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The information in the article below contains spoilers for both the original series and the reboot itself. So, please consider watching the episode(s) in question if you haven't seen them already.


Season 3 aired in 1995 and 1996. Although Pingu is a children's television series in England, many of the episodes have been censored before they reached UK television. Some episodes were even banned completely from being shown. For a full list, see Pingu Censorship. However, most of the episodes managed to be on the air in the USA when Cartoon Network made this possible somewhere in the Late 1990's. BBC Two only aired the 1st half of season 3 (episodes 1-13) and the 2nd half (episodes 14-26) was released directly to VHS.


Episodes[]

Screenshot Title of episode Release date Episode
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Pingu Goes Cross Country Skiing June 15, 1995 #1
When Pingu and his friend are cross-country skiing, they carelessly crash into an elderly skier.
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Pingu at the Museum June 22, 1995 #2
Pingu and Robby get up to all sorts of mischief during a visit to a museum.
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Pingu's Grandpa Comes to Stay June 29, 1995 #3
Pingu's Grandfather comes to have dinner with Pingu's Family.
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Pingu's Long Journey July 6, 1995 #4
Pingu sets off an expedition, but doesn't realise that his sister is hiding in the sled.
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Pingu Pretends to be Ill July 13, 1995 #5
Pingu fakes illness to get out of school, but the doctor sees through his trick.
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Pingu the Painter July 20, 1995 #6
Pingu finds a box of painting recruits and decides to paint Robby, but he makes a mess.
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Pingu's Trick July 27, 1995 #7
Pingu helps his neighbor and gets rewarded. When his friend tries to repeat the feat, the neighbor sees through the ploy.
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Pingu and the Mother Bird August 3, 1995 #8
A bird keeps stealing the fishes Pingu had. Pingu tries to stop the bird from stealing his fishes, then realises that the bird is taking his fishes because the bird wanted to feed her chicks.
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Pingu Quarrels With His Mother August 10, 1995 #9
Pingu argues with Mother after he abandons his chores to play with his friends.
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Pingu and the Message in a Bottle August 17, 1995 #10
Pingu finds a bottle containing a mysterious map, but it leads to a common shell. Pingu is disappointed and takes the shell home, then makes a discovery.
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Pingu Has an Idea August 24, 1995 #11
When their mother sleeps, Pingu and Pinga take the record player outside, but without electricity it does not work. Seeing Father's car battery, Pingu gets an idea.
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Pingu Breaks a Vase August 31, 1995 #12
While playing, Pingu and Pinga accidentally break their mother's vase. Pinga then tattles to Father.
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Pingu and the Paper Plane September 7, 1995 #13
A classmate throws a paper airplane at a teacher and Pingu gets blamed for it. Pingu seeks revenge on the classmate.
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Pingu Takes Revenge June 13, 1996 #14
When Pingg teases Pingu, he seeks revenge by sawing the bridge to Pingg's house, but then Grandfather tries to cross the bridge.
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Pingu Makes a Mistake June 20, 1996 #15
Pingu ends up mixing up his Aunt's egg with the egg of another family.
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Pingu and the Toy June 27, 1996 #16
Pingo gets a new toy car and Pingu wants one too, but it doesn't turn out as expected.
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Pingu the Superhero July 4, 1996 #17
After getting the idea from both Pingo and a comic book, Pingu tries to be a superhero.
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Pingu and the Fishing Competition July 11, 1996 #18
Pingu, Pingo, and Pongi have a fishing competition. Pongi has no luck, but then a miracle occurs.
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Pingu and the Letter July 18, 1996 #19
Pingu hides a letter when he hears Mother coming, as he has already opened it, and she searches everywhere for it.
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Pingu Feels Left Out July 25, 1996 #20
Robby and Pingo play badminton without Pingu, making him feel left out.
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Pingu Wins First Prize August 1, 1996 #21
Pingu buys a ticket from Miss Peng-Hoven and wins a first prize at the life-time's supply of best quality fish.
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Pingu and the Ghost August 8, 1996 #22
Pingu pretends to be a ghost to frighten Pinga, so Mother sends him to his room, where a scary storm rages outside.
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Pingu and the Postcard August 15, 1996 #23
Pingu and Pinga adorn themselves with flowers after seeing a South Sea postcard. Mother realizes where they got their flowers.
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Pingu's Discovery August 22, 1996 #24
Pingu and Robby found an ancient artifact, so they brought it over to the museum along with Pingu's grandfather.
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Pingu and the Baker August 29, 1996 #25
Pingu steals a cake from the baker and hides it from Mother. She discovers it and forces him to return to the baker.
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Pingu and the Lost Ball September 5, 1996 #26
Pingu is playing alone with wooden blocks when Pinga comes along and his tower collapses. In revenge he puts her ball just out of reach.

Trivia[]

  • The majority of this season was shown on US/American television through Cartoon Network and PBS Kids Sprout, but only "Pingu's Long Journey" has ever been available on a Home Video release, Antarctic Antics. The aforementioned episode was also released for digital in 2013.
  • This is the first season for several things:
    • This is the first season to use the new intro. However, the first five episodes had the original opening titles. Later prints plastered it with the later intro, though it is intact on Japanese VHS releases.
    • This is the first season to use the "EMU Proteus 2 orchestral" to compose the music.
    • This is the first season to have music entirely composed by Andy Benedict.
    • This is the first season we see Pingu smiling in the intro.
  • Episodes for Season 1, Season 2 and this season had the HiT Entertainment logo added at the end of every episode on DVD releases.

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