Pelle Politibil (known as Ploddy the Police Car in some English-dubbed media) is a Norwegian children's character and police mascot appearing in various Norwegian media.
[1] The character is an anthropomorphic car with eyes as headlights, based on a black-and-white 1973 Volkswagen 1300.
Pelle was created by Norwegian police officer Åge Magnussen [no] in the 1980s, and was originally the star of a titular NRK radio show beginning in 1986 that ran for three seasons.
[2] The character then starred in a titular live-action TV series that was aired by NRK between 1993 and 1997.
[4][5] The character has also been subjected in several books,[6] commercials, toys,[7] a mobile video game[7] and on music albums.