"Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character occasionally referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checkered trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character for the Swiss department store Globus in 1932 for the company's 25th anniversary. He was originally planned to be called ""Kimbukku"", but later renamed Globi after the local Basel German ""(Baseldytsch)"" dialect word for the department store that created him. He initially appeared in a cartoon strip called"
"the most popular characters in the German-Speaking part of Switzerland, with sales of over 9 million books. However, he stays mostly unknown in the French and Italian speaking parts of the country. In October 2003, a full-length film, ""Globi and the Stolen Shadows"" was made which was based on him. It was directed by Robi Engler in Anime-style. Beside the books, there is a lot of Globi merchandise, including cuddly toys, crockery, cutlery, clocks, school equipment, card games, food. From December 2008, the Swiss town of Engelberg hosts a Globi theme park. Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character occasionally"
"Globus (company) Globus is a Swiss department store company, with 13 department stores in Switzerland. The group, which includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, is owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros. Globus was founded in 1907 in Zurich, and now has stores in all major Swiss cities. The chain sells mostly upscale goods, including clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and household supplies. The stores are noted for their extensive delicatessen section, called Globus Delicatessa, and their former mascot, Globi, the comic books about whom have been a fixture in the childhood"
"of many Swiss. There are Globus department stores in: Globus (company) Globus is a Swiss department store company, with 13 department stores in Switzerland. The group, which includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, is owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros. Globus was founded in 1907 in Zurich, and now has stores in all major Swiss cities. The chain sells mostly upscale goods, including clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and household supplies. The stores are noted for their extensive delicatessen section, called Globus Delicatessa, and their former mascot, Globi, the comic books"
"The surname of Bibi is a reference to the old name of the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony-Anhalt in its native Germany that is traditionally connected with witches (""Walpurgis Night""), most famously in Goethe's ""Faust"". The series was adapted into an animated series in 1995. 11 years later, in 2006, it was given an English dub produced by Ocean Productions and recorded at Blue Water Studios. Brigitte ""Bibi"" Blocksberg is a 13-year-old witch girl who has blonde hair tied to a pony tail with a red bow and wears a green dress (green is her favourite colour) and white socks."
"Nazitübbies Nazitübbies is a series of shorts currently () appearing in the former Danish satirical late-night talk show ""den 11. time"". The show is a parody of the BBC's children's television series ""Teletubbies"", and it tries to envisage what this show would have looked like, had the Nazis won World War II. Nazitübbies features the four colourful characters: Heinrich Himmler as Tinky Winky (actually Dipsy) (who is black instead of green), Joseph Goebbels as Dipsy (actually Laa-Laa) (who is gold instead of yellow), Hermann Göring as Laa-Laa (actually Tinky Winky) (who is blue instead of purple) and Rudolf Hess as"
"when the price is right. Right wing politician Christoph Mörgeli criticised Giacobbo for discriminating against Indian people. However the Swiss Indian community immediately replied that they don't feel being discriminated by the Rajiv character. Disguised as Rajiv Prasad, Giacobbo moderated a programme of ""Viktors Spätprogramm"". She and her girlfriends (allegedly) are the typical ""Goldcoast chicks"" Debbie wears a waterproof red coat, is uneducated and naive. She doesn't even recognize Hitler, when finding him in an archive's cupboard. Hitler makes his gestures and rantings, but Mötteli just asks, who this man ""with the little moustache"" was. In a certain sketch, Debbie's"
"Grampy Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ""Betty Boop"" series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ""Betty Boop"" cartoons beginning with ""Betty Boop and Grampy"" (1935). He had a starring vehicle, the ""Color Classic,"" ""Christmas Comes But Once A Year"" (1936). Grampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and a black nose. One author speculates that Grampy's character design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. His primary activities include singing, dancing and building"
