The females separate from their mates to go hunt as males build their nests from piles of pebbles.

When the eggs finally hatch, Toto and Lala receive a newborn penguin baby whom they name Lolo.

He eventually also makes friends with a tame husky puppy called Don (though his name is Cowboy in the English version), who is on an Antarctic trek with his scientist master.

Eventually, however, Lolo and Pepe get separated from their home, and face many dangers such as attacks by leopard seals and killer whales.

The story ends with Don and the scientist flying home in a helicopter as the winter comes, Mak sets out alone to find his own family, and the other penguins go northward again, now led by Lolo.

In 2005, Force Entertainment put out a Region 4 DVD release of the film in Australia, using the Filmexport dubbed version.

This English dub was titled The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin, and, similar to the 2005 Force DVD of Filmexport's dub, had a number of edits done to make it more appropriate for American children, including but not limited to: Among these edits were changing the names of almost all the characters.

The music score was also changed from the orchestral music used in the original version to a synthesized one done by Mark Mercury (credited as Bullets), and also added original songs that play over certain scenes, such as the seabird raid, Lolo and Pepe teaching Don how to slide, and the scene when Lolo, Pepe, and Mak return home.

The French is basically a carbon copy of the German dub of the film (Bauzi - Der Kleine Pinguin) with the music, names, and the violence in the climax restored from The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin.

The German dub titled Bauzi - Der Kleine Pinguin was sourced from the Scamper version, including the new theme song and credits as well as the new music.