Pippin Reed Thunder is the tomboyish wife of adventurer Johnny Thunder and is known for accompanying him throughout the Johnny Thunder Saga. She originally appeared in the Adventurers LEGO sets as a companion for Johnny.
Physical Description[]
Pippin has brown hair on her head that she lets flow down to her neck and hang a little above her face. She has red lips, embossed with lipstick. Usually, she wears a pith helmet on her head and a tan explorer's jacket. She also stows a pen in her right jacket pocket and hangs a compass around her neck. She wears red pants and a red belt, along with a red handkerchief tied around the neck.
When in the jungle, she wears a green variation of her jacket, ditching the compass in favor of her camera. She also stores a flashlight in her belt in this outfit.
In her cold-weather gear, she wears a fur hat, along with a cold-weather version of her jacket. She also wears tan pants in this outfit.
When she goes deep-sea diving, she wears a Deep Sea Salvage Crew diving suit, complete with lime-green flippers, visor, and sleeves. Other than that, most of the suit is gray.
Characteristics[]
Pippin is the wife of Johnny Thunder and shares his need for adventure, though she can tire from it faster than Johnny can. She is tomboyish and also one to prove herself worthy, since she doesn't like men telling her what to do. However, she is also nurturing toward her daughter Sarah Thunder, who also shares her desire for adventure. Pippin is also known to tease Harry, especially when he goes on one of his "doomsday rants." She is also an ace photographer for World Magazine.
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Pippin Reed first appeared in 1998 in the first Adventurers LEGO sets as a photojournalist for World Magazine. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of media.
The character's name was originally Pippin Read in Denmark. As with other Adventurers characters, she had a number of alternate names in different regions, including Gail Storm in the United States and Linda Lovely in Germany. Beginning in 2001-2002 with online media and LEGO Soccer Mania, Pippin Reed (a variant of her original Danish name) became standardized internationally.
LEGO Sets[]
From 1998 to 2003, Pippin appeared as the companion to Johnny Thunder, along with Dr. Kilroy. Sometimes, Pippin is seen as a pilot, especially after Harry Cane no longer appeared in the Adventurers LEGO sets. Of the three main hero minifigures, Pippin is the rarest, only coming in 11 sets. Interestingly, in 2003, her face was re-modeled along with Johnny's. Along with Adventurers, she has also appeared in two LEGO Studios sets, Dino Head Attack and Raptor Rumble Studio, and the LEGO Ideas set, The Orient Express.
Video Games[]
Pippin has appeared in four video games: LEGO Racers, LEGO Racers 2, LEGO Island 2, and LEGO Soccer Mania. Along with these, she has also appeared in the online games The Restless Mummy and The Lost Treasure of Ancient Greece. Pippin has a photographic memory in The Lost Treasure.
Theme Parks[]
Pippin appears as a major character in the interactive dark ride Lost Kingdom Adventure, along with the stage shows Secret of Scorpion Palace and Journey to the Lost Temple. She also appears in other Adventurers-based attractions, such as River X-pedition and Adventurers' Club. According to the show Journey to the Lost Temple, Pippin is afraid of snakes.
Other Appearances[]
Pippin has appeared on several pieces of Adventurers-based merchandise, including books, posters, apparel, and games.
Appearances[]
- Mummy's Curse (2002)
- Artifact Theft (2004)
- Johnny Thunder and the Curse of the Mummy (2004; Unreleased)
- Alpha Team 2: The Dino Attack (2006)
- Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo (2008)
- Johnny Thunder and the Gift of the Nile (2010)
- The First Mustache Maniacs Film Co. Fan Choice Awards (2011)
- Tales of the Adventurers (2011)
- Project U-Build Play Set Adventures (2014)
- Johnny Thunder and the Wisdom of the Ancients (2014)
- The Third Mustache Maniacs Film Co. Fan Choice Awards (2017)
- Sarah's Childhood Adventures: The Easter Egg Hunt (2018)
- Johnny Thunder and the Winter Vessel (2018)
- Johnny Thunder and the Trail of Botnik (2020)
- The Many Date Nights of Sarah Thunder (2023; Unreleased)
- Johnny Thunder and the Rise to Fame (Not Yet Released)
- Target: Chang Wu (Not Yet Released)
- Attack of the Zombie Pirates! (Not Yet Released)
- Johnny Thunder and the Secret of Marco Polo: The Adventure Retold (Not Yet Released)
- Johnny Thunder and the Wonders Beneath the Waves (Not Yet Released)
- Legends of the Universe (Not Yet Released)
Trivia[]
- In the official LEGO storyline, the surname Thunder was not part of her name. That was added by director Andrew Bermudez when he decided to have Johnny and Pippin married in the Official Cinematic Universe.
- According to www.freewebs.com/mylego, a fan website created by Lego-Export-Elizabeth, Pippin's first name is short for Pippinannarannadini. She grew up in Southern California and moved away to Australia when she became a journalist for World Magazine, trying to get a good story about Johnny's adventures. Although the Official Cinematic Universe draws some inspiration from this website, it does not regard these specific details as canonical.
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