Tanya, sometimes spelled Tania and commonly referred to as Jungle Tanya or Jungle Tania, is a reptile handler and party entertainer. She used to have a cat, but it is implied that the animal was killed or injured by some sort of reptile.
In "Fizbo", Jungle Tanya was hired by Claire and Phil Dunphy for their son Luke's birthday party. Prior to the party, she spoke to Phil outside the Dunphy house and Phil did not think that her reptiles were scary enough. Nevertheless, she was hired and entertained the kids at the party. Unfortunately, Luke's older sister Haley's boyfriend, Dylan Marshall started inadvertently flirting with her and she returned the favor. Haley noticed, and released a scorpion to distract Tanya.
When she was told by Haley that "one of her reptiles" had escaped, Tanya told the kids to make a game out of looking where they stepped. When Luke's uncle Cameron Tucker, dressed as Fizbo the clown, noticed the scorpion, he freaked out, scaring Phil who had been afraid of clowns (meaning coulrophobia) who accidentally knocked a crossbow - Luke's gift - out of his father-in-law Jay Pritchett's hand which subsequently fired an arrow into the bouncy castle. As a result of the chain reaction of accidents, Luke tripped on some beads and broke his arm, putting an end to the disastrous party.
Appearance[]
Season 1[]
- "Fizbo"