The Ziggyz (Literature)

***The Ziggyz*** are a series of trading cards created by Argentinian author Amadeus Cocnhank on 2017.

Cocnhank later adapted the characters into a series of children's books published by Planeta Editorial, who launched 40 different books, with 35 of them beign stories presenting and describing a particular character from the cards, or other ziggyz created specifically for the books, following his adventures, the other 5 where interactive game books with puzzles and trivia.

The Ziggyz are creatures that lives on the paper sheets, and they can be invoked by drawing them with a pen or pencil. They help children to correct their misspelling and orthographic errors.

There have been two animated adaptations of the series, one called *The Ziggyz Animated Series* (2017-2018) and the other named *The Ziggyz Show* (2019). The first one is a half hour show presenting two stories per episode, focusing on one or more Ziggy, usually the protagonists, Kid Ziggy, Hairy Ziggy, Crazy Ziggy and Square Ziggy, among others, this show was closer to the card series. The second one is a **Three Shorts** format show focusing on some Ziggyz's ocurrences.

Now has a character page.

## The Ziggyz includes the following tropes:

* **An Aesop**: The books presenting the story of a particular character often end with these.
* **Art Evolution:** The characters now look much more detailed and refined than the cards's design.
* **Amazing Technicolor Population:** Averted in the original trading cards, as every character is black and white (except for Wrathful) but in the books there are several of them drawed with green and red pens.
* **The Ace:** Specky Ziggy is the one who knows all the letters.
* **Amusing Injuries:** Halfed Ziggy and Bulgy Eye Ziggy are prone to accidents involving their singular body parts.
* **Agony of the Feet:** Wrathful Ziggy stomps on Tenderheart Ziggy's feet on his book.
* **Big Eater:** Lunchtime Ziggy and Sleepy Ziggy.
* **Body Horror:** Stroky Ziggy, the weird ziggy with half his body melted down, Balloon Ziggy, who has his face on a balloon...*and tends to lose it,* Disproportionate Ziggy, who's body parts are bigger or smaller than they're supposed to be, Halfed Ziggy, who's body is cut in two and Somersault Ziggy, who has legs for arms and arms for legs.
* **Breaking the Fourth Wall:** As the Ziggyz in the books asks the reader to draw and complete words.
* **The Chew Toy:** Ball Ziggy.
* **Cloudcuckoolander:** Crazy Ziggy and Messed Up Ziggy. Kid Ziggy can often fall into this at times.
* **Conjoined Twins:** Half Happy Half Sad Ziggy are two faces sharing a body.
* **Cool Car:** Cool Ziggy has a convertible car, and Lord Ziggy has a limousine.
* **Heli-Critter:** Helicopter Ziggy, of course.
* **Dub Name Change:** Some minor ones, Lunch Ziggy is known as Lunchtime Ziggy in the US releases, Leggy Ziggy is renamed Tall Ziggy in UK, Wrahful Ziggy is renamed Grumpy Ziggy, Stroky Ziggy is known as Two Faced Ziggy (this one is understandable, as the original name was a bit strong for child readers) and Bulgy Eye Ziggy was called Big Eye Ziggy.
* **Early Installment Weirdness:** The series began as a mere cards game, and nothing else was intended to do at that time, also, the series was slightly inspired by the **Garbage Pail Kids** trading cards series rather than the **Mr. Men-like** fashion of later installments, that beign the reason why there are many weird or gross-out Ziggyz. Also, the concept of them beign paper sheet creatures that help children didn't exist at the time.
* **Eye Glasses:** Specky Ziggy's glasses, wich are quite peculiar in the sense that they have an odd magnifying effect over his eyes, with a bit of his eyebrows beign visible inside the frame, and the other part of the eyebrows are far higher, simulating a magnifying glass.
* **Flight:** Helicopter Ziggy can fly with his helicopter head.
* **Gentle Giant:** Leggy Ziggy, he is a very nice character.
* **Hates Baths:** Hairy Ziggy, beign the filthy one in the family.
* **Heterosexual Life Parthners:** Kid Ziggy and Hairy Ziggy.
* **Invisible Anatomy:** Since all the characters are just floating faces with floating limbs drawings, we never know if they have internal organs, ears, noses, etc.
* **Invisibility:** Ghost Ziggy can turn invisible.
* **Jerkass:** Lord Ziggy, Wrathful Ziggy, Cool Ziggy, Pirate Ziggy, Thieve Ziggy.
* **Meaningful Name:** *All of them.*
* **Monochrome Cast:** Almost all the characters are black and white, with only their accesories beign colored.
* **Nice Guy:** Almost everyone is very polite and gentle
* **Nice Hat:** Some Ziggyz wears tiny hats above their "heads".
* **Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant:** Ghost Ziggy.
* **Oddball In The Series:** Almost literally Ball Ziggy, who is the only Ziggy to have a solid body.
* **Only Six Faces:** All the characters share the same basic design, you can only tell them apart by their accesories or secondary characteristics.
* **Protagonist Title**: The books of the card characters have their names on the cover of the book.
* **The Pig-Pen:** Hairy and Messy Ziggy.
* **Rich Bitch:** Cool Ziggy and Lord Ziggy are rich and are two of the most jerk characters on the series.
* **Rubber Man:** Ball Ziggy