"dress and not trousers on his rabbit. Depending on the story, Miffy can range in age from being a baby to being four years old. At first Miffy looked like a toy animal with floppy ears, but by 1963, she looked the way we see her today, a stylized form of a rabbit. Miffy is drawn in a graphic style, with minimalist black graphic lines. Bruna chooses to only use black, white, the primary colors (red, yellow and blue), green and orange. It is his use of primarily primary colors that makes Miffy instantly recognisable, and also popular with preschoolers,"
"""Der Globi"", and later appeared in a cartoon picture-book form called ""Globi's World Voyage"" in 1935. By 1944, the character gained so much popularity that Globus created a separate company for it, and in 1948 Globi had sold over one million picture books. He was introduced in other markets such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Brazil, but did not do as well. In the 1970s, he was accused of being sexist, racist, and promoting violence, which was based on the attitudes of the 1940s and 1950s, but the articles in question were then withdrawn and revised. He is one of"
"its look. The three primary monsters in the film share a golden color scheme, because they are all related. Grendel has patches of gold skin, but because of his torment, he has shed much of his scales and exposed his internal workings. He still had to resemble Crispin Glover though: the animators decided to adapt Glover's own parted hairstyle to Grendel, albeit with bald patches. Robert Zemeckis insisted that the character Beowulf resemble depictions of Jesus, believing that a correlation could be made between Christ's face and a universally accepted appeal. Zemeckis used Alan Ritchson for the physical model, facial"
"inspired by the trouble-making Katzenjammer Kids. Other characters include Prickle, a yellow dinosaur who sometimes styles himself as a detective with pipe and deerstalker hat like Sherlock Holmes; Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo balls and can change shape at will; Gumbo and Gumba, Gumby's parents; and Nopey, Gumby's dog whose entire vocabulary is the word ""nope"". The 1988 syndicated series added Gumby's sister Minga, mastodon friend Denali and chicken friend Tilly. Gumby was created by Art Clokey in the early 1950s after he finished film school at the University of Southern California (USC). Clokey's first animated"
"mascot of the tournament. Goooly is a Gray wolf, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: ""Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside"". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak words for goal, and/or goals (). Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because ""gooly"" is a well known slang term for a testicle. ""Slovenská republika. Hokejová"
"Swiss counterparts who wear only their underpants, white perms and very large fake chins - complete with the elastic holding them in place. Each week they would be seen on their own parallel ""Swiss Night Out"" pondering over a specific decision (for instance, whether or not to inject ink into a battenberg cake), whilst thoughtfully rubbing their chins. The use of Swiss as a descriptor continued in other projects for the character Swiss Toni. Played by Bob in a black curly wig, brown mac and horn-rimmed glasses, Lister is described as an acquaintance and admirer of ""doctors, dentists and architects""."
"and had molded eyelashes, pale skin and a painted face with side glancing eyes, high narrow eyebrows and red lips. Her fingernails were painted red, too. She wore her hair in a ponytail with one curl kissing the forehead. Her shoes and earrings were molded on. Her limbs were attached inside by coated rubber bands. The cartoon Lilli was blonde, but a few of the dolls had other hair colours. Each Lilli doll carried a miniature copy of ""Bild"" and was sold in a clear plastic tube, with the doll's feet fitted into the base of a stand labelled ""Bild-Lilli"""
"Celebi (Pokémon) Created by Ken Sugimori, Celebi is a green onion-like creature. Celebi has round toeless feet, three-fingered hands, and translucent wings on its back. Celebi has a round head that comes to a point and sticks upward in the back, and resembles the shape of an onion. It has large baby-blue eyes, with thick black rings around them, and a pair of green antennae that are tipped blue. Celebi is a time traveling mythical Pokémon that debuted in ""Pokémon Gold"" and ""Pokémon Silver"". Celebi is a Psychic Grass type Pokémon that has the species category as the ""Time Travel"""
"Borobi (mascot) Borobi was the official mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Borobi was a male koala with blue fur and unusual markings on his paws (which are designed by Aboriginal artist, Chern’ee Sutton). The name Borobi is derived from a dialect used by the Yugambeh people, an indigenous Australian group from the Gold Coast region. The mascot, along with its fictional back story, was revealed in April 2016. Borobi is based on a character submitted by Merrilyn Krohn, the winner of the GC2018 Mascot Design Competition. The Borobi Fan Trail was a trail of"
