List of fictional penguins

This list of fictional penguins is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds and is a collection of various notable penguin characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of penguins in literature, film, television, comics, animation, and video games.

Literature

Character	Origin	Author	Notes
Captain Cook, Greta, other penguins	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Richard and Florence Atwater	Children's book about a housepainter who ends up with a flock of penguins.
Evil emperor penguin	Evil emperor penguin	Laura Ellen Anderson	Children's book series about an evil emperor penguin and his sidekicks.
Whiteblack	Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World	H. A. Rey and Margret Rey	Children's book about a travelling penguin
Roy and Silo	And Tango Makes Three	Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson	They are slightly anthropomorphized, slightly fictionalized chinstrap penguins.
Penguins	Penguin Island	Anatole France	Satirical version of French history
Tacky the Penguin	Tacky the Penguin [1]	Helen Lester	A penguin who does things differently than other penguins.
Onk Beakman	Skylanders: Mask of Power books	Cavan Scott
Misha	Death and the Penguin , Penguin Lost	Andrey Kurkov	A cheeky penguin who gets in over his head in mafia affairs and political intrigue.
Eclair Ecleir Eicler	Overlord (novel series)	Kugane Maruyama	Also appears in anime series based on light novel.

Comics

Character	Origin	Creator	Notes
Alfred	Zig et Puce	Alain Saint-Ogan	The pet penguin of the title characters. The Angoulême International Comics Festival named the Prix Alfred award after the character. [2]
Duke	Boner's Ark	Mort Walker	One of the passengers on board of Boner's ark. [3]
Frobisher	Doctor Who Magazine [4] and two Big Finish audio dramas [5] [6]	Steve Parkhouse and John Ridgway	A humanoid from a shape-changing extraterrestrial race who prefers to take the guise of a penguin.
Opus	Bloom County , Outland , Opus	Berkeley Breathed	A penguin from the Falkland Islands. He is the most recognizable character from the franchise and was the star of many of its spin-offs.
Penguin	If...	Steve Bell	Actual name is Prince Philip of Greece Penguin.
Ping	Peter og Ping	Storm P. (Robert Storm Petersen)	Peter's penguin, who became the breakout character of the series. A Danish comics prize has been named after the character. [7]
Pingo	Rasmus Klump	Carla and Vilhelm Hansen	One of Rasmus' best friends.
Pokey the Penguin	Pokey the Penguin	Steve Havelka
Professor Percival Penguin	The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama	Alex Langley, Nick Langley
Sparky the Wonder Penguin	This Modern World	Tom Tomorrow	A fast-talking penguin (sometimes identified as an auk) who wears a red visor and offers political commentary.
Squeak	Pip, Squeak and Wilfred	Bertram Lamb and Austin Bowen Payne

Theatre

Character	Origin	Author	Notes
Parker	Love Birds	Robert J. Sherman	The leader of "The Original Quack Pack" barbershop quartet
Presley	Love Birds	Robert J. Sherman	The sexiest penguin in the barbershop quartet, but not the brightest bird in the flock
Pewcey	Love Birds	Robert J. Sherman	The persnickety, judgmental member of the barbershop quartet
Puck	Love Birds	Robert J. Sherman	The youngest member of the barbershop quartet

