Penguin and Me (The Penguin's New Groove in the UK, Australia and North America, ペンギンの新しい溝 in Japan, A Nova Onda do Pinguim / O Pinguim e o Mimetismo in Brazil, Las Locuras del Pingüino in Venezuela, Ein Königreich für einen Pinguin in Germany and Pingviini ja jäljitelmä in Finland) is a 2006 Japanese-American animated comedy film was directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, based on the 2012 children's book of the same name by Angela Muss and features the animation style of Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost.
The film was premiered in Japan on January 16, 2006 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and in Venezuela and in Finland on TV on February 14, 2006. It was released in VHS and DVD in the United States and in Brazil on March 24, 2006, including the 3 short films, The Three Champions, Tribe Boy and Princess Meet the Dog and Village Frolics, and it was distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment. It was also known as The Penguin and Me in North America and produced between Mook Animation, Tatsunoko Production, and TMS Entertainment.
Plot[]
The Gaulish boy named Robin and his girlfriend, Barbara, join their friends, a Japanese spitz dog named Kenai and his father, Koda to defeat Sacha is Jacob's mother, the kindhearted healer who plans to punish the world, and Lord Jay, his girlfriend, Abby Harper and her champion, Bane, are in charge of summoning the two-headed turkey, thug ladybug robots, and sharks in the world. They all together with the young, hilarious, and fleet-of-foot penguin named Nori and the male ringed seal named Sydney set off on a road trip full of humor, awesome adventures, big drama and non-stop laughs!
Including the 3 short films[]
The Three Champions[]
A singing, jitterbugging Barbara goes through her paces with Lord Jay, Bane and Abby Harper, but when supervillains gets into the house, she joins with Kenai and Koda to fight and eventually tie him up.
Tribe Boy and Princess Meet the Dog[]
The tribe boy who has the new grouch for a daddy, runs off, finds the princess to meet a dog, and joins the teenage teams. Meanwhile, the old man has a nightmare, where he sees giant turkey as the new sour puss because he doesn't take care of his teeth and gums. James P. Sullivan is sent to Harryhausen's to remind him what it is like to been chopped by a multi-tentacled monster sushi chef. The old man sees an electric sign for Dentor Systema toothpaste, and that sets him on a more positive course.
Village Frolics[]
Meet all the friendly villagers as they frolic in the Finnish village.
Production[]
Development[]
Caravan on a camping site by the sea
On December 16, 2005, Paramount Pictures announced the animation style of Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost has featured in the production of The Penguin's New Groove to celebrate the World Cup in New York and Tokyo in 2006 respectively. The film shows the most famous of the world's most popular sporting and carnival games.
Animation[]
The animation took place in three studios in Tokyo; initial animation production and effects were produced in Mook Animation in Inagi, Tatsunoko Production in Musashino, and TMS Entertainment in Nakano.
Music[]
In December 2005, Gregor Narholz, who previously worked on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was hired to compose the score.
Sound Effects Used[]
- CROWD GASP
- Maggie Sucking Pacifier Sound
- Hacienda Post Ping
- H-B BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 04
- H-B HIT, CARTOON - HORN BONK
- H-B TEETH, CARTOON - TEETH CHATTER
- H-B WINCH - WINCH PULLEY CRANKING
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - ZIP DOWN
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - ZIP UP
- BARRACUDA ROAR
- HOMER'S BURP
- Hollywoodedge, Eagle Bald Chirps Cal AT082601
- Hollywoodedge, Thin Metallic Pot Or CRT031202
- Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car In Sk PE073501
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
- Hollywoodedge, Answering Machine Mo PE251902
- Hollywoodedge, Bang Whonk CRT032404
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Parrot VariousS PE021301
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Rooster 2 Crow PE021501
- Hollywoodedge, Boings For Impacts CRT016701
- Hollywoodedge, Bonk Pseudo String Pl PE941201
- Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015806
- Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Streaks 1 SS016501
- Hollywoodedge, Comedy Body Fall Msx CRT017301
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
- Hollywoodedge, Cuckoo Clock Strikin PE179401
- Hollywoodedge, Dolphin Chirps Vocal PE024601
- Hollywoodedge, Fast Exit Whistles CRT2013303
- Hollywoodedge, Fly Buzzes Against Wi TE016601
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk 2 Types One CRT032402
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Whorn 3 Typ CRT032401
- Hollywoodedge, Low Pitched Squeak CRT049301
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE141401
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Hinge Creak CRT053501
- Hollywoodedge, Police Whooper Siren CT062001
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Double Bell Di CRT015001
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057501
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 4 Woman Singl PE133801
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 5 Woman Short PE133901
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (High pitched.)
