Pingu (series 3) - Pingu's Big Trip

Pingu's Big Trip

Pingu is on his way home with his sledge when he sees a poster showing a tropical paradise. He is excited and when he gets home, goes into the shed. A lot of sawing and banging is heard. This catches the attention of Pinga, who is playing nearby, and she goes to listen at the door. Pingu tells her to go away. Pingu goes back into the shed to finish off the changes he is making to his sledge – he has put on a deck and a mast for a sail. He finishes off by putting a small barrel on the sledge. He then raids the igloo for food, taking a fish and a loaf of bread, which he puts into the barrel. He leaves the shed and Pinga goes in, and is surprised to see what Pingu has been doing. She attempts to get into the barrel, but with both her and Pingu’s food supplies it’s too full. To make it, she takes out the food and hides them in a box and gets into the barrel. Pingu then returns with a cloth that he puts on top of the barrel and sets off, pushing the sledge. After a while, he is a bit tired and peckish, so he stops for a rest and a snack. He takes the cloth off the barrel and is surprised when the barrel is moving. Pingu is annoyed when Pinga pops up out of the barrel and even more annoyed as he discovers that the food is not there. Pinga then produces a couple of lollipops from her satchel that they eat. They continue on the long journey and stop when they reach another poster. Pinga cries because she is hungry and wants to go home, so Pingu consoles her and they set off home, arriving as it’s getting dark and the stars begin to come out. They go into the igloo and rapturously greet Mother, who has just finished baking a chocolate cake and seems blissfully unaware of their adventure, and they all sit down to eat.

• Features Pingu, Pinga and Mother.
• Goof: When Pinga gets into the barrel, she doesn't have her satchel, but it's there later, with lollipops or ice lollies, when they stop!
• This is the only Series 3 episode to have been released in the US on DVD or VHS.
• July 6, 1995
• Father is mysteriously absent in this episode. He is working in the post office.