Pocoyo

Overview

Characters

Main

• Pocoyo is the title character of the series. He is a 4-year-old kid who is full of curiosity and loves to play games and discover new things. He is an innocent, happy, and childish character who is very acrobatic and moves at a quick speed. Pocoyo is always depicted wearing a blue three-flap hat, a blue jacket with a yellow zipper, and a pair of blue pants and shoes. His best friends are Pato, Elly, Loula, Sleepy Bird, and Baby Bird. He has a red race car and a shapeshifting bird-like spaceship called Vamoosh. Although he is friendly and almost always in a good mood, Pocoyo is also highly self-centered, distracted by the simplest things, easily frustrated, frequently jealous of his friends, and can be very disobedient; but he tries his hardest to fight his flaws and learn morals, and often shows that he is affectionate and caring towards others.
• The Narrator, and Stephen Hughes in series 3–5 speaks over the entire show and often communicates directly with the characters. Pocoyo has a good relationship with him and is always delighted to see him. The Narrator is also at times physically involved in the events of the episodes, making him more of a heard-but-not-seen character rather than a strict narrator.
• Pato is a yellow duck who wears nothing but a small green top hat. He has a fondness for gardening and is often seen watering plants and flowerbeds. "Pato" means duck in Spanish. He is a favourite amongst the show's target audience due to his enjoyable dancing and the fact that his bill turns 360 degrees. Although friendly, Pato is the most fastidious and impatient character ; on occasion he completely loses his temper, jumping up and down and quacking furiously with his bill spinning rapidly. He is used as a jackhammer or missile and can become a helicopter. In the 2002 pilot episode, he was first called Ducky before his final name was given.
• Elly is a pink elephant who always wears a blue backpack. She has large ears and spirals on her hands and feet. She loves making biscuits and tea, and having tea parties with her friends. She also has a doll named Daisy whom she cares for very much, and keeps in her backpack when she is not using it. She usually takes Daisy with her on her tea parties. Despite her size, she is graceful and gentle, capable of ballet dancing, and serves as a mother figure to Pocoyo, being forgiving and always taking care of him. She can, however, be very bossy and generally does things her way. She usually rides around on her pink scooter.
• Loula is an orange and magenta beagle puppy who is Pocoyo's pet and companion. She also strictly walks on all four of her legs. She sometimes hops as she walks. She is mostly curious and shy, as she can be easily frightened. Originally, the character's name was Lucas, in tribute to co-creator and director Guillermo García Carsi's dog, but due to a shortage of female characters, the character was renamed Loula.
• The Audience are a group of children who, like the Narrator, speak over the show, answering questions asked by the Narrator in order to assist Pocoyo in solving a problem or to let Pocoyo in on what's going on.
• Nina is another human character who is introduced in the fourth series episode of the same name. She is a young girl similar to Pocoyo who has red hair, wears a lime green hoodie with two antennas, lime green shorts, and lime green shoes. Like Pato, she greatly loves plants and nature. She naturally speaks mostly a form of gibberish with a Japanese accent, but can also speak fluent English, though not as much as Pocoyo. Her name resembles "niña", Spanish for "girl". Thanks to her robotic pet called Roberto, she has the ability to shrink herself, as well as anything and anyone.
• *Roberto is a small, bug-like robot who is Nina's companion. He is first introduced in the series 4 episode "Nina" along with Nina. Roberto has the ability to transform into other kinds of useful machines. Like Nina, he has the ability to make anyone shrink including himself, which he does via a press of his button. He can sometimes be highly protective to Nina when they go together along with friends.
• Bea is Pocoyo's little sister who mainly wears yellow with her hair of the same colour similarly shaped as a hat with two ears on top. A blue flower is shown in her hair as an accessory. She has a chaotic yet adorable personality which bothers Pocoyo with her antics. Despite this, Pocoyo is protective to her as her big brother. She is the third human character in the franchise. Bea was originally named Pocoyina when series 5 was first announced, but was later renamed as a reference to the creator Guillermo's sister.

