Penguin Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...

s are popular around the world for their unusually upright, waddling gait, their cuteness, their swimming ability and (compared with other birds) their lack of fear toward humans. Their striking black and white plumage is often likened to a

white tie White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal in traditional evening western dress codes. For men, it consists of a black tail coat (alternatively referred to as a dress coat, usually by tailors) worn over a whit ...

suit and generates humorous remarks about the bird being "well dressed". Penguins had a resurgence as figures in pop culture in the mid-2000s thanks to films like '' March of the Penguins'', ''

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'', '' Happy Feet'', and '' Surf's Up''. As an April Fools' Day joke, on April 1, 2008 the

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released a short film of penguins in flight and migrating to the South American rainforest.

Portrayals

The penguin is typically depicted as a friendly and comical figure, with considerable dignity despite its physical limitations. Perhaps in reaction to this cute stereotype, fictional penguins are sometimes presented as irritable or even sinister. Examples include the cute yet somewhat surly

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character

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and the penguins in the movie ''

'', intelligent creatures with devious schemes and plans, who are even capable of defeating humans. Penguins are also often portrayed as friendly and smart, for example in the anime ''

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'', which features a warm-water penguin named Pen Pen. *The 1960s television

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character Tennessee Tuxedo would often escape the confines of his zoo with his partner, Chumley the walrus. *In the online role-playing game '' RuneScape'', penguins are portrayed as devious characters with a background reminiscent of the Soviet Union: their capital is Palingrad (suggesting Stalingrad); they have KGP (compare KGB) agents; and they refer to their homeland as the "Motherland". One quest in which they feature is called "Cold War" and the next is called "The Hunt for Red Raktuber", a play on ''

The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...

''. They have an enormous military complex with training facilities, living areas, interrogation rooms and agility courses. They have plans for domination similar to the penguins in ''Madagascar''. *In the animated series '' Wallace and Gromit'', a penguin called Feathers McGraw disguises himself as a chicken with a red rubber glove. *A villain in the

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Universe is called

The Penguin The Penguin is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #58 (December 1941) and was created by Bob ...

Mythology

Yellow-eyed, Fiordland and

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penguins are prominent in

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, where they are known as , and respectively. The in particular is associated with a myth in which it walked among humans until it revealed its divinity by wearing

lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electric charge, electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the land, ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous ...

, hence the explanation for the bird's yellow crest.

Logos and mascots

The friendly, slightly comical image of the penguin has often been used by companies and organisations for logos and mascots. *

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fraternity uses a penguin as their mascot. *Penguins give their name to the

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...

(mascot's name: "Iceburgh" former mascot: " Penguin Pete") of the

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, their farm team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the

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of Youngstown State University (mascot's name: "Pete"). * The school mascot of the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, MA) is the Fighting Penguin. * The penguin is an unofficial mascot of

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and its library. * The mascot of

North Otago Rugby Football Union The North Otago Rugby Football Union (NORFU) is a New Zealand rugby union province based in Oamaru and compete in the Heartland Championship. They are one of the strongest teams in The Heartland Championship, winning the Meads Cup section of the ...

is Bluey the penguin, reflecting two penguin colonies located in

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...

, one of which is of

Blue penguin The little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as little blue penguins or blue penguins owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name . The Australian lit ...

s. * Diego the penguin is the mascot of Diegos Tartan Army, based in

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

. Named after soccer player

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, he was adopted in

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by members of the

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, who follow the Scottish football team abroad. * The Penguin is the mascot of choice for the British-American Rock Band

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, and was the name of the first of two albums from 1973. (see

) * Tencent QQ has a logo featuring a penguin. *

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the penguin is used as a symbol of

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. The original image of Tux was drawn by

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. Tux is often depicted, in a variety of different attire, in different Linux distributions and programs that feature him as a mascot. He also features in many video games, along with female counterparts Penny and Gown. * Penguin Vic was a character created to promote tourism in

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, as part of a campaign initiated in 1997. *Sir Nils Olav, a

king penguin The king penguin (''Aptenodytes patagonicus'') is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin. There are two subspecies: ''A. p. patagonicus'' and ''A. p. halli''; ''patagonicus'' i ...

living in

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, Scotland, is also the mascot of the

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and their titular colonel-in-chief. *

Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.Penguen (

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for penguin), a Turkish satirical magazine, uses a penguin in its logo.

