Flop

[Daftodil]

TAAT.

Another thread going at the moment about which cbeebies character would make the worst partner.

Flop (from Bing) is mentioned and described variously as Bing's parent, his familiar, his vampire protector trapped in servitude...

AIBU to not know what is he? Is he Bing's dad? (Why doesn't he call him dad? Why is he half the size? Why does he have seams?) His carer? His toy? His conscience? His imaginary friend? What is he?!

@Swirlyceiling @Osirus

Phew! 😅 Glad it's a kid thing, not a Pando thing!

@GlumyGloomer

"My original theory was that when the kids turn 18 they get carted off to a creepy hospital and made over into mild mannered sack people."

Dark! Isn't that what one of the batman villains does? Or maybe one of the Doctor Who baddies? 🤔😂

It was my theory on t'other thread about Bing and vampire protector, it really does give me the heebie jeebies!

"It's a Bing thing"

It really isn't.

Bing is called “moany bunny” in our house 🤣

Here's my crackpot theory on Bing if anyone cares! Bing is looked after by flop who looks like a bean bag. There aren't any mums or dads in the program nor is anyone ever referred to as mum or dad. Any adult character is seen simply as a care giver. I think this is because the shows creators recognize that not all children are looked after by their mum or dad, some are looked after by other people or are in care etc so they want to move the emphasis away from traditional family units. Now to explain flop's and all the other "care giver" characters appearances - them all looking like bean bags also implies that the "caregivers" are of minimal importance. The attention is directed at the children characters. All the children characters differ in appearance, personality and clothing. The Care givers do not. The size of the children characters are substantially bigger than the adults characters, even baby charlie is bigger than flop so this further implies that the children characters are more important to the overall story and are more significant. Bing always refers to flop as flop, never dad or uncle or whatever so this show may well appeal to children who simply do not have their mothers or fathers looking after them. However Flop does have the same bunny like ears as Bing and Bing's friend Zula's care giver has ears similar to Zula's. This may imply that the care givers are in some way related to the children either genetically or could this be a hint that the care givers are in fact some sort of imaginary friend to the children? The character pando always takes his trousers off - like alot of children like to do so the show recognizes that each child is different and that they do not live in a perfect world where children always have an immaculate appearance and keep their clothes on. Either way I have watched Bing far too many times with my nieces and nephew. They all love bing!! That's my theory anyway.

@Daftodil yes, I was imagining the cyberman factories, lol