Abstract: An animated toy with an extendible tongue appendage that can be retracted back towards the opened mouth of the toy creature. In the first preferred embodiment an inner spring and outer spring are used, respectively, to propel the tongue away from the creature's body and to retract the extended tongue. In another second embodiment, the body of the creature is hollow, deformable and resilient with an internal air chamber. Air pressure in this chamber is used in place of the springs to extend and retract the hollow tongue. In a third embodiment, similar to the second embodiment in operation, pressurized air is supplied by an external bellows to extend the creature's tongue before it is retracted by an internal spring.