"Kolobok Kolobok (Cyrillic: колобо́к) is the main character of an East Slavic national fairy tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical being. The fairy tale is prevalent in Slavic regions in a number of variations. A similar fairy tale with a pancake rolling off has also been recorded in German and Nordic regions. The plot is similar to The Gingerbread Man in English tradition. The Aarne-Thompson index classifies them in a common type 2025. Because of its round shape, Kolobok Smiles is the name for the smiley emoticon theme in ICQ. The Kolob - an old"
"Kolobok Kolobok (Cyrillic: колобо́к) is the main character of an East Slavic national fairy tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical being. The fairy tale is prevalent in Slavic regions in a number of variations. A similar fairy tale with a pancake rolling off has also been recorded in German and Nordic regions. The plot is similar to The Gingerbread Man in English tradition. The Aarne-Thompson index classifies them in a common type 2025. Because of its round shape, Kolobok Smiles is the name for the smiley emoticon theme in ICQ. The Kolob - an old"
"were also made for the series, the first being ""Ruby Gloom's Keys to Happiness"" in 2004, as well as two calendars for 2004 and 2005. Ruby Gloom was depicted as a small girl with bright red hair, who wears a black dress and red and yellow striped socks. She has a pet cat named Doom Kitty, and was described as ""The Happiest Girl in the World."" Ruby was originally marketed to the goth subculture, but was later adapted for kids. The product line had an interactive website where users could chat in a forum, and click around for free things"
"a full network, the mesh circle was accompanied by seven interlocking circles in a horizontal row, representing Globo's seven original affiliates. The current ""Globo"" logo, consisting of a circle representing the Earth, a square-shaped cutout representing a television screen, and a second circle within the ""screen"", has been used in various forms since 1975, and was created by the Austrian-Brazilian-German designer Hans Donner . The original version, colored in blue and white, was replaced by a shaded metallic version in 1980, before adopting its current iteration in 1986—a metallic, three-dimensional sphere, with the screen filled by a rainbow-colored gradient. The"
"The new line was released in September 2012. As of December 2012 there were sixteen colors: Teal, white, black, purple, tangerine-tango, yellow, aqua, navy blue, plum, pink, pink/teal, orange/blue, black/pink, blue/yellow, teal/purple, gray/teal. Furbies were one of the eleven toys named top toys for Christmas 2013 by the Toy Retailers Association at the DreamToys Convention where they unveil their predictions for most popular holiday toys annually. The main reason for their popularity was because of apparent ""intelligence"", reflected in their ability to develop language skills. Furbies can communicate with one another via an infrared port located between their eyes. Furbies"
"short ""Christmas Comes But Once a Year"". Grampy Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ""Betty Boop"" series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ""Betty Boop"" cartoons beginning with ""Betty Boop and Grampy"" (1935). He had a starring vehicle, the ""Color Classic,"" ""Christmas Comes But Once A Year"" (1936). Grampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and a black nose. One author speculates that Grampy's character design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. His"
"Zabivaka Zabivaka (, ""Goalscorer"") is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Russia. The name is a blend of the Russian words забияка (""hothead"") and забивать (""to score""). The mascot was selected by internet voting in Russia, and its author is student designer Ekaterina Bocharova. The mascot was unveiled on 21 October 2016. It represents an anthropomorphic Eurasian wolf (""Canis lupus lupus"") with brown and white fur, wearing a T shirt emblazoned with the words ""RUSSIA 2018"" and orange goggles — according to the designer, these are not ski goggles, but sports goggles like"
"Lucky"", and ""Plum Spooky"", as well as in ""Hardcore Twenty-Four"". Originally born Swiss, he is described as ""over six feet of gorgeous, hard-muscled, slightly tanned male"" with brown eyes and thick, unruly sandy blond hair with a dangerous set of dimples. Although not nearly as significant as Morelli and Ranger, Diesel and Stephanie share a mild flirtation. But like Morelli and Ranger, he also has affectionate nicknames for her and is just as every bit amused at the situations she finds herself in. He has special abilities and his job is to track down fugitives with supernatural abilities, called Unmentionables."
