Talk:Giggles/@comment-4643078-20190817014258

I realize some promotional material refers to Giggles as male, such as the JumpStart Previews from the late 90s. However, I am still under the impression that, when the game was originally released in 1996, the character was intended to be female. The game's manual clearly refers to Giggles as female, this is copy-pasted from the manual:

"Listen to the cheerful song as Giggles welcomes your child to each play area.

To hear Giggles' instructions again, simply click the mouse on Giggles or on the spot where she appeared.

In each play area, follow the instructions Giggles provides. If you do nothing, Giggles will prompt you. If you wait up to two minutes, she will take you somewhere else to play."

Personally I'm more inclined to go by the game's manual, because it was released directly with the game, and also, JumpStart promotional material tends to be really inaccurate. I mean, for what it's worth, that same set of previews that refers to Giggles as "he" also has a preview for the original release of JumpStart 1st Grade, and that preview has an image of Frankie in red vest, which doesn't match how he appears in that game at all.