Draft:List of Pingu characters

This is a list of characters from the Swiss-German animated children's television series, Pingu and its related media.

Main

• Pingu is the show's main character—a typically playful, curious little penguin. His name comes from the German word for penguin, Pinguin. He is stubborn and mostly well-behaved, but prone to making mischief and throwing occasional tantrums.
• Pinga is Pingu's little sister. She resembles an emperor penguin chick, as do other young penguins throughout the show. She is happy and playful, but very sensitive and clever, and often a target for Pingu's pranks.
• Mr. and Mrs. Penguin are Pingu and Pinga's parents (their actual names are not revealed). Mr. Penguin is a postman who uses a non-smoking pipe in the early episodes but quits later. He is a short-tempered but loving penguin and has a motorised sledge to deliver the mail, sometimes with Pingu's help. Mrs. Penguin is a caring, loving, and hard-working housewife who spends most of her time cooking and cleaning. She sometimes gets help from Pingu and Pinga, and always gives them a cuddle when they have learned a lesson.
• Grandfather is Pingu and Pinga's paternal grandfather, who first appeared in the episode "Music Lessons". He is an expert accordionist, as he demonstrates to Pingu in that episode, and also a former professional weight lifter.

Recurring

• Robby is a seal who is Pingu's best friend. His name comes from the German word for seal, Robbe. First appearing in the episode "Pingu Goes Fishing", he is friendly and playful, yet cheeky in many ways. He is bluish grey in the first four series, and light grey in the last two.
• Pingo is a somewhat foolhardy penguin. He has a long beak that is essentially flat at the bottom but slightly rounded on the top and a head that is wider and taller. He often persuades Pingu to do wild and silly things with him. He was originally a bully in the first episode, but later he became Pingg's and Pingu's friend.
• Pingg is Pingu's other penguin friend. He also has a long beak, but a shorter head than Pingo. Like Pingo, he was originally a bully, but later became one of Pingu's friends.
• Pongi is a penguin who wears glasses and has a short round beak. He first appeared in the episode "Ice Hockey".
• Pengy is a penguin very similar to Adélie penguins and first appears in "Pingu and the School Excursion". In the episode "School Time", Pingu resembles Pengy.
• Pingj is a green penguin who appears in Pingu at the Wedding Party. He speaks with an accent that seems typical of his breed.
• Punki is a penguin who first appeared in the episode "Pingu Delivers the Mail". He has a tuft on his head and wears striped trousers.
• Bajoo is Pingu's other non-penguin friend. HIT Entertainment reveals him as a strange newcomer to the Antarctic in the appearance of a yeti. He was introduced in 2005 and appeared in the last episode, "Pingu and the Abominable Snowman". He also appeared in the 7–11 music video and The Pingu Show.
• Pingi is Pingu's love interest and Pinga's best friend. She has thick white eyelashes and a somewhat flattened beak. She first appeared in the episode "Pingu's Admirer".

