English Pingu (partially lost English dub of children's stop-motion series; 2000-2002)
The cover of the first volume
Status: Partially Lost
Pingu is one of the most popular stop-motion series of the 90s and 2000s. The show is mainly popular for it's use of penguinese, a grammelot fictional language spoken by the characters. Despite this however, it still managed to get an english dub, which was released throughout 2000 via direct-to-video and again in 2002 only in South Korea. Only the first season was dubbed and it's infamous for it's use of poor grammer and voice acting.
Format
Instead of airing on TV, the dub was instead released exclusively on VHS via volumes, with each volume having 5 or 4 redubbed episodes. Whenever a character speaks english in the episodes, subtitles of what they're saying appears at the bottom of the screen. However, the subtitles sometimes don't match what's actually being said and even misspell some words at times. At the end of every episode, there is a Listen & Repeat segment where a narrator repeats all the lines said in the episode.
Episode list
| Volume | Original Episode Title | Title in The Dub | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello Pingu | I am Pingu | Found |
| 1 | Pingu Looks After the Egg | Pingu sits on eggs | Found |
| 1 | Pingu Delivers the Mail | Little Postman | Found |
| 1 | Pingu Goes Fishing | Go Fishing | Found |
| 1 | The New Arrival | Birth of Pinga | Found |
| 2 | Jealousy | Jealousy | Found |
| 2 | Pingu Plays Fish Tennis | Play volleyball | Found |
| 2 | Hide and Seek | Snowball Fighting | Found |
| 2 | Barrel of Fun | Sledding | Found |
| 2 | Skiing | Go Skiing | Found |
| 3 | Lost Baby | Unknown | Lost |
| 3 | Ice Hockey | Unknown | Lost |
| 3 | Building Igloos | Unknown | Lost |
| 3 | Sledging | Unknown | Lost |
| 4 | Pingu Runs Away | I Hate Mom | Found |
| 4 | Music Lessons | Playing Accordion | Found |
| 4 | Pingu's Ice Cave | Adventure | Found |
| 4 | Pingu and Pinga Stay Up | I Can't Sleep | Found |
| 5 | Little Accidents | Bathroom | Found |
| 5 | School Time | At School | Found |
| 5 | Grandpa is ill | Sick Grandpa | Found |
| 5 | Pingu's Dream | Scary Dream | Found |
| 6 | Pingu's Circus | Circus | Found |
| 6 | Pingu and the Barrel Organ | Barrel Organ | Found |
| 6 | Noise | So Much Noise | Found |
| 6 | Pingu and Pinga at Home | Home Alone | Found |
Availability
Nearly all of the volumes are available online via Youtube, albeit in low quality[1]. The only volume that is lost is Volume 3, which contains the rest of the episodes from Season 1 and has yet to surface online in any form as of now.