
A typical scene of George crying, from the episode "Hiccups"
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Waaa-haaaaaaa! Eeeeeewwaaaaa! EeeeeAAAAAuhwaaaa! Uhuhuhuhuhuhuh... |
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In "Peppa Pig", the toddler characters are seen crying whenever something has gone wrong or bad for them. This is usually seen as a running gag through the series, and George Pig is the most frequent character to cry in the series.
About
The animation effect toddlers and babies cry in the series makes the tears appear like a garden sprinkler or rain in the sky. This was referenced in the Series 8 episode "Clouds", when Peppa describes George as being like a "rain cloud".
In some instances, characters (So far, only George) may only make a whimper/sob sound.
List
In the TV series
Pilot
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Series 1
- Muddy Puddles
- When Peppa splashes into a big Muddy Puddle, it also causes some of the mud to splash onto George. He gets upset and cries until Peppa tells him that it is only mud.
- Mr Dinosaur is Lost
- When George gets Mr. Dinosaur stuck up a tree, he runs to the house crying.
- Mummy Pig suggests that Peppa ask George some simple questions. Peppa asks him, "Where is Mr. Dinosaur?", George can only cry in response as he doesn't know.
- When George throws Mr. Dinosaur up into the same tree that it got stuck on previously, George does a tiny sob in response.
- Piggy in the Middle
- Peppa tells George that he will throw the ball to him. However, in reality, Peppa is only teasing him by throwing the ball over George. George ends up crying in fustration for what her older sister did, Mummy Pig scolding Peppa for teasing him.
- Hiccups
- In an attempt to cure George of his hiccups, Peppa decides to scare him by loudly snorting at him. Despite Peppa warning him that it would be scary, George cries over the shock. Mummy Pig scolds Peppa for being rough with George, but thankfully, it stops George's hiccups.
- Flying a Kite
- Daddy Pig gets Peppa and George's kite stuck up a tree. He tries to get it out of the tree by pulling on the string, only to rip it off the kite. George sadly cries in response to this, while Mummy Pig comforts him.
- Frogs and Worms and Butterflies
- George is copying Peppa's butterfly moves. When she notices this, she tells George to stop copying her and suggests that he should be a worm instead, which she gives to George. George, thinking the idea isn't fun, drops the worm and cries until Grandpa Pig shows him it is.
- The School Fete
- All of Peppa and George's friends get balloons of the animals they ask for from Madame Gazelle. When George asks for a Dinosaur balloon, she says that she doesn't have any, upsetting George. Daddy Pig, however, has an idea to make his son happy after noticing two green balloons.
- Snow
- Peppa and George throw snowballs at each other and have fun, until Peppa throws a huge snowball at George, knocking him down. George gets hurt and cries, and Peppa decides to cheer him up by using the snowball to make a snowman.
- Cleaning the Car
- George wants to wash the top of the car, but he's too small to reach it and gives a sob in response. Mummy Pig soon helps him by holding the little piggy up.
- Lunch
- George is being picky and not eating any vegetables. Mummy Pig, Granny Pig, and Daddy Pig pressure him to eat the salad, ending up with George throwing a massive fit as he has had enough of being pressured. Grandpa Pig does find a solution to help George eat it, though.
- The Sleepy Princess
- In the Sleepy Princess story, George asks for a dinosaur instead of a dragon, to which Daddy Pig describes it as being "ferocious" and proceeds to give out a roar to George and accidentally scares him to tears. In response, Mummy Pig suggests to Daddy Pig that he make the dinosaur less ferocious and decides to make him give a little burp instead.
- Fancy Dress Party
- After Peppa and Candy go off after the former admires herself in the mirror, George, wearing his dinosaur costume, does his usual "Dine-Saw, Grrrr!", only to suddenly gasp and cry as he fails to notice the dinosaur that roared was himself, with the narrator proclaiming that George is "scared of his own reflection". Mummy Pig takes off the Dinosaur head and shows George otherwise, and George finally learns.
