History TearJerker / Pingu

* "Pingu Runs Away." Despite being a total brat, it's hard not to feel a little sad for Pingu [[Angrish when he yells at his parents]] [[BreakTheCutie as he leaves after being spanked]]. To say nothing of [[FreakOut his parents freaking out]] [[HeroicBSOD when they can't find him]]. Becomes [[TearsOfJoy tears of happiness]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments at the end though when they find him, apologize to him, wrap him up warm and take him home to feed him hot soup and go to bed together]].

* The scene in "Pingu Delivers the Mail," where Pingu's father delivers a letter with some ambiguous bad news to another penguin who is then in tears. Pingu is affected by this news as well. What is of note is that the both the letter's envelope as well as the paper the letter is written on has a prominent black edge. In many countries, a letter or envelope with a black edge almost always indicates that a family member has died. The penguin in question is already a nervous wreck when he answers the door to receive the letter. It would seem that he'd been expecting (and dreading) that letter for a while.
* "Pingu Runs Away." Despite being a total brat, it's hard not to feel a little sad for Pingu when he yells at his parents as he leaves after being spanked. To say nothing of his parents freaking out when they can't find him. Becomes tears of happiness at the end though when they find him, apologize to him, wrap him up warm and take him home to feed him hot soup and go to bed together.

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* The infamous scene in "Pingu Quarrels With His Mother" when Pingu's mother slaps him is very out of character for her as it's made pretty clear over the course of the series that out of everyone in his family, she's the one who Pingu seems to be closest to. The thought of a normally loving mother lashing out at her child like that is very sad and chilling.
* The scene in "Pingu Delivers the Mail," where Pingu's father delivers a letter with some ambiguous bad news to another penguin who is then in tears. Pingu is affected by this news as well. What is of note is that the both the letter's envelope as well as the paper the letter is written on has a prominent black edge. In many countries, a letter or envelope with a black edge almost always indicates that a family member has died.
** The penguin in question is already a nervous wreck when he answers the door to receive the letter. It would seem that he'd been expecting (and dreading) that letter for a while.

* Pinga being left a sobbing mess over her toys being accidentally destroyed in ''Pingu Gets a Bicycle''.

* The scene in "Pingu Delivers the Mail," where Pingu's father delivers a letter with some ambiguous bad news to another penguin who is then in tears. Pingu is affected by this news as well. What is of note is that the letter's envelope is white with a black outline. In most correspondences in Europe from the 19th Century onwards (as seen in some Narrative Paintings), such a letter almost always indicates that a family member has died.

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[[caption-width-right:350:/ The Usual Reaction.]]

[[caption-width-right:350: The Usual Reaction.]]

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* ''Pinga is Left Out'' (a.k.a. ''Pinga Gets Lost'' or ''Lost Baby'') is the saddest: Pingu and Pingo find Pinga's missing scarf near the edge of a deep pit and believe she has fallen to her doom. This prompts them to tearfully return home and tell Pingu's mother what happened. Of course, she reveals that Pinga is alive and well after returning home by herself, prompting an angry Pingu to hit her with her scarf and forcing their mother to intervene. Doubles as Heartwarming, since Pingu has a hard time forgiving Pinga at first, but they soon make up.

* ''Pinga is Left Out'' (a.k.a. ''Pinga Gets Lost'' or ''Lost Baby'') is the saddest: after they find Pinga's missing scarf near the edge of a deep pit and believe she has fallen to her doom, a tearful Pingu and Pingo return home to tell Pingu's mother what happened. Of course, she reveals that Pinga is alive and well after returning home by herself, prompting an angry Pingu to hit her with her scarf and forcing their mother to intervene. Doubles as Heartwarming, since Pingu has a hard time forgiving Pinga at first, but they soon make up.

* ''Pinga is Left Out'' is the saddest.

* "Pingu Runs Away." Despite being a total brat, it's hard not to feel a little sad for Pingu when he yells at his parents as he leaves after being spanked. To say nothing of his parents freaking out when they can't find him. Becomes tears of happiness at the end though when they find him, apologise to him, wrap him up warm and take him home to feed him hot soup and go to bed together.
* In ''Pinga Gets Lost'', after they find a missing Pinga's scarf near the edge of a deep pit and believe she has fallen to her doom, a tearful Pingu and Pingo return home to tell Mama what happened. Of course, Mama reveals that Pinga is alive and well after returning home by herself, prompting an angry Pingu to hit her with her scarf and forcing Mama to intervene. Doubles as Heartwarming, since Pingu has a hard time forgiving Pinga at first, but they soon make up.