Pororo
Encyclopedia
Pororo the Little Penguin is a computer-generated animated cartoon series created by Iconix Entertainment
, Ocon
, SK Broadband, EBS
with the North Korea
n company Samchŏlli in Kaesŏng
. Production began in 2002 and the program began airing in South Korea on EBS-TV
in 2003. Internationally, the program currently airs on Australia
n, French
, Taiwan
ese, India
n, Italian
, Singapore
an and Vietnam
ese channels. It also started airing on Boomerang
and Cartoonito
in the UK
. It also airs in Disney Junior (Asia)
. The adventures of Pororo and his friends can now be seen in 80 nations.
The series revolves around the adventures of Pororo and his friends who live in the snowy village of Porong Porong Forest, who often encounter challenges and learn practical and moral lessons in each episode.
The theme song for season 1 and 2 is "Happy As Can Be".
and for season 3 is "Hello Friends".
The ending song for season 1 is "Best of Friends",
for season 2, "All Good Friends",
and for season 3, "We're all good friends".
Sing a long has 26 episodes each having 3 minutes and the intro song is called "Let's sing together".
Pororo Xmas special is 70 minutes.
and the titular character of the cast of friends. Pororo wears big round aviator goggles and a tan-colored aviator cap. He is 5 years old and the leader of the group. He often gets into various types of mischief with his friends, which includes trying to fly and playing practical jokes on his friends. Pororo lives in a pine-tree house along with Crong, his dinosaur friend and roommate. In season 3, he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a yellow aviation helmet and gloves. His instrument is the electric guitar.
Crong (voiced by Lee Mi Ja)- a little green dinosaur
that lives with Pororo. He is discovered one day as an egg, which hatches later and is adopted by Pororo as a little brother. Crong is the youngest of the group. He is usually with Pororo and is constantly getting into trouble. In the first season he cannot speak; he can only say his own name, "Crong!" to communicate, but in later seasons he can say Pororo's name and a few basic words. In season 3 he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a red bandana and gloves. His instrument is the trumpet.
Eddy (voiced by Ham Su Jung)- a little red fox
who is intelligent and an inventive genius. Sometimes, he can be a show-off. His inventions include robots, trains, cars, flying devices, ships and submersibles among other things. Often, these inventions go horribly wrong which causes problems for anyone who gets caught up in his antics. Eddy is good friends with Pororo, but is also his friendly rival. Eddy lives in a hollowed-out tree stump. In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue overalls. He sang wrong in the song "Ribbit Frog" from "Pororo's Singalong". His instrument is the xylophone.
Poby (voiced by Kim Hwan Jin)- a polar bear
that lives out by a glacier. Poby is the largest of all the characters and has a very gentle nature. He enjoys fishing and photography and does most of the village chores. Poby has a big black nose and wears blue denim overalls with a letter 'P' on the breast (seasons 1 and 2). In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue shorts. His instrument is the drums.
Loopy (voiced by Hong Seo Yeon)- a beaver
who is often the voice of reason in the show. She is very shy, sensitive, and sometimes she can be a little princessy. Loopy lives in a hollowed out log and often invites visitors over. She enjoys cooking; she is especially fond of baking cakes and pies for her friends. Pororo and Eddy were always vying for her attention until Petty becomes introduced later. In season 2 she wears a simple flower barrette
on her head or a pink bow, and in season 3, she wears a pink dress, which is updated in later episodes. Her instrument is a white piano.
Petty (voiced by Jeong Mi Suk)- a female penguin
who wears a violet hood and caplet and joins Pororo and friends in Season 2. The guys are shown to have a crush on her, but she seems to be oblivious about it. Pororo often finds himself dumbfounded when she comes around, much to the ire of Loopy, who is mildly jealous of her. Petty is shown to be a little tomboyish, is a terrible cook but excels in sports, and is afraid of spiders. Petty lives in a cabin made by her friends. She wears a purple winter cap and a purple winter dress with two flowers in season 3. Her instrument is the violin.
Harry (voiced by Kim Seo Yeon)- a wayward hummingbird
who lost his way from Summer Island and found his way into Pororo and friends' neighborhood (in Season 2). Harry can be quite temperamental, and he loves to sing, but his singing is usually not well received by his friends. He lives in a tiny cabin inside of Poby's house and wears a big purple bow tie.
Rody - a yellow robot
built by Eddy who joins the cast of Friends in Season 3. He has catlike ears, a permanent grin and can stretch his arms and legs and lives with Eddy for a time, but given his tremendous strength and lack of social skills it becomes impractical for Rody to continue living there. As a result, Eddy later builds him his own house nearby; a large oval shaped structure made of thick sheet metal
. Fiercely loyal and obedient, he is often grateful for any kind gestures the gang bestows upon him.
Tongtong - an orange tuxedo-wearing dragon
that joins the cast of friends in Season 3 (not to be confused with the minor character "Dragon" from seasons 1 and 2). He lives far away inside of a volcano located in a temperate climate. He has magic powers which are achieved by chanting his own name many times and very often his magic backfires and cause problems for Pororo and his friends. He can also magically morph to a large dragon to fly long distances, but often has difficulty landing.