- The Museum
- George does a tiny sob when he thinks that he and his family won't see the Dinosaur Room.
- Very Hot Day
- When George gets a Dinosaur Ice Lolly, Mummy Pig suggests he eats it. George refuses to listen because he adores it, but the hot sun soon causes the lolly to melt and George is upset. Mummy Pig decides to let him have Daddy Pig's ice cream to make up for it.
- The Playground
- When George has a go on the swing, Peppa pushes him too hard, which leads to George crying as he finds it too high. Mummy Pig scolds Peppa for doing so, reminding her that George is afraid of heights.
- Daddy Pig asks George if he wants to go on the climbing frame, and George oinks in agreement. He puts him on the highest part, causing George to gasp and then cry. Daddy Pig apologizes to him.
- George wants to play on the slide, and Daddy Pig helps him up. George looks down and gasps in shock at how high it is for him and cries. Daddy Pig then climbs up to help him slide down.
- At the Beach
- Peppa and George play catch with the spotty ball, which soon ends when George's attempt to try and catch the ball causes him to fall onto his back and cries over the failure.
- Daddy's Movie Camera
- George records himself making dinosaur noises through the Movie Camera. When he watches himself on TV, he cries in fright as he believes that he heard a real dinosaur. Mummy Pig tells him that it is only he that he can see on the television.
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Series 2
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
Bubbles | George | Sadness | Peppa and George are playing with a bottle of bubble mixture and have a lot of fun. Eventually, they run out; to which George gives out a sad oink, drops the bottle, and cries. |
Polly's Holiday | Ashamed/Sadness | Peppa accuses George of not shutting the door when they went out to get ice cream. When they do discover that Polly flew away, he cries. | |
Teddy's Day Out | Shock | Before the family goes out for their picnic, George suddenly calls out "Dine-saw!" and cries immediately after discovering he left Mr. Dinosaur at home. He soon gets scolded by Mummy Pig for leaving him behind. | |
George's Friend | Frustration | Mummy Pig and Mummy Rabbit want George and Richard to share their toys, but neither want to share or play with each other. When Mummy Pig lends Mr. Dinosaur to Richard, George cries. | |
Richard | The same thing happens when Mummy Rabbit gives his dinosaur to George. | ||
George and Richard | Eventually, George cries again. Daddy Pig comes around, wondering what the crying was about. | ||
Richard | Sadness and Frustration | In the sandpit, George and Richard build sandcastles. Peppa and Rebecca think that they can finally play together, but George suddenly destroys Richard's Sandcastle, causing him to cry. | |
George | Richard soon destroys his in return which makes George cry as well. | ||
George and Richard | Both start crying again. | ||
George | Sobbing | George does a tiny sob when he notices he can't go on the see-saw alone, as there's nobody to rise him up. | |
Windy Autumn Day | Shock | When the wind starts to blow heavily, George doesn't listen to Mummy Pig's advice on holding his hat. This ends up with the wind blowing it off his head and George crying in surprise. | |
Rock Pools | Sadness | Granny and Grandpa Pig take Peppa and George to a beach, of which there's no sand. George drops his bucket and cries because he wants to make sandcastles. Granny Pig then tells him that the beach is still fun even without sand. | |
Sports Day | Sadness | Richard jumps further than George in the Long Jump and wins a trophy. George gets upset about losing and cries until Peppa tells him otherwise. | |
Jumble Sale | Defense | Peppa teases George by saying that she should sell Mr. Dinosaur in the Jumble Sale, to which George cries because he doesn't want his favourite toy to go away from him. Mummy Pig soon tells Peppa that she can't sell Mr. Dinosaur. | |
Swimming | Sobbing | When George looks at the pool, he gives a tiny sob because it's his first time here. | |
Fright | When Daddy Pig puts his feet into the water one at a time, he cries both times. | ||
Richard | Sadness | Richard is having fun with his toy watering can underwater, and accidentally loses his grip on it, causing him to cry. | |
George and Richard | Responding | George cries in response to Richard as he isn't able to help him at his age. | |
George's Birthday | George | Fright | George runs inside the museum until he finds himself on the spot of a large animatronic dinosaur, which roars ferociously at him. George gasps as the scare loudly and bursts out crying. |
Cuckoo Clock | Sob | George gives a tiny sob when he misses the Cuckoo Clock the first time.