Politics

*Supporters and collaborators of Argentine president Néstor Kirchner are known informally as ''pingüinos'', and ''pingüino'' ( Spanish for "penguin") is the nickname of Kirchner himself, alluding to his birthplace in the cold southern region of Patagonia. * In 2009, the vice-chair of The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong, hosted an episode of an opinion talk show, in the opening of which he mistakenly began by describing the North Pole as a place with few people and many penguins. Although this was edited out in reruns of the episode, it had already caught the attention many supporters of democracy, and they ridiculed the vice-chair and the entire DAB for it, saying that it is common knowledge that penguins are native to only the south, and that if the next generation of party leaders should have such poor general knowledge, it would be questionable for them to lead Hong Kong. This was but one in a long series of incidents that drew ridicule and criticism to the DAB. * Penguins became the symbol of the

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, after CNN Türk broadcast a documentary about penguins during the protests.

Food items

is a brand of

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manufactured by McVitie's. *

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uses a penguin named K.C. Penguin as its mascot. * Penguin Mints is a brand of caffeinated mints.

Penguins and polar bears

Despite what commercials and other popular sources may show, penguins and

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s are found on opposite hemispheres. Polar bears inhabit the

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

, while all penguin species live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Literature

*Three children's books by

Janet Perlman Janet Laurie Perlman (born September 19, 1954) is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animat ...

– '' The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'', '' The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes'' and '' The Penguin and the Pea'' – retell classic children's stories using penguin characters. Perlman also wrote the satirical graphic novel ''

Penguins Behind Bars Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapte ...

''. *'' Opus the Penguin'' is the main character of the eponymous '' Opus (comic strip)'' comic strip and an important character of the ''

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'' comic strip, both by '' Berkeley Breathed''. *'' Pondus the Penguin'' is the eponymous main character in a 1968 photographed Danish children's book by Ivar Myrhøj. *The children's book ''

Mr. Popper's Penguins ''Mr. Popper's Penguins'' is a children's book written by Richard and Florence Atwater, with illustrations by Robert Lawson, originally published in 1938. It tells the story of a poor house painter named Mr. Popper and his family, who live in ...

'' by Richard & Florence Atwater tells the story of Mr. Popper and his twelve performing penguins. *'' Penguin Island'' is a satirical fictional history by Anatole France. *'' At the Mountains of Madness'' by H. P. Lovecraft features giant blind albino penguins around an underground sea in Antarctica. *''

And Tango Makes Three ''And Tango Makes Three'' is a children's book written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole which was published in 2005. The book tells the story of two male penguins, Roy and Silo, who create a family together. Wit ...

'' by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole, is the true story of a penguin chick raised by two males at the

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in New York. *'' Gus and Waldo's Book of Love'' features the eponymous gay penguins who are in love with one another. * The bestselling business self-help book ''Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions'' by

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and Holger Rathberger concerns a colony of

emperor penguin The emperor penguin (''Aptenodytes forsteri'') is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching in length and weighing from . Feathers of th ...

s struggle to organize a solution to the reality that their iceberg habitat is in danger of melting by the end of the season. The penguins in the story act human and have human names. The story is presented as a fable for demonstrating Kotter's Eight Steps Change model. *'' 365 Penguins'' is a 2006 children's picture book by Jean-Luc Fromental and illustrated by Joelle Jolivet. *''

'' is a 2007 children's picture book written and illustrated by Polly Dunbar. *'' Penguin Highway'' is a juvenile science fiction novel written by

Tomihiko Morimi is a Japanese writer from Nara Prefecture. He graduated from Kyoto University and his works often have Kyoto as the setting. In July 2018, it was announced that the first two of Morimi's original works to be published in English will be ''Pengu ...

and published in 2010. The novel was adapted into an animated film by

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in 2018. Penguins are portrayed as a system that repairs three-dimensional holes in the universe.

