Talk:Topo Gigio

message: Isn't he a mole rather than a mouse? --Guille 17:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it depends on the language. In Spanish, he's still called "Topo Gigio" even though the name implies he's a mole rather than a mouse. And you're wrong about "Talpa Gigia". Italian has many feminine nouns but they may well apply to males. A tiger, for instance is "una tigre", regardless of the tiger's actual gender. An SS trooper would be "una SS", even though the trooper is male and so on and so forth. Just because TG could be "una talpa" it doesn't imply that he would be female. Vince In Milan 22:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nice discussion, but topo definitely means "mouse". Mickey Mouse in Italian is "Topolino".  Topo Gigio does not live underground, his fond of cheese and is afraid of cats.  Enough said. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 07:24, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

text: Topo Gigio is not a gopher either. AFAIK there are no gophers in Italy.  I had to look it up in the dictionary: it says "gopher" is "geomide", a word which I have seen before. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 07:24, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mole vs Mouse

message: As recently as December 2, 2006, a clip from the Spanish language cartoon was shown on Univision's Muévete TV program.
This is simply a repeat of Spanish language copy of the Japanese cartoon, therefore not notable. 24.24.211.239 (talk) 16:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed entry

message: Someone put in the claim that "Gigio" refers to "gigione" meaning a "ham" (an actor who overplays his characters, or something of the sort), and therefore the name should translate as "Hammy Mouse".
This does not make much sense to me; it is like saying that John F. Kennedy was named after the johnny-jump-up, or Peter Falk after saltpeter.  Gigio is a very common nickname (a familiar/endearing variant of "Gigi"); "gigione" may (or may not) be its augmentative, "big louie" or "fat louie". Whatever special meaning got attached to "gigione", it does not carry over to "Gigio" without the augmentative.  Unless someone finds a reference (from Maria Perego or such) that backs up the "gigione" connection, it should be treated as pure speculation.  And even if it turns out to be true, "Louie" will still be a correct translation of "Gigio".  All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 13:50, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topo Gigio and "gigione" 

message: Appeared on Tommy Cooper TV show  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.202.184.73 (talk) 04:50, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other appearances - may not be considered "notable" in this article 

message: No mention is made to the puppetry technology used to animate this character.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.33.30.50 (talk) 04:41, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puppetry technology? 

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