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Sadness | George cries when he misses the Cuckoo Clock for the second time, and is teased about it by Peppa.
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Sadness | He cries again because he misses the Cuckoo Clock for the third time. | ||
The Baby Piggy | Alexander | Fright | When George shows Alexander Mr. Dinosaur, it startles him. |
When Peppa shows Alexander her ball, it startles him again. Alexander cries two times that time. | |||
George | Frustration | When the kids play with George in the pram, Peppa tells him that he can't eat cookies and George cries because he likes cookies. | |
Frustration/Loneliness | When the kids abandon him and Candy tells him that a real baby is better than a pretend one (referring to himself), he cries. | ||
Dens | George and Richard | Fustration. | After Peppa and Rebecca kick George and Richard out of their treehouse and tell them (and the other boys) that it's for girls only, they both cry in fustration. |
Pretend Friend | George | Fright | Suzy Sheep imitates her pretend friend Leo Lion to George, scaring him. |
Rebecca Rabbit | Richard Rabbit | Fright | When he reaches the stairs at Peppa's house, Richard cries at the sight of the staircase, as Rebecca's house doesn't have any stairs. |
The Powercut | George | Fright | Peppa makes a funny face using the torch, scaring George. |
Bouncy Ball | Sadness | When Peppa and Suzy tell him that there aren't enough rackets for him to play with them, he cries as he feels left out. | |
Frustration | When Peppa and Suzy continuously make George chase after their ball, he has had enough of being the Ball Boy and cries in frustration. | ||
Sleepover | Zuzu & Zaza | Sadness | When Zoë refuses to let Zuzu & Zaza join the sleepover by saying that it is "only for big girls", they cry. The other girls think otherwise and Zoë decides to lets them in. |
Cold Winter Day | George | Frustration | When George slips over an icy hill and falls onto his back, Peppa thinks it was funny. George doesn't and starts crying. |
Series 3
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
The Rainbow | George | Sadness |
When the rainbow vanishes within the pigs' very eyes, George sadly cries as he still wanted to see it. |
Richard Rabbit Comes to Play | George and Richard | Frustration |
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Grandpa at the Playground | George and Richard | Impatience |
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Funfair | George | Fright |
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Digging up the Road | George | Impatience
Sadness (x2) Brief |
George cries four times in this episode:
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Spring | George, Richard, and Edmond | Sadness |
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Baby Alexander | Baby Alexander | Brief |
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Edmond Elephant's Birthday | George, Richard, Edmond, Zuzu and Zaza. | Sadness (x5)
Frustration |
The toddlers cry a lot of times in this episode:
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Series 4
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
Potato City | George | Fright | After wanting to go on the Potato Rocket Roller Coaster and Daddy Pig asking if it's fast, Mr. Bull says it is. George suddenly cries in shock and changes his mind. Mummy Pig takes him off. |
International Day | George, Richard, and Edmond | Sadness | When Suzy Sheep attempts to kick out the toddlers and Pedro Pony out of the sandpit, George, Richard, and Edmond cry in Frustration. |
Mummy Rabbit's Bump | Rosie and Robbie Rabbit | Air | Rosie & Robbie cry when Mummy Rabbit gave birth to them. |
Bedtime Story | George | Frustration | George cries in stress when Peppa scolded him by saying that "Night time is for sleeping, not for playing!" when he woke up in the night. She then told him another bedtime story to calm him down. |
Lost Keys | George | Sadness | George sadly cries when Daddy Pig won't let him play with the keys, insisting that he will lose them. |
George's New Dinosaur | George | Sadness | When Mr. Dinosaur's tail falls off and Peppa informed him that Mr. Dinosaur was broken, George sadly cries. |
The Noisy Night | Baby Alexander | Fright (x3) | Alexander cries three times in this episode when he wakes up in the night.
