Polar Penguins

Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica.

Asian Animation

*Happy Heroes* villain Penguin Monster, whose name speaks for itself, has ice breath powers.

In *Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Joys of Seasons* episode 47, there are penguins walking around in the Green Green Grassland when it gets snowy. The Green Green Grassland isn't close to the snowy places that you would usually expect penguins to be, it's been found in China where the show was created.

*Pororo the Little Penguin*: Pororo and Petty are penguins and where they live, there's always snow. They also typically wear gloves

Film - Animation

Madagascar

In the first movie, the penguins' goal is to get to Antarctica. Subverted when they get there — they quickly get bored since there's nothing to do and head to Madagascar instead.

*Penguins of Madagascar*: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private are first seen as children in Antarctica.

*The Super Mario Bros. Movie* begins with Bowser invading the penguins' kingdom, which features a giant castle made of ice. The penguins try (and fail) to attack the Koopa Troop with snowballs.

Zig-zagged in *Surf's Up*. The main character, a penguin surfer named Cody Maverick, lives in the Antarctic town of Shiverpool, but most of the movie takes place in tropical Pengu Island, which is also inhabited by penguins and holds an annual surfing competition.

Live Action TV

The *Inai Inai Baa!* song "Penguin Penguin" always takes place in a wintery setting when it's performed on the show. The cast don winter outfits while singing it.

Penguin in *The Masked Singer* sings "The Middle" on an iceberg backdrop.

Video Games

*Club Penguin* takes place on an island that's covered in snow year-round, though it does have a tropical beach.

*Digimon World* introduced Penguinmon to the franchise.

*Donkey Kong Country 3*: Lemguin Lunge is a snow area where penguins called Lemguins are sliding around and trying to attack the Kongs with their pointy beaks.

Kirby

Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't live in cold areas, but in *Kirby's Dream Land 3*, *Kirby's Epic Yarn*, and *Kirby and the Forgotten Land*, he's encountered in Slippy Slidey Ice Worlds, Iceberg, Snow Land, and Winter Horns.

Pengy is a penguin-like enemy that gives Kirby the Ice copy ability.

Super Mario

*Super Mario 64* introduces talking penguins to the franchise. They're found in the Slippy-Slidey Ice World levels, Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land.

*New Super Mario Bros. Wii* introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-up which gives the characters the ability to throw ice balls and freeze their opponents, as well as improving their ability to walk on ice.

*Mario Party 5*: In the minigame Pushy Penguins, the players are standing on an arctic coast, and then penguins (including big ones) approaches. The objective is to avoid being dragged into the cold water by the incoming penguins, which becomes increasingly difficult as more of them approach. The last player remaining wins, though more than one can win if they survive after 30 seconds.

Pokemon

Delibird is an Ice/Flying type that resembles a Rockhopper Penguin. it can be encountered in icy caves or snowy routes.

The Piplup line is based on the Emperor Penguin. They're Water-types, but they can learn many Ice-type moves and are found in cold places in spinoffs such as *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers*, *Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia*, and *New Pokémon Snap*.

Eiscue is another Ice-type penguin. In Galar, it can be found in the icy Route 10, or at the Lake of Outrage during a snowstorm or blizzard.

*Viva Piñata: Trouble in Pradise* has the Pengum, which is only found in the Piñarctic, and you'll need some snow in your garden in order to make them residents.

Western Animation

*Adventure Time*: Penguins live in the Ice Kingdom, a frigid, snowy realm. They seem to be one of the only inhabitants besides the Ice King himself.

In the *Bugs Bunny Builders* "Snow Cap", the Looney Builders have to make Pauleen Penguin a house, which has to be made of ice and snow.

In the *Curious George* episode "Ice Station Monkey," George and the Man with the Yellow Hat travel to Antarctica to find a colony of chinstrap penguins.

*Looney Tunes*: The character Playboy Penguin stars with Bugs Bunny in two shorts:

In "Frigid Hare", Bugs helps him escape from an Inuit hunter.

In "Eight Ball Bunny", Bugs promises to help him get home, and after many harrowing adventures gets him to the South Pole.

*The Octonauts*:

In "The Emperor Penguins", the emperor penguins live in Antarctica. Tunip even comments on how cold it is there.

In "Operation Deep Freeze", the Octonauts go to Antarctica, which Shellington notes is the coldest place on the planet, where Adélie penguins are trekking.

*Octonauts: Above & Beyond*: "The Red Fox" opens with the Octo-Ray flying away from a bunch of penguins on a frozen continent. Later, they end up in Natquik's house in Siberia

Paw Patrol

In "Pups Save the Penguins", penguins are seen living in Antarctica, but they end up going to Adventure Bay by mistake when an iceberg takes them there. The PAW Patrol then has to take them back home.

In "Pups Save a Stowaway", the PAW Patrol goes to the South Pole to count penguins.

In "Pups Save the Pop-Up Penguins", penguins end up in Adventure Bay and it's up to the PAW Patrol to take them back to the south pole before they succumb to the heat.

*Sitting Ducks*: Fred the penguin is an immigrant to Ducktown who has to live in an apartment with the air conditioning turned all the way up because he finds Ducktown too hot for him.

*T.O.T.S.*: In "Back to Cool", Freddy and Pip the penguin take Penn (who is also a penguin) to Iceberg Alley, where it is always frozen and snowing. Pip marvels over how nice the snow is.

*What's New, Scooby-Doo?*: A young penguin accompanies the gang in "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica".