Topo Gigio

Topo Gigio defines the concept of unique. People on the street might look at him suspiciously – who is this? A child, a mouse? But his friends appreciate him for his enthusiasm and his fresh outlook. Because Gigio can see everything from another perspective and manages to pull everyone into his crazy adventures.

To Gigio everything is new! He is among the most naïfs characters on the planet… yet, he is supremely confident: when he has an idea, he may be 100% wrong, but that doesn’t deter him!

Gigio is an adorable charmer, he can melt your heart by whipping out his guitar and crooning a ballad to you.
But below the surface, what he really needs is to be cuddled and kissed! 

Zoe

9-year old Zoe is the perfect counterbalance to Topo Gigio’s free-spirited outlook.

Where he is spontaneous and carefree, Zoe is structured and certain. She makes a list of “how to do it properly” rules for almost everything. Her life was totally under control until Topo Gigio arrived (still, much less fun!).

Zoe is curious, she loves new things (mostly SCIENTIFIC new things).
She desires to be the best at everything and she loves to prove how smart she is. However, her need for perfection sometimes turns her into an over-achieving mega-klutz.

Zoe deeply loves Gigio. They complement each other. She’s a knowledgeable teacher, and he is a fun-loving friend that gets her out of her books.

Her passions are: Gigio, Science, School… and Bike Bob!

Bike Bob

10-year-old, Bob rides his bike around town seemingly 24-7.

Zoe, Gigio and Bob have become fast friends. Bob is the one who “tampered” with Zoe’s remote controlled Helicopter, and turned it into the GCopter, and invented the GBus.

Bob is a “why not” guy. (Zoe has 25 specific reasons why not. She lists them. But he was thinking of something else as she did, so he missed them all — he votes yes!).

He is quite gullible, like Gigio. He thinks he can speak with Ghosts, or with Aliens… he also thinks that the School’s Principal is a Robot. He is also quite an inventor, who always has a brand new invention to help them in their daily adventures. Unfortunately, most the time it won’t work!

The G-Team

They are Gigio’s best animal friends.

Gigio always enlists them to go on missions with him — even if it’s a bad idea. He calls them with the GIGIO WATCH, which summons them by emitting ultrasound.

All of them are comical characters, and they provide minion-like slapstick as they get stuff wrong and screw up plans.

They all speaks gibberish and animal language that only Gigio understands – he’s their interpreter for all forms of communication in the human world. This oughta go well… 

They have their Headquarter in the Zoe’s old treehouse, hidden from Zoe’s parents!

The Bunny Twins

They have never been apart. They are quite clever, and, most of all… they are cute and coy! This is very useful when you have to distract a group of people (or parents!) while sneaking into a building. They are just a bit competitive.

Mole

Gigio’s first mate and sidekick. Eager to do anything Gigio asks. He just can’t stop laughing. He can't see anything without his glasses, and actually he LOVES wearing glasses (he tries on every pair of glasses he encounters) but he digs fast with his paws and he can move so rapidly that you don't even notice he has moved.

Pigeon

A bird pumped up with self-importance who acts outlandishly heroic... Fancies himself a comic book action hero. Will shove you out of the way to save your life. He poses like a super hero, with his wings on his hips. He flies (that is his strength), but if he sees crumbs… he forgets his mission and immediately goes for them.

Turtle

Female. She moves so slow that she is still leaving just as everyone is returning. She only ever says one word: “SAAAAALAAAAAD”. But, at least, she has learned one HUMAN WORD! She loves speed and when they get the GBUS she can’t resist herself and leans her head out the window (or the bag) like a dog…!

Toad

A clinical narcissist. He fervently believes that he is a handsome prince and dreams of being showered with kisses by Zoe… who finds him less than attractive! He loves to stare at his own reflection. He is big and heavy and he keeps croaking all the time… even when they are on an important mission. But he is strong and this can be very useful. He uses his retractable tongue to point at things if the situation requires.

Neighborhood Kids

Zoe’s friends, who attend the same school and live in the neighborhood. Emilia, Twyla, Jo, Tatum.

Emilia

Emy to all her friends, is Zoe's best friend. She is quite shy but is a great vocal talent. We would like to have Gigio and
Emy singing together! She has a female cat, Meowie, who becomes Gigio’s friend.

Twyla

A real fashionista. Unquestioning trendiness is her mantra. Gigio is always thrilled about the “chic new fashion objects” she always brings! She is often competitive with Zoe, but she is also one of her best friend too. She loves her “cutie” and extremely scary dog: Dogzilla.

Tatum

The school bully. Everyone is afraid of him, even Gigio! He has a Granny who he loves, and who hasn’t the faintest clue that he is a bully and dotes on him… her beloved little grandson! But eventually, he is still one of the group.

Jo

He is the straight-arrow know-it-all guy, he loves Science exactly like Zoe. Actually… he has a crush on Zoe! Every time he sees her, he says “hello Zoe” (he can say hello to her more than a dozen times per day). At school he offers her his extremely healthy and organic lunch his mum prepared for him, hoping it will bring him closer to his fantasy.

Laura (Zoe’s mom)

At work, Zoe’s mother is a hard-charging, get-things-done scientist, but at home she’s a sweet, caring Mom (in a hard-charging, get-things-done kinda way). Mom is obviously the pragmatic parent in this family, and we think that’s where Zoe got her organizational and time management skills.

Mom is often busy at work, so when she returns home, she’s a great force of calm... like an air conditioner that cools the whole situation down. Which makes everyone wonder why life can’t always be like this.

Gregory (Zoe’s dad)

The artistic counterbalance to the scientist. He’s emotional and sensitive, which helps because he’s a professional magazine photographer. Since Gregory works at home with many high-stake situations — deadlines, celebrities, delicate food shoots — he often ends up being the apple cart that’s going to be upset. He’s prone to emotional reactions when it goes wrong, sometimes in a theatrical all-is-lost Shakespearean way.

Unicef

Topo Gigio was named Goodwill ambassador to the United Nations and Unicef. 

Shakira

For Halloween 2015, Shakira posted on her own Facebook page a picture of herself, husband Gerard Pique’ (a huge world soccer star), and their kids in Topo Gigio costumes. The post was a tremendous success with Shakira’s FB fans gaining 5.3 million likes in 24 hrs. 
The post was picked up by the most important papers in the world, receiving great reviews. 

Soccer Superstars

Soccer superstars, Lionel Messi, Riquelme, Carlos Tevez and Nicolas Gaitan, always celebrate their best goals by miming Topo Gigio and his big ears, that is known in South American soccer as the “Topo Gigio Golazo”.

John Malkovich

In one of John Malkovich’s most acclaimed films “Being John Malkovich” Topo Gigio is mentioned by John Malkovich while instructing students on the art of puppetry. Saying puppetry must be an extension of oneself..., just like Topo Gigio. 

Ed Sullivan

Topo Gigio was a guest 92 times at the famous “The Ed Sullivan Show”, more than any other star including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc.. Topo Gigio became an icon with his famous “Kiss me good night... Ed”. Every Ed Sullivan show reached over 50 million viewers weekly on the CBS network.

Ed Sullivan

Ed used to say: “When he is on my arm I actually feel that he is a living thing and that I am talking to somebody. I have never had that feeling before with any puppet or dummy”.