In media

Animation

Character	Origin	Notes
The Amigos	Happy Feet	A group of five Spanish-accented Adélie Penguins who befriend Mumble. The group is led by Ramón and the names of the other penguins are Nestor, Raul, Lombardo, and Rinaldo.
Badtz-Maru	Sanrio
Esmeralda	Mawaru Penguin Drum
Penguin 1
Penguin 2
Penguin 3
Chilly Willy	Chilly Willy	A penguin who does not enjoy being cold, from the classic Walter Lantz cartoons. In addition to his animated cartoons, also had his own comic book in the 1950s.
Cody Maverick	Surf's Up
Cozy Heart Penguin	Care Bears	One of the Care Bear Cousins. She is lilac with a white face and her tummy symbol is a red heart wearing a pink woolly hat.
Feathers McGraw [8]	The Wrong Trousers	A silent, yet sinister, penguin who is a notorious criminal mastermind and bird of many faces – long thought to be a chicken, Feathers McGraw is actually exposed as a penguin, when his plan to rob a museum of precious diamonds was foiled by Wallace and Gromit. He disguises himself as a chicken by wearing a red rubber glove on his head.
Fred	Sitting Ducks	A penguin who migrated from Antarctica to Ducktown.
Gloria	Happy Feet	She is Mumble's love interest and eventually becomes his mate
Gunter	Adventure Time	The penguin of the ice king who likes to steal things.
Hippo	Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
Helen the Penguin	Animal Stories	The main character of the episode "Helen the Penguin", and it is also the primordial alien Orgalorg.
Hubie, Marina and Rocko	The Pebble and the Penguin
King Charlatan and Edgar	My Little Pony	An evil king who seeks to freeze the world with his icy vision and his goodhearted son
Marlon, Rocky and Bluey	Avenger Penguins	A trio of motorcycling penguins who repel Caractacus P. Doom's evil schemes
Mrs. Penguin	Top Wing	Penny's mom
Mr. Penguin		Penny's dad
Mumble	Happy Feet [9]	An emperor penguin who is the main character of the movie
Oswaldo	Oswaldo
Pablo	The Backyardigans
Pablo the Penguin	The Three Caballeros	Features in the segment "The Cold-Blooded Penguin". [10]
Paz	The Paz Show
Pecola	Pecola
Penny	The Koala Brothers
Penny	Top Wing	A cadet who is an underwater expert with her Aqua Runner
Petey		Penny's little brothers and sisters
Phoebe
Precious
Phoenix
Portia
Presley
Pascal
Pen2	Neon Genesis Evangelion
Penguin Waiters	Mary Poppins	Serve tea to Mary and Bert. One made a cameo in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". They also appeared in House of Mouse as part of the staff working alongside Goofy.
Peso	Octonauts	The Octonauts' ship's medic
Peggi	Tokyo ESP	A mysterious penguin with the ability to fly. It is also known as "The Collector" and has the power to remove and eat other people's ESP abilities.
Pegitan	Healin' Good Pretty Cure	The penguin partner of Chiyu.
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, Private	Madagascar	A crafty group of penguins who try to escape the zoo to go back to Antarctica. The penguins got their own TV series and also a movie.
Penguin	Oggy and the Cockroaches	The minor character in the series, named Jessica and Alex
Penguin	Shirokuma Cafe
Pingu	Pingu	The title character of the series
Pinga		Pingu's sister
Pip	T.O.T.S.
Playboy Penguin	Looney Tunes	A mute skating baby penguin that seeks Bugs Bunny for help
Pororo the Little Penguin	Pororo the Little Penguin
Scamper	The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
Spinner	Wild Kratts	A young emperor penguin chick who was named by Martin. He was named by him because he likes to spin, especially when fed fish.
Tennessee Tuxedo [11]	Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales	Lives with Chumley the Walrus and has various misadventures at the zoo.
Tootsie the Penguin	Donald Duck	A baby penguin in the classic 1939 cartoon "Donald's Penguin"
Tux	Out Of Jimmy's Head
Tuxedo Sam	Sanrio
Tip	The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Wheezy	Toy Story 2	A squeaky toy penguin who was broken for most of the film, then fixed by the end but following the third film was sold at a yard sale
Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel, and Kevin	3-2-1 Penguins!
Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemyer	Cats Don't Dance	A little penguin and Danny's first friend. He looks up to Danny as a big brother.
Jessica and Alex	Oggy and the Cockroaches	Jessica is a female that appears in three animated episodes. Alex is a male that only appears in the "Keep Cool".
Topper	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Unnamed Baby Penguin	The Adventures of Blinky Bill	A chick who thought Flap was its mother
Caruso	The Little Polar Bear	A penguin who strangely enough lives in the Arctic and is close with Lars and co. He leads a troop of lemmings in every appearance. In "The Mysterious Island" the villainous polar bear Brutus, who was sick of Caruso's ever constant singing, dancing and cheerfulness, decides to get rid him by trapping him in a train (along with Lars and Robbie who attempt to prevent this). In the Galapagos he falls in love with a female Galapagos penguin and in the end decides to stay in the Galapagos with his love. His origins are revealed in "A Visitor from the South Pole" where he was found lost at sea by Orca who gladly brought him to the Arctic. He becomes liked by many except for Brutus who again tries to get rid of him (but fails this time).
Pamie & Nick	Adventures of the Little Koala	Twin little blue penguins and close friends with Roobear. Pamie is female and is usually portrayed as gluttonous and having a slight crush on Roobear (though he already has a girlfriend). Nick is male and is typically more level-headed, yet does have a sense of humor.

