various objects around him. He also teaches people life skills such as counting and spelling.
Physical Appearance
He wears a green shirt in 1999-2007, then he is redesigned and wears a purple jacket under a red shirt and white boots in 2009. His skin tone was originally yellow but was changed in 2009 to purple.
List of Appearances
Videos
- Math Adventure To The Moon - Sends Leap and Lily on a trip to the moon
- Let's Go to School - Aids Leap and Lily on their first days in school
- Numbers Ahoy - Helps Leap and Lily learn to count by going in the ocean
- A Tad of Christmas Cheer - Acts as the one spirit in the story, replacing the three spirits of the original movie this is based off of.
Games
Books
- Leap into Learning (debut; "Things We Do At Home")
- Leap's Friends From A to Z
- The Birthday Hunt
- The Great Dune Buggy Race
- Leap Tries Again
- Leap to the Moon
- Learning Letters & Sounds
- Lil Can't Miss
- A to Z Adventure!
Toys
- Alphabet Pal Caterpillar - Introduces the alphabet song
Trivia
- He is named after the inventor, Thomas Edison. He even says so in his first video appearance, A Tad of Christmas Cheer.
Gallery
General
With Leap reading a book
Learning with Leap/Rabbit River
His introduction
Math Adventure To The Moon
On the way to the spaceship
He uses magic to change into a spacesuit
Explaining how to start the ship
Ship is ready
Numbers Ahoy
He arrives un-announced
He has teleported inside the hourglass
Fell in the fishbowl by accident.
He uses magic on the kids to help them with counting
He finds a bean in his pocket
They enter the portal into the ocean
Eddison uses his magic wand
They celebrate
Eddison and Scout are about to bury the bean
The Amazing Alphabet Amusement Park
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Edison gets a relief after he has been freed
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Sings Big Letter Little Letter song with Tad, Lily and Scout
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Tries to get free from the cotton candy after the Ferris-Wheel lights up
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Edison meets Allistar
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A Tad of Christmas Cheer
Edison comes out of a portal from the trash can
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Edison uses his magic to transport Tad to other locations
They find Professor Quigley
He throws a ball of magic to try to transport Tad back home
Edison tries to calm himself down after realizing that they maybe stuck forever