"Later, he carries newts around in glass tanks. Knowledgeable about newts, he once describes the courtship practices of newts to Bertie Wooster and on one occasion provides a great deal of information on the subject to Madeline Bassett. It is likely that Gussie is a member of the Drones Club. While Gussie's membership is not stated directly, there are at least three pieces of evidence suggesting he is a member of the Drones: the five people mentioned as attending the dinner celebrating Gussie's engagement to Madeline are all known Drones Club members, Bertie states that Gussie loves cold steak and"
"acquaintances consulting Jeeves directly without talking to him first. Sometimes Bertie tries to assert that he can also solve problems, but truly he thinks of Jeeves as a genius as much as everyone else does. Among Bertie's friends, those who appear in the most Jeeves stories are Bingo Little (10 short stories), Gussie Fink-Nottle (4 novels), and Tuppy Glossop (3 short stories, 1 novel). Others include Rev. Harold P. ""Stinker"" Pinker, Claude ""Catsmeat"" Potter-Pirbright, Oliver ""Sippy"" Sipperley, and Rockmetteller ""Rocky"" Todd. Sometimes a friend or acquaintance will become a jealous antagonist, for example G. D'Arcy ""Stilton"" Cheesewright. Some pals of"
"Pepper, a wisecracking skunk passionate about comedy; Minka, a bouncy spider monkey with a flair for painting and visual arts; Penny Ling, a sensitive giant panda interested in rhythmic gymnastics; Russell, a hedgehog who is often the self-appointed leader of his animal bunkmates; Sunil, a mongoose and magician hopeful; Vinnie, a clumsy gecko obsessed with dancing; and Zoe, a diva-like dog with a talent for singing. Other human characters include Mrs. Twombly, owner of the shop and Blythe's boss, and Youngmee Song, Sue Patterson, and Jasper Jones, Blythe's friends. Hasbro owns the rights of both Blythe and Littlest Pet Shop,"
"the contest from a fellow club member, recurring character Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright. In a flashforward, Purkiss, owner of the magazine ""Wee Tots"" that Bingo works for, asks Bingo if he has dinner plans. The story then truly starts when the actor Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright gives Bingo two tickets to his next show. Bingo's wife Rosie and their infant son Algy are away on a trip, so Bingo decides to ask his aunt, the widow Myrtle Beenstock, to join him. Her butler Wilberforce (also called Willoughby) says that Mrs. Beenstock is away but will return soon. Wilberforce recommends betting on the horse Whistler's"
"include ""Dennis the Menace"", ""Minnie the Minx"", ""The Bash Street Kids"", ""The Numskulls"", ""Roger the Dodger"", ""Billy Whizz"" and ""Tricky Dicky."" Earlier characters who have been phased out include ""Ball Boy,"" ""Ivy the Terrible"", ""The Three Bears"" and ""Pansy Potter"". Some old characters, like ""Biffo the Bear"", ""Lord Snooty"", ""Baby Face Finlayson"" and ""Little Plum"", have more recently made a return as ""funsize"" quarter-page strips. The style of ""Beano"" humour has shifted noticeably over the years, though the longstanding tradition of anarchic humour has remained. For decades strips have appeared to glorify immoral behaviour, e.g. pranking/bullying (""Dennis the Menace""), dishonesty"
"Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh) Piglet is a fictional character from A. A. Milne's ""Winnie‑the‑Pooh"" books. Piglet is Winnie‑the‑Pooh's closest friend amongst all the toys and animals featured in the stories. Although he is a ""Very Small Animal"" of a generally timid disposition, he tries to be brave and on occasion conquers his fears. Piglet is introduced in the text from Chapter III of ""Winnie‑the‑Pooh"", although he is shown earlier in one of the illustrations for Chapter II. He also appears in Chapters V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X, as well as every chapter of ""The House at Pooh Corner"". Piglet is"
"Piglet"" details Piglet's exemplification of the Taoist concept of ""virtue of the small."" In 1982, whilst studying at Oxford University as an undergraduate, the columnist and commentator Andrew Sullivan adopted the persona of Piglet in holding office in the University Pooh Sticks Club as cited in the 1987 book ""The Oxford Myth"". Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh) Piglet is a fictional character from A. A. Milne's ""Winnie‑the‑Pooh"" books. Piglet is Winnie‑the‑Pooh's closest friend amongst all the toys and animals featured in the stories. Although he is a ""Very Small Animal"" of a generally timid disposition, he tries to be brave and on occasion"
"promptly got together with Sally Painter. He is a close friend of Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, and the two always perform a ""cross-talk"" act written by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright at the annual Drones smoker event. Pongo Twistleton appears in the novels ""Uncle Fred in the Springtime"", ""Uncle Dynamite"", ""Cocktail Time"", and ""Service With a Smile"" as well as in the short stories ""Uncle Fred Flits By"" and ""Tried in the Furnace"". Pongo Twistleton Reginald ""Pongo"" Twistleton is a character in the Uncle Fred books by P. G. Wodehouse. A member of the Drones Club in London, he's a nervous young man described by"
