Sunday, August 20, 2006
♥ 4:21 PM
Full Name: Tinky-Winky
Gender: Male
Accessory: Red Handbag
Tinky-Winky is an odd one. He's the biggest Teletubby, and he's certainly a gentle creature, often to be seen ambling around Teletubbyland, mumbling to himself, or skipping around holding the now legendary red handbag (or red purse, if you're American) in the bend of his arm. You might also catch him wearing the communal Teletubbyland tutu. So, well, okay; everybody has their own preferences, right? Tinky-Winky's are just a bit less conventional than the norm.
The handbag is a pretty impressive piece of kit, too; if you remember Mary Poppins' bag, you'll know the kind of thing - despite the bag being of average size, we have seen it contain Dipsy's hat (fancy that!), Laa-Laa's ball, and Po's scooter. By then it was too heavy to lift, but still - impressive stuff.
Tinky-Winky is rather clumsy - he falls over rather a lot, and is quite prone to doing silly things - he'll fall into a puddle and get soaked, or he'll fall over and roll down a hill. In the kindest possible sense, he's... well, an oaf. A very kind oaf, but an oaf nonetheless. He's a good guy, though, and a friend to all, and he carries off the coat-hanger aerial pretty well .
Full Name:Dipsy
Gender:Male
Accessory:Top Hat
Ah, Dipsy. He's a dancer, a prancer, a funky dude, he's Mr Cool. That's what he thinks, anyway. Dipsy has quite the ego, but then he does have the moves to go with it. Remember the Thriller video? It seems fairly likely that Dipsy has seen it a couple of (hundred) times, cos he certainly moves like a young Michael (and doesn't look nearly as strange, eh? :) All the time, as well - he's always dancing.
The hat is Dipsy's pride and joy. It has no top, so as to accomodate his aerial, and is furry, with a black and white cow pattern on it. Maybe it's some kind of left-over Gateway 2000 promo item, nobody knows. But Dipsy likes it. No, he loves it. He even made up a rhyme about it (Dipsy's hat, Dipsy's hat, fancy that, it's Dipsy's hat!) and a song:
Hat, hat haaat,
Hat, hat haaat,
Hat, hat haaat hat.(repeat)
Good song, eh? He made one up about a telescope that he found, too:
Te-le-scooope,Te-le-scooope,Te-le-scooope scope.(repeat)
What a guy. How long before he's on Top of the Pops, touring Japan and trashing hotel rooms? Anyway, occasionally Dipsy's ego will get the better of him; for instance, the time when he woke up before all of the other Teletubbies, and took it upon himself to make some "adjustments".
So, there he was, pushing buttons and pulling levers like there was no tomorrow. The buttons, of course, make bizarre honking noises, which woke the others up. They were none too pleased, as you may imagine. However, Dipsy managed to get himself out of it by playing a tune on the buttons. The Teletubbies love tunes and the like, so in the end everyone ended up happy. As usual.
Full Name:Laa-laa
Gender:Female
Accessory:Orange Ball
Laa-Laa is sweet, there's no question about that. She could doubtless talk her way into (or out of) anything, being the little charmer that she is. She's mastered the funny look to the camera, too. There's a question about Laa-Laa, though - where is she from? It has been suggested that she might be German - just listen, when she says "Tinky-Vinky". However, judging from the double-A in her name, my vote goes for Dutch. Yup, it all makes sense - the orange ball is another piece of evidence.
The ball is a strange item. Usually, it's just a big, bouncy ball. Now and then, though, it has taken on different shapes - a pyramid, a cube, a big lower-case 'e'. Hmmm. It's often the cause for some fun, anyway, as a ball should be.
She's willing to learn, as well, and is a patient listener, as Po found out when she tried to explain the appearance in the Teletubbies' house of a voice-trumpet-thing that spouted the 'Pat-a-cake' rhyme before disappearing again:
Po: E-o Laa-Laa!
Laa-laa: E-o Po!
Po: Patacake!
Laa-laa: Packatake?
Po: Patacake!!
Laa-laa: Packacake?
Po: Patacakepatacakepatacake!
Laa-laa: Ah, patacake.
At that point the voice-trumpet-thing reappeared, so Laa-Laa found out what Po was rabbiting on about.
There you go, then. She's yellow, she's cute and she's smart .
Name:Po
Gender:Female
Accessory:Scooter
Po is the smallest Teletubby, but she has a big personality. She is endlessly amused by the world around her, and has a very soft, young sounding voice. Under this gentle exterior, however, there is a Class A nutcase. She is the only Teletubby with any kind of vehicle, and she takes full advantage of the hills and valleys of Teletubbyland, belting around the place like a furry Barry Sheen. Po is, to put it mildly, an adrenaline junkie; she'll even ride the scooter (or, as Po herself puts it, "coooter") down a hill at breakneck speed, straight through the door of the Teletubbies' house. The scooter, of course, has no brakes (hey, where's the fun in brakes? :)
She'll also chuck the scooter on the floor if the other Teletubbies need her to do a bit of a dance or something. It's a pretty resilient thing, as is Po, often the first of the four to roll down a hill, jump in a puddle, or try to go up the helter-skelter in the Teletubbies' house.
Judging by these nutty antics, it would be easy to assume Po was lacking in brain power. It would be wrong, too; she can speak some Cantonese - she'll often be heard singing or counting in a language other than English, which I'm assured is Cantonese, anyway. Po exhibits quite the analytical brain, as well. An example (okay, the only example): Laa-Laa had been playing with her ball, when she got it stuck in a tree. Whilst none of the other Teletubbies could get it back, not even Tinky-Winky, Po had the answer. Although the other Teletubbies uncharacteristically rubbished Po's idea, she went ahead. Borrowing Tinky-Winky's lovely red handbag (much to his chagrin), Po hurled it at the ball, knocking the ball into Laa-Laa's hands, and the bag flying into Tinky-Winky's hands. Great coordination, a killer aim, and no hard feelings towards the others. Hurrah for Po!
p.s : i really had nothing to do .
`i am me, not someone else
