is the main character of the series. His age is 5. He is considered mischievous and a runaway in the episode "Pingu Runs Away". He commonly uses the "megaphone-like beak" gesture and "NUG, NUG!"[5] sound to indicate anger, frustration or to get attention.
Pinga
is Pingu's little sister. She first appeared in the episode "Pinga is Born". In most of the episodes she appears to be about 18 months old, though she is seen attending kindergarten in one episode. Pingu gets jealous when she gets to stay home while he has to go to school.
Mother and Father
Pingu's father is a postman, who smokes a pipe. He has a motorised sledge to deliver the post. Pingu's mother spends most of her time at home in the igloo. Mother and Father share a lot of the work in the home e.g. knitting, cooking and ironing.
Grandpa
is Pingu's grandfather. He's a whizz at playing the accordion.
Robby
the seal is Pingu's best friend. His name is a pun; 'Robbe' is German for 'seal'.
Pingi
is Pingu's girlfriend.
Pingo
is a friend of Pingu. He has a long beak, basically flat at the bottom but slightly rounded on the top, which is slightly shorter than that of Pingg. He usually tries to get Pingu to do wild and silly things.
Pingg
is a friend of Pingu. He's rather shorter than Pingo, and his beak is slightly longer and more pointed than that of Pingo.
Pongi
is a friend of Pingu. He wears glasses.
Punki
is another of Pingu's friends. He has tufts on the top of his head and wears stripy trousers.