Popo and Pipi - two jellyfish-like twin aliens
that often hover together. Pipi is purple and Popo is blue. They live in a big flying saucer. They moved in from Planet Pipo in Season 3.
Dragon
(1 and 2)- a friendly green dragon who lives in Porong Porong Forest. He didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of a new dragon named Tongtong. He met Petty in "Petty's secret Friend".
Steggo (1 and 2)- a metal Stegosaurus
who is often seen with Dragon. He did not appear in Season 3.
Shark
(2 and 3)- a not so friendly Shark who swims in the waters of Porong Porong Forest. Odd to have Sharks in the cold. He is seen in the opening titles of Season 3 where Pororo fishes him out of the ice while fishing and gets chased by him.
Aliens (2)- 2 Blue aliens who live on the moon and sometimes fly down to Earth in their Flying Saucer ship. They didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of Pipi and Popo.
Nyao - a stuffed cat
who lives with Tongtong in Season 3. When the gang comes to visit Tong Tong's House, he sees Petty and falls in love with her. He wears a red cap.
Sing a long: 26x3 (Also produced in 2005)
Iconix Entertainment
Iconix Entertainment, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean entertainment company formed by the merger of Iconix. The company is commonly referred to as "Iconix", the same name used in previous incarnations of Iconix....
, Ocon
Ocón
Ocón is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja . Its population at January 2006 was of 322 inhabitants and has 34.3 km extension. It is formed by the villages La Villa, Pipaona, Aldealobos, Las Ruedas, Santa Lucía and Los Molinos....
, SK Broadband, EBS
EBS
-Education:* Educational Broadcasting System is a Korea educational broadcasting-company* Edinburgh Business School, is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University...
with the North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
n company Samchŏlli in Kaesŏng
Kaesong
Kaesŏng is a city in North Hwanghae Province, southern North Korea , a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty. The city is near Kaesŏng Industrial Region and it contains the remains of the Manwoldae palace. It was formally named Songdo while it was the...
. Production began in 2002 and the program began airing in South Korea on EBS-TV
Educational Broadcasting System
Educational Broadcasting System or EBS is the only educational television and radio network covering South Korean territory. Established as KBS 3TV in the 1980's, and became an independent corporation in 2000...
in 2003. Internationally, the program currently airs on Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n, French
France
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, Taiwan
Taiwan
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ese, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n, Italian
Italy
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, Singapore
Singapore
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an and Vietnam
Vietnam
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ese channels. It also started airing on Boomerang
Boomerang (British TV channel)
Boomerang is a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland launched on 27 May 2000. It is broadcast 24 hours on the Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk TV, Top Up TV, UPC Ireland. It mostly features classic cartoons such as Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry, and...
and Cartoonito
Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a British preschool television channel in the UK, available in both English and French. The channel usually airs programmes directed towards children under age 8, or "kids" versions of popular children's shows...
in the UK
United Kingdom
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. It also airs in Disney Junior (Asia)
Disney Junior (Asia)
Disney Junior in Asia is a 24-hour commercial-free television channel that was launch on July 11, 2011, replaced Playhouse Disney Asia since January 1 1994 .The programs are similar to the Disney Junior in the United States of America...
. The adventures of Pororo and his friends can now be seen in 80 nations.
The series revolves around the adventures of Pororo and his friends who live in the snowy village of Porong Porong Forest, who often encounter challenges and learn practical and moral lessons in each episode.
Series
The series has currently 3 seasons, each season with 52 episodes.The theme song for season 1 and 2 is "Happy As Can Be".
and for season 3 is "Hello Friends".
The ending song for season 1 is "Best of Friends",
for season 2, "All Good Friends",
and for season 3, "We're all good friends".
Sing a long has 26 episodes each having 3 minutes and the intro song is called "Let's sing together".
Pororo Xmas special is 70 minutes.
Main Characters
Pororo (voiced by Lee Sun) - a little blue penguinPenguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
and the titular character of the cast of friends. Pororo wears big round aviator goggles and a tan-colored aviator cap. He is 5 years old and the leader of the group. He often gets into various types of mischief with his friends, which includes trying to fly and playing practical jokes on his friends. Pororo lives in a pine-tree house along with Crong, his dinosaur friend and roommate. In season 3, he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a yellow aviation helmet and gloves. His instrument is the electric guitar.
Crong (voiced by Lee Mi Ja)- a little green dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
that lives with Pororo. He is discovered one day as an egg, which hatches later and is adopted by Pororo as a little brother. Crong is the youngest of the group. He is usually with Pororo and is constantly getting into trouble. In the first season he cannot speak; he can only say his own name, "Crong!" to communicate, but in later seasons he can say Pororo's name and a few basic words. In season 3 he wears a blue aviator jumpsuit and a red bandana and gloves. His instrument is the trumpet.
