History Trivia / Pingu

* BadExportForYou: The "Canada Edition" of the show. It added a narrator, shuffled episodes around, and edited the episodes to be more mundane. The "British Edition" takes the badness even further by rearranging and editing it ''again'' to remove even more content. This version is aired in the UK, as well as in former British colonies like Australia and New Zealand.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://pingu.wikia.com/wiki/Pingu_Wiki Here]]. It may not be well done, but still...

** Creator/RowanAtkinson was originally going to redub the series so that everyone spoke English instead of Penguinese. Due to his plans on doing Series/{{Blackadder}} instead, the dialogue was kept unchanged.
*** This hasn't stopped amateur gag dubs popping up on YouTube though.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Most Of The World]]: See NightmareFuel, ToiletHumour and ScrewedByTheLayers. While the show itself is not banned proper, several episodes are withheld from broadcast in many countries.

* ScrewedByTheLayers: The season one episode Music Lessons was edited due to the uses of a copyrighted song in the episode that they never bought the rights to.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Most Of The World]]: See NightmareFuel and ToiletHumour. While the show itself is not banned proper, several episodes are withheld from broadcast in many countries.

* FanNickname: Google "Pingu Leopard Seal" and "Pingu Walrus" and see which gets more correct results. A four year old watching the episode for the first time probably wouldn't know what a leopard seal was, but would associate the mustache with a walrus. There are even pages on Facebook about the evil ''walrus'', not leopard seal. The most telling feature of the Seal's design to show that he is ''not'' a walrus is the lack of tusks.

* TalkingToHimself: In the original series, the voice of everyone was done by a VA named Carlo Bonomi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario. Unfortunately his inability to speak English resulted in his dismissal from the revived series, and two actors from London replaced him.

* FanNickname: Google "Pingu Leopard Seal" and "Pingu Walrus" and see which gets more correct results. A four year old watching the episode for the first time probably wouldn't know what a leopard seal was, but would associate the mustache with a walrus. There are even pages on facebook about the evil ''walrus'', not leopard seal. The most telling feature of the Seal's design to show that he is ''not'' a walrus is the lack of tusks.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RowanAtkinson was originally going to redub the series so that everyone spoke English instead of Penguinese. Due to his plans on doing Series/{{Blackadder}} instead, the dialogue was kept unchanged.
** This hasn't stopped amateur gag dubs popping up on YouTube though.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RowanAtkinson was originally going to redub the series so that everyone spoke English instead of Penguinese. Due to his plans on doing Series/{{Blackadder}} instead, the dialogue was kept unchanged.

* One episode, ''Pingu's Admirer'', was temporarily banned until the fall of the Soviet Union in America and Europe. The reason for this was that in one scene, a signpost is labelled with the Russian terms 'Perestroika' (Listen) and 'Glasnost' (Openness), terms which were gaining popularity in ColdWar SovietRussia.
* [[HeAlsoDid Guess Who Wrote a Episode]]: Chris Sievey (Frank Sidebottom) of all people wrote "Pingu's Bedtime Shadows".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Half of the series has not been shown in America, though some advertisements on Creator/CartoonNetwork feature footage from the episodes that were never broadcast in America.

* [[HeAlsoDid]]: Chris Sievey (Frank Sidebottom) of all people wrote "Pingu's Bedtime Shadows".

* One episode, ''Pingu's Admirer'' was temporarily banned until the fall of the Soviet Union in America and Europe. The reason for this was that in one scene, a signpost is labelled with the Russian terms 'Perestroika' (Listen) and 'Glasnost' (Openness), terms which were gaining popularity in ColdWar SovietRussia.

* FanNickname: Google "Pingu Leopard Seal" and "Pingu Walrus" and see which gets more correct results. A four year old watching the episode for the first time probably wouldn't know what a leopard seal was, but would associate the mustache with a walrus. There are even pages on facebook about the evil ''walrus'', not leopard seal.

* TalkingToHimself: In the original series, the voice of everyone was named Carlo Bonomi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario. Unfortunately his inability to speak English resulted in his dismissal from the revived series, and two actors from London replaced him.

* BadExportForYou: The "British Edition" of the show. It added a narrator, shuffled episodes around, and edited the episodes to be more mundane. This version is aired in the UK, as well as in former British colonies like Australia and New Zealand.

** Pingu's Dream and Mother Bird were not licensed to VHS. Dream was too scary to be put on home video. Mother Bird was probably a BlackSheepHit that TheBBC wanted to leave out.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RowanAtkinson was originally going to redub the series so that everyone spoke English instead of Penguinese. Due to his plans on doing {{Blackadder}} instead, the dialogue was kept unchanged.

* TalkingToHimself: Fun fact: In the original series, the guy who did the voice of everyone is called Carlo Bonomi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Most Of The World]]: See Nightmare Fuel and Toilet Humour, below. While the show itself is not banned proper, several episodes are withheld from broadcast in many countries.

* TalkingToHimself: Fun fact: In the original series, the guy who did the voice of everyone is called Carlo Bonhemi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: RowanAtkinson was originally going to redub the series so that everyone spoke English instead of Penguinese. Due to his plans on doing {{Blackadder}} instead, the dialogue was kept unchanged.

* TalkingToHimself: Fun fact: In the original series, the guy who did the voice of everyone is called Carlo Bonhemi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario.

TalkingToHimself: Fun fact: In the original series, the guy who did the voice of everyone is called Carlo Bonhemi, who appeared to be Italian, like SuperMario.