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Garden Games | George | Sadness |
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George's Balloon | George | Sadness | George sadly cries two times in this episode when he kept releasing his dinosaur balloon:
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The Olden Days | Peppa and Suzy (as babies) | Sadness | Peppa and Suzy (as babies) cry during the flashback scene before they burped. |
The Golden Boots | Peppa | Sadness | Peppa sadly cries when Mrs. Duck took her golden boots. |
Series 5
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
Scooters | George | Fright | George cries in fright when he realizes that he's never scooted down the hill before by himself. |
Gerald Giraffe | Gerald | Just a tear | Gerald shedded a tear after a failed attempt of hide and seek, as he felt left out. |
Mummy Pig's Book |
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Sadness |
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Police Station | George | Sadness | George sadly cries and gives tiny sobs two times in this episode after noticing that he lost Mr. Dinosaur:
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Frustration | |||
Sob |
Series 6
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
Grandpa Pig's Metal Detector | George | Sadness |
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Botanical Gardens | George sadly cries when Peppa tought him that Venus fly traps don't run. | ||
The Electric Car | George sadly cries when the batteries run out in his toy car and Peppa informed him that it was broken. | ||
Ice Cream | George sadly cries when he and Peppa found out that Mr. Labrador ran out of ice cream. |
Series 7
Episode | Character | Crying Tone | Reason |
Monkey has a Cough |
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The Park |
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Mountain Climbing |
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Danny's Pirate Bedroom |
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Families |
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Superhero Party |
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Series 8

From "What Babies Do"
- Clouds
- Peppa pretends to be a cloud and suggests that George copy her. Once she finishes her song, George cries because he doesn't like the idea. However, Daddy Pig and Peppa tell him that he is being a cloud, a rain cloud.
- What Babies Do
- When Peppa plays a game of "Peekaboo" with Baby Alexander, she screams it out to him. Baby Alexander soon cries, with Auntie and Uncle Pig assuming that he is feeling tired.
- Getting Ready For The Wedding!
- George gives a tiny sob after everyone cheers about the wedding cake because he wants to see what the cake looks like.
- Wedding Day!
- When Mrs. Cow discovers her wedding dress has been cut to pieces (due to a mistake caused in the previous episode when Peppa was cutting material, only for Mrs. Cow's wedding dress to slide in by accident), she starts to cry because she looks disgraceful, although she claims she is happy crying.
- When Mr. Bull discovers the wedding cake which was accidentally crushed by George, he says that it just like concrete and is very happy about it, leading to him crying in happiness.
- Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow both cry happily after saying that they will always love each other.
- The other adults at the wedding (including Mummy Pig) all cry because of how great the wedding was.
- The Narrator sniffs when he mentions that there's a lot of happy crying at weddings.
- Being Babies
- Before Mummy Rabbit can help with Peppa and Rebecca's cupcakes, Rosie and Robbie Rabbit cry when they need feeding, with the narrator mentioning that.
- Peppa and Rebecca pretend to cry when they want Mummy Rabbit to return and finish their cupcakes for them.
- Rosie and Robbie cry again when they wake up.
Series 9
- Sibling School
- In a flashback sequence, Miss Rabbit is seen trying to calm a crying Robbie Rabbit down.
- The baby dolls all cry when Peppa speaks loudly to hers.
- The dolls all cry again at the end of the episode when everybody is laughing loudly, causing them to wake up. Everyone immediately freezes and Miss Rabbit responds by saying, "Seriously?!"
- Holding the Baby
- Evie Pig cries when she stops having her bottle, and gets happy again when Daddy Pig plays with her.
