Pingu, which is actually a Swiss creation, is about a family of penguins who live in the South Pole.
Here's a list of the characters appearing in "Pingu".
* Pingu is the main character. He's five years old and is a little mischievous. He often uses the megaphone beak gesture and NUG, NUG! sound to show his anger, frustration or just to let everyone know he's around!
* Pinga is Pingu's little sister. She appears to be about 18 months old. Pingu gets envious when he has to go to school but Pinga gets to stay at home - just like real children!
* Pingu's dad is a postman who often smokes a pipe. He uses a motorised sledge to deliver the post around the South Pole. Pingu's mum spends most of her time at home in the igloo watching TV just like a real mum! (I made the watching TV bit up! ;-)).
* Grandpa is great at playing the accordion.
* Robby the seal is Pingu's best friend. 'Robbe' is German for seal.
* Pingi is Pingu's girlfriend.
* Pingo is one of Pingus friends. He's even naughtier than Pingu and otten tries to get Pingu to do crazy things.
* Pingg is a another friend of Pingu. He's a bit shorter than Pingo.
* Pongi is a friend of Pingu who wears glasses.
* Punki is another of Pingu's friends. With tufts on the top of his head and stripy trousers.