"animal, the smallest in the story (other than Rabbit's friends and relations, and Alexander Beetle), although he must be very close in size to Piglet since Kanga is unable to tell the difference when Piglet jumps into her pouch instead of Roo. (In Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, Roo appears to be very slightly smaller than Piglet.) He is also apparently small enough to fall down mouse holes while practicing jumps, and too small to reach the first rail of the Poohsticks bridge. Like most of the characters in Winnie-the Pooh, Roo was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed"
"and Baby Pom is the smallest, green with pink stripes and generally follows the others like a toddler, whilst pushing Trundle Truck. Other characters, which are essentially large scale puppets, are a strange-looking blue tree frog called Rockit. a purple and green striped mole called Roly Mo, a plump and motherly pink bird called Bessie and her chick, Ribble. Originally Ribble was an almost featureless squeaking blob of orange fur with a beak; he was given eyes in later episodes. The three Fimbles have a special ""sixth sense"" - when the Tinkling Tree tinkles its bell-like blossoms, it makes the"
"best friends with Pooh and is also especially close to Christopher Robin and the rest of the main characters. Like most of the characters, Piglet was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals. In the original color versions of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations in the Winnie‑the‑Pooh books, Piglet has pale pink skin and a green jumper. He is smaller than most animals, being only slightly taller than Roo. His voice is described as ""squeaky"". Piglet's adventures in the first book include hunting Woozles, attempting to capture Heffalumps, giving Eeyore a birthday balloon (popped), impersonating Roo in an attempt"
"""Very Good, Jeeves"". In another story in the same collection,""Jeeves and the Old School Chum"", Bingo's well-being is threatened by Rosie's old school friend, Laura Pyke, who tries to dictate what Bingo should eat. Bingo attends Gussie Fink-Nottle's engagement dinner in the novel ""The Code of the Woosters"". In ""The Mating Season"", Bertie tells Corky Pirbright about Bingo becoming an editor of ""Wee Tots"", ""a journal for the nursery and the home"", and says that Bingo and Rosie have had a baby. Rosie and Bingo have their baby, named Algernon Aubrey Little, in the second year of their marriage. Also"
"in the comic. Other suggestions that were considered good by Petrie included: ""Iron (stomach) Man"" (""Iron Man""), ""A-lard-in"" (""Aladdin""), ""Harry Scoffer and the order on Phoenix Street"" (""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix""), all from Harry Rickard, ""Currynation Street"" (""Coronation Street"") and ""The Fat in the Hat"" (""The Cat in the Hat""), both by Oliver Forde. Fatty Fudge Fatty Fudge is a British comics character who is most associated with the British comics magazine ""The Beano"". He was originally a supporting character in ""Minnie the Minx"" by Leo Baxendale, but eventually received his own spin-off comic. As his"
"small format of the Peter Rabbit library. In 1931, Potter and E. Harcourt Williams collaborated on a dramatization of ""Ginger and Pickles"". Ginger, a yellow tomcat, and Pickles, a terrier, are partners in operating a village shop that offers a variety of goods including red spotty handkerchiefs, ""sugar, snuff, and goloshes"". Ginger inspires fear in their mouse customers and Pickles their rabbit customers. Ginger's mouth waters as the mice leave the shop with their parcels. The two extend unlimited credit to customers who never pay. The till remains empty. The shopkeepers are forced to eat their own goods. Pickles cannot"
"U.S., include five available audio languages for Tingo's dialogue: Spanish, Hmong, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Vietnamese. An English only track is included for more advanced ESL students. Tingo, the only new Muppet character, is a green, purple, and orange tiger cub and an exchange student living in America with his best friend, Niki (played by Kelly Karbacz). Teenaged Niki lives in the basement of her parents' home, and has an extended circle of family and friends, including grandparents, siblings Katie and Kevin, baby Jake, and the members of her band. Niki's band, Children at Play, includes Mike, Sam (Samantha), and"
