A Main Character

**Pinguel "Pingu" Penguin-Young**, better known as **Fireman Pingu**, is the main character and titular protagonist of the web television series of the same name. He is a senior firefighter for the Pingu city Fire Service, and usually drives Jupiter. Him and Minnie work for Station Officer Minnie jr., along with Donald, Daisy, Millie, Melody, Morty, Ferdie, Goofy, Toodles, and Quoodles starting from the first episode, *Pingu's Birthday*

## Contents

* 1Biography
* 2Personality
* 3Further Qualifications
* 4Awards
* 5Episodes where Pingu drives a certain vehicle
	+ 5.1Episodes Pingu drove Jupiter
	+ 5.2Episodes Pingu drove Venus
	+ 5.3Episodes Pingu drove Mountain Rescue 4x4
	+ 5.4Episodes Pingu piloted Wallaby 1
	+ 5.5Episodes Pingu drove the Pingu city bus
* 6Trivia

## Biography

after he arrived to Scotland, Pingu had many ideas of what he wanted to be when he grew up. First he wanted to be a train driver, and then he wanted to be a bus cleaner, then he wanted to be a chef, but then one day, he saw some firefighters saving a family from a burning house, Pingu thought it was very exciting. After that, Pingu knew what he wanted to be. He then started to watch Fireman Sam that inspired him even more. Pingu went to Glasgow Fire Academy to train to be a firefighter. After completing his firefighter training at the academy, Pingu returned to Pingu city and moved into a house at 1 itv Road and joined the Pingu city Fire Service, where he is the lead firefighter and regular driver of Jupiter the fire engine.

In his spare time, Pingu likes being an inventor in his back garden shed. In Firegirl Minnie, he made a popcorn machine which unfortunately ended up trapping him in his shed.

## Personality

Pingu is a competent and brave & friendly firefighter, who helps keep the people of Pingu city safe. He considers his job to be 'the best job in the world', and often helps out in emergencies even on his days off. However, he does have an inventive streak which sometimes gets him in trouble when one of his inventions goes haywire, and he can be creative from time to time.

He lives in the village of Pingu city.

Fireman Pingu is brave, modest and dependable. He selflessly puts his life on the line to help others and everyone in Pingu city knows that nothing is too much trouble for Fireman Pingu. He is renowned for keeping a cool head in a hot spot. It's only when he's really surprised he exclaims, "*Great Fires of Scotland!*".

## Further Qualifications

* Advanced Driver
* Trained Lifeguard
* Certified Scuba Diver
* Winter Training (HQ)

## Awards

* Medal of Outstanding Bravery

* Bravery Award

* 5 More Unnamed Medals

## Episodes where Pingu drives a certain vehicle

### Episodes Pingu drove Jupiter

* Every episode except Camping, Firegirl Minnie, Safe with Pingu and Pingu's Birthday

### Episodes Pingu drove Venus

* The Wrong Smell
* The One That Got Away
* Floating bus
* bus Pandemonium

### Episodes Sam drove The Pingu City Bus

* Pingu city in the Park (*reversing frorward and to stop it crashing)*)

## Trivia

* When recreating Pingu, The Lothian Buses Hub started by drawing a classic figure ans Pngu was given blue eyes for unknown reasons.