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* ''VideoGame/SubnauticaBelowZero'' takes place in a polar region of Planet 4546B. It includes "penglings", penguin-like animals that serve as the game's MascotMook.
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* ''Skiing Fred'', one of the sequels to ''VideoGame/FallingFred'' takes place in the snowy mountains, which are inhabited by ([[ActionBomb mostly]]) harmless penguins.
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** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't usually live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'', ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Iceberg, Snow Land, and Winter Horns.
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** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't usually live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'', ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', and ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Iceberg, Snow Land, and Winter Horns.
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** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Snow Land and Winter Horns.
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** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't usually live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' and ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'', ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Iceberg, Snow Land Land, and Winter Horns.
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* ''VideoGame/VivaPinata: Trouble in Pradise'' has the Pengum, which only found in the Piñarctic, and you'll need some snow in your garden to make them residents.
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This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live solely in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on the coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in places with cold waters (e.g. the Humboldt Current in western South America, bringing frigid waters from Antarctica). Research indicates this being a consequence of wing-propelled birds failing to catch fish in water temperatures above 15º, and indeed the Arctic counterparts to penguins, auks, seldom live in warm waters either.
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. You won't find penguins in the Yukon or Siberia for example, and please don't start us on [[PolarBearsAndPenguins imaginary Arctic penguins and their polar bear friends]].
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. You won't find penguins in the Yukon or Siberia for example, and please don't start get us started on [[PolarBearsAndPenguins imaginary Arctic penguins and their polar bear friends]].
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. You won't find penguins in the Yukon or Siberia for example, and please don't start us on [[PolarBearsAndPenguins imaginary arctic Arctic penguins and their polar bear friends]].
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. They may even have [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].
This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live solely in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on the coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in places with cold waters (e.g. the Humboldt Current in western South America, bringing frigid waters from Antarctica). [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10851753_Stroke_and_glide_of_wing-propelled_divers_Deep_diving_seabirds_adjust_surge_frequency_to_buoyancy_change_with_depth This seems to be a consequence of wing-propelled birds failing to catch fish in water temperatures above 15º]], and indeed the Arctic counterparts to penguins, auks, seldom live in warm waters either.
This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live solely in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on the coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in places with cold waters (e.g. the Humboldt Current in western South America, bringing frigid waters from Antarctica). [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10851753_Stroke_and_glide_of_wing-propelled_divers_Deep_diving_seabirds_adjust_surge_frequency_to_buoyancy_change_with_depth This seems to be a consequence of wing-propelled birds failing to catch fish in water temperatures above 15º]], and indeed the Arctic counterparts to penguins, auks, seldom live in warm waters either.
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. They may even have [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].
You won't find penguins in the Yukon or Siberia for example.
This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live solely in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on the coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in places with cold waters (e.g. the Humboldt Current in western South America, bringing frigid waters from Antarctica).[[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10851753_Stroke_and_glide_of_wing-propelled_divers_Deep_diving_seabirds_adjust_surge_frequency_to_buoyancy_change_with_depth This seems to be Research indicates this being a consequence of wing-propelled birds failing to catch fish in water temperatures above 15º]], 15º, and indeed the Arctic counterparts to penguins, auks, seldom live in warm waters either.
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* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', the penguins live in the aptly-named Shiver City, where it snows all year.
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** Cool, Cool Mountain, the first SlippySlideyIceWorld in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', is inhabited by friendly penguins.
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** Cool, Cool Mountain, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' introduces talking penguins to the first franchise. They're found as friendly [=NPCs=] in both of the SlippySlideyIceWorld levels, Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', the penguins live in''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', is inhabited by friendly penguins.the aptly-named Shiver City, where it snows all year.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': King Charlatan is a penguin who lives in an ice castle and can freeze the others with his EyeBeams.
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* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-up based on penguins which gives the characters the ability to throw ice balls and freeze their opponents, as well as improving their ability to walk on ice.
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** Cool, Cool Mountain, the first SlippySlideyIceWorld in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', is inhabited by friendly penguins.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-upbased on penguins which gives the characters the ability to throw ice balls and freeze their opponents, as well as improving their ability to walk on ice.
