There is Only Peppa

Parents of young children complain that their lives seem to be overtaken by children's television. When I was a kid it was definitely Barney and Arthur that was on all the time but the new generation of kids really like Peppa Pig. In China, the kids and even the adults love Peppa. 

She is everywhere. Balloons, t-shirts, bags, on the sides of cars, and people even get tattoos of her!

"This is not the first person of our community to tattoo this on their body."

This Chinese Lunar New Year is the zodiac sign of the pig which means that she is even more widely found. It gives businesses a chance to sell twice as much stuff for New Year's, as long as the famous pig's likeness is on it. 

I asked some people here why Peppa is popular. Most of their answers revolved around the fact that they thought she was funny, in fact Peppa is a meme here. Many people showed me the video below as to when they became obsessed with her. 

If the video doesn't work for you I will give you a summary. Peppa Pig can't whistle and is disheartened by this, so she decides to call her friend Suzie Sheep to make herself feel better. Suzie tells Peppa she doesn't know how to whistle or what it is but when Peppa explains it, she gets it correct on the first try. Peppa immediately hangs up, leaving Suzie asking the phone over and over if Peppa can still hear her. 

The other explanation I have heard is that they simply think Peppa is cute and colorful. I agree she is colorful but I often have thought of the cartoon as ugly. It also annoys me to no end that her nose seems to be perpetually at the side of her face while the rest of her features are in the center. Maybe that is just me. 

Spongebob and Transformers are also very popular here but now whenever I go outside now there seems to be only one consistent thing. 

There is no Spongebob or Transformers anymore... 

There is only 

Peppa.