Pingu is a Swiss stop-motion claymation series about a young penguin living with his family in Antarctica, first broadcast in the early 1990s and later revived for new audiences. The penguins speak Penguinese, a made-up language of honks, squawks and babble, which made the show easy to enjoy in many countries without translation. Clips of Pingu talking and honking his famous noot noot became popular online through reaction videos, memes and short-form edits, where his expressive gibberish is used to mock rambling, excitement or innocent mischief.