"games. Nigel Chamier , former Chairman of the GOLDOC, said that it was the result of months of market research. Borobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term ""borobi"" means koala in the Yugambeh language, spoken by the indigenous Yugambeh people of the Gold Coast and surrounding areas. The song <nowiki>""Days of Gold""</nowiki> composed by the Australian Duo band Busby Marou, which was released on 17 October 2014, was considered as the official song of the Mascot Borobi. The official partners of"
"Gooby Gooby is a 2009 Canadian comedy fantasy drama film directed by Wilson Coneybeare featuring Robbie Coltrane as the voice of Gooby, a living teddy bear, and Matthew Knight as Willy, an 11-year-old child who is scared of his new house. The film was shot on a budget of $6.5 million. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes rates it 20% positive (""rotten"") based on five reviews. Willy is an 11-year-old boy who believes weird creatures are lurking, just waiting to attack him. He believes that the only thing keeping him safe is his house. When his parents decide to move, Willy"
"Count Bobby Count Bobby () is a fictional Viennese comic figure that has been very popular for many years. The inventors of Count Bobby are unknown. Originally a popular figure in jokes, in the early 1950s Count Bobby became so popular that the jokes were collected in anthologies. Later, he was the main character in a number of films, played by Peter Alexander. Many of the jokes about Count Bobby also feature his friend Baron Rudi, who is a little more versed in the ways of the actual world, more energetic and a little brighter, and thus the perfect foil"
"were no other toys or accessories for the second generation dolls other than additional pots of Color-Glo Paint, which were sold in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. There was also a version of at least the large doll in a box with Spanish-only text. Another 15"" Rainbow Brite doll with a Color Glo Bear and paint set was prototyped, as was a black version, which was produced in very small numbers. But only the black version was ever produced and then in very limited numbers. There was a Gen 2B which had simplified packaging and outfits as an"
"mascot, which was red ball on skis named ""Schuss"". Waldi was designed to represent the attributes described as required for athletes — , tenacity and agility. Waldi was based on a real long-haired Dachshund named Cherie von Birkenhof, which Aicher used as a model. Although Waldi appeared in a variety of different color schemes, it is occasionally reported that the main scheme was designed to match the colors of the Olympic rings, ergo, blue, yellow, orange and green. However, there were no black or red in the main scheme, which was a conscious decision on the part of Aicher to"
"It was revealed on June 15, 1995. Lambik Lambik is a Flemish comic book character from the Belgian comic strip series ""Spike and Suzy"" by Willy Vandersteen. In the English translations he is known as ""Orville"" or ""Ambrose"". Lambik is the breakout character of the franchise and one of the most popular and recognizable comic book characters in Belgium and the Netherlands. Lambik is a middle-aged, fairly fat man who is bald, except for three small hairs behind each of his ears. He often wears a white shirt, a black bow tie and black pants. He is an anti hero."
"seduce Marsupilamie, he becomes jealous of Marsupilami and nearly gets into a fight with him. Later, he meets a black female marsupilami, named Vénus, who becomes his mate. In ""Baby Prinz"", another specimen, an elderly male who lives in a zoo, is featured. Altogether, that comes to eight specimens in Palombia, plus Spirou and Fantasio's pet. Marsupilamis can come in colours of yellow, yellow with black spots, dark blue, white, white with black spots, and dark blue with yellow spots. They can also be black. Only the yellow, yellow with black spots and dark blue marsupilami's show up in cartoon."
"The Bibby Line and the Fyffes Line are two of several firms to use the same ""buff with a black top"" scheme as White Star, but with a similar lack of certainty as to the exact shade used and how this differed from the famous White Star scheme. Buff (colour) Buff is the pale orange-brown colour of the undyed leather of several animals. As an RYB quaternary colour, it is the colour produced by an equal mix of the tertiary colours citron and russet. The first recorded use of the word ""buff"" to describe a colour was in ""The London"