"with Mickey, Pluto will get himself into trouble and cause Mickey to get angry at him. Mickey, however, often cheers up quickly; often telling Pluto ""I can't be mad at ya."" Pluto sometimes appears with other regular animal characters. His friends include Fifi the Peke, Dinah the Dachshund, and Ronnie the St. Bernard Puppy. Other animals he is less friendly with include Salty the Seal, Butch the Bulldog, Figaro the Kitten, Chip 'n Dale, Spike the Bee, Bent-Tail the Coyote, Milton the cat and other characters. In Disney's 1937 animated short ""Pluto's Quin-Puplets"", Pluto has a son who is simply"
"four kittens: Miss Anna, Fortune Cookie, Morris the Cat, and Kingdom Come. Miss Tammy Owens ""Miss Owens"" is Maisie’s Kindergarten teacher who discourages Maisie and sends her to Special Education for her lack of communication skills. Betty Fukuda ""Aunty Betty"" is Bertram's sister and aunt of the three Ogata children. Flies all four Ogata's to her house in Hilo for Thanksgiving. She continually brags about her daughter, Lila Beth. Myron Fukuda ""Uncle Myron"" is Aunt Betty's husband. He is a teacher. Ed the Big Head Endo ""Ed"" is one of Blu's only friends in the novel. Ivah doesn't care for"
"ship's captain, Barnabas Butcher, and Toyah Wilcox as the ship's cat. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson The Tale of Little Pig Robinson is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter as part of the Peter Rabbit series. The book contains eight chapters and numerous illustrations. Though the book was one of Potter's last publications in 1930, it was one of the first stories she wrote. Potter introduces the story as her explanation of how the pig from Edward Lear's poem, ""The Owl and the Pussycat"" comes to travel to the ""land where the Bong-Tree grows"". Little Pig"
"mouth and opening it, thus preventing his biting the old gentleman rabbit. Uncle Wiggily also encounters amicable animal characters from his neighborhood, such as Sammie and Susie Littletail (Uncle Wiggily's young nephew and niece); Lulu, Alice, and Jimmie Wibblewobble (duck children); Dr. Possum (local physician); Uncle Butter (goat); Charlie and Arabella Chick; Jackie and Peetie Bow-Wow; Billie and Johnnie Bushytail (squirrel boys); Joie, Tommie, and Kittie Kat; Jennie Chipmunk; Munchie Trot (pony boy); Dottie and Willie Lambkin; Neddie and Beckie Stubtail (friendly bear cubs); as well as many others. In shorter stories, we frequently find Uncle Wiggily helping various of"
"is Minnie's pet cat. Chester has occasionally been seen in separate strips alongside fellow feline Beano characters Dodgecat (Roger the Dodger's pet cat) and Winston (from the Bash Street Kids). Fatty Fudge as his name suggests is a fat child. He is also sometimes called upon to assist Minnie in a particularly elaborate plot since his services can always be bought with a bag of sweets. He was briefly the subject of a spin-off strip in the early 1990s that parodied famous films, usually in ways involving the character's love of food (examples including 'You Only Eat Rice' and '20,000"
"puppet's name. He would later be joined by other puppet glove characters, including Sweep (a dog who communicates by a saxophone reed type squeak), Soo (a shy and sweetly spoken panda), Kipper (a cat), Butch (another dog who occasionally plays the part of a villain), Ramsbottom (a snake), 'Enry the Robot, Cousin Scampi (another bear, who is Sooty's cousin), Miki (another cat - this time Brazilian) and Maggie Mouse. Like Sooty, Scampi appears to talk only in a very light whisper which can be heard only when someone puts their ear close to his mouth. Matthew Corbett, the son of"
"Pinkeltje Pinkeltje (known in English as Fingerling) is a fictional character from the eponymous children's book series by the Dutch writer Dick Laan. Pinkeltje is a white-bearded gnome and wears a pointed hat and is as big as a pinky finger, hence its name, meaning ""fingerling"" (literally ""little pinky"") in Dutch. 29 books were published in a series between 1939 and 1977. The last four volumes appeared posthumously. A successful film was also released with the same title and based on the books. The early stories focus mainly on Pinkeltje's adventures in the Grote Huis (Big House), inhabited by a"
"in the Disney Store in the U.K., as well as the Disney Stores in the United States. Butch the Bulldog is Pluto's nemesis. He first appeared in the film ""Bone Trouble"" where Pluto tried to steal his bone. Ever since then Butch has been antagonizing Pluto. Sometimes, Butch competes with Pluto for the affections of Dinah the Dachshund. At one point Butch even antagonized Figaro the Kitten. Butch appears in ""Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"" where his owner is Pete. Fifi the Peke is Minnie's ""prize pooch"" and Pluto's girlfriend. In one cartoon Pluto and Fifi even had five puppies together. One"
"Baby Face Finlayson Baby Face Finlayson is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic ""The Beano"", first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972. Baby Face Finlayson ""The Cutest Bandit in the West"" is an outlaw from the American Old West, and is, in fact, a baby. His name is derived from the real-life American gangster of the 1930s Baby Face Nelson (real name Lester Joseph Gillis). He was originally a minor character in Little Plum, but was later given a spin-off strip of his own. He rode around in a motorised pram, stealing everything"
