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Little Accidents (also known as Pingu's Lavatory Story) is the nineteenth episode of the first season of Pingu.
Plot
After finishing his lunch, Pingu goes to a pub to get a drink. Pinga follows him there and asks if she can have a drink as well. Pingu buys her two, but when she drinks them, she accidentally goes to the toilet on the ground. Pingu hurriedly sends her home and she makes it to her potty just in time.
Pingu then drinks too much and needs to go to the toilet too. The bartender tells him not to urinate at his pub, so Pingu rushes back home as fast as he can, but when he gets there, his father beats him to the bathroom. He tries to use Pinga's potty instead, which his mother is not happy about. Pingu rushes outside and rings the doorbell so that his father has to come and answer, allowing him to make a dash for the bathroom. However, he urinates on the floor, because the toilet is too high.
When he has finished cleaning up the mess, Pingu tries to go to the toilet using stilts. His mother comes in and tells him not to, but Pingu explains to her that he was only doing so because he could not reach the toilet. His mother suggests that they build some steps for him out of snow. They do so, and Pingu is finally able to go to the toilet in peace.
Characters
- Pingu
- Pinga
- Pingu's Mother
- Pingu's Father
- The Drink Seller
Trivia
- This is the only Season 1 episode to not be released on DVD in the United States.
- The pub in this episode is also seen in Pingu and the Barrel Organ.
Censorship
- For unknown reasons, BBC broadcasts and VHS releases of this episode shorten the scene of Pingu urinating on the floor, thus leaving out Pingu looking at Father.
- Due to this episode's heavy focus on uncensored urination, toilet humour and possible alcoholic references, it has been banned from television broadcasting and home video distribution throughout much of the world to this day (Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada being some of, if not the only exceptions).
Goofs
- When Father is on the toilet, it appears to be a slightly lower height than in later shots.
- When Mother tells Pingu not to use the toilet with stilts, the door behind her moves slightly.