Pingu (series 1) - School Time

School Time

Pingu walks to school with his backpack, and on the way, calls for Robby. Robby slides down a slant on a snowy mountain. Pingu does the same sliding on his backpack, rather further than Robby. Pingu slides his backpack to Robby. Robby dons the backpack, Pingu is amused. Pingu and Robby find two rows of desks, a blackboard and an igloo. The teacher walks out of the igloo. As the teacher turns around to close the door, Robby quickly jumps into a water hole. The teacher rings the school bell. Pingo and Pingg arrive at the school. Before a lesson, Pingu tells Robby to hide down the water hole. The teacher, Pingo, and Pingu walk over to the water hole. Pingo jumps into the water hole, much to Pingu's surprise. Pingo jumps back out. Pingo goes to the blackboard and draws a fish. Pingg jumps into the water hole. Pingg jumps back out. Pingg is sent to blackboard and draws a fish skeleton along with a tail fin and head. Pingu laughs in amusement. Pingg points to the blackboard telling him why it isn't funny. Pingu then has to come clean as to who caused the appearance of the "fishbone," first trying by mimicking the noise Robby makes. Pingg, Pingo and the teacher do not know who he is, so Pingu moves like Robby. Again, they do not know who he is. Pingu goes to the blackboard and draws Robby. They still don't believe him, so Pingu takes a fish out of his desk and holds it over the water hole to attract Robby. Robby jumps from the water hole and eats the fish's body leaving the skeleton, head and tail fin. The teacher, Pingo and Pingg are astonished. Pingu calls for Robby. He leaps from the water hole and Pingu introduces him. The teacher is much satisfied. Robby brings a fish out of the water while the teacher erases the chalk drawings. They pass the fish down to the teacher and plaster it onto the blackboard. Robby gets an eel and repeats the process with a flounder and a lobster. Pingg and Pingo are asked what the creatures are. Pingu tries to raise his hand in order to answer. Pingu is finally brought up to answer the question of what the lobster is. When he cannot answer it however, he is brought over to the blackboard to answer. Robby writes what it is. Pingu answers the question. The teacher pats Pingu's head happily. All this leaves a happy Pingu, teacher and cheering Robby.

• Features Pingu, Pingo, Pingg, Robby, and the Schoolmaster. Pengy's appearance is a goof.
• Features the Penguinese word for lobster; "coo-coo" and also mentions some nouns such as eclava(snapper),mokmo(eel) and silif(flounder in the newer versions, silif was used for eel and rivi was used for a flounder in the original version).
• Aired on October 22, 1990
• The Schoolmaster is introduced in this episode.
• At one point, Pingo is heard to say "I know" in both versions.
• Pongi is mysteriously absent from this episode.
• Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that the school is actually Grandfather's house with desks and a blackboard outside it. (Probably to save money on designing a completely new set for the school).
• The eleventh episode when Father is absent.