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Pingu is a Swiss animated children's television series about a family of penguins who live at the South Pole. The main character is the son, Pingu, though some episodes feature Pingu's parents and (after her hatching) his baby sister Pinga, his friend Robby the Seal, and other minor characters.^[1] Image File history File links Pingu. ... Image File history File links Pingu. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Modern genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus For prehistoric genera, see Systematics Some penguins are curious. ... For other uses, see South Pole (disambiguation). ...

One reason for Pingu's international success was its lack of dialogue per se. All dialogue was in a honking "penguin language" ("Pinguish" or "Penguinese"), performed (without script) by Carlo Bonomi similarly to La Linea (also dubbed by Bonomi). Carlo Bonomi is an Italian clown who provided the voices for the animated childrens TV series, Pingu. ... La Linea La Linea (The Line) is an Italian animated series of about 100 episodes created by Osvaldo Cavandoli in 1969. ...

History

104 five-minute episodes were originally made, from 1986 onwards. The episodes were written by Silvio Mazzola, and directed and animated by Otmar Gutmann using claymation techniques, at Trickfilmstudio in Switzerland.^[2] Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Silvio Mazzola is a Swiss television writer of Italian ancestry. ... The term Claymation is a registered trademark created by Will Vinton Studios to describe their clay animated movies; the more generic term is clay animation, but the portmanteau claymation has entered the English language as a genericized trademark. ...

In 1989, David Hasselhoff released (in Switzerland only) the single "Pingu Dance"[1], a rap song based on the Pingu shorts and featuring samples of Pinguish. A portion of this song is used as the theme to Pingu on the PBS Kids Sprout channel in the United States. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland), nicknamed The Hoff, was an American actor who was best known for his lead roles on Knight Rider and Baywatch. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... PBS KIDS Sprout (sometimes referred to as PBS Sprout, KIDS Sprout, or just Sprout) is a US digital cable television channel, video-on-demand (VOD) service, and website providing PBS KIDS shows and original programming for preschoolers, teens and their families. ...

A special twenty-minute episode ("Pingu at the Wedding Party") was also produced, in 1997, which introduced a family of green penguins and a killer vacuum cleaner. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

In 2001, HIT Entertainment bought the UK rights to the series (including the original 105 episodes) for £15.9 million^[3] and produced a further 52 episodes, created at Hot Animation and first broadcast in 2004. These feature new voice actors Marcello Magni and David Sant, as Bonomi, now in his sixties, was considered too old. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The new HIT Entertainment logo, introduced in June 2006. ... HOT Animation is a British stop motion animation studio based in Broadheath, Altrincham. ...

In 2006, Pingu was featured in a music video for Eskimo Disco's first single, 7-11[2]. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Episode Lists

• Alphabetic list of Pingu episode titles (includes alternative titles)
• Lists of Pingu episodes with synopses - series 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • special
  

Notes
This is an episode list for the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 1 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 2 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... Spoiler warning: // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 3 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... Spoiler warning: // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 4 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... Spoiler warning: // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 5 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... Spoiler warning: // This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 6 of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ... Spoiler warning: // This is an list of episodes with synopses for special episodes of the stop motion animated childrens television series Pingu. ...

• Derivation of episode titles
  

No official episode title appears on screen, so the lists were initially created from the titles used on various official DVD releases. The main episode titles for Series 1 to 4 were taken from the official Japanese DVD releases, and the alternative titles from the official European DVD releases. Episode titles for Series 5 and 6 were taken from the European DVD releases.

Changes have subsequently been made to these titles to bring them more into line with English usage and practice (e.g. to correct spelling and grammar) and to relate them to the titles used on UK DVDs produced by HIT Entertainment. Alternative titles have also been appropriately added, amended, etc. Title data has also been supplemented with information from other sources, such as the titles used by the BBC for television broadcasts and on video tapes.

• BBC broadcasts
  

In the UK, the BBC appear never to have broadcast any of the normal 5 minute episodes from the latter half of series 3 (3.13 – 3.26) or from series 4 (4.1 – 4.26).^[4] Of the episodes that have been broadcast, all have been broadcast since 4 September 2006 inclusive except for episodes

• 1.1 (“Hello Pingu”, last broadcast 2 May 2003),

• 1.14 (“Pingu Runs Away”, last broadcast 18 February 2005)

• 1.26 (“Pingu’s Dream”, last broadcast 15 May 2003)

Commercial VHS and DVD releases

Main article: List of Pingu DVD and VHS releases

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Characters

These are some of the main characters appearing in "Pingu".

• Pingu is the main character of the series. His age is 5. He is considered mischievous and a runaway in the episode "Pingu Runs Away". He commonly uses the "megaphone-like beak" gesture and "NUG, NUG!"^[5] sound to indicate anger, frustration or to get attention.

• Pinga is Pingu's little sister. She first appeared in the episode "Pinga is Born". In most of the episodes she appears to be about 18 months old, though she is seen attending kindergarten in one episode. Pingu gets jealous when she gets to stay home while he has to go to school.

• Mother and Father
  Pingu's father is a postman, who smokes a pipe. He has a motorised sledge to deliver the post. Pingu's mother spends most of her time at home in the igloo. Mother and Father share a lot of the work in the home e.g. knitting, cooking and ironing.

• Grandpa is Pingu's grandfather. He's a whizz at playing the accordion.

• Robby the seal is Pingu's best friend. His name is a pun; 'Robbe' is German for 'seal'.

• Pingi is Pingu's girlfriend.

• Pingo is a friend of Pingu. He has a long beak, basically flat at the bottom but slightly rounded on the top, which is slightly shorter than that of Pingg. He usually tries to get Pingu to do wild and silly things.

• Pingg is a friend of Pingu. He's rather shorter than Pingo, and his beak is slightly longer and more pointed than that of Pingo.

• Pongi is a friend of Pingu. He wears glasses.

• Punki is another of Pingu's friends. He has tufts on the top of his head and wears stripy trousers.

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Cultural references and references in popular culture

• In a Swedish talk show, interviewee Madonna criticised Pingu as a bad influence on talk show host Kristian Luuk's daughter, because she considers TV dangerous to children's health.

This article is about the American entertainer. ... Kristian Luuk is a Swedish comedian and talk show-host. ...

See also

• Pingu theme tune (help· info)
• Pingu theme tune - Pingu Dance version (help· info)
• Claymation

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References

1. ^ BBC CBeebies Grownups - About CBeebies - Pingu. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
2. ^ Frequently Asked Questions about Pingu. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
3. ^ "Pingu sold for £16m", Business, BBC News, 2001-10-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. 
4. ^ BBC Programme Catalogue - (infax beta). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
5. ^ Welcome to the official Pingu web site!

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External links

• Official Site
• Official Japanese Site
• Pingu at the Internet Movie Database
• Official YouTube channel