Film and television

Feature films and animation

*In the major animated sequence of the film, ''

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'', Mary and Bert are served by a group of overeager penguin waiters. Afterwards, Bert has an extended dance sequence with them, soon lowering his trousers to imitate their stubby legs. *A 1971 ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'' animation by John and Faith Hubley on the subject of

rhythm Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions". This general meaning of regular recu ...

depicts a penguin tap-dancing on an ice floe to the diverse rhythms of a

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, a knock on a door, a

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, and a

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, and receiving applause from

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...

seals Seals may refer to: * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...

. *One of the main

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s of the movie '' Batman Returns'' is

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. In the film, the Penguin is raised by penguins and forms an army of penguins to attack Gotham City. Their equipment included back-mounted rockets and laser eye sights. The Penguin also appears in '' The Batman vs Dracula: The Animated Movie'' and '' Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman''. *In '' Fight Club'', the narrator's "power animal" is a talking

. *The direct-to-video film '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' features a penguin named Tip. *In '' Toy Story 2'', Woody is stolen from a yard sale when he attempts to rescue Wheezy, Andy's squeaky penguin toy. *In ''

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'', a 2004

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, the character portrayed by

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has a pet penguin named Willie. *The movie ''

Billy Madison ''Billy Madison'' is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Darren McGavin, Mark Beltzman, and Larry Hankin. The film was written by Sandler ...

'' featured a penguin that was a nemesis of the title character in hallucinations. *In the movie '' Gregory's Girl'', there is a background running gag involving a child in a penguin costume wandering around the school and being directed from place to place. *The 2004 science fiction movie ''

Alien vs. Predator ''Alien vs. Predator'' (also known as ''Aliens versus Predator'' and ''AVP'') is a science-fiction action horror media franchise created by comic book writers Randy Stradley and Chris Warner. The series is a crossover between, and part of, th ...

'' also features Humboldt penguins with one of them startling Graeme Miller. *'' Happy Feet'' and '' Happy Feet Two'' are two popular movies on penguins. *The 1995 film '' The Pebble and the Penguin'' features Hubie and Marina. *'' Cats Don't Dance'' features Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemyer. *'' The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper'' is a computer-animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation. The 12-minute Madagascar spin-off features the adventures of four penguins, sometimes known as the Madagascar penguins, who live in the Central Park Zoo and are trained as spies. *The 2014 film '' Penguins of Madagascar'' features four anthropomorphised penguins as central characters. *''

'' is a 2011 American comedy family film directed by Mark Waters, and starring Jim Carrey. *The main character in Sergio Corbuccis'

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Vamos a matar, compañeros is nicknamed penguin for ridicule.

Short films

*Janet Perlman's film adaptation of her children's book ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the

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and received a Parents' Choice Award. Her one-hour screen adaptation of her graphic novel ''Penguins Behind Bars'' was adapted as a 2003

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animated short.

Television

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created by Big Idea Entertainment. * Playboy Penguin created by

Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produ ...

. * Japanese-Soviet cartoon

The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin ''The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin'' is an animated film from 1986, originally released as a three-part serial film. Its original title and literal translation is ''The Adventures of Small Penguin Lolo''. The film was a co-production between ...

. * Pingu is a television show revolving around a penguin community. *

Ice King Ice King is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The character was introduced as the main antagonist and, as Simon Petrikov, develops into a supporting character in later seasons. The character is ...

from ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' has a group of penguins, all named variations of "Gunter" and who quack like ducks. One of them, in particular, is particularly mischievous. * ''Pinky Penguin'' is an

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who is the literary agent of

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. He is portrayed by

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

. * Penguins of several species appear in

Shirokuma Cafe is a Japanese manga series by Aloha Higa. It revolves around the everyday lives of a group of animals mingling with humans at a café run by a polar bear. An anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot aired in Japan between April 2012 and March 2013. ...

