Pingu (series 6) - Pingu and The Braces

Pingu and The Braces

Grandfather is wrapping up his weightlifting gear to donate to charity, remembering 1938, the time he was a professional weightlifter. When the gear is wrapped, he gets the sledge to carry them to the post office, but they’re too heavy for him to lift on. Just then Pingu and Pingg arrive, so he asks them if they’ll lift them on for him. They get the first one on, but the sledge bends in the middle with the weight. They put the second on, and Grandfather ties them in place using a pair of braces. The sledge then breaks under the weight; the gear falls onto the floor and the braces coming loose. The phone distracts Grandfather and Pingu and Pingg go outside with the braces. Pingu tries them as expanding arm exercisers and Pingg then twangs them musically. Pingu spots a large melon on the table and they try to fire it using the braces as a catapult, but it’s too heavy and drops to the ground. They then successfully fire a banana, but it behaves rather like a boomerang and comes back and they have to duck to avoid it. Pingg then holds the braces and fires Pingu. Next, Pingu does the same for Pingg. Pingu then decides that he wants to go further and attaches one end of the braces to the igloo door, the other end to the table, and pulls himself back as far as he can. His feet slip, and he twangs forward, then back, then forward again. He tries to stop by grabbing the clothesline, but misses and only gets hold of a towel. This pulls loose and he twangs back again. The end of the braces that is tied to the door of the igloo comes loose as Grandfather comes out and the braces wind around the table as Pingu hans onto the end. They then unwind and Pingu ends up running in place on a disintegrating pile of logs. Grandfather asks Pingu what he’s up to, and Pingu suddenly remembers what he was supposed to be doing. He improvises a sledge out of two logs and a wooden box. He and Pingg then load the weights into the box. With Grandfather sitting on top, they then pull the box to the post office, using the braces as reins.

• Features Grandfather, Pingu and Pingg.
• Final appearance of Grandfather.
• This was the last episode to feature Grandfather, and Pingg without Pingo.
• Where Pingu and Pingg came out with the braces, there's the radio the one that Pingu had on Pingu's Parents Go to a Concert and Grandfather Comes to Visit.
• Aired on February 24, 2006.