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• Scarlet "Sleepy" Bird is a teal-coloured songbird. She does little but sleep, and usually flies with her eyes halfway open. While sleeping, she is often disturbed by Pocoyo and his friends and their antics. She is named "Pajaroto" in the Spanish version.
• Baby Bird is the small, always active and loud-mouthed baby of Sleepy Bird, who gets into tricky situations from which he is rescued by Pocoyo. He was introduced in the series 1 episode "Sleepy Bird's Surprise". He is also a songbird like Sleepy Bird and is best friends with Valentina. He is named "Pajarito" in the Spanish version of the show.
• Valentina is a yellow-coloured caterpillar with a blue bow on top of her head. She speaks in gibberish and has the ability to change into a butterfly and back when she wants. She was introduced in the series 1 episode "Pocoyo's Little Friend". She is best friends with Baby Bird and has a love interest for Angry Alien. When overjoyed or frustrated, she tends to slam her face forward into the ground repeatedly. In the Spanish version of the show, she is known as "Valentina" which would later be her English name starting in the second half of series 5, replacing her original name "Caterpillar".
• Pulpo is a hyperactive and wacky but stubborn red octopus who speaks in gibberish like Valentina, and is very fond of opera singing. He can also be a comedian and can easily make his friends laugh with his jokes. Despite being a clown to his friends, he can sometimes be serious, taking everything literally. In the Spanish version of the show, he is known as "Pulpo" which would later be his English name starting in the second half of series 5, replacing his original name "Fred".
• Whale is a huge light gray sperm whale with red cheeks who lives under the sea. She sometimes plays with Fred along with Pocoyo and his friends.
• The Ball Orchestra is a group of three ball-like creatures who play the trumpet, drums, and cymbals. In the Spanish version of the show, they are known as "Orquesta Pelota".
• Aliens are a family of small tripodal one-eyed alien creatures that Pocoyo and his friends usually find whenever they go to space. They communicate with one another using staccato 'clicking' noises.
• *Green Alien is among the family of small tripodal one-eyed alien creatures, but is the main alien Pocoyo and his friends hang out with. He first appeared in the series 2 episode "New on the Planet". Unlike the other aliens, Green Alien lives on his own planet that has many cool things like drum-like craters or a button that changes the colour of other planets. He is also shown to be shy and easily scared. In the Spanish version of the show, he is known as "Marciano Verde".
• *Strange Alien is an orange alien and Pato's brief love interest. He first appeared in the series 2 episode "Scary Noises". Unlike the other aliens, there is only one variation of himself and he has a drawer-like mouth. In Pocoyo World, he works various jobs such as a postman. In the Spanish version of the show, he is known as "Extraño Alien".
• *Angry Alien is an evil green martian who usually attempts to take over Pocoyo World. He first appeared in the series 2 episode of the same name. Despite his efforts, his plans are usually thwarted when he learns the true meaning of having fun, but usually becomes Pocoyo's archnemesis shortly after. In Pocoyo & the Space Circus and "Pocoyo's Restaurant", Angry Alien is revealed to have many identical family members. He is also Valentina's love interest. He is named "Marciano Furioso" in the Spanish version of the show.
• *The Martian Brothers are a group of acrobatic martians that love to host circuses. They first appear in the short film Pocoyo & the Space Circus. In the Spanish version of the show, they are known as "Hermanos Marcianos".
• Tori-Doris are a musical band of sentient shapes that Pocoyo and Pato befriend in the series 2 episode "Band of Friends".
• Baby Spider is a small blue spider that hatched out of an egg that Pato found in the series 2 episode "Pato's Egg". Despite being kind-hearted and sweet, in his first appearance, he used to unintentionally frighten Pocoyo and Elly due to their fear of spiders, but later learn that he is not as scary as they thought. He is known as "Arañita" in the Spanish version of the show which means "spider".
• The Dinosaur & the Ant are a pair of best friends who appear in the "Pocoyo's Fairy Tales" segments in certain series 3 episodes. The Dinosaur & the Ant are shown doing activities like playing in the beach and shopping in a supermarket together. In the series 3 episode "Picnic", it was revealed that the Ant's real name is Harold, though the Dinosaur's real name is unknown. In the Spanish version of the show, they are known as "El Dinosaurio y la Hormiga".
• Los Hermanos Chihuahua are a music band of skeletons that play mariachi music. They first appear in the series 4 episode "Pocoyo and Nina's Terror Show". On Halloween, they are usually depicted as anthropomorphic skeletons.
• Yanko is a friendly snow yeti first befriended by Pocoyo and Loula introduced in the series 4 special episode "A Very Special Guest". Despite his large size, he has a big heart and cares about everyone.
• The Giant is a humongous robot-like character introduced in series 5. He lives on a treetop in Pocoyo World and is very rarely seen hanging out with Priszilla.
• Priszilla is a giant red sea monster introduced in series 5. She dreams of causing destruction in a city and battling a robot, which Pocoyo and his friends help her with in her debut episode of the same name. She is very rarely seen hanging out with the Giant.