** Cool, Cool Mountain, the first SlippySlideyIceWorld in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', is inhabited by friendly penguins.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-up
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This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live solely in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on the coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in places with cold waters (e.g. the Humboldt Current in western South America, bringing frigid waters from Antarctica). [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10851753_Stroke_and_glide_of_wing-propelled_divers_Deep_diving_seabirds_adjust_surge_frequency_to_buoyancy_change_with_depth This seems to be a consequence of wing-propelled birds failing to catch fish in water temperatures above 15º]], and indeed the Arctic counterparts to penguins, auks, seldomly seldom live in warm waters either.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' villain Penguin Monster, whose [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name speaks for itself]], has [[BreathWeapon ice breath powers]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'': Fred the penguin is an immigrant to Ducktown who has to live in an apartment with the air conditioning turned all the way up because he finds Ducktown too hot for him.
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** In [[WesternAnimation/FrigidHare "Frigid Hare"]], Bugs helps him escape from an Inuit hunter.
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** In [[WesternAnimation/FrigidHare "Frigid Hare"]], Bugs helps him escape from an Inuit [[PolarBearsAndPenguins Inuit]] hunter.
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Maurice is the name of one of the lemurs from the main Madagascar movies, NOT one of the penguins.
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** ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'': Skipper, Kowalski, Maurice, Rico, and Rico Private are first seen as children in the frozen tundra, but they spend the rest of the movie going to other places in the world.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The character Playboy Penguin co-stars with Bugs Bunny in two shorts:
** In [[WesternAnimation/FrigidHare "Frigid Hare"]], Bugs helps him escape from an Inuit hunter.
** In [[WesternAnimation/EightBallBunny "Eight Ball Bunny"]], Bugs promises to help him get home, and after many harrowing adventures gets him to the South Pole. The trope is subverted when it turns out that the "home" he was trying to get to was in Hoboken and Bugs [[ShaggyDogStory escorted him thousands of miles for nothing]].
** In [[WesternAnimation/FrigidHare "Frigid Hare"]], Bugs helps him escape from an Inuit hunter.
** In [[WesternAnimation/EightBallBunny "Eight Ball Bunny"]], Bugs promises to help him get home, and after many harrowing adventures gets him to the South Pole. The trope is subverted when it turns out that the "home" he was trying to get to was in Hoboken and Bugs [[ShaggyDogStory escorted him thousands of miles for nothing]].
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Penguins are the most iconic animals from Antarctica. Since they're among the few large organisms that can survive its year-round sub-zero temperatures, they're a visual shorthand for places with cold climates in fiction, even if they're [[MisplacedWildlife not native to said place]]. They may even have [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].
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* ''Animation/PororoTheLittlePenguin'': Pororo and Petty are penguins and where they live, there's always a sheet of snow. They also typically wear gloves ([[CostumeEvolution at least later on in the series]]).
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*''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'':
** In the first movie, the penguins' goal is to get to Antarctica. Subverted when they get there -- they quickly get bored since there's nothing to do and head to Madagascar instead.
** ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'': Kowalski, Maurice, and Rico are first seen as children in the frozen tundra, but they spend the rest of the movie going to other places in the world.
* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp''. The main character, a penguin surfer named Cody Maverick, lives in the Antarctic town of Shiverpool, but most of the movie takes place in tropical Pengu Island, which is also inhabited by penguins and holds an annual surfing competition. There are even native Penguans that act like HollywoodNatives. No one other than Cody and his family are even stated to be from Antarctica.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'': In the segment "Pablo the Cold-Blooded Penguin", the titular penguin lives in the South Pole, and the narrator mentions that most penguins would never think of living anywhere else. Pablo, however, is uncomfortable in the cold, and dreams of going to the Galapagos Islands in the Equator. After many difficulties, he finally makes it to the Galapagos, [[spoiler:but now he starts missing the South Pole...]]
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* The ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' song "Penguin Penguin" always takes place in a wintery setting when it's performed on the show. The cast usually don winter outfits while singing it.
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* Several penguin villagers in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' have cold-themed names (eg: Friga, Aurora), and almost all of them have ice furniture in their houses in ''New Horizons''.
* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' takes place on an island that's mostly covered in snow year-round, though it does have a tropical beach.
* ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld'' introduced Penguinmon to the franchise. An NPC one lives in Freeze Land and runs a curling minigame, and as the player's partner Digimon, one of its evolutions is the snowman-like Frigimon. Lore-wise, it was discovered in an Antarctic base's computer.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'': The penguin-like Dream Eater Iceguin can slide on the ground to leave a long trail of ice behind it.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Snow Land and Winter Horns.