Supporting

• Mr. Peng-Chips is Pingu's teacher. He lives at the local school and rings the bell when it is time for school to begin or end. He first appeared in the episode "School Time".
• Mr. Peng-Hoven is a poor penguin who lives in a tattered igloo and frequently receives Pingu's acts of kindness. He first appeared in the episode "Pingu and the Barrel Organ".
• The Aunts are Mrs. Penguin's sisters and Pingu and Pinga's three maternal aunts. In "Pingu Goes Away", Pingu goes to stay with one of his aunts. In "Pingu the Babysitter", he cares for another aunt's twin chicks whilst she and Mother go out; then in "Pingu Makes a Mistake", he cares for the third aunt's egg, which is due to hatch.
• The Twins are Pingu and Pinga's cousins. They appear in "Pingu the Babysitter", where Pingu cared for them when their mother goes out with his mother.
• Grandpa is Pingu and Pinga's maternal grandfather who appeared in "Grandpa is Ill" and "Pingu Cannot Lose"; in the latter, he is shown to be good at bowling.
• Miss Peng-Hoven is Mr. Peng-Hoven's daughter, she sells tickets to lucky winners to get a lifetime supply of fish. She first appeared in the episode, "Pingu Wins First Prize".
• Mother Peng-Pride owns a bakery, she first appeared in the episode, "Pingu and the Barrel Organ".
• Mr. Pengelope is Father's Boss, he organizes the mail for Pingu's Father. He first appeared in the episode, "Pingu Delivers the Mail".
• Mrs. Peng-Sniff is Pingu's nosy and very grouchy neighbor. She often makes sure no one trespasses in her yard, and when they do she would punish them with her carpet beater. She first appeared in the episode, "Pingu Delivers the Mail".
• The Baker is one of Pingu's neighbors, he first appeared in the episode, he works at Mother Peng-Pride's Bakery. He "Pingu's Trick'' where Pingu and Pingo were pranking him, when the Postman arrived, he throws a water bucket at him mistaking him for the young tricksters.
• Miss Pengan-Decker runs a hardware shop. She only appeared in the episode, Pingu and the Barrel Organ.
• Mrs. McGreedy is one of Pingu's neighbours with her daughters. She first appeared in Pingu Delivers the Mail.
• Mr. Penga-Brass only appeared in Pingu Delivers the Mail. He appears when Father gives him a letter regarding sad news about his relative's death, he starts to get tears in his eyes, causing Pingu to be upset, but his father comforts him.
• Mr. Penganaide is an obese penguin who owns a bar, he only appeared in Pingu and the Barrel Organ.
• Mr. Pengatel is a fishmonger. He once gave some fish to Pingu when he played Mr. Peng-Hoven's barrel organ outside his shop. He only appeared in Pingu and the Barrel Organ.
• Mr. Pengthwaite is Pingo's Father, he only appeared in Pingu Delivers the Mail.
• The Salesman is one of Pingu's family's neighbours whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products, either in a shop or when visiting locations to get orders. He also has different jobs like working at the museum seen in Pingu's Discovery or as a doctor seen in Pingu Pretends to be Ill and Pingu Helps Grandfather.

Introduced in Pingu in the City

• Pendra also known as Pikuru, is a Gentoo Penguin, she is one of Pingu's new friends. Pendra is somewhat cocky and mischievous and likes to tease Pingu about things. She first appeared in the episode, "Watch Your Step, Pingu!"
• Pen-Pen also known as the Rock Hopper Penguin, is one of Pingu's new friends. Pen-Pen appears to be a cheerful and fun-loving penguin. He first appeared in the episode, "Pingu the Baker".
• Chef Fred owns a restaurant that is very well known in the city. He first appeared in the episode, "Pingu Cooks Up A Treat!". Fred is a kind and easy going chef who wears a red neckerchief.

Inanimate

• The Snowman stands out side of Pingu's Igloo. The snowman has a potty as it's hat. Most of the times it's inanimate, but in some episodes it comes to life.
• Pinga's Stuffed Rabbit is light blue in color, Pinga loves to play with it, whenever Pingu takes it, it makes Pinga cry.
• The Whale House is the place where Pingu and his friends live in The Pingu Show. It resembles a sperm whale, The Whale House has a lot of doors on it that come in different colors.

Other

• The Giant Walrus is so far the most evil character in the entire series. He only appeared in the episode, "Pingu's Dream" where he scares, squished, and stretched poor Pingu. The episode was placed with an unofficial ban mainly because of the walrus being too frightening and haunting for many young viewers.
• Polly the Polar Bear is the host of Pingu Loves English. Polly is a female polar bear that only appears in the Pingu Loves English series of videos. Unlike all the other characters she is portrayed by a puppet.
• Popoff is a visitor penguin that only appeared in the video game, "Fun! Fun! Pingu", he wears a blue fedora and yellow glasses.
• The Eskimo Disco Penguins only in the Pingu music video, "Eskimo Disco 7-11". They are singers who look like Pingu, Pingo, and Pongi.
• The Polar Bear only appeared in the Hugo short where he tried to eat Pingu (or Hugo; his name at the time) alive, he also appeared in a segment of Otmar Gutmann's showreel where it eats all the meat at a meat stand.
• The Yellow Creature only appeared in two segments of Otmar Gutmann's showreel, in the first short the yellow humanoid tried to catch a bird, but failed to take it, in the second segment, Hugo is messing with a tube of mayonnaise, the yellow being screws the cap which causes Hugo to accidentally splatter, the tall yellow creature.