Philippa Tagg

### Roles

Filmed all the episodes of Classic Kirby and one episode of Trooper Village StoriesCreated the character Rufus

**Philippa Jane "Pippa" Tagg** is an English citizen. She is the mother of Peter Tagg and has had a major influence on the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, filming several episodes and being responsible for the creation of several characters, including Rufus and Mayor Reginald Bulborb.

The daughter of Hazel, Philippa was born in England, but spent most of her early childhood living in Australia and Germany before she her family (consisting of her parents Hazel and Richard, and younger brother Russell) moved back to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, but still moved around various locations throughout the country due to Richard's career in the army. Philippa left home in 1985 and her two sons, Tom and Peter, were born in 1990 and 2000 respectively. She has three half-sisters from Richard's second marriage. Philippa has a close friendship with the members of her immediate family.

Philippa has had a massive influence on Peter's plush shows, filming all the episodes of Classic Kirby and two episodes of Trooper Village Stories. When Peter was young, Philippa introduced him to the Pikmin and Mario video game franchises, as well as musicians such as Elton John and The Beatles, making her one of the biggest influences on Peter's plush shows. She also named and created the character Rufus, a gingerbread man originally made by Charlie Bears, who is loved by her family and is featured in Peter's shows as a main ally. Philippa was also involved in the creation of the characters Little Rufus, Mayor Reginald Bulborb, and Emperor Bulblax.

## History

### Early life

Philippa Tagg was born on January 19th 1968, the first child and only daughter of Hazel Tagg and Richard Tagg. As a member of the Tagg family, Philippa has Scottish ancestry. At a young age, Philippa and her family moved to Australia before returning to England in the early 1970s. It was in Australia where Philippa took her first steps.

In 1971, her younger brother Russell was born, with whom Philippa had a close friendship with. Sometime after the birth of Russell, Philippa and her family moved to Germany where both Philippa and Russell spent their early childhoods. before the family returned to England later in the 1970s.

Due to Richard's career in the army, however, Philippa and her family continued to move to various areas around the country, including London and Twickenham. Richard left the family in 1979 to work aboard in South Africa and Afghanistan, and Hazel didn't re-marry until 4 years later, when she married Clive Dawson in 1983.

### Adolescence

Philippa became a fan of a variety of different music artists as a teenager. She was part of the official Duran Duran fan club in the 1980s.

In 1985, aged 17, Philippa left home. By that point she had begun a relationship with Malcolm Smith, an office worker. Their son, Thomas Smith was born three years later in 1990. Philippa and Malcolm got married in 1993, but they divorced a few years later. Philippa served in the Territorial Army for five years during the 1990s. In 1997, Philippa met Andrew Reynolds, a member of the Military of Defence who enjoyed fishing and playing guitar, and had also served in the Territorial Army. Philippa and Andrew became friends and eventually began a relationship. Their son Peter Tagg was born three years later in 2000, and Philippa gave him his first plush, Sleepy Bear, not long after he was born.

A few years after Peter was born, Philippa brought a Nintendo GameCube and two games, Super Mario Sunshine and Pikmin, and introduced Peter to both of these games. This caused Peter and Philippa to become huge fans of the Pikmin and Mario franchises. They also became a fan of classical music around this time. Philippa and Andrew introduced Peter to a variety of different music artists, such as U2, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Who. Philippa's favourite game in the Pikmin series is the first one, and her favourite Mario game is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Philippa and Peter have replayed both these games countless times over the years. From 2006 to 2015, Philippa accompanied Peter on their yearly holidays to Wisbech to see Hazel and Clive, who were living in Cambridge at the time, and were also assisted by Tom in the first few of these holidays. She also went on the three-year Dorset holidays with Andrew, Philippa and Peter from 2007 to 2009. Although Tom had become too busy to go on the Wisbech holidays, Philippa and Peter would continue to go on the holidays without him, going on several more until Hazel and Clive moved back to Staffordshire in 2015 (they would later return to Wisbech for another holiday in 2021).

In the early 2010s, Philippa became a fan of Breaking Bad after she was introduced to the series through Tom and Bob Calvert, a family friend who later passed away in 2016. Philippa and Peter became fans of the Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul in 2019. Since 2013, Philippa has regularly played Candy Crush Saga, but since 2022, has significantly toned down the amount of time she spends playing the game due to the increased difficulty in its levels. In 2012, Philippa and Andrew chose to split up, but remained close friends for the remainder of Andrew's life. Early that year, Philippa and Peter began their frequent house moves by moving house, and have moved six times since then (once in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, and twice in 2021, with another one due to occur in 2023). The main reasons for their house moves have been due to various flaws in the properties which were not immediately noticeable when they first moved in.

In January 2020, Philippa was given a gingerbread plush from Hazel and Clive for her birthday. The gingerbread man was originally named Dunk, but Philippa decided to call him Rufus. Philippa and Peter later made gingerbread men biscuits based on Rufus, which they called Rufus biscuits, for Peter's 20th birthday that August. In July 2021, Philippa, Peter, Hazel and Clive went on a holiday to Hunstanton for 1 week, which was the first time either of them had been to Cambridgeshire since Hazel and Clive moved back to Staffordshire in 2015. In August 2021, Philippa wrote a birthday card for Peter from Rufus' perspective. In December 2021, Philippa wrote a Christmas card from Rufus' perspective. In February 2022, Philippa and Peter made Rufus biscuits again using a make-your-own gingerbread men kit brought from a supermarket, which led to Peter temporarily developing a swollen lip after having an allergic reaction to the icing included in the kit, an allergy neither Peter or Philippa knew he had beforehand. On 17th June 2022, Philippa, Peter, Hazel and Clive attended Elton's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour at 7:00pm at Anfield Stadium. In August 2022, Philippa wrote a birthday card for Peter from Rufus' perspective. On 7th July 2022, Philippa and Peter ordered the Elton John Steiff Bear. On November 10th 2022, Philippa and Peter adopted two cows from an animal sanctuary. In December 2022, Philippa wrote a Christmas card from Rufus' perspective.

## Influence on the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe

In 2011, Philippa sowed an Elton John wig onto Mayor Reginald Bulborb, creating his iconic appearance as a Red Bulborb with hair. She also created the character Rufus, a gingerbread man who is featured as a main ally in Trooper Village Stories and Classic Kirby Origins, and helped Peter create the Emperor Bulblax plush. Philippa is the inspiration of the namesake of the character Philippa Bulborb, the mother of Kirby and Mayor Reginald Bulborb.

Phillippa filmed all the episodes of Classic Kirby, and also filmed the pilot of Trooper Village Stories and the Emperor Bulblax fight scene in The Meteor Encounter: Olimar's Adventure. She was referred to as "the camerawoman" in the first season of the Classic Kirby series Steve The Trooper, which was first released as the anthology compilation The Legendary Unreleased Steve Movie and was later released as a stand-alone series with individual episode titles. Her shadow was also shown in the second season of Steve The Trooper, which was first released as the anthology compilation The Second Unreleased Steve Movie and was later released as a stand-alone series, during the scenes filmed outside.

After creating Trooper Village Stories in 2015, Peter used Philippa's house as the primary filming location in Season 1 and Season 3.