Everybody talks about the 'Pingu Dreams' episode with the giant walrus. This one, oddly, seems to be overlooked, despite the fact that it's been banned just as widely as that episode and is, in at least my opinion, even creepier.
(Spoilers ahead)
It involves Pingu misbehaving during the family dinner; rocking his chair and ending up pulling all the dishware off the table. His parents are furious and spank him (not something you expect to see in a children's program that often these days...), and he runs off into the night in tears. While his parents are able to enjoy some quiet time alone at home, he gets lost, nearly gets crushed by falling ice, and then (as far as I can understand) hallucinates that he's seeing ugly, menacing faces carved into the snowdrifts. One of them moves! Terrified, he runs and hides in an ice cave. His parents, realizing how late it is, come out in the post truck and find him and take him back home. It ends with the three of them sleeping in the same bed together... huh?
This episode really scared me when I was younger. I still sometimes get nightmares about. I was never fazed even slightly by 'Pingu Dreams'. Frankly, I don't quite know what the producers were aiming for when they did this episode.
(Spoilers ahead)
It involves Pingu misbehaving during the family dinner; rocking his chair and ending up pulling all the dishware off the table. His parents are furious and spank him (not something you expect to see in a children's program that often these days...), and he runs off into the night in tears. While his parents are able to enjoy some quiet time alone at home, he gets lost, nearly gets crushed by falling ice, and then (as far as I can understand) hallucinates that he's seeing ugly, menacing faces carved into the snowdrifts. One of them moves! Terrified, he runs and hides in an ice cave. His parents, realizing how late it is, come out in the post truck and find him and take him back home. It ends with the three of them sleeping in the same bed together... huh?
This episode really scared me when I was younger. I still sometimes get nightmares about. I was never fazed even slightly by 'Pingu Dreams'. Frankly, I don't quite know what the producers were aiming for when they did this episode.
