English Pingu (English dub of Pingu)

English Pingu was an official dub of Pingu in which all the characters speak in English as opposed to the fictional language Penguinese. The dub was made to teach English to kids and was released exclusively through 6 volumes on VHS in South Korea, the third volume of which is lost media.

Why It Cannot Be Forgiven

 * 1) The dub is completely unnecessary, as the stories in Pingu were already understandable without understanding the dialogue. English isn't even very common in South Korea, which is the only country this dub was available in, which doesn't exactly help until "The Pingu Show".
 * 2) It obviously takes a lot of the charm out of the show. Part of what made Pingu so unique and fun to watch was that the characters never spoke English, so the viewers could come up with what the characters are saying on their own. Here though, none of that is present.
 * 3) Sometimes, the characters will speak too fast or too slow just to match the footage. It would have been better to edit the footage to let the characters speak at a consistent speed.
 * 4) And despite the previous point, the lip-syncing is terrible in this dub. In fact, in a few cases, a character's lip will start moving while a different character is still talking, which makes it very confusing, and in other cases, there isn't any lip movements at all to accommodate the dialogue at all.
 * 5) There are many grammar mistakes throughout the dub. Examples include Pingu saying "Mine. Give me back.", Pingu's father saying "Laundries are done. Very clean." and Pingu saying "I will show you very interesting thing." just to name a few. This is most likely because the dub was made in a country where English isn't very common.
 * 6) Even when the dialogue is grammatically correct, it still manages to be pretty laughable most of the time.
 * 7) The voice acting is mediocre at its best and awful at its worst.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) Younger kids who may a hard time understanding the original version might enjoy it.

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