History Anime / MawaruPenguinDrum

* {{Camp}}: Turns into this a few times, Ala [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] and {{Star Driver}}.

* RedOniBlueOni: [[HairColors Appropriately enough]], Kanba is the red and Shoma is the blue.

''Mawaru-Penguindrum'' (''Spinning-Penguindrum'') is a [[Summer2011Anime Summer 2011]] AnimeFirst directed and co-written by Creator/KunihikoIkuhara, famous for his work on ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', and animated by Studio Creator/BrainsBase. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino (''Manga/OtomeYoukaiZakuro''), and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. SentaiFilmworks has licensed the anime (under the name ''Penguin Drum'') for release starting at the end of 2012.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: ''Penguindrum'' has the adult [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]], an underage sixteen-year old girl. On one hand, the rape isn't exactly portrayed as ''okay'', and it's made clear that the rapist is a messed-up person. However, the rape is used to develop the rapist's character and segue into the rapist's backstory, which gives off the vibe of rationalizing and excusing her actions, whereas the victim is reduced to a mere prop and has an uncomfortable amount of MaleGaze fanservice applied to her -- which ''may'' have been intended as FanDisservice, but the sheer exploitative nature of it makes the claim fall flat. The details of the rape are inconsistent from one episode to the next, with the rape being portrayed as rape one episode and as a titillating seduction in the next, and whether or not the rapist actually went through with it or not is ambiguous; the rescue attempt is played for comedy, and only happens due to a hideous amount of contrivity. Furthermore, the victim is completely unaffected by the ordeal and the rapist gets off with absolutely no repercussions for her actions, and the whole scene affects practically ''nothing'' in the grand scheme of the story and is quickly forgotten afterwards, save for being the subject of a brief joke a couple of episodes later, wasting a lot of character and story potential on top of everything else; in fact, the scene could be completely cut out of the story with little to no loss. The shoddy handling of the scene really smacks of the writers writing themselves into a corner and hastily retconning the story in an attempt to fix it, and given all the above, it's no surprise that some viewers consider this part of ''Penguindrum'' to be one of the lowest points in the series.

** Pretty much any fairy tale involving [[HowDoYouLikeThemApples apples]] has popped up in some form or another.

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples:
** Apples show up in both credits sequences; [[http://moesucks.com/2011/07/09/mawaru-penguindrum-ep-1-youre-hot-then-youre-cold/ casual analysis]] would imply a "Literature/SnowWhite" allusion.
** The apples in ''Penguindrum'' give the show a [[http://altairandvega.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/colloquium-mawaru-penguindrum-episode-1-4/ very strong connection]] to Kenji Miyazawa's ''Anime/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad''.
** Ringo's name also translates to "apple".
** Sanetoshi appears in episode 12 carrying an apple emblazoned with an icon resembling one of his medicine ampules.
** In episode 9 we see a flashback of [[spoiler: Himari and a faceless boy]] sharing an apple. In episode 19 we see it again: [[spoiler: the faceless boy? He's Shouma.]]
** It is revealed in the finale that the apple is a metaphor for [[spoiler:the Penguindrum, which seems to be Kanba's life, shared between the three siblings]].
** The fact that apples are the (forbidden?) fruit of fate brings Adam and Eve to mind.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: ''Penguindrum'' has the adult [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]], an underage sixteen-year old girl. On one hand, the rape isn't exactly portrayed as ''okay'', and it's made clear that the rapist is a messed-up person. However, the rape is used to develop the rapist's character and segue into the rapist's backstory, which gives off the vibe of rationalizing and excusing her actions, whereas the victim is reduced to a mere prop and has an uncomfortable amount of MaleGaze fanservice applied to her -- which ''may'' have been intended as FanDisservice, but the sheer exploitative nature of it makes the claim fall flat. The details of the rape are inconsistent from one episode to the next, with the rape being portrayed as rape one episode and as a titillating seduction in the next, and whether or not the rapist actually went through with it or not is ambiguous; the rescue attempt is played for comedy, and only happens due to a hideous amount of contrivity. Furthermore, the victim is completely unaffected by the ordeal and the rapist gets off with absolutely no repercussions for her actions, and the whole scene affects practically ''nothing'' in the grand scheme of the story and is quickly forgotten afterwards, save for being the subject of a brief joke a couple of episodes later, wasting a lot of character and story potential on top of everything else.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: ''Penguindrum'' has the adult [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]], an underage sixteen-year old girl. On one hand, the rape isn't exactly portrayed as okay, and it's made clear that the rapist is a messed-up person. However, the rape is used to develop the rapist's character and segue into the rapist's backstory, which gives off the vibe of rationalizing and excusing her actions, whereas the victim is reduced to a mere prop and has an uncomfortable of MaleGaze fanservice applied to her. Furthermore, the rescue attempt is played for comedy, and only happens due to a hideous amount of contrivity; the details of the rape are inconsistent from one episode to the next, and whether or not the rapist went through with it or not is ambiguous; the victim is completely unaffected by the ordeal and the rapist gets off with absolutely no repercussions for her actions; and the whole scene affects little in the grand scheme of the story and is quickly forgotten afterwards, save for being the subject of a brief joke a couple of episodes later.

