bow on top of her head. She speaks in gibberish and has the ability to change into a butterfly and back when she wants. She is best friends with Baby Bird and friends with Angry Alien. When overjoyed or frustrated, she tends to slam her face forward into the ground. Fred the Octopus (Pulpo in the Spanish version) is a lunatic red octopus (Octopus rubescens) (although he is shown with only 4 legs, as to make animation rendering simpler) who speaks in gibberish like Caterpillar, and is very fond of opera singing. He appears in random episodes, sometimes as a major character, sometimes in passing. As of series 2, he is sometimes referred to as 'Fred'. His vocal style is reminiscent of Pee-wee Herman. Music Flower and The Band are a group of flowers who play some music that Pocoyo likes. Whale is a huge light gray sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with red cheeks who lives under the sea. Baby Spider is a small blue spider (Araneae) that hatched out of an egg that Pato found in the episode "Pato's Egg". Yanko, introduced in the 2019 Christmas special "A Very Special Guest", is a friendly snow yeti first befriended by Pocoyo and Loula. Development and production Pocoyo's name was provided by David Cantolla, one of the creators, after his then two-year-old daughter used it in her nightly "Dear Child Jesus ()" prayers saying "Eres niño poco yo" ("You're a child little me"), but not "Eres niño como yo" ("You're a child like me"). "Pocoyo" could roughly be translated to English as "little me", though it is a made-up construction. The show is animated with Softimage XSI software. The show was first announced to be in development in March 2003. In October, it was announced that Carlton International would co-produce and distribute the series, and that production delivery on the first half of the first series would begin in September 2004. In March 2004, Novel Entertainment joined in production as co-producer with Carlton and Zinkia. However, nothing else was known about this initial announcement otherwise. The show was showcased by Granada International at MIP TV in April 2005, with a broadcast window for CITV announced for the autumn. It was also announced that Stephen Fry would narrate the series in the United Kingdom. The series was renewed for a second series on May 5, 2006. The makers also wish to embark