- Hollywoodedge, Seagulls No Surf BT022101
- Hollywoodedge, Several Rapid Swish CRT054101
- Hollywoodedge, Girl Screams Long Hi CRT028201
- SMB 1-Up Sound
- SMB Brick Block Sound
- SMB Coin Sound
- SMB Death Sound
- SMB Power Up Sound
- SMB Warp Pipe/Power Down Sound
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLAT BONK
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG SHARK BITE
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, EAGLE - BALD EAGLE: CALL, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BIG, LONG BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S LONG RISE
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOINK
- Sound Ideas, BORK, CARTOON - LOW BORK
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, MONSTER - SEVERAL SCREAMS, CREATURE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE DIVE AND SWOOP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BIRD - HEAD BONK BIRDS CHIRPING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT HORN TOOT, LOW
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 04
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - RAPID POPPING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - LONG SWISH BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE FAST WHIPPY SWISH BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST SLIDE UP, ZIP 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - QUICK ZIP IN 01
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, PANIC - TEEN PANIC CROWD
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SHORT THIN RICOCHET, BULLET 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY TIMP RISE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, WHAP - BIG WHAP, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, LION - ROARING, ANIMAL, CAT
- Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - BOW STRING RICCO
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, DOG, SAMOYED - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, DOG, SAMOYED - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, SQUAWK, CARTOON - BIG HORN SQUAWK
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - LITTLE SQUISH
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, BOTTLE - SQUEEZE BOTTLE SQUISH, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - MUSIC: CUEING ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 01
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - MUSIC: CUEING ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 02
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - MUSIC: REWIND ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 01
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - VOICE: TALKING FAST FORWARDED ON TAPE
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - VOICE: CUEING ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 01
- Sound Ideas, TAPE, CUEING - VOICE: CUEING ON PROFESSIONAL RECORDER 02
- SMW Spit Sound
- SMW Yoshi Gulp Sound
- SMW Yoshi Sound
- SMW Yoshi Tongue Sound
- Taz Spin (Briefly heard.)
- WB CARTOON, SWISH - WHIPPY SWISH BY
Cast and characters[]
| Seiyū | English dubbing actor | Venezuelan dubbing actor | Brazilian dubbing actor | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasunori Matsumoto | Loren Lester | Carlos Arraiz | Thiago Fragoso | Robin |
| Megumi Hayashibara | Tara Strong | Claudia Nieto | Angélica Santos | Barbara |
| Naomi Kusumi | Scott Innes | Rolman Bastidas | Guilherme Briggs | Kenai |
| Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Paolo Campos | Wendel Bezerra | Koda | |
| Kazumi Totaka | Tom Kenny | Luis Carreño | Nori | |
| Koki Uchiyama | Quinton Flynn | Alfonso Soto | Marco Antônio Abreu | Sydney |
| Yuko Sasaki | Ellen DeGeneres | Livia Méndez | Cecília Lemes | Calliope |
| Kōji Katō | Patrick Warburton | Rafael Monsalve | Antônio Moreno | Sneaky Pete |
| Akio Katō | David Hasselhoff | Kevin Genova | Leonardo Camillo | Blue Eagle |
| Nobuaki Fukuda | Xzibit | Rubén Antonio Pérez | Luiz Carlos de Moraes | Discord |
| Wataru Takagi | Joaquin Phoenix | Rubén León | Raul Gil | Lord Jay |
| Wataru Takagi | Bud and Lou | |||
| Kenta Miyake | Carlos Alazraqui | Orlando Noguera | Leo Jaime | Bane |
| Rie Kugimiya | Minnie Driver | Elena Prieto | Larissa Queiroz | Abby Harper |
| Tomie Kataoka | Whoopi Goldberg | Lucero Gómez | Marieta Severo | Sacha (Jacob's Mother) |
| Osamu Kobayashi | Jim Ward | Alberto Arvelo | João Ângelo | Joshua |
| Tōru Furuya | Two-headed turkey | |||
| Ryoko Gi | Candi Milo | Rebeca Aponte | Tânia Gaidarji | Coral |
| Márcia Gomes | Nita | |||
| Original studio | International dubbing studio | Character design | ||
| Tohokushinsha Film Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo |
Ocean Productions Vancouver, British Columbia |
Etcétera Group Caracas, Venezuela |
Álamo São Paulo |
Bruce Timm |
| Nobuhiro Watsuki | ||||
| Eiichiro Oda | ||||
| Akira Toriyama | ||||
| Additional voices | Additional character | |||
| Miki Ito | Monica Rial | Letícia Quinto | People at beach | |
| Ryota Iwasaki | Jim Cummings | Marcos Hailer | ||
| Fumiya Tanaka | Frank Welker | Carlos Silveira | ||
| Sonny Strait | Luiz Antônio Lobue | |||
| Rumi Ochiai | Janyse Jaud | Márcia Regina | ||
| Kathleen Delaney | Arlete Montenegro | |||
| Tsubasa Imai | Christopher R. Sabat | Affonso Amajones | ||
| Akane Omae | Colleen Clinkenbeard | Luciana Minei | ||
| Tabitha St. Germain | Márcia Gomes | |||
| Hiroyuki Sanada | Lee Tockar | Fábio Moura | Guards | |
| Mike Pollock | Luiz Carlos de Moraes | |||
| Tom Kenny | Wendel Bezerra | |||
| Daisuke Namikawa | Quinton Flynn | Rodrigo Andreatto | People sitting at the campfire | |
| Jeff Bennett | Hélio Vaccari | |||
| Loren Lester | Hermes Baroli | |||
| Megumi Hayashibara | Tara Strong | Angélica Santos | ||
| Shinpachi Tsuji | Scott McNeil | Renato Márcio | ||
| Richard Newman | Carlos Campanile | People on boat | ||
| Garry Chalk | Antônio Moreno | |||
| Masako Inui | Pete Cronkite | Tatá Guarnieri | ||
| Shigeru Muroi | Jim Byrnes | Raul Schlosser | ||
Prequel[]
A prequel, titled The Seals' New Groove, was released on June 21, 2013. Quinton Flynn reprised his role of Sydney, while Ryuhei Kitamura directed the film. The prequel's plot focuses on Sydney and three mermaids will be found inside the circus ring, when the three sea lions live in the air and find their own special species for the first time in Tokyo.
