The Peppa Pig character was created in 2004 and since then it has been consolidated as a mass phenomenon. He is a character that can easily be identified with everyday life, associated with values that we all feel, such as family, friendship, value, etc. She is funny, sweet and very intelligent, but sometimes too stubborn.
This Peppa Pig phenomenon is created for children between 2 and 5 years old, and is broadcast all over the world. In Spain we can see it on the Disney Junior channel and on Clan, as well as on the Internet.
Peppa is a pink piglet, who lives with her brother George and their parents at home. Her best friend is Suzy, a sheep. But there are other very varied friends, rabbits, dogs, cats, zebras, etc. What Peppa likes the most is playing in the mud, laughing and having fun.
The origins of Peppa Pig
Peppa was born in May 2004 by three friends named Nev, Mark and Phil. Together they created the Astley Baker Davies studio. All three were very good cartoonists, very creative and with many ideas. One day they thought of focus your creativity on a television cartoon. Although they went through different projects, such as a wolf, they finally reached Peppa. They first thought of a small pig, although they were more convinced by the idea of a female character, among other things because they saw few girls in children's cartoon series.
The name was easy to choose. In English "peppery" means smart and full of character.. The series about Peppa started on the BBC, but it was not a good experience and its owners looked for another channel. They managed to get The Channel FIve to put in part of the money, different distributors a little more, and they also had to turn to their family and friends for the rest of the investment they needed.
Little by little, this drawing would get compete with other blockbusters such as Pixar's Toy Story and others like it.
The secret of Peppa Pig's success
Those who follow all the chapters of the series, assure that one of the main keys to the success of Peppa Pig is in the plot of his episodes, based on things that can happen to anyone in their everyday life. There is no repetitive structure or anything that is obvious is going to happen, everything belongs to the realm of the unpredictable.
The main characters in the series have both positive and negative traits. Peppa turns out sweet, but sometimes insolent and irreverent and her father is forgetful and clueless. The scripts in general are good, but so is the artistic section, with a colorful and very characteristic of the series. The music and the actors who dub are another hallmark. English voice-overs are worth listening to.
Each of the scenes has been created from the perspective and vision of children, with fun and optimistic touches.
The income that the Peppa series has begun to generate, due to its broadcast on television, has been very large. But the income produced by the sale of Peppa's image, based on toys, paintings, letters, stories, puzzles, etc.
Can you think of a theme parkor? Peppa also has her own theme park, in the south of the UK.
Different studies on the success of Peppa
Have been carried out different studies on the reasons for Peppa's success. In these tests, many children, followers of the Peppa series, met with their parents. The results of the tests were that one of the great attractions of these cartoons are the bright colors and the simplicity of the scripts, very close and everyday to the little ones in this age group, preschool to 5 years old.
Peppe He is continually angry with his brother George, they play things typical of their age, they do not leave their toys, they go out to play when it rains the most and they also fight with other friends.
Controversies and accusations against Peppa Pig
Good old pig Peppa has been accused, in different forums, of nothing less than being harmful to children, i.e. a bad influence. Some specialists have affirmed that, seeing these drawings, children lose their ability to empathize and use non-verbal language, in addition to losing imagination.
It has been said that a high exposure of such young children to the small screen can lead to are not able to distinguish between fact and fiction. That is, they tend to identify cartoon characters with members of their own family.
The solution would come by limit the times and types of drawings that the little ones in the house see, so they can have time to do other important activities for child development, to socialize with other children, read, etc.
The movie, "Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots"
It is a short film, 67 minutes long, made last year 2016 and released in January of this year.
In her plot, Peppa is a sweet, rebellious, endearing and funny little pig who has lost her golden boots, with which she wanted to participate in a puddle jumping contest. She will need the help of her friends and family to try to find the footwear that can take her to the top of the competition.
What could have happened to the boots? It may be that Mrs. Duck, who was very fond of Peppa's boots, has escaped with them on. Peppa's journey to locate her boots can be by land, sea and air, and even through space.
Actually, this movie is assembled on the basis of two special chapters of the Peppa series, 15 minutes long ("Around the World", and "Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots"), along with seven normal episodes of this hit series.
In the original movie version, Peppa Pig's voice is once again that of Lily Snowden-Fine.
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