Character Design by Pedaling Panda… Introducing Penguin!

Meet Penguin.

Tiny, feisty, and only technically a baby. Don’t be fooled by the fluffy exterior—inside lives a sharp-tongued, brutally honest overlord with zero filter and even less patience. 

He turned up one day—literally thudding through the letterbox—as an adoption hopeful from the World Wildlife Fund. Within hours it was clear why he was up for adoption. “Rude” doesn’t quite cover it. He’s playful, but also bossy enough to make a drill sergeant weep. He even gives orders in his sleep.

On arrival, Penguin immediately commandeered Abe’s bedroom, declared it his headquarters, and introduced a strict sign-in/sign-out system on Abe’s whiteboard. Why? No one knows. GDPR would be horrified, but Penguin isn’t talking.

Apparently, Penguin “works” too. He claims to run a hair salon in the corner of the bedroom, staffed by an assistant called Linda. Nobody has ever seen Linda, nobody knows where she came from, and nobody dares ask. Penguin insists he’s the world’s finest stylist, though funnily enough, no one in the house has been brave enough to hand over their hair. His mix of arrogance and glare-that-could-melt-steel is enough to scare off any potential customers.

Penguin pops up everywhere—bedrooms, kitchens, even out on trips. Like a feathery ninja, he appears, delivers his cutting opinion on whatever you’re doing wrong, then waddles off again. His academic credentials? Nonexistent. His confidence? Olympic level.

Weekends are particularly brutal. After sleeping like a log all week, Penguin is up at dawn on Saturday and Sunday, determined no one else should enjoy a lie-in. His method? Launching himself onto the nearest sleeping body and bellowing a relentless “WAAKE UP!” chant, football-fan style, until the household surrenders.

He also has a raging obsession with anchovies. Luckily, Abe’s Nan keeps the cupboards well-stocked. Penguin has rebranded them “Nan-chovies,” and heaven help anyone who touches his stash.

Recently, Penguin smuggled himself into Abe’s bag on a trip to the Wildlife Park. Upon arrival at the penguin enclosure, he staged an unapproved recruitment mission and brought home a bewildered new sidekick. Penguin christened him “Sunny” (his real name remains a mystery). Sunny is now Penguin’s personal bodyguard and babysitter while Penguin snoozes in his newly acquired walkie-talkie-case bed.

Life with Penguin is chaotic. He struts around, picks fights with furniture, and throws himself headlong into every new “project” with outrageous confidence. Abe does his best to keep Penguin entertained, often hauling him into games that Penguin loudly objects to—but Abe never listens.

And so, the household continues. Four humans, one bossy baby penguin overlord, and a silent bodyguard named Sunny. Send help.