''Mawaru-Penguindrum'' (''Spinning-Penguindrum'') is a [[Summer2011Anime Summer 2011]] AnimeFirst directed and co-written by Creator/KunihikoIkuhara, famous for his work on ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', and animated by Studio Creator/BrainsBase. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino (''OtomeYoukaiZakuro''), and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. SentaiFilmworks has licensed the anime (under the name ''Penguin Drum'') for release starting at the end of 2012.

''Mawaru-Penguindrum'' (''Spinning-Penguindrum'') is a [[Summer2011Anime Summer 2011]] AnimeFirst directed and co-written by KunihikoIkuhara, famous for his work on ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', and animated by Studio Creator/BrainsBase. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino (''OtomeYoukaiZakuro''), and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. SentaiFilmworks has licensed the anime (under the name ''Penguin Drum'') for release starting at the end of 2012.

** The apples in ''Penguindrum'' give the show a [[http://altairandvega.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/colloquium-mawaru-penguindrum-episode-1-4/ very strong connection]] to Kenji Miyazawa's {{Night On The Galactic Railroad}}.

* {{Expy}}: The red and blue-haired girls look like [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki and Erika Kurumi]] untransformed.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: The Oginome sisters.
** Ringo (Hazel)
** Momoka (Magenta).

!!This show provides examples of:
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Ringo beats up Shoma a few times, though as CharacterDevelopment kicks in she stops doing it.

** Masako's series of dreams about killing her grandfather

* RulesOfOrphanEconomics: Kanba actively encourages his siblings to take the type 1 approach and not worry about it, [[spoiler: while he takes the type 2 route, and gets money from the Takakura parents' terrorist organization.]]

* WidgetSeries:
* TheWikiRule: [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/Main_Page Mawaru Penguindrum Wiki]], although it's still at its infancy.

* TrollingCreator: It's '''KunihikoIkuhara''', is it not?
-->'''Ikuhara''' ''(via Twitter)'': All of you have enjoyed making your predictions. Now, I'll tell you the truth. Yes. Just as all of you have predicted all along: [[BlatantLies the Penguindrum is a pink washing machine]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: At least [[http://bakalaureate.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/mawaru-penguindrum-ringo-apple-curry-recip/ one version]] of Momoka's curry now exists in real life.

** When Himari has her hair up in [[OdangoHair Odangos]], it makes her look like [[OjamajoDoremi Doremi Harukaze]].

''Mawaru-Penguindrum'' (''Spinning-Penguindrum'') is a [[Summer2011Anime Summer 2011]] AnimeFirst directed and co-written by KunihikoIkuhara, famous for his work on ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', and animated by Studio Creator/BrainsBase. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino (''OtomeYoukaiZakuro''), and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. SentaiFilmworks has licensed the anime (under the name ''Penguin Drum'') for release starting at the end of 2012.

* {{Camp}}: Turns into this a few times, Ala [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] and {{Star Driver}}.

** There are several [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] ones ...

*** In the creepiest way possible, [[spoiler: Yuri's abusive father]] seems to be an expy of [[spoiler: [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Touga's rapist stepfather]] from TheMovie.]]

* WorldOfSymbolism: Unsurprising considering [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena the director]]. It's uncertain if some things, particularly the Child Broiler ([[spoiler:a factory where unwanted children are sent to be forgotten about--i.e., crushed down and reconstructed into generic nobodies]]), are actual phenomena or are simply some kind of strange representation of something else. The Child Broiler has evidence for being a real place, but at the same time it's such a bizarre concept that it's difficult to suspend such disbelief.

* SignificantBirthdate: While the exact date is never stated in-show, Ringo is said to be born on the same day (March 20, 1995) her sister Momoka died/disappeared. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Shouma, Kanba, and Masako]] were also born on that day.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Himari and Ringo survive, but at the cost of Shoma and Kanba [[RetGone vanishing from existence]]... [[MindScrew or something.]]]]

''Mawaru-Penguindrum'' (''Spinning-Penguindrum'') is a [[Summer2011Anime Summer 2011]] AnimeFirst directed and co-written by KunihikoIkuhara, famous for his work on ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', and animated by Studio BrainsBase. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino (''OtomeYoukaiZakuro''), and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. SentaiFilmworks has licensed the anime (under the name ''Penguin Drum'') for release starting at the end of 2012.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Possessed!Himari's outfit has very, very high black boots.

** The Child Broiler could be a strange metaphor for [[spoiler: an orphanage.]]