** Pengy is a recurring penguin-like enemy that gives Kirby the Ice copy ability.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', Chill Penguin is a reploid designed after a king penguin to operate in subzero temperatures. As a Maverick Hunter, he was assigned to the 13th Polar Unit at the South Pole, but grew bored at having nothing to do. So when Sigma began the Maverick uprising, Chill Penguin murdered his commander to join Sigma, taking up residence on a snowy mountain base to trigger avalanches and launch missiles to destroy nearby cities.
* The Shockhopper from ''VideoGame/MonsterSanctuary'' is (as its name suggests) based on the rockhopper penguin. It learns many ice-based attacks and can inflict the [[ManaBurn chill]] status on opponents.
* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-up based on penguins which gives the characters the ability to throw ice balls and freeze their opponents, as well as improving their ability to walk on ice.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Delibird is an Ice/Flying type that resembles a rockhopper penguin, and in most games, it can be encountered in icy caves or snowy routes.
** The Piplup line is based on the emperor penguin. They're Water-types, but they can learn many Ice-type moves and are found in cold places in spinoffs such as ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'', and ''VideoGame/NewPokemonSnap''.
** Eiscue is another Ice-type penguin. In Galar, it can be found in the icy Route 10, or at the Lake of Outrage during a snowstorm or blizzard.
* Frozen Altars from ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' is inhabited by penguins. While it's based on South American pyramids, it's covered in snow.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Penguins live exclusively in the Ice Kingdom, a frigid, snowy realm. They seem to be one of the only inhabitants besides the Ice King himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[MixAndMatchCritters Otter penguins]] live near the Southern Water Tribe, where it is always freezing and snowing.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly'': {{Defied}} with the titular character. Chilly typically spends his cartoons trying to find ways to warm himself up because he hates the cold.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'':
** In "The Emperor Penguins", the titular emperor penguins live in Antarctica. Tunip even comments on how cold it is there.
** In "Operation Deep Freeze", the Octonauts go to Antarctica, which Shellington notes is the coldest place on the planet, where Adélie penguins are trekking.
* ''WesternAnimation/OctonautsAboveAndBeyond'': "The Red Fox" opens with the Octo-Ray flying away from a bunch of penguins on a frozen continent. Later, they end up in Natquik's house in Siberia (an equally cold and snowy place).
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'':
** In "Pups Save the Penguins", penguins are seen living in Antarctica, but they end up going to Adventure Bay by mistake when an iceberg takes them there. The PAW Patrol then has to take them back home.
** In "The New Pup", Everest has been living in the arctic alone for a long time with nobody but penguins to spend time with.
** In "Pups Save a Stowaway", the PAW Patrol goes to the South Pole to count penguins.
** In "Pups Save the Pop-Up Penguins", several penguins end up in Adventure Bay and it's up to the PAW Patrol to take them back to the south pole before they succumb to the heat.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Bowl A Rama Drama" , Doofenshmirtz plans to freeze over the entire city [[ZanyScheme as a means to increase the sales of his hot chocolate.]] The machines he has designed for this look like big penguin robots.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'': In "Back to Cool", Freddy and Pip the penguin take Penn (who is also a penguin) to Iceberg Alley, where it is always frozen and snowing. Pip marvels over how nice the snow is.
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This is TruthInTelevision, but RealityIsUnrealistic. Only two species of penguins live in Antarctica (though a few more live on sub-Antarctic islands), and the others can be found on coastlines of Chile and Argentina, South Africa, Oceania, or even as far north as the Galapagos Islands. However, although there are a lot of tropical species of penguins, they need to live in at least a fairly cool climate in order to survive.
Compare PolarBearsAndPenguins and MammothsMeanIceAge.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/PororoTheLittlePenguin'': Pororo and Petty are penguins and where they live, there's always a sheet of snow. They also typically wear gloves ([[CostumeEvolution at least later on in the series]]).
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
*''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'':
** In the first movie, the penguins' goal is to get to Antarctica. Subverted when they get there -- they quickly get bored since there's nothing to do and head to Madagascar instead.
** ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'': Kowalski, Maurice, and Rico are first seen as children in the frozen tundra, but they spend the rest of the movie going to other places in the world.
* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp''. The main character, a penguin surfer named Cody Maverick, lives in the Antarctic town of Shiverpool, but most of the movie takes place in tropical Pengu Island, which is also inhabited by penguins and holds an annual surfing competition. There are even native Penguans that act like HollywoodNatives. No one other than Cody and his family are even stated to be from Antarctica.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'': In the segment "Pablo the Cold-Blooded Penguin", the titular penguin lives in the South Pole, and the narrator mentions that most penguins would never think of living anywhere else. Pablo, however, is uncomfortable in the cold, and dreams of going to the Galapagos Islands in the Equator. After many difficulties, he finally makes it to the Galapagos, [[spoiler:but now he starts missing the South Pole...]]
