History YMMV / Pingu

* MisaimedMarketing: Whoever thought the (ironic) [[http://www.pingusenglish.my/ ''Pingu's English'']] program was a good idea probably never even watched the series proper to begin with.

** "I will make [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]] look like a fucking anarchist!"[=/=]"Is that a challenge?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]For some reason, there are memes about Pingu being a hardcore Communist who aims to be even more authoritarian, and have a higher body count than Stalin himself. Has a lot of overlap with "Election Memes for Pingu Teens" below.[[/labelnote]]

** "Pingu and the Doll" features Pingu pretending to be an "Indian", which was apparently tolerable in the UK but the US did not accept it. Due to this disrespectful depiction of Native Americans, it was banned in North America for a while before being made available on Amazon Prime.
** Pingu's mom spanking him in "Pingu Runs Away". Nowadays, in most parts of the world, corporal punishment is unacceptable.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: There were many scenes which felt questionable for a children's show (particularly in the older episodes), including one where Pingu was slapped by his mother, and another where blood dripped out from Pingu's beak from an injury. Not to mention a couple of episodes were banned from airing due to literally invoking NightmareFuel ("Pingu's Dream").

** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464420591672492043/808073625995182120/3wjbba.png well now I am not doing it]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]An image macro of the phrase laid over Pingu sitting in a time-out chair and pouting. It's used to express anger over someone telling the poster to do something that they were already going to do, or something refusing to work immediately after it just did, like a computer going through a high FPS bump and then crashing.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://youtu.be/KM74XhXDwvo This]] fan made 8-bit version of [[{{Music/Videokids}} "Woodpeckers from Space"]].

** [[https://youtu.be/KM74XhXDwvo This]] 8-bit version of [[{{Music/Videokids}} "Woodpeckers from Space"]] from the Japan-only Gameboy game ''Pingu: The Most Cheerful Penguin in the World.''

** Most Malaysian millenials have fond memories of the show airing on weekday mornings on TV3 in the 2000s. This is especially since the show apparently vanished off Malaysian TV completely by the time TheNewTens rolled around. The Pingu's English program is one of the few remaining artifact that shows that the penguin was quite beloved in Malaysia at one point in time.

** It's fairly popular in North America, especially Canada.

* WidgetSeries: It's a weird Swiss thing.

* CreepyAwesome: The seal/walrus thingy has his fair share of fans, despite being aggressive towards Pingu and attempting to hurt him on top of just being plain creepy-looking due to its more realistic face and human teeth,

* CreepyAwesome: The seal/walrus thingy has his fair share of fans.

** "[[CatchPhrase NOOT NOOT]]!"

* AccidentalInnuendo: Pinga's name is a slang for "dick" while in Brazil, it is a name of an alcoholic drink.

** Pinga's name, due to not just being sexual slang in Spanish, but there are plenty of [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YTPs]] associated her name with a certain line well-known amongst WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}ers.[[note]]An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' has a memetic scene where Dr. Robotnik says "Snoo'''''ping as''''' usual, I see", where "-ping as" is strangely emphasised to sound like he is yelling "PENIS!"[[/note]]

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Pingu smiling with teeth visible, mainly because penguins don't have humanlike teeth.

* {{Narm}}: The Korean English dub is full of this. The [[https://youtu.be/ElQ4B-4YTp8 dub]] of "Pingu Runs Away" makes the otherwise tearjerking scene unintentionally hilarious. The script sounds like it came out of a bad soap opera, especially with how it treats Pingu breaking the dishes as an [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable sin]]. Some choice quotes are:

** [[https://youtu.be/KM74XhXDwvo This]] 8-bit version of "Woodpeckers from Space" from the Japan-only Gameboy game ''Pingu: The Most Cheerful Penguin in the World.''

** "I will make [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]] look like a fucking anarchist!"[=/=]"Is that a challenge?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]For some reason, there are memes about Pingu being a hardcore Communist who aims to be [[UpToEleven even more authoritarian]], and have a higher body count than Stalin himself. Has a lot of overlap with "Election Memes for Pingu Teens" below.[[/labelnote]]

** "Pingu and the Doll" features Pingu pretending to be an "Indian", which was apparently tolerable in the UK but not even the US accepted it. Due to this disrespectful depiction of Native Americans, it was banned in North America for a while before being made available on Amazon Prime.

* UncannyValley:
** The walrus in "Pingu Dreams".
** Pingu smiling with teeth visible, mainly because penguins don't have humanlike teeth.
** Audio example: South Korea made an [[https://youtu.be/sO3HT003VuM English dub]] of the series, with actual dialogue. This, combined with the {{Narm}}y script, makes this dub very unsettling to those who are used to Penguinese.

** A video of Pingu where he says "Noot noot!" followed by a dramatic closeup became popular in 2022.

* AccidentalInnuendo:
** Two involving Pinga's name:
*** In, spain, it is slang for "dick".
*** In Brazil, It's the name of an alcoholic drink.