Eddy (voiced by Ham Su Jung)- a little red fox
Red Fox
The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
who is intelligent and an inventive genius. Sometimes, he can be a show-off. His inventions include robots, trains, cars, flying devices, ships and submersibles among other things. Often, these inventions go horribly wrong which causes problems for anyone who gets caught up in his antics. Eddy is good friends with Pororo, but is also his friendly rival. Eddy lives in a hollowed-out tree stump. In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue overalls. He sang wrong in the song "Ribbit Frog" from "Pororo's Singalong". His instrument is the xylophone.
Poby (voiced by Kim Hwan Jin)- a polar bear
Polar Bear
The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
that lives out by a glacier. Poby is the largest of all the characters and has a very gentle nature. He enjoys fishing and photography and does most of the village chores. Poby has a big black nose and wears blue denim overalls with a letter 'P' on the breast (seasons 1 and 2). In season 3 he wears a white shirt and blue shorts. His instrument is the drums.
Loopy (voiced by Hong Seo Yeon)- a beaver
Beaver
The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...
who is often the voice of reason in the show. She is very shy, sensitive, and sometimes she can be a little princessy. Loopy lives in a hollowed out log and often invites visitors over. She enjoys cooking; she is especially fond of baking cakes and pies for her friends. Pororo and Eddy were always vying for her attention until Petty becomes introduced later. In season 2 she wears a simple flower barrette
Barrette
A barrette is a clasp or pin for holding hair in place....
on her head or a pink bow, and in season 3, she wears a pink dress, which is updated in later episodes. Her instrument is a white piano.
Petty (voiced by Jeong Mi Suk)- a female penguin
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
who wears a violet hood and caplet and joins Pororo and friends in Season 2. The guys are shown to have a crush on her, but she seems to be oblivious about it. Pororo often finds himself dumbfounded when she comes around, much to the ire of Loopy, who is mildly jealous of her. Petty is shown to be a little tomboyish, is a terrible cook but excels in sports, and is afraid of spiders. Petty lives in a cabin made by her friends. She wears a purple winter cap and a purple winter dress with two flowers in season 3. Her instrument is the violin.
Harry (voiced by Kim Seo Yeon)- a wayward hummingbird
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings...
who lost his way from Summer Island and found his way into Pororo and friends' neighborhood (in Season 2). Harry can be quite temperamental, and he loves to sing, but his singing is usually not well received by his friends. He lives in a tiny cabin inside of Poby's house and wears a big purple bow tie.
Rody - a yellow robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
built by Eddy who joins the cast of Friends in Season 3. He has catlike ears, a permanent grin and can stretch his arms and legs and lives with Eddy for a time, but given his tremendous strength and lack of social skills it becomes impractical for Rody to continue living there. As a result, Eddy later builds him his own house nearby; a large oval shaped structure made of thick sheet metal
Sheet metal
Sheet metal is simply metal formed into thin and flat pieces. It is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking, and can be cut and bent into a variety of different shapes. Countless everyday objects are constructed of the material...
. Fiercely loyal and obedient, he is often grateful for any kind gestures the gang bestows upon him.
Tongtong - an orange tuxedo-wearing dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
that joins the cast of friends in Season 3 (not to be confused with the minor character "Dragon" from seasons 1 and 2). He lives far away inside of a volcano located in a temperate climate. He has magic powers which are achieved by chanting his own name many times and very often his magic backfires and cause problems for Pororo and his friends. He can also magically morph to a large dragon to fly long distances, but often has difficulty landing.
Popo and Pipi - two jellyfish-like twin aliens
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
that often hover together. Pipi is purple and Popo is blue. They live in a big flying saucer. They moved in from Planet Pipo in Season 3.
Minor characters
Eddy's Robots (1, 2, 3rd is the main) (Rody's clone, Eddy-1, and Eddy-2)- many different types of Robots other than Eddy. In Season 3, he built a new Robot named Rody who joined the friends.Dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
(1 and 2)- a friendly green dragon who lives in Porong Porong Forest. He didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of a new dragon named Tongtong. He met Petty in "Petty's secret Friend".
Steggo (1 and 2)- a metal Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well...
who is often seen with Dragon. He did not appear in Season 3.
Shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
(2 and 3)- a not so friendly Shark who swims in the waters of Porong Porong Forest. Odd to have Sharks in the cold. He is seen in the opening titles of Season 3 where Pororo fishes him out of the ice while fishing and gets chased by him.
Aliens (2)- 2 Blue aliens who live on the moon and sometimes fly down to Earth in their Flying Saucer ship. They didn't appear in Season 3 in favour of Pipi and Popo.
Nyao - a stuffed cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
who lives with Tongtong in Season 3. When the gang comes to visit Tong Tong's House, he sees Petty and falls in love with her. He wears a red cap.
Series guide
- Series 1 : 52x5' (Produced in 2003)
- Series 2 : 52x5' (Produced in 2005)
- TV movie :"Pororo to the Cookie castle" 1x70' Produced in 2004)
- Series 3 : 52x5 (Produced in 2009)
Sing a long: 26x3 (Also produced in 2005)