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' song "Penguin Penguin" always takes place in a wintery setting when it's performed on the show. The cast usually don winter outfits while singing it.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Several penguin villagers in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' have cold-themed names (eg: Friga, Aurora), and almost all of them have ice furniture in their houses in ''New Horizons''.
* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' takes place on an island that's mostly covered in snow year-round, though it does have a tropical beach.
* ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld'' introduced Penguinmon to the franchise. An NPC one lives in Freeze Land and runs a curling minigame, and as the player's partner Digimon, one of its evolutions is the snowman-like Frigimon. Lore-wise, it was discovered in an Antarctic base's computer.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'': The penguin-like Dream Eater Iceguin can slide on the ground to leave a long trail of ice behind it.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** Downplayed with King Dedede. While he resembles a penguin, he doesn't live in cold areas, but in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', he's encountered in their respective {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s, Snow Land and Winter Horns.
** Pengy is a recurring penguin-like enemy that gives Kirby the Ice copy ability.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', Chill Penguin is a reploid designed after a king penguin to operate in subzero temperatures. As a Maverick Hunter, he was assigned to the 13th Polar Unit at the South Pole, but grew bored at having nothing to do. So when Sigma began the Maverick uprising, Chill Penguin murdered his commander to join Sigma, taking up residence on a snowy mountain base to trigger avalanches and launch missiles to destroy nearby cities.
* The Shockhopper from ''VideoGame/MonsterSanctuary'' is (as its name suggests) based on the rockhopper penguin. It learns many ice-based attacks and can inflict the [[ManaBurn chill]] status on opponents.
* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' introduces the Penguin Suit, a power-up based on penguins which gives the characters the ability to throw ice balls and freeze their opponents, as well as improving their ability to walk on ice.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Delibird is an Ice/Flying type that resembles a rockhopper penguin, and in most games, it can be encountered in icy caves or snowy routes.
** The Piplup line is based on the emperor penguin. They're Water-types, but they can learn many Ice-type moves and are found in cold places in spinoffs such as ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'', and ''VideoGame/NewPokemonSnap''.
** Eiscue is another Ice-type penguin. In Galar, it can be found in the icy Route 10, or at the Lake of Outrage during a snowstorm or blizzard.
* Frozen Altars from ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' is inhabited by penguins. While it's based on South American pyramids, it's covered in snow.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Penguins live exclusively in the Ice Kingdom, a frigid, snowy realm. They seem to be one of the only inhabitants besides the Ice King himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[MixAndMatchCritters Otter penguins]] live near the Southern Water Tribe, where it is always freezing and snowing.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly'': {{Defied}} with the titular character. Chilly typically spends his cartoons trying to find ways to warm himself up because he hates the cold.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'':
** In "The Emperor Penguins", the titular emperor penguins live in Antarctica. Tunip even comments on how cold it is there.
** In "Operation Deep Freeze", the Octonauts go to Antarctica, which Shellington notes is the coldest place on the planet, where Adélie penguins are trekking.
* ''WesternAnimation/OctonautsAboveAndBeyond'': "The Red Fox" opens with the Octo-Ray flying away from a bunch of penguins on a frozen continent. Later, they end up in Natquik's house in Siberia (an equally cold and snowy place).
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'':
** In "Pups Save the Penguins", penguins are seen living in Antarctica, but they end up going to Adventure Bay by mistake when an iceberg takes them there. The PAW Patrol then has to take them back home.
** In "The New Pup", Everest has been living in the arctic alone for a long time with nobody but penguins to spend time with.
** In "Pups Save a Stowaway", the PAW Patrol goes to the South Pole to count penguins.
** In "Pups Save the Pop-Up Penguins", several penguins end up in Adventure Bay and it's up to the PAW Patrol to take them back to the south pole before they succumb to the heat.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Bowl A Rama Drama" , Doofenshmirtz plans to freeze over the entire city [[ZanyScheme as a means to increase the sales of his hot chocolate.]] The machines he has designed for this look like big penguin robots.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'': In "Back to Cool", Freddy and Pip the penguin take Penn (who is also a penguin) to Iceberg Alley, where it is always frozen and snowing. Pip marvels over how nice the snow is.
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