McDull

McDull (Chinese: 麥兜; Jyutping: mak6 dau1) is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character that was created in Hong Kong by cartoonist Alice Mak and Brian Tse.

McDull has featured in several comics, TV shows, and films, and has become extremely popular in Hong Kong and East Asia.

When Mrs. Mak was going to give birth to McDull, she saw a magical plastic basin (兜pronounced roughly as "dull" in Cantonese) flying over her head.

One Christmas day, McDull produced a load of human-shaped dung called Excreman (屎撈人 jyutping: "si2 lou1 jan4").

Before leaving, Excreman left a message to McDull: Remember us whenever you see the humblest, the deserted and the despised.

After realizing his dream, McDull set himself another target: to become an Olympic champion just like female windsurfer Lee Lai Shan.

McDull, the prince of the pineapple bun with butter), was shown in cinemas in Hong Kong.

McDull, The Pork of Music (traditional Chinese title: 麥兜噹噹伴我心) was first shown on 10 July 2012 in mainland China, and on 16 Aug 2012 in Hong Kong.

After attending several performances, including one in the concert of Andy Lau, the agent took away all the money the choir earned and ran away.

McDull and his fellow nursery pupils featured in five animated RTHK educational episodes running from April 2006 to May 2006.

In keeping with RTHK's public service broadcasting remit these episodes (as of July 2007) remain partially available to watch from its website.

The episodes follow the same basic format with McDull and friends being lectured by their headmaster about Chinese culture, before being interrupted by one pupil or the other.

The narrator would then answer the pupil's questions with examples from the life of McDull's ancestor Mc Zi (麥子, literally wheat, a character sharing the name with 墨子 Mozi, the founder of Mohist order).

This is followed by a short history lesson from McDull's teacher Miss Chan, often featuring a Chinese festival.