History WesternAnimation / LaPimpa

''La Pimpa'' is a long-running Italian comic-book series for children by FrancescoTullioAltan. The character of Pimpa ("La" being an article, as it's rather common in Northern Italy to use articles before first names in informal conversation) was created in 1975 by Altan for his daughter, who asked him to draw her a dog. La Pimpa soon became a very popular icon whose adventures kept being published in popular Italian children magazine ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'' until its closure. The comics were later adapted in multiple animated series, the first in the early 80s, the second in the late 90s, and another reboot in TheNew10s.

* LivingDrawing: In one episode from the 1997 series Pimpa draws an elephant. The drawing comes to life in the very moment Pimpa makes it and the elephant presents himself as Diego, and asks Pimpa to colour him yellow (see AmazingTechnicolorWildlife above).

* CrappyHomemadeGift: Downplayed in one episode from the 2010 series. It's Armando's birthday and his clothes are dirty, so Pimpa tries to clean them with little success. After accidentally shrinking the clothes in the washing machine, Peppa decides to have new clothes made but she has to settle for fabric of different random colours since Peppino (a tailor spider) doesn't have enough blue fabric. Pimpa has no button so she uses draughts/checkers pieces after making holes on them. The result is quiet cringey and Armando doesn't hide his initial reaction, but after learning his new outfit was made by Pimpa (actually, by Pimpa with the help of both her object and animal friends, including Tito) he shows his appreciation and thanks them.

* ArtEvolution: You can recognize which animated adaptation you are watching only by how it looks. The 1982 series was obviously both traditionally animated and coloured. The 1997 one, thanks to TechnologyMarchesOn, received digital coloration (the result is quiet evident). The most recent incarnation (which was released as two different series, respectively in 2010 and 2015) was animated in Flash.

* ArtEvolution: You can recognize which animated adaptation you are watching only by how it looks.

* InformedSpecies: Pimpa might be this to some, mostly because her long ears and short-round tail don't make her look like any specific breed of dog. Her ears resemble those of some sort of cocker or bloodhound, and she could be a mutt. Anyway Pimpa's unusual look has became very iconic in the world of Italian cartoons.
* JackFrost: A variation of this appears in one episode from the 2010 series.
* LivingDrawing: In one episode from the 1997 series Pimpa draws an elephant. The drawing comes to life in the very moment Pimpa makes it and the elephant presents himself as Diego, and asks Pimpa to colour him yellow (see AmazingTechnicolorWildlife above).
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Pimpa likes to have some conversation with her own riflection in the bathroom's mirror.
* NiceGirl: Pimpa is very nice, friendly and upbeat.
* NiceHat: Armando's iconic green one.
* ParentalHypocri

* HollywoodChameleons: Pimpa meets one while visiting the Amazon River. Of course, he turns white with round red dots when he getsy: In one episode from the 1982 series Armando keeps reprimending Pimpa for her antics and resistence towards eating her greens, taking her bath and going to bed early, and he tells her that when he was little he did all those things without questioning and enjoying them. Pimpa turns him back into a baby shortly after and... She finds out Armando was a chaotic brat! That's justified though since Armando gets turned into a baby-toddler with limited speech who doesn't seem to be very aware of what's happening.

* HollywoodChameleons: Pimpa meets one while visiting the Amazon River. Of course, he turns white with round red dots when he gets closer to Pimpa.
* InformedSpecies: Pimpa might be this to some, mostly because her long ears and short-round tail don't make her look like any specific breed of dog. Her ears resemble those of some sort of cocker or bloodhound, and she could be a mutt. Anyway Pimpa's unusual look has became very iconic in the world of Italian cartoons.
* JackFrost: A variation of this appears in one episode from the 2010 series.
* LivingDrawing: In one episode from the 1997 series Pimpa draws an elephant. The drawing comes to life in the very moment Pimpa makes it and the elephant presents himself as Diego, and asks Pimpa to colour him yellow (see AmazingTechnicolorWildlife above).
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Pimpa likes to have some conversation with her own riflection in the bathroom's mirror.
* NiceGirl: Pimpa is very nice, friendly and upbeat.
* NiceHat: Armando's iconic green one.
* ParentalHypocrisy: In one episode from the 1982 series Armando keeps reprimending Pimpa for her antics and resistence towards eating her greens, taking her bath and going to bed early, and he tells her that when he was little he did all those things without questioning and enjoying them. Pimpa turns him back into a baby shortly after and... She finds out Armando was a chaotic brat! That's justified though since Armando gets turned into a baby-toddler with limited speech who doesn't seem to be very aware of what's happening.

[[caption-width-right:210:She's about to some wacky slice-of-life adventure]]

* LethalChef: Pimpa and Coniglietto, but only for an episode. Justified since they were playing at a game they invented, the "mad restaurant", whose point was preparing absurd dishes.

* ADogNamedDog: Coniglietto and Colombino. Ironically this doesn't apply with the show's dog protagonist.

* Cumulonemesis: A rare instance of a character beign mean with Pimpa (thus being the closest thing to a villain this series ever got) is a thunderstorm cloud who likes to spoil the fun.

This series centers on Pimpa, a white female dog with red dots all over her body, who lives with her owner/father figure Armando, a plump moustached man who treats her like a daughter. Every day Pimpa goes through new adventures wheter it's in her house's surroundings or all over the world, meeting old friends and making newers.

A peculiar trait of the series is just how everything can interact with Pimpa. And yes, we mean everything. Plants, objects, random stuff, weather agents, food, celestial bodies... AnimateInanimateObject and EverythingTalks at their purest.