. * In the second part of the 2nd episode of anime series Urusei Yatsura. Penguins' appearance in school is just the start of a full day of panic. *

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from ''

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'' has an alternate mode of an

. * In the DuckTales TV Series episode "Cold Ducks," part four of the TV Movie "Treasure of the Golden Suns," the ducks in that series encounter penguins. * In the anime series

, the character Misato Katsuragi has a genetically engineered penguin named Pen-pen as a pet. * In the season 2 episode "

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" of the American comedy television series

Parks and Recreation ''Parks and Recreation'' (also known as ''Parks and Rec'') is an American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015, for 125 ...

, Leslie Knope marries two male penguins becoming an accidental same-sex marriage advocate. The penguins move to Ohio where their lifestyle choices are more accepted. * In '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' (later adapted to '' Power Rangers: Jungle Fury''), Penguin Zord appeared in the first time. * CNN Türk showed a documentary about penguins as a form of misinformation during the Gezi Park protests. * The Walter Lantz cartoon character Chilly Willy.

Theatre

* In the 2015 musical, '' Love Birds'' the penguins (played by humans) "Parker", "Presley", "Pewcey" and "Puck" comprise a penguin barbershop quartet.

Video games

*Penguins are the main theme for the massively multiplayer online game ''

Club Penguin ''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), involving a virtual world that contained a range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Disney Canada Inc.). Players used cartoon ...

'' and its successor, ''

Club Penguin Island ''Club Penguin Island'' was a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and was considered a successor to ''Club Penguin''. The game was released worldwide on March 29, 2017 and was created by Disney Canada Inc. in order to keep ...

'', which both revolve around a

virtual world A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities ...

where the players control one or more cartoon penguins. *Chill Penguin is a character in the '' Mega Man X'' series, he is a robot based on a penguin and one of the eight

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characters in the first game of the series. *Similarly, The massively multiplayer online game

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features penguin-based robots called Pepens. *The two protagonists of '' Binary Land'' are penguins named Gurin and Malon. *Some species of ''

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'' are based on penguins, namely Delibird, the Piplup evolutionary line (Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon), and Eiscue. *Penguins appear semi-frequently as enemies in the PlayStation game '' Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back''. A single penguin named

Penta Penta may refer to: Places * , an Italian hamlet (') of Fisciano, Salerno * Penta-di-Casinca, a French municipality of Corsica * Penta, Chhattisgarh, a town in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, India * , a small river in Lithuania Other * Pent ...

appears in the subsequent games in the series, '' Crash Bandicoot: Warped'' and ''

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''. *The title character of '' Pengo'' is a penguin. *

King Dedede is a fictional character in Nintendo's ''Kirby'' video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. Dedede first appeared in the 1992 video game ''Kirby's Dream Land'' as the main antagonist, but gradually became an ...

of ''

Kirby Kirby may refer to: Buildings * Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States * Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England * Kirby House (disambiguation), various houses in England and the Unit ...

'' is based on a penguin. *Tucks, common enemies in '' Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'', appear to be based on penguins.

Podcasts

*A feature of a new podcast series hosted by two former ''

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'' players ''

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'' & ''

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'' , named Penguins & Potholes."Potholes and Penguins Podcast"
/ref> A penguin can be described as a bit of a super fan who will walk up to or engage with an idol either in the street or online, much to the annoyance of the idol.

Other

* Scientists who had reported 2020 possible signs of life in the clouds of the planet Venus stated that the found

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phosphine Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula , classed as a pnictogen hydride. Pure phosphine is odorless, but technical grade samples have a highly unpleasant odor like rotting ...

is found on Earth and among others produced by penguins. Subsequently some public news reports and public responses wrongly cited the scientists' interest in the processes that create phosphine, suggesting that penguins lived in the clouds of Venus. The Planetary Society picked up on the misunderstanding for entertainment purposes.

References

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External links

"Penguins Waddle Into the Culture Wars"
(ABC News)

Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Tuesday, December 19, 2006, The Associated Press. Penguins

Cultural depictions Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

Cultural depictions of animals