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Hello, Pingu (also known as Pingu is Introduced) is the first episode of the first season of Pingu, and the first episode of Pingu altogether.




Plot

Pingu and his family are eating lunch. Pingu eats in a rather rude way, smashing his fork so he can scoop up his potatoes, blowing bubbles in his milk and sticking his entire fish in his mouth. He soon leaves to play with his toys, but his father forbids him from leaving until he eats his greens. So Pingu sucks them up through his straw, rushes to the bathroom and spits the greens into the toilet.

After he is excused, Pingu climbs into the toy box and finds his red ball inside. He asks Father to inflate it for him, so he fetches the pump and does so. Pingu finally goes outside with his ball, but then sets it down and goes back inside to blow his nose. While Pingu is gone, Pingo and Pingg find his ball and run away with it.

Pingu returns and chases after the pair, trying to retrieve his ball. He eventually finds them tossing it back and forth. After some fighting which leads to Pingu tripping over his ball and bursting it, he runs home as Pingo and Pingg pummel him with snowballs. Back home, Mother bandages up his head and Father fixes his punctured ball. Pingu finishes the day off with a rest in his hammock.

Characters

Locations

Trivia

  • This episode can be featured in Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket DVD, Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games DVD, Fraggle Rock: Where It All Began and Kipper: Kipper Helps Out DVD.
  • When Pingu's father patches up the ball, he uses tape to make a cross shape; the juxtaposition of the red ball and the white cross makes it look like the flag of Switzerland, which is where the show originated. It is unknown if this was intentional on the crew's part.
  • This is the first episode to feature Antonio Conde in the original version and Andy Benedict in the restored version, both as the composers.
  • In the redubbed version, only the original first two Noot Noots were heard, but the last Noot Noot was rerecorded. This is one of the only times any of Pingu's dialogue from the original is retained, as usually all his lines would be rerecorded in the redubs for consistency.
  • This is the first time where Carlo Bonomi voices all of the characters.
  • This is Pingu and his Family debut.

Censorship

  • The scenes in which Pingg smacks Pingu on the head and Pingo makes Pingu trips over his ball were removed from BBC airings and VHS releases; this later led to the episode being pulled from British television altogether. While it aired in the United States during its run on Cartoon Network, it did not air in that country afterwards.

Goofs

  • In the opening shot, the fish plate is in the centre of the table, but in the close-up of Mother, it is right next to her.
  • In the close-up of Father, he is shown to be eating fish, even thought there wasn't any on his plate in the opening shot.
  • Pingu's fork is shown to be made of metal at first, but when he damages the prongs, it changes to clay. It was probably intentional during the making of the episode, because metal forks can't be dented easily.
  • When Father tells Pingu to come back to the table, there are a lot more greens on Pingu's plate than there were in the previous shot.
  • The pump's pipe changes position when Pingu heads outside.

Gallery

Video

Hello_Pingu

Hello Pingu

Original Version

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Pingu Season 1 Episode 1

Restored Version


Links

Pingu Episodes
Season 1
Hello, Pingu · Pingu Looks After the Egg · The New Arrival · Pingu Goes Fishing · Pingu Delivers the Mail · Jealousy · Hide and Seek · Lost Baby · Pingu Plays Fish Tennis · Barrel of Fun · Ice Hockey · Pingu and Pinga Stay Up · Skiing · Pingu Runs Away · Building Igloos · Music Lessons · Pingu's Ice Cave · Sledging · Little Accidents · School Time · Grandpa is Ill · Pingu's Circus · Pingu and the Barrel Organ · Noise · Pingu and Pinga at Home · Pingu's Dream
Season 2
Pingu at the Doctor's · Pingu's Admirer · Pingu and the Seagull · Pingu Goes Ice Surfing · Pingu's First Kiss · Pingu's Curling Game · Pingu the Icicle Musician · Pingu the Chef · Pingu's Family Celebrate Christmas · Pingu Goes Away · Pingu the Photographer · Pingu's New Kite · Pingu and the Many Packages · Pingu the Conjurer's Apprentice · Pingu's Birthday · Pingu at the Funfair · Pingu the Babysitter · Pingu Cannot Lose · Pingu and the Game of Fish · Pingu Gets a Bicycle · Pingu's Visit to the Hospital · Pingu on the School Excursion · Pingu and Pinga at the Kindergarten · Pingu and the Strangers · Pingu Helps His Mother · Pingu Builds a Snowman
Season 3
Pingu Goes Cross Country Skiing · Pingu's Museum Visit · Pingu's Grandpa Comes to Stay · Pingu's Long Journey · Pingu Pretends to be Ill · Pingu the Painter · Pingu's Trick · Pingu and the Mother Bird · Pingu Quarrels With His Mother · Pingu and the Message in a Bottle · Pingu Has an Idea · Pingu Breaks a Vase · Pingu and the Paper Plane · Pingu Takes Revenge · Pingu Makes a Mistake · Pingu and the Toy · Pingu the Superhero · Pingu and the Fishing Competition · Pingu and the Letter · Pingu Feels Left Out · Pingu Wins First Prize · Pingu and the Ghost · Pingu and the Postcard · Pingu's Discovery · Pingu Steals · Pingu and the Lost Ball
Season 4
Pingu's Disadvantage · Pingu Refuses To Help · Pingu the Mountaineer · Pingu and the Big Fish · Pingu Shows What He Can Do · Pingu Clears the Snow · Pingu Has a Day Off · Pingu the Archer · Pingu Gets a Warning · Pingu and the Magnet · Pingu Gets Help · Pingu in Paradise · Pingu's Dangerous Joke · Pingu the Pilot · Pingu Teases Pinga · Pingu's Wish · Pingu is Curious · Pingu Gets Organised · Pingu Builds a Tower · Pingu the King · Pingu the Baker · Pingu and the Doll · Pingu Helps Grandfather · Pingu Has a Bad Day · Pingu Loses the Bet · Pingu and His Cup
Season 5
Pingu's Bouncy Fun · Pingu Finishes the Job · Pingu Digs a Hole · Pingi's Valentine Card · Pingu Wants to Fly · Pingu's Windy Day · Pinga's Lost Rabbit · Pingu's Moon Adventure · Pinga Sleepwalks · Pingu the Snowboarder · Pinga has Hiccups · Like Father Like Pingu · Pingu's Ice Sculpture · Pinga's Balloon · Pingu and the Knitting Machine · Pingu's Balancing Act · Pingu Gets Lost · Pingu and Pinga Go Camping · Stinky Pingu · Pingu and the Band · Pingu and the Snowball · Pingu Sticks Up · Pingu and the Doorbell · Pingu Plays Tag · Pingu's Pancakes · Pingu's Bedtime Shadows
Season 6
Pingu's Sledge Academy · Pingu and the Hose · Pottery Pingu · Pingu and the Litter · Mother's New Hat · Poor Pinga · Pinga in a Box · Pingu and the Present · Pingu and the Toyshop · Pingu and the Paper Mache · Sore Tummy Pingu · Pingu Gets Carried Away · Pingu and the School Pet · Pampering Pingu · Green-Eyed Pingu · Pingu Wraps Up · Pingu and the Fish Flute · Pingu Boogaloo · Pingu and the Daily Igloo · Pingu and the Rubberband Plane · Pingu and the Braces · Pingu's Big Catch · Pingu and the New Scooter · Pingu and the Paint · Pingu Makes a Big Splash · Pingu and the Abominable Snowman
Miscellaneous
Pingu At The Wedding Party · Hugo · Splatter short · Pilot Episode
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