List of fictional penguins
This list of fictional penguins is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds and is a collection of various notable penguin characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of penguins in literature, film, television, comics, animation, and video games.
Literature
Character | Origin | Author | Notes |
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Captain Cook, Greta, other penguins | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard and Florence Atwater | Children's book about a housepainter who ends up with a flock of penguins. |
Whiteblack | Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World | H. A. Rey and Margret Rey | Children's book about a travelling penguin |
Roy and Silo | And Tango Makes Three | They are slightly anthropomorphized, slightly fictionalized chinstrap penguins. | |
Penguins | Penguin Island | Anatole France | Satirical version of French history |
Tacky the Penguin | Tacky the Penguin[1] | Helen Lester | A penguin who does things differently than other penguins. |
Onk Beakman | Skylanders: Mask of Power books | Cavan Scott | |
Misha | "Death and the Penguin", "Penguin Lost" | Andrey Kurkov | A cheeky penguin who gets in over his head in mafia affairs and political intrigue. |
"Sergio The Penguin" | "Are These Your Glasses?" | Gavin McCormack | A penguin who gets left out at school but finds love by offering kindness to others. Teaching resources available at www.aretheseyourglasses.com |
Comics
Character | Origin | Notes |
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Alfred | Zig et Puce by Alain Saint-Ogan. | The Angoulême International Comics Festival named the Prix Alfred award after the character. |
Frobisher | Doctor Who Magazine[2] and two Big Finish audio dramas[3][4] | |
Opus | Bloom County, Outland, Opus | |
Penguin | If... | actual name is Prince Philip of Greece Penguin. |
Ping | Peter og Ping | Peter's penguin, who became the breakout character of the series. |
Pingo | Rasmus Klump | One of Rasmus' best friends. |
Pokey the Penguin | Pokey the Penguin | |
Professor Percival Penguin | The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama | |
Sparky the Wonder Penguin | This Modern World |
Theatre
Character | Origin | Author | Notes |
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Parker | Love Birds | Robert J. Sherman | The leader of "The Original Quack Pack" barbershop quartet |
Presley | Love Birds | Robert J. Sherman | The sexiest penguin in the barbershop quartet, but not the brightest bird in the flock |
Pewcey | Love Birds | Robert J. Sherman | The persnickety, judgmental member of the barbershop quartet |
Puck | Love Birds | Robert J. Sherman | The youngest member of the barbershop quartet |
In media
Animation
Character | Origin | Notes |
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The Amigos | Happy Feet | A group of five Spanish-accented Adélie Penguins who befriend Mumble. The group is led by Ramón and the names of the other penguins are Nestor, Raul, Lombardo, and Rinaldo. |
Badtz-Maru | Sanrio | |
Esemeralda | Mawaru Penguin Drum | |
Penguin 1 | ||
Penguin 2 | ||
Penguin 3 | ||
Chilly Willy | Chilly Willy | A penguin who does not enjoy being cold, from the classic Walter Lantz cartoons. In addition to his animated cartoons, also had his own comic book in the 1950s. |
Cozy Heart Penguin | Care Bears | One of the Care Bear Cousins. She is lilac with a white face and her tummy symbol is a red heart wearing a pink woolly hat. |
Feathers McGraw[5] | The Wrong Trousers | A silent, yet sinister, penguin who is a notorious criminal mastermind and bird of many faces - long thought to be a chicken, Feathers McGraw was actually exposed as a penguin, when his plan to rob a museum of precious diamonds was foiled by Wallace and Gromit. He disguises himself as a chicken by wearing a red rubber glove on his head. |
Fred | Sitting Ducks | A penguin, who migrated from Antarctica to Ducktown. |
Gloria | Happy Feet | She is Mumble's love interest and eventually becomes his mate. |
Gunter | Adventure Time | The penguin of the ice king who likes to steal things |
Hippo | Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch | |
Helen the Penguin | Animal Stories | The main character of the episode "Helen the Penguin". |
Hubie, Marina and Rocko | The Pebble and the Penguin | |
Marlon, Rocky and Bluey | Avenger Penguins | A trio of motorcycling penguins who repel Caractacus P. Doom's evil schemes. |
Mumble | Happy Feet[6] | An emperor penguin who is the main character of the movie. |
Pablo | The Backyardigans | |
Pablo the Penguin | The Three Caballeros | Features in the segment "The Cold-Blooded Penguin".[7] |
Paz | The Paz Show | |
Pecola | Pecola | |
Cody Maverick | Surf's Up | |
Pen2 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | |
Penguin Waiters | Mary Poppins | Serve tea to Mary and Bert. Cameo in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". |
Peso | Octonauts | The Octonauts ships medic |
Peggi | Tokyo ESP | A mysterious penguin with the ability to fly. It's also known as "The Collector" and has the power to remove and eat other people's ESP abilities. |
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, Private | Madagascar | A crafty group of penguins who try to escape the zoo to go back to Antarctica. The penguins got their own TV series and also a movie. |
Penguin | "Oggy and the Cockroaches" | The Minor character in the series which names are Jessica and Alex. |
Penguin | Shirokuma Cafe | |
Pingu | Pingu | The title character of the series. |
Pinga | Pingu's sister | |
Playboy Penguin | Looney Tunes | A mute skating baby penguin that seeks Bugs Bunny for help. |
Pororo the Little Penguin | Pororo the Little Penguin | |
