Pingu is a Swiss stop-motion series that first aired in 1990, following a young penguin on the ice with his family. Creator Otmar Gutmann gave Pingu a made-up language built around the famous noot noot honk, performed with a trumpet-like sound and expressive beak movements. With no real words to translate, the call worked in every country and later spread online as a reaction clip. Short edits, remixes and the related Noot Noot - Pingu sound keep the honk popular for wholesome, childlike moments years after broadcast.