Noddy
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- For other uses, see Noddy (disambiguation).
Noddy is a fictional character created by British children's author Enid Blyton.
One of the most enduring and best-loved of children's characters, Noddy is a little wooden doll who lives in Toyland. His best friend is Big-Ears - a brownie. Noddy lives next to a family of teddy bears, and owns a self-aware car. Noddy originally appeared in a series of illustrated books, but later became popular with a new generation of children as a result of an animated television adaptation.
Written at a time of segregation, the original Noddy stories featured Golliwogs - black-faced woollen dolls. These dolls were popular in the UK at the time the stories were written, but have fallen out of favour because of a better awareness of race relations.
In the TV series and a new series of books, Noddy has been updated, with the original Gollywog characters replaced by other sorts of toys (for example Mr.Golly who ran the Toytown garage was replaced by Mr. Sparks), and with the addition of ethnic dolls.
One Noddy story character was P.C.Plod, depicted as a British-type policeman. His name has become common British slang for "ordinary street constable".
Cultural References
In The Navy Lark, Lt. Phillips is sometimes called Noddy, since he can usually be found reading a Noddy book instead of studying the art of navigation. Lt. Phillips once said he was frightened of Big Ears.
External link
- Noddy's Website (http://www.noddy.com/)