Spin-off[]
A spin-off, titled Koda Ball Z and the Witch's Ghost, was released in North America on December 23, 2004 and it is a parody of Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost. Scott Innes and Whoopi Goldberg reprised their roles of both characters (Kenai and Koda) and Sacha, while Glenn Weiss directed the film. The spin-off's plot focuses on Kenai, his adoptive father, Koda, their friends, Denahi the Trouble-Prone Inuit, Barney the Son of the Beach, and Princess Tarja once again pile into Formula Two and stumble onto hazardous pay. This time they happen upon some Tokyo ghoulies in a small New England town.
Anime series[]
In December 2017, it was announced that Loren Lester, Tara Strong, Scott Innes, Tom Kenny, and Quinton Flynn would return as Robin, Barbara, Kenai, Koda, Nori, and Sydney, respectively for the anime series. Additional cast members will include Ethan Slater as Haru, Tom Arnold as Teizō, Jimmy O. Yang as Fuji, Awkwafina as Princess Rikku, Gavin Lee as Kenji, David Hasselhoff reprised his role of Blue Eagle, Xzibit reprised his role of Discord, and Debra Wilson as Teizō's son Gakuto. The anime series will be released on YouTube in early 2018.
Release[]
The Penguin's New Groove was premiered in Japan on January 16, 2006 at Tokyo International Film Festival, in Venezuela and in Finland on TV on February 14, 2006. The film was released in VHS and DVD in the United States and in Brazil on March 24, 2006, including the 3 short films, The Three Champions, Tribe Boy and Princess Meet the Dog and Village Frolics and later re-released in 2012 as 6 feature film set on DVD alongside the Paramount films, Alice in Wonderland (2010), Finding Denno (2006), The Toys Room (2004), Hybrids Ltd. (2003) and Brian and the Little Mermaid (2006).
Trivia[]
- Robin himself bears a strong resemblance to Robin in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Robin is just as adorable as Dick Grayson.
- Robin wears a Justforkix costume, with stylish pants, boots, and a sword on his belt.
- Barbara herself bears a strong resemblance to Barbara Gordon in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Barbara Gordon and Barbara are kindred spirits separated by millennials.
- Barbara is dressed as Belle, with yellow gloves and high-heeled sandals, has moderate sapphire blue hair with moderate violet and brilliant rose streaks and light mulberryish gray skin.
- Kenai and Koda themselves bear a strong resemblance to Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers.
- Kenai and Koda are just like Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers.
- Koda has been trained as Goku to be better.
- Nori and Sydney themselves bear a strong resemblance to Pingu and Robby.
- Nori and Sydney are humanoid animals of Pingu and Robby.
- Blue Eagle and Discord themselves bear a strong resemblance to Blue Falcon and Dynomutt in Scoob.
- Coral and Nita themselves bear a strong resemblance to Crystal and Amber.
- Sacha's real evil face design has the actual exact same face design as Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy from Batman: The Animated Series, and as well as the exact same iconic classic evil face design as Yzma from Disney's 2000 animated film, The Emperor's New Groove.
- Sacha's appearance and temperament were based on Sarah Ravencroft.
- Lord Jay himself bears a strong resemblance to The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Abby Harper herself bears a strong resemblance to Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Abby Harper is dressed as Cinderella, with light blue gloves and Harley Quinn's boots.
- Bane himself bears a strong resemblance to Bane in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Two-headed turkey himself bears a strong resemblance to giant turkey in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost.
- Calliope's appearance was based on Cassandra in Tangled: The Series.
- Calliope herself bears a strong resemblance to Catwoman in Batman: The Animated Series.
- Sneaky Pete's appearance was based on Varian in Tangled: The Series.
- Sneaky Pete himself bears a strong resemblance to T.J. Detweiler in Recess.
Gallery[]
Movie Images[]
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DVD and YouTube[]
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Production Images[]
External links[]
- The Penguin and Me on YouTube
- The Penguin and Me on Wikipedia