Scamper | The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin | |
Tennessee Tuxedo[8] | Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales | Lives with Chumley the Walrus and has various misadventures at the zoo. |
Tootsie the Penguin | "Donald Duck" | a baby penguin in the classic 1939 cartoon Donald's Penguin. |
Tux | Out Of Jimmy's Head | |
Tuxedo Sam | Sanrio | |
Tip | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | |
Wheezy | Toy Story 2 | A squeaky toy penguin who was broken for most of the film, then fixed by the end but following the third film was sold at a yard sale. |
Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel, and Kevin | 3-2-1 Penguins! | |
Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemyer | Cats Don't Dance | A little penguin and Danny's first friend. He looks up to Danny as a big brother. |
Jessica and Alex | "Oggy and the Cockroaches" | Jessica is a female that appears in three animated episodes. Alex is a Male that appears in the Only Episode Keep Cool. |
Topper | "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" | |
Unnamed Baby Penguin | "The Adventures of Blinky Bill" | A chick who thought Flap was its mother. |
Video games
Character | Origin | Notes |
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Overbite[9] | Penguin Land | Commander of a special Penguin Task Force. His mission is to bring fragile eggs back safely to home from a foreign land. |
Pablo the Penguin | TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins | |
Pentarou | Parodius, Yume Penguin Monogatari, Antarctic Adventure, Tsurikko Penta, Super Fisherman Penta, Balloon Penta, Hie Hie Penta: Ice Cream Catcher, and Penta no Tsuri Bōken | |
Chill Penguin | Mega Man X | |
Sgt. James Byrd | Spyro the Dragon | First appearance was in Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon. |
King Dedede | Kirby series | |
Pengo | Pengo | |
Penta Penguin | Crash Bandicoot | He's based on the penguins in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back who walk aimlessly and then take a moment to spin. |
Paxton and Philbert (Also Known as "Sheep" or "The Thing") | Runescape | |
Rockhopper | Club Penguin | |
Gary the Gadget Guy (Also Called "G") | Club Penguin | |
Aunt Arctic (Also Known as "The Director") | Club Penguin | |
Sensei | Club Penguin | |
Dot | Club Penguin | |
Rookie | Club Penguin | |
Jetpack Guy | Club Penguin | |
Other Media (Toys, Mascots, Logos, etc.)
Character | Origin | Notes |
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Iceburgh | Pittsburgh Penguins | Iceburgh is the official mascot of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He debuted for the 1991–92 NHL season. Iceburgh was known as "Icey" in the 1995 film Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, filmed at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. In the movie, the Iceburgh costume was worn by Faith Minton. The name Iceburgh is a play on the words "iceberg" and Pittsburgh. He usually wears a Penguins jersey with the number "00". The costume is almost identical to that of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' team mascot, "Tux." The only difference being that Iceburgh has an orange neck, and Tux's neck is red. Tux also wears red gloves and Iceburgh wears black. Tux wears number "99" on his back with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins logo on the front of his jersey. |
Tux | Linux | He is the mascot of the Linux kernel and appears in many other Linux programs, usually in different styles. He has also appeared in his own video games, such as Tux Racer, Extreme Tux Racer, Tux Math Scrabble, TuxWordSmith, Tux Math, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, and Tux Paint. Tux has also appeared in other video games, including OpenArena, Pingus, FreedroidRPG, Team Fortress 2, FreeCiv and many others. In some video games featuring Tux, he has a female counterpart named Penny or Gown. Other female counterparts of Tux include Trixi (Tux 2) and Tuxette, which is the female leader name of the Antarctic civilization in FreeCiv (the male leader name being Tux). Tux also had appearances in other media too, such as appearing in a Froot Loops commercial as a squeaky toy, having an uncredited use in a YouTube video by Toutsmith called Al Gore's Penguin Army, and appearing in various merchandise, such as having his own October Toys Gwin toy and appearing on a WMF Sealion fork. |
Mathematics
Character | Notes |
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The Induction Penguin | A hypothetical penguin used to teach Mathematical Induction. To show that the penguin can climb arbitrarily high on a ladder, it is sufficient to show that 1) It can climb to the first rung and 2)If it can climb to the k'th rung, then it can climb to the k+1 rung. |
See also
References
- ↑ Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. August 17, 1990. ISBN 978-0395562338
- ↑ McIntee, David A. (1998). Mission: Impractical. BBC Books. p. 280. ISBN 0-563-40592-9.
- ↑ Shearman, Robert (2000). Doctor Who: The Holy Terror. Big Finish Productions. ISBN 1-903654-10-6.
- ↑ Shearman, Robert (2002). Doctor Who: The Maltese Penguin. Big Finish Productions. ISBN 1-903654-90-4.
- ↑ "Wallace & Gromit - The Wrong Trousers - Characters". wallaceandgromit.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Penguin suits up for a cinema hit". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ↑ http://www.jenpowell.com/tags/the-cold-blooded-penguin/
- ↑ Bernstein, Adam, Actor Don Adams Dies at 82; Starred in 'Get Smart' in '60s, The Washington Post, 27 September 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ↑ "Penguin Land / Doki Doki Penguin Land - Uchuu Daibouken". Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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