Characters in Maths Puppet World - Authority figures

The authority figures in the Maths Puppets world are not allowed to make mistakes. After all, we wouldn’t want the children who are watching and learning maths from the puppets to learn something that was wrong. However, sometimes it is useful to show how not to do something. Since neither the Teacher nor the Wizard are able to do this, Maths Puppets has enlisted the capabilitites of Mike, who is an orangutan. He doesn’t do maths properly, he makes mistakes at every turn and acts as a foil for the authority figures, who can then show the right way to do the calculations. Naturally, Mike is never punished or mocked for getting his maths wrong (who could ever be unnpleasant to such an attractive character as Mike?) so children can see that it’s OK to get things wrong... as long as you put them right when you learn how.