King Pongs appearance is always heralded by a smelly green vapour. Pip, Snout and Kaboodle have to decide which object was his last hiding place in order to win the Mystery Mod. This typically involves Herbert eating one of several objects and the teams having to choose which one it was from four alternatives. In many episodes they, or characters based on their designs, also appear in CGI form in the race world sequences, where they are much bigger than the human contestants.Ī typical question might involve the teams identifying one of four pictures that is identical to one that Natterjack has drawn. None of them speak, since the questions are all read by Kerwhizzitor. It is also revealed that Snout has two nephews, Rocco and Ricco. In the episode Planet Snout the eponymous planet is revealed to be his homeworld and the origin of his vegetable obsession. Pip cant speak, but can often shape his barks and growls into an approximation of words.ĭespite this Ninki sometimes fails to hear him when he gets a question right and offers her own wrong answer instead, causing him to growl in frustration.
The pods are then raised through the roof of the studio into the CGI race world.Įach race world is a themed environment (the questions usually include clues to the theme) containing three, or occasionally four, zones, and each race comprises two laps (except in The Deserted Desert Dash, which is a novelty race with no set route and a hidden finish line).Īll of the teams are likely to encounter unexpected setbacks and opportunities along the way, making the outcome of each race unpredictable. The teams are cheered on by three groups of live-action children dressed in the teams colours and waving team flags.
In addition, one round offers the chance to win a mystery mod.Įach mod is an unconventional accessory that may or may not give its user a better chance of winning the race. Three teams of CGI characters, each comprising a human child and a part-living, part-mechanical animal, must answer four rounds of questions, each featuring a regular 2-D animated character, to win a choice of pod mod for their respective racing pods. Re-runs of the new episodes continued except on bank holidays until 6 May.
Ī new series began on CBeebies on 7 March 2011, running on weekdays until 25 March. Kerwhizz originally ran from 3 November 2008 to. The series uses a mix of CGI and live-action, and is targeted towards four to six-year-olds. In the England and Wales Patents County Court in December 2011, His Honour Judge Birss, QC found that the Kerwhizz characters did not infringe Mr Mitchells copyright.
You can make the image full and visible easily by dragging pieces from the jumble and releasing them on the correct position of the board.