Pororo the Little Penguin

Pororo the Little Penguin (Korean: 뽀롱뽀롱 뽀로로) is a computer-generated animated cartoon series created by Iconix Entertainment, Ocon, SK Broadband, EBS with the North Korean company Samchŏlli in Kaesŏng. Production began in 2002 and the program began airing in South Korea on EBS-TV in 2003. Internationally, the program currently airs on Australian, French, Taiwanese, Indian, Italian, Puerto Rican, Singaporean and Vietnamese channels. It also started airing in Norway, on Boomerang, and Cartoonito in the UK. It also airs in Disney Junior (Asia). The adventures of Pororo and his friends can now be seen in 80 nations. In South Korea, it becomes so famous between the preschool kids and children and has earned the nickname "Pororo the president"(Korean: 뽀통령).

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Pororo and friends

The series revolves around the adventures of Pororo and his friends who live in the snowy village of Porong Porong Forest, who often encounter challenges and learn practical and moral lessons in each episode.

Series

The series has currently 3 seasons, each season with 52 episodes. The theme song for season 1 and 2 is "Happy As Can Be" This song from seasons 1 and 2 are also called 'Porong Porong Pororo" and for season 3 is "Hello Friends". The ending song for season 1 is "Best of Friends", for season 2, "All Good Friends", and for season 3, "We're all good friends". Sing a long has 26 episodes each having 3 minutes and the intro song is called "Let's sing together".

Pororo Xmas special is 70 minutes.

Main Characters

Pororo (voiced by Lee Sun) - a little blue penguin and the titular character of the cast of friends. Pororo wears big round aviator goggles and a tan-colored aviator cap. He is 5 years old and the leader of the group. He often gets into various types of mischief with his friends, which includes trying to fly and playing practical jokes on his friends. Pororo lives in a pine-tree house along with Crong, his dinosaur friend and roommate. In season 3, he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a yellow aviation helmet and gloves. His instrument is the electric guitar.

Crong (voiced by Lee Mi Ja)- a little green dinosaur that lives with Pororo. He is discovered one day as an egg, which hatches later and is adopted by Pororo as a little brother. Crong is the youngest of the group. He is usually with Pororo and is constantly getting into trouble. In the first season he cannot speak; he can only say his own name, "Crong!" to communicate, but in later seasons he can say Pororo's name and a few basic words. In season 3 he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a red bandana and gloves. His instrument is the trumpet.

Eddy (voiced by Ham Su Jung)- a little red fox who is intelligent and an inventive genius. Sometimes, he can be a show-off. His inventions include robots, trains, cars, flying devices, ships and submersibles among other things. Often, these inventions go horribly wrong which causes problems for anyone who gets caught up in his antics. Eddy is good friends with Pororo, but is also his friendly rival. Eddy lives in a hollowed-out tree stump. In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue overalls. He sang wrong in the song "Ribbit Frog" from "Pororo's Singalong". His instrument is the xylophone.

Poby (voiced by Kim Hwan Jin)- a polar bear that lives out by a glacier. Poby is the largest of all the characters and has a very gentle nature. He enjoys fishing and photography and does most of the village chores. Poby has a big black nose and wears blue denim overalls with a letter 'P' on the breast (seasons 1 and 2). In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue shorts. His instrument is the drums.

Loopy (voiced by Hong Seo Yeon)- a beaver who is often the voice of reason in the show. She is very shy, sensitive, and sometimes she can be a little princessy. Loopy lives in a hollowed out log and often invites visitors over. She enjoys cooking; she is especially fond of baking cakes and pies for her friends. Pororo and Eddy were always vying for her attention until Petty becomes introduced later. In season 2 she wears a simple flower barrette on her head or a pink bow, and in season 3, she wears a pink dress, which is updated in later episodes. Her instrument is a white piano.

Petty (voiced by Jeong Mi Suk)- a female penguin who wears a violet hood and caplet and joins Pororo and friends in Season 2. The guys are shown to have a crush on her, but she seems to be oblivious about it. Pororo often finds himself dumbfounded when she comes around, much to the ire of Loopy, who is mildly jealous of her. Petty is shown to be a little tomboyish, is a terrible cook but excels in sports, and is afraid of spiders. Petty lives in a cabin made by her friends. She wears a purple winter cap and a purple winter dress with two flowers in season 3. Her instrument is the violin.

Harry (voiced by Kim Seo Yeon)- a wayward hummingbird who lost his way from Summer Island and found his way into Pororo and friends' neighborhood (in Season 2). Harry can be quite temperamental, and he loves to sing, but his singing is usually not well received by his friends. He lives in a tiny cabin inside of Poby's house and wears a big purple bow tie.

Rody - a yellow robot built by Eddy who joins the cast of Friends in Season 3. He has catlike ears, a permanent grin and can stretch his arms and legs and lives with Eddy for a time, but given his tremendous strength and lack of social skills it becomes impractical for Rody to continue living there. As a result, Eddy later builds him his own house nearby; a large oval shaped structure made of thick sheet metal. Fiercely loyal and obedient, he is often grateful for any kind gestures the gang bestows upon him.

Tongtong - an orange tuxedo-wearing dragon that joins the cast of friends in Season 3 (not to be confused with the minor character "Dragon" from seasons 1 and 2). He lives far away inside of a volcano located in a temperate climate. He has magic powers which are achieved by chanting his own name many times and very often his magic backfires and cause problems for Pororo and his friends. He can also magically morph to a large dragon to fly long distances, but often has difficulty landing.

Popo and Pipi - two jellyfish-like twin aliens that often hover together. Pipi is purple and Popo is blue. They live in a big flying saucer. They moved in from Planet Pipo in Season 3.

Minor characters

Eddy's Robots (1, 2, 3rd is the main) (Rody's clone, Eddy-1, and Eddy-2)- many different types of Robots other than Eddy. In Season 3, he built a new Robot named Rody who joined the friends.

Dragon (1 and 2)- a friendly green dragon who lives in Porong Porong Forest. He didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of a new dragon named Tongtong. He met Petty in "Petty's secret Friend".

Steggo (1 and 2)- a metal Stegosaurus who is often seen with Dragon. He did not appear in Season 3.

Shark (2 and 3)- a not so friendly Shark who swims in the waters of Porong Porong Forest. Odd to have Sharks in the cold. He is seen in the opening titles of Season 3 where Pororo fishes him out of the ice while fishing and gets chased by him.

Aliens (2)- 2 Blue aliens who live on the moon and sometimes fly down to Earth in their Flying Saucer ship. They didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of Pipi and Popo.

Nyao - a stuffed cat who lives with Tongtong in Season 3. When the gang comes to visit Tong Tong's House, he sees Petty and falls in love with her. He wears a red cap.

Series guide

• Series 1 : 52x5' (Produced in 2003)
• Series 2 : 52x5' (Produced in 2005)
• TV movie :"Pororo to the Cookie castle" 1x70' Produced in 2004)
• Series 3 : 52x5 (Produced in 2009)

Sing a long: 26x3 (Also produced in 2005)

External links

• Iconix.co.kr (English)
• Pororo The Little Penguin Official site (currently outdated) (English/Korean)
• Pororo mini-site at Playhouse Disney Channel Asia