Video games

Character	Origin	Notes
Overbite [12]	Penguin Land	Commander of a special Penguin Task Force. His mission is to bring fragile eggs back safely to home from a foreign land.
Pentarou	Parodius , Yume Penguin Monogatari , Antarctic Adventure , Tsurikko Penta, Super Fisherman Penta, Balloon Penta, Hie Hie Penta: Ice Cream Catcher, and Penta no Tsuri Bōken
Chill Penguin	Mega Man X	A Ice-Themed Maverick who is one of the eight Maverick bosses.
Killer Penguin	Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals	Highly aggressive species of penguin (Eudyptes omnicidus) acting as an Easter Egg animal.
King Dedede	Kirby's Dream Land	One of Kirby's bosses and friends.
Sgt. James Byrd	Spyro the Dragon	First appearance was in Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon .
Pengo	Pengo
Penta Penguin	Crash Bandicoot	He's based on the penguins in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back who walk aimlessly and then take a moment to spin.
Paxton and Philbert (also known as "Sheep" or "The Thing")	Runescape
Dr. Akaggy [13]	Starbound
Don Pygoscelis	Kingdom of Loathing	Leader of the Penguin Mafia. Named after Pygoscelis, a genus of penguins.
DJ Grooves	A Hat in Time	A Movie Director who runs Dead Bird Studio. He is a major character in the Battle of the Birds section of the video game A Hat in Time.

Other media (toys, mascots, logos, etc.)

Character	Origin	Notes
Iceburgh	Pittsburgh Penguins	Iceburgh is the official mascot of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He debuted for the 1991–92 NHL season. Iceburgh was known as "Icey" in the 1995 film Sudden Death starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, filmed at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. In the movie, the Iceburgh costume was worn by Faith Minton. The name is a play on the words "iceberg" and "Pittsburgh". He usually wears a Penguins jersey with the number "00". The costume is almost identical to that of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' team mascot, "Tux." The only differences are that Iceburgh has an orange neck, and Tux's neck is red; Iceburgh wears black gloves, while Tux wears red; and Tux wears the number "99" on his back with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins logo on the front of his jersey.
Tux	Linux	He is the mascot of the Linux kernel and appears in many other Linux programs, usually in different styles. He has also appeared in his own video games, such as Tux Racer, Extreme Tux Racer, Tux Math Scrabble, TuxWordSmith, Tux Math, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, and Tux Paint. Tux has also appeared in other video games, including OpenArena , Pingus , FreedroidRPG, Team Fortress 2 , FreeCiv and many others. In some games, he has a female counterpart named Penny or Gown. Other female counterparts of Tux include Trixi ( Tux 2 ) and Tuxette, which is the female leader name of the Antarctic civilization in FreeCiv (the male leader name being Tux). Tux also had appearances in other media too, such as appearing in a Froot Loops commercial as a squeaky toy, having an uncredited use in a YouTube video by Toutsmith called "Al Gore's Penguin Army", and appearing in various merchandise, such as having his own October Toys Gwin toy and appearing on a WMF "Sealion" fork.

See also

• List of fictional birds

References

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2. "Alain Saint-Ogan". lambiek.net.
3. "Mort Walker". lambiek.net.
4. McIntee, David A. (1998). Mission: Impractical. BBC Books. p. 280. ISBN   0-563-40592-9.
5. Shearman, Robert (2000). Doctor Who: The Holy Terror. Big Finish Productions. ISBN   1-903654-10-6.
6. Shearman, Robert (2002). Doctor Who: The Maltese Penguin. Big Finish Productions. ISBN   1-903654-90-4.
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8. "Wallace & Gromit - The Wrong Trousers - Characters". wallaceandgromit.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
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11. Bernstein, Adam, "Actor Don Adams Dies at 82; Starred in Get Smart in '60s", The Washington Post , 27 September 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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