Fidgel is the science officer of the Rockhopper. He received his advanced doctoral degree in psycho-aeronautics, after completing his dissertation, which proved that penguins are in fact, aerodynamically capable. They just choose to waddle instead of fly because "waddle" sounds funnier, and Penguins are one of the few birds capable of sustained comedy.
While technically the only member of the Penguins' crew with no musical talent, Fidgel invented a guitar that is controlled by how he imagines he could play if he did have musical talent. This patented technology has since been used in numerous boy-band records.
Personality
Fidgel has extensive knowledge in various scientific fields, but he lacks an understanding of things as simple as jinxes.
Trivia
- According to Zidgel, he's color blind.
- His favorite food is watercress sandwiches.
- Fidgel bears an uncanny resemblance to Jason and Michelle's Granddad.
- Fidgel is the only member penguin to wear glasses and the only one to be eyeless.
- He is the second character from Big Idea to have expressive glasses. The first being Rumor Weed from Larryboy and the Rumor Weed.
- In early concept art, Fidgel's costume was white.
- He and Zidgel are the only penguins who mentioned about their families. In Fidgel's case, his brother-in-law Ray. However, he doesn't say whether Ray is his spouse's brother or his sibling's husband.
- According to an older version of the Big Idea website, if he wasn't on a spaceship crew, he would be teaching astrophysics at Cambridge, writing packaged food nutritional information, or watching a lot of Animal Planet.
- In the original episodes, he has shoulder pads like the other Penguins. They vanished when the series was revived for television.
- Fidgel's voice actor for the TV-produced episodes also voiced the eponymous rabbit from Kate & Mim-Mim.