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Pingu Looks After the Egg (also known as Pingu Helps With Incubating) is the second episode of the first series of Pingu.
Synopsis[]
Pingu's mother trusts him to look after the egg while she helps Father to hang up the laundry. At first, Pingu is happy to help, but he soon gets bored and starts dancing to music on his record player. While he is dancing, the egg grows legs and starts walking around the room. Pingu notices this and tries to get a hold of the egg before his parents find out, trashing the igloo in the process.
Pingu's parents eventually notice the commotion and rush inside to help. Father catches the egg and Mother finds Pingu hiding in the cupboard, afraid that his parents will punish him. Luckily for Pingu, Mother forgives him and Pingu kisses her on the cheek. Mother and Pingu clean up the igloo and Father knits him a hat.
Characters[]
Trivia[]
- In the original version, the song playing on the record player is "Woodpeckers from Space" by VideoKids. The remastered version instead uses "Pingu-Dance," although it is instead the Flemish Dutch cover by Chris Van Tongelen[1], with Tongelen's vocals removed outside of the main chorus although all the female singer's parts were kept.
- The part where Pingu's head bounces off his shoulders was a reference to the "Woodpeckers from Space" music video.
Censorship[]
- On the BBC VHS release of this episode, the scene where Pingu hides inside the cupboard was removed completely, likely due to it unintentionally mirroring a self-harm attempt.