- Evie cries again when she wakes up after being put on the scales so Miss Rabbit can check her weight. She stops when Peppa plays with her rattle on her leg.
On the Nursery Rhymes and Kids Songs channel
Song | Reason |
Look, See, Little
(nursery rhyme) |
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The Boo Boo Song | • Peppa cries by slipping over a muddy puddle and running to her Mummy.
• George cries when a dinosaur hits him and his head hits the bed. |
Peppa's Happy Song | Edmond cries when he struggled to tie his shoelaces. |
Five Little Monkeys | George cries when he lands on the pillows roughly. |
Seaside Song | George cries when the sandcastles swept away from the sea. |
Cheeky fly | George cries when a fly gets cheeky.
![]() George crying when a fly bites him. |
Potty Song | |
Don't Cry, Baby Alexander | Don't Cry, Baby Alexander! 💦 - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs by Peppa Pig Baby Alexander cries for various reasons throughout the song. |
Baby Bump Song | Rosie and Robbie cry when they woke up in the night, but George and Edmond's crying sounds are used for them for unknown reasons. |
The Lollipop Song | George cries when he accidentally threw his lollipop at the floor. He stops when Edmond gives him another lollipop. |
When my Mummy Goes Away | George cries when Mummy Pig goes away, and also Peppa sheds a tear. |
It's not fair | Peppa Pig Nursery Rhymes 😭 Its Not Fair Song 😭 BRAND NEW Nursery Rhymes And Kids Songs Video featuring "It's Not Fair". |
In apps and video games
App | Reason |
Peppa Pig's Party Time | Peppa Pig's Party Time - Musical Chairs - Peppa Pig Playing Musical Chairs - Cool Apps For Kids
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World of Peppa Pig | Peppa Pig World Ep5 George's Birthday party - Best Android Gameplay
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My Friend Peppa Pig | My Friend Peppa Pig (Full Game)
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Peppa Pig Tales
Episode | Reason |
Nappy Change | Alexander cries as he has a smelly diaper and then stopped when Daddy Pig changed it. |
Plane Ride | Madame Gazelle shedded a tear because she really didn't like the sight of the plane's moving. |
Christmas with Baby Alexander | Alexander cried when he stopped opening his present. |
Magic Story | George cried because he didn't want to be a Goblin. |
Baby Bumps | Alexander cried when he gets hungry. |
Baby Alexander Visits Playgroup | Alexander cried when his diaper is smelly. |
Water Sports Adventure! | George cried because all the shells are washed away. |
Tacos | Daddy Pig sheds a tear when he cutted the onions. |
Balloons | George cries because he popped his balloon.![]() |
Police car rescue | George cried because he buried the police car under the sand and forget where it was. |
Whooshing Watering Cans | George cried when a flower splashed water on him. |
The Calm Room | George cried because of the noise in the soft play. |
Prehistoric George | After he and his family time traveled to the past, George cried in fright when he saw a big dinosaur. |
Toothpaste | George cried when he wanted to brush his teeth in the toothpaste factory. |
The Rocket Ride | George cried when it was time to go home because he was having fun on the rides. |
Cabin Pressure | George cried when he dropped headphones and tablet on the plane. |
Dirt Blaster | George cried because he found the dirt blaster too scary. |
Sick Day | George cried because he was not feeling well. |
Other
Media | Reason |
My First Cinema Experience | George cried only once in this episode:
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Reception
By non-fans of the series, the crying is normally classified as being very annoying and infrequent, and mildly annoying at best by some fans. The toddlers (George especially) are called crybabies as a result of this, and seem by most to cry for no reason. However, they are only two years old, and crying is one of the only ways a toddler can communicate at that age and is, for the most part, realistic. Unusually, Peppa is four (or five, depending on the source) years old, but big kids can only cry if something really bad happens (such as losing her golden boots) or in one case injury (as shown in the "The Boo Boo Song"). Regardless, Peppa Pig haters think it teaches kids to cry for no reason.