"novel, one of the children was called Jemima, after the daughter of his previous employer, Hugo Pitman; the advice Pott gave to his children also echoed that of Fleming: ""Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."" In May 1961, Fleming sent his publisher the manuscripts for the first two volumes of ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"". To illustrate the book, Fleming suggested the ""Daily Mail"" cartoonist Trog—the pseudonym of Wally Fawkes—as he admired the artist's work. While undertaking the preliminary drawings for the book, Trog tried to make the fudge recipe included in the book and"
"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"
"The Tale of Little Pig Robinson The Tale of Little Pig Robinson is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter as part of the Peter Rabbit series. The book contains eight chapters and numerous illustrations. Though the book was one of Potter's last publications in 1930, it was one of the first stories she wrote. Potter introduces the story as her explanation of how the pig from Edward Lear's poem, ""The Owl and the Pussycat"" comes to travel to the ""land where the Bong-Tree grows"". Little Pig Robinson's aunts, Miss Porcas and Miss Dorcas, send him to the"
"A purple cat who likes Binka. She can be friendly to Binka but she also can be disdainful. She walks in a rather vain way. Tango – The playful puppy who lives with the Lockett family. He likes Binka but he can be an annoyance to him. Binka and Tango are good friends. Spit – A scornful dark green cat who has a strong dislike for Binka and can be considered the antagonist of the show. He intimidates Binka and Tango. Ollie – A ginger cat who usually pops his head out to see what Binka is doing. They are"
"apparent in the short and the mysterious motivation of Beppo. Note that the theme of kidnapping by a gorilla is present here three years prior to the ""King Kong"" film of 1933. In ""The Picnic"", (November 14, 1930) Minnie introduces her boyfriend to her new pet dog, Rover. This is actually Pluto making his first appearance as an individual character. Two unnamed bloodhound guard dogs strikingly similar to him had previously appeared in ""The Chain Gang"" (August 18, 1930) which featured Mickey incarcerated in prison without Minnie at his side. Otherwise the short features a typical picnic excursion harassed by"
"Little Plum Little Plum (full name revealed to be Little Plum Stealing Varmint) is a British humoristic western comics series about a little Native American, originally created by Leo Baxendale and published in the magazine ""The Beano"". The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Little Peach, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the ""Smellyfeet"" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the ""Puttyfeet"" tribe. Other characters include Dr. Kildeer (the tribal medicine-man), Treaclefoot (Plum's faithful horse) and Pudding Bison (a 'marvellous' creature who eats anything – also featuring in spin-off strips Baby Face Finlayson"
"published between 1915 and 1974. The sole exception is the novel ""Ring for Jeeves"" (1953), a third-person narration in which he is mentioned but does not appear. All the other Jeeves novels and short stories are narrated by Bertie, with the exception of the short story ""Bertie Changes His Mind"" (1922), which is narrated by Jeeves. The Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy believes George Grossmith, Jr. to have been the inspiration for the character of Bertie Wooster. The Wodehouse character Reggie Pepper was an early prototype of Bertie Wooster. Bertie Wooster and his friend Bingo Little were born in the same"
"Cricket and narrated by Dinah Shore. Based on the tale ""Little Bear Bongo"" by Sinclair Lewis, ""Bongo"" tells the story of a circus bear cub named Bongo who longs for freedom from captivity. Bongo escapes the circus and eventually forms a romantic relationship with a female bear cub named Lulubelle in the wild, realizing that he must prove himself in order to earn Lulubelle as his mate. The second story, ""Mickey and the Beanstalk"", is hosted by Edgar Bergen and is a retelling of ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as three peasants who discover the temperamental"
"Munroe Mr Munroe is Ottoline's friend and is from a bog in Norway. He is a little creature with long, straight hair that Ottoline likes to brush. It is also hinted that Mr Munroe also has a diploma from Who R U. In the book, he disguises himself as a dog named Bimby Bottlenose II, Emperor of Heligoland, Pedigree Norwegian Lapdog (to which they called him Nosey). He draws a map of Apartment 243, for Ottoline to catch the Yellow Cat while trying to steal the money from Ottoline's apartment. Mr Munroe was found by Ottoline's parents in Norway and"